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...cell phones, instant messaging, and video teleconferencing, there are still people like Nall who hammer away in Morse code on their ham radios, trying to see how many people they can connect with around the world—and beyond...
...radio operators must be licensed through the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), which offers exams that are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The exam used to include both a multiple choice section and a Morse code test, but this December, the FCC scrubbed the dots and dashes from the exam. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Omar Khyam, the ringleader of the plot, planned with his accomplices to detonate fertilizer bombs in the London area. In an intensive surveillance operation, code-named Crevice, investigators listened to 3,500 hours of their targets chatting, watched them as they contacted sympathizers and sometimes even photographed their meetings...
...didn't snitch either. I don't know if you watch them gangster movies where the Italian guys come out of the church and they don't talk-- the sad truth is that we can talk about "no snitching" as if it were a rap code, but it is a street code. We need to create a dialogue between the police and community. That's the issue. We talk about gangsta rappers, but why do we never talk about our gangsta government...
...Dixie Hummingbirds, the seminal, Grammy-winning gospel sextet that influenced James Brown and others, began in 1928 as the brainchild of 12-year-old South Carolina choirboy James Davis. As the group's guiding force for nearly 80 years, Davis enforced a strict behavior code (he once fined himself $20 for playing a racy Muddy Waters tune on a jukebox instead of a religious song) and oversaw such musical innovations as the use of electric guitar. Although the Birds' fresh harmonies and passionate gesticulating drew secular fans, Davis declined an offer to tour with Paul Simon after singing backup...