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| | Drinking culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Although the type of alcohol, social attitude toward (and acceptance of) drinking varies around the world, nearly every civilization has independently discovered the process of brewing beer, fermenting wine or distilling liquor. | | | Another view of the free drinks phenomenon is far more basic: the simple act of sharing one's beverage with another, be it from the same container, or bringing a cold beer from the refrigerator for a friend. | | | Binge drinking is also very common in Scandinavia (particularily in Norway, Sweden, and Finland), countries with a long tradition of high alcohol prices and restricted access. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_culture
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| | Social and Cultural Aspects of Drinking - Culture Chemistry and Consequences |
| | in the domain of drinks, there is generally an increasing sophistication when one moves from cider to wine to beer, correlating with decreasing age and with a move from agriculture to occupations outside it. | | | Thus in Poland, for example, wine is regarded as a high-status, middle-class drink, while native beers and vodkas are ‘ordinary’ or working-class. | | | The symbolic meaning of these pre-work and ‘re-fuel’ drinking-rituals, as opposed to the after-work drinking which is also common in these cultures, may be quite explicit: the Danes have a fryaaftensbajer (‘knock-off-time’ beer) which they distinguish from the frokostbajer (lunch-time beer). |
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| | Social and Cultural Aspects of Drinking - Culture Chemistry and Consequences |
| | At Navajo house-parties, drinking begins when one of the older men produces a bottle of wine and pours the first drop as a libation to Mother Earth, before taking a drink and passing the bottle on, and is brought to a close when the last drop is again offered to Mother Earth (Topper, 1985). | | | Although in some societies female drinking could be described as ‘segregated’ — either by types of beverage or context of drinking — rather than ‘restricted’ in terms of quantity, the fact remains that in the majority of societies women either do not drink or drink less than men, and Gefou-Madianou’s question remains unanswered. | | | Most ethnographers and other writers on drinking have observed that in the majority of societies alcohol is considered more suitable for men than for women, and that at least some restrictions on female drinking are found in most cultures (Gefou-Medianou, 1992). |
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| | Binge drinking grows - The Washington Times: World Briefings |
| | It says the Mediterranean drinking culture is based on wine, especially as a regular part of the diet and mostly consumed in family settings. | | | North European culture, the report said, is based on beer &; mostly drunk in pubs, less frequently but more heavily. | | | Defining binge drinking as consuming the equivalent of four pints of beer by a man or three pints by a woman, the Interim Analytical Report for the National Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy said 40 percent of men's drinking sessions and 22 percent of women's can be termed binge drinking. |
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http://www.washtimes.com/world/20031005-111129-9198r.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Have Your Say What can be done about binge-drinking? |
| | There is certainly a culture of drinking as much as possible in the UK, and it doesn't start at 18 - the average age in my peer group for the first time being drunk is 14. | | | Leave the pubs open all night, have a glass of wine with a meal, let you kids have the occasional glass of wine with the family. | | | Both the UK and Ireland are the only EU countries that have a binge-drinking culture due to the strict licensing laws. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3731995.stm
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| | Australian drinking culture. |
| | Even though Australians are drinking far less than the past, there is a lionising of alcohol consumption which perhaps isn't seen in other countries. | | | Gender neutral- Should a women be given a drink that has been purchased in the course of buying a round, she is subsequently part of the round. | | | The shortest and most comprehensive definition of "shouting" is to pay for the drink drunk by others. |
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http://www.convictcreations.com/culture/drinking.htm
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| | 'Celebratory Drinking' Culture on Campus |
| | Those who drink only one kind of alcohol during the event are less likely to get drunk than those who drink a variety of types of alcohol. | | | In addition, those students who drink on celebration days tend to drink more, drink over a longer period of time, and are more likely to get drunk. | | | The survey found the number of students who drink on celebration days, such as "welcome week," Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, home-game football Saturdays, the end of fall semester, and spring break, is greater than the percentage that drink on typical days. |
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http://www.webmd.com/content/article/53/61284.htm?z=1728_00000_1000_ln_06
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| | Crikey Website - The Army's drinking culture |
| | Drinking games are a long-standing tradition, and toasts are a frequent feature at dinners, where "port is passed around." At the Mess, alcohol is tax free, meaning stubbies of Crown Lager are just $1, and port is even cheaper. | | | The court found that "beer was sold cheaply in the Mess and drinking 'that light stuff' was frowned on by colleagues." | | | drinking on duty and against excessive drinking at any time. |
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http://www.crikey.com.au/articles/2005/08/12-1624-9728.html
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| | Drinking Culture - Thoughts from the Middle of Nowhere |
| | The drinking culture is a good term to use for a lot of people. | | | If there is a "drinking culture" in Montana there certainly exists a "drinking epoch" in other areas. | | | Yes there is a drinking culture in Montana. |
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http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/818-Drinking-Culture.html
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| | Binge Drinking in Adolescents and College Students |
| | Binge drinking during the past 30 days was reported by 8 percent of youth ages 12 to 17 and 30 percent of those ages 18 to 20. | | | Binge drinking among youth ages 12 to 17 appears to occur most frequently in the North Central region of the United States and in metropolitan areas. | | | Binge drinking, often beginning around age 13, tends to increase during adolescence, peak in young adulthood (ages 18 to 22), then gradually decrease. |
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http://www.health.org/govpubs/rpo995
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| | Taiwan - Culture |
| | Chinese ancestors used wine as a celebration drink, offerings to their forefathers, and to toast with family and friends at a feast. | | | Besides that, drinkers must have the stamina to be able to drink to the fullest yet retain the liquor. | | | However, different cultures have different habits and methods of drinking wine. |
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http://www.marimari.com/content/taiwan/best_of/culture/culture.html
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| | Post-Crescent - State of drinking |
| | About a gallon and a half of beer is consumed here per capita each year. | | | But early Wisconsin settlers prized their beer and made a name for Wisconsin by brewing them. | | | Lisowe, 29, of Oshkosh was there to throw darts, hang out with friends and drink a little beer. |
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http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_22193340.shtml
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| | Alcohol Alert #58 |
| | Surveys of drinking patterns show that college students are more likely than their age-mates who are not in college to consume any alcohol, to drink heavily, and to engage in heavy episodic drinking. | | | In the local community, tolerance of student drinking may permit alcoholic beverage outlets and advertising to be located near campus. | | | Thirty percent of 12th graders, for example, report heavy episodic drinking in high school, slightly more report having “been drunk,&; and almost three-quarters report drinking in the past year (7). |
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http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa58.htm
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| | Although wine drinking is a common cultural heritage enjoyed by various peoples world-wide, the wine drinking culture of each people is different. | | | He could drink alone, brew his own wine, and partake of the leisurely enjoyment of meticulous wine tasting. | | | Others with a medical frame of mind were particular about the medicinal properties of wine, and produced medicinal wines or used wine as a tonic. |
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http://tsa.uconn.edu/wine.html
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| | Alcohol and Society: How Culture Influences the Way People Drink |
| | IV There have been major historical variations in drinking patterns in the U.S. V Throughout history, wine and other alcoholic beverages have been a source of pleasure and aesthetic appreciation in many cultures. | | | Thus, how we learn to drink and continue to drink is determined most by the drinking we observe, the attitudes about drinking we pick up, and the people we drink with. | | | Group drinking is clearly differentiated from drunkenness and associated with ritualistic or religious celebrations. |
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http://www.peele.net/lib/sociocul.html
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| | BBC Inside Out - Drinking Culture |
| | By spreading out the drinking day, drinkers will be less inclined to cram in as many drinks as possible into just a few hours. | | | Binge drinking accounts for a higher proportion of drinking trips in the UK than in any other European country. | | | "Speed drinking bars", group drinking and the popularity of shooters and shots have all added to the speed with which drinkers get drunk. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/southwest/series5/drinking_binge_pubs.shtml
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| | Binge Drinking In College Fraternities |
| | All in all, drinking is very much a part of not only fraternal life, but it is also a part of college life in general (with a few exceptions). | | | From the moment freshmen set foot on campus, they are steeped in a culture that encourages them to drink, and drink heavily. | | | The beer is flowing, so students can relax and have a good, rowdy time. |
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http://www.007academics.com/binge.html
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| | Stevens Point Journal - UWSP battles state's binge-drinking culture |
| | It wasn't easy to leave his drinking buddies behind, Krueger said, and he'll still have a beer or two once in awhile. | | | "With Wisconsin being the No. 1 binge drinking state with adults, it's part of the Wisconsin culture," she said, adding that drinking often is a part of sporting events and other celebrations. | | | He left school but kept drinking, usually five days out of the week, and sometimes missing work because he was too hung over to make it on time. |
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http://www.wisinfo.com/journal/spjlocal/284295545753351.shtml
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| | Drinking Culture |
| | For example, in the drinking situation on the table, filling the glass up is considered necessary, especially for women. | | | You have to keep watching the glass and when it become empty you should try to fill the glass of your boss, otherwise you might miss the chance of promotion. | | | Anyway it’s fun to drink with someone you like. |
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http://homepage.mac.com/nab_niceguy/iblog/C512934354/E1147688558
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| | ABC News: Binge Drinking Entrenched in College Culture |
| | The drinking age there is 18, and Seaman said the attitude toward drinking at McGill is far more "civilized," even among American students. | | | And drinking is often an important ingredient in "hooking up" with the opposite sex. | | | Seaman and Alverson agree that raising the drinking age to 21 has been counterproductive. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Health/story?id=1085909&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
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| | Britain Has Notorious Binge-Drinking Culture |
| | The report also found that British children under age 16 are drinking twice as much as kids the same age drank 10 years ago. | | | Britons drink less per capita than other Europeans, but the way they drink has earned them the unenviable title of worst binge drinkers in Europe, Reuters reported Sept. 19. | | | Dying to Drink: Confronting Binge Drinking on College Campuses |
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http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/0,2061,566849,00.html
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| | Ad Recklessly Promotes Drinking Culture |
| | Advise them that college students hardly need further inducement to drink, considering that brewers already spend from $15 million to $20 million a year pushing beer to the college market, despite the fact that drinking is illegal for most underclassmen who are under 21. | | | Nationwide, each year college students spend $5.5 billion on alcohol, more than they spend on books, soft drinks, tea, coffee, milk, and juice combined. | | | FYI: VivaSmart has removed the link to the below mentioned "beer" advertisement from their website. |
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http://www.cspinet.org/booze/vivalert.htm
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| | Comparison between Canadian and American drinking |
| | Both instruments assessed the usual frequency and quantity of beer, wine and spirits consumed by students. | | | Thus for example, an individual who reported drinking more than six drinks per occasion, and doing so at least once a week, but not every day, would have an estimated weekly consumption figure of 28 drinks. | | | Among abstinent oriented Protestants there was no difference in regards to alcohol consumption or problems related to drinking between the countries. |
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http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/canada.htm
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| | IrishAbroad Pub Culture - Drinking Quotes |
| | Be one who drinks the finest of ales. | | | So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote. | | | Steer well clear of home-made beer, And anything that isn't l UP belled clear, There is nothing else to fear... |
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http://www.irishabroad.com/Culture/Pubs/drinkquotes
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| | Another Way - 101802 - Breaking the Student Drinking Culture |
| | One guy in his 70's told me, "Oh yeah, we drank when I was in college, sure, but we had one or two beers and that was it. | | | Joseph, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, wrote, "It is with sadness that so many lives are being destroyed by alcohol. | | | We didn't drink for the point of getting drunk." |
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http://www.globesyndicate.com/ano/2002/101802.html
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| | SocietyGuardian.co.uk Society Binge drinking culture 'costs £20bn' |
| | For example, under-16s who drink now drink twice as much as they did 10 years ago. | | | Between 800,000 and 1.3 million school children are affected by parents with drink problems, it added. | | | Four out of 10 men and 22% of women "binge drink" and youngsters are starting to binge drink at an earlier age. |
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http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,8150,1045623,00.html
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| | NPR : 'Alcoholica Esoterica': The Culture of Drinking |
| | NPR : 'Alcoholica Esoterica': The Culture of Drinking | | | Morning Edition, December 30, 2005 · Renee Montagne talks to Ian Lendler, author of Alcoholica Esoterica, about the culture of booze and the basic groups: whiskey, rum, tequila and more. | | | From Art, who listens to WITF in central Pennsylvania |
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| | Dallas Morning News News for Dallas, Texas Education |
| | Pledges were taken to an area near Boulder and told to drink large amounts of whiskey and wine. | | | Unlike their grandparents' generation, today's college students drink to get drunk and do so more frequently, Dr. Wechsler said. | | | Though some researchers dispute the term and definition, binge drinking is described by the Harvard study as five drinks in a row by a man and four drinks by a woman on one occasion. |
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/110505dnnatdrink.76fda26.html
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| | BBC NEWS UK Binge-drinking culture confronted |
| | But police said the problems associated with binge drinking had been "festering" for at least 10 years, because the chances of being punished for anti-social drinking were slim. | | | She wants to see more of a "continental cafe-bar culture", and less determination among Britons - statistically the biggest binge-drinkers in Europe - to get as drunk as possible. | | | Rob Hayward, chief executive of the British Beer & Pub Association, said the government had laid down "a clear challenge to the industry to deliver on its commitment to encourage, support and promote responsible drinking". |
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| | News -- Briefing at Senate Addresses College Culture of Drinking |
| | “I sometimes just hold a drink in my hand to look like I am drinking
because it seems odd to be the only one out while others are getting drunk out of their minds. | | | Students voice diverse opinions as to the drinking culture as it exists at this university. | | | “Drinking is a personal choice
alcohol is there but not everyone is drinking it,” Moya O’Connor (MSB ’06) said. |
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| | Britain's Binge Drinking Culture 'Out Of Control' |
| | In preparation for the campaign, the Home Office has raised spot fines from £40 to £80 for selling alcohol to under-18s, underage drinking itself, disorderly behaviour while drunk in a public place and public drunkenness. | | | Government research shows that 44 per cent of violent crime is alcohol-related and that 70 per cent of hospital admissions at weekend are associated with drinking. | | | The Observer - UK The American 'super-cop' brought in by the Home Office to cut Britain's crime rate warned last night that the nation's binge drinking culture was spiralling out of control and fuelling an epidemic of violence outside pubs and clubs that threatened to overwhelm the police. |
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http://www.rense.com/general59/britainsbingedrinking.htm
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| | Drinking Culture Under Fire In Australia |
| | The meeting, which was attended by politicians, health professionals and alcohol industry representatives, recommended policy changes like the blacklisting of drinkers who go from pub to pub late at night. | | | But that culture is now being blamed for an epidemic of alcoholism that is causing a host of problems, including domestic violence and carnage on the roads. | | | "What sort of mateship allows a group of girls to go out drinking and do nothing when a friend, drunk, gets into a car with a stranger who's been drinking?" |
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| | Colleges Are Trying to Change Drinking Culture |
| | I was quoted in the article as having stated that the drinking culture on today's college campuses may be the single greatest obstacle to academic success. | | | Officers from the city, university and state liquor agents work as a team to educate students in residence halls, fraternity and sorority houses on the penalties for underage drinking. | | | The article correctly pointed to binge drinking as a problem facing America's college campuses. |
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| | News from Agape Press |
| | Larry Rubin, Assistant Vice President for Academic and Student Services with the UW system, believes the numbers of students following these patterns of alcohol use are strongly influenced by what he calls a "culture of drinking" in Wisconsin. | | | Seven out of ten male students and more than half of female students surveyed said they consumed five or more drinks in one sitting at least once during the previous two weeks. | | | Results in the recent alcohol use survey were presented to the UW System Board of Regents last week, and Rubin says the results did not come as a surprise to university officials. |
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http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/152005e.asp
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| | Online NewsHour -- Binge Drinking 101 |
| | report: "A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges. | | | A federally-funded study finds that about 1,400 college student deaths a year can be linked to accidents caused by drinking alcohol. | | | The authors of the study say our universities are in a "crisis" situation. |
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june99/bingdrink_splash.html
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| | "Culture of drinking denied" has been archived - Fox Sports |
| | Latest news and TV times direct to your inbox. | | | Due to copyright restrictions, this story is no longer available at FOXSPORTS.news.com.au You can: | | | "Culture of drinking denied" has been archived - Fox Sports |
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http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,12487741-23217,00.html
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| | Changing the Campus Drinking Culture |
| | The "Collegiate Initiative to Reduce Binge Drinking" (H. Res. | | | On December 11, Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-MA) proposed a resolution of the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at changing the campus drinking culture to support healthier student choices about alcohol. | | | Address only one issue in the letter; and, if possible, keep the letter to one page. |
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