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ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS
ECM WORLD WATCH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NEWS
ECM WORLD WATCH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NEWS
https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-88 <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_8"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-88&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19849"> January 2013 Articles</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/374">disabled</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5164">Egypt</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/13966">heroin</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15929">Putin</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/16501">norovirus</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17122">Pentagon</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17150">Muslim</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17956">microbes</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20276">N. Korea</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20277">crocodiles</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20278">unconstitutional</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20279">satellites</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20280">aspirin</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><em><img alt="" src="https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2012/December/world%20watch.jpg" style="width: 178px; height: 177px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 6px; float: right;" width="178" height="177" />January 30, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:</em></strong></p> <p><strong>WORLD</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/bmvyWfbyszE/us-egypt-anniversary-idUSBRE90N1E620130128" target="_blank">Egypt's leader declares emergency after clashes</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/Rp48vDyOZYQ/us-secession-idUSBRE90R15N20130128" target="_blank">Canadian opposition introduces bill that makes secession easier</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/images-suggest-nkorea-ready-for-nuke-test/" target="_blank">Images suggest NKorea ready for nuke test</a>  (U-T San Diego)</li> <li><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/Zoue4ENVxok/After-threatening-the-US-North-Korea-turns-its-ire-on-South-Korea" target="_blank">After threatening the US, North Korea turns its ire on South Korea</a> (U-T San Diego)</li> <li><strong><img border="0" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\Mayan\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="1" /></strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/01/25/170184589/around-the-globe-women-already-serve-in-combat-units?ft=1&amp;f=1003" target="_blank">Around The Globe, Women Already Serve In Combat Units</a> (NPR)</li> <li><a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=300938&amp;R=R3" target="_blank">Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt uprising</a> (Jerusalem Post)</li> <li><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/2TxSyPKkUsk/us-russia-caucasus-idUSBRE90O0XK20130125" target="_blank">Russian forces kill three militants in North Caucasus</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/q4O1lQdOaeA/15-000-crocodiles-escape-in-South-Africa-Police-need-herding-help-after-floods" target="_blank">15,000 crocodiles escape in South Africa? Police need herding help after floods</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/nO99K4Swupw/Russia-s-Vladimir-Putin-says-West-is-fomenting-jihadi-blowback" target="_blank">Russia's Vladimir Putin says West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback'</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=300434&amp;R=R4" target="_blank">Muslim ‘modesty patrol’ stalking streets of London</a> (Jerusalem Post)</li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21149851#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Court rejects Saudi blogger case</a> (BBC)</li> </ul> <p><strong>NATIONAL</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/brsh8t7A2PM/Title-IX-redux-Education-Dept.-says-school-sports-can-t-shut-out-disabled" target="_blank">Title IX redux? Education Dept. says school sports can't shut out disabled.</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/22/court-wont-hear-challenge-to-clean-air-act-rule/" target="_blank">Court won't hear challenge to Clean Air Act rule</a> (U-T San Diego)</li> <li><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/regulator-huge-cuts-coming-to-new-england-fishing/" target="_blank">Regulator: Huge cuts coming to New England fishing</a> (U-T San Diego)</li> <li><a href="http://sandiegofreepress.org/2013/01/reporting-factory-farm-abuses-to-be-considered-act-of-terrorism-if-new-laws-pass/" target="_blank" title="Permanent link to Reporting Factory Farm Abuses to be Considered ‘Act of Terrorism’ If New Laws Pass">Shocking: Reporting Factory Farm Abuses to be Considered ‘Act of Terrorism’ If New Laws Pass</a>  (Alternet, reprinted at San Diego Free Press)</li> <li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/26/tech/anonymous-threat/index.html?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank">Anonymous threatens Justice Dept. over hactivist death</a> (CNN)</li> <li><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/court-obama-appointments-are-unconstitutional/" target="_blank">Court: Obama appointments are unconstitutional</a> (U-T San Diego)</li> <li><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/court-says-epa-overestimates-biofuels-production/" target="_blank">Court says EPA overestimates biofuels production</a> (AP)</li> <li><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/22/5132483/pentagon-researches-new-life-for.html#mi_rss=AP%20State%20News" target="_blank">Pentagon researches new life for dead satellites</a> (Sacramento Bee)</li> <li><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/DVUmMokHAIg/us-usa-guantanamo-idUSBRE90O14920130125" target="_blank">Court overturns another Guantanamo conviction</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NprProgramsATC/~3/1YMSFSnroGc/pentagon-to-dramatically-expand-cyber-warrior-force" target="_blank">Pentagon To Dramatically Expand 'Cyber Warrior' Force</a> (NPR)</li> </ul> <p><strong>HEALTH</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/25/170249648/new-norovirus-strain-rips-through-the-u-s?ft=1&amp;f=1128" target="_blank">New Norovirus Strain Rips Through The U.S.</a> (NPR)</li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21187598#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Scientists create 'tractor beam'</a> (BBC)</li> <li><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2013/0125/Heroin-Small-cities-even-rural-towns-face-growing-problems?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+feeds/usa+(Christian+Science+Monitor+%7C+USA)" target="_blank">Heroin: Small cities, even rural towns face growing problems</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21120025#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Long-term aspirin 'blindness link'</a> (BBC)</li> <li><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/27/new-lingo-for-consumers-health-overhaul-glossary/" target="_blank">New lingo for consumers: health overhaul glossary</a> (U-T San Diego)</li> <li><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/27/health-insurance-exchanges-will-transform-market/" target="_blank">Health insurance exchanges will transform market</a> (U-T San Diego)</li> <li><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/01/29/170459317/bird-plane-bacteria-microbes-thrive-in-storm-clouds?ft=1&amp;f=1007" target="_blank">Bird, Plane, Bacteria? Microbes Thrive In Storm Clouds</a> (NPR)<br /> <!--break--></li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.</em></strong></p> <p><strong>WORLD</strong></p> <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/bmvyWfbyszE/us-egypt-anniversary-idUSBRE90N1E620130128" target="_blank">Egypt's leader declares emergency after clashes</a> (Reuters)</p> <p>Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi declared a month-long state of emergency in three cities along the Suez Canal where dozens of people have been killed over the past four days in protests his allies say are designed to overthrow him</p> <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/Rp48vDyOZYQ/us-secession-idUSBRE90R15N20130128" target="_blank">Canadian opposition introduces bill that makes secession easier</a> (Reuters)</p> <p>Canada's biggest opposition party introduced a bill on Monday that would make it easier for the French-speaking province of Quebec to secede, although the proposal has no chance of becoming law now. The bill, from the opposition New Democratic Party, would allow Quebec to leave Canada if there were a simple majority vote on a clear question - 50 percent plus one vote, offering clues to NDP policy on the matter if it wins the 2015 election.</p> <p><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/images-suggest-nkorea-ready-for-nuke-test/" target="_blank">Images suggest NKorea ready for nuke test</a>  (U-T San Diego)</p> <p>Recent satellite photos show North Korea could be almost ready to carry out its threat to conduct a nuclear test, a U.S. research institute said Friday.</p> <p><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/Zoue4ENVxok/After-threatening-the-US-North-Korea-turns-its-ire-on-South-Korea" target="_blank">After threatening the US, North Korea turns its ire on South Korea</a></p> <p>North Korea reacted to the UN Security Council's unanimous vote to condemn the North's recent satellite launch by announcing that it would now take 'strong physical countermeasures against' the South. (U-T San Diego)</p> <p><strong><img border="0" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\Mayan\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="1" /></strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/01/25/170184589/around-the-globe-women-already-serve-in-combat-units?ft=1&amp;f=1003" target="_blank">Around The Globe, Women Already Serve In Combat Units</a> (NPR)</p> <p>(NPR) -- From Canada to Israel to South Africa, several countries already allow women to serve in combat units. Germany has deployed female soldiers to dangerous parts of Afghanistan.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=300938&amp;R=R3" target="_blank">Violence flares on anniversary of Egypt uprising</a> (Jerusalem Post)</p> <p>Hundreds of youths clashed with Egyptian police in Tahrir Square on Friday in a violent start to the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and led to the election of an Islamist president who is now the focus of protester rage.</p> <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/2TxSyPKkUsk/us-russia-caucasus-idUSBRE90O0XK20130125" target="_blank">Russian forces kill three militants in North Caucasus</a> (Reuters)</p> <p>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian security forces killed three suspected militants on Friday in a shootout in the North Caucasus, where the government is fighting an Islamist insurgency, authorities said on Friday.</p> <p><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/q4O1lQdOaeA/15-000-crocodiles-escape-in-South-Africa-Police-need-herding-help-after-floods" target="_blank">15,000 crocodiles escape in South Africa? Police need herding help after floods</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</p> <p><strong><img border="0" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\Mayan\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="1" /></strong>15,000 crocodiles escape: Some South African media reports say possibly up to 15,000 crocodiles have escaped from a local crocodile farm. Police beg for volunteers to potentially round up 15,000 crocodiles escaped earlier this week after flooding rains.</p> <p><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/nO99K4Swupw/Russia-s-Vladimir-Putin-says-West-is-fomenting-jihadi-blowback" target="_blank">Russia's Vladimir Putin says West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback'</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</p> <p><strong><img border="0" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\Mayan\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="1" /></strong>Moscow is criticized for weak support of the Arab Spring, and for actively backing Bashir al-Assad in Syria. But the Kremlin says its policies are consistent and the West is exporting revolt.</p> <p><a href="http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=300434&amp;R=R4" target="_blank">Muslim ‘modesty patrol’ stalking streets of London</a> (Jerusalem Post)</p> <p>Borough officials, community leaders and police condemned a group of self-proclaimed vigilantes who took it upon themselves to patrol the streets of London confronting people they deemed as indulging in “non-Muslim” behavior.  Earlier this month, a group who had claimed an area in East London was a “Muslim area” had told people that alcohol was banned, or that they were dressed inappropriately. The group, who dubbed itself a “Muslim patrol,” filmed the incidents and posted the footage on YouTube. (note: Video shows abusive actions of the group toward non-Muslims, women and homosexuals)</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21149851#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Court rejects Saudi blogger case</a> (BBC)</p> <p>A Saudi court refuses to charge a young blogger accused of insulting Islam, highlighting the struggle between conservative and reformist forces.</p> <p><strong>NATIONAL</strong></p> <p><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/brsh8t7A2PM/Title-IX-redux-Education-Dept.-says-school-sports-can-t-shut-out-disabled" target="_blank">Title IX redux? Education Dept. says school sports can't shut out disabled.</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</p> <p>The Education Department issued a letter Friday advising public schools how to offer equal opportunities for disabled students in sports…Advocates for disabled students say that too often they are shut out of school sports because of stereotypes or a lack of understanding of how to accommodate their disabilities....The announcement does raise questions, however, about how far schools will be expected to go – and at what expense – to offer sports for students who need more than just a minor accommodation. <strong><img border="0" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\Mayan\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="1" /></strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/22/court-wont-hear-challenge-to-clean-air-act-rule/" target="_blank">Court won't hear challenge to Clean Air Act rule</a> (U-T San Diego)</p> <p>The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to a tough new clean air requirement limiting sulfur dioxide emissions.</p> <p><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/regulator-huge-cuts-coming-to-new-england-fishing/" target="_blank">Regulator: Huge cuts coming to New England fishing</a> (U-T San Diego)</p> <p>New England's top fishing regulator said Friday that crippling cuts in catch limits this year are unavoidable and they will devastate what remains of the region's once-flourishing fishing industry.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://sandiegofreepress.org/2013/01/reporting-factory-farm-abuses-to-be-considered-act-of-terrorism-if-new-laws-pass/" target="_blank" title="Permanent link to Reporting Factory Farm Abuses to be Considered ‘Act of Terrorism’ If New Laws Pass">Shocking: Reporting Factory Farm Abuses to be Considered ‘Act of Terrorism’ If New Laws Pass</a>  (Alternet, reprinted at San Diego Free Press)</p> <p>How do you keep consumers in the dark about the horrors of factory farms? By making it an “act of terrorism” for anyone to investigate animal cruelty, food safety or environmental violations on the corporate-controlled farms that produce the bulk of our meat, eggs and dairy products.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/26/tech/anonymous-threat/index.html?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank">Anonymous threatens Justice Dept. over hactivist death</a> (CNN)</p> <p>In anger over the recent death of an Internet activist who faced federal charges, hackers claiming to be from the group Anonymous threatened early Saturday to release sensitive information about the U.S. Department of Justice.</p> <p><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/court-obama-appointments-are-unconstitutional/" target="_blank">Court: Obama appointments are unconstitutional</a> (U-T San Diego)</p> <p>In an embarrassing setback for President Barack Obama, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday that he violated the Constitution in making certain recess appointments and moved to curtail a chief executive's ability in the future to circumvent the Senate in such scenarios.</p> <p><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/25/court-says-epa-overestimates-biofuels-production/" target="_blank">Court says EPA overestimates biofuels production</a> (AP)</p> <p>(AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency is overestimating the amount of fuel that can be produced from grasses, wood and other nonfood plants in an effort to promote the fledgling industry.</p> <p><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/01/22/5132483/pentagon-researches-new-life-for.html#mi_rss=AP%20State%20News" target="_blank">Pentagon researches new life for dead satellites</a> (Sacramento Bee)</p> <p>Call it space grave robbery for a cause: Imagine scavenging defunct communication satellites for their valuable parts and recycling them to build brand new ones for cheap.</p> <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/DVUmMokHAIg/us-usa-guantanamo-idUSBRE90O14920130125" target="_blank">Court overturns another Guantanamo conviction</a> (Reuters)</p> <p>MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday overturned the Guantanamo war crimes conviction of an al Qaeda videographer, a ruling likely to lead to dismissal of conspiracy charges in the pending trial of five men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia threw out the conviction of Yemeni prisoner Ali Hamza al Bahlul, ruling that the charges of which he was convicted - conspiracy, providing material support for terrorism and soliciting murder - were not internationally recognized as war crimes when the acts were committed.</p> <p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NprProgramsATC/~3/1YMSFSnroGc/pentagon-to-dramatically-expand-cyber-warrior-force" target="_blank">Pentagon To Dramatically Expand 'Cyber Warrior' Force</a> (NPR)</p> <p>The Pentagon has approved plans for a five-fold increase in its cyberwar fighting force. The U.S. Cyber Command would see its ranks jump from 900 to 4,900, including both uniformed and civilian personnel.</p> <p><strong>HEALTH</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/25/170249648/new-norovirus-strain-rips-through-the-u-s?ft=1&amp;f=1128" target="_blank">New Norovirus Strain Rips Through The U.S.</a> (NPR)</p> <p>More than half of norovirus outbreaks reported during the last four months of 2012 in the U.S. were caused by a strain first identified in Australia. Restaurants and long-term care facilities have been hit hardest. ...There's no particular treatment or vaccine against norovirus. The best defense is good hygiene — wash your hands frequently and well. A thorough cleanup of the messes with <a href="http://www.osha.gov/Publications/norovirus-factsheet.pdf" target="_blank">an effective disinfectant</a>, such as a bleach solution, is a must.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21187598#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Scientists create 'tractor beam'</a> (BBC)</p> <p>A Star Trek style 'tractor beam', which uses light to attract objects, is developed by scientists at the University of St Andrews.  It is hoped it could have medical applications by targeting and attracting individual cells.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2013/0125/Heroin-Small-cities-even-rural-towns-face-growing-problems?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+feeds/usa+(Christian+Science+Monitor+%7C+USA)" target="_blank">Heroin: Small cities, even rural towns face growing problems</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</p> <p>For years, heroin was considered an affliction mainly of poor urban neighborhoods. But these days, the drug is becoming popular in affluent suburbs, small cities, and even rural towns – especially among young people....  According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, heroin use in the <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/United+States" target="_blank">United States</a> rose 66 percent between 2007 and 2011…Users often switch from painkillers to heroin because it’s cheaper and more readily available…Moreover, heroin has become increasingly available in refined forms that can be sniffed or snorted. Many young people are introduced to heroin in a powder form but eventually switch to injections. </p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21120025#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa" target="_blank">Long-term aspirin 'blindness link'</a> (BBC)</p> <p>People who regularly take aspirin for many years, such as those with heart problems, are more likely to develop a form of blindness, researchers say.  A study on 2,389 people, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, showed aspirin takers had twice the risk of "wet" age-related macular degeneration.</p> <p><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/27/new-lingo-for-consumers-health-overhaul-glossary/" target="_blank">New lingo for consumers: health overhaul glossary</a> (U-T San Diego)</p> <p>President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law has spawned its own jargon. With the law finally about to take full effect, consumers might want to get familiar with some of the terms,</p> <p><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jan/27/health-insurance-exchanges-will-transform-market/" target="_blank">Health insurance exchanges will transform market</a> (U-T San Diego)</p> <p>Health insurance exchanges will change the way people buy coverage and will help millions of uninsured people get a private plan. Nearly 49 million people are uninsured in the United States, but the numbers vary dramatically by state.</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/01/29/170459317/bird-plane-bacteria-microbes-thrive-in-storm-clouds?ft=1&amp;f=1007" target="_blank">Bird, Plane, Bacteria? Microbes Thrive In Storm Clouds</a> (NPR)</p> <p>Microbes can thrive in extreme environments, from inside fiery volcanoes to down on the bottom of the ocean. Now scientists have found a surprising number of them living in storm clouds tens of thousands of feet above the Earth. And those airborne microbes could play a role in global climate.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="addtoany first last"><span><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_7"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-88&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> </span></li></ul> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:54:42 +0000 miriamg 12344 at https://www.eastcountymagazine.org https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-88#comments
ECM WORLD WATCH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NEWS
https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-87 <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_10"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-87&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19849"> January 2013 Articles</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/237">budget</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/5164">Egypt</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7471">scanners</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/14383">Syrian</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/14669">oil</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15131">North Korea</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/15230">debt</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17122">Pentagon</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/19993">Yemen</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20203">combat</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20204">draft</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20205">aboriginals</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20206">Algerian</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20207">Jakarta</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20208">genes</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/20209">genome</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><em><img alt="" src="https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2012/December/world%20watch.jpg" style="width: 178px; height: 177px; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 6px; float: right;" width="178" height="177" />January 24, 2013 (San Diego’s East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:</em></strong></p> <p><strong><em>Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.</em></strong></p> <p><strong>U.S.</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/278835-house-passes-no-budget-no-pay-sends-to-the-senate" target="_blank">House approves debt limit extension, presses Senate to pass budget</a> (The Hill)</li> <li><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/wjcVFgtz6E0/Pentagon-lifting-ban-on-women-in-combat-opening-new-opportunities" target="_blank">Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat, opening new opportunities</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/0zgpGM6pGH0/Women-in-combat-Will-they-have-to-register-for-the-draft" target="_blank">Women in combat: Will they have to register for the draft?</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/travel/tsa-body-scanners/index.html?hpt=hp_t2" target="_blank">TSA removing virtual strip search body scanners</a> (CNN)</li> <li><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/environment/~3/9X7IVZX4UFk/OPEC-forecasts-record-US-oil-supply-growth-in-2013" target="_blank">OPEC forecasts record US oil supply growth in 2013</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/110861/how-older-parenthood-will-upend-american-society" target="_blank">How Older Parenthood Will Upend American Society</a> (New Republic)</li> </ul> <p><strong>WORLD</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/OpEVjtQd2F4/us-korea-north-nuclear-idUSBRE90N03I20130124" target="_blank">North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href=":%20%20http:/indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/idle-no-more-sweeps-canada-and-beyond-aboriginals-say-enough-enough-146516">Idle No More movement sweeps Canada and beyond as aboriginals say enough is enough</a>  (Indian Country Today)</li> <li><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/7ARR66RCgDQ/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE90K0M320130121" target="_blank">Syrian opposition leaders fail to form government</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href="http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=300347&amp;R=R4" target="_blank">Algerian hostage-takers threaten further attacks</a> (Jerusalem Post)</li> <li><img border="0" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\Mayan\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="1" /><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/kj5txcLuF0I/Jakarta-Indonesia-s-megacity-of-10-million-is-under-water-video" target="_blank">Jakarta, Indonesia's megacity of 10 million, is under water (+video)</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</li> <li><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/wx3hTOI71ow/us-egypt-politics-sabahy-idUSBRE90L0WO20130122" target="_blank">Egypt opposition leader aims to break Islamist dominance</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/20/us-yemen-violence-idUSBRE90J03T20130120" target="_blank">Blast, drone kill 13 al Qaeda-linked militants  in Yemen</a> (Reuters)</li> <li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/opinion/global/ayaan-hirsi-ali-morsis-comments-on-jews.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Raised on Hatred</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> (New York Times)</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>HEALTH/SCIENCE</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://feeds.kpbs.org/~r/kpbs/local/~3/bs6l2uIA-BU/" target="_blank">Algae Fuel Could Help Solve The Navy’s Oil Dependence</a>  (KPBS)</li> <li><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NprProgramsATC/~3/oDMSCTI5qvc/some-types-of-insurance-can-discriminate-based-on-genes" target="_blank">It's Legal For Some Insurers To Discriminate Based On Genes</a> (NPR)</li> <li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/opinion/sunday/kristof-warnings-from-a-flabby-mouse.html?ref=nicholasdkristof&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">Warnings from a flabby mouse</a> [strong link between endocrine disruptors and obesity] (NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof)</li> <li><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=300009&amp;R=R77" target="_blank">TA researchers: Genome can reveal surname</a> (Jerusalem Post)</li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Read more for excerpts and links to full stories.</em></strong></p> <p><!--break--></p> <p><strong>U.S.</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/278835-house-passes-no-budget-no-pay-sends-to-the-senate" target="_blank">House approves debt limit extension, presses Senate to pass budget</a> (The Hill)</strong></p> <p>January 23, 2013--The House on Wednesday approved a bill extending the nation's debt limit, raising pressure on the Senate to pass its first budget in nearly four years.</p> <p>The House approved the No Budget, No Pay Act, which also includes a measure withholding senators' pay until they complete that work, in a 285-144 vote.</p> <p>Among Republicans, 33 voted against it to protest the absence of specific spending cuts alongside suspending the nation's borrowing limit. But they were more than offset by the 86 Democrats who voted for the measure.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/wjcVFgtz6E0/Pentagon-lifting-ban-on-women-in-combat-opening-new-opportunities" target="_blank">Pentagon lifting ban on women in combat, opening new opportunities</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</strong></p> <p>January 23, 2013--At the direction of <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Leon+Panetta" target="_self">Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta</a>, <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/The+Pentagon" target="_self">the Pentagon</a> is announcing tomorrow that it will allow women to serve on the front lines of battle, according to top Pentagon officials.</p> <p>This ruling would overturn a 1994 ban on women in combat.</p> <p>The chiefs of the individual service branches are being told to submit a plan to implement the new policy to the secretary of Defense by May, according to a senior Pentagon official.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/0zgpGM6pGH0/Women-in-combat-Will-they-have-to-register-for-the-draft" target="_blank">Women in combat: Will they have to register for the draft?</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</strong></p> <p>Now that the Pentagon is lifting its ban on women in combat, does this mean that women could potentially be drafted, too?</p> <p>And as a practical matter: When women turn 18, will they now need to register, as men do, so that they can be conscripted in the event of a World War III, or any military emergency where the US government decides it needs troops quickly?</p> <p>It’s a thorny question, raising what may be a difficult prospect societally. But the legal implications are obvious, analysts argue.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/travel/tsa-body-scanners/index.html?hpt=hp_t2" target="_blank">TSA removing virtual strip search body scanners</a> (CNN)</strong></p> <p>January 19, 2013--Airport body scanners that produce graphic images of travelers' bodies will be removed from checkpoints by June, the Transportation Security Administration says, ending what critics called "virtual strip searches."</p> <p>Passengers will continue to pass through machines that display a generic outline of the human body, raising fewer privacy concerns.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/environment/~3/9X7IVZX4UFk/OPEC-forecasts-record-US-oil-supply-growth-in-2013" target="_blank">OPEC forecasts record US oil supply growth in 2013</a> (Christian Science Monitor)</strong></p> <p>January 17, 2013--The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in its report for January said the United States in 2013 may post the highest oil supply increase among non-member states. U.S. oil production should increase by 490,000 barrels of oil per day this year to reach an average of 10.4 million bpd. OPEC said much of the production increase should come from more drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and the oil boom under way in North Dakota. Production from member states Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, declined. Riyadh said recently it wasn't trying to manipulate the commodities market and, given the downbeat assessment of the U.S. economy, it may be congressional leaders that eventually face the ultimate blame for economic woes despite the oil boom.</p> <p><strong style="font-size: 0.95em;"><a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/magazine/110861/how-older-parenthood-will-upend-american-society" target="_blank">How Older Parenthood Will Upend American Society</a> (New Republic)</strong></p> <p>December 6, 2012--Over the past half century, parenthood has undergone a change so simple yet so profound we are only beginning to grasp the enormity of its implications. It is that we have our children much later than we used to. This has come to seem perfectly unremarkable; indeed, we take note of it only when celebrities push it to extremes—when Tony Randall has his first child at 77; Larry King, his fifth child by his seventh wife at 66; Elizabeth Edwards, her last child at 50. This new gerontological voyeurism—I think of it as doddering-parent porn—was at its maximally gratifying in 2008, when, in almost simultaneous and near-Biblical acts of belated fertility, two 70-year-old women in India gave birth, thanks to donor eggs and disturbingly enthusiastic doctors. One woman’s husband was 72; the other’s was 77.</p> <p><strong>WORLD</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/OpEVjtQd2F4/us-korea-north-nuclear-idUSBRE90N03I20130124" target="_blank">North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests</a> (Reuters)</strong></p> <p>January 24, 2013--<a href="http://www.reuters.com/places/north-korea" title="Full coverage of North Korea">North Korea</a> said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its "sworn enemy".</p> <p><span id="midArticle_1">The announcement by the country's top military body came a day after the U.N. Security Council agreed to a U.S.-backed resolution to censure and sanction North Korea for a rocket launch in December that breached U.N. rules.</span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><strong><a href="http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/idle-no-more-sweeps-canada-and-beyond-aboriginals-say-enough-enough-146516">Idle No More movement sweeps Canada and beyond as aboriginals say enough is enough </a> (Indian Country Today)</strong></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1">December 22, 2012--The second wave of Idle No More protests swept across Canada on Friday December 21, with support events held across the U.S. and as far away as Europe and New Zealand, less than two weeks after the movement burst onto the political scene on December 10.</span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1">Indigenous activists used social media websites to organize round dances, highway blockades, protests and ceremonies from east to west of the country, as Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence entered her 10th day of a hunger strike that she has vowed to see through to the end.</span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><strong><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/7ARR66RCgDQ/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE90K0M320130121" target="_blank">Syrian opposition leaders fail to form government</a></strong></span><strong> (Reuters)</strong></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1">January 21, 2013--Syrian opposition leaders said on Monday they had failed to put together a transitional government to run rebel-held areas of the country, a blow to the exiled group trying to present an alternative to President Bashar al-Assad's rule.</span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">Political efforts to resolve the conflict have largely faltered because of the rebels' failure to form a unified front and because world powers are backing opposing sides.</span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><strong><a href="http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=300347&amp;R=R4" target="_blank">Algerian hostage-takers threaten further attacks</a></strong></span><strong> (Jerusalem Post)</strong></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">January 21, 2013--The Mulathameen Brigade that claimed the <a href="http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=300289" target="_blank">mass hostage-taking in Algeria</a> threatened to carry out more attacks unless Western powers ended what it called an assault on Muslims in neighboring Mali, according to the SITE monitoring service.</span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">In a statement on Monday, the al-Qaida linked group also said the hostage-takers had offered negotiations on freeing the captives seized at a gas plant deep in the Sahara but the Algerian authorities used military force, SITE reported.</span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><strong><img border="0" height="1" src="file:///C:\Users\Mayan\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" width="1" /><a href="http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/world/~3/kj5txcLuF0I/Jakarta-Indonesia-s-megacity-of-10-million-is-under-water-video" target="_blank">Jakarta, Indonesia's megacity of 10 million, is under water (+video)</a></strong></span><strong> (Christian Science Monitor)</strong></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">January 18, 2013--Flooding brought one of <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/tags/topic/Asia" target="_self">Asia</a></span>’s megacities to a halt on Thursday, as monsoon rainwater in the central business district reached a foot and a half, and almost 10-feet in other parts of the city.</span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">By today, flood-related incidents killed at least 12 people, and close to 20,000 have been evacuated. The government has put the city of 10 million on emergency alert until Jan. 27 and deployed the police and military to assist flood victims.</span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><strong><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/wx3hTOI71ow/us-egypt-politics-sabahy-idUSBRE90L0WO20130122" target="_blank">Egypt opposition leader aims to break Islamist dominance</a></strong></span><strong> (Reuters)</strong></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">January 22, 2013--A coalition of Egyptian opposition groups is forging a common electoral platform as it seeks to capitalize on setbacks for Islamists who have dominated the country's politics since an Arab Spring uprising.</span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">Hamdeen Sabahy, a firebrand politician who ran for president last year, told <a href="http://www.reuters.com/video/reuters-tv?videoId=238165734&amp;videoChannel=118066&amp;lc=int_mb_1001">Reuters</a></span></span> the opposition National Salvation Front coalition could win a parliamentary majority in April if it rises above differences that split its ranks in past elections.</span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><strong><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/20/us-yemen-violence-idUSBRE90J03T20130120" target="_blank">Blast, drone kill 13 al Qaeda-linked militants  in Yemen</a></strong></span><strong> (Reuters)</strong></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1">January 20, 2013-- </span></span>More than 10 suspected al Qaeda operatives were killed by an explosion in a house in south <a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.reuters.com/places/yemen" title="Full coverage of Yemen">Yemen</a></span> where they were making bombs, and at least six others died in two strikes from U.S. drones, tribal and official sources said on Sunday.</p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0">A bomb ripped through a house in the province of al-Bayda on Saturday night, the state news agency Saba and a local official said.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0">Strikes by suspected U.S. drone aircraft killed three people on Saturday and another three on Sunday in two parts of central Maarib province, tribal and government sources said.</span></span></span></span></p> <h1><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/opinion/global/ayaan-hirsi-ali-morsis-comments-on-jews.html">Raised on Hatred</a> (New York Times)</span></span></h1> <p>January 17, 2013--Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi, was <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/world/middleeast/egypts-leader-morsi-made-anti-jewish-slurs.html">caught on tape</a> about three years ago urging his followers to “nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred” for Jews and Zionists. Not long after, the then-leader of the Muslim Brotherhood described Zionists as “bloodsuckers who attack the Palestinians,” “warmongers” and “descendants of apes and pigs.”</p> <p>These remarks are disgusting, but they are neither shocking nor new. As a child growing up in a Muslim family, I constantly heard my mother, other relatives and neighbors wish for the death of Jews, who were considered our darkest enemy. Our religious tutors and the preachers in our mosques set aside extra time to pray for the destruction of Jews.</p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0"><strong>HEALTH/SCIENCE</strong></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0"><strong><a href="http://feeds.kpbs.org/~r/kpbs/local/~3/bs6l2uIA-BU/" target="_blank">Algae Fuel Could Help Solve The Navy’s Oil Dependence</a></strong></span><strong>  (KPBS)</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0"> January 17, 2013</span></span>When Captain Jim Goudreau describes the U.S. Navy's goal of cutting in half its use of fossil fuels by 2020, he uses words like “daunting” and “challenging.” Goudreau is director of the <a href="http://greenfleet.dodlive.mil/energy/task-force-energy/">Navy’s Energy Coordination Office</a></span>. And another word he uses to describe the goal is “necessary.” He said the Navy needs to end its heavy dependence on petroleum."And sometimes we buy it from counties that may or may not have the same interests as us. But we need the fuel to operate,” he said, adding that it would be “prudent” to develop a domestic source that gives the Navy assured mobility.</span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0"><strong><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NprProgramsATC/~3/oDMSCTI5qvc/some-types-of-insurance-can-discriminate-based-on-genes" target="_blank">It's Legal For Some Insurers To Discriminate Based On Genes</a></strong></span><strong> (NPR)</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0">January 17, 2013--Getting the results of a genetic test can be a bit like opening Pandora's box. You might learn something useful or interesting, or you might learn that you're likely to develop an incurable disease later on in life.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0">There's a federal law that's supposed to protect people from having their own genes used against them, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or <a href="http://www.genome.gov/10002328">GINA</a></span>. Under GINA, it's illegal for an employer to fire someone based on his genes, and it's illegal for health insurers to raise rates or to deny coverage because of someone's genetic code.</span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0"><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/opinion/sunday/kristof-warnings-from-a-flabby-mouse.html?ref=nicholasdkristof&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">Warnings from a flabby mouse</a></strong></span><strong> [strong link between endocrine disruptors and obesity] (NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof)</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0">January 19, 2013--ONE of the puzzles of the modern world is why we humans are growing so tubby. Maybe these two mice offer a clue. They’re genetically the same, raised in the same lab and given the same food and chance to exercise. Yet the bottom one is svelte, while the other looks like, well, an American.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0"><strong><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=300009&amp;R=R77" target="_blank">TA researchers: Genome can reveal surname</a></strong></span><strong> (Jerusalem Post)</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_1"><span id="midArticle_0">January 18, 2013--Show geneticists the chromosomes in your genome – and they are quite likely to identify your surname.</span><br /><br /> This astounding feat has been accomplished by Tel Aviv University researchers, who have just published their findings in the prestigious journal Science.</span><br /><br /> The Israeli researchers, who work at TAU and at the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research in Boston, developed an algorithm that makes it possible to identify family names on the basis of genetic data in the Y chromosome, which – conveniently – is handed down through the generations from father to son (except for slight mutations along the way). This discovery has long-term implications, including for the privacy of personal information.</span></span></p> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="addtoany first last"><span><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_9"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Fecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-87&amp;title=ECM%20WORLD%20WATCH%3A%20GLOBAL%20AND%20NATIONAL%20NEWS"><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> </span></li></ul> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:13:01 +0000 miriamg 12289 at https://www.eastcountymagazine.org https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/ecm-world-watch-global-and-national-news-87#comments
FRONT AND CENTER: FIGHTING PAY, REGIONAL DEFENSE SPENDING, ETC.
https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/front-and-center-fighting-pay-regional-defense-spending-etc <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_12"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Ffront-and-center-fighting-pay-regional-defense-spending-etc&amp;title=FRONT%20AND%20CENTER%3A%20FIGHTING%20PAY%2C%20REGIONAL%20DEFENSE%20SPENDING%2C%20ETC."><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> <div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12009"> June 2012 Articles</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><ul class="field-items"><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17121">Kuwait</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17122">Pentagon</a></li><li class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17123">Navy Commanders</a></li><li class="field-item odd"><a href="/taxonomy/term/17124">Veterans Affairs</a></li></ul></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-rss"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p></p><div><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><img src="/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2012/June/rick%20rogers.jpg" width="200" height="282" vspace="6" hspace="6" border="1" align="left" alt="" /></span></i></div> <div> </div> <div><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">News for our troops and veterans</span></i></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">By Rick Rogers</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">June 25, 2012 (San Diego)--It’s nearly impossible for the casual reader to keep up with important military and veteran stories. </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><br /> I follow this stuff for a living, and most days it’s like drinking from a fire hose. </span></div> <!--break--><p></p><div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. Here are some stories that deserve your attention. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">* The United States is ramping up its military presence in Kuwait to 13,500 troops to respond to conflicts in the Persian Gulf region. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The region holds more then half of the world’s oil reserves and over a third of its natural gas so it’s hard to overstate its importance. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Once-a-generation turmoil is shaking the Gulf: government change in Egypt; de facto civil war in Syria; nuclear ambitions in Iran; political crisis in Bahrain and on and endlessly on. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">* Despite looming troop and budget cuts, the Pentagon’s focus on the Pacific Rim should keep defense dollars flowing into San Diego County for the foreseeable future.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">So said the San Diego Military Advisory Council in its annual military economic impact study. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">San Diego’s military industrial complex kicks in a tad more than $20 billion into the region's $177 billion annual economy and is responsible for 311,000 jobs – that’s an amazing one in four San Diego County jobs.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">What’s more, that spending is not expected to decline in the near term.  </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Those worried about sequestration triggering </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">$1 trillion in military cuts shouldn’t be.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Republican and Democrats believe this a winning issue this election year and are no hurry to address it – for now.   </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">* The Pentagon needs to overhaul its combat pay system and reward younger enlisted troops who face the steepest danger with more money. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The current system is a windfall for senior officers and non-commissioned officers often in the rear with the gear -- and the AC, TV and Internet. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">So says the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, a study mandated by Congress every four years.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">“There is little correlation between exposure to danger and compensation benefits,” concluded the report. It went on to say that Congress and the Defense Department should consider measures to “strengthen the relationship between combat and compensation so that combat compensation more appropriately rewards those service members who face the greatest possibility of being injured or losing their lives as a result of hostile action.”</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Amen to that. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">My question: What took so long? </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This has been an issue since the fighting started in 2001 meaning there has been multiple Quadrennial Reviews on military compensation during a decade of fighting. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">One suggested change would make hostile fire pay higher than imminent danger pay. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Policy now sets both at $225 per month. There is no distinction between and infantryman deployed to the most dangerous place in the world and an admin clerk working in the Philippines, Cuba or Greece.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">* Navy commanders must soon interview for commanding officer positions. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A blizzard of commanding officer dismissals has stung the Navy in recent years. Many were canned for inappropriate behavior, including several for fraternizing with the help. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">To end the embarrassment, the chief of naval operations has ordered a novel pilot program. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">By June 4, 2013, every new commanding officer must go through a new screening process that includes: </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Passing a written test, receiving an informal evaluation from peers and subordinates and sitting through an oral board. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">* The Veterans Affairs Department hopes to cut suicides among veterans by using more video conferencing.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told reporters at a suicide conference in Washington that leveraging telemedicine -- and integrating VA and DOD medical records -- might reduce the suicide epidemic that’s claiming 18 veterans a day.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">In the first 155 days of the year, 154 Iraq and Afghanistan vets killed themselves.  </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Shinseki said the video conferencing would make it easier for vets to literally see doctors. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">This could be particularly important in East County and other rural areas across the country. </span></div> <div> </div> <div><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Rick Rogers has covered defense and veterans issues for nearly 30 years. He hosts Front &amp; Center: Military Talk Radio Sundays, 11 to noon, Pacific Time, on KCBQ AM 1170 (<a href="http://www.kcbq.com">www.kcbq.com</a>). Podcasts at <a href="http://www.defensetracker.com/">www.DefenseTracker.com</a>. Contact him at (760) 445-3882 or <a href="mailto:Rick.Rogers@defensetracker.com">Rick.Rogers@defensetracker.com</a></span></i></div> <div><img src="/sites/eastcountymagazine.org/files/2012/June/rick%20rogers%20radio.jpg" width="288" height="131" vspace="6" hspace="6" border="1" align="left" alt="" /> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Sundays, 11 to noon, PST, on AM 1170 KCBQ. Internet listening at: <a href="http://www.kcbq.com/">www.kcbq.com</a></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Mondays, 5 to 6 p.m. PST, on AM 1320. Internet listening available here: <a href="http://www.palomar.edu/kksm/">http://www.palomar.edu/kksm/</a></span></div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Stories and podcasts at: <a href="http://www.defensetracker.com/">www.Defensetracker.com</a> </span></div> <div><span style="font-size:11.0pt;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">NOW AVAILABLE ON iTUNES at: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/front-center-military-veteran/id534908978">http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/front-center-military-veteran/id534908978</a></span></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="addtoany first last"><span><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_target addtoany_list" id="da2a_11"> <a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastcountymagazine.org%2Ffront-and-center-fighting-pay-regional-defense-spending-etc&amp;title=FRONT%20AND%20CENTER%3A%20FIGHTING%20PAY%2C%20REGIONAL%20DEFENSE%20SPENDING%2C%20ETC."><img src="/sites/all/modules/addtoany/images/share_save_171_16.png" width="171" height="16" alt="Share this"/></a> </span> </span></li></ul> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:08:29 +0000 miriamg 10183 at https://www.eastcountymagazine.org https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/front-and-center-fighting-pay-regional-defense-spending-etc#comments