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Myths about marijuana convince people that alcohol is safer, but science shows pot is the healthier choice.
Alcohol kills approximately 70,000 people per year. Prescription pills, which have helped overdose become the leading cause of accidental death in America, result in more than 20,000 deaths per year. Marijuana has never killed anybody.
Although scientific research is available to show that pot is relatively harmless, and in fact medically beneficial, myths and propaganda about the plant’s alleged harm lead to marijuana laws so severe they often have the unintended consequence of driving people to drink alcohol, a much more dangerous substance than pot.
Many people do not understand just how harsh some marijuana legislation is. In America, pot possession so minor it is not even a misdemeanor can cause caring parents to lose custody of their children, because welfare offices may charge them with neglect, regardless of how good a parent they are. The legal ramifications of pot use may make parents who want to smoke marijuana more likely to drink alcohol, which is much more likely to create abusive or otherwise harmful behavior.
http://www.alternet.org/story/153870/do_harsh_pot_laws_create_a_dangerous_drinking_culture_5_reasons_to_get_stoned_instead_of_drunk?akid=8177.198739.Cgqv4p&rd=1&t=15Myths about marijuana convince people that alcohol is safer, but science shows pot is... more
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Public viewing scheduled for Etta James
January 25, 2012
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A public viewing will be held Friday in Inglewood for R&B great Etta James, who died last week at the age of 73, a family representative said.
The viewing will be from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Manchester Chapel at Inglewood Cemetery Mortuary, 3801 W. Manchester Blvd.
The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a private memorial service for the singer Saturday.
—Phil Willon
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/arts/music/etta-james-singer-dies-at-73.html
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Etta James, Powerful Voice Behind ‘At Last,’ Dies at 73
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Etta James in the studio in Chicago with the Chess Records founder Phil Chess, left, and the producer Ralph Bass in 1960.
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By PETER KEEPNEWS
Published: January 20, 2012
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Etta James, whose powerful, versatile and emotionally direct voice could enliven the raunchiest blues as well as the subtlest love songs, most indelibly in her signature hit, “At Last,” died Friday morning in Riverside, Calif. She was 73.
Her manager, Lupe De Leon, said that the cause was complications of leukemia. Ms. James, who died at Riverside Community Hospital, had been undergoing treatment for some time for a number of conditions, including leukemia and dementia. She also lived in Riverside.
Ms. James was not easy to pigeonhole. She is most often referred to as a rhythm and blues singer, and that is how she made her name in the 1950s with records like “Good Rockin’ Daddy.” She is in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame.
She was also comfortable, and convincing, singing pop standards, as she did in 1961 with “At Last,” which was written in 1941 and originally recorded by Glenn Miller’s orchestra. And among her four Grammy Awards (including a lifetime-achievement honor in 2003) was one for best jazz vocal performance, which she won in 1995 for the album “Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday.”
Regardless of how she was categorized, she was admired. Expressing a common sentiment, Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote in 1990 that she had “one of the great voices in American popular music, with a huge range, a multiplicity of tones and vast reserves of volume.”
For all her accomplishments, Ms. James had an up-and-down career, partly because of changing audience tastes but largely because of drug problems. She developed a heroin habit in the 1960s; after she overcame it in the 1970s, she began using cocaine. She candidly described her struggles with addiction and her many trips to rehab in her autobiography, “Rage to Survive,” written with David Ritz (1995).
Etta James was born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles on Jan. 25, 1938. Her mother, Dorothy Hawkins, was 14 at the time; her father was long gone, and Ms. James never knew for sure who he was, although she recalled her mother telling her that he was the celebrated pool player Rudolf Wanderone, better known as Minnesota Fats. She was reared by foster parents and moved to San Francisco with her mother when she was 12.
She began singing at the St. Paul Baptist Church in Los Angeles at 5 and turned to secular music as a teenager, forming a vocal group with two friends. She was 15 when she made her first record, “Roll With Me Henry,” which set her own lyrics to the tune of Hank Ballard and the Midnighters’ recent hit “Work With Me Annie.” When some disc jockeys complained that the title was too suggestive, the name was changed to “The Wallflower,” although the record itself was not.
“The Wallflower” rose to No. 2 on the rhythm-and-blues charts in 1954. As was often the case in those days with records by black performers, a toned-down version was soon recorded by a white singer and found a wider audience: Georgia Gibbs’s version, with the title and lyric changed to “Dance With Me, Henry,” was a No. 1 pop hit in 1955. (Its success was not entirely bad news for Ms. James. She shared the songwriting royalties with Mr. Ballard and the bandleader and talent scout Johnny Otis, who had arranged for her recording session. (Mr. Otis died on Tuesday.)
In 1960 Ms. James was signed by Chess Records, the Chicago label that was home to Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters and other leading lights of black music. She quickly had a string of hits, including “All I Could Do Was Cry,” “Trust in Me” and “At Last,” which established her as Chess’s first major female star.
She remained with Chess well into the 1970s, reappearing on the charts after a long absence in 1967 with the funky and high-spirited “Tell Mama.” In the late ’70s and early ’80s she was an opening act for the Rolling Stones.
After decades of touring, recording for various labels and drifting in and out of the public eye, Ms. James found herself in the news in 2009 after Beyoncé Knowles recorded a version of “At Last” closely modeled on hers. (Ms. Knowles played Ms. James in the 2008 movie “Cadillac Records,” a fictionalized account of the rise and fall of Chess.) Ms. Knowles also performed “At Last” at an inaugural ball for President Obama in Washington.
When the movie was released, Ms. James had kind words for Ms. Knowles’s portrayal. But in February 2009, referring specifically to the Washington performance, she told an audience, “I can’t stand Beyoncé,” and threatened to “whip” the younger singer for singing “At Last.” She later said she had been joking, but she did add that she wished she had been invited to sing the song herself for the new president.
Ms. James’s survivors include her husband of 42 years, Artis Mills; two sons, Donto and Sametto James; and four grandchildren.
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Though her life had its share of troubles to the end — her husband and sons were locked in a long-running battle over control of her estate, which was resolved in her husband’s favor only weeks before her death — Ms. James said she wanted her music to transcend unhappiness rather than reflect it.
“A lot of people think the blues is depressing,” she told The Los Angeles Times in 1992, “but that’s not the blues I’m singing. When I’m singing blues, I’m singing life. People that can’t stand to listen to the blues, they’ve got to be phonies.”
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Drinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of the brain that produce
feelings of pleasure and reward, according to a study led by researchers at the Ernest
Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
link:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120111155137.htmDrinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of the brain that produce... more
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After showing Hazel the footage from her big night out in Glasgow, Jeff checks whether his predictions were correct.After showing Hazel the footage from her big night out in Glasgow, Jeff checks whether... more
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In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Hazel from Glasgow for the first time and tries to predict how her night out is going to be like.In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Hazel from Glasgow for... more
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After showing Gavin the footage from his big night out in Rochester, Jeff checks whether his predictions were correct.After showing Gavin the footage from his big night out in Rochester, Jeff checks... more
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In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Gavin from Rochester for the first time and tries to predict how his night out is going to be like.In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Gavin from Rochester for... more
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After showing Lottie the footage from her big night out in London, Jeff checks whether his predictions were correct.After showing Lottie the footage from her big night out in London, Jeff checks whether... more
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In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Lottie from Essex for the first time and tries to predict how her night out in London is going to be like.In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Lottie from Essex for... more
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After showing Tara the footage from her big night out in Wrexham, Jeff checks whether his predictions were correct.After showing Tara the footage from her big night out in Wrexham, Jeff checks whether... more
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In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Tara from Wrexham for the first time and tries to predict how her night out is going to be like.In his videoblog, Jeff tells us his impressions after meeting Tara from Wrexham for... more
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What better gift to give the music lover or oenophile this holiday than a bottle of wine from their favorite musician.What better gift to give the music lover or oenophile this holiday than a bottle of... more
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Watch Bootlegged Booze on Monday 21st November at 10pm on Current UK // Sky 183, Virgin 155.
The sale of counterfeit alcohol is on the rise across the UK, it's now estimated that up to a quarter of licensed premises in some parts of the UK are involved in the sale and distribution of bootlegged booze.
To find out how much people know about bootlegged booze Current commissioned a YouGov poll. Here are the key results:
61% of all those asked were not aware that illegals spirits is on sale in shops, pubs, clubs and bars.
28% say they are likely to buy spirits without a recognisable brand name, that jumps up to 37% amongst 18-24 year olds.
The people in the Midlands are most aware (44%) that bootlegged booze is on sale in their area, in Scotland only 27% are aware that bootlegged booze is on sale.
6% of people think they have been served bootlegged booze at licensed premises, this jumps to 14% in the 18-24 age group. 16% of all people asked are unsure if they have been served illegal alcohol.
*Source: YouGov Bootlegged Booze survey 14-16 November 2011
Watch Bootlegged Booze on Monday 21st November at 10pm on Current UK // Sky 183,... more
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What Did I Do Last Night? is back with a vengeance. With one in four Brits unable to remember how they get home after a night out, it seems we're suffering from a national blackout. In What Did I Do Last Night? Current TV shines a very bright light on the drinking habits of seemingly ‘normal’ drinkers.
Presented by Jeff Leach, the programme sets out to help young professionals piece together the forgotten hours of their night out and confront some uncomfortable home truths about their drunken alter-egos.
What Did I Do Last Night? Season 2 premieres on 5 December 2011 at 10pm.
For more info: http://current.com/lastnight
Download the FREE 'Last Night Cam' app for your phone: http://current.com/lastnightcamWhat Did I Do Last Night? is back with a vengeance. With one in four Brits unable to... more
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After a bottle of potentially lethal counterfeit vodka turned up at a friend’s 30th birthday party in rural Yorkshire, filmmaker Richard Greatrex embarks on a journey to discover the shocking growth in availability of bootleg booze and explores just how deadly this fake drink can be.
He meets the victims and families of those who have died or been affected after drinking unlicensed alcohol, and goes undercover with trading standards officers to gain their insight into this growing phenomenon. With the party season around the corner, you won’t want to miss Bootlegged Booze.
Bootlegged Booze - Monday 21 November at 10pm.After a bottle of potentially lethal counterfeit vodka turned up at a friend’s... more
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