okay, here’s my self mandated weekly health post. in dark of the attention given to prescription medication taking our talented and beloved artistes from this earth, here’s pointing a finger at a more available substance abused by many: alcohol.
articles like these would be considered subversive by those who imbibe, particularly the sports fans… what do these frothy drinks look like here? looks refreshingly like b-e-e-r. on a hot breezeless day, betty would be tempted indeed.
Alcohol link to one in 25 deaths
BBC NEws Friday, 26 June 2009 03:01 UK
The amount people drink varies worldwide
One in 25 deaths across the world are linked to alcohol consumption, Canadian experts have suggested.
Writing in the Lancet, the team from the University of Toronto added that the level of disease linked to drinking affects poorest people the most.
Worldwide, average alcohol consumption is around 12 units a week – but in Europe that soars to 21.5. The report authors warn the effect of alcohol disease is similar to that of smoking a decade ago.
We face a large and increasing alcohol-attributable burden
Dr Jurgen Rehm
The analysis also found that 5% of years lived with disability are attributable to alcohol consumption. Read the rest of this entry »
Heroes get all the hype, but deep down, we all love a good villain. I can take or leave the square-jawed boy scout, the do-gooder who gets the girl and saves the day; but the villain is a different kettle of genetically modified laser wielding fish altogether.
Villains have more fun and get most of the best lines. Movie history is littered with fiendish foes, evil overlords and malevolent masterminds we loved to hate. The summer blockbuster is the perfect breeding ground for evildoers and this year’s pageant of box office behemoths provides rich pickings, from robots out for revenge to muggle-hating wizards.
We’ve scoured exotic locations from hollowed-out volcanoes to secret space stations; dodged doomsday devices and nefarious plots, even sat down with some fava beans and nice Chianti; all to bring you the best of the worst. So sit back, relax and enjoy as we run through the villains that are good at being bad in our list of 50 fiendish movie villains. Read the rest of this entry »
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.
Considered “perhaps the 20th century’s best chronicler of English culture,” he wrote works in many different genres including novels, essays, polemic journalism, literary reviews, and poetry. His most famous works are the satirical novel Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).