Blogger on Radio Scotland
am 11.01.2005 von http://transblawg.euTom Reynolds (not his real name) blogs his life with the London Ambulance Service (or whatever it’s called) in Random Acts of Reality. Yesterday he was interviewed on …
Dog breakout at night/Tierheimausbruch bei Nacht
Transblawg / Not quite a breakout from the Battersea Dogs’ Home, but one dog opening his and his friends’ cages at night for midnight feasts. Story and videoclip. (via Random Acts of Reality, the blog of a London ambulance man)...
Vampires in Birmingham/Urban legends
Transblawg / Random Acts of Reality reports on using the phonetic alphabet (apparently the London Ambulance Service use the NATO alphabet, see earlier entry). The comments on the story mention a rumour going around Newham that ‘there is someone going around
Weblog hierarchy
Transblawg / I’ve borrowed the following graphic (click to enlarge) of weblog hierarchy from Tom Reynolds of Random Acts of Reality. It’s very impressive. I suppose one can exist on a certain level of each column. There should be something between Dre
Ethnic diversity in the UK/Ethnische Vielfalt in Großbritannien
Transblawg / The Independent today has a map showing the most ethnically diverse areas of Britain, or perhaps England and Wales - Scotland and Northern Ireland are described in text beside the map, but not coloured in. I’ll have to go to Brighton (least rel
Jura Blog
Transblawg / No, for those whose geographical knowledge is limited, this is not the Jura around Arbois in France, but the island of Jura off Scotland. Small Isles Blog Jura - apparently George Orwell wrote 1984 here. Picture above from Ileach. You may see A
Interpretation Act 1978 / Englisches Auslegungsgesetz
Transblawg / The Interpretation Act 1978 (originally 1889) defines various terms for most Acts in force in England and Wales, and to some extent Northern Ireland and Scotland too. I’ve put a copy (accuracy not guaranteed) online - it should be useful...
Court interpreting problems in Scotland/Gerichtsdolmetschermangel in Schottland
Transblawg / The Scotsman reports on court interpreting problems in Scotland: some trials have collapsed because the untrained interpreter was incompetent, and with the influx of foreign nationals into Scotland the problem is increasing (its presumably a mag
Tea breaks/Pausen
Transblawg / The London Ambulance Service is allowing its paramedics to have tea breaks, in line with EU practice (don't they have to have coffee?). Tom Reynolds says they can still go to emergencies, but they can allow trivial cases to wait. The Sun takes t
Russians Shut Down Opposition Radio
Law & Justice / The Russian authorities have shut down the radio broadcast of “Black or White” (“Zwart of Wit”) of Jurgen Verstrepen a MP for the Belgian opposition party Vlaams Belang (English version site). He was broadcasting via the short wave from Kras
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