RETHINKING DRINKING

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How much is too much?

How much alcohol is too much? It could mean drinking too much at one time, drinking too often, or both. It’s important to be aware of how much you are drinking, whether your drinking pattern is risky, the harm that some drinking patterns can cause, and ways to reduce your risks.

What counts as a drink?

What’s a “standard” drink?

How many drinks are in common containers?

What’s your pattern?

What’s low-risk drinking?

What’s “at-risk” or “heavy” drinking?

What’s the harm?

What are the risks?

INTERESTING ATTRACTIONS

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Event: Finding Your Best Investigative Business Story
When: February 5, 2013
Where: Online
The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism presents the free webinar, “Finding Your Best Investigative Business Story.” Pulitzer winner Michael J. Berens of The Seattle Times leads this one-hour webinar on finding, developing and pitching investigative story ideas. For more information, please visit the main webinar page: http://bit.ly/U6Nknd

Event: Retirement Issues Fellowship 2013
When: April 7-10, 2013 (February 11 deadline)
Where: Washington, D.C.

MEDIA EMPLOYMENT

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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
BEST BOY
BOOM PERSON
CAMERAMAN, CINEMATOGRAPHER,
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, or FIRST CAMERAMAN
CAMERA OPERATOR
CATERER
COSTUME DESIGNER
CRAFT SERVICE PERSON/ CRAFTY
DAY PLAYER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA PERSON
GAFFER or CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
GRIP
LINE PRODUCER
LOCATION MANAGER
PARKING COORDINATOR
PARKING PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (PA)
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (PA)
PROP MASTER
SCRIPT ADVISER
SECOND ASSISTANT CAMERA PERSON or LOADER
SECOND TEAM
SET DECORATOR
SET PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (PA)
SPECIAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
STAND IN

FAVORITE SUPERBOWL ADS

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TV Commercials for Super Bowl XLVII cost around $4 million for 30 seconds. The following are the 10 spots that made the most of their half-minute in the spotlight.

Budweiser: Brotherhood
A beautiful Clydesdale is raised by and then reunited with the trainer who raised it. If you found yourself misting up, you weren't alone. Twitter was full of crying confessions.

Oreo: Whisper fight
What starts out as a whisper-fight in a library turns into an out-of-control melee. At least the lunatics remember to use their indoor voices throughout. Manners count for something.

ROSA PARKS 100 ANNIVERSARY

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Emmett Till... Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an African-American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement". Celebrate Rosa as she wanted to be remembered. "I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people."

1913Rosa Louis McCauley born in Tuskegee, Alabama
1931Rosa becomes highly active in defending the Scottsboro Boys
1932Rosa Louis McCauley weds Raymond Parks

SUPERBOWL AND RIVALRIES

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Just about everybody knows today's Super Bowl XLVII features coaching brothers Jim and John Harbaugh, but not everyone is aware this game includes son versus father.

23 year old Jay is a coaching intern for Baltimore. He works for his uncle, John, head coach of the Ravens, while his dad coaches SF49ers.
Since there's been other brother vs. brother competitions in history, (more about that later) these Super Bowl teams John Harbaugh in Baltimore and Jim Harbaugh in San Francisco have both arrived at this point with no resemblance.

This Week in Her and History

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This Week in History, Feb 3 - Feb 9

Feb 03, 2005
Gonzales becomes first Hispanic U.S. attorney general. Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as the nation's first Hispanic attorney general despite protests over his record on torture. The Senate approved his nomination on a largely party-line vote of 60-36, reflecting a split between Republicans and Democrats over whether the administration's counter-terrorism policies had led to the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and elsewhere. Shortly after the Senate vote, Vice President Dick Cheney swore in Gonzales as attorney general in a small ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. President Bush, who was traveling, called to congratulate him.

SNOW KIDDING

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No kidding, it's snowing again in New York City. The Big Apple is to receive just under two inches through 7pm Sunday.

This light snowfall across most of the area now should be changing over to freezing rain out west and sleet.

SMART SNACKS TIPS

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When it comes to eating healthfully, fresh fruits and vegetables are pretty much a slam dunk. Including packaged foods in a healthful diet is trickier. But it isn’t impossible if you learn how to use the Nutrition Facts on the package to judge the quality of the food inside. The vitamin or mineral content is less important as a basis for buying a product unless everything else adds up to a healthy choice.

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