Day: December 14, 2017

Finding the Equation for Digital Growth: Meet Brian Cliette

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Finding the Equation for Digital Growth: Meet Brian Cliette

To date, Bran has achieved enormous success in content creation and digital marketing, with 700 eBooks published, 200 print books in circulation … What makes Brian's story unique is not just his success as a self-published author, but his mastery of trading in the internet's greatest currency: knowledge.
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Doing It Yourself

Do you have a book moldering away in a desk drawer? Or perhaps trapped in your laptop, languishing in a digital world of ones and zeroes, never to see light of day? To keep your genius to yourself is a great disservice to the world, and these days, with self-publishing easier than ever, there's no reason
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The Flea Announces Spring 2018 Season

The Flea welcomes new playwrights, Steph Del Rosso, Catya McMullen and Scott Klopfenstein and the hugely creative rappers/writers the Q Brothers into the mix at the theater's new digs in Tribeca. Del Rosso's Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill will run in The Siggy as will McMullen and Klopfenstein's Locked
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Oliver and Hogan top Amazon print and e-book charts for 2017

Sheila O'Flanagan's The Missing Wife (Headline) came in sixth followed by Sarah A Denzil's self-published Silent Child. The Silent Wife (Bookouture) by Kerry Fisher also ranked in the top 10, along with Friend Request by Laura Marshall (Little, Brown). An Amazon spokesperson said: “From shocking
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Kimberly Posey Latimore's New Book “Three Ways to Love: A True Sisterhood” is a Gripping Story …

Recent release “Three Ways to Love: A True Sisterhood” from Page Publishing author Kimberly Posey Latimore is a compelling story about Kendall … Kimberly Posey Latimore, an author currently residing in Oklahoma whose love for reading books and writing made her into the person she is today, has
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Egmont Publishing UK announces three new promotions

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Egmont Publishing UK announces three new promotions

… support and hard work these past four years and wish him well in his new role,” said Cally Poplak. “I am absolutely delighted to welcome four very talented colleagues to the UK Board. Their publishing expertise and operational management at divisional level is outstanding and I look forward making
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ACC makes recommendations to prevent question paper leak

Some of the sources of the corruption, as identified by the ACC, include the tender process for textbook printing, forming various committees, supplying book manuscripts illegally to a number of publishers, curtailing information for facilitating illegal coaching business, participating in tender processes
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The write time

The goal is to write a short story that is exactly 95 words long—not 96 or 94. It has to be exact. It's an exercise in creative writing under pressure. Here's an example: “I Want a New … We require the author's name, email address and phone number listed above each story. (That stuff won't count toward
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How much power do publishers usually have over the

How much power do publishers usually have over the game developments? Do they generally just have a … – “/v/ – Video Games” is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of PC and console video games.
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Review – Ragman #3: Gotham Invaded By Demons (Must Be Tuesday?)

Corrina: Ray's right, in that this feels more like a comic that has been on the shelf for a while, part of another period in DC's long publishing history. And, yet, I like it more than Ray does. I always enjoy when off-beat characters like Ragman are given the spotlight and I have a nostalgic fondness for Rory
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Failsafe

Libes took the time to talk to Eugene Weekly about his own family history, Earth's impending ecological disaster and how an existential crisis brought him … With print-on-demand, I could just release the book myself, and I didn't need a publishing company to accept my work for a book to see daylight.
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Ad Networks' Latest Trick For Generating Fake Traffic

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Ad Networks' Latest Trick For Generating Fake Traffic

BuzzFeed details how ad networks and publishers are using page redirects and “pop-unders” to produce what it calls “legitimate-look” traffic. “These networks can 'originate traffic out of thin air' and direct it to a specific site thanks to code that instructs them when to load a specific webpage, and how long
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Round Peg, Square Hole: Display Tactics Will Fail With Video Header Bidding

Many publishers and tech providers are taking what they've learned in the past three-plus years of display header bidding and trying to plug those practices into header bidding for video. That's just not going to work. While they are often leveraged to serve similar interests, video and display advertising
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By ROSS FLINT – rflint@shelbynews.com

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By ROSS FLINT – rflint@shelbynews.com

Geography and History of the World will replace the World History and Civilization course that has been offered in the past. The new course is “a little more thematic,” she said, and looks at the changing of the times and addresses current events. The new language arts course will be creative writing,
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Publisher/Associate Publisher, Earth Science Journals

About us: Elsevier stands unique as the world's leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information, operating at the forefront of electronic publishing. Part of the FTSE-100 Company Reed Elsevier, we enable specialised communities from universities to healthcare professionals, to access
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What fashion brands can learn from Nike's first six months as an Amazon partner

According to L2, Nike's best-selling products on Amazon were all fulfilled by third-party sellers in July, right before it became a first-party seller. So Nike was only getting a small portion of those sales, with zero insight into the customer that was buying the brand through Amazon. But eliminating third-party
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Ferrari Doubling Production a Year Early

But luxury SUVs are hot sellers right now. In addition to Lambo, Jaguar, Bentley, Lexus and Porsche all have at least one ute in their line-up now. Marchionne's push for an SUV isn't limited to Ferrari. With the success of the Maserati Levante – it's the best-selling Maserati ever already – he's looking for a
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This Depressing Website Lets You Find Out Which Films Star Alleged Sexual Abusers

Rotten Apples lets users search a film or show by title, and returns a rating of either 'rotten' or 'fresh' along with a list of any writers, directors, producers or cast members …. Sophie Nicolas is studying a bachelor of Arts in creative writing and is an aspiring writer, dog enthusiast and thrift shop fashion icon.
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Slime-san Devs Fabraz Begin Publishing With SpiritSphere DX

After the success with their challenging retro platformer Slime-san, developers Fabraz have announced their first foray into the world of being an indie publisher. And given that Slime-san had its biggest exposure on the Nintendo Switch, it only makes sense that the first game they publish would be for
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Third-party packages freeze when publishing

Publishing freezes when you attempt to download and import a third-party package before you refresh the view that shows Content Downloaded.
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The Archive Project – George Saunders

With all the characteristic wit and humor of his short stories, Saunders takes the audience through the process of writing the novel—from the first spark of inspiration decades ago, through many iterations, to the final masterpiece. … He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University.
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2018 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab Fellows Announced: Diverse Group of Writers …

The Lab brings independent screenwriters together with accomplished writers, in an environment that encourages the art and craft of writing and creative risk-taking. Through one-on-one story sessions with Creative Advisors, Fellows work intensively on their feature film scripts and engage in an
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A tale of two zebras

And that eventually led to the publication of her first children's book, “Zip and Zap: A Zebra Christmas Story,” now available for purchase. … Beutner said she knew she wanted to selfpublish, but the price from publishers in the U.S. was beyond what she could afford for the high quality she wanted.
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Fairfax, News Corp and Nine ink audience data agreement

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Fairfax, News Corp and Nine ink audience data agreement

Fairfax Media, News Corp Australia and Nine are working together to create authenticated audience IDs which will allow advertisers to target audiences based on identity, not cookies. The three publishers have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the development of an anonymised
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News Corp, Fairfax & Nine To Lift Their Ad Targeting Game With Creation Of Digital ID Co-Op

Chris Janz (pictured above left), managing director of Australian metro publishing at Fairfax, said: “Fairfax is pleased to be supporting this initiative, which we believe will streamline the way marketers can leverage a depth of quality data from content publishers to maximise results from advertising.”.
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15 Literary Organizations To Support In 2018 To Make Your Reading Year The Most Meaningful Yet

826 National's chapters offer a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students ages 6-18 with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills. They also aim to help teachers get their classes excited about writing. Their mission is based on the understanding
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Literacy course brings more opportunities

They read out eloquent and beautiful words telling tutors and staff at the centre about how the course has changed and improved their lives. The programme is facilitated by Manukau Institute of Technology and hosted by the centre, aiming to help people improve their English language, writing and
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Who should learn online?

Before someone invests in an online or cloud-based course, it's worth checking to see if that person is a good fit for the learning format. The advantages of studying online are great, … We'll assume for writing purposes that the person we're considering is you. But the same reasoning can be applied to
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Young author self-publishes novel

SCITUATE – Scituate High School junior Lindsey Catanzaro has become a published author at the age of 16. Her historical-romance novel “Finding Harmony” is set in Post-WWII England and follows German piano prodigy Leonardo as he begins a new life as a servant in the home of violinist Estella.
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Brutally true 'Montauk' parallels author's conflicted real life

He'd like to be attentive to everything and to invent nothing, to step free of associations or reminiscences, to simply become so concentrated in a sort of raw presence that he might begin to speak to himself as he never has in his writing or life. Of course, to discover this desire to write it up while the
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WattPad reveals the most popular Fan Fiction trends of 2017

WattPad is the undisputed leader when it comes to young writers self-publishing fan fiction. The Toronto based company company released new data that looks at the most popular trends of 2017. Three of the most popular shows that spawned hundreds of thousands of fan fic submissions were
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Shoreworld – Tom Kanach: Undertow

As I switched gears and eventually became a music writer, Kanach stayed the course, writing and performing over the course of the next decade. And the main project that Tom was working on was to become an album called Undertow. To his credit, Kanach started working on this disc a good ten years
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Couple donate to improve writing across MSU

The Jackson-Wilson gift also supports a third element of advancing writing across MSU: technical writing for STEM disciplines. The steady enrollment growth of STEM students at MSU has boosted demand for faculty qualified to teach WRIT 221, the technical writing course required of all STEM majors.
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English 12 online course

I want someone to complete this for me, 50% by December 20, the other 50% by January 15, and I need a 95% average. Please send a resume asap – don't bother though unless you are very good at academic writing in English, preferably with a Masters in English or Creative Writing. I will pay $100 via
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The third ghost

The Week magazine selects quotations from a range of sources on current events, presenting them logically with a conclusion as to the Conventional Wisdom. On its cover dated Dec. 8 we see a question regarding the Republican tax plan: “Your Next Raise: Will corporate tax cuts trickle down to workers
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White Birch to host book signing with Olga Morrill on Dec. 16

“The toughest thing about self-publishing is getting the word out. I need your help. Please spread the word in your social and work circles. If you've read the book, please talk about it; if you haven't read it yet, please do. It's a darn good story, as well as revealing history that has been largely swept under
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Curtin University: Preparing you for the next chapter

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Curtin University: Preparing you for the next chapter

Edmund Seng, President of the Curtin University alumni Singapore Chapter, recently developed a suite of services including career counselling and workshops on job searching, résumé writing and interviewing. The fact that Curtin utilises its vast pool of talent, even once they've left, demonstrates how
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Video-sharing firm Clip raises funds from Matrix, others

Mint reported in November that at least three content start-ups including Clip, self-publishing platform Pratilipi (Nasadiya Tech. Pvt. Ltd) and social media platform Sharechat (Mohalla Tech Pvt. Ltd) were in talks with investors to raise fresh funds. Apart from this, content and news focused start-ups such
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WNMU's Twisted Vine Looking To Publish Poetry, Short Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Interviews and …

Western New Mexico University's student-run Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal put out a call for submissions and asked artists to send original and unpublished works of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, interviews and visual arts for possible publication. Curated by WNMU's Master of Arts
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OSU football: James Washington named ninth unanimous All-American in program history

Oklahoma State wide receiver James Washington (28) runs for a touchdown while being defended by West Virginia safety Dravon Askew-Henry (6) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson). Ray Thompson.
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Christmas food for thought

I suggested that she write a cookbook, using a Word document and a template, include family photos, and send it off to make copies at one of the companies doing self-publishing. She seemed interested, and that is exactly what I'm doing with the telecommunication employees I teach. Their deadline for
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WIGTON: Writing this makes it real

I hope I'm still writing stories about Christian County in some capacity. And. of course, I plan to be reading your stories within the pages of the Christian County Headliner News. You will be in good hands. The company has found my replacement — Charles Goodin. He already works for us, in charge of
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Payday 2 for Nintendo Switch gets a release date

The game will launch digitally self-published on the Nintendo eShop and also physically on retail, thanks to 505 Games publishing. The co-op first-person 'heist simulator' adds to the growing lineup of action games on Nintendo's platform, and its successful formula offers a different experience to those
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What a year to write about

Those communications most justified the voluminous research and many rewrites that are the core of the laborious writing process. Of course, there are those who are vehement in their opposition to my standpoints. Especially when I critique the current president or the incumbent governor, I have
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Varuna the Writers House looks ahead to next year

Another highlight will be a course on untaming the writing mind. This four-week course will explore ways of abandoning the writing-ego and learning how to allow writing to take shape organically, from the inside out. Facilitated by award-winning poet and Varuna consultant Vanessa Kirkpatrick, it will be
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Local Writers Hone Their Craft at the Street Lit Authors Club

He's in the first week of his second stay at the ARCH (the first was one day in 2009), and a longtime Street Lit writer invited him to the creative writing workshop after noticing Ezekiel writing in his notebook. Now, Ezekiel sits at the corner of one of the foldout tables arranged into a rectangle so the writers
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Coding & writing: The two sides of author Anvita Bajpai

BENGALURU: Anvita Bajpai's best recall value is that she had filed a plagiarism suit against Chetan Bhagat. However, as legal matters take their own course, the 40-year-old software professional is busy leading her technology startup and simultaneously working on her fourth book — a non-fiction
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Indian mobile app start-ups to track China's growth path

Over the past 12 months, Shunwei Capital has invested in eight Indian mobile app start-ups, including ShareChat, mobile video app Clip, mobile gaming Mech Mocha, and e-books and self-publishing platform Pratilipi. Shunwei Capital scouts for early-stage Indian investments and provides financing up
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The Learning Center lends a hand to students

The tutors that are available in the course based tutoring and writing studio are all peer tutors. Grad assistants help out in these areas, but they are mostly Shippensburg students who help tutor. These students who want to help tutor must have already taken the course that they plan on tutoring on and
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What I learned about writing from watching Hallmark Christmas movies

For more than a year, I served as official caregiver to my wife of 46 years, Karen Clark. Two years ago she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two surgeries followed, along with three months of chemotherapy, and 37 radiation treatments. It has been a life-changing experience, of course, and I am happy
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Local author releases Book No. 2 in 'Jon Wells' series

All his friends loved it and begged him to publish it. He started with an electronic version of the book that cost nothing, but he soon had people asking him to publish a hard copy. So he found a print-on-demand publisher, and next thing he knew, his books were being stocked on grocery store shelves in
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Words and Pictures

In its place are outfits like Gestalt Publishing, arguably Australia's biggest and most successful comics publisher, and Milk Shadow Books, a haven for independent graphic novels. With the ubiquity of the Internet, there's also the option of self-publishing, either through existing platforms like Comixology
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Desktop Publishing Specialist from Kforce Inc

RESPONSIBILITIES: Kforce has a client seeking a Desktop Publishing Specialist in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey (NJ). Essential Duties: Accurately produce book and report pages by efficiently using Ventura Publisher code; Work with programmers on layout changes/updates, address formatting,
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Fast-growing startup HAAWK buys TuneRegistry and RoyaltyClaim

TuneRegistry, which launched at SXSW 2017, is a music rights and 'metadata management platform' enabling independent artists and to self-publish and retain their music royalties. Launched in September this year, RoyaltyClaim is a search engine for unclaimed and so-called 'black box' music
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Renault buys magazine publishing group as it gears up for driverless cars era

French carmaker Renault has bought a stake in a glossy magazine publishing group, its first foray into media, as it prepares to keep travellers occupied in the era of driverless cars. Renault billed its move into media as the first among the world's automobile manufacturers, who are carrying out advanced
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The second biggest fear for writing and publishing

I still remember the first time I published a story. I was not sure about the quality of my writing. But then I realized that this fear was unnecessary. The only way to do some thing right, is to keep on doing it and learning from it. But there is another thing which hinders the writing and publishing process.
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Books Issue: Publishing a Go-Go

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Books Issue: Publishing a Go-Go

Once upon a time in a far away land called New York City big publishers swirled around each other with pockets full of money eager to lure unsuspecting authors into their gold-lined nests. They promised these starving men and women huge contracts, years of literary bliss and amazing international
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The PCH App

Publishers Clearing House BIG SUPERPRIZE ALERT: Get The PCH App Now For Not One… But TWO ENTRIES TO Win the NEW $2,600,000.00 Plus $5,000.00 A Week For Life Prize – Just Like On TV! YOU could become our 12/22 Winner just by getting the app here – so don't miss out! Install now
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Streator High garners 17 State Scholars

Streator High School's Illinois State Scholars are (front row, from left) Samantha Hidalgo, Megan Scarber, Kyra Olesen, Anna Thorson, Claire Chalkey, Jessica Schaumberg, Ashley McCurdy, Alyssa Voytko and Brooke Melvin; and (back row, from left) Kennadee Morgan, Nick Yanello, Gabriel Molina,
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IN BRIEF | Dec. 14, 2017

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IN BRIEF | Dec. 14, 2017

As the number of families impacted by the Thomas Fire, which as of Tuesday, Dec. 12, had reached epic proportions at 234,500 acres burned, continues to rise, a multitude of fundraisers have been launched in assistance. GoFundMe, a popular Internet portal for donations, has dozens of fundraisers for
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Publishers Reduce SSP Partners; Facebook Monetizes WhatsApp

Vendor culling is real, at least on the sell side. And the advent of GDPR will likely shrink the vendor communiy even more [AdExchanger coverage]. But this year, publishers cut the number of supply-side platforms they work with by 20% on average, according to a Pathmatics survey of 500 large US
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10 months in: How youth-focused video publisher Kyra TV hit seven-figure revenue

British video publisher Kyra TV has published three original, long-form video series for youth audiences since its debut 10 months ago. The first two series, “PAQ” and “Greatness,” have attracted advertisers, including Converse, Mennace, Ray-Ban and Nike, generating seven-figure revenues in total,
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THOMAS FIRE | Timeline Dec. 4 through Dec. 13

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THOMAS FIRE | Timeline Dec. 4 through Dec. 13

Information collected for this timeline was taken from a variety of sources including the Ventura County Fire Department, City of Ventura, Ventura County Sheriff's Department, local and national news agencies, Facebook, and Twitter. Thomas Gorden, the user behind the Twitter account @VCScanner,
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NERDC cautions publishers against smuggling unapproved textbooks into schools

Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Prof. Ismail Junaidu has warned publishers against moving unapproved textbooks into the country's school system saying only the council has the mandate to assess and approve books for usage. Junaidu
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Five Years After Sandy Hook: Sharing Stories To Heal Our Collective Soul

Therefore, I leave you with this: Has this event caused you to love more? If it has not, then what will you design for the collective soul, the Spiritus Mundi? Lee Keylock, who taught English for 13 years at Newtown High School and was an adjunct professor of creative writing at Southern Connecticut State
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Priscilla Hancock Cooper knows the importance of mentors. So she became one.

Cooper teaches creative writing and poetry to incarcerated girls, as well as through the Summer Enrichment Program in the Arts (SEPIA) in her church. She also is an instructor for the Nia Creative Day Camp, which focuses on teaching African-American history and culture. Sharing the “strength and
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