What Are the Most Effective and Cost-Effective Interventions in Alcohol Control?
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NSU 2014 Krækingur Online Sauðárkrókur, Iceland -Sunday 27th of July Weather report Culture event Sunday 27th of July Supplied by the Icelandic weather service, In Haugsnes field Bergstaðir station Sauðárkróki. 10:00 Today at 19:30 the municipality of Skagafjörður will invite NSU participants to experiance the historical +12 Battlefield of Haugsnes with guidance around the 1 m/s area and some historical explanations. The Battle of Haugsnes, Haugsnesbardagi in Icelandic, was fought at a low peninsula south of Flugumýri in Skagafjörður on April 19, 1246 between 12:00 two hostile Chieftains in Iceland during the +13 Sturlung Era (Sturlungaöld), a period in Iceland’s history marked by violence and conflicts. The battle 2 m/s was fought with the highest number of casualties in Icelandic history. The combatants of the battle numbered more than 1000 men, close to 2,5% of 15:00 the Icelandic population at the time, and ended in +14 about 110 deaths. Haugsnesbardagi marked one of the stepping 4 m/s stones towards the end of the Icelandic common- wealth, which came to an end with the signing of the Old Covenant (Gamli sáttmáli ) in 1262 and 18:00 brought Iceland under the Norwegian crown. Krækingur +12 After having been introduced to this dramatic history, it is ideal to relax in one of Iceland’s most 4 m/s interesting swimming pool at Hofsós, enjoying the hotobucket breathtaking view over Skagafjörður and Drangey island from the hot tub. People will be offered a 21:00 glass of white wine and taste of local beer. Estimat- P ed time of return is at 23:30, it is possible though to ress here! +13 return earlier. -
Prohibition, American Cultural Expansion, and the New Hegemony in the 1920S: an Interpretation
Prohibition, American Cultural Expansion, and the New Hegemony in the 1920s: An Interpretation IAN TYRRELL* In the [920s American prohibitionists, through the World League against Alcohol ism, sought to extend their war on liquor beyond the boundaries of the United States. Prohibitionistsfailed in their efforts due to anti-American sentiment, complex class and cultural opposition to prohibition, and negative reporting of the experi ment with prohibition in the U.S. Nevertheless, restrictive anti-alcohol laws were introduced in a number ofcountries. Moreover, the efforts ofAmerican prohibition ists furthered the larger process of American cultural expansion by emphasizing achievements of the U.S. in economic modernization and technical advancement. This episode in American cultural expansion occurred with the support of anti alcohol groups in foreign countries that embraced the message equating American reform with modernity. Prohibitionists abroad colluded in the process, thereby accepting a form ofAmerican cultural hegemony. En 1920, par l'intermédiaire de la World League against Alcoholism, les prohibi tionnistes américains se sont efforcés de pousser leur lutte contre l'alcool au-delà des frontières des États-Unis. Cependant, le sentiment anti-américain, l'opposition complexe des classes et de la culture à l'endroit de la prohibition ainsi que la mauvaise presse dont l'expérience américaine a fait l'objet ont fait échouer leurs efforts. Néanmoins, plusieurs pays ont adopté des lois restrictives contre l'alcool. Qui plus est, les efforts des prohibitionnistes américains ont favorisé l'expansion de la culture américaine en mettant en valeur les réussites des É.-u. au chapitre de la modernisation économique et de l'avancement de la technologie. -
The Architectural Patchwork of the Welfare State Matilda Hellman
Matilda Hellman & Gun Roos The architectural patchwork of the welfare state The Nordic welfare state has witnessed major internal and external transforma- tions in recent decades. Traditionally, the Nordic countries have maintained a high level of state spending on health, social security and social protection sys- tems, whereas high rates of income tax have meant that households have on aver- age had less disposable income than households in other welfare state models. The Nordic system has thus featured institutionalized elements of solidarity, social equality and commitments to inclusion of all. Recently this welfare sys- tem has had to show increased flexibility in response to increasing pressures on efficiency, shifting boundaries between the state and the market, globalization, ageing populations and a multicultural society. How, then, have the values un- derlying the typical Nordic welfare structure been negotiated in times of mount- ing pressure and adjustment? The main objective of this book is to contribute to the discussion on health and welfare as public policy tasks in times of transition. The book discusses the various trends impacting the tools and strategies applied by the Nordic countries in their efforts to regulate harmful and unhealthy be- haviours and uphold public health at the population level. The main focus is on recent history and developments over the past 20 years. The book contains thirteen cases, descriptions and analyses of policy devel- opments in the fields of lifestyle, public health and welfare, covering a whole host of policy areas: alcohol, tobacco, nutrition, illicit drugs, gambling and pharma- ceuticals. The thirteen chapters are grouped together into four parts. -
July 29, 2013 Alcohol Policy in Wisconsin History
July 29, 2013 Alcohol Policy in Wisconsin History No single aspect of Wisconsin’s history, regulatory system or ethnic composition is responsible for our alcohol environment. Many statements about Wisconsin carry the implicit assumption that our destructive alcohol environment (sometimes called the alcohol culture) has always been present and like Wisconsin’s geographic features it is unchanging and unchangeable. This timeline offers an alternative picture of Wisconsin’s past. Today’s alcohol environment is very different from early Wisconsin where an active temperance movement existed before commercial brewing. Few people realize that many Wisconsin communities voted themselves “dry” before Prohibition. While some of those early policies are impractical and even quaint by modern standards, they suggest our current alcohol environment evolved over time. The policies and practices that unintentionally result in alcohol misuse are not historical treasures but simply ideas that may have outlived their usefulness. This timeline includes some historical events unrelated to Wisconsin to place state history within the larger context of American history. This document does not include significant events relating to alcohol production in Wisconsin. Beer production, as well as malt and yeast making were important aspects of Wisconsin’s, especially Milwaukee’s, history. But Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, its late President, Edmund Fitzgerald, industrial giant Allis Chalmers, shipbuilding and the timber industry have all contributed to Wisconsin’s history. Adding only the brewing industry to this time-line would distort brewing’s importance to Wisconsin and diminishes the many contributions made by other industries. Alcohol Policy in Wisconsin History 1776: Benjamin Rush, a physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, is considered America’s first temperance leader. -
Studies on New Pharmacological Treatments for Alcohol Dependence - and the Importance of Objective Markers of Alcohol Consumption
Studies on new pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence - and the importance of objective markers of alcohol consumption Andrea de Bejczy 2016 Addiction Biology Unit Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg Sweden Cover illustration: by A. de Bejczy Inspired by Stan Lee’s “The Invincible Ironman. The empty shell”, Marvel Comics “…HIS VOICE IS HOARSE, HIS HAND TREMBLING AS HE REACHES FOR THE GLEAMING OBJECT THAT SEEMS BOTH WONDERFUL AND TERRIBLE TO HIM…” Studies on new pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence ©Andrea de Bejczy [email protected] ISBN: 978-91-628-9788-8 (printed publication) ISBN: 978-91-628-9789-5 (e-publication) http://hdl.handle.net/2077/42349 Printed in Gothenburg, Sweden 2016 By INEKO ii La familia iii iv Studies on new pharmacological treatments for alcohol dependence - and the importance of objective markers of alcohol consumption Andrea de Bejczy Addiction Biology Unit Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg ABSTRACT This thesis will guide you through three randomized controlled trials (RCT) on three pharmacotherapies for alcohol dependence; the antidepressant drug mirtazapine, the smoking cessation drug varenicline and the glycine-uptake inhibitor Org 25935. The mirtazapine study was an investigator initiated single- center harm-reduction study with alcohol consumption measured by self-report in a diary as main outcome. The results indicated that mirtazapine reduced alcohol consumption in males with heredity for alcohol use disorder (AUD). The Org 25935 study was an international multi-center study with abstinence as treatment goal, main time to relapse and alcohol consumption was measured by self-report collected by the Time Line Follow Back method (TLFB). -
Contestation in Transition
Contestation in transition Value-conflicts and the organization of markets - the cases of alcohol, gambling and coal Susanna Alexius, Daniel Castillo and Martin Rosenström, Score, November 2011 Abstract In this paper an historical comparative approach is applied to analyze how value conflict discourse and organization have evolved from the 1800s onward in three contested commodity markets – the alcohol, gambling and coal market. Situated mainly in the Swedish context, the three case studies demonstrate that the values at stake as well as the organizational arrangements brought forth in response to underlying value conflicts have changed significantly over time in all three markets. The commodities have stayed contested but for more or different reasons. Analyzing a dozen transformative moments in total we conclude that it matters to the organization of a market if there is an underlying value conflict and how this value conflict is configured. The comparative analysis sheds light on four processes in which value-conflict underpinnings of contested commodity markets may be shaped and altered: value addition, value expansion, value accumulation and value relocation. 2 Introduction ”Swedish regulation and public policy has for numerous decades been directed to general restrictive measures- high levels of alcohol taxation, low degree of accessibility and limited room for private profit seeking- thereby keeping down the consumption of alcohol, and consequently its harms.” SOU 2005:25, s. 37. “The particular character of games implies that gambling may be subjected to criminality. Gambling may cause economical and social problems for individuals as well as for society at large. Furthermore, gambling may cause health problems” SOU 2008:124 “The human impact on the climate by emission of so called greenhouse gases [primarily CO2] is one of the most severe environmental threats. -
Alcohol, and Alcoholism
ALCOHOL, AND ALCOHOLISM “...a large acquaintance with particulars often makes us wiser than the possession of abstract formulas, however deep.” — Professor William James HDT WHAT? INDEX PROHIBITION ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM 2,300 BCE Assyrians recorded that before their gods created the earth, they had been drinking a wine made from sesame seeds. PLANTS A map depicting the Mesopotamian city of Lagash was carved into a stone tablet held in the lap of a Sumerian god. Donkey-mounted couriers begin carrying written messages about Iraq and Iran. Originally, these imperial messengers, called angaros in Persian and angelos, or angels, in Greek, had no scheduled routes or relay stations. Instead they would count on getting replacement mounts from the areas through which they traveled. This procedure would sometimes led to conflict with locals. (The government paid local leaders to provide the post riders with grooms, shelter, watering facilities, and substantial numbers of mounts. Since nothing happens perfectly, sometimes the post riders were reduced to taking what they needed.) A modified system in which the kings kept their own postal herds worked better, and by the 13th Century the Mongols would have relay stations linking every major town between the Yellow and Black Seas. Eastern Mediterranean smiths began beating meteoric iron into sacred knives and medallions. Meteoric iron has continued to be made into aristocratic weapons into historic times, Indonesian krisses being the most famous examples. As about 2,000 meteorites fall on earth during the typical year, meteoric iron is found throughout the world. While the Ka’bah in Mecca is probably the world’s most famous iron meteorite, the largest would be found near Grootfontein, Namibia, in 1920 — a 60-65 ton block of iron shale measuring about 9 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 3-1/4 feet thick. -
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APRTL 29. 1932 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 5 long doomed by the steam and steel that the price of wheat will rise, so ator. today occupied his scat unchal- against a real Democrat.” he said. —•* surrender by the Democrats WOODMEN OF DISTRICT of modern shipping, have been given most of the old sailing vessels will lc for the first time since the “It is a a brief lease on life by depres- be content to plod. In these days, beginning of the session. of the senate of the sacred principles INSTALL OFFICERS the LOSES long EYES NATION TO brought in the has HEFLIN supported by OF port so loved and WINDJAMMERS when world sion. every The election contest For the last its idle hulls, it is enough for a against by former Sen- Democrats In and out of the senate. .‘>oo Expected three months they Bankhead Persona to Attend ' a sad decline in Demo- have been in Australia loading sailorman to get a good cargo with- ator J. rhomas Heflin Dem.. Ala.i, It makes Ceremonies Here Sunday. taking -1 cratic leadership and control. ON CALIFORNIA HOIST SAILS IN wheat for England and the conti- out risks in a race. FIGHT TO OUST who orated before the senate for five Approximately persons "The failure to decide contest 500 are nent. Low grain prices and low However prosaic this voyage of hours, was ended by a 64-to-18 vote my expected to attend a central district a on the law and facts will not in the freights have given them the chance the twenty windjammers may be of in which Democrats resented meeting of Supreme Forfst Wood- only a least weaken my courage or impair to compete with speedier ships. -
The Development of Education and Grammatica in Medieval Iceland
The Development of Education and Grammatica in Medieval Iceland By Ryder Patzuk-Russell A Thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham for the degree of Doctor of Medieval History Department of History School of History and Cultures College of Arts and Law University of Birmingham November 2016 University of Birmingham Research Archive e-theses repository This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. Abstract This study explores how education and the medieval intellectual and pedagogical discipline of grammatica developed in Iceland during the medieval period, defined roughly from the official conversion to Christianity c.1000 to the Reformation c.1550. The first chapter deals with social, institutional, and financial aspects of teaching and learning in medieval Iceland, surveying key figures and places, but also arguing that more attention should be paid to the costs of learning and the effect of that on poor students. The second chapter addresses Latin education, discussing the importance of Latinity in medieval Iceland and the types of education that would involve Latin. It also addresses the idea of bilingual education and suggests ways in which extant vernacular writings can provide evidence for how Latin was taught and learned using the vernacular, using the model of Old English bilingual education. -
American Alcohol Prohibition and Repeal As Policy Punctuation
The Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2007 Constitutional Blemishes: American Alcohol Prohibition and Repeal as Policy Punctuation Mark Lawrence Schrad Historical explanations for the American “noble experiment” with alcohol prohibition based on indi- vidual conspiracies, cultural changes, social movements, or self-interested bureaucracies are partial and unsatisfying. Recent advances in punctuated equilibrium theory shine new light on this his- torical enigma, providing a more persuasive account of the dramatic episodes associated with both constitutional prohibition and its repeal. Through longitudinal analysis of a unique data set reflective of early twentieth century public alcohol control sentiments, this article suggests that, as but one of a range of potential alcohol policy options, national alcohol prohibition was hardly a foregone con- clusion. The ultimate adoption of prohibition over competing alcohol control alternatives, as well as its eventual repeal, can best be understood with reference to particular feedback processes inherent in the institutional structure of American policymaking, which readily account for both the mad dash for prohibition and the widespread clamor for repeal, which have traditionally eluded historical explanation. KEY WORDS: punctuated equilibrium theory, alcohol control, prohibition The American experience with alcohol prohibition in the early twentieth century has always been considered something of an enigma, embodying a series of apparent historical anomalies: a successful antiprogressive initiative in the middle of the Progressive Era, the only constitutional amendment to circumscribe individual liberty (the Eighteenth), and the only amendment to nullify another (the Twenty- First). For social movement studies, there is the dilemma of explaining the ultimate victory of temperance forces at a time when both alcohol consumption and enroll- ment in temperance organizations were on the decline from heights in the nineteenth century (Rorabaugh, 1979). -
Väinö Meltti: Kotkan Työväenyhdistys 1888-1938
A COUNTRY OF DECENT CONSUMERS: THE ROLE OF ALCOHOL IN EVERYDAY FINNISH LIFE IN THE 1950S Matti Peltonen WHY FINNISH ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION DID NOT INCREASE IN THE 1950S? In the 1950s the yearly consumption of alcohol in Finland remained fixed at just under two litres of pure alcohol per capita. This quite modest level had been typical of Finnish consumers for more than one hundred years, and at least from the middle of the 19th century. At certain times, for example during the First World War, consumption fell even lower — in 1916 to about 0. 5 litres per capita (Peltonen 1997, 63). At the present time, the amount of pure alcohol consumption is around 10 litres annually. It is easy to understand that alcohol consumption in Finland had been lower than in the other Nordic countries because the Finnish standard of living was lower, a circumstance exerbated by the First and Second World Wars and the Great Depression of the 1930s. But the fact that the level of alcohol consumption remained the same, and even had a tendency to fall in the late 1950s, is peculiar. This contrasts strikingly with the development of alcohol consumption in Sweden, particularly when it could be expected that a parallel change would have characterised Finnish drinking habits. Why Finns were so different from the Swedes in the 1950s? Why were respectability and decency so important to them? Where had the roughness and restlessness of the immediate post-war years disappeared? 88 CUSTOMER CONTROL Finnish alcohol policy was reformed after the Second World War. The aim was to exert a measure of control over the customers of the state alcohol monopoly Alkoholiliike (later Alko), the only retail outlet in the country besides restaurants where alcohol could be bought legally.1 The new policy was called `customer control', and was an adaptation of the Swedish Bratt system which had been established during the First World War. -
Średniowiecze Polskie I Powszechne
Średniowiecze Polskie i Powszechne Tom 5 (9) NR 3109 Średniowiecze Polskie i Powszechne Tom 5 (9) pod redakcją Jerzego Sperki i Bożeny Czwojdrak Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego Katowice 2013 Redaktor serii: Historia Sylwester Fertacz Recenzenci Krzysztof Ożóg Jerzy Rajman Rada Naukowa Jerzy Sperka Idzi Panic Bożena Czwojdrak Jakub Morawiec Sobiesław Szybkowski Stanisław Sroka Leontij Wojtowycz Sekretarz Redakcji Jakub Morawiec Publikacja jest dostępna w wersji internetowej: Baza Czasopism Humanistycznych i Społecznych www.bazhum.pl Central and Eastern European Online Library www.ceeol.com Treść Wstęp (Jerzy Sperka, Bożena Czwojdrak) 7 Wykaz skrótów instytucji, czasopism, publikacji, serii wydawniczych i wydaw nictw źródłowych 9 Artykuły Remigiusz Gogosz: Horse ‑fights: The brutal entertainment of the Saga Age Ice landers 17 Jakub Morawiec: Epithets awarded to kings by the skalds and their potential value for historical studies — the case of Magnús góði 33 Karolina Supernak: Konflikt księcia z możnymi czy zdrada podkanclerza? Jesz cze raz o liście świadków na dokumencie księcia Bolesława Wstydliwego dla biskupa krakowskiego Prandoty z 1253 roku 44 Grégory Cattaneo: Understanding the balance of power in Eastern Iceland. Some remarks on the Saga of the Men of Svinafell 62 Ілля Паршин: Leon rex ruthenorum на сторінках Anonymi Leobiensis Chro- nicon 86 Michalina Duda: Sprawy toruńskiego kupca Johannesa Warschowa. Przyczy nek do zagadnienia rozwiązywania konfliktów między poddanymi wielkiego mistrza zakonu krzyżackiego a mieszkańcami sąsiednich władztw w I deka dzie XV stulecia 94 Sobiesław Szybkowski: Kilka uwag o prozopografii i związkach rodzinnych naj bliższych krewnych arcybiskupów gnieźnieńskich Mikołaja Trąby i Wojcie cha Jastrzębca 106 6 Treść Adam Szweda: Nowomarchijskie przypadki Wierzbięty ze Smogulca. Przyczy nek do dziejów Nowej Marchii pod władzą Zygmunta Luksemburczyka i za konu krzyżackiego 133 Tomasz Związek: Testament młynarza z Koła.