Beer Bike tour of Amsterdam increases accidents, may be cancelled

The famous way to sightsee around the Dutch captial is on a beer bike, where ten people sit around a central bar and pedal through the city, but Amsterdam officials have said due to an increase of accidents, they...

New Orleans NOW

New Orleans NOW: For the very first timeIn Two Parts By Elaine Weeks (aka skintone)Is New Orleans worth the trip? A first time visitor to New Orleans, 3 ½ years after Hurricane Katrina, shares her...

National Margarita Day Sunday February 22

This Sunday February 22 is National Margarita Day! Get out your tequila! "Maybe February isn't the best month — summer's still a long way off — but kicking back with a strong marg is sure to bring back...

Alert in Orissa as temperature crosses 40 degrees Celsius

According to the met department, the maximum temperature here Wednesday was recorded at 40.4 degrees Celsius, eight degrees above normal."Orissa on Thursday asked district collectors to ensure adequate supply of...

Coffee Linked to Lower Dementia Risk

So we should drink coffee to be mentallyalert in old age.  I can live with that. "Drinking coffee may do more than just keep you awake. A new study suggests an intriguing potential link to mental health later...

New York Entrepreneurs Open Bar to Save Money on Bar Tabs

Louis Terline and Jeff Madalena, owners of Oak boutique in New York, have decided to expand their entrepreneurial ventures and open up a bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn - so they can save money on their bar tabs. "And...

Alcoholism Associated With High Childhood IQ

New research has unearthed a link between high childhood IQ and adult drinking habits - habits which may lead to problem drinking. " This association is even stronger among women than among men. Research by Dr G....

A Politically (In)Correct Guide to Kosova- Drinking Coffee

Drinking coffee, a daily activity believed to be a remedy for the high unemployment rate and catastrophic boredom prevailing in Kosova. Alpha and omega of every outing, mantra in every meeting proposal and date arrangement. But make no mistake; we are not caffeine junkies...

Ontario Police Launch Holiday R.I.D.E. Blitz

Ontario Provincial Police have kicked off their annual five-week holiday RIDE program on Ontario highways and roads.Here's a little trivia:  The R.I.D.E. program was first started in 1977, and originally...

Now that's a get out of jail card

A young Wisconsin man who was drinking and crashed his car into the gates of a waste treatment plant was given the option of 20 days in jail or holding a sign saying "I was stupid" in public.  He chose the...

Children and Teenagers at Risk from Liver Disease

YOUNG people are shoring up a real risk of severe liver damage from excessive driniking it has been reported today by the British Liver Trust.  The latest figures show that 49 people died in their 20's from liver disease, a worrying trend as damage from alchohol usually...

Astronauts to turn urine into drinking water

In the spirit of National Recycling week, NASA will be sending up a water recycling device to the International Space Station that will recycle urine into drinking water. This coincides with the move to double the...

Brit-Asian women don't drink?

Most Brit-Asians are from the Indian sub-continent. The new generations of British born Asians are adopting more open and 'integrating' lifestyles in the UK. This shift in trends is both alarming and noticeable...

Church and police join forces to end binge drinking

A new campaign is being launched in Wales today with the aim of ending binge drinking. People are signing a pledge to stop the practice, which is very common in the UK."PEOPLE across Wales are today urged to pledge to stop binge drinking as an unprecedented coalition of...

Sport turns 'blind eye' to drinking

"Sports administrators are clearly aware that many players are involved in drinking incidents," said national policy manager Geoff Munro. "They've turned a blind eye for many decades"

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