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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 8, 2010 16:23:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2010 12:56:07 GMT
Well, I regretted my Gambia guess as soon as I had said it, because of the Muslim influence there. For some reason Tonga was floating aroud in my mind right from the beginning, but again with no logic at all. Tonga or Togo?? No! I thought of Tonga because they seem to produce an awful lot of enormous rugby players for such a tiny island. But that probably just exposes my prejudices about rugby players. What is the answer, anyway? - Oh, I see you have supplied it! I would never have guessed.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 11, 2010 20:21:39 GMT
I thought of Tonga because they seem to produce an awful lot of enormous rugby players for such a tiny island. But that probably just exposes my prejudices about rugby players. What is the answer, anyway? - Oh, I see you have supplied it! I would never have guessed. I just posted a pic of an actor, who has nothing to do with the thread's question!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2010 21:28:26 GMT
For some reason I thought he was the chap who played a character who was rather too prominent in the unfortunate recent history of the country I think has the dubious honour of winning the prize......
(still with me?)
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 11, 2010 21:31:12 GMT
For some reason I thought he was the chap who played a character who was rather too prominent in the unfortunate recent history of the country I think has the dubious honour of winning the prize...... (still with me?) Yeah he played a role, but he wasn't that role!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2010 8:43:24 GMT
Well I've googled, so I'm out of it. I suspect a lot of others have too!
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 12, 2010 21:15:39 GMT
Well feel free to give it away SkyLark or anyone.. Seems like no one's trying to take a guess anymore. I have an interesting radio audio link on this.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 14, 2010 12:35:45 GMT
It looks like everyone here googled up the answer or has given up. I listen to npr radio in Germany and heard this radio broadcast, which surprised me. www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=122123930&m=122142407 Uganda is truly an African anachronism since Africa as a whole consumes less alcohol than the other continents.
The Wikipedia link has a more recent map of alcohol consumption worldwide and it's noteworthy that alcohol consumption in Russia and certain former Soviet states has dropped dramatically since the 2003 statistics were released. Yes and Luxembourg as motorist noted is probably wrongfully in 2nd place!en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption QUOTE: Liters of pure alcohol consumed yearly by the average inhabitant ( citizen ? ) 1 Uganda ...........19.47 2 Luxembourg........ 17.54 3 Czech Republic....16.21 4 Ireland................ 14.45 5 Moldova.............. 13.88 6 Hungary............... 13.60 7 France.................. 13.54
earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/302 thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/2009/06/Alcohol_consumption_per_capita_world_map.PNG´
www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427303.500-who-launches-worldwide-war-on-booze.html www.newscientist.com/articleimages/mg20427303.500/2-who-launches-worldwide-war-on-booze.html www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=122123930&m=122142407
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122123930 QUOTE: January 1, 2010 The World Health Organization named the people of Uganda the world's No. 1 consumers of alcoholic beverages in 2004.
Ugandans quibble with that ranking. But none would dispute the fact that alcohol consumption in the country — where homemade brews can be stronger than lightning in a bottle — is a public nuisance.
Uganda's land is so fertile that anything can grow there — cassava, sugar cane, millet, potatoes, wheat, bananas, even hops — and farmers harvest the same crops two or three times a year. Then, the harvests are often brewed into strong, and sometimes deadly, alcohol.
Why else would a drink be called "Kill Me Quick"?
Literally, Picking Your Poison
Sheila Ndyanabangi, a medical officer in the nation's Ministry of Health, says there have been at least 50 deaths related to home-brewed alcohol this year.
"People brew at home. People brew in a garden. People brew in a garage somewhere. So they have no means of testing how much alcohol is in the contents of what they've produced. And then they go on and sell it directly to the people to consume," she says.
The availability and consumption of home-brewed alcohol isn't Uganda's biggest public health concern, but it makes every problem that much worse: HIV, domestic violence, car crashes.
Ndyanabangi is working on a new alcohol policy to better regulate the entire industry. Beer manufacturers in the country say consumption of local brews is four times what they sell. And local brewers often boost their drinks with beer or marijuana — or the same stuff that goes into race cars at the Indianapolis 500: methanol.
"And some of them who didn't die are blind. They remained blind," says Ndyanabangi, explaining that the high levels of methanol in the home-brewed drink can kill the optic nerve.
Brewing In The Slums
In an outlying slum of Kampala, Acholi women from northern Uganda work stills behind wooden shacks at the bottom of a treacherous hill. The smell is as strong as a team of horses. At 11 a.m., their husbands are already lit.
They came to Kampala looking for jobs. But they've ended up doing exactly what they were doing up north. Florence Adong makes her brews in big oil drums.
"It doesn't take me long because I'm used to it. In a day, I can make two drums, in the morning and in the evening," she says.
The Acholi women make their home brew with cassava leaves — no malt, no yeast. The Ateso people from the east make theirs with millet — plus malt, plus yeast. In Central Uganda, they make theirs with bananas.
Moses Musisi says many locals are masterful at making delicious brews, and he should know. As Uganda's first brewmaster, Musisi has a keen palette. He works for a multinational brewing company.
"You'll also find there are families who have been brewing over generations as well. The knowledge is being passed on from person to person," he says.
Nile Breweries could not be more different from the slums of Kampala. First of all, the brewery is tidy. There is constant testing of the brews. There is a "no drinking on the premises" policy. And they can fill 38,000 bottles an hour.
In The End, Alcoholism's Universality
It's hard to say why Ugandans drink as much as they do. Some believe it's cultural and begins when people drop homemade brew on a newborn baby's tongue. Drunkenness is also one of the few publicly accepted vices.
But alcoholism is a disease. And for those who want to quit drinking, there's a sparsely attended Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in downtown Kampala.
It takes less than one meeting to unlock the secret of Ugandan drinking. The secret is: There is no secret. As the cars lurch and screech outside, the participants talk about the same things alcoholics talk about across the globe: loneliness, loss and so many dreams deferred.
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Post by motorist on Jan 14, 2010 13:19:37 GMT
I wouldn't have guessed Uganda in a million, and I am very surprised Russia wasn't among the top 7
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Jan 17, 2010 7:05:00 GMT
I wouldn't have guessed Uganda in a million, and I am very surprised Russia wasn't among the top 7 Hi Motorist! Yeah i NEVER would have guessed Uganda either! I was surprised too that Russia, according to the Wiki link with the 2008 standings was at Number 23 Russia 10.58 10.32 Well below Germany ( number 9 ) and England ( number 18 ). The USA ia at number 43.
On the 2003 map that i posted the Russians were still among the leading alcohol consumers. I heard that beer was being promoted in Russia to replace hard drinks, like Vodka.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2010 7:55:18 GMT
Looking at the per head alcohol consumption figures, my guess at Tonga was way out; non the less, the authorities out there are worried about under-age drinking (I may have seen an article about it, hence my wild and way out guess).
If people are brewing their own, as in Uganda, it must be very difficult to make an accurate assessment of the amount of pure alcohol they are puring down their throats
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