Day: February 18, 2018

Inside the newsroom: Students have the loudest voices in school shooting

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Inside the newsroom: Students have the loudest voices in school shooting

The 14-year-old was described as a talented soccer player who enjoyed creative writing as a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Grief filled her funeral, but so did anger and frustration. Joaquin Oliver was a senior at the high school. The New York Times described
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I'll be there for you – but your ex never will: LIZ JONES writes an open letter to Jennifer Aniston …

I even donated £5 towards his goal of self-publishing his second novel. But once you're not married, there's no glue, no reason to put up with the faults that got on your nerves in the first place. In my experience, men don't make very good friends: they are either boring (straight) or bitchy (gay). An ex who I
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eCRM Executive, Publishing, London

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For Rape Victims, the #MeToo Movement Can Cut Both Ways

At the 1985 ceremony, when the senior creative writing award had been announced, I watched the winner walk to the stage with tears in my eyes. What a poetic soul she must have, I thought, beneath those acid-wash jeans! I wanted nothing more than to win that same award when I was a senior, and in
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Kansas City high school writers work through their Parkland feelings in words

Teaching in a high school classroom the day after a mass shooting is not covered in any educator training. So the day after the horrific events in Parkland, Fla., I found myself in front of a creative writing class comprised of ninth- through 12th-grade students with no words that I could stand behind.
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Bestselling Author Cheryl Strayed to Visit UW

During her visit, Strayed will also participate in two Q&A sessions with students in the English and Creative Writing programs. In a press release from the university, professor Brad Watson, who is also the Program Director for UW's Creative Writing Program said that he hopes Strayed's visit would “attract
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The Toronto Sun will not publish on Family Day

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The Toronto Sun will not publish on Family Day

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From the Observer archive: this week in 1963

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From the Observer archive: this week in 1963

The Kama Sutra… is a manual of advice on courtship, seduction and love-making. It goes into full physical detail, in a curious, poetic way. It also throws light on Indian life of the period; the publishers claim that this is one main reason why they are issuing it, another reason being the literary quality of the
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Publisher's story shows that pulp is not dead

“People thought physical books were goners,” said Jed Lyons, chief executive of Lanham, Maryland-based Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. He should know. Lyons, 66, ships about 41,000 books a day across the U.S. and to Europe. He has been in the publishing business since the 1970s.
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651 Young Artists Recognized by Montclair Art Museum for Their Original Works

“We have an amazing network of Affiliate Partners who bring the program to life by recognizing and encouraging creative teens across America,” said Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. “Over the course of the program's nearly century-long history, we've
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Publishers or platforms?

It suits tech giants to say they're operating a platform, rather than a publisher – but for how much longer? Conor Brophy. By Conor Brophy Feb 18, 2018 … The cynical answer might be that publishers bear all the cost and platforms make all the money. The question requires deeper consideration, though,
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Cultural events dominate on Day 2

Students participated in technical events such as Robo Race, 4G Robo, Mud Rally, Sumobot, Quadcopter Mania and Business Mania events such as Biz Quiz, Talk on Theme, Walk the Sale, Ad Mad Show, Head Scratch and Literary and Artists events as Debate, JAM, Picto, extempore, creative writing,
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Ctg Ekushey book fair starts Tuesday

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Ctg Ekushey book fair starts Tuesday

A nine-day Ekushey book fair will begin on the DC Hill premises in the port city on February 20. Fifteen publishers would take part in the book fair, said Ekushey Mela Parishad officials at a press conference at Chittagong Press Club yesterday. Chittagong City Corporation Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin is
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McDowell News, Morganton News Herald Publisher Lamar Smitherman to retire

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McDowell News, Morganton News Herald Publisher Lamar Smitherman to retire

He has had hands-on experience in all aspects of the business beginning as a sales rep and working his way up to publisher with a Multimedia paper in Prattville, Alabama, before accepting a partnership in an independent paper in Mississippi. He returned to Prattville in 1989 and opened The Autauga
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A Smart Satire for the Age of the Smartphone

If you are fed up with Facebook, log off for a few hours and head over to GALA Theatre in Columbia Heights for a rollicking evening of analog entertainment in the form of La Foto: A Selfie Affair. This deeply funny, social media satire — set in present-day Miami — takes aim at Facebook (and other social
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Historic "Farm Beautiful" still shines, but not quite as brightly

It was the third of 11 projects designed and financed by Schilplin and the St. Cloud Times Publishing Co. to provide jobs on farms for relief and unemployed workers. This St. Cloud-area workforce became known as the Army of Work. At the end of the 11 projects, it had employed 556 people for 6,428
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survey123 connect, error publishing to 10.6

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survey123 connect, error publishing to 10.6

I cannot publish my survey to enterprise 10.6. I get the following error, anyone ever see this before? JSONobject[“timeInterval”] not found. Error code.
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College Admissions: Telling Your Story through Writing

… a lot about…your…sports team…or some other difficult experience that you've gone through, maybe learning a different language…Those are all great topics and great essays to write. But you have to remember that a lot of people write those essays. So…you have to write about them in a creative way.
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Gakire on impact of Ingoma Nshya and Book of life

“Many Rwandans fail to write because they think they need to be intellectual enough to write and many have low self-esteem as regards to writing. You just have to be creative and writing is a wonderful way to express yourself,” she says. The book of life, a collection of letters written by the living to the
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