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...eyed, having not slept for 24 hours. Aside from being unfair, it can also, like steroids, pose health problems to those that use it. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recently voted in favor of putting warning labels on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) drugs such as Adderall akin to those on cigarette boxes, noting that these drugs increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and sudden death. It is true that ADHD is a difficult disorder to diagnose. Informed patients can easily bluff their way into a diagnosis with a correct enactment of symptoms. And we still have...
...substantial primary responsibility for preparedness,” she added. Education and awareness about disaster management at all levels would leave the country better able to cope with challenges, Townsend said, creating a “culture of preparedness.” She stressed the creation of preparedness campaigns akin to “Stop, Drop, and Roll” and “Buckle Up America” in order to increase the public’s disaster readiness. And in response to an audience member’s question, Townsend denied that a constant concern with preparedness would...
...includes (minimal) dialogue in some untranslatable language. Anyone familiar with the bizarre works of Jim Woodring, who specializes in creating mute, inexplicable worlds of beauty and danger, will immediately see kinship between the two authors. The book looks, at arm's length, like something for kids, with cute characters akin to Pokemon, interacting in a colorful environment. But a closer read reveals a cruel world of domination and subjugation that often involves weird forms of violence. "Why is the purple guy having his skin torn off by the orange one," may be a typically unwanted and unanswerable question...
There may be some in the department who would prefer to scrap the sophomore tutorial altogether and substitute some sort of additional distributional requirement in its place—a move akin to the History department’s decision to knock off the History 10a requirement. Certainly such a move would please faculty who view teaching Gob 97b—or nearly any course that does not closely align with a particular research interest—as a “service” task. We urge the government department not to submit to this temptation...
...question is exactly what triggered this battle and who fought it. Sunni community leaders claim that local residents grabbed whatever weapons they had to defend their homes from a sectarian attack by Shi'ite militias in government uniforms. They say night guards, akin to an armed neighborhood watch, fired back at roaming gunmen strafing them as they stood watch. However, American officers say the men they ended up fighting weren't mere homeowners. They used the fire and movement techniques of trained soldiers. "These guys who stood and fought were not just neighborhood types," says Markos, a steely artillery officer...