Tourism Libel: Write it here, get sued there

In the UK, Tourism Libel is a term used in cases where a defendant charging someone with libel is either not from Britain, or the person charged with libel is not, or neither are from Britain. Although, the publication must have been released in Britain for the High Court to accept the case. The Lord Chancellor has set up a working group to review these cases in the media or other types of publication to ensure they are truly cases of libel.

One of the first cases of true ‘Tourism Libel’ can be traced back to Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1990 when he used the High Court to sue British author Wendy Leigh, when she used sensitive and unverified material in an unauthorized biography about Schwarzenegger.

You won our 8th Gold, but NO DRINKING ALLOWED!

As celebration of the victory over the US women team went on in team Canada’s locker room last night, some players may have become over exuberant.

Included in the festivities were cigars, champagne, beer and underage drinking. One of the players Marie-Philip Poulin is 18 and was not of legal age to be drinking alcohol in BC. Of course this has caused some great ‘controversy’ and as has been the trend lately throughout the Olympics, Canada has been feeling the heat from the media over it already.

Naptime for Adults?

A recent study shows that naps in the middle of the day actually help move information retained into the long term memory.

A report done by National Geographic showed that the study, lead by Matthew Walker of the University of California, proved that when learning everyday tasks taking a nap will actually assist the person in remembering how to complete these tasks later on. While also freeing up space for new tasks to be learned.