News for today's 2018: 12/02/12

Jayman is Ready to Lead the Hogs to Victory!

9:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />Hola y’all! As you may or may not know, the University of Arkansas is in the process of hiring a new head football coach. I don’t know what was so bad about the one they had, but I guess they felt the need to get a new one. Oh wait. I do know what was so bad about him. Never mind on that. Anyway, I thought I would use this wildly popular blog as a way of publicly applying for the job. I have many great qualities that I think the UofA should be looking for. <br /><br />- I can spell both “Arkansas” and “Razorbacks” without any assistance.<br /><br />- I can find Fayetteville, AR on a map as well as at least 12 of the other 13 teams in the SEC. I’ve never made any attempt to find out where Auburn is, so I would have to look that school up.<br /><br />- I have a southern accent so I will fit in.<br /><br />- I LOVE fried chicken and potato salad so I’ll have no problem going all the football banquets all over the state.<br /><br />- As a world famous internet radio star, I have excellent communication skills and would have no trouble dealing with the brutal Arkansas media.<br /><br />- I have the most sincere and undeniable dislike of the University of Alabama of any candidate for the job.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYpA0_29TNC4338htobz0ocTyJHk_YK2VsupfSdtoEC2vdV7HWZTBh5YDal78-_H7_2_piGOJfx4ItRPrf8rvBJy4yOnnkaWaJ5wWgA3MDwmEmZ_8E6QmEZpxQgceoGHq2vyWwBfcUhE/s1600/Erin+Andrews+Nude+Legs+Hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrYpA0_29TNC4338htobz0ocTyJHk_YK2VsupfSdtoEC2vdV7HWZTBh5YDal78-_H7_2_piGOJfx4ItRPrf8rvBJy4yOnnkaWaJ5wWgA3MDwmEmZ_8E6QmEZpxQgceoGHq2vyWwBfcUhE/s400/Erin+Andrews+Nude+Legs+Hot.jpg" width="197" /></a></div>- I can be trusted not to embarrass the school by hitting on Erin Andrews publicly.<br /><br />- I totally understand the whole four downs and 10 yards to get a first down stuff.<br /><br />- I get the concept that credit cards are for school expenses and cash is for strippers and players.<br /><br />- I would give much better advice on a color scheme for the new uniforms than the previous coach did.<br /><br />- I’ll take exactly half of what the new coach is asking for. Half the pay, half the housing allowance, half the car allowance, half the bonuses, etc. (This excludes the health insurance benefits. I would have to demand 100% of that one. I’m sure you understand.)<br /><br />- You won’t have to worry about me having an affair with some chick that works for the school or the Razorback Foundation as I’ll be too busy dating strippers.<br /><br />- I can use my skills as the aforementioned international radio star to promote the UofA and all the <strike>players</strike> student athletes and get the UofA lots and lots of publicity.<br /><br />- I have plenty of red shirts already so you won’t have to spend too much on my clothing allowance. But, I would like a really sweet pair of red and white checkered polyester pants like Lou Holts used to wear by in the 70’s.<br /><br />- I’ve got all the football coaching clichés like “give it 110% at all times” and “we’re scrappy” and “we’re tough to beat” and “that guy is a threat to take it all the way on any play” and “we’ve got some good match ups we can take advantage of out there” and all the others down pat. The media will always get a good quote from me.<br /><br />- Unlike everyone else I love that big, silly blow up hog head that the players come running out of before home games, so you don’t have to worry about my getting rid of that since it seems like the UofA’s top brass is totally committed to keeping it anyway.<br /><br />- I can use my internet savvy and social media experience to knock down and/or start rumors on message boards as needed.<br /><br />- If, after three years and several millions of dollars in salary paid, things aren’t working out, I will graciously and quietly accept a reasonable buyout and step aside for someone else. I think the guarantee of no lawsuits (assuming a fair buyout) is something that should take a lot of pressure off school officials and be my top selling point.<br /><br />So, as everyone can see I am very clearly a legitimate candidate for this position. I can’t imagine why the UofA would pass an opportunity like this up. I will keep my phone close to me as I await Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long’s phone call.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS</a><br /><br /></div>

Jayman is Ready to Lead the Hogs to Victory!

Hola y’all! As you may or may not know, the University of Arkansas is in the process of hiring a new head football coach. I don’t know what ...

MiniManuscript

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Today's archidose #636

2:00 PM Tukiyooo 0

Here are some nighttime photos of the <a href="http://www.perotmuseum.org/">Perot Museum of Nature and Science</a> in Dallas, Texas, by <a href="http://www.morphosis.com/">Morphosis Architects</a>. The building opened yesterday. Photographs are by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/"> Masako Fujinami</a> (aka fake_plastic_earth).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8239021372/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8200/8239021372_bf8e27e7b4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8237952493/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8237952493_2ce5cee823_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8239021252/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8239021252_636b24e1ac_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8239021160/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8239021160_cc605f6f73_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8237953011/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8237953011_7a79b226de_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8239020690/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8483/8239020690_234519ce02_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8237952785/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8237952785_f09bd2bf21_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_fake_plastic_earth/8239020968/" title="Perot Museum of Nature & Science by fake_plastic_earth, on Flickr"><img alt="Perot Museum of Nature & Science" height="429" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8239020968_8b662ec900_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #636

Here are some nighttime photos of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, by Morphosis Architects . The building opened ye...

IWS Babe of the Week: Christmas Chicks Bearing Gifts

5:53 AM Tukiyooo 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Welcome to December and to the joy of the Christmas Season.  One doesn't have to think hard to figure out who some of the hottest babes of the Yuletide time of year are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's that little vixen Cindy Lou Who, whose sheer sultriness can melt not only a man's heart, but the Grinch's heart as well...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CbwIvy6SlnQFj-LJj8IVUmXLxAlgXOcr7srjJklHPq-eB_Zf_tn09WrviajK8dEjkieAKvrFgq8oUnx4ElLGJS1ZCypv_T41ZTmsUdIj6Mzkjq8YJLZY9HpTmwZRWf5B5EZ-xSKsx-E/s1600/Cindy+Lou+Who.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CbwIvy6SlnQFj-LJj8IVUmXLxAlgXOcr7srjJklHPq-eB_Zf_tn09WrviajK8dEjkieAKvrFgq8oUnx4ElLGJS1ZCypv_T41ZTmsUdIj6Mzkjq8YJLZY9HpTmwZRWf5B5EZ-xSKsx-E/s400/Cindy+Lou+Who.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Did you really think Frosty the Snowman began to melt because of the heat?  No, no my friends.  He began melting because that hot ingenue, Karen, loooooooved to ride him bareback...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qz9aj5pGq6h-UxexzdgTzuM-fd8fHljSZff1anwElW4Ielo7VifgdjQcGyV_nYkf0yWUuQNfJdiUi9UMJ1AvIM1vnYDypm0lH7XhLpaobQNM6X86MpjFLFlkRVwpogFb7o33bSutocQ/s1600/Frosty+the+Snowman+Karen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qz9aj5pGq6h-UxexzdgTzuM-fd8fHljSZff1anwElW4Ielo7VifgdjQcGyV_nYkf0yWUuQNfJdiUi9UMJ1AvIM1vnYDypm0lH7XhLpaobQNM6X86MpjFLFlkRVwpogFb7o33bSutocQ/s400/Frosty+the+Snowman+Karen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Lucy and Violet, the two raven-haired hotties of Charlie Brown fame always get a laugh from Snoopy when the raspily ask Chuck, <i>"Is that a Christmas tree in your pocket, or are you expecting to have a three-way with us?"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC91hf0mX9dcRFUVcBglG_okot_hCexlfW7qkpxVCDUCq-twn5cjShJSGHNdl9NgS8SpcCmmVFz1Me6gl19xXaMHmj4LixZBiqs9bLU96gKyLi1wQVxz5LZGUGLK9CbyqEnv0qXkzMJv8/s1600/Lucy+Charlie+Brown.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC91hf0mX9dcRFUVcBglG_okot_hCexlfW7qkpxVCDUCq-twn5cjShJSGHNdl9NgS8SpcCmmVFz1Me6gl19xXaMHmj4LixZBiqs9bLU96gKyLi1wQVxz5LZGUGLK9CbyqEnv0qXkzMJv8/s400/Lucy+Charlie+Brown.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Of course it's not all about Christmas this month, the Jews will be celebrating Hanukkah.  And who better to drain the oil from my menorah than the uber-Jewalicious, Scarlett Johansson...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZl6ssMc1EDHgAWOsXdxryPvaIyvT2aPx0luwhm0lCrT3G8Y2u8Ed5NkrAEqOv03Mf_uDDNm34b7CnFsMXqQ-kT5dqqCgyZ7G4723GlEhPDV1akGH_JP4mWGO6aFjaFlkANHiqwZKtyfs/s1600/Scarlett-Johansson-Hot+Sexy+Nude.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZl6ssMc1EDHgAWOsXdxryPvaIyvT2aPx0luwhm0lCrT3G8Y2u8Ed5NkrAEqOv03Mf_uDDNm34b7CnFsMXqQ-kT5dqqCgyZ7G4723GlEhPDV1akGH_JP4mWGO6aFjaFlkANHiqwZKtyfs/s400/Scarlett-Johansson-Hot+Sexy+Nude.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh hell yeah...December may be my favorite month of the year!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In other news...Jay and Matt went late night as they broadcast the kick-off to the 16th Annual War on Christmas last night on Blog Talk Radio.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In case you were asleep and missed the fun and frivolity live last night, you can catch THE Number 1 comedy show on BTR by listening right cheer:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4082681&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4082681&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object></div><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;"><br /></div></div>

IWS Babe of the Week: Christmas Chicks Bearing Gifts

Welcome to December and to the joy of the Christmas Season. One doesn't have to think hard to figure out who some of the hottest babes ...

Folk Medicine - Photo Essay - NYTimes.com

5:19 AM Tukiyooo 0

Dr. Ye Jiangsheng's home in Nanping Village, in Yixian county, is also his office, where, like nearly everyone else in the ancient town, he cultivates silkworms. A sign outside says "No. 2 Clinic" in Chinese, with "The Doctor's" written in English. The town is a warren of narrow alleys, stone and carved wood, ideal for kung fu heroes to jump from rooftop to rooftop or for tragic characters in Chinese costume dramas to wander from one darkened room to another. It's no surprise that the director Zhang Yimou is one of many to use Nanping Village as a film set.<br /><br><br /><br>A gray phalanx of fortresslike walls and terra- cotta roofs opens onto interior courtyards, Hui-style, as the local architecture is called. Life in Nanping Village unfolds inward, revolving around these age-old atria, like so many town squares, which locals decorate with paintings of the mountains they can't see over their windowless walls.<br /><br><br /><br>In Iwan Baan's photographs, Ye, the perfect country doctor, attends to his garden under his skylight, makes house calls over the cobblestones on an old bicycle, dons a lab coat to check a patient's sore throat and retires with his wife to sleep in a tiny, pitch-black bedroom, which, with its curtained platform below an enormous painted canopy, is like the insideof a lacquered puzzle box.<br /><br><br /><br>The peripatetic Dutch-born Baan went to capture this scene of a vanishing China for a photo festival last month. Chinese officials canceled the festival at the last minute, as they often do. But Baan was determined to show the pictures anyway.<br /><br><br /><br>Baan is prized as an architectural photographer and knows how architecture speaks formally. But whether documenting a vertical slum in an unfinished office tower in Caracas or Lower Manhattan blacked out by Hurricane Sandy, Baan photographs not just steel, brick and concrete. In the umbrella hung from the weathered wood screen in a patient's courtyard, as in the jumble of homely remedies on the bedside table, Baan celebrates real lives lived, architecture as humanity.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/02/magazine/nanping-village.html?ref=magazine">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/02/magazine/nanping-village.html?ref=magazine</a>

Folk Medicine - Photo Essay - NYTimes.com

Dr. Ye Jiangsheng's home in Nanping Village, in Yixian county, is also his office, where, like nearly everyone else in the ancient town,...

Adderall, a Drug of Increased Focus for N.F.L. Players - NYTimes.com

5:13 AM Tukiyooo 0

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><nyt_text style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div id="articleBody"><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The first time Anthony Becht heard about Adderall, he was in the Tampa Bay locker room in 2006. A teammate who had a prescription for the drug shook his pill bottle at Becht.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">" 'You've got to get some of these,' " Becht recalled the player saying. "I was like, 'What the heck is that?' He definitely needed it. He said it just locks you in, hones you in. He said, 'When I have to take them, my focus is just raised up to another level.' "</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Becht said he did not give Adderall another thought until 2009, when he was playing in Arizona and his fellow tight end Ben Patrick was suspended for testing positive for <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/amphetamines/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about amphetamines." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">amphetamines</a>. The drug he took, Patrick said, was Adderall. Becht asked Patrick why he took it, and Patrick told Becht, and reporters, that he had needed to stay awake for a long drive.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Those two conversations gave Becht, now a free agent, an early glimpse at a problem that is confounding the <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/national_football_league/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about the National Football League." class="meta-org" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">N.F.L.</a> this season. Players are taking Adderall, a medication widely prescribed to treat<a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">attention deficit hyperactivity disorder</a>, whether they need it or not, and are failing drug tests because of it. And that is almost certainly contributing to a most-troubling result: a record-setting year for N.F.L. drug suspensions.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">According to N.F.L. figures, 21 suspensions were announced this calendar year because of failed tests for performance-enhancing drugs, including amphetamines like Adderall. That is a 75 percent increase over the 12 suspensions announced in 2011 and, with a month to go in 2012, it is the most in a year since suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs began in 1989.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">At least seven of the players suspended this year have been linked in news media reports to Adderall or have publicly blamed the drug, which acts as a strong stimulant in those without A.D.H.D. The most recent examples were Tampa Bay cornerback Eric Wright and New England defensive lineman Jermaine Cunningham last week.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The N.F.L. is forbidden under the terms of the drug-testing agreement with the players union from announcing what substance players have tested positive for — the urine test does not distinguish among types of amphetamines — and there is some suspicion that at least a few players may claim they took Adderall instead of admitting to <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/steroids/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about steroids." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">steroid</a> use, which carries a far greater stigma. But Adolpho Birch, who oversees drug testing as the N.F.L.'s senior vice president for law and labor, said last week that failed tests for amphetamines were up this year, although he did not provide any specifics. The increase in Adderall use probably accounts for a large part of the overall increase in failed tests.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"If nothing else it probably reflects an uptick in the use of amphetamine and amphetamine-related substances throughout society," Birch said. "It's not a secret that it's a societal trend, and I think we're starting to see some of the effects of that trend throughout our league."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Amphetamines have long been used by athletes to provide a boost — think of the stories of "greenies" in baseball clubhouses decades ago. That Adderall use and abuse has made its way to the N.F.L. surprises few, because A.D.H.D. diagnoses and the use of medication to control it have sharply increased in recent years.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">According to Dr. Lenard Adler, who runs the adult A.D.H.D. program at New York University Langone Medical Center, 4.4 percent of adults in the general population have the disorder, of which an estimated two-thirds are men. Birch said the number of exemptions the N.F.L. has granted for players who need treatment for A.D.H.D. is "almost certainly fewer" than 4.4 percent of those in the league.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The rates of those with the disorder fall as people get older; it is far more prevalent in children and adolescents. A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, using input from parents, found that as of 2007, about 9.5 percent or 5.4 million children from ages 4 to 17 had A.D.H.D. at some point. That was an increase of 22 percent from 2003. Boys (13.2 percent) were more likely to have the disorder than girls (5.6 percent).</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Of children who currently have A.D.H.D., 66.3 percent are receiving medication, with boys 2.8 times more likely to receive medication. Those 11 to 17 years old are more likely to receive medication than younger children.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">But Adderall, categorized by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II controlled substance because it is particularly addictive, is also used by college students and even some high school students to provide extra energy and concentration for studying or as a party drug to ward off fatigue.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Dr. Leah Lagos, a New York sports psychologist who has worked with college and professional athletes, said she had seen patients who have used Adderall. She said she believed the rise in its use by professional athletes mimicked the use by college students. Just a few years ago, she said, it was estimated that 1 in 10 college students was abusing stimulants like Adderall and <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/ritalin_drug/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="Recent and archival health news about Ritalin." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Ritalin</a>. That estimate, Lagos said, has almost doubled.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"It's certainly a performance-enhancing drug," Lagos said. "College kids call it the Superman drug. Take someone who is tired after a long practice, give them a stimulant. It amps up their mood and energy. It really enhances their focus, and for football players, that's crucial.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"Athletes are often taking it to fight fatigue and exhaustion. It's almost like taking 100 cups of coffee. They can take it during training camp when their bodies are especially fatigued, and the other is right before a game, to boost them. Those are two patterns that are being reported most frequently. But there is the party scene, too, and that's happening on a larger level."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The long-term effects of taking Adderall are not well understood, doctors said. While doctors prefer Adderall with a sustained release to treat adults with A.D.H.D. — so that it calms them throughout the day — Adler said that data on students who were misusing diverted medication indicated they were often using a shorter-acting version of Adderall with effects that lasted just three to five hours.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"It may not get you through a game," Adler said.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Even if it does, the players union has tried to warn its members that substances like Adderall are banned unless a player receives a therapeutic-use exemption from the league. That process includes a review of an A.D.H.D. diagnosis by an independent administrator and other specialists.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">There is a poster in each locker room about banned substances, and the union sent out a memo in October that emphasized that prescription drugs like Adderall are prohibited. Birch said efforts to make players aware of banned substances had been ample, though the league wishes the union would allow it to reveal what players test positive for. Officials think that it would be a deterrent and that hearing what others are caught for reminded players of what substances were banned.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">George Atallah, a union spokesman, said he expected the number of positive tests to drop because of the greater attention being paid to Adderall. Players who have recently been suspended were tested earlier in the year, before Adderall became a topic of conversation throughout the league.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"It's a reflection that the system we have in place works," Atallah said. "Given the amount of suspensions we've seen this year, we have made a greater emphasis on making players aware of the policy on this particular substance."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Will Hill, though, said he did not think the N.F.L.'s Adderall problem would go away anytime soon. Hill, a safety for the Giants, served a suspension this season for Adderall use. Hill began using Adderall for A.D.H.D. in the spring and he said he did not realize it was on the league's banned list until he had already started taking it without getting the required waiver.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Hill said that beginning in high school, he needed extra tutors because of his limited <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/test/mental-status-tests/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Mental status tests." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">attention span</a>. He added that he could not stay still until he began taking Adderall. With Adderall, he is calm and able to focus on his tasks, on and off the field. On Thursday, Hill said he knew many people in and out of football who needed Adderall to function properly.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Hill was suspended in October; he has since watched one player after another blame Adderall for his positive test. He guessed that among players who use Adderall, "it's 50-50" whether they need it for A.D.H.D. or are using it because it is a powerful stimulant.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Hill said that he was troubled that there were players without the disorder who take Adderall for the jolt of energy and the extreme focus it provides, and by the idea that some players may be blaming the drug when they are instead taking steroids.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"It foggies everything up," Hill said. 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When you try to get an advantage over the next person, that's why we get into these situations we're in."</p><nyt_correction_bottom><div class="articleCorrection" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em; "></div></nyt_correction_bottom><nyt_update_bottom></nyt_update_bottom></div></nyt_text><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "></span></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/sports/football/adderall-a-drug-of-increased-focus-for-nfl-players.html?&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/sports/football/adderall-a-drug-of-increased-focus-for-nfl-players.html?&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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