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My tribute to John Lydon is in the YouBloom Quarter Finals

My song Johnny Rotten’s Still My Hero has made it through to the quarter finals of the YouBloom Music Awards I am proud to say. The song is a tribute to John Lydon, who formerly fronted the outrageous punk rock … Continue reading

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Bard of Ely’s song needs your votes in the YouBloom Quarter Finals

My song Mañana got through to the Quarter Finals of the YouBloom Song Contest for which Bob Geldof heads a team of celebrity music industry judges for the finals. In order to get through to the next round, which is … Continue reading

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Best Age to Start Pageants

 If you have a child and have thought about entering him or her in pageants, you might be wondering about the best age to begin competing. From my experience with glitz pageants, natural pageants, and everything in between, I think … Continue reading

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Daniel Carter’s “Come Unto Him”

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is world renowned for its choral singing. Recently, a new album called This is the Christ released by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir made the news for its meteoric rise in the charts. One of the songs … Continue reading

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The Evolution of Selfishness

The Evolution of Selfishness Updated on July 10, 2009 Aya Katz   Against Idleness and Mischief by Isaac Watts How doth the little busy BeeImprove each shining Hour,And gather Honey all the dayFrom every opening Flower! How skilfully she builds her … Continue reading

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The Restatement of Commercial Chastity

This article was first published in the Inverted-A Horn in 2008.

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Do Humans (or Chimps) have a Language Acquisition Device?

When I started Project Bow, one of the purposes of showing that chimpanzees could learn language was to explore the question of the so-called language acquisition device. If a chimpanzee uses human language effectively to communicate, does this imply that … Continue reading

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How We Judge Metrical Poetry: Inverted-A Horn Submissions Guidelines

Updated on February 12, 2012 Aya Katz  moreContact Author Meter in Poetry — Wikipedia Article Meter (poetry) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia How can you tell if something is good? In the case of poetry, aren’t all standards of evaluation strictly … Continue reading

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Reviewing “Thinking Ape”

This past Friday, I reviewed the YouTube Channel called “Thinking-Ape.” In doing so, I dredged up a few of my old articles on Neoteny, Dominance and Women’s Suffrage in New Jersey. My Old Neoteny Article Developmental Delay as the Primary … Continue reading

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Kate Gladstone on the Writing Systems of Africa

On November 3, 2023, handwriting expert Kate Gladstone gave a presentation on the writing systems of Africa. The livestream is part of the “Interviews with Aya Katz” podcast. The slide presentation in the video includes the following images.

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