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Newly re-organized into eleven sections. Guides now total 114. Three were newly illustrated.
Two Flash interactive exercises for time management and resolving equations were developed in a collaboration with Dr. Brad Hokanson's students in his course in Interactive Media (DHA 4384) Department of Design Housing Apparel at the University of Minnesota. The student projects by Ingrid Noble and Angela Tank, and Bridgette Lynch were "refined" by a team that included Steve Kladstrup, Rochester, New York (independent Flash author) and Matt Taylor, Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The time management weekly exercise was built in Java by Francis Ssennoga.
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Thank you for putting this site together! It is a fantastic resource! My suggestion would be to add a separate note taking section describing Cornell notes, Outlining, Mapping, SQ3R and any others you are aware of. Thanks again for compiling this information!! A teacher in Wisconsin 12/12
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merci pour les information 11/23
Soy estudiante de Dercho en una universidad muy prestigiosa. Debo decirles que, me encuentro enormemente complacido con Ustedes y el trabajo dedicado a crear la página Web a través de la cual les conocí. Espero que el esfuerzo que ustedes hacen se veaa recompensado de alguna forma, porque muy bien sé que el proyecto les exige entrega y dedicación de sus esfuerzos Pues, bien, éste mail es, de alguna forma, un reconocimeinto a ese esfuerzo.El mejor que puedo darles por lo pronto, porque tan sólo soy un estudiante. Quizá en el futuro haya otra forma más útil para ustedes, para ayudarles. En todo caso, espero que este mail, les reconforte en algo. Muchas gracias por existir. 11/21
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I was referred to Joe's website by a professional acquaintance. The points made on each of the study skills points are very good, but I was wondering if there were any exercises to go along with them to facilitate some active learning. I'm an academic coordinator for Upward Bound and we like to do 10-15 minute activities (usually written and/or in groups) at each of our tutoring sessions. Please let me know. 10/12
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...using your study guides website for student use at a community college. 10/11
I just find your website! And I wanted to tell you I love it. It Help me improve my class and time sharing. Not only that I am take the class about study habit. And your web site is the best. Thanks 10/11
it would be nice if we can print whole section son one click or download them as text files ready to be printed. people don't usually read a lot or don't comprehend a lot what they read on the internet. thanks for doing the site though. it helps a lot. 10/9
With today's curriculum it is becoming tough on the children to both play (hockey) and keep their studies up. Not many coaches in the hockey world take this serious enough. As a minor coach and working in the school environment I take pride in children's education. We are presently preparing to provide a weekend class to help our players on studies strategies especially time management and tips to studying as a child athlete. I have been looking over your website and like what I see. I am asking permission to use some of the materials on your website in the class that I am preparing. It will be for personal use with our team only and not for profit. The only profit will be my players becoming better students. With all credit going to yourself and your website. Therefore I will direct them to your website for future help, reference and tips. I can provide some form of feedback from our parent group if needed. I've seen that you do have power point presentation upon request, any other materials that you have and think may be helpful in my quest with this age group would be much appreciated! I would like to personally thank you for your website on study strategies, it is something that should be part of the curriculum. They don't do enough of this in school everything is geared around just teaching the subjects. It truly is an art to be able to study properly. Thanks for your time and I look forward hearing back from you. 10/7
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From Mexico: Consultando información a cerca de "mapas mentales" me encontré con su página web y me interesaron mucho los temas, sin embargo en contre en la página: "Teniendo éxito en Cursos de Educación a Distancia" muchas faltas de ortografía que a continuación me permití corregir para que ustedes puedan, a su vez actualizar la misma 9/23
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The next page "Learner's Weekly Planner" was a real eye-opener for me. Itwas a very useful tool, easy to fill in and very illuminating. My success with WGU will be 1/2 ability and 1/2time management skills. This was a great exercise!9/9
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I came across your site today was quite impressed.... In any case, I wanted to let you know I appreciate the resource you have made available. Thank you for your efforts, and thank you for your time. 8/9
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I am an ADHD adult returning to school after 17 years. I found that the Learner's weekly planner and the daily schedule to be extremely enlightening for me. I found out that I have 4 hours unaccounted for and I could be using that time for something productive or for sleep! Sleep is actually what I really need right now. 7/14
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Thank you for the excellent web page. I'm a Director of Curriculum and Supervision at an all girl's high school... I have been looking for ways to reduce stress for my students and found your site when looking for simple information of time management. I found even more. I would like to link your site to the school's web page. I think it has excellent information and will be extremely useful for my students Thank you for taking the time to develop such a wonderful site. 5/6/05
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From Canada: Just looked around your site and found a number of areas I would like to use... May I have your permission to use some of your material for (A) a talk, (B) a small study group and (C) to present to the President. 4/26
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Featured letter:
I want to take a
quick moment to thank everyone involved in
providing this material. I recently found your
site and have since spent numerous hours
reading. Also, I'd like to say that not only
have a read a lot of the material I have
actually *applied* it. So many methods
and techniques are beautifully simple to execute
and I cannot count the number of times I've said
to myself, "If I had only found this sooner." I
have had great success in a very short amount of
time with the following:
SQ3[4]R method * Reading skills [entire section] * Time management * Project planning * Motivation
I'm very excited about the whole thing. There is so much on the site to be learned. Thank you very much for the information you have shared. It makes a world of difference! I'll be sharing this with everyone. 1/13
We get featured...
I've included your site in
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found at:
The newsletter went out to over 28,000 teachers this
week. I am also pleased to award your site the Busy
Educator's Award. Marjan Glavac
editor The Busy Educator's Newsletter 11/2/005
Best of the Web:
University of North Carolina School of Education (...the most innovative and successful practices)
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How to Study!
This all-inclusive site, developed by Joseph Landsberger (review his very interesting CV), cuts across academic, cultural, linguistic and age boundaries. Right away, I was blown away by his Time Management "Learners' Day Planner." This interactive tool is at once simple and amazing. Try it. His down-to-earth advice on "Concentrating" is well-worth distributing to students. ("Concentration," Professor Landsberger writes, quoting Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942), "is the eternal secret of every mortal achievement." Tell that to the students you find "concentrating" in the cafeteria or on the classroom corridor sofas.) 8/25/05
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Busy Educators Award,
November 2005
New Zealand: What a wonderful resource for teachers and students! This web site presents some excellent advice on study habits and strategies for successful learning. There are information sections here dealing with preparation, learning, studying, classroom anticipation, learning with others, project management, reading skills, preparing for tests, taking tests, writing . . . . As well as being available in a huge range of languages. Ideal for year levels 3-12 RRRRR 5/05
United Kingdom: It is comprehensive, well laid out and has excellent advice for students. Well done. We only select the very best educational sites to appear in the Topmarks listings and in recognition of the high standard you have achieved we would like to present you with our Topmarks Excellent Site Award. 4/24/05
Cincinnati Post, 9/3/04: If I had to choose a single site to recommend, this would be the one. It was created by (Joe Landsberger) and you can mark it down as an absolute gem. Main categories include: preparing to learn, studying, classroom participation, learning with others, project management, reading skills, preparing for tests, taking tests, writing basics, math and science. Each section is presented in an easy-to-follow bulleted format. There are no wordy explanations or heavy-handed lectures. It's simply a fantastic guide for anyone who wants to improve academic performance and make life easier at the same time.
Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong: Named best over all web site for Study Guides
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Teachers' Lounge: This site rates a Keanu Reeves' "Whoa!" It's that good. 2/6/05
I teach Reading Resource in ... Wisconsin ... I typed in "comprehension" and your website was one that appeared. ... 1/31
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I really like your website!! I have a question for you: Your teachers' guide was recommended to me. From there I went to your www.studygs.net site, where I found a goldmine for students, including a student version of the teachers' guide.. My question is, how do I find more pages written for teachers? 3/17 Ed: The Guides were written for learners, but I encourage teachers to copy and adapt for their students.
From Israel: I just want to thank you for all the work and effort that has gone into producing the Study Guides Strategies site. I am about to embark on Masters' studies in my late forties, and the guide has provided me with invaluable information and insight. As an Internet professional for some ten years, I know just how much work and effort must have gone into this project, and the page views demonstrate just how useful it must be day by day to people from many different walks of life across the globe. I also intend to share the site with fellow students on the course. 3/13
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Thank you for the remarkable website you maintain, especially for the section on study guides and strategies. As a school psychologist I have referred to it many times and have passed the web address on to colleagues. Just today I had a concerned teacher worried about a 16 year old student who is struggling to keep her head above the rough seas of high school academics. I told her about your site, and she was very grateful. Please keep up this fabulous work. 3/2
From Nova Scotia: Wow what an amazing website/learning tool for students...This is a wonderful asset for them to use. 2/28
Thank-you so much for your web site (studygs.net). My 14yo son has an IQ of 130 but struggles with two types of learning disabilities so school is very frustrating to him. He came home so frustrated with Algebra and I couldn't explain it so he could relate to it and I found your site and he caught on to the PEMDAS concept and is so much more confident. I saw the mind mapping information also which is very interesting. My son is not able to take notes in the classroom and can't organize his thoughts on paper. You are a special person to share your talents with us. Thank you. 2/26
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Wow. Not very eloquent, but all
that comes to my stunned mind and tongue, after
dropping by your "Study Guide" site and then
visiting your home page. Haven't gone into any of the categories outlined in the Guide, but will be interested in seeing what I could/should have done when it was my turn to go through the college-level education system. Your observation that travel is an interactive experience is wonderfully expressed and insightfully observed..... and will be oft quoted (by me) -- with attribution. 2/22
You have developed a great study guide site, that I am already addicted to. I have had some study issues, as a return student, and have found some motivating factors in your guides. Just a quick thanks. 2/22
What an incredible website! I'm counting my blessings that you have been willing to create and maintain your site as an educational public service. I found your site while searching for a 'daily schedule' on Google and I immediately knew that I had struck gold. I've recently been making a concerted effort to overcome some deep-rooted habits and consequently felt the discouragement of picking myself up again and again. Learning to embrace a consistent daily schedule as well as view goal-setting with a more positive connotation would probably be humorous to someone watching me from a distance. The more I explored your site the more excited I became to pick myself up and try again. I love the quotes in the upper right hand corner and I can't wait to forward your site address to many of my friends and loved ones. I wish I would have known about your site while I was in college! But I'm sure the information! from your website will prove to be a tremendous help when I go back for my PhD. Sincere thanks and appreciation, 2/21
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I will keep using what you have and will work on developing it into some other things. Keep up the great work. 2/14
I just learned about your Study Guides and Strategies site today, and I'm writing to express my appreciation. It must have taken hours to put this together! Thank you for sharing these resources freely. Teachers and students everywhere will benefit from this resource, so I would like to present your site with an award...I also plan to mention your site in my newsletter, ConnectEng, which will be distributed sometime in the next couple of weeks. Congratulations! 2/5
I am a Secondary School English teacher in .. Canada. Thank you so much for your great study guides. I will refer students to your site. 2/3
I am an academic adviser to 1,100 English majors at ... University; yes, that's 1,100, all by myself. I love my job, but it does get crazily busy at times. (As you may realize, English departments aren't usually loaded financially; otherwise they'd love to hire another adviser.) I just want to send you my sincere thanks for your study skills site that is freely available to people like me, and to all my students. I have referred so many students struggling through academic probation to your site! I have found your site personally helpful, too, about the learning process. It's just wonderfully reassuring to realize that someone out there, You, offer such a valuable resource out of the goodness of your heart. I believe you will receive it all back, and then some. 2/3
I have been given your web address by an Intel colleague based in Saudi. We have recently localized some content from our Irish site into Arabic. We would like to add some useful educational references. Are you ok with us referencing your site?1/31
Thank you for the great study guide and strategies website; I refer my students to this website. It is EXCELLENT! Thank you.1/29
I came to your site looking for insights on younger children and how to use technology to facilitate the journey of visual and other non-verbal learning styles for my service - but being an avid traveler, an RPCV, and education enthusiast - I seem to have just let another half day go by. Congrats - a real tool and monument.1/29
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Jessica Sanchez on Phillip Phillips' American Idol Summer Tour Return: "We're Going to Take Care of Him"
There's no need to worry about whether Phillip Phillips will be taken care of when he returns to the stage for the American Idol Season 11 Summer Tour, following his kidney surgery earlier this month. Runner-up Jessica Sanchez says he'll have a whole family at his side — in the form of his former co-contestants!
"We're all a big family. Brothers and sisters," Jessica told Rumor Fix in a tour rehearsal interview. "We take care of each other. So when he gets back we're gonna be taking care of him. It's nothing like 'Oh, we haven't seen you so we're not gonna pay attention to you.' It's gonna be like, 'Oh, you're back! We're gonna take care of you!'"
Ninth-placer Heejun Han isn't quite so peachy about the matter. "They will take care of him, I won't. I don't really care," he snapped (jokingly, of course).
Phillip will make his big return to the stage on July 4 in Washington D.C., and while he's not yet 100%, it's good to know he'll be in good hands when the Idol gang goes on the road starting on July 6 in Detroit, Michigan.
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On Fri 03 Dec 04, 12:40 AM, David Hummel <email@example.com> said:
> [ apologies for breaking the thread, too quick with delete ]
> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:48:54 -0800, Brian Richter wrote:
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> > If I had the money, I would get a Neuros. www.neurosaudio.com
> I agree that if you want to hack your player, the neuros is (possibly
> the only) way to go, and could be fun if you had the time. I don't, and
> I ultimately decided against it based on the following:
> Neuros HD 40GB iRiver H140 40GB
> -------------- ----------------
> Mass (g): 266 172
> Dimensions (mm): 134x78x33 105x60x22
> I/O: line SPDIF+line
> Record to MP3 (kbps): 64-160 40-320
> Charge Time (hrs): 8 3
> Remote: -- Backlit LCD
> Playback Time (hrs): 10 16
> Battery Type: Li-ion Li-polymer
> EQ: ?? 6 modes
> These are just the things that were obvious, and the rest of the specs
> are similar between the players. Apparently lithium polymer batteries
> last as much as 3x longer than lithium ion, which is good because like
> the neuros, the battery in the iRiver is not user replaceable. I'm
> guessing the iRiver battery is much more expensive to replace as a
> result.
> Of course the neuros has the FM broadcasting, which I'm not sure is
> practical, but it's cool. And it has a large skip protection buffer
> which is nice. The neuros is also quite a bit cheaper ($300 vs. $400),
> but there are lower capacity versions of both.
I love this thread!
Have you looked at the iRiver iFP 799T? It appears to be a flash player with
1GB of storage. I didn't think there were any flash players with that much
storage around. I've seen it at a remarkable $180 on amazon. 1G for under
$200 sounds too good to be true.
There also appears to be an iRiver H340, which slightly cheaper than the
H140. It has a color screen (say hello to more recharging), can display jpg
and bmp images. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to support wav.
Lastly, there were some complaints about the H140 (although I suspect these
are all ipod lovers who are pretty low or non-tech people to begin with).
This is from amazon
* playlists can't be created on the fly (dunno what that exactly means...)
* it takes 4 minutes to boot in DB mode (whatever that means...)
* sound quality is said to be "OK".
* maximum volume is not loud enough
What exactly is SPDIF?
And is there any way possible to get one of these things to play in a car
stereo? I've been meaning on getting a new sound system in my car anyhow.
If I can get something that can interface with an mp3 player, that would be
really awesome.
You've pretty much sold me on one of these things, but I wanted to ask a few
more questions before jumping in. :)
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Dangote Group of Companies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Jaiz Bank, Unity Bank, Union Bank and other financial institutions were all set for business.
Solid materials ministry, Nitel, the Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigeria Export and Import Bank, National Directorate of Employment and some companies from Egypt, India, and Pakistan were registered for the fair.
Others from Thailand, Malaysia, Poland, Turkey, Mali, Chad, Niger, Senegal were also registering yesterday.
President of Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (KADCIMMA) Abdulalimi Bello said this year's fair will be better than the previous ones. He said from 1979, Kaduna trade fair has hosted 34 fairs which have gone a long way in boosting socio-economic development of Nigeria.
Bello said, KADCIMMA will introduce more activities including agricultural fair to encourage local production. "My expectation for this year's trade fair is very high because we have positive signs considering the number of people registered. We must acknowledge the participation of foreign companies.
"Some investors who complained of the security challenge last year are already here. This has sent a signal internationally that Kaduna is peaceful. Adequate arrangements have been made to ensure that the good atmosphere in the trade fair complex continues to the end," he said.
For the theme, "Combating Security Challenges and the Way Forward for Nigeria's Economic Transformation," prominent Nigerians like Professor Mike Onashi and former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar have agreed to grace fair the tomorrow.
Mr Saance Saarce of Westglo Aluminium in Lagos, Kaduna and Ogun States said he was happy to be in Kaduna trade fair for the second time. "I was here last year and our expectation for this year's fair is high considering the number of people we've seen. We are planning to establish an office in Kano to cover the entire north," Saarce said.
Speaking at the official opening of the fair, the Vice President of the Nigeria Association of Chambers, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, Ahmed Rabi'u commended the efforts of the Nigerian security agencies towards stemming crime and called for more training of the security personnel.
"We want government to procure more equipment that will help to track criminals. These will boost business activities in the country," he said. Adding, "We are proud of Kaduna chamber of commerce for its efforts towards boosting the Nigerian economy," he said.
Also speaking, Minister of Trade and Investment Olusegun Aganga said his ministry are much concerned about creating a conducive atmosphere for trade and investment. The minister who was represented by a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dauda Kigbo called on participants to promote trade and investment in the country.
"The federal government is strengthening strategy on counter terrorism which has been drawing investment backward. With this trade fair, more foreign investors will be attracted. The trade fair will also expand the nation's economy by creating a conducive atmosphere for both local and foreign companies to compete," Aganga said.
The minister said the ministry has concluded arrangements to build modern abattoirs in the six geo-political zones of the country. "We believe that if we build modern abattoirs in all the geo-political zones, they will boost investment because the federal government is more concerned about wealth creation, food security and the task of transforming Nigeria," he said.
Declaring the fair open, Kaduna State Governor Muhktar Ramalan Yero said for three decades, the fair has booted skills and provided job opportunities for many youths in the country.
According to the governor, "Every year, new market ideas are explored. The theme for this year's fair which is Combating Security Challenges and the way forward for Nigeria's Economic Transformation, is well conceived.
"Peace and security have improved in Kaduna State and we're calling on all and sundry to come and invest in Kaduna State. I'm also calling on the organisers to encourage local manufacturers," Yero said.


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Almost certainly, the most important football game of the season — the AFC championship game, which some folks are sure to call the real Super Bowl — will be played outdoors on what could well be the coldest day of the winter in Pittsburgh on Jan. 23. That became probable Sunday when the 14-1 Steelers won the home-field edge through the playoffs.
Pittsburgh is a running team built for Pittsburgh weather — which is to say bad weather. And its probable opponent that winter day will be a passing team, either the 13-2 New England Patriots with Tom Brady or the 12-3 Indianapolis Colts with Peyton Manning.
Corey Dillon has given the Patriots what they needed most — a running back.
And it's likewise a fact that tailback Edgerrin James has been vital to Manning's play-action game.
But there's a difference between running the ball for change of pace — which is, basically, what Dillon and James do — and running it steadily, which is what the Steelers do with Jerome Bettis and Duce Staley. For title day, the Steelers are counting on either bitterly cold weather or high winds. In milder, windless weather — with a sloppy field to retard the running backs and defensive backs — the advantage could shift to Brady or Manning. In any case, Pittsburgh's offensive line is still the envy of the league, and good blockers can throw blocks in any kind of weather.
Cheap Shot Downs Roethlisberger
THE STEELERS are where they are today, of course, because of the remarkable contributions of their new quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, the most successful rookie the NFL has known in six decades — since quarterback Bob Waterfield of the old Cleveland Rams beat Sammy Baugh in the league's 1945 championship game.
Nonetheless, as the passer on a running team, Roethlisberger throws only an occasional pass. And there came a time in the Baltimore game Sunday when he couldn't even do that. After a cheap shot by Raven linebacker Terrell Suggs, a second-year pro from Arizona State, Roethlisberger went to the sideline with one of the most painful of all injuries, bad ribs.
He had just thrown the second of his two touchdowns to defeat Baltimore, 20-7, when Suggs sneaked up on his blind side and got him well after the ball was gone. In the era of Coach Brian Billick, the Ravens have been widely known for moves like that. To win their only Super Bowl in 2001, they knocked out all three passers they faced in the playoffs. And more recently, it was in a Baltimore game last September that Roethlisberger's predecessor, Tommy Maddox, went down and out with an elbow injury.
The Maddox incident backfired on the Ravens — they'd be that much closer to the Super Bowl today if it weren't for Roethlisberger — but who knew that? Who could have expected a rookie to do what Big Ben's doing?
Best Passer, Worst Quarterback?
THE DENVER BRONCOS are favored to win a wild card spot in the playoffs next week by turning back the only NFL quarterback who ever, in one season, threw 49 touchdown passes. Say hello to Peyton Manning, whose comeback conquest of San Diego in overtime Sunday, 34-31, identified him as one of the best passers of recent years and one of the worst quarterbacks.
As a field general, that is, Manning leaves much to be desired. He loves what's known as play-action football — handing off or faking handoffs to runner James before dropping back to throw or fake a throw — and the faking is essential, but all those handoffs are not.
Against a San Diego team whose quarterback, Drew Brees, passed aggressively on nearly every first down and parlayed touchdown throws — one a 74-yard pass play for the game's longest touchdown — Manning kept handing off for small gains on time-consuming, profitless drives. In five quarters, James totaled but 81 yards on 22 carries. In the first quarter alone, Manning had possession for 24 plays to nine for Brees, who led at the end of the quarter, 7-0.
A half dozen James runs per game would be more than enough to, as they say, keep any defense honest. Instead, in the second half Sunday, Manning kept running James until San Diego had opened a 31-16 fourth-quarter lead on Brees' passes. Just then, when the Colts seemed dead, and were dead unless somebody could return the kickoff all the way, the improbable happened, reserve Colt running back Dominick Rhodes bringing the kickoff back 88 yards to save Manning.
Until Rhodes stole away, it was obvious that Manning had wasted so much time dancing around in the backfield after handing the ball to James that, now, he couldn't catch up throwing passes. And that's bad quarterbacking.
Manning Tosses Nine Straight Passes
MANNING PROVED in Sunday's fourth quarter that he's a much better passer than quarterback. To win the game in the final minutes, he stood back in shotgun formation and fired away, dispensing with his play-action nonsense and all other quarterback responsibilities on the game's decisive 80-yard drive. After Rhodes' big punt return closed the score to 31-23, the Colts needed eight points to tie, and the crucial problem, arising before a two-point conversion could be thought of, was getting the touchdown. Manning got it by lining up as a shotgun passer and throwing (or attempting to throw) nine consecutive passes, six of which connected.
There were no runs on that drive by Edgerrin James or anyone else. There were no window-dressing stretch plays. There was no elaborate faking. Although Manning often skips importantly around in the backfield before snaps, apparently conferring with teammates and pointing a finger zealously left or right, there was none of that. There was no need to huddle. There was no need for the sandlot plays Manning may have used at least once — his exceptional wide receivers, one or more of the three, were open on all nine plays.


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A Plan of Work is a semester-by-semester schedule of courses that a student plans to take to meet his or her degree program(s) requirements.
Registration and Records created the new Degree Planner to support the NC State regulation on Progress Toward Undergraduate Degree that, as of the 2006 Fall Semester, applies to all NC State undergraduate degree-seeking students. Both students and advisors use the Degree Planner to organize the individual student's Plan of Work.
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Photography: Jamie Stoker takes his new camera for a spin at Wimbledon
Wimbledon might be long gone but we're still really enjoying these impromptu shots of Centre Court and Court Number One from the excellent Jamie Stoker. Jamie bagged himself a choice piece of kit in early July, a Contax 645 with an 80mm F2 Zeiss Planar lens, and set about capturing a day at the world's favourite tennis tournament with this legendary piece of hardware. Keen to acquaint himself with his new gear, he was lucky enough to have the opportunity to put it through its paces in an environment where both he and the camera would be tested. We think the results are pretty tasty and capture the spirit of Wimbledon is a wonderfully unfussy way.


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The Grande Fairy of Kensington is ready to blow her magical fairy dust on wherever she is placed. The exquisite detailing on this piece is just one of the reasons she is well loved by so many of our customers. No matter where she is placed, this garden fairy statue will bring magic to her environment all year long.
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Samsung announces the new Galaxy Xcover 20
Samsung has announced a new smartphone, aimed for those who want a phone which can handle everything you throw at it. The phone is a great phone for those wanting something where they don't have to worry about it getting dunked in water or in a sandy area.
The GALAXY Xcover 2 is optimized to endure against the most rugged outdoor conditions, whether you're at work or play. Protected against the elements, it is dust and sand proof. It's even water resistant to a depth of one meter for up to 30 minutes (IP67 Certified). You can now take photos under water with the direct camera key, hold on tight to your device with the strap holder and not worry about dropping your phone as the battery cover lock gives added protection.
The phone runs Android 4.1 and is being called a "premium phone" by Samsung.
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Top Five Mistakes Writers Make at Conference
So, I've mentioned before that I'm a conference whore. I think part of it is that I've always loved learning. I have nerd DNA that can't be escaped. But the other part is that I have so much fun being around other writers. It's like finding your home planet after feeling like you were the only weird one all these years. So for the past two years, I've attended about three conferences each year. And over those two years, I've started to notice some patterns and mistakes that some writers make--especially when they are conference virgins.
So I thought I'd put together a list of the pitfalls to avoid...
1. Attending only "industry/career" workshops vs. craft workshops.
This is probably the number one mistake I've seen newbie conference-goers make (because I, of course, have never made this mistake. *cough*) We go to a conference and there are all these agents and editors that we stalk follow on the internet. And OMG, they are going to be on a panel and tell us all the things they want to see in a query and all the super secret insider stuff to get published. Must. Go. Right?
Well, yes, these are often helpful. And believe me, those workshops run out of seats immediately. Meanwhile, there's an awesome NYT author in Room B giving a course on deepening characterization or something and it's half-empty.
Hear this: If you aren't actively honing your craft, the "how to query", "what are the current trends", "are you still accepting vampire novels" panels are only going to get you so far. The writing needs to come first. So balance your schedule. Pick a few industry type classes, but make sure at least half of the rest of the workshops you attend can make you a better writer. This should be your goal. Look around in those classes, who's sitting in them? Published authors.
2. Focusing too much on the big pitch session with the agent or editor.
Getting a chance to pitch is often the initial draw for a person to attend a conference. Screw the slushpile, you get to sit and babble like a drunken monkey in front of a real live agent/editor! I have never done this, as I've accepted I'm better on paper than in person.
But here's the thing--yes, pitching can be a great opportunity, but really, it's only glorified querying. Most agents will ask for a partial (unless the genre is totally off or something) so you may get a chance to get more pages in front of them. BUT it's still about the writing. SO, don't waste your whole conference stressing and focusing on the pitch and go to your workshops in a haze. You're there to learn and network first. Pitching second.
*This also goes for agent-stalking in the elevators and bars. Don't spend all your time trying to corner your favorite agent to elevator pitch them and become BFFs. I'm sure by the end of the conference agents and editors feel like gazelle in the middle of a lion pride. Their eyes are shifting left and right looking for the next writer to pounce. Don't be one of those lions.
3. Getting caught up in the "FREE STUFF!"
This is more an issue at the national conferences. For instance, at RWA Nationals, each publisher does a book signing where you literally go pick up books for free. Now, offering writers free books is like putting out a donut buffet at fat camp. We're drawn to it, our eyes glazed over, mumbling "boooooks, booooookkksss."
But control yourself. Those lines for those signings were LONG. It often meant you missed two workshops while you waited in line. So you are losing out on learning opportunities to get a few paperbacks. This is NOT why you paid hundreds of dollars to attend.
And you get other free books anyway. I didn't attend any of those signings last year and I still came home with like 40 free books. Seriously. So only spend that time in line if there aren't workshops you're interested in during that time slot.
4. Keeping to yourself or only socializing with your little group of friends.
The vast majority of writers are introverts. And when we go to a conference (especially our first conference) we have the urge to keep our heads down and stay focused on the task at hand. This can be even more the case when you're pre-published and still wrestling with your own feelings about calling yourself a writer out loud. But a big part of the benefit of a conference is the networking aspect. People are SUPER friendly. And you're all writers, so you automatically have something in common. For you shy people (like me), force yourself to turn to the person next to you in a workshop or at lunch and ask "So what do you write?" You'll be amazed how easy the conversation is and how you can meet some really great new friends.
5. Not going to conferences at all.
This is the biggest mistake of all. Yes, sometimes it's a location or finance issue. That's understandable. But if you have the means to get to a conference--there are fabulous local ones all over the place--then go! Online conferences are great, but there's something about being present in a room with others who are doing the same as you. It's awesome. I've learned so much at conferences, have met great people, and I never fail to leave them feeling re-energized about my writing. So put yourself out there.
Alright, for those of you who have been to a conference, have you made any of these mistakes? What other tips would you give conference-goers? And if you haven't been to a conference, how come?