Today in the News:
– Research Suggests that Cannabis Use in Teens leads to Irreparable Drop in IQ
– Governer Cuomo Demands a probe into hurricane bonuses
– and a European Court ruled, that Ukraine violated Tymoshenko’s rights
New research shows, that Cannabis users who start smoking the drug as adolescents show an irreparable decline in IQ, with more persistent use linked to a greater decline. On the other hand, adult-onset cannabis use is not linked to a decline in IQ. According to lead investigator Madeline H. Meier, from Duke University, the results suggest that adolescents are particularly vulnerable to develop cognitive impairment from cannabis and that the drug, can have severe neurotoxic effects on the adolescent brain. So basically if you start smoking weed on a regular basis before you turn 18, there is a high chance you will become and remain more stupid than you could be, for the rest of your life. But the good news is that the study suggests, that if you start smoking cannabis after 18 years of age, your IQ will not be diminished.
Gov. Cuomo has ordered an investigation into fat bonuses Con Ed executives hauled in as a reward for the their handling of Hurricane Sandy — a storm response that he called “a complete failure.” And Cuomo wants the PSC to make sure that the cost of paying out $614,000 in bonuses is not passed on to the utility’s rate payers in New York City and Westchester County. Cuomo wants to make sure the abysmal performance by utility companies during the storm, will not be rewarded.
European judges have ruled, that Ukraine’s pre-trial detention of its ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011 was “arbitrary and unlawful” and her right to a legal review was violated. She was jailed for seven years for abuse of office over a gas deal. Today’s verdict does not overturn her prison sentence, but the ECHR will examine that verdict later, in a separate case. Tymoshenko was a key figure in Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution and went on to become prime minister twice. In 2009, she signed a 10-year contract for the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine. At her trial two years later, prosecutors argued that she had not obtained the approval of her cabinet to sign the deal, and that it had proved ruinous for the Ukrainian economy. The Strasbourg-based ECHR found that Tymoshenko’s detention ahead of her trial had violated her right to liberty and security because it had been ordered for an indefinite period of time. That’s just how things are done in former Soviet Union.
Today in the News:
– Research Suggests that Cannabis Use in Teens leads to Irreparable Drop in IQ
– Governer Cuomo Demands a probe into hurricane bonuses
– and a European Court ruled, that Ukraine violated Tymoshenko’s rights
New research shows, that Cannabis users who start smoking the drug as adolescents show an irreparable decline in IQ, with more persistent use linked to a greater decline. On the other hand, adult-onset cannabis use is not linked to a decline in IQ. According to lead investigator Madeline H. Meier, from Duke University, the results suggest that adolescents are particularly vulnerable to develop cognitive impairment from cannabis and that the drug, can have severe neurotoxic effects on the adolescent brain. So basically if you start smoking weed on a regular basis before you turn 18, there is a high chance you will become and remain more stupid than you could be, for the rest of your life. But the good news is that the study suggests, that if you start smoking cannabis after 18 years of age, your IQ will not be diminished.
Gov. Cuomo has ordered an investigation into fat bonuses Con Ed executives hauled in as a reward for the their handling of Hurricane Sandy — a storm response that he called “a complete failure.” And Cuomo wants the PSC to make sure that the cost of paying out $614,000 in bonuses is not passed on to the utility’s rate payers in New York City and Westchester County. Cuomo wants to make sure the abysmal performance by utility companies during the storm, will not be rewarded.
European judges have ruled, that Ukraine’s pre-trial detention of its ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011 was “arbitrary and unlawful” and her right to a legal review was violated. She was jailed for seven years for abuse of office over a gas deal. Today’s verdict does not overturn her prison sentence, but the ECHR will examine that verdict later, in a separate case. Tymoshenko was a key figure in Ukraine’s 2004 Orange Revolution and went on to become prime minister twice. In 2009, she signed a 10-year contract for the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine. At her trial two years later, prosecutors argued that she had not obtained the approval of her cabinet to sign the deal, and that it had proved ruinous for the Ukrainian economy. The Strasbourg-based ECHR found that Tymoshenko’s detention ahead of her trial had violated her right to liberty and security because it had been ordered for an indefinite period of time. That’s just how things are done in former Soviet Union.