Day: February 7, 2018

HomeLight Launches Best Time to Sell Calculator to Show Homeowners the Best Time to Put Their …

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HomeLight Launches Best Time to Sell Calculator to Show Homeowners the Best Time to Put Their …

HomeLight's real-time transaction data is changing the game in the rapidly growing real estate technology market by matching home sellers with the best possible agent based on their unique needs, and The Best Time to Sell Calculator arms sellers with more of the information they need to make
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Are the Most Innovative Companies Just the Ones With the Most Data?

Just ask suppliers in car manufacturing, or book publishers. Second, as innovation moves from human insight to data-driven machine learning, firms need to reorganize their internal innovation culture, emphasizing machine learning opportunities and putting in place data exploitation processes. This is
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Albuquerque Publishing Company, Selects VoicePort's Advanced CircPort™ IVR

Rochester, NY, Feb. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Albuquerque Publishing Company, has selected VoicePort, LLC to provide its subscribers with quality customer care by utilizing an intuitive interactive voice response system. Albuquerque Publishing Company, is the leading provider of fact-based
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Will AI start to take over writing? How will we manage it?

Take writing for instance. In all the Hollywood movies and in all our minds, human writing is… well, human, strictly restricted to our biological creativity. But that might not be the case. Last year, an AI was surprisingly successful in writing horror stories, featuring particularly creepy passages such as this:.
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Does SEO Strategy Help or Harm Creativity?

O'Connell believes that finding that niche, writing what others aren't writing about rather than writing for keywords, takes creativity; rather than killing creativity, the demands of SEO strategy drive more creativity. And most of the writers and SEO consultants we spoke to for this article agree with her.
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Teamsters lawyer pens children's book to show importance of the labor movement (podcast)

He shares what it was like to work with a publisher, and what it was like to self-publish and promote A Stirring in the North Fork. Torres also discusses how the serendipitous decision to have his book written in both English and Spanish meant that he and his publishers were able to send boxes of
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Pubs, Ad Tech Firms Batten Hatches As Chrome Ad Blocking Deadline Nears

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Pubs, Ad Tech Firms Batten Hatches As Chrome Ad Blocking Deadline Nears

Google will turn on its built-in Chrome ad blocker on Feb. 15, meaning ad tech companies must hustle to get their products in compliance as publishers fear lost revenue. Beginning that day, Chrome will begin auto-blocking ad formats that obstruct access to content. Chrome has more than 62% of the
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Smart Partners With Google DBM on Programmatic Guaranteed

NEW YORK — February 6, 2018 — Advertisers can now more easily get the quality, delivery and price guarantees they seek, with Smart's new Programmatic Guaranteed integration with Google DoubleClick Bid Manager. Smart is the first independent publisher full-stack platform to announce this
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Production Editor

Sourcebooks, Inc., a leading book publisher located in the western suburbs of Chicago, seeks an outstanding individual to join our Content Delivery department as a Production Editor, working on our extensive and ever-growing catalog of titles. The ideal candidate for this job would have at least two
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I'm Lucky to Be Published, So Why Do I Feel So Anxious?

But the publishing process also made me anxious! I was anxious when I was asked to write the book, anxious to make it a great book, anxious as I waited to hear back from my editor with each new draft, anxious to meet deadlines, anxious to build a marketing platform, anxious that no one would care
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9 Writing Skills You Need to Have To Be Successful

Of course, you can have an innate writer's talent, but the good news is that writing skills can be learned, improved and practiced. While you are improving your writing skills, look who can do my essay for me. Having mastered such skills, you will be able to become successful in studies, career
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PUBLISHING DIRECTOR, BRAND, LICENSED & MEDIA TIE-IN PUBLISHING, LBYR

The Publishing Director, Brand, Licensed & Media Tie-in Publishing will set the creative vision and strategy for LBYR's publishing in these key areas, including overseeing acquisition, editing, packaging, and scheduling of brand, licensed, and TV and film tie-in programs. The Publishing Director will
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Entered GTBank's Dusty Manuscript Contest? Don't Miss this Opportunity to Win a Publishing Deal …

The top 3 entries in the Dusty Manuscript Contest will be rewarded with publishing contracts with Farafina as well cash rewards. The top 10 entries will have their books e-published by Okadabooks, including book cover design, book editing, and publicity. The top 25 book authors will also get a 2-day
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Newsday to be printed and distributed by The New York Times

“We've entered into an agreement with The New York Times to handle Newsday's printing and distribution,” Newsday co-publishers Debby Krenek and Edward Bushey said in an email to employees. “We are confident that this new arrangement will uphold Newsday's long-standing commitment to the
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Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches deal to buy LA Times, San Diego Union-Tribune

Tronc also announced that it will form a new division called Tribune Interactive, which will be led by Los Angeles Times Publisher Ross Levinsohn. The company said that an independent investigation into allegations of sexual harassment at previous companies found “no wrongdoing” by Levinsohn,
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Strong Numbers Close Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale

The Thoroughbred bloodstock market hit a sweet note with a strong close to the two-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale on Feb. 6. A total of 364 horses sold for $10,436,800, making for an average of $28,673 each. The average price rose 6 percent from last year and the total sales increased
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Eat your heart out on Valentine's Day

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Eat your heart out on Valentine's Day

There are lots of ways to celebrate on Feb. 14. You could stock up on some gourmet cheese, open a fantastic bottle of wine and canoodle at home with your honey (my personal favorite). Enjoy a picnic at the park or on the beach. Make a homecooked meal — something mouthwateringly savory and a bit
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Significant 2018 Tax Changes For Music Publishers

It's a mixed bag for those in the music industry though music publishers are more advantaged. A review of the detailed provisions regarding rates, repeal of various deductions and increased ability to expense assets will be the topic of a follow up article. This article is focusing on two key areas of change:
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Viz Media is getting into indie games publishing

Another week, another unexpected media firm looking to be involved with the indie games market. Word comes via GamesIndustry.biz that Viz Media is propelling itself into the world of indie games. The outlet already handles comic and manga adaptations of games IP such a The Legend of Zelda,
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RJ Palermo Joins Innovative Publishing Company Team

RJ Palermo has joined Innovative Publishing Co. (IPC) as Director of Sales – Events. In this newly created position at IPC, RJ will be managing the business development activities of the company's food safety medical device and cannabis industries, working on both conference sponsorships and booth
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A few modest amendments to the Constitution

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A few modest amendments to the Constitution

… UBC professors and students from anthropology, creative writing, English, environmental sciences and law. The purpose of this constitutional assembly was to expose my thinking about potential adjustments to The Constitution Act to the thinking of an ad hoc assortment of other Canadian intellectuals,
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Teen author pens second novel

“Even though I'll be studying music, I'm going to take every creative writing course I can get my hands on,” she said. After all, the ambitious teen has a lot more stories to tell. She is already several chapters into part two of the “Keeper” series and has several other novels swirling around in her mind.
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Selinsgrove sixth-grader ready for the spotlight

So yeah, he is really self motivated.” Emerson's parents are both writers, both teach at Susquehanna University in the creative writing department. “I think Emerson gets his love of reading from his family,” she said. Send comments to rdandes@dailyitem.com. Follow Dandes on Twitter @rdandes.
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Logan Paul Attracts Further Controversy By Tasering Dead Animals In New Video

YouTube star Logan Paul has dived straight back into life on the video sharing platform but his latest output is still causing controversy. Paul, who has only just returned to making vlogs following his 'suicide forest' scandal, has now been accused of insensitivity again, this time after making fun of dead
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Writer, Speaker & Activist OluTimehin Adegbeye is our #BellaNaijaWCW this Week

OluTimehin is an alumna of the inaugural Writing for Social Justice workshop organised by AWDF in collaboration with FEMRITE (Uganda, 2014), the Farafina Trust Creative Writing workshop (Nigeria, 2015), and the BRITDOC Queer Impact Producers Lab (USA, 2017). OluTimehin has also spoken on
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Kettering school hosts story-telling competition for children across UK

As part of the StorySLAM event, pupils got the chance to learn more about creative writing techniques and develop their ideas in a workshop with Stuart Bird, author-in-residence at Surbiton High School – a fellow United Learning school. They also perfected their performances in a confidence-boosting
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Best Buy will stop selling CDs this year

After seeing an overwhelming drop in CD sales, Best Buy announced it is pulling them from its shelves this summer. The chain store used to be one of the country's biggest music sellers, however, according to Billboard, CD sales were down 18.5 percent from last year in the U.S. Whereas, digital music
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Cigarettes After Sex sign with Peermusic and Big Deal for publishing

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Cigarettes After Sex sign with Peermusic and Big Deal for publishing

That band you like, Cigarettes After Sex I mean, have signed with not one but two publishing companies to represent their songs catalogue worldwide. Peermusic and Big Deal will form a new joint venture to shop around the work of the band's main man and songwriter Greg Gonzalez. “Working with two
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BRIEF-LSC Communications And Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co Enter A Supply-Chain-Services …

BRIEF-LSC Communications And Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co Enter A Supply-Chain-Services Agreement. Reuters Staff. 1 Min Read. Feb 7 (Reuters) – Lsc Communications Inc: * LSC COMMUNICATIONS AND WM. B. EERDMANS PUBLISHING COMPANY ENTER A SUPPLY-CHAIN-SERVICES
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1% of Publishers to Be Affected by Google's Chrome Ad Blocker

Ahead of the launch of its 'ad blocking' Chrome browser on February 15, Google states that only 1% of publishers will be affected once the internet browser officially rolls out next week. Google's Chrome ad blocking feature, in partnership with the Coalition for Better Ads Standards, will block intrusive ads
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This Tech Entrepreneur Embraced Her Creativity with a New Children's Startup

I utilized my high-tech background to design kid-friendly technology, allowing them to be involved in every part of publishing process. Every child that walks into our Storymakery store navigates through three stations (Character Studio, Writing Studio and Publishing Studio) to create their self-published
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Publishing Now teaches writers the art of getting published

The Publishing Now series at UConn aims to teach writers about how to get their works published—providing advice from professionals who have been through the process themselves. This specific portion of the event welcomed Brian Halley, the Senior Editor at the University of Massachusetts Press
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Young Thanet writers masterclass with author Brian Moses

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Young Thanet writers masterclass with author Brian Moses

Brian said: “It is important to unlock a child's imagination and to see how far they can develop ideas through creative writing.” Their first task was to gaze into the heart of a marble and say what they see, the less ordinary their answers the better. Replies included a ball of mustard and ice cream, the blood
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Cairo Book Fair reveals the cultural cost of invading Iraq

While blame was levelled at Iraq's ministry of culture for not having a “single official from the ministry” present at the booth, delegation head Sadeq al-Rubaie also criticised “comrades that run Iraqi publishing houses for not doing enough”. In the years leading up to America's war on Iraq's former
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Will Smith Parodies His Son Jaden's 'Icon' In Latest Instagram Post

Will Smith seems like he'd be the coolest dad ever. Imagine inviting your mates over for dinner and being like, 'Oh, yeah, that's just my Dad, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air.' It'd be ace. Now he's bumped his reputation up by yet another notch by starring in a parody of the music video of his son Jaden's song
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Laurels for a fine poet

Zumba's role casts the intelligentsia as nothing more than a grovelling lot condemned to live at the mercy of powerful, self-serving sectarian bigots. All in all, Oke has founded a dukedom in the post-contact creative writing in Nigeria. On February 7, (today in Lagos), he will receive his well-merited honour
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LSC Communications and Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Enter a Supply-Chain-Services …

CHICAGO–(Business Wire)–LSC Communications (NYSE: LKSD) and Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company announced jointly today that they have agreed to enter a supply-chain-services agreement. Beginning in March 2018, LSC will supply a range of services for Wm. B. Eerdmans, including
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Baltimore Montessori Public Welcomes Honorary Chair WES MOORE to the 2018 HANDS ON! Gala

We are delighted to welcome best-selling author and social entrepreneur Wes Moore as our Honorary Chair. A longtime friend and supporter of our school, Wes Moore is also a television producer, political analyst, and decorated US Army officer. Wes Moore is the author of The Other Wes Moore and
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Planet Sport Publishing launches Tennis365

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Planet Sport Publishing launches Tennis365

Tennis365, part of Planet Sport Publishing and owned by the South Africa-based Ole! … Edited from Planet Sport's headquarters in Leeds, United Kingdom, the website joins the Planet Sport Publishing's sports media digital network of six million monthly unique users, which includes award-winning
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Google tests the efficiency of Programmatic Guaranteed for marketers and publishers

Google has run a test, alongside Boston Consulting Group and Nielsen, to try to ascertain how much more efficient it is to run campaigns through a consolidated Programmatic Guarantee system, versus a siloed open market and direct route. According to the research, the campaigns drove 11% more in
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BWW Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Bristol Old Vic

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BWW Review: THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, Bristol Old Vic

The young ones who want to do creative writing courses versus the parents who, in their words, “were told what they were going to be” and got on with it. I'm sure there will be many people familiar with parents telling them to get a qualification as 'something to fall back on'. Things I Know To Be True is a
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Always Be Pitching: How to find and talk to publishers to survive as an indie

I thought that time was over, because as I've said before, I believe most publishers aren't that helpful for indies past the money they provide. I still think this is mostly true. But guess what – that money has to come from somewhere, and these days it sure isn't coming from selling indie games. Since money
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Dulaney High sophomore already making her mark in art world

Katie also has had her work included in an exhibit at the Walters Art Museum, and she has won awards for her creative writing as well. Congratulations to Katie on her wonderful achievements. All the student artists were honored at a reception Jan. 15, and the exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
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BY THE BOOK: Mbizo Chirasha

He has led a number of Creative Interventions and Arts-based projects. He was the Poet in Residence of the United Nations Information Centre, Zimbabwe (2001-2007) performing and reading Poetry at annual United Nation Days and other reputable UN events, Young Writers Delegate of Zimbabwe
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Palladium-Catalyzed Silaborative Carbocyclizations of 1,6-Diynes

An addition/cyclization reaction of 1,6-diynes was developed for the synthesis of highly substituted 1,2-dialkylidenecycloalkanes. In this work, 1,6-diynes reacted with (dimethylphenylsilyl)pinacol-borane in the presence of palladium catalyst to afford the 1,2-dialkylidenecycloalkanes bearing silyl and
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Viz Media to publish its first game, Rose City Games' The World Next Door

With a history steeped in Japanese culture, including top-tier manga and anime localisation and distribution deals, it's a wonder that it's taken this long for Viz Media to dip a toe into the waters of the games industry. The publisher has announced a partnership with developer Rose City Games, which
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US-Inspired Market Volatility Doesn't Enhance Case Of Aramco To List On NYSE – OpEd

The logic of a listing on NYSE — apart from the political considerations of a US-Saudi partnership for the biggest IPO in history — is that it would … Today, it is one of 29 publications produced by Saudi Research & Publishing Company (SRPC), a subsidiary of Saudi Research & Marketing Group (SRMG).
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ESU professor, student to receive diversity honor

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ESU professor, student to receive diversity honor

Rogers is a graduating senior in English, Modern Language and Journalism with a focus on creative writing. Rogers founded the university's Black Writers Club. He is also a member of the Black Student Union and has served as both columnist and managing editory for the ESU Bulletin student
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Nona Austin Roberts's New Book “Sarah Madigan's Diary” is a Heartrending Book About a …

Recent release “Sarah Madigan's Diary” from Page Publishing author Nona Austin Roberts is both riveting and intriguing; it tackles issues regarding child support, … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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J. William Rush's New Book “The Boxcar Hole” is a Gripping Tale About the Struggle to Achieve …

Recent release “The Boxcar Hole” from Page Publishing author J. William Rush is an evoking narrative about a young man whose life turns upside down after … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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'Cheddar Man' DNA Hints First Modern Brits Had 'Dark To Black' Skin

There's a significant number of people in Western society, the UK included, that believe some of their fellow human beings should 'go back to where they came from' – usually because they have a different skin colour to them. They might be interested to learn, however, that new DNA analysis of Britain's
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Married At First Sight ending has been ruined with New Idea publishing 'partner swapping' snaps

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Married At First Sight ending has been ruined with New Idea publishing 'partner swapping' snaps

MARRIED At First Sight is the latest reality television show to have its ending spoiled by a women's magazine publishing “shocking” photographs. New Idea has published photographs of two Married At First Sight contestants, who married different partners on the Channel Nine show, kissing and
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Nation Media Group apologizes for publishing Jimmy Wanjigi death announcement

Nation Media Group (NMG) has apologized for erroneously publishing the death announcement of popular businessman Jimmy Wanjigi. ​. In the statement released on 7 February, NMG said that they have already taken action to the people responsible for the placement of the announcement.
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This Is Us creator on why Jack died THAT way — and the 'strangely hopeful' funeral episode

“When I started to write this thing, in my mind's eye, there was a fire at the house that the patriarch of the family heroically got the family out of the house, … what party kids were at, and what final conversations which kid had with Jack beforehand were details that evolved in the course of the writers' room.
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J. Carlyle Parker

He was a reference librarian at Humboldt State University and at Church College of Hawaii (now BYU Hawaii). Editor of Marietta Publishing Company. Lay leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and founder and director of the Modesto and Turlock Family History Centers for 29 years.
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Google Called Out Over Fraud Refund Practices; Nielsen's Plan To Track Product Placements

The ad management company AdTrader published a Medium post encouraging publishers to join its class-action lawsuit against Google. Back in December, AdTrader sued Google over almost $500,000 in publisher ad revenue it says the ad platform giant improperly seized. The company alleges
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