The Most Effective Hangover Cures

Eat a packet of crisps before you go to sleep. Get on the Drinks again the next day. Absorb the alcohol up with a big old fashioned fry up that include Sausages and Bacon. When it comes down to it though, everyone has their own method for curing it.

Here are my most effective ones I'm going to list below, and the least effective so called 'myths' that you should totally and utterly avoid at all costs.

Truths!

• Start eating before you get yourself on the session, having food in your belly - especially carbohydrates and starchy stuff like Rice and Pasta slow down the absorption time of alcohol into the bloodstream.

• Try and avoid mixing your drinks, such as vodka, JD etc. Because really it will only make you end up drinking more.

• Follow  up every glass of alcohol you have with an average sized glass of water to keep healthy and hydrated. Also try have a glass before you fall asleep as it can seriously work wonders.

Myths you should avoid!

• Eating foods that contain alot of saturated fats/fat. Because alcohol causes blood sugar levels to decrease which actually plays a prank on your body into believing that it needs more calories in its system. We all crave the fattening foods as they are purely the most heavy type of energy but in truth though, we don't feel any better after consumption.

• Having a glass of water the day after your drinking session. This actually won't help get rid of the alcohol, ofcourse yes, you can say it will help to a certain extent but it's certainly more vital you drink the water whilst drinking on the same day/night.

• Deciding to eat before bedtime does NOT shrink the alcohol in your stomach, the only way this method could ever be acceptable is if  the food's already in your belly.

So there you have it, just a few of the tips i've came across that have happened to be proven by professional doctors. I hope you all had a very happy christmas and a new year and if you're like me, you'll be onto the New Years resolutions to get off the drink and to the gym!

We'll see how that gets on... Ha!

What is Christmas anyway?

Christmas is the performance of Jesus Christ self-effacing birth to a virgin in a stable in Jerusalem. The time off also celebrates the proceedings neighboring his birth, such as an angel’s emergence to shepherds, telling them to visit the newborn son of God.  Even though the Church doesn’t judge it the most important Christian holiday, Christmas is certainly the most accepted, at least in terms of cultural and social importance.

The Church are of the believe that the events later in Jesus’s life should be the focal point, but we don’t even consider it all that noteworthy.  Neither the New Testament nor any historical record know the exact birth of Jesus Christ himself. As a consequence, the Church originally contemplated many dissimilar dates, including January 2, April 18th, April 19th,  May 28th, November 17th, and November 20 and the 28th. The Western Church first observed December 25 in the fourth century, and eventually the churches in the East followed this idea.

Christmas does have it’s genesis as a pagan holiday. Most of the old traditional ideas of Christmas, such as gift giving, Christmas decoration hanging, and  eating, come from sources other than the Church.

The origin of Santa Claus comes from many different sources. The initial known insight of the legend comes from the fourth century in the form of Saint Nicholas of Myra, a Greek Christian figure known for his kindness to the less fortunate. The American’s description of Santa Claus  from research do seem to have originated from a Dutch fairy tale about ‘Sinter Klaas’, which people brought to America in roughly the seventeenth century. Americans really did embrace the thought of Santa Claus, who was apparently said to have delivered gifts to good boys and girls on Christmas Eve, which is something we’ve went by ever since. A lot of Americans, Santa Claus epitomises the spirit of giving of Christmas.  In order to celebrate the Christmas of Santa Claus during the Christmas holidays, many do not only give presents to loved ones but they also donate charity work and also gifts in the form of gift boxes to the less fortunate ones.

 And on that note if you took all of that in, i'd like to wish all my happy viewers a Merry Christmas!

Why I feel Stanley Kubrick is the best director of all time

 Some would probably turn and say "strange and difficult to comprehend". Others would say "Daring,Superb, genius but a stubborn man" The late great Stanley Kubrick was labelled a lot of things during his tenure but one thing no man could ever doubt was his unbelievable talent for his contribution to cinema.

So for this blog post i've dedicated it as to why I firmly believe this man is the best director of all time.

• He was a monster and 'nailed' every genre of film. Dr Strangelove, the Shining, 2001: Space Odyssey.
 

But the way I feel his stories are used to full range of equipment a filmmaker has at their retention is unmatched even to this day over 25 years on. Kubrick embraced the art of cinema as a intermediate that could be twisted in any way he desired, unlike any other form of art you come across, with the use of music, brightness, conversation, actors and masterpiece. It is nothing.

His films I believe have been picked apart by film scholars (like myself) and the casual movie watchers alike for years now and their is still no one single general agreement as to what any of them mean. That speaks volumes to Kubrick’s brilliance by showing his complete mastery of the standard of cinema.

 

I believe if you are passionate about film making or even just a casual watcher. Then films such as The Shining, 2001: Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange are films you MUST see.

The Basics to C++

The C code programming language is a well admired and commonly used programming language for creating programs on the computers we use daily. Programmers however much of a bad reputation they may have for the Geekyness of themselves! Around the world grip C code purely since it gives the user utmost control and efficiency to the person programming. If you are already a programmer then you probably don’t have to read this bit, though if you are interested in becoming a programmer, there are a few benefits you will gain if you begin learning C code:

 • You will become intelligent enough to read and write the coding language for a large number of different platforms -- the whole lot from micro controllers to the most superior technical systems can be written in C, also if you didn’t already know many modern operating systems are also written in C.


• The leap to the object related C++ language becomes a great deal easier. C++ is an expansion of C, and I believe it is nearly impossible to learn C++ without learning C in the first place. So you’ll probably be thinking What is C? C is the shortened name for computer programming language. Which basically means that you can use C coding to create different types of lists of instructions for computers to follow.

C is currently one of the many thousands of programming languages currently in use in the programming world. C’s existence has been around for a few decades now and has won extensive recognition because it gives the programmers utmost control and effectiveness. C is quite a simple language language for the user to learn in terms of ease of use, it’s a little more mysterious and strange in it’s style than some of the different languages around but you should get passed that barrier quite quickly if you stick to it.

Favourite Music Album of 2013

1. Born Sinner - J Cole
On his second album, J. Cole represents a self confident man who has come along way since being the first man to be signed to Jay Z's Roc Nation label. He believes he’s a front runner in the hip-hop game and constantly recognizes his idols in his new album such as Tupac and Biggie Smalls which you can hear in songs such as the introduction to the track Villuminati. For Jermaine it's always about delivering an album that cements his position at the top of the Rap Game. And Born Sinner definitely gives that. He isn’t just competing with those around him, but also his idols and the rappers at the top of the game most notably the controversial big headed Kanye West.

He pushed back the release of Born Sinner  a week to coincide with the release of his album Yeezus, something addressed in Forbidden Fruit which features Kendrick.  In the end Yeezus ended up selling around roughly 30k copies more than J Coles Born Sinner; which in all honesty is a bit of a joke, but then again Kanye appeals more to the more mainstream audience and has been around longer than J. Cole, in 3 years he's come so far and I believe their is so much more to come from him.



Personally speaking I love the way J. Cole opens his album saying “Sometimes I brag like Hov, sometimes i’m real like Pac”, which sets a example for what we’re going to hear the album. He takes upon various different styles and attitudes in the album, from this incredibly self confident man who’s willing to  go to war with Kanye West in terms of Album sales, to an artist who is some what depressed  and very light hearted and timid. This can be seen in one of the  most recognisable and mainstream  songs, Let Nas Down & the track called Power Trip, which we hear Jermaine rap about his admiration for Nas, basically saying from (quote taken from his song “Let Nas Down”) he used to “print out Nas raps and tape them up on my wall”. This respect for him is followed by his regret on hearing that Nas hated his single Work Out, which Jermaine has stated many times that he regrets making because he was viewed as a ‘Sell out’ in that respect and wasn’t the real J. Cole which I believe all true J.Cole fans would relate too.

It’s a very personal song  which I believe allows us to see another side of Jermaine. For all we hear about how rappers are talking about their new chains, being from the hood, and not caring about how much they spend. Jermaine is a refreshing change to the Hip Hop world and is the realest thing I’ve seen since the days of Pac and Biggie.
 
Kudos Jermaine, keep it going.

 

5 of the Best Exercises You Should Be Doing

1. OVERHEAD SQUAT

What It Works
Total body core, with stress on legs.

Why it is important
The overhead squat improves stability and quality throughout the body by targeting weak spots within the back and legs. I feel that having the bar held upwards up over your head brings the burden further from your center of gravity and challenges your core stability even more than the standard back squat, at a fraction of the burden.

 

 

 

 

2. CABLE FACE PULL

What It Works
Your traps and rear deltoids

Why I feel it’s vital
Poor posture may be a common downside among the final population from being in unerect positions at a table, and plenty of back problems square measure a result. To combat this,  I feel you should use the cable face up which will  facilitate that tough-to-reach rear-delt space and improve upper-back symmetry.

3. Exercising Weight HIP THRUST

What It Works
Your Glutes

Why i feel it’s vital
Building robust and powerful legs square measure usually attributable to the squat and deadlift with the help of well-developed glutes. However, overuse of these exercises will strain the lower back. I suggest the utilization of the exercising weight hip thrust due to its ability to larger isolate the glutes than each the squat and also the deadlift.

4. DUMBBELL FLOOR PRESS

What It Works
Chest, shoulders and striated muscle.

Why I feel it’s vital

There's a point in a traditional bench press where weak triceps cause the the bar gets stuck—this is known as a "sticking point." Dumbbell floor presses help eliminate the sticking point by using your arms through a movement pattern that strengthens the triceps at its weakest point. 

5.  The High Step Up

 

What It Trains

The Quadriceps, glutes, and core

Why I think it’s important

I believe the squat is what you should be putting your focus into, and the high stepup is the key. The high stepup will heavily improve imbalances on both of the sides of your body,  which resultingly will improve your overall squat control and power.

 

Did you know?: Arsenal Facts

1. The biggest attendance at Highbury was 73,295 against Sunderland in an old Division 1 game played on the 9th of March 1935.

2. First English team to beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, AC Milan & Inter Milan at the San Siro.


3.  Arsenal won 14 straight league games from February 2002 till August 2002, which still today is the longest winning streak in Premier League history.

4. When Arsenal went through the entire 2003/04 premier league season unbeaten, they completed an immaculate season and were since renown as the 'The Invincibles'. It is an achievement that has never been matched before and has not been matched since the inception of the Premier League.

5.  Arsenal’s youngest goalscorer remains world class midfielder Cesc Fabregas.When he tapped in a goal in the Carling Cup against Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 2003, he was aged just a mere 16 years and 212 days.

6.  Completing a domestic double is an unbelievable achievement. It requires consistency, class and mental strength of the highest order. Not only must you have the mental strength to cope with the rigours of  a 38-game league season, but you must also face the risks of the cup competitions.

7. Arsenal share the record with Man Utd of achieving the League and FA Cup double on three separate occasions. The Gunners completed the feat in 1971 which we were famously reknown for winning it at White Hart Lane, 1998 and 2002 when we took the crown of Manchester United on their on backyard.

On the 27th February 2010, every Arsenal fan in the world watched in horror as Ryan Shawcross ploughed through the bone of Aaron Ramsey’s leg.

“But has [Ramsey's] rise been a typical, gradual one?

Despite being over three years ago,the trauma of that day lives on. Yet, today I will review how that same player recovered in a way which today sees him as one of Arsenal’s most influential assets. He looks confident, more threatening and has certainly turned a corner in terms of his impact on the game.
But has his rise been a typical, gradual one? Or has he suddenly erupted with talent after months of dormancy? I’d argue that the latter is true – and here’s why.
- See more at: http://www.theclockend.com/featured/the-rise-of-aaron-ramsey#sthash.t9yPTtc0.dpuf