Day: December 8, 2017

Honors Humanities Seminar at SMHS Wins Golden Bell Award

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Honors Humanities Seminar at SMHS Wins Golden Bell Award

The district submitted the seminar for the award, saying “Honors Humanities Seminar is a reading and writing-intensive course co-taught by two highly qualified teachers from the English and Art Departments, with a distinct focus on the study of art and literature. Students read, analyze and discuss
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Cowen Cuts Adidas' Estimates On North America Growth Concerns

Of the top 100 best sellers on FL.com, Adidas has 25 shoes featured, 20 of which (80 percent) are currently on sale at an average discount of 31 percent. By comparison Nike has 48 SKU's with 15 on sale (31 percent) at an average discount of 18 percent and Jordan has 22 SKUs, of which 16 (73
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Best-in-Biz Awards Cites SAVO For Best Enterprise Product

“We continue to make significant investments to provide an enterprise grade solution including global language, high security standards, system support for 1+ million sellers and more,” said Jeremy Schultz, EVP, Strategy, SAVO Group. “It's gratifying to see Best-in-Biz recognize SAVO in this area while
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Tuning your Pedagogical Practices: Building a Universal Teaching Environment

Teaching Basic Writing, a reading and writing intensive course in Fall 2016, brought me a lot of clarity on these limitations, and it started on Day 1: I found my student, “Cam,” pacing the hallway outside our class. An athlete whose sport was in season during the fall, Cam told me, “Maybe it would be best if
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Game publishers see AI as future

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Yonhap) — South Korea's three major game developers are expanding their workforces in artificial intelligence (AI) as they consider the technology as the future of the industry, company officials said Friday. The nation's longtime online game giant Nexon Korea Co. said that it will expand
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Better law & order helps organise int'l book fair: Minister

He urged students especially youth to adopt habit of research. Jabbar completely rejected the thought regarding reduction in book reading among nationals, saying that statistics showed contrary details. He reminded a US-based research that showed visible hike in books' printing after major increase in
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Cornwall author Missy Harrison is following her dream

Harrison, who works as a student supervisor at the school, was an aspiring author for many years with intentions of writing a book and trying to have it published since she was in high school. Ironically enough, it was something she wrote as an assignment for a high school creative writing class that
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For Video, Header Bidding Needs A Hybrid Approach: Cedato's Doron

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 apparently worked wonders for display ad sales. But, for video, the situation looks altogether more challenging. For one, the VAST and VPAID
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Not so retiring Port Morien author

“Today, the stigma of publishing your own poetry isn't the same as it once was,” said Peach, adding one of the biggest selling poets today, Rupi Kaur, self-published her first work, eventually selling more than a million copies. Peach's aspirations for “Rhymes of a Grateful Caper” are more modest. He had
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v/ – STILL NO. 1 ON THE ESHOP BESTSELLERS LMAO

STILL NO. 1 ON THE ESHOP BESTSELLERS LMAO – “/v/ – Video Games” is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of PC and console video games.
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Chanute woman helps dad publish new book for holidays

Author Rudy Taylor calls it “a small novel,” and his new book was released Dec. 6 with several book signings scheduled. Although Taylor did all the writing, the book itself was produced and published by Jenny Diveley of Chanute, who is Rudy and Kathy Taylor's daughter. “This book is the perfect
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Texas State University Under Fire for Publishing Anti-White Article

Texas State University, located in San Marcos, is coming under fire in recent weeks for allowing a racist article to be published in the school newspaper. The newspaper, titled The University Star, approved the publication of an article titled “Your DNA is an abomination” by student Rudy Martinez.
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Raymond Terrace author Charles Zammit has first book, Reckless, published

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Raymond Terrace author Charles Zammit has first book, Reckless, published

After two years of sending his book to publishers in Australia and the United States and receiving more rejection letters than he could count he finally struck gold in the United Kingdom. Publishing house Austin Macauley loved the synopsis to Reckless so much they quickly asked for the manuscript.
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'Book reading not so out of fashion as we believe'

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'Book reading not so out of fashion as we believe'

Special public attraction was seen at books stalls selling translated versions of popular books in languages as varied as Urdu, Sindhi, Persian, Punjabi as well as Gujrati. The Welcome Book Port and Children Publishers managed to whip up the curiosity of many a students and parents with its stock of
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Death of anorexic teenager left to starve in her university flat was 'avoidable', says watchdog

Ms Hart left The Eating Disorders Unit at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in August 2012 after 11 months to begin her degree in English and creative writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. She started her course in September but was not allocated a care co-ordinator until October.
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Amazon has come to Australia with its model to recolonise our markets and minds

Not only does Amazon have distorting power as a buyer – of books and eBooks from publishers (monopsony); but also as the most powerful seller – of books and other consumer goods to consumers (monopoly). It is the model favoured by imperialists of all kinds and a matter of recolonising our markets
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Twitter and the Bernays Bookcase

The “father of spin” (and master of marketing and propaganda) Edward Bernays was asked by book publishers how to boost business after the crash of 1929. The answer? Make bookshelves a kind of home furnishing that shows you have taste. Promoting bookcases in home and garden magazines not
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Library, faculty authors navigate complicated textbook industry

High textbook costs have problematized the process for professors to publish books and for the college to distribute textbooks. In response to these difficulties, Milne Library has considered ways to skirt around potentially burdensome costs. The library runs various programs to help faculty publish and
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Science's data secrecy problem

Troubled by this secrecy – especially given the public funding of most research – a movement for open data and overall open science has arisen, calling for open-access publishing—that is, research to be published in non-paywalled forums—and data sharing. This movement builds upon the mandate
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'Clear failures of care': scathing report into student's anorexia death

Hart was first diagnosed with anorexia at 17 when she was doing her A-levels. She spent almost a year as an inpatient at a specialist eating disorders unit in Cambridge in 2011-12 but was discharged in August 2012 so she could start studying English and creative writing at the University of East Anglia
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Adaptations win at AACTA Awards 2017

The 2017 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards have been announced, with many of the awards going to book-to-screen adaptations. The feature film adaptation of Saroo Brierley's memoir Lion (Penguin) swept the evening, with 12 wins from 12 nominations, including
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Digital Publishing Market Overview, Growth, Demand and Forecast Research Report to 2022

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Digital Publishing Market Overview, Growth, Demand and Forecast Research Report to 2022

Digital Publishing Market report focuses on the major drivers and restraints for the key players. It also provides granular analysis of the market share, Sales and Consumption Status, segmentation, Industry Production, revenue forecasts and geographic regions of the market. Digital Publishing Market
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Genres aren't powerful. Writing is, says Annie Zaidi

A lot of my writing is inspired from what goes on around me. It could be the moment in time – hearing a voice, seeing something unfold on the streets – or it could be a news report. My non- fiction writing is based on reportage, of course, and the lives and events that I am witness to, or the stories that other
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How brands and marketers can leverage Facebook Watch

At the moment, a select group of creators and publishers like Refinery29 and Business Insider are being funded by Facebook to create original shows for Watch. These creators and publishers also have the option of creating sponsored shows for Watch as long as they use Facebook's “branded content”
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Workshop formatted class aids learning

The Creative Writing course will follow the same structure as the previous sessions with Jahn at the helm. Students will focus on writing poetry and fiction while sharing their work with the class in an attempt to ignite discussion on how writing can affect one another. “The essence of the class is workshop
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Former East Valley Tribune publisher Karen Wittmer dies

She retired in 2007 as publisher for the East Valley Tribune in Mesa and Scottsdale. “Karen was tough-minded and really smart. I greatly enjoyed working for her. When we discussed legal issues, she always focused on what was best for the Tribune and its reporters, and never chose to do otherwise
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James Baldwin's Sole Children's Book Comes Back into Print

Ken Wissoker, editorial director of Duke University Press, noted that the publisher “is proud and excited” to reissue Baldwin's book, which to his knowledge is the press's first children's book. “Little Man, Little Man is an open-eyed but warm picture of the black community,” he noted, “and it passes on a
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Rooney wins Young Writer of the Year award

In the UK, Irish writer Sally Rooney has won the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for her 'fearless, sensual' debut novel Conversations with Friends (Faber), reports the Bookseller. Judges praised Rooney's debut novel, the 'intimate story of high-risk relationships, youth and love', for its
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