Sentences with phrase «open writing groups»

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Last month, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's large price swings mean its futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.

Like looking in a mirror: Last week we wrote about Confluent, a new open - source software startup launched by a group of LinkedIn engineers who raised first - round funding from both LinkedIn (GS) and venture capital firm Benchmark.

«Chairman Pai's only supposed justification for dismantling the FCC's Title II - based Open Internet framework is the utterly false claim that it dampens ISP investments,» the group wrote.

«In opening up Board of Trustee meetings to public review, Duke gives its community a chance to weigh in on significant policy decisions,» the group wrote in their manifesto.

After attending Morrow Sodali's seminar on Corporate Governance at the recent IOD Open House event, Sue Lawrence of TMF Group wrote an article on the mechanism of robust corporate governance and on the panel's focus on «What is good Corporate Governance?»

In November, Thomas Peterffy, the billionaire chairman of Interactive Brokers Group Inc., wrote an open letter to CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo, arguing that bitcoin's large price swings mean its futures contracts shouldn't be allowed on platforms that clear other derivatives.

Rt Revd Alan Smith wrote an open letter to The Observer before government ministers attempt to reduce the benefits of people on the Employment and Support Allowance Work - Related Activity Group (ESA WRAG) on Tuesday.

The All Faiths Network, which is open to people of every faith and belief, has written an open letter requesting representatives from groups, communities, interfaith organisations, and business groups to add their signatures to the petition.

On Tuesday, a group of 20 Wheaton alumni who are now political scientists wrote an open letter to Wheaton's president and trustees «in hope of encouraging reconciliation.»

Describing the decision, one group dedicated to encouraging that effort has written, «God has opened up a huge mission field.

Thanks Kari, Making paella is fun anytime, even with a small group, but after writing this post, I'm dreaming of a backyard paella party, an open fire and one of those huge pans!

An open group called «Keep Metallica in the Glastonbury Festival for their support of Hunting» had 45 members at the time of writing.

A group of Labour politicians have written an open letter to Jeremy Corbyn, urging him to suspend the former disputes panel chairwoman from the party's ruling body amid an ongoing row over anti-Semitism in the party.

Each summer, he coordinates the mentoring of a group of about 15 students from around the world who are learning to write open - source code through the Google Summer of Code program.

One group of archaeologists, led by Anthony Harding, president of the European Association of Archaeologists and a professor at the University of Exeter, wrote an open letter to the Bosnian government denouncing the pyramids as a «cruel hoax on an unsuspecting public.»

Last November, a group of 16 senators wrote an open letter to OSHA criticizing the move for its implication that the agency might prejudge submissions.

LAST year, a group of 10 scientists brought together by New Scientist wrote an open letter to the Nobel Foundation calling for an overhaul of the Nobel prizes.

With the Senate Republican tax bill racing towards a contentious vote despite numerous obstacles, a group of American energy trade bodies have penned an open letter raising urgent concerns that claim a provision, if it remains as written, would have dire impacts on the country's renewable energy industry.

Writing in the Journal Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, one group of researchers argued that ««non-invasive» brain stimulation» may sound benign, but it comes with risks as severe as when a body is opened up in surgery.

MARGUERITE Cohen Media Group Reviewed by: Harvey Karten for Shockya, d - based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: A - Director: Xavier Giannoli Written by: Xavier Giannoli, Marcia Romano Cast: Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau, Christa Théret, Denis Mpunga, Sylvain Dieuaide, Aubert Fenoy, Sophie Leboutte, Theo Cholbi Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 3/3/16 Opens: March 11, 2016

STANDING TALL (La Tête haute) Cohen Media Group Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B + Director: Emmanuelle Bercot Written by: Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Romano Cast: Rod Paradot, Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier, Raoul Fernandez, Aurore Broutin Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 3/23/16 Opens: April 1, 2016

IMPERIUM Lionsgate Premiere / Grindstone Entertainment Group Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: C Director: Daniel Ragussis Written by: Daniel Ragussis from a story by story by Michael German Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts, Seth Numrich, Pawel Szajda Screened at: Park Avenue, NYC, 7/13/16 Opens: August 19, 2016

Eventually, the students themselves led large - group writing collaborations, which ended up becoming the opening and closing scenes.

Task 3 Examples of narrative writing: group discussion works best - slightly open forum.

The piece I wrote illustrated the power of personalized learning powered by blended learning, which addresses the call by a group of business and academic leaders in their recent «Open Letter on the Digital Economy» and a corresponding piece that contained a set of public policy recommendations to «redesign how we deliver education at all levels using the power of digital technologies.»

Over the course of this journey, they become able to: - Recall the main events that occurred between 1912 and 1945, through an interactive group activity; - Remember some key information about J.B Priestley and his beliefs; - Read and understand the opening of the play; - Make links between the opening of the play and the historical context - both in term of when the play was set, and when it was written; - Analyse how Priestley links historical context to his characters, in order to get his messages across to the audience; - Peer / self - assess learning attempts.

The writing prompts are open - ended and can be used for a daily response notebook or more structured and guided writing, after class / small group discussion or research.

The following response, written as an open letter to Ms. Ohanian, begins with reference to one example cited in the original essay, a group - centered writing workshop from which Ms. Ohanian made a hasty retreat — a retreat remarked upon by the group leader, «an earnest - looking type straight out of the L.L. Bean catalogue.»

Those groups are typically written about in superficial, knee - jerk ways (their stories often shoe - horned into predictable political narratives), so there's an opening to write about them with nuance and complexity.

In small groups, students look closely at works of art, engage in open - ended discussion, role - play, sketch, write and make art.

Kobielus wrote that Czaja has ignored «her constitutional obligation» to vote for the educational policies her constituents support which led to her group filing an open records request to reveal the «massive number of emails, letters and phone calls made to Rep. Czaja in support of fair funding for public schools and opposed to vouchers.»

Civil servants writing the document, warn that groups may not arrange a «timely inspection when left to their own devices» and issues may be identified «that can't be resolved ahead of opening».

In August, a group of 40 conservative activists wrote an open letter to Walker asking him to encourage the National Governors Association to retract its support for the Common Core.

After the initial fishbowl discussion phase, a typical Book Club day began with book clubs (discussion in small groups), followed by community share (whole class discussion), mini lesson, reading in groups, and ended with individual writing in response to prompt questions (open - ended questions designed to engage students in personal, critical, and creative responses to literature).

We feel secure if we are sure that our book includes a gripping opening hook that's been approved by our critique group; characters that our beta readers have said are «relatable»; and a plot arc that unfolds in accordance with the most popular method of how to write well currently on the market.

What if the library opened their doors to local book clubs, writing clubs and critique groups?

In an effort to open writing contests and grants to undocumented immigrants, a group called the «Undocupoets» successfully petitions some of the most prominent presses and literary organizations in America.

groups: Kindle (you will get a wide open array that includes Kindle in the group name) groups: Authors (a good place to look for author help groups) groups: writing groups: Kindle FREE (you will find hundreds of FREE books being promoted) groups: Kindle 99 (99cent books only.

I was a guest speaker at the Write on the Red Cedar workshop last weekend, talking to other writers about fantasy and publishing and different aspects of the writing career... it was a fairly small group, so I ran it as more of an open Q&A.

Join writing groups, trade edits and critiques, find a way to get some fresh eyes on your book — and be open to criticism (though you don't have to accept all if it, it's always helpful to see how others will react to your writing).

We also sponsor annual education events, a writers retreat, critique groups, publish an e-newsletter, host free monthly events on the craft and business of writing that are open to the public, and periodically publish an anthology of short fiction showcasing the talents of the Rocky Mountain writing community.

But opening up the writing and editing process to public groups is now a possibility, and well worth considering for certain types of books.

I then turn the call over to the group, opening the lines for comments, questions, shared ideas, plus caller progress reports and writing goals for September.

As UNESCO's Mark West and Han Ei Chew wrote, «Mobile reading opens up new pathways to literacy for marginalized groups, particularly women and girls, and others who may not have access to paper books.»

This creative writers» critique group is open to BWA members and is devoted to helping writers not only revise their stories but improve their writing abilities.

Thus in the Preface to Person and Object (1979) he writes «The book would not have been completed without the epoch - making File Retrieval and Editing System...» [21] Brown University's work in electronic book systems continued for many years, including US Navy funded projects for electronic repair - manuals; [22] a large - scale distributed hypermedia system known as InterMedia; [23] a spinoff company Electronic Book Technologies that built DynaText, the first SGML - based e-reader system; and the Scholarly Technology Group's extensive work on the Open eBook standard.

They're processing it and finding that it's opening new opportunities to recommit to the sanctity of their own writing time, spend less time on FB, and connect in new, smaller groups dedicated... Read More

Some great and helpful books: Dan Poynter's Self - Publishing Manual, Volume 2: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book (ParaPublishing, 2009) Dan Poynter The Complete Guide to Self - Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book (Writer's Digest, 2009 or 2010) Marilyn Ross & Sue Collier Doing Business by the Book: How to Craft a Crowd - Pleasing Book and Attract More Clients and Speaking Engagements Than You Ever Thought Possible — Sophfronia Scott (Advantage Media Group, 2008) 1001 Ways to Market Your Book — John Kremer (Open Horizons, 2009) Red Hot Internet Publicity — Penny Sansevieri (Cosimo, 2009) Get Published Today — Penny Sansevieri (Lulu Publishing, 2010)

Six years ago I emceed a monthly open mic, a monthly morning networking writing group and book club.

Other times a product is open to a limited group (such as USAA, or the CFCU card I'm writing about today).