Day: January 2, 2018

Fenty Beauty Has Just Dropped Mini Versions of Its Bestsellers and We're Obsessed

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Fenty Beauty Has Just Dropped Mini Versions of Its Bestsellers and We're Obsessed

Having already shaken up the beauty world with her new Mattemoiselle line of lipsticks (with 14 new shades no less), Rihanna now stuns beauty fiends once again in the form of mini versions of some of Fenty Beauty's best-selling products. Dubbed the Bomb Baby Mini Lip and Face Set, the mini duo
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Dennis Publishing' tech chief Paul Hood joins Deloitte Digital in consultation role

Dennis Publish's digital and technology chief, Paul Hood is to take up a new role with Deloitte Digital. Paul Hood, Dennis Digital & tech chief joins Deloitte Digital. Hood, who will depart after just under three years with the publisher of The Week, Auto Express, Alphr and Buyacar, will take on a part time
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The Importance of Year 2 on the Tenure Track

In fact, from running faculty writing groups and tenure and promotion workshops in our Center for Teaching Excellence over the past decade, I've learned year two is a make-or-break year. Here's why. Year one gets all the attention. Google “new faculty development programs,” and hundreds of results
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BRIEF-ChineseAll Digital Publishing Group says change of accounting policy regarding …

… * Says it plans to change accounting policy based on accounting standards for business enterprises No. 16—government subsidies, which was disclosed by the Ministry of Finance on May 10. Source text in Chinese: goo.gl/33P9CF. Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News).
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Cosas vows to 'prepare petrol bombs' for papers that publish matric results

Johannesburg – The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) in Gauteng has threatened to petrol-bomb the offices of newspapers that publish successful matriculants this year. Cosas claims that the public release of the student numbers of Grade 12 learners who have passed was a “suicidal act”
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Matakana SuperFoods To Bring Diverse Superfood Products To ECRM® EPPS Event In …

Glucina founded the company in 2009 and to this day believes using the best quality, super-nutrient wholefoods is the key to great health. “Matakana SuperFoods offers a daily … The Acai Bowl and Supergreens are the most popular products among these top-sellers. For more information on Matakana
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Browser Password Managers Being Exploited to Track Users: Princeton Report

It recommends that publishers should shift login forms to subdomains, which is an engineering complexity. It also proposes for users to install ad blockers and tracking protection software to prevent against any such third party tracking. As for browsers, the simple solution is to disable login auto-fill.
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Women 'more likely to be pressured to add authors' to papers

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Women 'more likely to be pressured to add authors' to papers

The study also shows that the likelihood of academics feeling obliged to give additional credit varies a great deal between disciplines, with those publishing papers in marketing as much as 75 per cent more likely to do so than average. At the other end of the scale, political scientists were 44 per cent
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'Delicious diner meets cozy cafe' at new Common Ground in Middleton

In terms of fostering community, Hulburt-Stroud started the Madison West Writers Group in 2014 and it has more than 1,000 members. … She plans to host poetry slams and storytelling events in addition to the regular open writing discussions and creative writing events she's been hosting regularly since
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Book Profiles History Of 'Wicked Hartford'

Thornton's book, the latest in the “Wicked” series by Arcadia Publishing and The History Press, is available online and in stores. It is the sixth “Wicked” book set in Connecticut. Others are set in Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury, Litchfield County and Ridgefield. Thornton's book tells 12 historical stories
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Some information on classes in the Halstead area

A writing workshop will also take place at the Guildhall on January 14 from 11am to 12.30pm. There will be three classes – an introduction to creative writing, writing memoirs and writing thrillers. It is £8 a class or £20 for all three. Finally, for those who really want to get to grips with something creative,
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Incredible real-life story behind Sheila Llewellyn's brilliant first novel

But it was only when she retired from that post and began seriously considering a career in writing that the idea for the novel began to take shape. She was undertaking a PhD in creative writing and thought about penning a series of short stories charting the development of PTSD treatment from the
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#SARS Frees Blogger, Elombah After Pressure From Publishers' Group, Public

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#SARS Frees Blogger, Elombah After Pressure From Publishers' Group, Public

BEVERLY HILLS, January 01, (THEWILL) – Daniel Elombah, the detained London-based online publisher has been released by the police force following his arrest and transportation to police headquarters in the wee hours of New Year's Day in Nnewi, Anambra State by the notorious Special
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Teachers receive grant for integrated English, art study

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Teachers receive grant for integrated English, art study

Activities include book discussions, a young adult reading series and horror and science fiction creative writing workshops. “Frankenstein,” written by Mary Shelley in 1818, tells the chilling story of scientist Victor Frankenstein, who re-animated a creature made from body parts. He then lost control of his
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Screw a diet; create something in 2018

Get creative. Studies show that engaging in certain creative endeavors — mainly dance, music, visual art, and writing — can be beneficial to one's health. Many of these studies are purely observational, but people are seeing more and more that participating in artistic activities can reduce stress, anxiety,
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Ryan Swen's Top 10 Films of 2017

Equal parts rousing and intelligent, Steven Spielberg's continued late-period interest in historical procedurals manifested itself this year with The Post, an account of the Washington Post's defiance of the Nixon Administration through its publishing of the Pentagon Papers. The modern-day parallels are
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Scotland gets new healthcare data platform

Scott Heald, associate director and head of profession for Statistics at ISD, said: “I am delighted to see the launch of our new publishing platform, which is the first stage in modernising how ISD publishes its official statistics. “Users are at the heart of what we are doing, and we're very grateful to those
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Reporters, once set against paywalls, have warmed to them

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Reporters, once set against paywalls, have warmed to them

Since then, the adoption of paywalls has accelerated as publishers realize digital news can't live on advertising alone. There's also safety in numbers. It's hard to find a newsroom in the United States that doesn't have some type of reader revenue program. Since launching its paywall, the Times has
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2018 will be a pivotal year for Facebook's video ambitions

Even more so than it did in 2016, when Facebook first started paying publishers and other video makers to create content, Facebook poured a lot of money into becoming a video destination that could rival existing giants such as YouTube and Netflix. In a wave that was reminiscent of how Verizon
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Roy Exum: My New Year's Treat

It is perhaps the most beautiful of all creative writing, this because every story seems to sing, and a huge part of true education is left out when elementary school students fail to memorize and recite. That's hard to do at first, but with practice comes delight, and a young boy who fails to memorize “If,” the
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2018 could be the year Facebook banishes news from its feed

Publishers have a lot to gripe about when it comes to Facebook, from the platform choking off their referral traffic, dominating digital advertising and giving them whiplash with its constantly changing video strategy. But what if it got even worse? In 2018, Facebook could take a step further and separate
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News Feature: On the Road to Poetry Olympics with Yuyutsu Sharma

It's rewarding to know that over the past decade Yuyutsu has been invited the world over to hold a workshop in creative writing at several universities including Queen's University, Belfast, University of Ottawa and South Asian Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany, University of California, Davis,
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Mesh at Murdoch Awards judges wild about St Stephen's School student's work

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Mesh at Murdoch Awards judges wild about St Stephen's School student's work

The Murdoch University School of Arts awards recognise the talents of Year 10 and 11 students in areas such as photography, creative writing and graphic design. The judges said Harman impressed with his stunning collection of documentary photography. “Each image was able to capture a natural
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Marion author publishes children's book series

Gilbert's series has been released by Yorkshire Publishing. … “Yorkshire Publishing's desire is to positively impact the lives of the people we touch—from the author to the reader,” reads the site. … All of “The Color People” books have vivid and colorful illustrations that were provided by the publisher.
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Every school, every week: Jan. 3

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Every school, every week: Jan. 3

Accelerated English 1 and 2 students and their teachers, Zachary Mueller and Lori Dolezal, have been participating in National Novel Writing Month, during November. NaNoWriMo is a yearly Internet-based creative writing project. Participants strive to write a 50,000 word manuscript. The young writer's
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Adobe In-Design Publishing Expert Needed

Apply, or post a similar freelance job: The above project requires the Following: – Design, create Layout of marketing brochures – Source qualit (1422209)
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Gabrielle Union Says Bookstores Are Hiding Her Memoir 'In Carts In The Back'

Union said after the book was released, she learned from several fans around the country that some bookstores are hiding her book in bins in the back of the store — only putting them on the sales floor after readers complain. According to Union's publisher HarperCollins, her book is now in its fourth
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Husband of late children's author Margaret Beames ensures publication of last book

It was another one of Margaret's imaginative narratives – she was renowned for drawing young readers into worlds of drama and suspense, Beames said. Her first book, The Greenstone Summer, was published in 1977, before she went on to win the picture book and children's choice categories at the
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Steam reveals the top selling games of 2017

Last year Valve released a list of the top-selling Steam games for the first time and the list returns for 2017. Valve doesn't dish out sales numbers but instead ranks them by Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Not that helpful but at least it gives you an idea of what was selling the most depending on
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Despite e-commerce storm, book fair retains its charm

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Despite e-commerce storm, book fair retains its charm

VIJAYAWADA: As the size of the Indian book market is growing at a rapid pace, ebooks and those printed are vying with each other. Even though the global surveys point out that the sales of ebooks are on the rise, traditional book publishers have another reason to worry — the extensive reach of the
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Symbiosis of gambling and gaming is at its peak

Dust from the stampede of enraged gamers is high up in the sky these days, following atrocious exploitation policies from two publisher/developer tag teams – EA/DICE and Activision/Bungie. Yet while these two outfits are taking the heat over the gambling controversy, there are others doing just the
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Can digital technology recoup millions for musicians?

SOCAN, which stands for the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada, has actually spent the past few years investing in ways to use data to deliver more money to Canadian songwriters. In 2016 alone, the member-owned collective acquired two companies, Audiam and
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Two women say former Anniston Star publisher assaulted them

In response to requests for comment, current Anniston Star publisher and executive editor Bob Davis pointed to a statement Ayers gave to the Star for a story the newspaper published Monday. “As a very young man with more authority than judgment, I did some things I regret,” the statement said. “At my
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Vernon author shares her story in literary memoir

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Vernon author shares her story in literary memoir

I wanted the writing to feel real and relatable.” Appleton's writing career began in journalism, working at newspapers across western Canada and later freelancing for national papers. She started writing what became this memoir during her studies in the creative writing (narrative non-fiction) program at
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Bestsellers

January 02, 2018 5:00 AMFICTION1. (5) Origin by Dan Brown.
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Another great thing for news publishing

Another great thing for news publishing. berfayvel. (@berfayvel). 18 hours, 43 minutes ago. If I'm going to develop news website, WordPress with Gutenberg definitely my choice. Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total). Plugin Author Gary Pendergast. (@pento). 13 minutes ago. That's great to hear, @berfayvel!
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The Volunteer Auxiliary Thought Police

How “sensitivity readers” are changing the publishing ecosystem—and raising new questions about what makes a great book. These advising angels—part fact-checkers, part cultural ambassadors—are new additions to the book publishing ecosystem. Either hired by individual authors or by publishing
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A Life Less Sugar author Amanda Tiffen signs major transtasman publishing deal

A New Zealand mum who self-published a book detailing how she shed 20kg in nine months by just slashing sugar from her diet has secured a transtasman publishing deal. Amanda Tiffen wrote A Life Less Sugar: How I lost 20kg by reducing my sugar intake after her amazing weight-loss programme.
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