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- Stephen Moss on the use of Morse code today (Guardian Unlimited)
One had assumed that Morse code's last hurrah (that's ···· ··- ·-· ... oh, life's just too short) had been in about 1944. But one had assumed wrong. The writer Alan Sillitoe, who trained as a wireless operator in the second world war, this week revealed that he still practises taking Morse every day, listening to chatter across the airwaves, including a French station that broadcasts poetry in ...
- This 'terror' thing. They forgot something. - OpEdNews
This 'terror' thing. They forgot something.OpEdNews, PA - 49 minutes agoWithout it, all dialogue, expression, communication, music, poetry or art of any kind is rendered meaningless. I don’t know whether OJ did the deed or not, ...
- Jack White's ode to Detroit - Guardian Blogs
He may prefer to dress like a pearly king now, but it's Motor City all the way for the White Stripes man Jack White, he of the White Stripes fame, has penned a poem for his beloved hometown of Detroit. Rumours that the city's premier rock star wanted ...
- Going green through words - Sequim Gazette
Sequim GazetteGoing green through wordsSequim Gazette, WA - 27 minutes agoAfter relocating to Sequim in 2002 with his wife, Jane, McGee wanted to continue to bring poetry — both his and other people’s — to the community. ...
- Ryan Kost, fellow former intern at The Oregonian - U-Wire.com
I hired Kate Linthicum to be an intern at the Los Angeles Times this summer. Let me tell you what impressed me immediately about her application: the writing. It was vivid and punchy, the words skillfully chosen, the sentences carefully crafted ...
- Indexed: But the Baristas Have Better Insurance - New York Times Blogs
New York Times BlogsIndexed: But the Baristas Have Better InsuranceNew York Times Blogs, NY - 33 minutes ago(SJD) Even if you don’t have a son fighting in Iraq, even if you don’t read poetry, even if you think you are immune to the power of a mother’s lament ...
- Women Writers Event Will Feature Local Poet - UK News
UK NewsWomen Writers Event Will Feature Local PoetUK News, KY - 4 hours agoWilliams' work will also be featured in "Best American Erotic Poems: 1800 to Present," due from Scribner's this year. Williams will teach a poetry workshop ...
- Whitehouse Student Receives Musicianship Award - Tyler Morning Telegraph
NACOGDOCHES -- Shelby Rinehart, band student at Whitehouse Middle School, received the Musicianship Award from Chris Brown, conductor of the 8th Grade Lumberjack Band at Stephen F. Austin State University Band Camp in Nacogdoches. Awards were ...
- Oil, food and agrotherapy - Energy Bulletin
Oil, food and agrotherapyEnergy Bulletin - 3 hours agoMy chapter “Farming, Sweet Darkness, Poetry, and Healing” is scheduled to be part of that book. After finishing my contribution I began to realize that what ...
- Plea to Queen for female Poet Laureate - Statesman
LONDON, May 22: Ever since the Royal household crowned John Dryden as the first official Poet Laureate in 1668, the honour has been bestowed on pre-eminent wordsmiths from William Wordsworth to Ted Hughes. No woman, though, has ever held the position ...
- Writing on the wall (The New Statesman)
In a recent article in the Times Literary Supplement , Terry Eagleton wrote about the linguistic similarity between Samuel Beckett and Theodor Adorno. "What is most drastically impoverished in Beckett is language itself," he wrote.
- A lesson in history - Pensacola News Journal
A lesson in historyPensacola News Journal, FL - 1 hour agoLast year hundreds of area residents went to hear speakers, check out vendors' exhibits and enjoy musical performances by praise dancers, gospel rap, poetry ...
- SF Catholics Should Pursue Democratic Rather Than Judicial Recourse - The Bulletin
In the middle of July, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard the appeal of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and two Catholic residents of San Francisco to determine whether the Board of Supervisors of San ...
- Irom Sharmila: Eight years on, and still fighting - MorungExpress
Irom Sharmila: Eight years on, and still fightingMorungExpress, India - 2 hours agoSubsequently, we discussed books whenever we met -- Buddhist texts, Manipuri poetry, the newspapers, Che Guevara’s Motorcycle Diaries, Swami Rama’s Mystics ...
- Turkish Language Olympics unite children from around the world - Today's Zaman
Today's ZamanTurkish Language Olympics unite children from around the worldToday's Zaman, Turkey - 41 minutes agoAll together there are 13 categories, including conversation, writing, grammar, singing, poetry recital, presentation, general culture, article writing, ...
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