1 According to the prevailing wisdom in the West, the

Ukraine crisis can be blamed almost entirely on Russian

aggression. Russian President Vladimir Putin, the argument

4 goes, annexed Crimea out of a long-standing desire to

resuscitate the Soviet empire, and he may eventually go after

the rest of Ukraine, as well as other countries in eastern

7 Europe. In this view, the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor

Yanukovych in February 2014 merely provided a pretext for

Putin’s decision to order Russian forces to seize part of

10 Ukraine. But this account is wrong: the United States and its

European allies share most of the responsibility for the crisis.

Since the mid-1990s, Russian leaders have adamantly

13 opposed NATO enlargement, and in recent years, they have

made it clear that they would not stand by while their

strategically important neighbor turned into a Western bastion.

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Chinese City Creates a Cell Phone Lane for Walkers

By Bill Powell – 9/17/14 at 10:34 AM

[1] Talk about an accident – or accidents – waiting to
happen: in Chongqing, a sprawling city in central
China, authorities have set up a “cell phone lane.” No,
it's not quite as bad as it sounds: this is not a lane for
[5] drivers with their heads down pecking away on their
phones instead of keeping their eyes on the road. The
Chongqing cell phone lane is on a street heavily
trafficked by pedestrians – a lane where people
focusing on their phones can stroll without running
[10] into anyone NOT holding a phone. They can only run
into each other.

The point of this remains elusive. Is it public safety?
How a dedicated walking lane – for people with their
heads down preoccupied with their phones – makes
[15] anyone safer is a little fuzzy. Maybe the idea was
hatched at one of the cell phone makers competing
frantically for the world's biggest market for handsets,
with Samsung and Apple trying to fend off Huawei,
Lenovo and a host of other domestic competitors. If
[20] you can get people to bump into each other and drop
their phones maybe replacement sales go up?

Chongqing city officials couldn't be reached for an
explanation, and a local journalist contacted by
Newsweek said she had walked on the street over the
[25] weekend and found a lot of cell phone users were
ignoring the demarcated lane. Which brings up the
problem of enforcement. Is the municipality of
Chongqing going to set up a branch of cell phone
police to write tickets to anyone straying into the
[30] wrong lane? Maybe they can be like the religious
police in Saudi Arabia, who roam the streets looking
for women not adorned in full burqa and other such
travesties. (Though presumably cell phone
jaywalkers would not be caned for their offense.)

West Africa Ebola Outbreak

Ebola virus disease (EVD)is a disease of humans and other mammals caused by an ebolavirus. Symptoms start two days to three weeks after contracting the virus. Ebola deaths in Africa up to 8 October, 2014 sum 4,032 people.

The 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa. These countries are Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. There were a small number of cases reported in Nigeria and a single case reported in Senegal; however, these cases are considered to be contained, with no further spread in these countries. Despite the efforts of health officials, 2,316 people died in Liberia, 778 in Guinea and 930 in Sierra Leone. Only eight people died in Nigeria.

Wii Sports cause real Injuries

Treat it like real exercise

Nintendo Wii players may find themselves saddled with the same sprains and fractures that haunt athletes, often because they don’t treat the virtual games like real sports; doctors tell the Washington Times.Sprains are the most common injury because Wii Sports don’t provide the same resistance that actual tennis, bowling, baseball, golf, and bosing do, which typically prevents joints from being overextended.

Among the scarier was a woman whose brain began bleeding when she fell while using Wii Fit to do yoga and aerobics.” You have to regard them as sports and be serious about things like warm-up, cool-down, and expectations,” says an orthopedic surgeon. Doctors also recommend getting a physical evaluation before starting, and even consulting a trainer or coach.

TEXTO:

Climate of violence

Cops anywhere can tell you that when the

temperature rises, so does the crime rate. So what’s

going to happen when the whole planet gets hotter? The

answer gleaned by a recent analysis of 60 detailed

[5] studies covering a time span from 10,000 B.C. to the

present is, well, pretty grim. The authors of Quantifying

the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict, published

in Science, conclude there is a strong causal link, not

just a coincidental one, between warmer temperatures

[10] and violence — and the problem is not only one of crime,

but also of war. Even a relatively slight increase from the

current norm (say, a jump of less than one degree in

Africa) can lead to a 4 percent increase in violence among

groups. By 2050, those numbers could double or

[15] quadruple. The evidence comes from a lot of different

angles — archeology, criminology, economics,

geography, history, political science, and psychology —

and the authors concede that climate is not the only , or

even the primary, cause of conflict. But it is one that

[20] “appears to extend across the world, throughout history,

and at all scales of social organization.”

TEXTO:

The Checkup

HEALTH NEWS EXAMINED

Headline says:

Can drugs for depression harm babies’ hearts?

Science says: A study of more than 900,000 women found that those who took antidepressants while pregnant weren’t more likely to have fetuses with heart defects. That’s good news for the 8% to 13% of women who take the drugs, but if you’re pregnant, you should still talk to your physician about side effects.

Headline says:

The FDA will limit salt in processed foods.

Science says: The FDA is proposing a guideline on the amount of sodium that manufacturers can add to processed food. The agency says too much sodium leads to high blood pressure and heart disease – but for now it’s just a recommendation, so it’s strictly voluntary.

Headline says:

A broccoli drink can detox your blood

Science says: Scientists gave 300 Chinese men and women a broccoli-sprout beverage that cleared air-pollution toxins from their system faster than normal. The researchers think the answer lies in the cancerpreventing compounds found in the veggies.

When I first arrived in Brazil in 1992, it was never my intention to stay. My first months in Brazil were extremely difficult. Everything was different. Probably the thing that shocked me the most was the poverty, I lived in a rich neighborhoods surrounded by favelas. The owner of the house where I lived instructed me shortly after I arrived that when someone clapped their hands outside the fence to get attention and then asked for food, I was to ignore them. The first day I was alone I broke the rule. Who was I to deny a hungry person a cup of water and a slice of bread? On the second day, more people arrived asking for food. By the third day, lines had begun to form outside our gate. That night my host took me aside and wanted me to explain why I had disobeyed his instructions. The maid had informed him that there was a rumor circulating round the favela that a foreigner was living in his house giving away free food. Twenty years ago the communications system in Brazil was extremely bad. When a telegram arrived from New Zealand informing me the applications for the fishing inspector position I was seeking had opened, it was already past the date of inscription. I was very irritated, but things soon changed when I met a girl. After five years of commuting between Brazil and New Zealand, we married. When you marry a Brazilian, you do not just marry your spouse you marry the whole extended family. In some respects, this can be cool because you become a part of a large group, but at times it can be a little frustrating. You just need to sneeze and you can be sure that within a few hours some third cousin of my wife’s will be on the phone asking me if it is true that I am dying of pneumonia. It is extremely difficult to be alone here.

CATEGORIES OF TERRORIST GROUPS

There are many different categories of terrorism and terrorist groups that are currently in use. These categories serve to differentiate terrorist organizations according to specific criteria, which are usually related to the field or specialty of whoever is selecting the categories. Also, some categories are simply labels appended arbitrarily or redundantly, often by the media. For example, every terrorist organization is by definition "radical", as terror tactics are not the norm for the mainstream of any group.

Separatist. Separatist groups are those with the goal of separation from existing entities through independence, political autonomy, or religious freedom or domination.

Revolutionary. Dedicated to the overthrow of an established order and replacing it with a new political or social structure.

Political. Political ideologies are concerned with the structure and organization of the forms of government and communities.

Religious. Religiously inspired terrorism is on the rise. While Islamic terrorists and organizations have been the most active, and the greatest recent threat to the United States, all of the major world religions have extremists that have taken up violence to further their perceived religious goals.

International or Transnational. International groups typically operate in multiple countries, but retain a geographic focus for their activities. Transnational groups operate internationally, but are not tied to a particular country, or even region.

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Doctors, Patients Embrace Technology in Medicine

By Brenda Goodman, MA

WebMD Health News

Reviewed by Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH

Sept. 22, 2014 -- Technology is quickly changing many parts of medicine, giving people more power to take charge of their health care. Many patients and doctors are embracing these changes, a new Medscape/WebMD survey finds.

The findings are part of the WebMD/Medscape Digital Technology Survey, which included more than 1,100 patients and 1,400 health professionals, including 827 doctors. Questions focused on issues related to the evolution of medical care -- including using smartphones to assist in the diagnostic process, clearness about what a procedure costs, the right to review medical records, radiation risks from imaging tests, and genetic testing.

Eric Topol, MD, editor-in-chief of Medscape and the chief academic officer of Scripps Health, says the report is unique. There hasn’t been a large survey that’s asked the same questions of doctors and patients. “Technology is really democratizing all aspects of the doctor’s visit,” Topol says. Today, people can use smartphones to track their blood sugar. And soon, apps and accessories may be available that check cholesterol or track the heart’s electrical activity. Instead of the doctor’s office or lab being a place to begin gathering information about their health, people could soon be showing up for checkups with the info already in hand.

In the survey:

- A majority of both groups -- 84% of patients and 69% of doctors -- said they embrace technology to enhance and aid the diagnostic process.

- Both groups -- 64% of patients and 63% of doctors -- agreed that the smartphone can be a useful diagnostic tool in regard to blood tests.

About 40% of patients liked the idea of using technology to identify health concerns without a trip to the doctor, while only 17% of doctors endorsed that method.