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Semaphore & Cairn

—–message systems and citizenship—–

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Author: Ken Smith

These pieces were not written by the late British poet, Ken Smith (1938-2003), nor the other Ken Smiths who make bass guitars, study marine biology, sell cars, teach card counting, paint war scenes in oils, guide bear hunters in Idaho, teach forest management, study immunology, do war reporting, sell real estate, photograph nature, teach cryptology, provide legal counsel to the gay and lesbian community, realign the spines of athletes, listen for seismic faults in the Sierra Nevadas, operate a 4-axis milling machine, work for sustainable development in Alberta, play blackjack, or criticize Junk English. Nor were the pieces written by the Ken Smith who is “the Elvis Costello of Landscape Architecture” nor the one who serves in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives nor the one who hit a home run for the Atlanta Braves in 1983. I only wish.

Inclusio, a term that explains the beauty of some of the Bible’s prose and verse: an artful bracketing of content.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusio

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 18, 2014November 18, 2014

Seventy-five digital tools for investigative journalists (and citizens, yes?):

View at Medium.com

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 17, 2014November 17, 2014

“By participating in Running Start trainings, young women gain the skills and courage to run for political office.”

http://runningstartonline.org/blog/the-power-of-intangible-charity

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 16, 2014November 16, 2014

The view from affluence: “[experiencing] your own reach in the world, knowing that there truly is no backwater.”

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/05/andrew-ohagan-technology/

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 16, 2014November 16, 2014

Lee Hamilton: The best lobbyists “shape public dialogue” and “are masters at making the system work for them.”

http://www.centeroncongress.org/what-makes-strong-lobbyist

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 15, 2014November 15, 2014

“That’s how the trust system..operates. You show your work by linking to the original. Nothing is withheld.”

https://storify.com/jayrosen_nyu/an

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 15, 2014November 15, 2014

“One of the most basic things about blogging is that you have to show your work,” writes @JayRosen_nyu.

https://storify.com/jayrosen_nyu/an

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 15, 2014November 15, 2014

The @CSMonitor organizes “opportunities to learn more, get involved and do something” about public issues.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Take-Action

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 14, 2014November 14, 2014

David Foster Wallace’s eminently sane and useful creative nonfiction syllabus.

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/10/david_foster_wallaces_mind_blowing_creative_nonfiction_syllabus_this_does_not_mean_an_essayist’s_goal_is_to_share_or_express_herself_or_whatever_feel_good_term_you_got_taught_in_h/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 12, 2014November 12, 2014

“A woman becomes a lioness when she sees her unborn child’s future juxtaposed with the horrors of the world.”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/11/alicia-keys-tweeting-social-injustice-musicians

Ken Smith Uncategorized November 12, 2014November 12, 2014

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