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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.

FYI

Stet means "Let it stand" and is used by editors to indicate that the original text should be left untouched.

...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.

Contact

Ria[dot]Bacon[at]gmail.com

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Student howlers

After several days of solid marking, I’m relieved to say that I have finished all 100 exam papers from my nursing students. On reflection it was too easy, some of the sections getting 100% correct answers in every paper; either that or I have exceptionally gifted students, or they have an exceptionally gifted teacher.

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November 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Work in progress | Leave a comment

Pissing in the wind

I’m halfway through an Outlook training day for which I signed up after Outlook 2010 was introduced at our university over the summer, replacing the previous Groupwise system. I had hoped for a sleek overview of an ultra-efficient workflow, but instead we’re working our way along the toolbar, stopping every now and then to

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November 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Metablogging | Leave a comment