Some news stories relating to Adderall. FINALLY someone is talking about its abuse (use?) at colleges! I was looking for articles on this ~6mo ago and couldn’t find anything!
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Archive for October, 2006
A really interesting piece on the ADD that I highly recommend: http://www.hyperfast.homestead.com/notdisorder.html
8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 23
Protesters Occupy Ledge Above Federal Agency
To Demand Action on Global WarmingStandoff with Police Occurs at NOAA Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD; Protesters Block Main Entrance, Denounce Bush Climate Policies
And I did it all by myself! I figured out a super clever way to get it to work… (haha)
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So yeah, basically, I downloaded Q (Qemu packaged for mac osx) which at first, didn’t work on its own (you can actually download reactos from within Q, but it always froze upon completion.)
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA
PRESS RELEASE
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Amnesty International Profoundly Disappointed By Congress’ Passage of Detainee Legislation
Bill Provides More Confusion — Not Clarity
(Washington, DC) — Amnesty International is deeply concerned that today’s passage of legislation by the U.S. Senate calls into question the United States’ commitment to fundamental principles of justice and fair trials. The “Military Commissions Act,” first approved by the House on Wednesday, fails to provide clarification of basic standards for treatment of persons in detention. Instead the bill adds more confusion where illumination was sought.
“Many have looked to the United States, as the world’s sole superpower, to set the standard for human rights,” said Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA Executive Director. “However, today Congress has sent the wrong message by refusing to affirm basic, universal standards recognized under human rights and humanitarian law. Rather than steering a clear course to uphold established standards of U.S. and international law, the bill creates new standards that appear to fall short and raise questions about the U.S. government’s commitment to American values of due process and integrity.
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“Does pain have a place of sacred no return?”
Global Sludge Ends in Tragedy for Ivory Coast - New York Times:
How that slick, a highly toxic cocktail of petrochemical waste and caustic soda, ended up in Mr. Oudrawogol’s backyard in a suburb north of Abidjan is a dark tale of globalization. It came from a Greek-owned tanker flying a Panamanian flag and leased by the London branch of a Swiss trading corporation whose fiscal headquarters are in the Netherlands. Safe disposal in Europe would have cost about $300,000, or perhaps twice that, counting the cost of delays. But because of decisions and actions made not only here but also in Europe, it was dumped on the doorstep of some of the world’s poorest people.
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French, Dutch and British toxic-waste experts and oil traders said it can be easily ascertained that Ivory Coast has no facilities capable of handling high-level toxic waste…
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So far eight people have died, dozens have been hospitalized and 85,000 have sought medical attention, paralyzing the fragile health care system in a country divided and impoverished by civil war, and the crisis has forced a government shakeup.
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“The whole procedure was illegal, first allowing the waste in, then pumping it back on board and letting the ship leave without any licenses,” said Eco Matser, a chemist and expert in toxic waste at Greenpeace.
Enough to make me sick.
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re: Jealousy
On second look, the OED definition is pretty good, though unfortunately there ayrnt anie keeul kuoits ehn Middyl Inglysh… (at least that fit this particular sense):
4. The state of mind arising from the suspicion, apprehension, or knowledge of rivalry: a. in love, etc.: Fear of being supplanted in the affection, or distrust of the fidelity, of a beloved person, esp. a wife, husband, or lover.
b. in respect of success or advantage: Fear of losing some good through the rivalry of another; resentment or ill-will towards another on account of advantage or superiority, possible or actual, on his part; envy, grudge.
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