Tag Archives: politics

Can we please go back in time and skip this weekend?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Cora

This is turning out to be a really shitty weekend. First of all, there were some very bad health news for a dear relative. Then there was the Japan earthquake and tsunami with an as of yet undetermined number of … Continue reading →

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100 Years of International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Cora

One hundred years ago today, German Socialist Clara Zetkin introduced International Women’s Day to be celebrated on March 8th. So let’s celebrate awesome women everywhere. Why not start by reading some Clara Zetkin? Some of her writing are available online … Continue reading →

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Sex versus Death

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Cora

Only a short post today, cause I’m tired. Yesterday evening, I was at the monthly translators’ meet-up, had some crawfish pasta and red wine and a nice chat with some colleagues. Unsurprisingly, there was much griping about zu Guttenberg. Talking … Continue reading →

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Breaking News

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Cora

German Defence Secretary Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg has resigned over the plagiarism affair. About time. Hollywood star Jane Russell has died aged 89.

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Quick Link Round-up on the Usual Suspects – err, Subjects

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Cora

I’m still busy, so here’s a quick link roundup: The doctorate of Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg has been revoked by the university of Bayreuth because of academic malfeasance. Eric Rosenfield weighs in on the nihilism in epic fantasy issue at … Continue reading →

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Awards, writing links and yet more plagiarism in politics and nihilism in fantasy

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Cora

I’m busy with school prep work and a big translation project, one of those 100 plus page operation manuals, that just came in. So here is a link round-up: Today, my local paper published an insightful interview with Andreas Fischer-Lescarno, … Continue reading →

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See the stats shoot up – Yet more on plagiarism, nihilist fantasy, thrillers and blogging

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Cora

My website stats have really been exploding these past few days. Yesterday was the busiest day since the revamp/return of this blog in October 2010 with 103 visitors according to the WordPress stats plug-in. Most people seem to have come … Continue reading →

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Oh Joy! – Yet more on Plagiarism, Nihilism and Prescriptive Linguists – Oh, Joy!

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Cora

The spam catcher plug-in I use is normally fairly effective, but it also has its moments of fail. Today, it let through an obvious spam comment (for online shoe shops of all things), while a legitimate comment got caught in … Continue reading →

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Why Plagiarism is a Big Deal

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Cora

Today, I was at a family birthday dinner. On the plus side, I got to spend some time with a family member in a difficult situation and had an excellent meal of antipasti, pasta with creamy vegetable tomato sauce and … Continue reading →

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More Plagiarism, More Nihilism, Some Romance and Some Metrics

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Cora

There is a definite upside to blogging about hot potato subjects like I did in yesterday’s post. Because February 17th, 2011, was the busiest day since the relaunch of the site with 85 visitors altogether according to the WordPress Stats … Continue reading →

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