“I want to show kids that they are important and can make a difference,' Durka said of his 30-page book published by Christian Faith Publishers. “It's written for children four to 10 years and I'm hoping it will encourage them to become active participants in helping the homeless and make a difference in
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As has been already widely reported, Google Chrome has quickly become the most dominant Web browser but even they claim that after a comprehensive survey of publishers in North America and Europe, only 1% of publishers fail to meet the standards. These standards were laid out by the Coalition
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for Scholarly Publishing. 40th Annual Meeting. The 40th SSP Annual Meeting offers attendees another strong program full of informational and thought-provoking presentations, covering the biggest issues and questions in our industry today. Join colleagues from society and commercial publishers
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New York, April 03, 2018 — – Glow15: A Science-Based Plan To Lose Weight, Revitalize Your Skin, and Invigorate Your Life (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, March 6, 2018) has landed at #6 on The New York Time's “Best Sellers Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous” list, and #5 on The Wall Street Journal's
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Facebook has been fighting fake news for a while now, ranking “trusted” sources and demoting “engagement bait” stories. Last October, the company began testing a feature that provided information on article publishers to help people decide which sources were worth reading, trusting and sharing.
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Arcadia Publishing is known for producing books on history full of old black and white photos. The company's Images of America series includes books about Raleigh, Garner, Cary, Apex, Knightdale, Wake Forest and Morrisville, among thousands of others. Coleman's book is also a essentially a picture
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With reading declining among South Korean adults, that a creative arrangement between neighborhood bookstores and Munhakdongne Publishing Group … Last year, the Ministry of Sports, Culture and Tourism declared 2018 to be a “year of books” and set a goal of pushing up the publishing industry's
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“We started OneSignal after previously working as a mobile game studio where we experienced first-hand the absence of technology to send effective notifications that didn't annoy our users. Publishers experience the same struggles with email. Many of them send impersonal and poorly targeted emails
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Michele Cobb, executive director of the Audio Publishers Association, noted, “There are more than 75,000 new titles published annually now, which is really fueling growth.” She also offered insight into the growth in the format outside of North America. The U.K. is the second largest market, with some 14
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Publishing professionals near and far gathered for this year's Bologna Children's Book Fair—which took place March 26 through 29—to scout out new talent and trends, celebrate accomplished artists, and connect with colleagues in the industry throughout the world. Read on for our photo-tour with
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I haven't given a mutated shit for decades. Well, the movies are pretty good. But X-Men comics? Eh. Yet somehow, I am once again geeked beyond reason for an X-Men comic: Ed Piskor's X-Men: Grand Design, which retells the X-Men saga in the style he perfected on Hip-Hop Family Album, another
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The Hachette Book Group is seeking a Managing Editor for our Grand Central Publishing division. Grand Central publishes more than 300 titles a year across a wide variety of fiction, nonfiction, romance, lifestyle, mystery/thrillers, and pop culture books under the Grand Central, Life & Style, Forever,
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Children's publisher Toon Books is marking its 10th anniversary with the release of The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America, a bilingual graphic novel for young readers by Jaime Hernandez, co-creator of the acclaimed Love and Rockets indie comics series. The book, which launches today,
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Nothing says you're an expert more than adding published author to your resume or bio. Thanks to self-publishing platforms such as Kindle Direct Publishing, releasing a book of your own is easier than ever. In fact, you can write a book on a Word file, format it, and upload it to Amazon to get it published
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It's designed to provide lots more context about publishers at the click of a button. Users in the test were able to see a publisher's Wikipedia page, related articles on the same topic, as well as some light data on how often the article in question has been shared on Facebook, and where it was shared.
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Publishers and editors are under a lot of pressure to get the best talent on their pages while remaining cognizant of ever-tightening budgets and a growing need to appeal to a loyal digital audience — one that will not only click but read to the end, and even return to reread the work. Now they're adding
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Johnson's promotion comes after that of Michael Wagar, who on Monday assumed the role of publisher for The Chronicle and president of Lafromboise Communications. Wagar was most recently the regional executive editor in charge of editorial procedures at The Chronicle, The Reflector and The
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Applying this innovative Relationship Publishing™ model, Brown Books has cultivated a prestigious stable of authors, from New York Times bestsellers to Pulitzer Prize winners and more. Boasting hundreds of high-quality books across genres, Brown Books is a fiercely independent publisher that
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… to see what is on the horizon for the Sun.” Robbie's writing accolades started when she won the Fraser Creative Writing Contest at Aspen Elementary School. She since has won awards with the Colorado Press Association as the Snowmass Sun is regularly recognized by the state's newspaper group.
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Only 4 percent of mHealth app publishers top 1 million downloads for their entire portfolio. More than half (55 percent) report less than 5,000 downloads for a company's total offerings. 93 percent of highly downloaded companies have been in the mHealth marketplace for more than three years.
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Music Publishers. We offer a flexible range of services to both major and independent music publishers, whilst, like with all of our customers, working together on how we can develop and continuously improve our systems and processes. By collaborating with all of our customers, we're focused on our
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In an effort to combat fake news, Facebook is rolling out a feature that provides more information on both publishers and articles that users see in their News Feeds. After testing these features last year, Facebook is bringing the changes to all users in the US.
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Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday asked the chief secretary to file an affidavit explaining why NCERT books should be compulsory in … In a writ filed by private schools, school trusts, school associations and others along with book publishers, it was pointed out that NCERT books have
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This morning, the publisher of “The national enquirer” is hitting back against former “Playboy” model Karen Mcdougal asking a California court to dismiss her lawsuit against American media inc. Over her story. Mcdougal who last month told CNN her alleged affair with him started in 2006 claims she was
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Now a creative writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his most acclaimed work is “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize … After writing a novel, collections of short stories and a series of magazine essays, Diaz decided to tackle a children's book.
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IDW Publishing is raising funds for Full Bleed Vol. 2: Deep Cuts on Kickstarter! Volume 2 of the quarterly comics & culture PRINT-ONLY 200-page hardcover “magazine” is here!
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As a creative writing teacher, we taught how to keep and feed a muse-the internal storehouse,” said Superintendent Davis. He encouraged the students to be valiant and live life to its fullest. All experiences become part of the muse. One experience they will never forget is the total eclipse of the sun.
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A strong writer, her freelance feature stories appeared in The Amsterdam Recorder, Hamilton County News, In the Sun, In the Snow, Adirondack Express and North Country Catholic. Her book of poems, Retrieving the Spirit, was published by Foothills Publishing in 2006, and her self-published young
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She remains a writer – of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and occasional stories for children. At the core of her writing is a deep love of the natural world and the experience of being alive in it. Miller finds inspiration and renewal living on the edge of Rainy Lake and Voyageurs National Park where
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Why isn't it resonating?'” Douglas says. Eventually they realized they were trying to put too much story in the original version. They cut it down, re-writing over the course of a few years. Including the crucial addition of the line, “If I could just come in, I swear I'll leave — I won't take nothing but a memory.”
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PressbooksEDU is the latest publishing platform supported by the Library to help researchers bring their digital scholarship to life. Other platforms include Share LaTeX, Overleaf, and Scalar, and even more, such as Editoria, are on the way. PressbooksEDU is a terrific and critical addition to this suite of
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Facebook Inc. FB, -0.06% said Tuesday that it would provide more “background information” about articles and publishers who appear in a user's news feed. Facebook will now show all U.S. users who click a small information button the Wikipedia entry for particular publisher, related articles about a
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Facebook is now expanding a test it started last year to all US users, and the result will be more background information and a useful overview of the publishers and articles you see appear in your News Feed — after the meaningful stuff from friends and family, of course. “We're making it easy for people
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In basic literacy classes, tutors work one-on-one with adults reading at or below a 5th grade level, and the curriculum varies based on the learner's goals. In the English Language Learning classes (ELL), tutors teach small groups of learners listening, reading, and writing skills. The groups are organized
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(The following entry in “The History Of Our Town” by Lucille Basler was published in the September 25, 1970, edition of the Ste. Genevieve Fair Play. The Herald in 2015 began publishing in order the series of articles written by Basler, which began publication in December 1966.) Continuing to bring the
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CHICAGO – April 3, 2018 – LSC Communications has acquired TriLiteral LLC, a full-service logistics provider specializing in the distribution of books for University Presses and Academic Publishers. Additionally, LSC has signed multi-year fulfillment agreements with Harvard University Press, The MIT
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Jonathan Sullivan, a graduate student pursuing a MFA in Creative Writing said, “I learned a bit more about the business, what genres are selling, and the tone of a query letter.” The night ended on an inspiring tone, as Ourvan concluded with “J.K. Rowling made $150 million on books alone, and I hope
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The conference “develops young leaders through the principles of chess, creative writing and public speaking,” said Lemuel LaRoche, the organization's executive director. “The conference provides a unique platform for future leaders to make a positive contribution to their communities and celebrate
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Lexi, a drama major, and Lilly, a creative writing student, used their individual strengths to teach the class of 16 stage techniques, as well as vital conceptual advantages. Regarding the severe nature of the topic, both Lexi and Lilly made it their mission to make sure the message was not only delivered,
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As a creative writing major, first-year student Leigh Pirch finds the stories themselves fascinating, especially when understanding the reasons why falsehoods like the Viking relics endure. It makes sense that 19th century Scandinavian immigrants – viewed with contempt as illiterate buffoons – would
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Parsons, a University of Mississippi senior lecturer in English, holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University. The work grew out of his own worries about fatherhood, which makes his connection to the book deep and particularly meaningful, he said. “My dad was the
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“The deep discounting that Amazon pushes is pushing down what authors earn, and also affects the publishers and everyone involved with the production of books. We don't want to get to a stage where it's not worth anyone's time to write and publish a book.” He said that the alliance is very much in its
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The luxury crossover has cemented its crown as the Volkswagen Group luxury brand's best-selling vehicle. The Q5 outsold Audi's next-best seller, the larger Q7, by 78.7%. Follow USA TODAY reporter Nathan Bomey on Twitter @NathanBomey. Copyright 2017 USATODAY.com. Terms of Service
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Even back in 1982, $100 for a top-tier running shoe was a steal. Because of that lower price point, many doubted the merits of the shoe, but it proved to be a huge success, quickly becoming one of New Balance's best sellers. For this re-release, New Balance is paying tribute to the original with its iconic
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… Straughan (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”), based on the acclaimed book by Donna Tartt, which spent 30 weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list. … Denis O'Hare (“American Horror Story”) as Lucius Reeve, Peter Jacobson (“Colony”) as Mr. Silver, Luke Kleintank (“The Man in the High Castle”) as
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SalesLoft, the sales engagement platform on a mission to help authentic sellers deliver the best sales experience, today announced it has raised $50 million in its Series C round, bringing total funding to $75 million. Insight Venture Partners led the round with participation from LinkedIn, and Series A and
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A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., with doors opening to the public at 4:30 p.m. The restaurant at 918 S. Range Line Road will be open for dinner beginning at 4:30 p.m. weekdays and serve lunch on weekends beginning at 11:30 a.m.. This is the second location for the Old Spaghetti
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Once into enforcement, GDPR will impact U.S. advertisers and publishers. Aside from financial penalties, (up to four percent of their global turnover or 20 million euros – whichever is greatest), brands will no longer have easy access to consumer data. At first glance this may be seen as a negative hit to
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Newspaper industry officials say a bill that would allow North Dakota county governments to publish meeting minutes on their websites rather than in official local newspapers raises concerns about government transparency. The officials spoke out Monday at a meeting of the Legislature's interim
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It's hard not to gush when it comes to describing the Center for Literary Publishing's internship program.
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Writers, musicians, dancers, comics and other artists will perform one after another at Arizona Western College in Parker in a few weeks, on an 'open mic night' … Students from the Creative Writing class will host the event, which is co-sponsored by the Future Leaders of La Paz student organization.
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“I believe in a very student-centered approach and work hard to remind students of their potential and to rise above any doubt,” says Stapleton, who has been the Faculty Advisor of the BMCC creative writing club, The Writers' Guild, for the last eight years and inspires emerging writers with her own work
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But, before you self-publish, you should post excerpts from your forthcoming book. (This is a great marketing strategy.) Many reviewers are willing to post excerpts from forthcoming novels on their blogs. Here is a list of over 400 reviewers who accept self-published books, many of whom are delighted to
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When the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) published a list of 135 individuals suspected of looting public treasury in 2007, Lai Mohammed and Garba Shehu roundly condemned the action, with Mr Mohammed describing it as “illegal and a reckless abuse of power” because it was
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Edible Vineyard has ceased publishing its quarterly magazine and is planning to produce a cookbook and a series of compilations of past work, according to publisher Sam Berlow. The publication was one of almost 100 independently owned Edible Communities magazines published in towns across
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday nipped in the bud a move controversial by his Information & Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani to penalise journalists allegedly involved in generating 'fake news' content. Senior PMO officials swung into action within hours of the I&B Ministry
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Premium publishers such as ABC, ESPN, HuffPost, BBC and more utilize the Playbuzz platform to create interactive editorial in order to drive audience engagement. In the simplest of terms – we help them monetize that editorial, as well as connect them with top brands who would like to advertise on
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Sauk Valley Community College's creative writing class will have a free open mic night from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Flip Side Coffee & Espresso Bar, 116 W. Second St., Rock Falls. The public is welcome to share written works, songs, or other types of performances. SVCC creative writing students will read
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Chen is an American writer and journalist born in Taiwan and raised in Temple City, California. She currently lives in New York City. Her articles and essays have been published in The New York Times, BOMB, the New Republic, VICE, The Rumpus, and others. She currently teaches creative writing at
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First launched in beta in May 2017, TRUSTX has demonstrated to marketers, agencies and publishers that there is, in fact, a tenable path to rebuilding trust, transparency and safety at scale across programmatic markets. “These critical industry topics are central to the digital marketing discussion and
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As the issues surrounding GDPR consent and compliance are complicated — including acquiring per-usage consent (e.g., publishers need to acquire separate consent for users being tracked for both first-party and third-party purposes) — the project team is encouraging publishers and vendors to
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After Massey spoke on behalf of the slam, and what funding it would mean particularily for the creative writing students of KPU, $2,185 was released from the Clubs Support Funding line of the KSA's budget. Jay Reedy, the KSA VP Student Life, says that he is happy to support the team as it is one of the
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Recent revelations concerning the activities of Cambridge Analytica and other third party groups using Facebook data for less than noble aims have presented many publishers with a dilemma. In many ways, it's the same problem which has dogged content creators since the advent of the news feed
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Golding recently graduated from the MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, with distinction and has won various prizes for her short stories. Steed joined Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency as an assistant in 2016 and recently became an associate agent. She is looking for commercial
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Smith is based in North Cornwall and is a creative writing lecturer at Plymouth University. His first poetry pamphlet, Sky Burials, was published by Worple Press and his poetry and criticism have appeared in numerous outlets. As an academic, he specialises in environmental literature focusing
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Wynn, a 2002 graduate of Salem High School, is managing editor for The Salem News and Phelps County Focus newspapers, part of Salem Publishing Company. Wynn began her work at The Salem News in high school, returning after earning a degree from the University of Missouri and a brief stint in
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She continued in the role until her retirement in 1990, when she turned 70. The publishing house, which launched under Victor Gollancz in 1928, was originally a family-owned company. Without a younger family member to continue the business, it was eventually sold, initially to Houghton Mifflin in 1989
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W. W. Norton & Company is seeking an Associate Editor for its college Chemistry digital media team. The Associate Media Editor will be responsible for the effectiveness, quality, and timeliness of teaching, learning, and assessment resources that support textbooks in this area. This position will report to
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R.L. Stine, famed writer of the Fear Street and Goosebumps series of books, is helping aspiring writers learn how to refine their skills for younger audiences. The author, one of the most prolific writers for young audiences, has sold over 400 million books and is offering a new class called the
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“Elfquest” was originally self-published by the Pinis out of their apartment in southeast Massachusetts. Back in 1978, independent comic books typically sold at most a few hundred copies per issue. So “Elfquest's” first-issue print run of 10,000 was an anomaly. It sold out and went back to press for
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For additional information, contact Dr. Paige Rose, chair of the UCA Department of Music, at 501-450-5752 or prose@uca.edu. The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Music, and Film, Theatre and Creative Writing as well as the School of Communication.
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One senior editor at a “big five” publishing house told me that Ireland's bluntness was the key to her influence. “When these discussions first started, I have to admit I was a little shocked by the way people were criticizing each other on Twitter, but then I paused and I realized we wouldn't even be having
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Ours is not a hate-based agenda.” Several students in Andersen's creative writing class attended the event. One of the course books is Espada's most recent: Vivas For Those Who Have Failed. Andersen called it a book full of heart and spirit. “It's good for the technique of writing, but also for the spirit of
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Timothy Smith, head of the science department at SkyView Academy, enjoys hiking, fishing, fossil hunting, wildlife photography, drawing and creative writing. He said he learned most about science as a researcher in the field. Courtesy Timothy Smith. Posted Tuesday, April 3, 2018 8:55 am. About me.
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Nainital, Apr 3 (PTI) The Uttarakhand High Court today asked the chief secretary to file an affidavit explaining why NCERT books should be compulsory in CBSE schools. In a writ filed by private schools, school trusts, school associations and others along with book publishers, it was pointed out that
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The councilwoman, who had dropped out of the University of Minnesota one year shy of graduating, went back to school to earn a degree in human services, a master's in community economic development, and a master's in fine arts in creative writing. She became a poet and historian—documenting
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