Wikispaces responded and I missed it

I feel silly. I’m not sure how I missed it but it turns out Wikispaces did respond to my initial post. I guess I didn’t recognize the name and didn’t see the signature as I was reading the comments. I’m sorry about that..

Here is what they said:

Hi Chris,

We’re sorry to hear we contributed to what sounds like a very rough day. Here are a few things we’ve got in store at Wikispaces we think will help a lot:

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Examples of Reading for the Author?s Viewpoint - MCAT

Something I’ve done on occasion to figure out the author’s point of view is to find the place where s/he is talking about the relevant point, and look for any non-necessary words: words that don’t absolutely have to be there to convey the facts, as well as words that could have been chosen differently to give a different impression. See what would be lost by stripping the prose down to the bare minimum, and that usually gives you an idea of the author’s viewpoint.

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An appetite for eating well

An appetite for eating well Whole wheat pizzas, pears for dessert; this is West Side AcademyBy ALAN J. BORSUK
aborsuk@journalsentinel.comPosted: Sept. 20, 2007

If you're planning to eat lunch at West Side Academy, you're going to have to wash your hands first. That's why there are new dispensers for hand sanitizer at the cafeteria entrances.

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Information overload or just the wrong tools?

Information overload is supposed to be the scourge of 2008, reports Ars Technica, and one way to address it, according to this news article referencing the same report, is to be smarter with our e-mail.

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