Day: November 21, 2017

Insight and recommendations for the scholarly publishing community

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Insight and recommendations for the scholarly publishing community

Among the 30 or so recommendations featured in the report, those for researchers include 'take an interest in the scholarly publishing ecosystem' and 'work to disentangle publication from promotion and tenure'. Publishers are encouraged to 'be transparent about costs' and 'demonstrate the added
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Gamers are overreacting to micro-transactions according to analyst

“Quantitative analysis shows that video game publishers are actually charging gamers at a relatively inexpensive rate, and should probably raise prices […] Despite its inconvenience to the popular press narrative, if you like Star Wars and play video games at an average rate, you're far better off skipping
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Roy Moore's preposterous threat against an Alabama news publisher backfires spectacularly

Roy Moore's preposterous threat against an Alabama news publisher backfires spectacularly … A lawyer for AMG wrote that not only would it continue publishing stories about Roy Moore, but Moore's poor image is “self-inflicted” and any litigation brought by Moore & Co. would result in “important
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Star Wars Battlefront 2 controversy: Has EA killed the premium + IAP business model?

Probably not, but it will make other publishers much more suspicious about this business model. This is unfortunate because, if properly implemented, it can benefit both players and publishers. This business model that offers IAPs (in-app-purchases) in a game sold at full price is called paymium.
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How to become a successful sports writer

Emma will share key tips on live reporting, interviewing and pitching to editors, as well as provide an insight into writing a sports book. Whether you'd like to have a career in sports journalism or write about sport on a casual basis and get paid doing it, this course is a must for anyone who has ever felt
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How the Pentagon Papers changed the "information leak" game

Near was the bigoted and unscrupulous publisher of The Saturday Press, a Minneapolis scandal sheet that specialized in spreading generally true but frequently reckless accusations of local corruption. Each issue during the paper's short run featured hate-filled diatribes alleging that Jewish mobsters,
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New Liquor Store Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

What better time for the new Madelia Liquor Store to celebrate their grand opening and have an open house and wine tasting than during the Razzle Dazzle celebration. Among those on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony include, L-R, Mayor Mike Grote, City Administrator Jane Piepgras, Councilman
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AMA, Harvard Health Publishing sever ties with Outcome Health – 21 Nov 2017

The American Medical Association and Harvard Health Publishing have reportedly suspended their partnerships with Outcome Health amid speculations that the Chicago-based tech and advertising startup misled advertisers. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal, the organisations have
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Outskirts Press Writing Consultation Option Helps Authors Be Productive and Creative

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Outskirts Press Writing Consultation Option Helps Authors Be Productive and Creative

This one-hour session with a writing professional will assist the author in working through the writer's unique stumbling blocks so they can be more productive, creative and motivated. At Outskirts Press, the author is never alone in the publishing process. For more information about self-publishing and
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What Tim Ferriss Learned from 100-Plus Elite Performers

Ferriss, who has written three New York Times number one bestsellers and spent the past several years fine-tuning his interviewing approach as host of his insanely popular podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show (often number one among all podcasts on iTunes), emailed an identical set of 11 clear and very
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The PEN Ten with Carlina Duan

I had this creative writing teacher, Jeff Kass. … I think a lot about the privilege and the supreme gorgeousness of my own writing community, and how lucky it was that I fell into that community at such a … And so the world of writers felt like this very accessible and natural thing for me to love and become.
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Donna Brazile in Atlanta: 'Don't Step On Me When I Tell You My Story'

6 on the coveted New York Times best sellers list. But Sunday … “I feel like we're in a period of awakening where people are discovering not just their own political power, but they have determined that the best way to proceed in the 21st century is to get more and more Americans to run for office. So I'm
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As Under-Fire Al Franken Cancels Appearances, Minnesota Booksellers Stand By Their Senator

Juan Mendieta, the director of communications at Miami Dade College which hosts the Miami Book Fair, said Franken's publisher called on Friday to cancel the author's scheduled appearance. Mendieta said no reason was given for the cancellation. The event was free, but required a ticket for entry.
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Dominique Lawalrée in New York

Dominique Lawalrée in New York “And of course, we play this piece like children—with some mistakes,” said the Belgian composer and keyboardist Dominique Lawalrée as he sat down with his wife, Claire, and musician Kelly Moran at a piano to play an encore. If this was an apt way to describe the
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Kannada Book Authority to document Karnataka's publishing history in a book

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Kannada Book Authority to document Karnataka's publishing history in a book

MANGALURU: Keen to learn about printing and publishing history of the state? Want to know more about first paper Mangaluru Samachara published in the state? Striving to answer this and other related questions is the Kannada Book Authority with its much vaunted project Kannada Pusthaka
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Pocket.watch Passes 1-Billion Views Per Month -Announces Partnerships With YouTube Mega …

And in a move to further grow and extend pocket.watch's franchises, the company has formed a new partnership with Simon Spotlight, a division of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, that will create books under the pocket.watch brand. “I'm incredibly excited to bring EvanTube and CaptainSparklez
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WeBuyGold CEO Dan Altmann Wants To Rewrite The Rules Of Social Entertainment

For a mobile generation accustomed to curated content experiences on-demand, major networks and publishing companies have been tirelessly seeking new ways to break ground in the social entertainment space. Since 2014, over $30 billion has been invested in developing, original cross-platform
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How to Murder Your Darlings—And Create Better Content

You write a few words and discover that you are not Hemingway. You delete them immediately. The problem is you are trying to be creative and critical
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How to cook a turkey? See today's special section

Just in time to help you prepare Thanksgiving dinner, Randolph County second-graders offer these deliciously interesting instructions as The
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Issue of NCERT book publishing under CM's consideration

With only four months left for the next academic session to begin, the Uttarakhand government has not yet taken any decision on publishing National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) books. Sources claimed that a memorandum of understanding between the government and
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What Your Pastor Really Wants for Christmas

Like bloodhounds searching for raccoons, pastors love shopping, even hunting, for books! So don't just give your pastor a paperback or an Amazon gift card. Give your pastor a book-buying experience. Here's how it might work. Ask your pastor about his or her favorite bookstore or book publisher.
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Creative Writing For A Blogging Site.

Apply, or post a similar freelance job: Creative writing for a blogging site. Seeking good quality content that covers all areas geared towards woman (1412258)
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Google to Go After Sites That Use AMPs as Teaser Pages

This includes features outside of organic search, such as the Top Stories carousel. Publishers found to be in violation of Google's new AMP policy will receive a manual action notification in search console. At that time, publishers will have the opportunity to correct the issue if they wish to have their AMPs
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Students' love for the arts shines at CAPA

The students have seven arts programs to choose from, including visual arts, vocal music, instrumental music, dance, theater, creative writing and
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Sandhills Publishing Teams Up With FR8Star To Simplify Shipping & Logistics

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Buyers and sellers utilizing Sandhill Publishing's platforms to transact new and used construction and agriculture equipment, commercial trucks, and trailers at retail, wholesale, and auction now have direct access to the FR8Star marketplace (www.
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This ICO Could Improve Schools By Giving Tokens To Top Performers

For instance, book publishers can use the insights of (verified) scholars to create better content. Advertisers (such as prep providers and tutoring services) can work with the best students to optimize their products and services for the benefit of all students. A verification system makes such partnerships
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Bird Country by Claire Aman, Text Publishing, $29.99

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Bird Country by Claire Aman, Text Publishing, $29.99

Bird Country by Claire Aman, Text Publishing, $29.99. SUE WALLACE, The Weekly Times. 6 minutes ago. BIRD Country is a collection of vibrant short stories that focus on the themes of love, loss, friendship, betrayal, happiness and pain. The 16 stories capture snapshots of poignant experiences and
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2017: The Best Beauty Sales

And on Black Friday (11/24) specifically, with a purchase of $100 or more you'll receive a travel bag with five best-selling travel-sized items, and with a purchase of $125 or more you'll receive a travel bag with seven best-selling travel-sized items. Bobbi Brown: From 11/23 to 11/25, Bobbibrown.com is
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The Pivot From Advertising

Those platforms are also in the advertising business, and they're much better at it than the publishers, for various reasons. So advertisers increasingly
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Daruma Capital Management Increased Ii Vi (IIVI) Stake; Last Week Bloomsbury Publishing Plc …

Among 3 analysts covering Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (LON:BMY), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold. Therefore 100% are positive. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC had 29 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Peel Hunt maintained Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) on
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harper collins publishers hc-0064401847 bridge to terabithia

HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS HC-0064401847 BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA for sale at Walmart Canada. Find Movies & Music online for less at Walmart.ca.
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Publisher issues first retractions for fake peer review, starts new checking policy

The publisher Frontiers has retracted four papers in three of its journals … a problem plaguing other publishers for years; he has not yet responded.
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US wheat prices at their lowest while corn planting conditions improve in South America

Futures were lower in New York and in London last week, with commercials scale down buyers and speculators still the best sellers in New York. Traders tried to move the market above the recent range, but the rally attempt failed to hold and the market closed back in the middle of the range on Friday.
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NYPL unveils US$317m 'masterplan'

In the US, the New York Public Library (NYPL) has unveiled the US$317m (A$418m) 'masterplan' for its flagship Stephen A Schwarzman Building, reports Publishers Weekly. The library said the plan will create 20% more public space for research, exhibitions and educational programs. In 2014, the
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Dramatic Shifts

According to Seo, CJ E&M's best sellers traditionally have been love stories, but fantasy elements have been striking a chord with viewers recently.
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Redhill wins Canada's Giller Prize for 'Bellevue Square'

Toronto author Michael Redhill has won Canada's Scotiabank Giller Prize—the country's richest literary award—for his novel Bellevue Square (Doubleday Canada). Bellevue Square tells the story of a woman who tries to track down her doppelganger. The jury described the novel as 'warm, funny and
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Gilgamesh Platform Connects and Empowers Authors, Readers, and Critics by Removing Industry …

The publishing industry has been negatively affected by new technologies, including the internet itself. While we have everything at our fingertips
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Using Digital Games to Make Engaging Journalism at Miami Newsjam

Since then, many publishers have experimented with embedding games in journalism. The American University Game Lab has an archive of news
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Scotland trials national 'One Card' program

Scotland has launched a trial of a 'One Card' program in Scottish libraries, reports the Bookseller. Five councils are taking part in the six-month pilot program, which will be extended to the whole country if successful. One Card gives cardholders access to more than 120 libraries and 1.6 million books,
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HP Inc Names Hamilton to Applied Research Network

Dream a Little Dream: Virtual Realities and Literature (Nhora Serrano, Literature & Creative Writing) In this course featuring authors such as L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, and Murakami, students will use 3D technologies to imagine, design, and create virtual objects and environments based on readings
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Minor Delay In Publishing Attendance Can't Benefit Students Barred Due To Abysmal Attendance …

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Minor Delay In Publishing Attendance Can't Benefit Students Barred Due To Abysmal Attendance …

Minor delay by college in publishing list of students with short attendance can be of no significance in case of students barred from appearing in the fourth semester examination owing to their short attendance, the Delhi High Court said on Tuesday.
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Analyst: Gamers Are Overreacting Over Star Wars, Publishers Should Increase Prices

Well, here's a take you won't be hearing on next week's Jimquisition: KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Evan Wingren believes that gamers are overreacting over Star Wars Battlefront 2's microtransaction saga – and that publishers should increase the price of their software as they're undercharging.
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The Catch by Anna Clark, NLA Publishing, $39.99

Rather than a guide for catching fish, the 160 pages tell the history of the industry, from the first-known accounts of indigenous fishing and the challenges faced by the colonial fishing industry to sell fish before they spoiled, to the latest fishing trends, including how fishing for trout in Tasmanian rivers
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Think about your children when considering divorce

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Think about your children when considering divorce

Writing, which surprised me when I first started teaching, was a very unpopular activity. I think that was because students usually had to start with a blank sheet of paper, and in an organized, creative and entertaining/informative manner, newly developing critical thinking skills or creative writing
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Exclusive: This matcha wants you to sip your way to healthy, glowy skin and hair

“We all try to live healthy lifestyles, but at the end of the day, you still want it to taste good. … “Matcha lattes are the best-sellers at a lot of our food-service café partners, so we wanted to make that approachable to someone making it at home—especially for consumers who don't have easy access,” says
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Erratum for Schloss et al., “Support Science by Publishing in Scientific Society Journals”

ERRATUM. Volume 8, no. 5, e01633-17, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01633-17. There was an error in reference 12. It should appear as shown below. 12. Johnston M. 2017. On using academic peers as editors for scientific journals. Science Editor 39:67–68.
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Young Writers Workshop Creative Writing Instructor

Working Title: Young Writers Workshop Creative Writing Instructor Position Type: Hourly Wage Department: Curry School of Education Location: Lynchburg Posting Date: 11-20-2017. Posting Summary: The Young Writers Workshop of the University of Virginia, established in 1982 as the nation's flagship
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IB Diploma Prepares Students for Global Universities

… up in applying to good universities and getting scholarships,” says Ciastko, now a creative writing student at the University of British Columbia in Canada. … Filipino national Gabrielle Ilagan, a senior at Williams College in Massachusetts, says the IB program significantly improved her writing skills and
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Mill+ signs director Cassidy Burcher

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Mill+ signs director Cassidy Burcher

London-born Burcher has a passion for exploring themes through illustration and creative writing which remain at the heart of his directing work.
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China's Tencent becomes more valuable than Facebook

Tencent's disruption of industries traditionally dominated by the state has also angered a number of behemoths — from the publishing to telecommunications to banking sectors. These powerful enemies could pose a problem for the tech giant in the future, analysts say. “Most of its profits are obtained by
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Ector County Library website launching

14 in the library auditorium. The website was made possible through the efforts of the Odessa Book Club, Creative Marketing Nerds and students from a 2016 senior-level professional writing course led by Myra Salcedo at UTPB. The Odessa Book Club provided a $1,375 monetary donation towards the
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Music publisher Schubert Music expands management wing via Celsius acquisition

Independent music publisher Schubert Music has expanded its non-publishing interests by acquiring German artist management firm Celsius Management. Schubert Music, a key independent publisher in Central and Eastern Europe, already has some operations outside music publishing, including
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PUB to publish best practices guide in 2018 to improve water use in non-residential buildings

SINGAPORE – The national water agency aims to improve water use by non-domestic consumers, a group representing nearly three-quarters of demand in the future. As non-domestic water consumption is expected to increase, the PUB is publishing a guidebook – The Best Practice Guide For Water
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The dos and don'ts of writing a personal statement for law

… says Dr Martina McClean, legal admissions tutor for the University of Hull. Whether you're interested in family, criminal or EU law, you need to immediately pique admissions tutors' interest and convince them you're right for the course. So what should you include? And what are the mistakes to avoid?
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Why do the Koch brothers want Time Inc.'s magazine empire?

No deal has officially been announced, but the buzz in media industry circles is that David and Charles Koch, the billionaire brothers known for their free-spending political ways, have agreed to finance a purchase of Time Inc., the venerable magazine publisher that has had trouble competing in the
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Stakeholders welcome Slovenia's guest status at 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair

Ljubljana, 21 November – The announcement that Slovenia will be the guest of honour at the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair has been welcomed as the news of the year by a representative of the publishing industry, while a representative of writers labelled it a great opportunity only if the poor situation in the
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Why are Manipur dailies publishing blank editorials against BJP

While the identity or affiliation of the miscreants remains unclear, local journalists are convinced the incident is retaliation from BJP youth wing. News Stalker; Nov 21, 2017. 0. Shares. Share. Next. Newspapers in Manipur carried out blank editorials on Monday, November 20, 2017, after activists of the
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China's “silent invasion” of Australia goes global

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China's “silent invasion” of Australia goes global

“The decision by Allen & Unwin to stall publication of this book almost proves the point that there's an undue level of Chinese influence in Australia,” said Prof. Rory Medcalf, head of the National Security College at Australian National University. Allen & Unwin is one of Australia's largest publishers.
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November 20 Romance Bestsellers

Congratulations to the RWA members who hit the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and/or USA Today best-seller lists this week! Visit www.rwa.org/page/bestsellers to see where these books hit on the lists. Kristen Ashley, Complicated. Grace Burrowes, No Other Duke Will Do. Christine Feehan
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New collection of short stories, essays, poems, characters, and articles invites readers to think …

November 1, 2017 Denver, CO and Los Alamitos, CA Outskirts Press, the fastest-growing, full-service self-publishing, and book marketing company, is pleased to announce the release of Giving My Self to the Wind: Stories, Essays, and More by Kathryn Atkins. The book's title comes from the penultimate
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Tallahassee Democrat publisher shares hope for capital city

Tallahassee Democrat Publisher Skip Foster shared a familiar message to the Capital Tiger Bay Club on Monday: The night is always darkest just before the dawn. To be clear, the publisher of the paper of record for the capital city didn't verbatim quote the famous line from “The Dark Knight” or evenly
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Error while publishing report

Hi all, Working on the LAB 4 . I have downloaded the Lab4-Starting.pbix file and tried it publish but I am getting error : The Error is :-
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Volume brings crowdfunding model to art book publishing

The Kickstarter model has worked well for art and design books – the spate of identity manual reissues being a particularly high-profile case in point. Now Thames & Hudson has backed a new start-up that seeks to build on the potential demonstrated by those independent projects to create a
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Five thousand signed book plates for 'La Belle Sauvage' released to indies

The publishers announced it would distribute the limited edition book plates to support independent bookshops with sales of Pullman's first instalment of The Book of Dust series ahead of Christmas, along with an exclusively produced print by Chris Wormell, the illustrator who produced the title's cover
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Importance of Writing Skills for Business Communication

Honing the writing skill can only have positive impact on business and career. … According to an expert writer from the best essay service review , 'without proper communication, including the written form, a business cannot function … For this, of course, you need highly developed business writing skills.
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Under Trump, US Companies Face a Rough Road on Trade

The minus-America deal now moving forward also deletes a provision that would have expanded access for U.S. express delivery services like UPS and FedEx, and several additional intellectual property protections that would have benefited U.S. software, music and publishing companies.
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Publishing map service with PostgreSQL layer on…

I can view the table and render them using Display XY Data function on ArcMap. However, when I try to publish the map document (mxd) using both ArcGIS Server Manager and Publish to ArcGIS Server function on ArcCatalog the rendered points (XY events) does not show. I have ArcGIS Server 10.1.
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History Of Our Town (May 15, 1970)

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History Of Our Town (May 15, 1970)

(The following entry in “The History Of Our Town” by Lucille Basler was published in the May 15, 1970, edition of the Ste. Genevieve Fair Play. The Herald in 2015 began publishing in order the series of articles written by Basler, which began publication in December 1966.) As people thoughtlessly go
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Self-Publishing and Collection Development : Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries / Robert …

Self-Publishing and Collection Development : Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries / Robert P. Holley. Author: Holley, Robert P. [Browse]; Format: Book; Language: English; Published/​Created: West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, c2015. Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched, c2015. ©2015.
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People in the news, Nov. 21

“Jayne and I have a long history working together as a regional team early in our careers, and we will continue to infuse this collaborative culture while implementing a proven customer-centered approach to sales that will drive … Haddock is a long-time author with McGraw-Hill publishing company.
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International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology

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International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology

International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology from Inderscience Publishers addresses original research, ideas, developments in all areas of nuclear energy science and technology.
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Paywalls & Publishers Part 1: Where Did Paywalls Come From?

These initial paywall experiments earned their builders varying degrees of success, and provided other publishers with valuable data and statistics that informed their decisions. Other smaller publishers followed suit and in today's landscape there now exists a blend of paywall strategies that can be
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