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Semaphore & Cairn

Semaphore & Cairn

—–message systems and citizenship—–

  • Semaphore Modern
  • Cairn Everlasting

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.

“The smartest people make things simple.” A new @NYTCornerOffice interview.

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 16, 2014September 16, 2014

A student who is a rape victim often has complex dealings with campus police, says the NY Times.

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 15, 2014September 15, 2014

James Brown eloquently urges the NFL and its fans to face the complex challenge of domestic violence.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/181593/how-james-brown-saved-cbs-pre-game-show-hell-full-transcript#

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 13, 2014

“No robust congressional debate…very little public debate, generally.” But hey, let’s go to war.

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 13, 2014September 13, 2014

Before he became a historian, he was a typical school kid whose teachers never told him he could create knowledge.

http://beta.fargo.io/users/smith/2014/01/10/takeThisInEndlessly.html

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 12, 2014

“More education = More income,” the statistics say, but we’re in a slide linked to growing income inequality.

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 11, 2014September 11, 2014

School’s back in session, so remember: “One does not learn by having a teacher do the work.” –Marvin Bell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Bell

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 11, 2014September 11, 2014

Oceanbites has a handy collaborative model for writing and editing work about oceanography for a wide audience.

http://oceanbites.org/contact-us/

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 11, 2014September 11, 2014

Two strangers in a checkout line rather quickly and quietly discover that they have in common a painful knowledge.

http://beta.fargo.io/users/smith/2014/01/02/twoWidows.html

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 11, 2014

A fine research question: How long does one of the major herbicides remain active when it runs into the ocean?

http://oceanbites.org/measuring-roundup-in-the-great-barrier-reef/

Ken Smith Uncategorized September 11, 2014

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