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Comment on Modafinil by admin

admin — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:42:28 +0000

“Eugeroic simply means “good arousal,” but eugeroics form a unique class of
drugs, which contain only two at present, those being adrafinil and modafinil,
(both of which have been developed by Lafon Laboratories of France).”

Modafinil was developed in France. Yet a US company Cephalon bought it and used all the patent protection it could find on the books, to restrict its use anywhere on the planet that it could reach – while charging the American people and government an exorbitant price that very few individuals can afford. It reportedly spent around 300 million dollars to keep other US companies from introducing generics into the market, so that it could reap its vast profits for a few more years. For that illegal action it has been sued by the FDA. But do not hold your breath. Where profits of 5 billion dollars by illegal action are allowed – plenty money will be found to silence agencies and courts. Meantime the American citizens still cling to the beliefs that government and courts are there to protect their pursuit of happiness,.

Comment on Judges Reject Release Of Guantanamo Bay Detainee by Admin

Admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:45:32 +0000

Perhaps it is because I was born abroad – and I realize that most of
you are too busy making a living: but I can’t seem to understand what it
was about law school, or even several years of appellate practice that
prepared judges to be experts on when to release a prisoner while a war
still hot and without clear rules, still rages. Of course I had the same
trouble in law school understanding what gave Justice Holmes the
capacity to decide at what point there was clear and present danger from
an active member of the communist party – even when the declared object
and tactics of that party were clearly announced. At what point did our
profession assume the responsibility that rightly belongs to those
publicly charged. I have a nagging feeling that something is going very
wrong, and that some horrible national disaster waits upon some present
or future judicial decision.

This is a legal question – not a political one. And I do not expect any
answer. But I do think that as lawyers we ought to be worried about it.

Comment on Sam Harris (author) – Sam who? by admin

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:07:30 +0000

Heard Sam Harris for the first time on NPR Science Friday with Ira Plato on 111/05/2010. Did not know anything about him. Found out I did not miss much. Difficult to understand – as it was difficult to grasp what he meant by science and scientific knowledge at any one time. What were blatantly clear were his emotions. An undisguised hate of Christian belief and Dogma – and of Islam as well as I soon realized. The science he preaches is not democratic – he said as much – meaning that it was the truth whether a community accepted it or not – and it would flourish in spite of it. His statements often threatening in tone. As the e-meter was the measure of truth for scientologists, so would scientific procedures such as neuro-scanning establish scientific moral value for all.
God – if you are there: help us from his kind of truth!

Comment on The poet and author Reinhold Schneider by Admin

Admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:49:33 +0000

This was the starting point of a sermon by Austrian Cardianal Schoenborn – as he explained the nature of God and the reality of evil

Comment on Pavos Nocturnus by admin

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:31:34 +0000

Night terrors

This is synonymous with sleep terror disorder. Disordered arousal occurs during NREM sleep, causing extreme panic and loud screams/movement. A sudden arousal from non-dreaming sleep occurs, usually about 90 minutes or so after falling asleep. There is often an accompanying scream or shout. There may be symptoms of increased sympathetic outflow. Initially the patient may be unresponsive and tends to be confused, disoriented and unable to recall what has caused them to wake. There may be nonsense or indistinct speech, and bed-wetting. The sufferer may hit/throw objects or leave the bedroom. There is little or no subsequent recall of events.

Comment on Pavos Nocturnus by admin

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:20:19 +0000

References

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Comment on Daniel H. Pink – Right Brain by afiore

afiore — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:11:36 +0000

Pink’s best-known work is A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, a New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller and has been translated into 18 languages. In this book, he argues that today’s workplace has shifted from an “Information Age” that valued knowledge workers to a “Conceptual Age” that values creativity and right-brain-directed (R-directed) aptitudes. Consequently creators and empathizers have the competitive advantage in today’s economy, he argues. Pink considers six R-Directed aptitudes to be most critical to success: design, story, symphony, empathy, play, and meaning. By developing and cultivating these six “senses,” he writes, workers can increase their value in today’s workplace.

Pink’s most recent book, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, is the first American business book in the Japanese comic format known as manga[2]. Illustrated by Wisconsin-based illustrator Rob Ten Pa, The Adventures of Johnny Bunko is a career guide that tells the fictional story of a creative young man who is stuck in a dead-end job that he leaves him bored and uninspired. By accidentally conjuring a genie/career counselor one night when working late, Bunko learns six lessons that she considers essential for thriving in the world of work: (1) There is no plan; (2) Think strengths, not weaknesses; (3) It’s not about you; (4) Persistence trumps talent; (5) Make excellent mistakes; and (6) Leave an imprint. Pink wrote The Adventures of Johnny Bunko after winning a Japan Society Media Fellowship in 2007 that took him to Tokyo to study the manga industry.

Pink’s first book is Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself. In this book Pink summarizes the changing definition of employment and describes the economic and psychological forces that he argues have shifted the workplace in favor of the free agent. The original idea for this book came from a cover story Pink wrote in Fast Company about the growth of free agency.[3] The overwhelming response he received to this article inspired him to travel across America interviewing hundreds independent workers. Free Agent Nation is Pink’s synthesis of these interviews with a review of literature on labor.

[edit] Books

* 2008: The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need, ISBN: 978-1594482915
* 2006: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, ISBN: 978-1594481710
* 2001: Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself, ISBN: 978-0446678797