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...Last week I read a headline about a “Fort Worth Rat Factory Pesters Neighbors”. The interesting odors emanating from the Big Cheese Rodent Factory, which breeds 500,000 white rats a month to feed exotic pets, matches the overall impression from my Fort Worth foray...

Greg Hill vacations in Texas and Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula. Guess where he found the greatest serenity.

To read more of Greg’s columns please click on http://www.openwriting.com/archives/alaskan_range/

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...Futurists have been claiming for over a decade that the artificial intelligence needed for computers to understand humans is imminent, but as evidenced by BabelFish, it’s still a ways off. When BabelFish translated “What is your favorite book?” into simple Chinese and back into English, it came out as “Anything is the book which you like.”...

Wordsmith Greg Hill muses on plain speaking and the complexities of translating one language into another.

For more of Greg’s splendid columns please click on http://www.openwriting.com/archives/alaskan_range/

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...Americans who most frequently use their public libraries is the Generation Y age-group. A recent Pew Internet and American Life study found that 53% of American’s visited a public library last year, but those using it the most were in the 18-30 year-old category. Apparently those Americans are more aware of what modern libraries offer since they came of age as libraries underwent their latest computer-age transformations...

Greg Hill, head of libray services in Farbanks, Alaska, acknowledges the need to keep up with the times.

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Greg Hill tells of marvellous men who explored both the world and the exciting corners of the human mind.

Greg brings us a weekly column from Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his words by click on Alaskan Range in the menu on this page.

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Greg Hill presents some seriously interesting information before telling the world’s funniest joke.

Greg will be writing for Open Writing every Tuesday. Don't miss him!

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Here’s a welcome to a new columnist, Greg Hill.

Greg is the director of the North Star Borough Libraries in Fairbanks, Alaska. He also writes for his local newspaper, the Daily News-Miner. Fairbanks is the second largest city in Alaska, the largest state in the United States.

Greg, as you would expect, has read widely. He has a most engaging way with words.

Today he writes about Julie Andrews, who once said of herself “Sometimes I’m so sweet even I can’t stand it.”

Continue reading "Running The Gamut" »

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