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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.)

Available in :http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-citycreates -cell-phone-lane-walkers-271102 Access on: 09/19/2014.

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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.)

Available in :http://www.newsweek.com/chinese-citycreates -cell-phone-lane-walkers-271102 Access on: 09/19/2014.

How come the food I eat on airplanes is so bland?
“At 35,000 feet, the first thing that goes is your sense of taste,” explains Grant Mickels, executive chef for culinary development of Lufthansa’s LSG Sky Chefs. The quality of the food isn’t the issue. In a mock aircraft cabin, German researchers tried out ingredients at both sea level and in a pressurized condition at 8,000 feet. The tests revealed that the cabin atmosphere “makes your taste buds go numb, almost as if you had a cold,” says Mickels. Our perception of saltiness and sweetness drops by around 30 percent at high altitude. Decreased humidity in the cabin also dries out your nose and dulls the olfactory sensors essential for tasting flavors.—Barbara Peterson, from Condé Nast Traveler
http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/airplane-food-tastes-curiousphenomena/ em 26/08/2014

How come the food I eat on airplanes is so bland?
“At 35,000 feet, the first thing that goes is your sense of taste,” explains Grant Mickels, executive chef for culinary development of Lufthansa’s LSG Sky Chefs. The quality of the food isn’t the issue. In a mock aircraft cabin, German researchers tried out ingredients at both sea level and in a pressurized condition at 8,000 feet. The tests revealed that the cabin atmosphere “makes your taste buds go numb, almost as if you had a cold,” says Mickels. Our perception of saltiness and sweetness drops by around 30 percent at high altitude. Decreased humidity in the cabin also dries out your nose and dulls the olfactory sensors essential for tasting flavors.—Barbara Peterson, from Condé Nast Traveler
http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/airplane-food-tastes-curiousphenomena/ em 26/08/2014

How come the food I eat on airplanes is so bland?
“At 35,000 feet, the first thing that goes is your sense of taste,” explains Grant Mickels, executive chef for culinary development of Lufthansa’s LSG Sky Chefs. The quality of the food isn’t the issue. In a mock aircraft cabin, German researchers tried out ingredients at both sea level and in a pressurized condition at 8,000 feet. The tests revealed that the cabin atmosphere “makes your taste buds go numb, almost as if you had a cold,” says Mickels. Our perception of saltiness and sweetness drops by around 30 percent at high altitude. Decreased humidity in the cabin also dries out your nose and dulls the olfactory sensors essential for tasting flavors.—Barbara Peterson, from Condé Nast Traveler
http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/airplane-food-tastes-curiousphenomena/ em 26/08/2014

Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. For the first few years of her life, her hometown remained a popular tourist spot that was known for its summer festivals. However, the area began to change as the Taliban tried to take control.

Yousafzai attended a school that her father, ZiauddinYousafzai, had founded. After the Taliban began attacking girls’ schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?”

In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban’s threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity, she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year

With a growing public platform, Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right, and the right of all women, to an education. Her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2011. That same year, she was awarded Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize. Unfortunately, it also resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home from school.

The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England. She survived, and has continued to speak out on the importance of education. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, and again in 2014.

(Adapted from: Malala Yousafzai. The Biography.com website. Web, 2014. Source: http://www.biography.com/people/malalayousafzai-21362253. Accessed on: Oct. 10th. 2014.)