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Author Archives: Andreas Moser
Why the North is taking itself too serious
Map-making has always had the problem of trying to fit the surface of a (roughly) ball-shaped object on a flat piece of paper. A map reflective of the true proportions of our planet would look something like this: However, most … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Travel
Tagged earth, equator, geopolitics, map of the world, mapping, Maps, north-south divide, Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere, world, world map
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Iran chickening out of 2012 Olympics?
Iran has threatened to boycott the 2012 Summer Olympics in London because the logo of the games resembles the world “Zion”. Iran has now complained to the International Olympic Committee – 4 years after the logo was launched. But see for … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, London, Politics, Sports, UK
Tagged competition, Erez Israel, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lisa Simpson, London Olympics, Olympic logo, Olympics, oral sex, Summer Olympics
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Half Marathon at Eton
For the first time in almost a year, I have managed to run a half marathon (21 km = 13 miles) again yesterday. I ran at Eton, a small town situated west of London, which forms one community with the … Continue reading
Superman, Batman and Spiderman off. Grandmother helps out.
At the risk of providing the British government with more arguments to cut police funding, some citizens can indeed do the job quite well: This month, a gang of robbers tried to burglar a jewellery store in Northampton, England in … Continue reading
The real explanation for the gender pay gap
Women have consistently been earning less than men, even in highly developed countries, and even in 2011. This is still true in most industries, even for women with the same qualifications as men. (For the related topic of female under-representation … Continue reading
Mandela deserves better
The mail delivery centres where you have to pick up the parcels that are too big to be squeezed through the letter slot, are rarely housed in beautiful buildings or located in enticing parts of the city. My local Royal … Continue reading
Posted in Germany, London, Politics, Travel, UK
Tagged Amberg, Invictus, Madiba, Mandela, Mandela Way, Nürnberg, Nelson Mandela, Nelson-Mandela-Platz, Nuremberg, Panzer, parcel, post, Royal Mail, South Africa, T-34, tank, train station
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Two down, more to go.
What a year 2011 has already been in the Middle East and North Africa: In Tunisia and in Egypt, two long-term dictatorships have been toppled by street protests. If the transformation of this part of the world continues at the … Continue reading
Human Rights with Hollie
The debate raging in Britain about the European Convention on Human Rights has been enriched by a new pundit on the block: (CAVEAT: I do not buy, read or even look at “The Sun”, one of Britain’s worst tabloids. Thanks … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Law, Politics, UK
Tagged ECHR, Hollie Peers, Human Rights, Media
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The Happy Hermit 