In Case of Emergency

From london070705:

East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national "In case of Emergency(ICE)" campaign with the support of Falklands war hero Simon Weston.

The idea is that you store the word "ICE " in your mobile phone address book, and against it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted "In Case of Emergency".

In an emergency situation ambulance and hospital staff will then be able to quickly find out who your next of kin are and be able to contact them. It's so simple that everyone can do it. Please do.

Please will you also email this to everybody in your address book, it won't take too many 'forwards' before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest.

For more than one contact name ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc

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I've done this. Others should, too.

Solidarity Pledge

For all those that wanted to stand in a major bit of London and spite the bombers -

go here and sign up.

I'm actually of two minds about this, as it sounds a bit wishy washy to say, "I'll march - but only if you will too." Er, no, we've marched anyway. Yesterday, we didn't really have much of a choice. True, we weren't carrying placards or chanting slogans, but we were definitely marching through major bits of London. The (hardcopy) Times has a picture of what I couldn't take a picture of in Matthew Parris' op-ed: people walking calmly across the bridges.

Believe me, we marched. We'll probably do it again. So I don't view the pledge as necessary. But, on the other hand, a show of solidarity with the victims and families of the victims - always good.

I thought perhaps of going to a museum tomorrow, if they're open. I'm supposed to be going to an ex-boss's flat-warming, but it's in Slough. I want to stay in London this weekend, somewhere public, with a notebook and a cup of coffee, and just hang out.

Actually, if lj-people are around and want to meet up - maybe just for ice-cream in Trafalgar Square, or something - it might be nice. Thoughts?

Edit: fabulous new icon by stargazer_dream *points*. Because, clearly incredibly appropriate. Must make London-related icon.

Rambling; Gleneagles

Party tomorrow. Order in, have some home-made cocktails, listen to stupid cheesy pop, prolly watch some horror films or summink (what's on Sat nights, anyway?) and crash at ours. No point in trudging across the entirety of London when there's perfectly good futon to be had right here, eh?

I was also um-ing and ah-ing about getting my arse in gear and going to thingie whatsit, the British Library. Got a meeting with the dissertation supervisor during my Tuesday lunch hour next week, so I need to brush up on my UK-based emergency response manuals. *facepalm*

*pause*

Just realised that the Hilton Metropole was used as a triage site. That's a freaky coincidence. Thrusday evening I was supposed to go to the Hilton Metropole - to take pictures of events. Needless to say, I never made it.

Anyway.

How much of a twat is George Galloway? STFU, George, we're no longer playing Rent-a-Twat. I couldn't watch all of Newsnight tonight, I'd have thrown things. Or at the very least changed the channel.

Also:

Dear Beeb. Why Eastenders? I understand that the news footage was lagging, and that, honestly, things were getting back to normal and people were annoyed to have cameras shoved in their faces. But Eastenders? I missed the second half of Casanova way back when; couldn't you have shown that? We had to go and forage for nibbly things instead. Bleargh.

And some other news, buried in the back pages somewhere - what was actually decided at Gleaneagles (from the bbc.co.uk) wrt making Poverty History:

( Key points )

Clearly, the anti-HIV medication rocks. Not quite sure what those 20,000 peacekeepers are supposed to be doing in Africa (they managed not a great deal in Rwanda, but I suppose that a clear agenda might produce better results). Regarding climate change, fuck all was decided. Yes, Bush admitted that humans are responsible but still calling it 'climate change' rather than 'global warming'? Not a sign of progress, in my book. And, for the record, Mr Bush, researching new tech doesn't do a fat lot of good if you refuse to implement any programme that will cost the US money. Newsflash: it's all going to cost money. That's what internalising externalities means. You've been passing on all those social costs to someone else - well, coming up with fun and kooky backstop tech won't do a great deal of good if oil prices drop. All of a sudden, the alternatives will look even more expensive by comparison. And that's exactly what's going to happen, the moment any tech progress is made, I bet you all the money in my hypothetical pockets. *cynicism*

Then there is the witchcraft torture case that I have been following. Hmmm. After the big hoo-haa we had in law class about the 'cultural values' defence, it doesn't look like it was even a factor, does it?









*small voice*

Can I ask for fandom now?