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...itself was coined after the jazz age, when hip arose to describe aficionados of the growing scene. The word's origins are disputed - some say it was a derivative of "hop," a slang term for opium, while others think it comes from the West African word hipi, meaning to open one's eyes. But gradually it morphed into a noun, and the "hipster" was born...
...that definition includes abstinence even from drugs that would help fight cravings. Indeed, for decades, experts have debated whether drug addicts who cannot or will not quit should even be offered ongoing treatments that would reduce harm related to their drug abuse. Although many providers have recently become more open to new options, the majority of American addiction treatment continues to use the 12-step abstinence model...
...Haredim community as they perpetuate their own forms of hatred and, ultimately, disloyalty to the state. In just this month alone, they have protested, with the same stone-throwing intensity, the installation of a municipal parking lot near Jerusalem’s tourist-heavy Old City that would remain open on the Sabbath; in late June they protested (albeit much more peacefully than they have in years past) the city’s annual gay-pride parade...
...Hossein Mousavi, in one of his few public statements, declared he was founding a new political organization that would represent the demands of the opposition candidates and their supporters - what is now being called the Green Movement. A Facebook page allegedly organized by Mousavi supporters recently put out an open call for ideas on civil disobedience and new forms of protest. (Read Robin Wright on Phase 2 of Iran's protests...
...Obama Administration came into office open to the idea of bilateral negotiations, if such talks held out the prospect of Pyongyang giving up its nuclear program. For now, though, the Administration is wary, and not just because the North has been so consistently hostile. A State Department spokesman, Ian Kelly, said the U.S. is open to direct negotiations with Pyongyang, but "only in the context of the six-party talks." This position is no different from that of the Bush Administration. There were several occasions during the six-party talks when North Korean diplomats spoke directly, albeit informally...