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    Section 1: Ideas

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    5 W’s – Evaluating your Idea Critically Who?* Who (other than your friends and family) would want to BUY and READ your work? Consider: Gender, Religious Affiliation, Ethnic/Racial Group, Geographic Location, Marital Status, N...
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    Group Story Exercise 1

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    About This is a creative exercise to sharpen your skills. So lets have fun and learn. How this exercise works is I’m going to set a need (dilemma) and some rules (limitations) for a character and you need to carry the story to c...
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    Focused Writing with "Writer"

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    Writeroom Writeroom is one of my favorite writing applications because it limits you to just focusing on the text. When I use Microsoft Word I waste too much time on styling, and these things don’t matter when your trying to wri...
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    Der Panther (Rainer Maria Rilke)

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    Der Panther Sein Blick ist vom Vorübergehn der Stäbe so müd geworden, daß er nichts mehr hält. Ihm ist, als ob es tausend Stäbe gäbe und hinter tausend Stäben keine Welt. Der weiche Gang geschmeidig starker Schritte, der sich im a...
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    Unmasking by copying

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    On April 29, 2006, American comedian Stephen Colbert appeared as the featured entertainer at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. There – in front of 2500 guests, described by the Associated Press as a ...
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    Three Names; One Person.

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    According to the Vedic tradition a child is given Three Names by its father during the Naming Ceremony. The father of the child is said to be the Custodian of Culture into which the child is born and the Names are meant to transfer ...
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    A Test on Composing Acrostic Poem.

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    Those among LearnHub family who feel they cannot resist an idea which hits them time and again, an idea to scribble a POEM, here is an opportunity. Add sugar, pepper or salt to your taste and serve it HERE.The POEM must be ( a simple rul...
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    Presentation Zen

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    Short, very short intro to presentation techniques done by Fabian Crabus based on the wonderful Presentation Zen book by Garr Reynolds | View | Upload your own
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    Bob the Angry Flower Discusses Apostrophe (Mis)Use

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    Because it can’t be stressed enough, the way you write is is a reflection of you. Don’t give people the wrong impression by using unnecessary apostrophes! Make sure to proofread, or just follow what Bob the Angry Flower has t...
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    Intellectual Property - The Comic Book

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    If the whole idea of intellectual property and fair use makes your head hurt, join the club.It makes my head hurt, too. I want to get credit for the ideas I contribute to the global conversation and I know my friends want the same. I als...
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    Brain Rules

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    Womanifestos

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    Okay, I’m inspired. Malgosia did it when she posted her lesson, “Women Know Your Limits!” So, I’m posting my limits right here. Right now. You can think of this as my Womanifesto. That’s what a wonderful fem...
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    You could almost taste it...

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    It was a hot summer day. The humidity seemed to sizzle and spit from the pavement. People huddled under trees for refuge from the sun as it beat down in large spanning heat. The constant buzzing of summer bugs rang in our ears, as they c...
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    Mastering the Art of FUSE: Key to Teaching for a Living

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    FIND, USE, SHARE, and EXPANDIt’s been awhile since Steve Johnson described the FUSE process but I’m noticing that some people haven’t heard the term… or thought as carefully about it as might be useful.It seems to...
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    Howto use ANY picture in a discussion post

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    You want to add pictures or graphs or anything like that to a discussion post, but you don’t have the media online already? No Problem! Here is the step by step guide: Go to your workspace On your accountpage choose th...
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    5 Commonly Mistaken "B" Words

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    “B” words that get a little confusing…Here we are with the second installation of grammar 101 to improve your writing whether it be to improve your chances on the SAT, TOEFL or just for fun practice.Grammar is a pretty ...
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    Sherlock Holmes Investigates: English

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    Investigating the top majors, right here. You can profile your picks and review the evidence to find the sure-fire academic answers you’ve been looking ...
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    Commonly Mistaken "C" Words

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    p=. C is for Cookie… But that doesn’t seem to be good enough for me, at least not when it comes to mistakenly spelling words that begin with C! Sesame Street might have started to get it right, but in this lesson weR...
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    Mistaken Words Beginning with "F"

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    p=. A few frequently fumbled factoids forming first with F Although there aren’t as many words in the “F” category as we’ve seen in other exampled letters, there are definitely enough to meet our top 5 quota...
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    Common Grammar Errors

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    Grammar Mistakes: They get the best of us! 2. Then and Than Then: Meaning at that time, or a time within question. Also means the same as after that, next, afterward. After functions as words like therefore and in that case. Exa...
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    More Common Grammar Errors

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    Grammar Mistakes: They get the best of us, including even more confusion to be had! p=.
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    PHY TEST FOR JEE

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    Q. 1 SECTION – I Straight Objective TypeThis section contains 3 multiple choice questions numbered 1 to 3. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Ques. If 1 mo...
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    CHE TEST FOR JEE

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    Q. 7 SECTION – I Straight Objective TypeThis section contains 3 multiple choice questions number 7 to 9. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which ONLY ONE is correct. In the fluorite st...
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    MTH TEST FOR IITJEE

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    Q. 13 SECTION – I Straight Objective TypeThis section contains 4 multiple choice questions numbered 13 to 16. Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which ONLY ONE is correct. Let Then wh...
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    How creativity is being strangled by Law

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    Larry Lessig speaks at TED on how creativity is being strangled by Law.
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