Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

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Currently translating a manual on how to make a handpump. Background research takes ages but gives great feeling of learning something new.
2 weeks ago
@RiaBacon helloooo! i've been suffering from exactly the same problem.
2 weeks ago
@lucypepper Good to hear from you. Real life is getting in the way of my virtual self. Maybe I should outsource the overworked part.
2 weeks ago
Fat tax now! RT @AP In 20 years, some 42 percent of the U.S. population will be obese, new government report says: http://t.co/ImZK2ETt -EF
2 weeks ago
@RiaBacon i read that as: Fresh post... random outbreak. Need more sleep.
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...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.

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News in brief

Alleged cattle rustlers in ‘St Bess’
Reports are that the Black River police were patrolling along Crane road [...] when they saw a black and grey Nissan Vanette minibus [...] with two men onboard. The bus was searched and a cow with branded initials A.L. and A.M. was found. When the men were questioned by the police, they were said to have been unable to give a satisfactory account as to how the cow got there.
Weekend Star, 27 January 2006

Cop caught!
A police corporal [...] was yesterday arrested during a sting operation by cops from the Professional Standards Branch. [...] According to an eyewitness, at approximately 6:00 pm the corporal was accepting money from [a] taxi operator when several officers swooped down on him. The corporal was then restrained by having his motorbike placed on top of him, until an unmarked police car came and took him away.
Daily Observer, 27 January 2006

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January 28th, 2006 | Tags: , , | Category: News in brief