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...reason for that, according to Dan Schueftan, deputy director of Israel's National Security Studies Center and a longtime advocate for a wall between Israel and the Palestinians, is that open societies like those in Europe and North America are realizing they are under threat from uncontrolled immigration. "We now know that we can only be more open if it doesn't threaten our way of life," Schueftan says. "The idea that just delineating a border on a map will stop people coming is becoming more and more unrealistic." Openness sounds good, he says, "but it's actually a calamity...
There's nothing like an outbreak of Ebola virus to guarantee screaming headlines. That's largely due to the mid-1990s bestseller The Hot Zone, which described the disease's horrifying course in gruesome detail, leaving many readers to believe that Ebola posed a looming threat to human existence. The truth is, however, that since the first recorded human cases in the 1970s, only a few hundred people have died from it. Of all the diseases you need to be afraid of, Ebola is near the bottom of the list. Unless, that is, you're a gorilla. Over the past...
...They defecate and urinate in and around the trees," says Walsh, leaving infected body fluids to sicken the next group. Gorillas also examine the bodies of dead apes they come upon, perhaps because they're smart enough to want to know if whatever claimed that life is a threat to them. This provides another means of direct transmission. Now that the mechanics of the epidemic are known, putting the brakes on it could be comparatively easy. Ebola vaccines exist, but public-service announcements won't exactly bring gorillas to a vaccination center where the entire population can be inoculated. Instead...
...spotlight on this issue much like his predecessor, New York Governor Eliot L. Spitzer, used his office to fight Wall Street fraud. Cuomo has forced many colleges to settle or agree to a code of conduct governing relations with lenders. Thanks to these efforts, bad press and the threat of legal action will keep offending colleges on their toes. Once the scandal has subsided, a skeptical eye will be turned towards student loans for many years to come. Such public and legal pressure is preferable to federal legislation or regulation. Institutions of higher education are autonomous and largely free from...
...proceedings called for Barnett to ask Cho if he would volunteer to seek mental health treatment. Court records indicate Cho refused that opportunity and instead demanded a hearing. That same day, Barnett heard from a doctor who said that while Cho was mentally ill, he did not pose a threat to himself or others, and that Cho had denied any suicidal ideas. Barnett won't discuss Cho's case, but court records show he nevertheless was concerned enough about Cho's mental illness that he issued a court order stating that he was a threat to himself. He also ordered...