Day: October 27, 2016

Puppet masters: Traditional Japanese performance theater makes a rare appearance at San Luis …

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Puppet masters: Traditional Japanese performance theater makes a rare appearance at San Luis …

Strings hanging down from above do not a Japanese puppet make. It's more intricate than that, more detailed, more nuanced. Each doll is controlled
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Lifted to "Add" at Numis Securities Ltd

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc logo Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) was upgraded by Numis Securities Ltd to an “add” rating in a research note
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Study publishing at the University of Derby

The UK is home to one of the world's largest and highest grossing publishing industries, boasting over 230,000 jobs! And in just one year, from 2014 to
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Gavin Rossdale Signs Publishing Deal With Roc Nation

Gavin Rossdale officially joins Roc Nation. The “Love Remains the Same” hitmaker has inked a publishing deal with Jay-Z's entertainment company.
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Meet local authors at upcoming Author Festival

The library will also provide writing prompts for those who need a creative jump start. The Writing Labs will be offered from noon to 3 p.m. Monday, Nov
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Orchestra Novo presents Serenade for Strings Oct. 30

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Orchestra Novo presents Serenade for Strings Oct. 30

Warm, sweeping, and vibrant. That's what an afternoon of stringed instruments singing out their soothing sounds is. Maestro Michael Nowak and
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Blast from the Past: Westworld

I've been watching the HBO series Westworld, which is awesome and I'll definitely be writing about it later, but it got me thinking about its inspiration:
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Wochit, which helps publishers makes lots of videos, really fast, raises $13 million

Digital publishers have seen the future, and it is video. Mark Zuckerberg says so. But videos aren't tweets or pictures of your kids: Someone has to
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The Alan Parsons Project plays their hits at the SLOPAC on Nov. 3

It's pretty hard to overstate Alan Parsons' contributions to rock 'n' roll. The songwriter, musician audio engineer, and record producer was instrumental
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Open book

Their talk is the second lecture of a reading and lecture series of prominent Indiana-based creative writers, “The Future is Now: Indiana Creative
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Get haunted: Quick, go find something scary before Christmas takes over

For $10, you can wait in a very long line—maybe pop over to Whiskey and June or Camozzi's for a drink in teams while you rotate holding a
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Ether Books put up for sale

It is now looking to sell the business to a publisher or other book industry company. Ether Books was founded in the UK in 2010 by mobile expert
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Pick your poison

What's worse: A SLO County Board of Supervisors candidate taking money from a billionaire with properties on the Central Coast or one taking money
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Eyeshadow Laura Mercier Best Sellers

Free shipping and returns on Eyeshadow Laura Mercier Best Sellers at Nordstrom.com.
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Laughing at politics: Capitol Steps shakes off election cycle stress with humor

What is stress in the modern world? Technically, it's the struggle between your primal self (the part of your brain that still thinks you might get eaten by
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Judge dismisses California Valley fraud case

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Judge dismisses California Valley fraud case

As SLO County Superior Court Judge Craig Van Rooyen dismissed the felony voter fraud case against California Valley Community Services District
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What's up with Measure J?

If you're a registered voter in San Luis Obispo County, you may remember the day a 30-page voter information booklet was stuffed into your mailbox.
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Marijuana growers reluctant to register with SLO County

In the dim basement of Novo Restaurant in Downtown SLO on Oct. 20, roughly 35 cannabis growers sat facing SLO County Planning and Building
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Mailpocalypse: In the digital age, politicians still rely on snail mail to get your vote

As the final days of the election count down, SLO County residents are likely sifting through mountains of political mailers for candidates, ballot
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New Times / News

As he rounds the corner into the final weeks of the 2016 election, Dan Carpenter won't be short on cash thanks to a massive donation from a
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Albanese champions book printing

Well-known Australian politician Anthony Albanese has penned a letter defending book printers and the publishing industry, condemning the
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SES' Stress Sequestration

Escape the daily hassle that surround the race of life—de-stress, relax and enjoy nature—via SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock
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Pacific Marine Expo… We're Talking Safety And SATCOM At Sea

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Pacific Marine Expo… We're Talking Safety And SATCOM At Sea

You won't get wet or seasick when attending the Pacific Marine Expo, November 17-19 at the CenturyLink Field Event Center, Seattle, Washington,
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Reality check

Editor Camillia Lanham knows you probably have feelings about feminism. Write her a letter and we'll publish it in the paper. Include your name and
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Exploring the immigrant experience

She now lives in Houston where she teaches in the University of Houston's creative writing program. Her writing has earned the American Book Award
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Smudge Publishing releases latest book 'Flavours of New South Wales'

Smudge Publishing has been out on the road, exploring the regions of New South Wales to produce the very first Flavours of New South Wales.
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Shandon-San Juan forms water district

It was March, and North County residents overlying the Paso Robles Groundwater Basin were gearing up to vote on a proposed water district that
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Library Notes

Creative Writing for Fun: 10 to 11:30 a.m. You don't need a degree in writing or a published novel, just a desire to explore your own creativity with the
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Phillips 66 takes SLO County to court

As the dust settled from a contentious 3-2 vote by the SLO County Planning Commission to deny the Phillips 66 rail spur project earlier this month, the
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Soup for wildlife: Soupabration! fundraiser to benefit Pacific Wildlife Care

What typically comes to mind when thinking about a fundraiser is a large room with white-cloth-draped tables and two main dishes on the menu.
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Vote-by-mail ballots increase

San Luis Obispo County hit record-breaking numbers for voters who opted to vote by mail. With this year's general election, SLO County has sent out a
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Season of the witch: 'Herbie' magic grows wild across SLO County's secret gardens

When Kathryn Clayton tends to the personal poisonous herb garden she keeps at her home in Cambria, she thinks not of the harm they can do, but of
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Katina Powell

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Katina Powell

The attorneys representing the book's publisher IBJ Book Publishing, LLC and co-author Dick Cady are suing two attorneys and claiming more than
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Talking about TV at the Kelly Writers House

The other speakers were Associate Director for Recruitment and Penn's Creative Writing Program instructor Jamie-Lee Josselyn, reporter and blogger
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Early Reviews Are Vital For Healthy Criticism, and Bethesda Know It

Bethesda are the first publisher to codify the withholding of review copies until just prior to launch as official policy; but this has been sporadic,
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Smudge Publishing release 'Flavours of Victoria'

Smudge Publishing has taken to the highway, exploring the regions of Victoria to produce the very first Flavours of Victoria. The beautifully presented
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Introducing “A Matter of Life (and Maybe Death)”

It all started with a high schooler, a creative writing assignment and an idea. Several years later, Knox sophomore Deja Jenkins is about to watch her
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PEN appoints author-in-residence

PEN is looking for a strong and significant plot and a fresh and creative writing style to showcase Myanmar literature and spur PEN's efforts to develop
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Author to speak about engaging youth

… Louise Bechtel (Class of 1915), a pioneer in the field of children's literature and the first children's book editor at the publishing company Macmillan.
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Advice Goddess | Oct. 27, 2016

Publishing expert Jane Friedman says you can create a composite character “with traits and characteristics culled from several people.” In other words
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Maggie Brown: Good TV depends on bold producers backing writing talent

Garnering critical acclaim and seeming to find a following among female viewers, Moran's first venture into creative writing for TV and the small screen
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Video game challenges, inspires

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Video game challenges, inspires

… Microsoft's Xbox One through ID@Xbox, a self-publishing program for independent game developers, and on Steam, a self-publishing PC platform.
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Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

I have published my book on KDP paper back since 24th october, 2016. but it has not come to live now. It only showed IN REVIEW but later showed
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Expert, illustrator paint picture of e-publishing process

After decades of working in the corporate business world, one Westwood woman has picked up her drawing tools and tapped back into her natural
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THE AMENDMENT PROJECT

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THE AMENDMENT PROJECT

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President,
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'It's all powerful and it knows it': Publishers reveal their biggest challenges with Facebook

At the whim of capricious algorithm changes and vague avenues toward monetization, publishers have no shortage of gripes with the social network.
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BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti talks Facebook Live and Ivanka Trump

Digiday Japan sat down with Peretti to talk about the struggles that publishers have with monetizing their digital content, BuzzFeed's reliance on
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Creative Writing for Kids

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Creative Writing for Kids

Kids, it is time to start writing and thinking creatively! Our fun writing activities will have you writing stories and poetry in no time. These programs are
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OUT OF THE BOX | Your Halloween viewing guide

What better way to buck Halloween norms like partying and creepy clown spotting than to lock yourself in with a bowl of candy and a spooky TV
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Creative writing, theoretically

In my far-off youth, if you wanted to write creatively, you learned to do it by yourself, as there were no creative writing courses in Australia. Did it do us
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Donald Trump, genius and star

Trump should run for Court Jester. He was hit by two bombshells he made himself. He has zero experience in political office. He claims, however, to
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Support this protection act

Ventura County residents undoubtedly appreciate the region's natural assets. This election season, local voters have been asked to renew their
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Alumna Q&A: children's novelist, playwright Tara Dairman '01

Dairman's plays have been professionally produced, and, as a creative writing major at Dartmouth, she won the Eleanor Frost Playwriting Contest.
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The City of Our Hopes and Desires: Zoning Comes to Washington DC

2016 InTowner Publishing Corp. & Matthew B. Gilmore. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part, including for commercial purposes,
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Election-related Letters | Oct. 27, 2016

Thank you for your clear coverage of the SOAR renewal effort (News, 10/13), Measure C, and the competing Measure F. A Measure F mailer just
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Chelsea Cain: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Best sellers. Sold millions of copies. Never had to block people until I started writing comics.” She has made the New York Times bestselling author list
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Free Will Astrology

I invite you to fantasize about what your four great-grandmothers and four great-grandfathers may have been doing on November 1, 1930. What?
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