The All-India Law Students' Federation (AILSF) is organizing a course, Legal Briefcase, for law students across the country. The week-long course aims at inculcating practical skills like legal writing, research, advocacy, communication, analytical and critical thinking. The course will be hosted by School
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The Associated Press has confirmed findings by Brown University historian David Kertzer that Edgardo Mortara's memoirs were changed in ways big and small when they were translated from the original Spanish into Italian and published to great fanfare by Italy's Mondadori house in 2005. AP found the
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Armstrong, who was at the presentation with her mother, Trina Armstrong, is writing her first book — a fantasy novel aimed at middle school readers like herself. Strout “told me never to give up writing, no matter what,” Kara Armstrong said. It's not every day a budding writer gets advice from a Pulitzer
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The Hemp Hand Protector is one of the company's best sellers, and you only need to spread a little dollop across your cracked palms to know why. The cream's rich hemp seed oil packs a powerful, hydrating punch that will leave dry hands feeling soft, supple, and protected. Perfect for making your
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Tracey Corderoy — mentioned earlier — was also the 'My Author Project' author for 2018 and two schools, Alveston and Arden Fields in Henley, worked over a month around the themes of her books with Playbox Theatre and Escape Arts, and there was also creative writing projects with the author
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He has written fifteen books, including the best sellers “Aftershock”, “The Work of Nations,” and”Beyond Outrage,” and, his most recent, “The Common Good,” which is available in bookstores now. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine, chairman of Common Cause, a member of
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She has taught workshops in creative nonfiction, poetry and journalism for roughly three decades at six colleges and universities. In addition to her work at Pitt-Bradford, she also teaches in the brief-residency program in creative writing at Spalding University. McCabe's most recent published work is her
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Four publishers will be forced to make changes to their games in the Netherlands after a landmark report from the Netherlands Gaming Authority found their loot boxes violate laws against gambling. Study into loot boxes: A treasure or a burden? (PDF) notes that an in-game loot box violates the country's
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In an effort to combat harassment in the creative fields, PEN America has published, on its website, an Online Harassment Field Manual. The resource is intended, the nonprofit said, to “equip and empower writers, journalists, and all those active online with practical tools and tactics to defend against
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The first third of the PlayStation Anthology book covers the history of the console, from the inception of Sony to the end of production in 2006. As this does overlap with the release of the PS2 and PlayStation Portable, the book covers how the PlayStation's success springboarded Sony forward as a
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Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company,
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Susan Hawthorne runs a radical feminist press in Australia. She says there's been a resurgence in feminist publishing in recent years, because women have had enough of violence and harassment. Image: Susan Hawthorne Credit: Naomi McKescher
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As she enters her 10th decade, Ms. Clark is still writing two books a year. Her fast-moving mysteries often feature a sharp, intelligent heroine who helps to discover the killer after a few false starts. Her broad commercial appeal has generated more than 50 best sellers, including such titles as “Where Are
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The firm's history of publishing April Fools' Day stories goes back to around 2012. It used to run the stories in the firm's newsletter, but since it stopped publishing a newsletter, the firm shares its April Fools' messages through press releases, its email list and social media. “The idea was to have a laugh
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Sue Reece, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Staffordshire University, said: “In the digital age it is important that we don't lose our love and appreciation of the written word and creative language and we are delighted to be part of this initiative which seeks to unearth hidden writing talent in our communities and to
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The Music Modernization Act essentially creates an organization that will collect and distribute mechanical royalties, presumably by hiring a database company to match compositions with rightsholders. That organization will be controlled by publishers (and self-published songwriters) and paid for by
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ProQuest® and the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, a technological university in Valencia, Spain, have announced a partnership that equips the university's library with the same business and technology resources as 4,000 companies and government institutions worldwide – helping prepare
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Like the saying goes “No man is an island.” Not even companies, as Dow Jones Media group, collaborates with the privacy-centric browser startup Brave to play with blockchain content delivery system. According to Brendan Eich, CEO and co-founder of Brave said in a statement “Our new model
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Harsha Young also helped her husband bring his creative visions into workable form as she translated to paper his spoken and rapidly sketched ideas, since Young drew no floor … The exhibit will include rare art and personal family history, including several of her original paintings and creative writing.
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At the time these changes were made, Canada's writers, publishers and the various organizations that represent both — like The Writers' Union of Canada, Association of Canadian Publishers and AccessCopyright — warned the proposed amendments would devastate the sector. Those promoting the
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His book, published by UPNE in early December, tells the story of how a paper mill closing in the Coos County town of Groveton in 2007 devastated the town and larger area. Though it's about shuttered downtowns in New England, Sayen said he believes it has a broader appeal than New England, and
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Moravian Book Shop Best-Sellers: Paperback fiction. Unraveling Oliver. 'Unraveling Oliver' by Liz Nugent … In February 1887, Caitriona Wallace and Emile Nouguier meet in a hot air balloon, floating high above Paris, France — a moment of pure possibility. But back on firm ground, their different social
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Indie publishers, boutique publishers, indie labels – whatever they like to call themselves, there's an abundance of companies looking to help developers bring their games to market. In such a crowded environment, you would be forgiven for thinking each publisher invests heavily in promoting their own
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The Allen Theatre in the Student Union Building was filed of people as the Texas Tech President, Dr. Schovanec, introduces the commentator for the night. The commentator was Andy Wilkinson who is an artist in residence at the South-West Collection and a creative writing professor in the Honors
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The synth-heavy beats of Taylor Swift's latest album Reputation might make you forget she was, at one point, a country artist. And not just a country artist: the country artist. Swift's first four albums—Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, and Red—were all best-sellers and heavily acoustic in their DNA.
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Its best-selling iteration is the $48.99 30lb bag. Taste of the Wild takes spot #2 at Amazon as well with its Canine Formula. This Schell & Kampeter brand impressively beats out Purina at Amazon, whose top-seller at Amazon was Purina's Pro Plan Savor Adult Shredded Blend Chicken & Rice Formula
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Harrington said she is “excited to start the next step of my career with AfterShock. Comic books hold a special place in my heart, and to be able to contribute to the history of beloved comic book publishers is a real dream come true — especially since I get to work alongside the rest of this great publishing
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Many writers today, like Stephanie, rely on social media to promote their work and make connections in the industry. Presence on social media has become a professional imperative. Book publishers pressure their authors to maintain an active social media presence ahead of book releases. Freelance
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The Body Shop, a pioneer in eco-friendly products and socially conscious marketing has been marketing a hemp-based range for decades, which endures as one of the company's top sellers. It's only now that the rest of the beauty industry and its consumers are beginning to catch up—adding this
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His post-baseball life saw him owning a squash business and self-publishing his own book. The problem for these pre-1980 players was that the union forgot to request retroactive coverage for all the men like Hertz and Taussig. You'd think the suits who run the national pastime would be above this sort
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The company behind the popular Adblock Plus service has won an important legal victory in Germany, with the country's supreme court ruling that it does not break competition law by charging publishers for inclusion on its whitelist. Adblock Plus has a rather controversial business model. It runs a
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He was a dual major in mathematics and creative writing in the College and will graduate from the Warner School of Education in May with a master's degree in adolescence education. A native of Irondequoit, a Rochester suburb, he worked as a library consultant at the Medical Center's Edward G. Miner
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ARLINGTON, VA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PBS today unveiled a list of America's 100 best-loved novels, chosen in support of THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, …. countries are represented, with genres ranging from beloved children's classics such as Charlotte's Web to modern best-sellers such as Twilight.
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(MENAFN Editorial) Egon Harings educates readers of “Germany after World War II” about the history of Germany from the era of Konrad Adenauer to the great age of Angela Merkel. Many books were written about World War II, but fewer tell the story of what happened to German people after the war
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LAHORE: An additional district and sessions court has restrained one Mushtaq Ahmad, owner of a publishing company of Urdu Bazaar, from publishing books of a translator cum researcher on a petition moved by the researcher under Copyrights Act of 1962. The court has issued stay orders on a
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Writing: Creative Writing Certificate. ID: 483913. Institution: California State University, San Bernardino. CIP Code 1. The Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) provides a taxonomic scheme that supports the accurate tracking and reporting of fields of study and program completions activity.
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A lot of running people might say that Sarah Callister Sellers, 26, proud graduate of Weber State, got lucky Monday because weather at the Boston Marathon was fit for … In Phase II of her career, Sellers will be on the must-invite list to a handful of the top American marathons, half-marathons and 10Ks.
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And the jalapeno macaroni salad is one of the best sellers. “I expected those to sell really well here too, but in this location, I find they are more into the classics,” Anthony said. “For example, we sell a lot more of the homestyle chicken salad or the Cafe 111 honey almond chicken salad than the balsamic
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As part of a strategic planning process this year, LPC's Board has revised the organization's Vision and Mission, and has articulated a set of Values. We love these new statements, and we feel that they encapsulate the work that LPC is doing as well as the big picture goals of our community:
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Reddit has hired a former Time Inc. exec as its new chief operating officer. Jen Wong, who joined Reddit today, was Time's COO and president of digital from 2016 until leaving the company earlier this year after it was acquired by the publishing conglomerate Meredith Inc. Prior to Time Inc., Wong spent
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“I've been trying to write this book for about 15 years,” he explains, speaking from a Toronto hotel room. “It's mostly about other people, other writers. I'm finding it more and more unsatisfactory, the idea of life writing, and I say so in the course of the novel. There's quite a lot of lit crit in it, and I found a sort
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Other top-selling concerts include Pink's Beautiful Trauma tour, Elton John's Farewell Tour, a show by The Eagles with Jimmy Buffett as well as the Mega Mezcla concert, featuring Ozuna, Nicky Jam, and Alex Sensation. Three-day passes to the second weekend of Coachella were snatched up, as the
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SANTA FE – A writer and professor who is among the women alleging sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct by famed author Sherman Alexie … Alexie, one of the country's most famous Native American writers, has served as faculty mentor and consultant for the Master of Fine Arts Creative
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The conference will feature 16 other award-winning, nationally recognized authors, editors and agents who will conduct creative writing workshops, readings, craft talks and panel presentations in creative fiction, nonfiction, poetry and the business of writing. National and Alaskan writers include Jean
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On April 26, the second annual UO Zine Fest will be returning to campus to celebrate the advantages of self-publishing, while giving students an opportunity to showcase or view original art from the around the community. There will also be free workshops for students interested in learning how to make
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Header Bidding is an advanced programmatic technique used by publishers to offer their inventory to multiple ad exchanges simultaneously before making calls to their ad server. This enables publishers to increase their yield and make more money by letting multiple demand sources bid on the same
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Section 230 effectively grants digital platforms government-like immunity from the liability normal publishers face for the content they publish. With this blanket of immunity, platforms like Google and Facebook can pass along to consumers almost any information — true or false, good or bad, benign or
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The Netherlands has declared loot boxes as gambling recently and has warned game publishers to remove them as they can be addictive. We recently discussed how EA is trying to regain their trust after bringing microtransactions to their Star Wars Battlefront which was the first one to start this tradition
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The book is republished under the Atlanta-based self-publishing company, LitFire Publishing. Copies of the book are available in their website … Book copies are available at LitFire Publishing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other online book retailers. About the Author. Alyss Morgan has been married
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The announcement said that both Dartmouth and Brandeis were exploring new ways to support scholarly publishing. Supporters of university presses expressed concern about the news. We were surprised and saddened to hear the news about @UPNEBooks planned closure, but stand ready to work
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The annual cycles of rain, renewal, fire, and flood is something none of us ever get used to. But we practice. The news team proudly won first place in breaking news for “The Forever Season” on the Whittier Fire from the California News Publishers Association. The Thomas Fire earned us a second for
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Yet the most successful, wealthy entrepreneurs own numerous businesses, and still seem to find time to enjoy life. Serial entrepreneur Aaron Muller has discovered the secrets to owning a business that will bring in profit while running itself, providing a lucrative, stress-free life for the owner. He shares
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In a way, the risotto represents two aspects that have earned Gardina's high marks from diners since opening in 2010. That's right, Carlson's co-owners John Carlson and Julie Wolk (Adam's father and aunt respectively) decided to try the restaurant business — for the first time, mind you — during the
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Could it be in Japan or in your home country, this working history field is your chance to show that you can be analytical and concise without even writing a cover letter. The more the better, of course, but nobody wants to read a novel when looking for a candidate! Try to be as detailed as you can be but
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“There are no discernible walls between staff and students, or students and visiting speakers,” says award-winning novelist Ross Raisin, who teaches on the same creative writing MA he studied 15 years ago. “You're an individual, but an individual within a group, which is vital for a process like creative
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The Wilson Times is publishing historical photos of Wilson County life and landmarks in this space each day. To share your snapshots, email the picture and caption to Lori Parrish at lori@wilsontimes.com with the subject line Remember When or bring it to the Times office at 126 Nash St. during regular
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Snap first launched the “Discover” section on Snapchat in 2015 and subsequently partnered with a number of publishers like BuzzFeed and Cosmopolitan to produce content that featured a combination of articles, photos, and videos. This helped publishers build their brand and get a boost in traffic.
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PAMCo – Audience Measurement for Publishers uses the latest passive measurement techniques, together with 35,000 high-quality face-to-face interviews, giving a single, de-duplicated view of publishers' audiences across all content platforms. PAMCo said the new joint industry currency (JIC),
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… a direct descendant of one of the area's pioneer families. His great-grandfather, John Marr, moved to Post Oak Township in 1834. Born May 3, 1897, he was the son of John Whit and Altevena Keeney (Ault) Marr. He was married to Golda Perry June 14, 1915 in Kansas City. ~~~. Current Best Sellers.
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A scheme to sell marked-up newspaper subscriptions across the country with mailers that looked like genuine renewal notices from publishers cost consumers tens of millions of dollars over five years, the Federal Trade Commission claims in a lawsuit. The roughly dozen individuals, many of them from
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ADVERTISING DIRECTOR (West Puget Sound, WA). Sound Publishing, Inc. is looking for a dynamic, innovative and passionate person to guide the advertising department. The leader will be responsible for the ad department including retail, digital, classified and support. You should be able to develop
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, a British publishing house, appointed Penny Scott-Bayfield as chief financial officer, effective July 16, 2018. Ms. Scott-Bayfield succeeds Wendy Pallot who will step down from her role on July 18, 2018. Ms. Scott-Bayfield is currently finance director at Conde Nast Inc.'s U.K.
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It always seems to be the way that when attempts are made to promote the life of the mind, they end up being particularly dumb. An instance, today, comes with the publication of a clickbaity list of the 'Top Twenty Books By Women That Changed The World', a promotional stunt ahead of Academic Book
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Many people find themselves unsure of their purposes well into adulthood. Writer Pasha Hogan leads workshops for people experiencing this and other moments of stasis and transition, using a process of discovering innate creativity and reclaiming an attitude of childlike wonder. Hogan reads from and
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AMZScout is a Product Research Tool for Amazon Sellers which is available as a web application and a browser extension. Both the tools are easy to use and simple to understand. It helps you find the most profitable and selling products on Amazon. It analyzes everything on the on the page, look
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