Day: February 19, 2018

State Champion: San Manuel's Rodriguez makes dream a reality

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State Champion: San Manuel's Rodriguez makes dream a reality

San Manuel freshman wrestler Gilbert Rodriguez made a 10-year-old dream come true at the 2018 Division IV State Wrestling Championships, which were held at the Prescott Valley Event Center on Feb. 9-10. Rodriguez, the top seed in the 106-lb weight class, pinned two opponents and majority
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Sony is technically the biggest music company in the world (but it's a bit of a stretch)

When asked who the biggest music rights company in the world is today, most people's minds would immediately leap to Universal – and for good reason. The Sir Lucian Grainge-led major is certainly the largest recorded music company on the planet, while Universal Music Publishing Group is a very
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How game development is changing the way we buy

Top publishers now dedicate teams of hundreds on individual projects, continuing to scale alongside consumer expectations. Games simply demand an extraordinary quantity of resources to develop. An industry-wide shift towards the “Games as a Service” (GaaS) model plays a significant role in this,
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Charco and Les Fugitives make 2018 RofC shortlist

Returning for the second year, The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses rewards independent publishers from the UK and Ireland that “take the risk to publish brave and bold literary fiction”. Edinburgh-based Charco Press was launched in 2017 to find outstanding contemporary Latin
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Associate Publisher and Director of Operations

Description. St. Louis-based Christian Board of Publication/Chalice Press seeks Associate Publisher and Director of Operations with primary oversight of: general management and administration,; fiscal and personnel management,; buying/vendor relations,; operating and business systems
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CC Has a Record Seven Fulbright Semifinalists

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CC Has a Record Seven Fulbright Semifinalists

Andrews is a creative writing major who tutors in CC's Writing Center and has previously taught English to elementary and middle school students in Chile. He has received grants to translate works by poet Nicanor Parra as well as write his own poetry. As an ETA in Uruguay Andrews hope to use poetry
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Error Publishing to tableau Server

I've not seen this error myself but a quick google of the error seems to indicate that it's an issue with special characters. Do any of your headers.
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Maui News takes 2 months to report MauiTime Publisher's Supreme Court exoneration

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Maui News takes 2 months to report MauiTime Publisher's Supreme Court exoneration

13 on the Hawaii Supreme Court exonerating MauiTime Publisher Tommy Russo. As Civil Beat columnist Brett Oppegaard noted the day before, in a Feb. 12 story, Russo made headlines across Hawaii back in 2012 when two Maui Police Officers arrested him while he was photographing them on the
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There's A Mario Encyclopedia Coming From Dark Horse Publishing

Mario fans will undoubtedly be interested to hear that the Italian plumber is getting his very own encyclopedia courtesy of Dark Horse Publishing. It's due to be released on October 23rd with a retail price of $39.99. The encyclopedia covers virtually all Super Mario titles up to Super Mario 3D World.
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Asian Student Organization to hold meeting on intersectionality

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Asian Student Organization to hold meeting on intersectionality

Janae Iloreta, a junior English and creative writing major and co-president of ASO, said her experiences as a Filipino woman have taught her the importance of recognizing intersectionality. “Being a female in the Asian community is different than being a male in the Asian community. I have an older
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Wilkes University announces writing workshop partnership with Norman Mailer Center and Writers …

The Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University is partnering with the Norman Mailer Center in New York City to bring the Mailer Writers Colony summer writing workshops to Wilkes-Barre and serve as their permanent home. Named in honor of the late Pulitzer
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Outskirts Press Opens Public Voting for 'Show Us Your Love' Video Contest

Now, authors and followers of Outskirts Press on social media can up-vote for their favorite video on the Outskirts Press blog to determine the winner of the Microsoft Surface Pro laptop computer. The winning contestant will be announced via the Outskirts Press “Self-Publishing News” blog on Feb. 28
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The Reading Life with Zachary Lazar

This week on The Reading Life (February 18, 20, and 21): Tulane professor of creative writing Zachary Lazar, whose new novel is “Vengeance,” which … The Friends of the Terrebonne Parish Public Library will hold their 15thannual Jambalaya Writer's conference March 3 at the Main Library in Houma.
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'The Babylon Line' stops at Lindenhurst's Studio Theatre

The play's protagonist, Aaron Port, is a barely published writer from downtown Manhattan who commutes on the Long Island Rail Road once a week to the Nassau County suburb to instruct a gaggle of housewives and two men on the art of creative writing. Half the students — including Frieda Cohen,
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Janet Mock, transgender activist, to speak at Penn State

The Paul Robeson Cultural Center (PRCC) will continue the Radical Justice Speaker Series by hosting Janet Mock, author and transgender activist. Mock's talk will be held on Feb. 20 in Heritage Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 7 p.m. This
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How Do You Maintain A Side Hustle While Working A Full-Time Job?

And many of us aspire to transform whatever serious hobby we've got going — whether it's creative writing or weightlifting — into a serious side hustle we could maybe even monetize some day — if we're not making money off of it already!
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Michigan prisoner turned celebrated author may face incarceration bill

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Michigan prisoner turned celebrated author may face incarceration bill

H Bruce Franklin, author of Prison Literature in America, says such measures could dissuade prisoner-writers from publishing at all. Dawkins, a father to three, has said the practice of writing allows him to exist in an imaginary world. Writing about a fictional prison eases the burden of being in a real one.
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The Emotional and Visual Power of Dance in Brand Storytelling

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The Emotional and Visual Power of Dance in Brand Storytelling

In between careers, she squeezed in an MA in Film Studies (University College Dublin, Ireland) and an MFA in Creative Writing (Virginia Commonwealth University). Shannon's writing has appeared in Virginia Living, RHome Magazine, WORK Magazine, Style Weekly, the Detroit Metro Times, and other
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Google Introduces AMP Stories – Good News For Mobile

AMP is Google's latest attempt to solidify their lead in the mobile content market. Announced last week on the Google Developer Blog Stories, AMP Stories is the latest addition to the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project. It provides the content publishers with a more mobile-friendly format that aims to
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Why Blockchain Addresses Transparency Issues in Programmatic Advertising

However, concerns over a lack of transparency in spend have long plagued the global digital advertising industry and continue to have a huge impact on the trading experiences of advertisers and publishers alike. In this exclusive piece for ExchangeWire, Zheng Zhang (pictured below), CEO and
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Events not visible by public after publishing – 403: Forbidden

Hi all, I'm using Odoo 10 community on Ubuntu, I've added the “Online Events” module and created an event, however when I log out of Odoo and attempt to register for a particular event I receive a “403: Forbidden” page in place of the registration. I can see the event I just cant register. If I am logged in
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How to Annotate Books in Microsoft Edge

The ability to read books in the browser is one of the overlooked features of Microsoft Edge. Now, you can do more than just read. hero copy (1) One of Microsoft's latest updates brought the ability to annotate books right from the browser. And while it's not as feature-rich as say, Amazon's Kindle,
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News Herald publisher announces retirement

Lamar Smitherman announced his retirement as Publisher of the Morganton News Herald and the Marion McDowell News on Tuesday. Smitherman, who will step down from his role on March 30, has been in charge of the properties for the past eight years. Smitherman's newspaper career spans more
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Pro claims many of Japan's light novel authors can't write, aren't the ones creating their books

However, publishers are only willing to wait so long before they have a product they can start selling, and the editor says “the author can't write” isn't an excuse that will buy a lot of time. “So the editor ends up doing the rewrite himself,” he says, claiming that the market is in the middle of a rapid increase
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Abington area students make dean's list at Susquehanna University

SELINSGROVE — Brianna Grey, of Tunkhannock, a history-secondary education and German education major in the Class of 2020 and Steven McKnight, of South Abington Township, a theatre and creative writing major in the Class of 2020 were named to the fall 2017 dean's list at Susquehanna
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Inprint's Poets & Writers Ball brings in $400000

When writers and poets get together, expect there to be creative sparks. There were plenty of fireworks at the recent 2018 Inprint Poets & Writers Ball, at The Houstonian Hotel, which raised more than $400,000 with chairs Chinhui Juhn and Eddie Allen. Some 400 guests were in attendance. The evening
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Join Author Judith Newman for Writers Speak Wednesdays on Feb 21

Following Sam Sax's incredible reading, Writers Speak Wednesdays continue with Judith Newman, author of the bestselling book To Siri With Love: A … On May 2, the evening will include readings by students currently enrolled in Stony Brook Southampton's MFA in Creative Writing and Literature
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Publisher releasing book by ex-NFL running back

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Publisher releasing book by ex-NFL running back

Best known for his moves on the football field and the dance floor, an athlete wants to use his platform to make an impact on the lives of others. Grand Rapids-based Zondervan is publishing a book by Rashad Jennings, “The If in Life: How to Get Off Life's Sidelines and Become Your Best Self.” The book
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Imperial Courts Housing Projects Making History with its First Student Author Book Signing Event

Publishing Hope and Branding A+ Behavior (PHABB5) is hosting a book-signing event with the first resident/student authors of the Imperial Courts housing projects. The book titled “Imperial Guards” is a 82-page fiction style anthology written by six students who are current residents of the 498 unit public
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Back to the books

The Boi Mela, the congregation of book lovers through the decades in an undeniable landmark in Dhaka's urban scenario. This year in 2018, some 3,000 freshly published books are expected to grace the stalls and pavilions of the fair. A total of 455 publishers are expected to have participated this year.
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Painting Resilience this weekend

MAC's Resilience Project offers Creative Writing as well as Photography, Painting and Printmaking workshops that cycle every first through fourth weekend until the end of May 2018. This project is supported by a grant from the California Arts Council with additional support from Adventist Health and
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One Book Two Book brings Story Pirates, kid-friendly events to Iowa City

At the free event, students will be led by poet, University of Iowa Writers' Workshop graduate and the University of Louisville's creative writing program director Kiki Petrosino. Wendy Delsol, who has authored three young adult novels, will also be there to give students guidance. Students who want to to
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Program that provides creative outlet to North Central kids sees massive funding cut

They do creative writing every Wednesday evening in a 5th Avenue office next door to the Bannock House, which also supplies the supper. Lately on Mondays, Anna Obey is teaching the youths to bead business card holders from glass beads and leather. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, cultural teachings
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Have Pumpkins? Have Cake!

It is considered 'hulless'…it's really not but has a thin membrane over the seeds instead of a thick covering. You don't have to spend hours trying to crack the hull to get to that seed! The flesh of the Snack Jack is very edible and is also good in pies. These are also good sellers to restaurants because they
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The top marijuana stocks for aggressive investors to consider

That would likely place it among the top three sellers of cannabis in Canada at this point, with Canada on track to legalize recreational weed by this coming summer. The risk, of course, is that the royalty business model is highly capital intensive in its early stages, so the company will really need demand
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New Leadership Coming to the Clement A. Price Institute

In addition to serving as an associate director of the Price Institute, she will be the founding director of the Public Arts and Social Justice Initiative at Express Newark, and will also be training a new generation of cultural critics in RU-N's MFA in Creative Writing Program. “As a resident of the city of Newark,
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BPI partners with LyricFind for BRITs

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BPI partners with LyricFind for BRITs

… officer Will Mills. LyricFind has licensing deals covering more than 4,000 music publishers, including Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV and Warner/Chappell. The company tracks, reports, and pays royalties to publishers on a song-by-song and territory-by-territory basis. By Caitlin Shentall.
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Here's what Russian hackers and textbook publishers have in common

More than a year after the election, alleged Russian hackers' interference is still making headlines. Americans are fiercely protective of their freedom to exchange ideas and information in public discourse, without outside intervention. Yet, textbook publishers breed miniature monopolies, in effect
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Bangladesh Pratidin editor, reporter face libel suits for publishing news on yaba business

Two Bogra Awami League leaders have filed separate defamation cases against four journalists of vernacular daily Bangladesh Pratidin for publishing a news against yaba business in Bogra city. Bogra district unit Awami League's Joint Secretary Manjurul Alam Mohan and the city unit's Convening
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Another Dimension: VIZ Media's Brad Woods talks the firm's move into games publishing

As one of the top purveyors of anime, manga and licensed video games products, Viz Media is a unique position to leverage their expertise in a new venture: games publishing. We sat down with Brad Woods, chief marketing officer at the firm to find out more about this new development.
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Bandersnatch fills with laughter at open mic night

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Bandersnatch fills with laughter at open mic night

Others, such as Katie Woods '20, a creative writing major also pursuing a narrative nonfiction concentration, weren't strangers to the stage. Woods used to do stand up in Columbus and jumped at the chance to hone her act locally. Additionally notable performers included Kateri Jameson '19, Connor
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publisher/Producer Communications Consultant

Publisher and producer of content on communications channels that engage employees and the field. Familiar with communications production processes, including but not limited to reviewing content to align with platform or system requirements, uploading content into systems, securing approvals,
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Clydebank College student published in creative writing collection

A TALENTED West College Scotland student has been published in an SQA collection of creative writing. The book Write Times 2 is an anthology of essays, prose, poetry and drama written by candidates as part of their Higher and Advanced Higher English courses. Gavin Thornton has an essay
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Warren Fitzgerald's Ahmed happy to make parents proud

“Najmin's communication skills, positive attitude and caring heart allowed her to become a leader within the class and inspire students to push themselves to work harder to achieve success in class.” Najmin also has an interest in creative writing and poetry and this year took a position has the school
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This Tee Will Sell Out (& It Hasn't Even Dropped Yet)

So, each week in The Sell-Out, we're getting the scoop from your favorite retailers on what's selling like crazy. Watch this space … We remember it well (because we snagged one and it's still getting good mileage), and if the brand's other pieces are any indication, the latest drop is sure to be just as trusty.
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Can Creativity Actually Boost your Health?

In a manner similar to that of the visual expression, expressive writing permits the people to ponder over negative situations and integrate them into their life story. This helps them create meaning for events that can leave indelible marks on their life. Such events include a violent experience, the death of
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EA is Having a Big Sale on Xbox Games

… offers the best prices on EA titles including *Star Wars Battlefront II*, *FIFA 18*, *Madden 18*, *Battlefield 1 Revolution*, *Need for Speed Payback*, *Mass Effect Andromeda* and more. The EA Publisher Sale has a mix of deals for fans that enjoy different genres of games across new titles, top sellers,
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The On-Sale Calendar: June 2018

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The On-Sale Calendar: June 2018

Tinderbox by Robert W. Fieseler (Liveright Publishing, $26.95; ISBN 978-1-63149-164-1). 50,000 copies. The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (William Morrow, $26.99; ISBN 978-0-06-266960-5). 50,000 copies. The Good Mothers by Alex Perry (William Morrow, $27.99; ISBN 978-0-06-265560-8). 50,000
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The On-Sale Calendar: May 2018

Project Fire: Cutting-Edge Techniques and Sizzling Recipes from the Caveman Porterhouse to Salt Slab Brownie S'Mores by Steven Raichlen (Workman Publishing, $22.95 paper; ISBN 978-1-5235-0276-9). 100,000 copies. Exit Strategy by Charlton Pettus (Hanover Square Press, $26.99; ISBN
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Peer-To-Peer Power at PubWest

Around 170 publishing professionals gathered at the Westin Pasadena in California for the annual PubWest conference held February 15-17. The conference tackled the theme of “Raising Voices: Creating a Vibrant Publishing Future,” looking to lower barriers within the publishing industry—values
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