Old movie buffs (and older readers) may remember a time when beer was sold in steel cans that were opened with a “church key.” Entourage star Adrian Grenier is tapping into that nostalgia, we hear, with a new beer startup he’s cofounding, Churchkey Can Co. The cans are the old-timey variety that you probably haven?t seen since the 60s. They?re… (more…)
By Kaiser GH Update In an article (.pdf) published in Global Health Governance, Derek Licina, an U.S. Army Medical Service Corps Officer, writes about the international military sector?s role in global health activities, which ?has gained visibility in recent years.? He continues, ?What is less clear is the overall contribution of the military sector to global health outcomes through direct… (more…)
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Key quotes by Lance Armstrong from the first part of his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday. “Yes” – On whether he had ever used performance drugs in his cycling career. “Not in that generation, and I’m not here to talk about others in that generation. It’s been well-documented. I didn’t invent the culture, but… (more…)
HONG KONG (AP) ? Casino revenue in Macau climbed 13.5 percent last year to a record $38 billion, as the Asian gambling hub reinforced its position as the world’s biggest gambling market. Gross revenue from Macau’s 35 casinos also hit a monthly record in December, rising 20 percent to 28.2 billion Macau patacas ($3.5 billion), according to data posted on… (more…)
PORTE-PUYMORENS, France (AP) ? The still-white slopes in the Pyrenees of southern France opened for business Saturday, turning a cold wet spring into a rare June ski weekend. The Porte-Puymorens ski station opened Saturday morning at 8 a.m. for four hours in fog and light rain ? but plenty of snow with temperatures just above freezing. The slopes, which normally… (more…)
Tennessee has emerged this week as a center of the “the answer is more guns in schools” sentiment following the Newtown, Conn. elementary school shooting. A member of the Republican-controlled legislature plans during its upcoming session to introduce a bill that would allow the state to pay for secretly armed teachers in classrooms so, the sponsor told TPM, potential shooters… (more…)