Day: February 15, 2018

Celebrate Black History Month with fine art on Jefferson Street

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Celebrate Black History Month with fine art on Jefferson Street

The Jefferson Street Art Crawl is back, just in time for Black History Month, on Saturday, February 24, 2018, with most venues open from 6-9pm. A tradition since 2016, the Jefferson Street Art Crawl is a vibrant addition and essential part of the Nashville art scene. Best of all it is free to attend, and your
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Former Homeland Security official calls out agency for publishing 'accusations' in press releases

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a series of “press releases” panning various bipartisan immigration amendments Thursday, on the same day senators made moves to debate elements of a framework that provides permanent protections for certain undocumented immigrants
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Universal Music Publishing Signs New Zealand's Robinson On Worldwide Deal

Universal Music Publishing Australia has today announced the signing of New Zealand songwriter Robinson on a worldwide publishing deal. The signing comes on the back of the singer's critically-acclaimed 2017 debut single, Don't You Forget About Me and follow-up Crave You, as well as Australian
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TABLE-Kristin Hannah's 'The Great Alone' tops US bestsellers

Feb 15 (Reuters) – Kristin Hannah's family drama “The Great Alone” topped the U.S. bestsellers list on Thursday. Data released by independent, online and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors across the United States was used to compile the list. Hardcover Fiction Last
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Basic Attention Token Unveils New Million Dollar Referral Program

Publishers can invite their audience to download Brave through various social media platforms. They can also download the browser through a campaign badge that they can embed on their site. However, BAT notes that referred users have to use the Brave browser 'at least minimally' over a 30 day
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Licensing Hotline: February 2018

Prima Games, best known for its video game strategy guides, is expanding its children's publishing program with a new book series based on Nintendo's Super Mario Odyssey, a video game property, and the classic multimedia brand Pokémon. The kids' books, which will be sold across all channels, will
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Meme Publishers Skirting Facebook's Quality Standards

Publishers of what Facebook considers to be subpar content have found a way to bypass the platform's quality standards, The Daily Beast reports. “Viral meme pages have developed a new trick to reach millions of users and generate big money from publishers and brand pages,” it writes. “By doctoring
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Artists for Africa Postcard Art Event

Artists for Africa will hold its annual Postcard Art Event Wednesday, February 21 at Embassy Suites in Columbia. Tickets to the event are $20 and can be purchased online through Artists For Africa's website at www.artistsforafricausa.org, and Facebook Events page at
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Author Susan St. John's masterpiece, Mad Mischief, is a finalist in the EPIC ebook Awards

This exciting honor, formerly known as EPPIE, began in 2000 and has become the oldest competition to recognize excellence in ePublished works, honoring the best of current eBooks from the ePublishing industry. A premier event for authors and publishing houses, winners of the eBook Award receive
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Restaurant Review ~ Brother and Sisters (Line Hotel) / 1770 Euclid St., NW

Siblings, Enjoy. Apparently one of the most newsworthy and noteworthy recent events in Adams-Morgan — and maybe in DC itself — has been the opening of the Line Hotel. According to its online write-up, the hotel was built (maybe “created” is a better word) by local “chefs, bartenders, and artists.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Adam Johnson talks about writing and North Korea

Adam Johnson took a creative writing class in college because he heard it was an “easy A.” The class and its teacher — Ron Carlson — proved to be more than just a way to boost his GPA. A writer was born. “I had an epiphany,” Johnson said in a phone interview. “My flaws became my strengths.”.
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Big Data Analytics

Ezoic's Big Data Analytics was built specifically for digital publishers. The information needed to fully-understand visitor behavior, session value, SEO, and other important information is all included and easy to find inside of Big Data Analytics. Understand your traffic and revenue like never before.
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This little-known service at Walmart lets you order groceries online and pick them up in-store for …

An unexpected bonus is that using the site makes it easier to price compare, take advantage of weekly coupons, and shop food by departments rather than walking aisles or waiting in line at the deli. Walmart even creates a “Best Sellers in Your Area” section, where you can select popular local choices.
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'The highest tier of what we offer': Italian seafood restaurant opens on Folsom Blvd.

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'The highest tier of what we offer': Italian seafood restaurant opens on Folsom Blvd.

While procrastinating partners were scrambling Tuesday for last-minute Valentine's Day gifts, Deneb Williams and Elizabeth-Rose Mandalou were busy opening Allora, their newest restaurant, in East Sacramento. Both husband and wife love seafood, and Williams grew up surrounded by ocean life in
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Suplexed, the new app for sneakerheads is going to be launched soon

Suplexed can be used to compare side by side the prices of the top-selling verified marketplaces for sneakers. The user can find the shoe they're looking for and the best place to buy it. The sellers can use this feature to find out the best place to get the maximum return for the shoe they are offering.
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North Korea's Winter Olympics Cheerleaders 'Watched By Guards At All Times'

Now it has become clear that the cheerleaders are overseen by guards who do their utmost to protect them interacting with ordinary people, even journalists against Olympic rules. The Daily Mail has revealed more information about the guards, who protect the cheerleaders at all the events they appear
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Sangalli's owner revives family's restaurant in Pekin

One of the restaurant's best-sellers is steak tortellini, a cream-filled tortellini dish with grilled ribeye. Ribeye steaks are also selling well, according to Eaton, and prime rib has been a popular choice. Popular Italian dishes have included spaghetti with meat sauce or meatballs, and baked tortellini.
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Art Notes, Feb. 16, 2018

A writers group will meet from 10 a.m. to noon each Wednesday. The creative writing class meets weekly to discuss and critique each other's work. Admission is free. The Fantastic Quilters will meet from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m. each Thursday. This is a self-paced program that encourages creativity and
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Bangladeshi books steal spotlight

Ranju Prasad Mondol, a visitor at the fair from Kalyani area, said the pavilion was a great opportunity for those who wanted to buy original copies from the Bangladeshi publishers. People visited the pavilion with much enthusiasm and bought books of their choices, said Md Saifuddin at the Bangla
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Why Ford's Europe Sales Are Lagging Rivals'

The subcompact Fiesta is far and away Ford's best-seller in the Old World. The European Fiesta is all-new, launched last year. Demand for the new Fiesta has been brisk — but supplies were tight for much of 2017 as Ford worked to ramp up its production line. That situation appears to have eased in
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Small businesses in Hanford are seeing resurgent's of shoppers coming back to their shops

Harp said they have been in business less than a year and have been selling items to customers across the Valley. Hanford businesses are … “The bath Bombs are definitely the best sellers, and recently we just came out with bubble truffles,” said Kalish Morrow of the Soaking Tub. Morrow's donut bath
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Judge Steven Nation will not seek fifth term

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Judge Steven Nation will not seek fifth term

Judge Steven Nation announced he will not seek a fifth term on this year's May ballot, the first time in 40 years his name will not appear. Nation. According to a press release, Nation was elected judge in 1995 and is finishing his fourth term. He began his career as Hamilton County deputy prosecutor and
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NP Alumna Ties Together Past and Present

As the founder for BackPax, a children's publishing company, and Harambee, the first national book club for African American literature and culture, she showcases the roles of people of color who have been erased from the nation's history. “I hope [the audience] was inspired,” Adams told The Oracle.
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Who signs publishers clearing house checks

It said they should contact their claims agent, Dave Sayer — the actual name of one of the real Publishers Clearing House's prize-givers — at a specific phone number, to claim the $1. 96 and a 12-inch non-stick electric skillet for $59. To report Publishers Clearinghouse prize winnings to the IRS, am I
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Publishing Director – illustrated trade books

This role requires someone with excellent commercial mass market publishing instincts, but perhaps would not suit candidates more used to acquiring books via the agenting model. You'll publish and package books within a very broad range of subject areas from pop culture to history and popular
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Salon Aims to Start a Publishing Revolution by Spinning Ad Blocking Into Cryptocurrency

Salon is likely the first publisher to ask users running ad blockers to either turn them off or make up for it by letting Salon use their computer's processing power to mine cryptocurrency in the background. The Financial Times (which has itself gotten creative with readers who run ad blockers) reported the
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Audible Is Now Producing Plays Just So It Can Publish Them as Podcasts

Other plays involved in this initiative include Latin History for Morons, written by and starring John Leguizamo, and All the Ways to Say I Love You, written by Neil LaBute and performed by Judith Light. This is similar to Audible's approach to publishing traditional books. The company now pays for the
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Re:Create Report – Unlocking the Gates: America's New Creative Economy

Fashionistas can make a living showcasing their personal style on Instagram, and authors can self-publish to Amazon Publishing. Internet platforms enable and empower new creators to develop their creative work, promote it directly to followers, and earn the resulting financial success and personal
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Mt. Airy author overcame eating disorder, near-suicide; Bi-racial childhood the subject of her 20th …

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Although she just turned 34 in September, Lyons has literally sold 20 books to publishers. “It's been a fun, exhausting, humbling and informative experience,” she said, “and I am beyond grateful that so many publishers have been willing to support me on my path.” Lyons has written adult-themed books
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Avocaderia, the Brooklyn avocado-focused cafe, is expanding with 'Shark Tank' funding

Biggi, Alberto Gramigni and Francesco Brachetti also expect their fledgling company to do a whopping $4.3 million in business next year, said Biggi, who presented the “sharks” with tastes of Avocaderia's best-sellers, like its Mediterranean avocado toast with olive tapenade, cherry and sundried
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Creative Writing Contest now accepting submissions

The English department's Creative Writing Contest, now in its 82nd year, is broken into 19 categories including fiction, poetry, multimedia and drama. Students can submit one entry per category. Professors in the department provide awards, others work with students on entries and the remaining serve
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SANS San Diego Cyber Security Training Event to Offer an Interactive Look at Cyber Crime and …

This course builds on a solid foundation of core policies and practices to enable security teams to defend their enterprise. Lyne will teach the SEC660: Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking course. This course provides in-depth knowledge of the most prominent and
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Top-Selling Drugs in 2018: Biosimilar Competition is FDA Approved but Not Marketed

Critics of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have long pointed fingers at the agency's complex and arcane approval process as one of the main reasons for a lack of competition, and consequently, higher drug prices and costs. But a look at EvaluatePharma's predictions for the top 10
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Sean Jordan: A piece of American history

Another added tension is what Kay Graham goes through as the first female publisher of a major metro newspaper. At that time it was rare to see a woman in such a role. I thoroughly enjoyed this film, being a bit of a history buff. And, yes, being movie about journalism, I might be a bit biased, but
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New york publishers

Jan 25, 2018 · Even his friends were surprised by the range of the legendary former Random House publisher Howard Kaminsky's books, from highbrow novels to “The Art Classified and Display Advertising Placement service and Association Member Services for New York State Newspapers.
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When an open curriculum leads to closed kitchens and unbalanced checkbooks

Hamilton boasts about its open curriculum. “Come on in,” they say. “Take whatever you want.” All you need to fufill the requirements are a couple classes in addressing Physical Education, Quantitative Symbolic Reasoning and Writing Intensity. Easy. Most poeple have it done by second semester
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Black Butte High School Invites Community To Attend Night Of Fine Art

Students within our school's creative writing and art classes are putting on the event to showcase the exceptional work that our building has been producing thus far in … Then, at 6:30 pm we would invite everyone to grab a seat and listen to original poems produced by the BBHS creative writing class.
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Boston Mayor Calls Police Department's Black History Month Tweet 'Completely Inappropriate'

The Boston Police Department apologized after publishing a tweet during Black History Month that some felt was misguided. … But honoring Auerbach for black history month over Russell – or any other actual black person – implies that a white man was more important to integration than the black
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The lives lost in the Parkland school shooting

Alyssa loved soccer and creative writing, and “all she had to offer the world was love,” her mother, Lori Alhadeff, wrote in a Facebook post that was shared by a family friend Thursday. Alyssa and her family – her mom and dad, and two younger brothers — moved to Parkland, Fla., a few years ago from
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Of Course Florida School Shooter Was A Girl-Hating White Supremacist. Of Course I Am Tired Of …

A few hours after the final body count of the latest school shooting was tallied, it came out: Nikolas Cruz, the shooter, had been known to “harass” women, known to abuse his ex-girlfriend, and was kicked out of school for getting into a fight with his ex-girlfriend. Before long he was being cheered on by
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The Portsmouth Museums presents a free Jim Crow memoir writing workshop

The Portsmouth Museums is hosting a free “Jim Crow Memoir Writing Workshop” at the Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum March through May. It is a nine-week course in which people are invited to come to the Portsmouth Colored Community Library Museum and listen to prompts and
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The lives lost in the Florida school shooting

Alyssa loved soccer and creative writing, and “all she had to offer the world was love,” her mother, Lori Alhadeff, wrote in a Facebook post that was shared by a family friend on Thursday. In an interview with WSVN-TV, Alyssa's grandmother Vicki Alhadeff said her granddaughter was popular and athletic,
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Canadian newspapers have a future — if publishers get support for the present

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Canadian newspapers have a future — if publishers get support for the present

Canadian publishers have made the case for measures from the federal government that could help newspaper companies further develop sustainable business models that will continue to present news and information to communities across the country. We have done so openly, transparently and, yes
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Honor Amount Outcasts

After their harrowing escape from Mississippi, abolitionist Durksen Hurst, his fianc̩ Antoinette DuVallier, and their friends Рa group of undocumented slaves Рland in guerrilla-infested Civil War Missouri, the most savage whirlwind of destruction, cruelty, and death in American history. Trapped in a
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Tourist News has new owner, publisher

Kingsley Gallup, of Kennebunk, purchased the newspaper in early January from Judith Hansen, of Kennebunk, who had been the newspaper s owner and publisher since 1992. The free newspaper, which has a circulation of 17,000, serves the communities of Kittery north to Saco. It is distributed at
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Is Google Exchange Bidding working? OpenX says yes

OpenX says more than 200 publishers are receiving ads from the exchange via Google's Exchange Bidding, its answer to header bidding, and that all are seeing higher revenue from those transactions. Publishers that were already using OpenX as a demand source have seen an average revenue lift of
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Turkish police seize Kurdish publisher's stocks without warrant

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Turkish police seize Kurdish publisher's stocks without warrant

Turkish police have unlawfully confiscated thousands of books as well as computers from a Kurdish publisher in the southeast Turkish city of Diyarbakır, the Kurdish news agency Kurdistan 24 reported on Thursday. Over 30 anti-terror police arrived in armoured vehicles to raid Aram Publishing House at
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Brave browser's $1M promotion is for publishers this time

Browser maker Brave Software is giving away another $1 million in crypto-tokens, this time to try to get publishers and YouTube stars to sign up for the technology and get their followers to do the same. The promotion uses Brave's basic attention tokens (BAT), a digital currency Brave created in 2017 to
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Leominster author dies

The first, self-published edition of the book sold out and a second edition was produced by a small Knightsbridge publishing house. In 2011 her book, 'What Ever Happened to Trixie Skyrme' was published, traceing the life of an early 20th century Herefordshire woman who was described as the “most
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Google Chrome has begun ridding the internet of crappy ads

Sites are then given a passing, failing, or warning in Google's Ad Experiences Report, where publishers can see how their ad experiences measure up and be notified. Publishers with a certain number of violations—currently around 8% of pages with ads on their sites, based on coalition rules—fail.
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Senior Editor, Children's

Workman Publishing is seeking a Senior Editor to join our team! In this role, you will help shape a nonfiction children's list that is playful, innovative, and meets the highest standards of bookmaking. Who we're looking for: You love children's books. You are curious and creative, and see book possibilities
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Food and Friends to benefit O'Connor House

Food and Friends will be the theme of the 12th annual Celebration of Life event benefiting the O'Connor House, a nonprofit that provides a Christian home to help single, pregnant, homeless women improve life for themselves and their children. The fundraiser is set for 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at Lindley
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Insurance giant Aetna slams CNN for publishing 'gross misrepresentation' of company policies

Aetna says a recent CNN story was “pushed by attorneys for an individual suing” the insurance giant. Insurance giant Aetna has accused CNN of taking a deposition “out of context to create media and courtroom leverage,” and calling a report from the network “a gross misrepresentation.” Earlier this
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Pride and Preservation

Assisting in this effort is Mashey Bernstein, who recently retired as a lecturer in the UCSB Creative Writing Center. He established the Gay Student Union at UCSB and is well known for his work on behalf of the local LGBTQ+ community. Anyone with Pacific Pride Foundation materials to contribute is
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Google & OpenX release study showing publishers experience 48% revenue lift through Google …

OpenX and Google have announced the results of a year long collaboration with Google's Exchange Bidding product, a server-to-server technology that enables stronger dynamic competition for a publisher's ad inventory. The results showed that existing OpenX publisher partners who enabled
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Top 10 List: These are the best-selling family cars in America

Shoot, even the best-selling family sedans have been forsaken. Some, like the Camry, fell just a bit, while others crashed to a 30% decline compared to 2017 sales. The Hyundai Sonata (-30 percent), Toyota Prius (-23 percent), Chevrolet Impala and Ford Fusion (-21 percent) all have suffered more than
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Publisher becomes 100% black-owned

Outgoing controlling shareholder representative Stuart Craib and Zungu Investments company chairperson Sandile Zungu with some of the books published by Shuter & Shooter, which became a 100% black-owned publisher with Zungu Investments increasing its stake on Wednesday. Picture:
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Google is replacing Facebook's traffic to publishers

Google's increased traffic to publishers is replacing the traffic publishers have lost from Facebook, according to new data from Chartbeat. While Facebook has been tinkering with its algorithm to prioritize posts from friends and family over publishers, more publishers have been signing up for the Google
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Black History NJ: George Benson

The two follow-up records, Good King Bad and Benson and Farrell (featuring Joe Farrell), both reached the jazz top-three sellers. George Benson By the late 1970s, Benson's popularity skyrocketed as his workload increased. He began recording with Warner Bros. Records, which enabled a whole new
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Anaheim Hills briefs: Buying a purse will benefit heart institute at CHOC

Then you may want to attend the Book Publishing 1-2-3 workshop at 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 at the Canyon Hills Library. Book editor and UC educator Laurie Gibson will offer the workshop to provide a glimpse into today's book business, including self-publishing, and offer tips for connecting with editors and
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Contest-winning eighth-grade writers celebrated at Books & Books

South Florida's eighth-grade writers took on the daunting topic “In Light of Natural Disasters and Conflict in the World, What Does Peace Mean to Me?” for the 30th annual Junior Orange Bowl Creative Writing Contest. There were 111 submissions this year in the writing event co-sponsored by the South
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Lonely Pensioner Found Lying Mummified Next To Homemade Sex Doll

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Lonely Pensioner Found Lying Mummified Next To Homemade Sex Doll

Sadly, there seems to be a growing trend these days of old people becoming isolated and lonely. If they've got no friends or family to visit them, they'll have no one to keep them company. That looks to have been the case of one lonely pensioner who has been found dead and mummified at his home in
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Let's Change the Way We Think About Creativity in Marketing

Because creative insight tends to happen suddenly rather than following a logical progression, any of these small creative “wins” could be the catalyst for the ultimate creative breakthrough. Sandeep Gautam, writing for Psychology Today, actually believes that studying and practicing little-c creativity will
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Hogrefe Publishing Group

Hogrefe Publishing Group is an international company that publishes academic journals and books in the fields of psychology and psychiatry. The first company in the group, Hogrefe Verlag Göttingen, was founded in 1949 by Carl Jürgen Hogrefe (de) in Göttingen, Germany, where it is still based today.
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Beggar Arrested By Police Had Millions In Cash In His Pockets

People often make accusations against certain beggars that they aren't actually short of cash at all – on the contrary, some of them even make a profession out of it. One particular beggar in Sweden didn't seem short of cash as police arresting the man found him to have half a million pounds worth of
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6 Most Popular Marijuana Strains in Massachusetts

Whether you're a resident of the Bay State or you're just visiting for a spell, you may be wondering which cannabis strains are popular in Massachusetts. National favorites like Gorilla Glue, White Widow, and Girl Scout Cookies are top-sellers in state dispensaries, but there are some marijuana strains
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Opelousas: The graveyard of newspapers

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Opelousas: The graveyard of newspapers

Thistlethwaite later acquired Andrepont's interest in the operation, taking over as editor and publisher when he returned from serving in World War II. The Daily World was sold to Worrall Newspapers Inc. in 1972. The New York Times Company acquired the paper in 1982, owning it until it was sold to
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Beloved Horror Magazine 'Fangoria' Returns to Print Publication After Unofficial Hiatus

After an unofficial two-and-a-half year hiatus from the publication world, beloved horror magazine “Fangoria” is returning to print. Texas-based entertainment company Cinestate has acquired all the assets and trademarks of the Fangoria brand, including the magazine, from The Brooklyn Company, and
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Turkish police raid pro-Kurdish publishing house in Diyarbakır: report

Turkish police on Thursday raided the Aram publishing house in Diyarbakır, searching the venue for about three hours, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. The police reportedly broke into the publishing house by destroying the door with sledgehammer and seized computers, and tens of books.
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Nelson-born musician signs publishing deal with Universal Music

Nelson-born singer songwriter Anna Robinson has signed a deal with Universal Music Publishing Australasia. It's been a big year for the 21-year-old, who also hit 1 million streams on her latest release “Crave You” on Spotify. “That was amazing, I was like, 'wow'. “It was definitely a reassurance that
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Best Selling Toddler Girls Clothing at Gymboree

Best Selling Toddler Girl's Clothing at Gymboree. Shop cute toddler girls' clothes and have them looking their best.
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William Penn University revisits “the Force” of Star Wars in special topic course

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William Penn University revisits “the Force” of Star Wars in special topic course

In the past, Pearce has offered the students of William Penn a variety of special topic English courses. Many courses have been offered as individual study courses, including “Wealth & Poverty in the Victorian Novel.” In the future, Pearce looks forward to promoting a nature writing course. If other courses
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Effective ways to quit smoking healthy

Painting, pottery, or even creative writing can take your mind off smoking. When you feel a craving coming on all you have to do is to get your paint supplies or pull out your creative writing notebook. Cooking is an excellent hobby because it will really allow you to utilize your newly improved sense of
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Math, Nutella and writing: what they all have in common

There is no difference between the two until higher education, where people begin to assume that in order to write you have to be creative while in order to do math you have to be logical. I think that such a distinction should be thrown in the trash and burned. Writing takes logic just as much as math
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Morehouse alum Lerone Bennett, Ebony Editor, historian, dies at 89

The response was so enthusiastic that we published a book, Lerone Bennett's Before the Mayflower, which became one of the most widely read Black History books ever. This marked the beginning of the Johnson Publishing Company Book Division.” Despite Bennett's passion for writing history for the
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Amazon UK to make "small reduction" on jobs amid hiring spree

The person cited above said Amazon has “over hired” in India and is likely to trim the operations into shape. The company has announced plans to cut other positions recently, including 58 jobs, mostly in customer service in SC, at its self-publishing unit Createspace, as well as about 30 jobs at online
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Why Tech's 'Big 4' All Faced Antitrust Probes in Europe, But Not in the US

In 2015, Amazon went under an EU probe over a set of licensing contracts with Europe's e-book publishers that were deemed unfair. In contrast, these American tech giants rarely have to deal with the EC's counterparts on their homeland, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of
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'Wild' Author Cheryl Strayed to Visit UW March 22

Cheryl Strayed, the best-selling author of the memoir “Wild,” will visit the University of Wyoming for a public lecture and book signing Thursday, March 22. Her lecture, “A Wild Life,” will be at the College of Arts and Sciences auditorium at 5 p.m. Doors will open at 4 p.m. There are no tickets for this event;
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Facing up to the Facebook news feed upheaval

Facebook's recently announced news feed changes, which will prioritise posts by friends and family over those from publishers and other brands, are analyzed in a new WAN-IFRA Report that was launched in a webinar with author Grzegorz Piechota. In the webinar and report, Piechota, a University of
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Former Grinnell Resident Produces Documentary on Non-Speaking Autism

DJ went on to graduate from Grinnell High School, and also graduated with honors from Oberlin College, with a double major in anthropology, and creative writing. The story shows challenges he faced in fitting in and moving forward with his education. The documentary shows how classmates
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Are you drinking the worst beer?

While he correctly pointed out that personal taste is subjective, and that many of the “winners” of the worst beers are actually best sellers, he attributes this fact to aggressive national campaigns and low prices by said brands. While I cannot disagree with his view, I think he overlooks the fact that users of
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TEN: Publishing Media LLC

Download iPhone and iPad apps by TEN: Publishing Media LLC, including Motor Trend Magazine, Motor Trend OnDemand, Automobile Magazine, and many more.
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Ryan Coogler ascends to the top with 'Black Panther'

The Oakland, California, native got into filmmaking almost on a lark when a creative writing professor at St. Mary's College in California, where he was attending on a football scholarship, suggested he look into screenwriting. He had thought he would play football and be a doctor, maybe, to help his
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Waterstones, HQ and Borough host plant-based food festival

The event will take place at Borough's Market Hall in London on 19th April, the day of the book's publication, from 7pm to midnight. The £20 ticket will include samples of food and drinks from the book, short demos and talks from BOSH! and “special guests” as well as retailers, a bar and DJs. Attendees
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Local Madison Duo Has Long History of Helping African-American Youth

The first edition of the Wisconsin Free Press hit the streets on April 3, 1984. It debuted on the eve of the 16th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. and was the only local publication on that day to attempt to capture what King's legacy has meant to African Americans in Madison. Looking back
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance On Track to Reach Over 500K in Sales Two Days After Release

According to Vavra, shipments of the game we're over 100,000 copies at retail, while sales of the game on Steam have already surpassed over 300,000 sales, and the game is currently at the top of the best-sellers chart on Steam (as of this writing). Based on this, Vavra (and the studio) expect that the
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PostUp Ranked #1 Email Technology Choice for Publishing & MediaStudy shows PostUp leading …

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“Many publishers send dozens or even hundreds of unique daily newsletters, making them high frequency senders relative to other brands,” said Michael Johnston, founder of Notablist. “For the most frequent senders, who send unique emails at four times the national average, PostUp is the top ESP in
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Education Foundation has book project to celebrate 75th anniversary of Oak Ridge Schools

The Oak Ridge Public Schools Education Foundation is planning to publish a commemorative book to mark the 75th anniversary of Oak Ridge Schools, complete with color photos, stories, and memories as told by teachers and alumni from each class from 1944 to 2018. The book's cover art is by Jim
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On the Move: 15 February 2018

Thomas Nelson has named Denise George as vice president of marketing for the W Publishing Group. George (pictured) will report to W Publishing Vice President and Publisher Daisy Blackwell Hutton, working to develop both short- and long-term publishing and business strategies for the imprint.
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THQ Nordic's Acquisition Of Koch Media Is Good News For Fans Of 'Saint's Row' And 'Metro'

THQ Nordic is purchasing Koch Media, the parent company of game publisher Deep Silver, the publisher behind Saint's Row and the Metro games. Back when THQ declared bankruptcy and auctioned off its sizable portfolio, many of the game publisher's IPs went to Nordic Games and Koch Media.
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Aptos Times: February 15, 2018

Aptos Times Publishing Group Inc tpgonlinedaily.com Give Kids A Smile Day – Dientes Helps 38 Children Receive Free Dental Care • Meet The Author – Alesa Lightbourne at Porter Memorial Library • Santa Cruz Symphony News BFCU Names 2017 Employee Award Winners • Free Citizenship
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Native Ads Generate the Highest Engagement Metrics for Marketers

Recommendation widgets provide publishers with an effective way to recirculate organic content which increases publisher engagement metrics including time spent and pages viewed while also generating revenue from the additional ads viewed. In-feed ads earn the highest revenue per ad but
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