Is The Fox Still Guarding The Hen House?

By Knight Pierce HirstIn 1905 football was almost banned from college campuses because of being too dangerous. Since then innovations in helmets and pads have made football safer - except from heat and humidity. According to Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn Sate, playing in a typical ...

An Amusing Look at the Days of the Week

By Patrick OmariThe week is traditionally made up of seven days of equal length and depth. Depending on your preference, the week starts with either Monday or Sunday and ends with either Saturday or confusingly Sunday again. The names of the days of the week are based either on numerical ...

Who Puts The Have Into Have-To\’s?

By Knight Pierce HirstCooking is a daily have-to. When I got married, I saw cooking as my duty. When I had young children, I saw it as my responsibility. Now I''m wearing glasses and I see things differently. Now I see cook as a four-letter word. When bespectacled me was ...

Things Not To Do With A Bandsaw

By Catherine HarveyBandsaws are infamously handy tools to have in the woodworking shop or the factory. Some people even have one in their sheds if they really feel the need to show off. There is a certain section of the male society that feel such an affinity with this tool ...

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned

By Catherine HarveyHotel establishments are finding increasingly inventive ways of encouraging clientele to stay with them as opposed to their competition. The credit crunch has hit this business as much as any other and it has become necessary for them to offer more services to make a stay more convenient ...

Blood And Guts At The Butchery

By Catherine HarveyPolice are investigating an incident in a butchers shop in Rotherham Street, Llandudno, following a nasty incident involving a meat slicer. The area is currently cordoned off while evidence is removed for further DNA analysis. According to witnesses in the shop at the time, things got a little ...

How Can We Put More Heal In Health?

By Knight Pierce HirstWhen it comes to plant-based foods, think black. Black foods are especially healthy. Black rice is high in anthocyanin, which fights cardiovascular disease. Black beans are rich in terpenoids, which stop the growth of certain cancers. Black tea is rich in flavonoids, which protect against neurological disease; ...