One of the sectors hit hard by Hamas' rule over the Gaza Strip and the Israeli siege was book publishing, but both publishers and authors see signs of a literary awakening this year. The political-economic conditions of the Strip in the last decade have led to a cultural stagnation, and few books are being
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Deputy police chief Daryl Longworth (left), deputy police chief Stephen Williams and police board chair Jeannette Eberhard listen to London police Chief John Pare give a statement regarding a rash of criminal charges against several police officers in London, Ont. on Friday December 15, 2017.
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On Thursday, Apple finally rolled out its long-awaited Podcast Analytics feature, first announced back in June, which is meant to give podcast publishers more data about the behavior of their listeners. Publishers can now know just how many (anonymized) listeners stayed through a whole episode
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Norcross, GA — (SBWIRE) — 12/15/2017 — WhoisLogin Debuts Early Release of DevOps cloud login tools that enables enterprises to secure their security stacks on Amazon Web Services. Currently in early release, WhoisLogin is reinventing how enterprises implement clouds by offering a DevOps
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After Breakwell's account blew up in 2016, book publishers swarmed. But he didn't want to pen a parenting book on his material (some of which is pure comedy, not reality). So instead, the viral-tweeting father of four opted for the zombie apocalypse. “I didn't want to write a nonfiction book that was, say,
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The poem was one of five entries that received a James Bartleman Indigenous Youth Creative Writing Award from Ontario Lieutenant-Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell in a ceremony at Queen's Park in Toronto. Nova's father, Matthew Gull, the Canadian Ranger sergeant commanding the Ranger patrol in
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The people we look for usually do not run countries, or headline blockbuster movies, or write best sellers. We leave those to the appropriate sections of the newspaper. Our subjects are more likely to have just emerged from prison, or written their 1,547th novel. Or, this year, to be women with a story to
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According to the Guinness Book of Records, the first collection of crossword puzzles was published in the U.S. in 1924. It was called The Cross Word Puzzle Book, and was the first publication by a new partnership formed by Dick Simon and Lincoln Schuster. The book consisted of a compilation of
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The Hepburn era gave High Ridge its nickname “Publisher's Row” for being home to notable book publishers, artists, entertainers, bankers, and philanthropists, contributing to the vibrancy for which Ridgefield is still known. Over the past 31 years, the current owners have lovingly restored and remodeled
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Director General of Platinum Printing Press Jassim Ashkenani said they were keen participating in the fair prompted by “growing turnout.” This is the second time for “Dream Book” publishing and printing house to take part in the Jeddah fair, one of the leading Arab and Gulf cultural events, Executive
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There can be a child struggling in art, drama, social studies, geography, and there could be a child having trouble in math and science, but when it comes to art and creative writing, they are the best in the class. There is one issue with this situation though. If a child struggles with math or science, they are
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And when toy flippers get their hands on those great clearance deals in order to make a profit re-selling them for a higher price on Amazon or eBay, it can mean that moms have little to give their kids for the holidays. I'll give it to them: toy flippers are pretty good at snatching up the hottest deals of 2017 in
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“It is a nice present for someone dear in or from Namibia and a few books are still available at the Society,” she added. Jana Hybaskova, European Union Ambassador to Namibia said the EU Delegation Team, joins the Namibian Scientific Society and Kuiseb Publishers in uniting the country in its
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Mon, Dec. 18 (9:45am): The Committee on Finance and Revenue, chaired by Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, will be holding a public roundtable to be followed by a public hearing in Room 120 of the Wilson Building to consider a bill introduced by the council to authorize the establishment and
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Much has been written about today's young people, and a lot of it hasn't been terribly positive. Pampered. Spoiled. Unmotivated. Self-centered. The criticism goes on and on. But if the alumni who spoke at Mountlake Terrace High School Friday morning are any indication of the next generation, we are in
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DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING just celebrated its 10th birthday with a three-floor NEW YORK CITY gathering at the historical landmark FREE PUBLIC BATHS OF NEW YORK, bringing together the company's worldwide leadership team from NASHVILLE, L.A., TOKYO, AMSTERDAM and LONDON.
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From homemade cookies and cupcakes, to decadent cakes and jacks. The jacks are another reason why so many people keep coming back. The best sellers include the apple jack and peach jack. “You know I loved that I could have something like this in the morning without having to go to Greenville,
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Progressive Dinner Times Publishing Group Inc tpgonlinedaily.com The educational organization, Agri-Culture, recently held its 21st Annual Progressive Dinner, a fall tradition to celebrate the harvest. The event raised almost $40,000 and Nita Gizdich sold the raffle tickets. The purpose of Agri-Culture is
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Roku products currently hold 12 of the top 15 spots in Amazon's ranking for best-selling video streamers (the top two are Amazon Fire TV devices). Roku is the number one video streamer in the U.S. by a wide margin, and that lead has increased over the past year. Interestingly, Amazon's Fire TV also
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Shepparton Christian College student James Noller's ATAR score of 99.2 will well and truly allow him to pursue his passion — creative writing. The school's 2017 dux said he'd had a good year studying English, further mathematics, history revolutions, music composition and accounting (fast tracked).
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