Day: February 17, 2018

Publish controversial research – Baako dares Atuguba

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Publish controversial research – Baako dares Atuguba

The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Kweku Baako has added his voice to calls for law Professor Raymond Atuguba to publish damning research that establishes the political leanings of judges of the apex court. “I'll plead with Prof. Atuguba, to do us a favour, a huge favour to
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Swiss Financial Regulators Publish “Pretty Reasonable” ICO Guidelines

FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, yesterday published guidelines explaining to organisers and investors how existing financial legislation would be applied to initial coin offerings. The document also details the criteria by which the regulator will judge each fundraising effort.
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Budding media mogul aged 11 runs own magazine from her living room

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Budding media mogul aged 11 runs own magazine from her living room

Budding media mogul aged 11 runs own magazine from her living room. For the past 18 months Mirissa Efemey has been writing, designing, editing, publishing and printing her own mag. Share. By. Heather Greenaway. 18:00, 17 FEB 2018. News. Mirissa Efemey is in the running for a Young Scot 2018
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Google Removes “View Image” Button From Its Image Search Results

The change is also supposed to help protect copyrights and licenses of professional photographers and publishers. “For those asking, yes, these changes came about in part due to our settlement with Getty Images this week,” the SearchLiaison tweeted. “They are designed to strike a balance between
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Comic book movies of 2017: Home media sales

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Comic book movies of 2017: Home media sales

The numbers officially came in for the top DVD and Blu-ray sales of comic book movies. The numbers are finally in for the best selling movies in the United States for 2017. Numerous comic book movies made the list like Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool. However, we will only focus on 2017
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Why the Big Bad Wolf can keep the prices of its books cheap

“Remaindered books are books launched about six months or one year ago,” explains Yap. “Normally, a publisher would print a hundred thousand books and sell about 70-80 percent. So these are the 20 percent that publishers offered to us (at discounted rates) giving these books another chance.”.
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Bookmarks: Some of the 'magic' in Susan Bishop Crispell's books is real

Yet the Wilmington writer says her second book took far longer to write than her first. “This book took me a long time to figure out,” said Crispell, who earned a BFA in creative writing from UNCW. She's been working on the book since 2010. It started, she said, with a visit to her mother in Tennessee.
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Casting the net wide

What makes a star? Haute rags are not enough unless you have an Instagram account. Creative writing is not enough unless you are on Facebook. Just a high voltage performance in a film isn't all that matters unless you are on Twitter. And good food does not make a successful chef either, unless you
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The Menu: All the food news with Joe McNamee

The second workshop is this time focused more on food writing with Literature & Larder (April 13-16) taking place at Glin Castle, Co Limerick and featuring internationally renowned food writers Diana Henry and Elissa Altman for an in-depth look at recipe development, food as memoir/essay, creative
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Snapchat CEO says user complaints 'validate' app redesign

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Snapchat CEO says user complaints 'validate' app redesign

The latest design has segregated updates posted by friends and publishers that could previously be viewed on one page. Now, 'stories' by celebrities and publishers appear on a separate page than those by people on users' friend lists. Users also complain that due to the new update, the page
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Jimmy Paige on Led Zeppelin Future: “There's More to Come”

Page believes that what makes theirs stand out from some of the others is that all the band members are contributing to the publication. This is not the case for many of the others who are releasing similar books as they are simply being ripped off by publishing companies. He feels the involvement of
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Cowichan writer pens children's novel, 'The Mysterious Ledge'

I never gave up on this story, and to get it published. It has three parts, 22 chapters, and 48,500 words. The story is wholesome, sound, and bridges the gap between the white folks and the First Nations people. “Amazon readers gave it a five star review before it was available to be purchased and my
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Living their lives in the backdrop of war

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Living their lives in the backdrop of war

Rod retired from corporate life in 2013 and attended a six-month creative writing course to develop his skills as a creative writer. 'After the Flames' is Rod's second book. His first book 'Sacred Tears'was released in 2014 and is available for purchase on Amazon and at the Barefoot bookstore in Colombo.
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THE WAY WE WERE: Postcards from the edge

This is an example of one of the vintage postcards I purchased at a recent Toronto Postcard Club show. In it, the photographer, working for the Valentine card publishing company (as identified by the JV symbol in the lower right corner of the card and the company's file number for this specific image)
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Study Says Cleaning Your House 'Can Be As Bad For You As Smoking'

“In the long run, cleaning chemicals very likely cause rather substantial damage to your lungs,” said the lead author of the study, Prof Oistein Svanes. …. He graduated from the University of East Anglia with degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing before completing his NCTJ Diploma in
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'Queen of Hearts': Romance in the hospital

For her debut novel, “The Queen of Hearts,” Charlotte author Kimmery Martin stuck to the old Creative Writing 101 maxim, “Write about what you know.” A Kentucky native, Martin is an emergency medicine physician. Her two heroines, Zadie and Emma, are both from Kentucky, and both are doctors
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Jungle books: Tales of the Kadars

“These books move beyond the fantasy of folklore to address non-urban issues and talk about the palpable loss of the environment, making it more relevant,” says Shruti Shah of Tara Books. The publishing firm is trying to focus on introducing these books into high school, and is in talks with educators,
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First came the story, then came the genre

She first published her book in May 2017 – on KDB – Amazon's self-publishing software and it became an instant success – reaching the 'hot new sellers' list, number 3 on the science fiction list and number 1 on the steampunk list – “which for me was mind blowing, I did not expect that at all,” says
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East St. Louis has had it tough. But here's how one woman celebrates the good.

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East St. Louis has had it tough. But here's how one woman celebrates the good.

Savage herself returned to live her life a little differently: celebrating, memorializing, and reigniting the spirit of the place by publishing I Am EStL, a high-quality magazine. Savage is neither a journalist nor a businesswoman with start-up experience. Achieving the rank of commander in the Navy as a
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Rodney Slater to speak at Bethel AME

Edwards has been a pastor for more than 50 years in Arkansas and Ohio. He is pastor of Little Rock's St. John Missionary Baptist Church and chairman of the board of the Sunday School Publishing Board, the agency that serves as publisher for the National Baptist Convention. He has also served on the
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INDEPENDENT AWARDS 2017: Funtua Urges Balance In Reportage, Praises News Publishers

Funtua, while giving his opening remarks at the event, praised the efforts of the Publisher of Independent Newspaper Limited, Chief James Ibori, and the newspaper outfit itself, explaining that running newspaper business in Nigeria is very tough due to the fact that news is read online for free despite the
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How can I change the text color Matlab Publishing Markup?

How can I change the text color Matlab… Learn more about publishing markup, text color of markup.
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Author events on Long Island, week of Feb. 18

Kelly McMasters, director of publishing studies at Hofstra University and co-editor of “This Is the Place: Women Writing About Home,” discusses the book with contributing writers Sonya Chung and Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas. At 6:30 p.m., Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, Hofstra
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Dublin in the 80s – 'Instead of an 18th birthday card, given birth cert and told to sign on'

As an artist and as a drama and creative writing teacher I would like to continue to inspire future generations. Anthony Goulding is a professional playwright and co-founder of the Complex Youth Theatre. He also facilitates drama and creative writing in schools and youth groups. He is also on the panel
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'I, Tonya' gives insight into former figure skater's backstory of abuse

If you already caught “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and need to satiate an appetite for Oscar nominees, the next best choice is director Craig Gillespie's “I, Tonya.” Though it's currently playing at Riverside Cinemas, “I, Tonya” actually came out in 2017, generating
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Netflix Just Released An Irish Film That's Got 100% On 'Rotten Tomatoes'

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Netflix Just Released An Irish Film That's Got 100% On 'Rotten Tomatoes'

Cardboard Gangsters follows the story of Jay Connolly (played by co-writer John Connors) and his group of low-level drug dealers in Darndale, Dublin, … He graduated from the University of East Anglia with degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing before completing his NCTJ Diploma in
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Creative Industry Act 2014 suicidal if implemented – FOCAP

(d) Two registered and professional music sector stakeholders to be nominated by the various music associations (e) Two registered and professional book publishers nominated by the various writers' associations. (f) Two representatives from the fine arts sector nominated by the various associations.
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Book About Lake Hopatcong Legend Lotta Crabtree Wins Award

Harris is also the author of Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter, award-winning Charlie Russell: Tale-Telling Cowboy Artist, and Maxfield Parrish: Painter of Magical Make-Believe. A graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in English (creative writing), Harris is a writing instructor at Skagit
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Malvern Estate headed to winter carnival

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Malvern Estate headed to winter carnival

Trainer Ben Currie was the least worried before his smart galloper Publishing Power won his first race at Doomben in the Benchmark 80 (1200m). Publishing Power ($2) had seven previous starts at Doomben without a win but came from near last at the 600m to score impressively. “Everyone else
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Hearing Delayed for Oklahoma Publishers on Felony Charges

Hearing Delayed for Oklahoma Publishers on Felony Charges. A hearing for the owners of a now closed Oklahoma publishing company on felony charges is being delayed. Feb. 17, 2018, at 12:24 p.m.. Hearing Delayed for Oklahoma Publishers on Felony Charges. Share. ×. Share on Facebook.
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Bestsellers – December 2017

The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) (Paperback). By Viet Thanh Nguyen. $16.00. ISBN: 9780802124944. Availability: On Our Shelves Now. Published: Grove Press – April 12th, 2016. Staff Pick Logo. Manhattan Beach Cover Image. Manhattan Beach (Hardcover). By Jennifer Egan.
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Little mag, big heart

But finding a publisher willing to publish works of an unknown writer can be quite challenging. Many a times, publishers either find it risky to invest in a writer whose works are unknown to the readers or they feel that the quality of writing by most new writers is not up to the mark. Amid the quandary, “little
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Max Mosley accused of 'muzzling press'

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Max Mosley accused of 'muzzling press'

The former Formula 1 boss Max Mosley has been accused of trying to use data protection laws to “gag the press for his own advantage”. Mr Mosley's lawyers have written to several newspapers, demanding they stop publishing details he considers not to be in the public interest. But Trevor Kavanagh
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