It was estimated more than eight per cent of the population used marijuana at least once a year, and this rate was only matched by North America and our trans-Tasman neighbours."Australia, New Zealand and North America have traditionally been the countries which have among the highest rates (of cannabis use)," Professor Louisa Degenhardt of the University of NSW said. "That has been something demonstrated repeatedly in surveys of young people and surveys of the general population."
Europe was next in terms of annual usage followed by the Middle East and Asia, while usage rates were rising across Africa but from a low base in some countries.
The new 12” released for Record Store Day will contain a cover of 'Bye Bye Bayou' originally recorded by Suicide singer Alan Vega on his 1980 debut album.
The Palestinians have urged the UN to act to punish Israel for its offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter.
The move reverses a Palestinian decision to defer action on a UN report that accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during the conflict.
Israel rejected the report as biased during a UN Security Council debate.
Meanwhile, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged "credible" investigations by Israel and the Palestinians into allegations of war crimes during the conflict.
A great recording of the entire performance of 'Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' from the Royal Festival Hall the other night over at 'Ripped In Glasgow' (mp3). There is a FLAC of the same recording available at 'Dime'. (Thanx Tufty & Moggieboy for that!)
"Young Dutchman walking down city street, naked save for a fedora and shoes as he dares punishment by the SS while protesting clothes rationing by the occupying Germans."
I am pleased to report that i have completed my second record. I should say we really. We , and more specifically defined as, Tony BErg, Shawn Everett, Blake mills, stewart, Nicole eva emery, QUinn, Joe Karnes, Z berg, Patrick Warren and myself finished my record. On the morning after the last tracking session i hopped on a plane to manchester where i have been living now for the past three months. The mixing was done by Shawn everett there in LA. After he was done with a mix or two he would send it to me via usendit and i would take notes afterwhich i would skype him and we would discuss changes that needed being made. This was a great excuse to spend some time via skype with some of my favourite people in the world... Tony Berg and Shawn Everett.
A translation company is looking to recruit Glaswegian interpreters to help business clients who are baffled by the local dialect.Today Translations placed an advert in The Herald newspaper on Tuesday seeking speakers of "Glaswegian English".
Successful candidates, who could earn up to £140 a day, must understand "vocabulary, accent and nuances".
The firm said, so far, 30 people had applied for the positions - some of them in Glaswegian.
 | SOME GLASGOW PATTER Baltic (very cold) Boost (head off) Buckie (tonic wine favoured by youngsters) Cludgie (toilet) Eejit (idiot) Hampden roar (score) Hee haw (nothing) Hen (term used to address a woman or girl) Laldy (enthusiastic participation) Maw (mother) Midden (rubbish tip) Pure (very) Moroculous (drunk) Messages (shopping) Scooby (clue, ryhming slang - Scooby Doo) Shoot the craw (leave in a hurry) Stooky (plaster cast) Swatch (look) Toaty (small) Ya dancer (fantastic) Yersel (yourself) |
Today Translations spokesman, Mick Thorburn said: "Over the last few months we've had clients asking us for Glaswegian translators.
"After some consideration we've decided this is a service we would like to offer.
"Usually, the role would involve translating documents but in this case its more likely to be assisting foreign visitors to the city whose 'business English' is not good enough to understand the local dialect."
Mr Thorburn said successful candidates may have to sit in on business meetings.
He added: "We're not necessarily looking for people who are particularly skilled in linguistics, just candidates who can help out clients who may struggle with native Glaswegian."
Today Translations said that depending on the volume of applications, it expected to contact the successful clients in the next few weeks.
Earlier this year a bus driver was recognised for teaching his Eastern European colleagues at First Glasgow bus company to understand Glaswegian slang.
James Lillis said: "When new employees come to Scotland and hear the Glasgow accent, it can be a problem. Drivers have to learn to understand what is meant when a customer says, for example, 'Gie us an aw day tae the toon' (Give me an all day ticket to the town)."
The milk snatcher's birthday was yesterday!
