The Art of Translating Science
The ability to tolerate ambiguity is a hallmark of health humanities, the field in which I find myself after years in both public health and creative writing. Among the many goals of public health practice, translating scientific evidence for use in the development of public policy is one of the most central.
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Nintendo's Resurgence Was the Best Tech Story of 2017
The handheld-console hybrid has improbably become the best-selling console in many parts of the world and has already accrued multiple titles worthy of GOAT status in fewer than 10 months. Couple the Switch's success with the highly sought-after SNES Classic, and Nintendo is clearly having its best
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'Ugly Ducklings' On How People Treated Them When They Got Hot
In high school, people called Dani Pearsall “the dragon lady”. Her ambition and drive meant many saw her as stern and rude, and kids often expressed “mild disgust” if partnered with her in class. By the time she got to college, people in her creative writing class were begging to work with her. “People
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Oh My God! Aisling authors sign six-figure deal and film could be next
Details of next year's Creative Writing Workshops will be announced later in December and include a master class on writing the novel from Alex Preston, Joanna Briscoe will direct the advanced novel workshop, Paul McVeigh short fiction, Sarah Webb writing children's books and Irish Book Award
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How to spare your collaborator's feeling of authorship
Even when the university puts a commendable effort to learn from the USA's creative writing, there is almost no way to face the question of a writing technique. Because such a technique probably doesn't even exist in France. The french writer is perpetually in the shadow of the great french writers figures
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10 books on mixed drinks, spirits from 2017: Holiday gift guide (photos)
CLEVELAND, Ohio â You're not a wine aficionado, you're not a beer fan â what's wrong with you? Nothing, of course, in this age of craft cocktails. Several books published this year cover all the elements of spirits and mixed drinks, from where to go and how to appreciate them, from their history to the art
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Beauty Best Sellers
Precision tools, rich creams, and more of our most popular routine essentials.
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Do you have a piece of creative writing in the works, or a story in your head?
Reporter editor and published novelist Caren Lissner is bringing her one-shot writing class to Little City Books in Hoboken again in January. Do you have an idea for a novel, story, memoir, essay, or script, or do you have something partly written but don't know the next steps? You can bring up to two
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âDear Enemyâ Guides Readers Through a Landscape Where Rules Don't Apply
At 36, she is a creative writing professor at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsyvlania, and before that she taught composition and creative writing classes as a graduate student. She calls the workshop process âa luxury and a pleasure,â while admitting that, yes, she is lampooning
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PageSuite develops kiosk app solution for Egmont Publishing's FLIPP solution
KENT, UK â December 7, 2017 â PageSuite has announced the launch of three separate 'FLIPP' apps for each of Egmont's Publishing divisions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Each of the FLIPP apps are customisable and contain multiple magazine titles designed to be read by a range of
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Tuition-free school for the arts open for applicants
SCGSAH dance performance The Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, a tuition-free public high school located in Greenville, has begun accepting applications from young artists. The school has various programs in creative writing, dance, drama, music, and the visual arts. South Carolina
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Winnipegger pens graphic novel on Christie Pits riot
This was the subject of his first graphic novel, Canoe Boys, which he released last March under his own publishing company, Dirty Water Comics. In the years since that first adventure, Michaels has explored Ghana, as well as bartended and worked other odd jobs in London, England, while attending
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Writers Institute gives aspiring authors a Pathway to Publication
Writers' Institute attendee Laurie Buchanan is returning this year as a presenter after finding her own pathway to publication. The conference helped her complete her self-help book âNote to Self,â which went on to win a 2016 Foreword INDIE Award. âThe first time I attended the Writers' Institute I was
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AppNexus Classifies 'Fake News,' 'Viral Content' As Vectors For Ad Fraud
âExperts have seen that generally, publishers specializing in viral content are much more likely to receive non-human traffic,â the AppNexus analysts note, adding: âWe have established this link by using data science methods to find suspicious traffic patterns and overlaps in these sites' audiences, as
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The âChicken Dinnerâ Guide: to Selling Online Games to China
About a month ago, the Game Publishing Committee of China's Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association (ä¸å½é³æ°å游æå·¥å§) reported that China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) âholds a negative attitudeâ toward last-man-standing games like
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Header Bidding Coming to Video, But in Time. AppNexus' Van Kirk explains
In the last couple of years, header bidding, the ad-tech practice through which publishers are now able to entertain multiple ad bids simultaneously rather than in a waterfall sequence, has tantalised buyers and seller alike. But, whilst the technology is now getting more widely deployed on display ads,
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Holiday shopping off to strong start at Volusia stores
“It's been a great holiday season so far,” Conforto said, adding that some of the top selling items at her store have been Fingerlings toys, which she described as “animatronic monkeys that sit on your hand and make noise,” Hatchimals and drones. At the Tanger Outlets, General Manager Scott Sadove
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Speechless' Hormonal Teenagers are the Worst
… writing, film, baking, music, drawing, traveling, Disney, and playing soccer. Her life usually revolves around all of these and her family. The oldest of six, Catalina tries to set a good example for her siblings. She graduated from Santa Clara University in 2010 with a BA in English Creative Writing and is
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Write Stuff: Local Authors Event, Lucy Ferriss In Bloomfield
Lehman teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Bridgeport, contributes to many publications and is the author of 12 books of fiction, travel and history. His book on the traitorous Connecticut native Arnold chronicles how, in 1781, he led British soldiers and local loyalists in taking Fort
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Watson Junior High captures top UIL District honors
The University Interscholastic League offers the following contests for elementary, middle school and junior high students: art, calculator, chess puzzle, creative writing, dictionary skills, editorial writing, impromptu speaking, listening, maps, graphs & charts, mathematics, modern oratory, music memory,
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