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Virgin Money Sponsors Britmums Blogger Initiative
LONDON, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Virgin Money is sponsoring a competition run by blogging network Britmums aimed at uncovering the best practical money saving tips and stories from mummy bloggers around the UK.
Randstad US, Professionals Launches Interactive Blog to Encourage and Inspire Young People to Explore Top Industries
BOSTON, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Randstad US, Professionals announced today the launch of its Inspiring Experts blog to encourage and inspire young job seekers and professionals to explore careers in top industries where future job opportunities are expected to grow.
Rich: The power of writing notes to loved ones
Just this morning, I turned the page of a book and was immediately and delightedly reminded of the power of words on paper.
Richt calls out blogger
Reporters were informed that Georgia coach Mark Richt's time to answer questions after practice Thursday would be shorter than usual because he had a flight to catch, but when he was done, Richt wanted to get one more thing off his chest.
Daylife Announces Integration with WordPress.com VIP
NEW YORK, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Daylife, creator of cloud-based publishing solutions for many of the world's best-known websites, has integrated its Daylife Publisher Suite with WordPress, the preferred CMS for millions of online publishers worldwide.
Timberline Knolls, Leading Residential Treatment Center, Launches Blog
CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Timberline Knolls, a leading residential treatment center for women and girls struggling with eating disorders, addiction, trauma and mood disorders, has launched its own blog.
ManageWP Powers Over 100,000 WordPress Sites Within Three Months of Launch
NORFOLK, Va., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The world demands a better way to manage multiple WordPress sites, and ManageWP -- which just surpassed 100,000 managed websites -- is the first service deemed worthy by the WordPress community to satisfy that demand.
Nearly 55% of all websites in the world that utilize content management systems are powered by WordPress, and many of these passionate WordPress users manage multiple WordPress sites.
BlogWorld & New Media Expo Announces Purchase of TBEX, the World's Largest Travel Blogger Event
SAN DIEGO, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's largest new media conference and tradeshow, BlogWorld & New Media Expo, today announced its acquisition of TBEX, (Travel Blog Exchange), the world's largest travel blogging conference.
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Rossiter: The dream of writing a book may come true
Everyone harbors dreams they long to topple.
Run a marathon. Cruise down the Mississippi River. Operate a tractor. Play slip and slide on an Alaskan ice glacier. Etc.
On my bucket list since birth, "write a book." Beginning today, I'll know who shares this desire and that they, too, are pursuing it.
More than 100,000 people now are furiously typing as participants in National Novel Writing Month, a 30-day, 50,000-word, finger-cramp competition that began at midnight and continues through Nov. 30.
I have written about NaNoWriMo in the past, even tried it once, officially, and failed. Six months later, I joined a similar challenge with like-minded colleagues Wayne Ford, Jim Thompson and former executive editor Jason Winders.
Ford finished, of course. Thompson started strong and, inexplicably, tossed his draft. I planed at 40,000 words, gave up and got pregnant. Winders, meanwhile, was hijacked by another book idea during a meeting. So he quit us altogether, bolted for Canada and, I hope, is proofing galley copies of his Dr. Strangelove adaptation.
Me, I'm crawling back to NaNoWriMo, where peer pressure leads to word wonders.
At least 275 people in the Athens area share my goal to end this month as "authors" and have registered with the impressive contest Web site, www.nanowrimo.org.
Among them is Phillip Brettschneider. He is 20, a University of Georgia anthropology student and two-time author thanks to NaNoWriMo. Would love to hate him on those grounds alone, but he's the "municipal liaison" designated by the nonprofit's "Office of Letters and Light" to counsel Athens area folks adopting the challenge.
Last weekend his leadership role involved corralling a raucous crowd of 20-plus people who arrived to a downtown coffee shop craving word counts more than caffeine.
"This week is the hardest," Brettschneider said. "You're dying to get on that keyboard and go. You want to sit down and write."
He was a senior
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