Category Archives: England

Pirate Party: success at last!

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Pirates are thriving, and it may be a good thing. On December 2, Iceland’s President mandated that Pirate Party Member of Parliament Birgitta Jónsdóttir form a government. In the October 2016 general election, the Pirate Party came in third, but the two Continue reading Pirate Party: success at last!→

Alan Turing’s Birthday

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Thanks to the movie The Imitation Game, Alan Turing (June 23, 1912-June 7, 1954) is probably better known today than at any time in history. A mathematician trained at King’s College, Cambridge, England, he was fascinated with the concept of formal Continue reading Alan Turing’s Birthday→

Other White Background

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If you are really old, you may recall the song A Whiter Shade of Pale, by the English rock band Procol Harum. And if you aren’t that old, you can listen to the song on YouTube. At one point the song offers Continue reading Other White Background→

Send your poem to space

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Entries to the Your Poem in Space competition were submitted on oversized postcards. For launch, the postcards had to be folded for placement in the cargo container. Yes, this postcard has traveled 120,000 feet into the thin air, or four times as high as a jetliner at cruising altitude.

Humans can not only put people on the moon, we can also send poems to space. On Thursday, September 20, 2012, a large helium-filled balloon was launched from Weston Park, west of the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. Equipped Continue reading Send your poem to space→