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‘The Longest List of American River, Lake, and Bay Conservancy Organizations’
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillI have received word from writer and blogger Jeffrey Howard @HowardJeffreyW regarding a handy resource entitled: Save American Rivers | 105 Nature Conservancy Organizations The subhead reads: “The Longest List of American River, Lake, and Bay Conservancy Organizations.” The opening paragraphs read (in part): “This page is designed for everyone who cares about US watersheds. […]
Newsletter from the Friends of Fort York & Garrison Common features items of interest related to blurbs and slogans
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have been following the newsletter from Friends of Fort York & Garrison Common for some years. I find the newsletter contents of interest, on occasions when I get around to reading it. I also think a larger point size for the text – say, Adobe Caslon Pro 11, 11.5 or even 12 – in […]
Sometimes, it’s good to listen. Sometimes, better not to!
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillIt’s good to be a good listener, so that you know what the other person is thinking and feeling. On the other hand, sometimes a person encounters a form of self-talk that is not worth listening to at all. That sums up the key points in the article that follows. Canadian Stuttering Association board of […]
Why and how are Finno-Ugric people disappearing?
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Jan. 30, 2017 Estonian World article is entitled: “One-minute lecture: Why is the number of Finno-Ugric peoples decreasing?” The article includes a link to the lecture. The opening paragraphs read: According to the census, there are 9,614 “other” Finno-Ugric people living in Estonia: Erzyas, Mokshas, Udmurts, Komis, Karelians, Maris, Hungarians, Finns, Ingrians and many others. […]
How do I reach an audience?
/0 Comments/in Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA previous post is entitled: What makes a good story? The following links address a related question, namely: How do you reach an audience? Harvard Business Review counsels readers on how to get attention A Jan. 6, 2017 Harvard Business Review article is entitled: “What You Need to Stand Out in a Noisy World.” The […]
Why television writing has become the new home of verbal complexity – Oct. 7, 2016 Guardian article
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn Oct. 7, 2016 Guardian article is entitled: “Why television writing has become the new home of verbal complexity: The high literary style of Woolf and Nabokov was long ago condemned as elitist and replaced by bland accessibility. But there is now a return to verbal complexity, not least in the unlikely medium of TV.” Good […]