Unemployed security guard tapped as Spain’s top snoozer [via CNN] Unemployed Ecuadoran security guard Pedro Soria Lopez, 62, won the inaugural Spanish National Siesta Championship after napping “for 17 minutes and register a 70-decibel snore while sprawled out on a couch in the middle of a crowded shopping mall.” Lopez and hundreds of other contestants [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Alcohol’
Morning Briefing: 25 October 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Alcohol, Crocodiles, Democractic Republic of Congo, Hospitals, Siestas, Spain on October 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Imbibing Idiot Bias
Posted in Science, tagged Academia, Alcohol, Job Search, Research, Science on September 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Mad Men” is on tonight (and make sure to check back tomorrow for analysis from ACG Blog contributors). You are almost certain to see someone have a drink at the office. Probably not a good idea, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan say. Scott Rick and Maurice Schweitzer conducted six [...]
Morning Briefing: 25 August 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Alcohol, Hitler, Journalism, Student Media, Supreme Court on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Va. ACLU asks for review of liquor ad ban [via AP/Washington Post] A 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision prohibiting the advertisement of alcohol in Virginia college newspapers has been appealed to the Supreme Court. The 2-1 April ruling found the ban to be an effective method to combat underage drinking. The ACLU of [...]
