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COLD WAR 2: United States and Russia 'heading for conflict' says bombshell report

It states tensions between the countries are at the lowest point since the height of the Cold War, saying the chance of a full-on confrontation has shot up.

The shocking report – called "An accident waiting to happen: Trump, Putin and the US-Russia relationship" – was penned by Dr Bobo Lo, of the Lowy Institute.

Dr Lo states relations between the two superpowers has reached this critical stage due to a number of factors.

These are the election of Donald Trump in the US last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin's tough foreign policy that has been met with sanctions and finally the countries just generally not seeing eye-to-eye.

The ongoing North Korea crisis has also added fuel to the flames as both countries disagree on how to deal with the threat from Kim Jong-un.

In the shocking report, Dr Lo says the time is now to figure out whether "Moscow and Washington can manage their many differences and avoid a dangerous escalation of tensions." But the Russia expert says this dialling down of tensions may not even be possible, explaining: "The best-case scenario for the relationship in the short to medium term may be one of mutual containment, reminiscent of the Cold War.

"However, even this relative stability appears elusive.". But Dr Lo says this breakdown of relations has been a gradual thing that came to a head following the Trump's election.

Despite the President saying he wanted to have a good relationship with Putin, allegations of Russian interference in the US election have made this impossible.

"The ongoing scandal of Kremlin involvement in the US election, and the Trump camp's ties with Russian security agencies have made Russia among the most toxic of issues in Washington," Dr Low states.

"The storied personal dynamic between Trump and Vladimir Putin has proved more a hindrance than a help.".

Dr Lo claims the future for relations between the US and Russia looks bleak, stating: "The best-case scenario in the short to medium term might be a relationship not unlike that between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

"Such a scenario, however, seems increasingly unlikely. Many of the problems that dogged relations during the George W.

Bush and Obama eras have become more serious, and could generate new crises." He adds: "However, there are real doubts as to whether mutual 'strategic containment' is sustainable in an increasingly fluid and volatile world. The potential for accidents is considerable..

For more infomation >> COLD WAR 2: United States and Russia 'heading for conflict' says bombshell report - Duration: 3:46.

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Donald Tusk wants EU army THIS YEAR 'to defend borders from migrants and hostile states' - Duration: 4:25.

Donald Tusk wants EU army THIS YEAR 'to defend borders from migrants and hostile states'

The European Council President called for the 27-nation superstate to introduce Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence (PESCO) to protect the bloc from the effects of the migrant crisis, hostile bordering states and forces that risk tearing the bloc apart.

He added the EU should be prepared to spend huge amounts on the project, which will come with its own centralised headquarters and ambitious plans for EU military missions abroad.

Critics have repeatedly warned that the new system is a gateway to the creation of an EU army, although Brussels itself denies this and says it is just facilitating better military cooperation.

It goes hand in hand with plans for a centralised European Defence Fund, which is designed to help create an EU defence industry and reduce reliance on foreign powers like the US for military equipment.

Mr Tusk said: "We are a territorial community, which means that we have a common territory and common external borders. "Our duty is to protect them.

"The migration crisis has made us aware, with full force, of the need to rebuild effective control of our external borders, while the aggressive behaviour of certain third countries, and the destabilisation around Europe, has made us aware of the need to defend our territory.

"For this reason we want to launch PESCO by the end of this year.

"In order to protect our external borders, we must build a model of durable and efficient financing on a bigger scale than ever before." Mr Tusk, one of the EU's top three officials, went on to call on the Parliament to protect Europe's "heritage".

He added: "Secondly, We are a cultural community, which doesnt mean that we are better or worse - we are simply different from the outside world. "Our openness and tolerance cannot mean walking away from protecting our heritage.

"We have the right and obligation to care for what distinguishes us from other cultures - not in order to be against someone, but to be ourselves.

"Without a feeling of superiority, but with a feeling of justified pride." Last month the bloc's foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini insisted PESCO should be ready to go in time for January 2018, over a year before the UK is due to leave the union.

British ministers, including Boris Johnson and Michael Fallon, have been signing up to the EU's military plans on the basis that they will lay down a loose marker for post-Brexit security cooperation.

However, the EU sees the commitments as legally binding, and respected military commander Major-General Julian Thompson has previously warned it will not be easy for the UK to "extricate" itself in the future.

He told express.co.uk: "The UK believes it is approving military structures for the other 27, but the EU is completely clear that agreements, unfortunately, apply to the UK as full participants.".

For more infomation >> Donald Tusk wants EU army THIS YEAR 'to defend borders from migrants and hostile states' - Duration: 4:25.

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Vermont among 7 states not competing for new $5B Amazon HQ - Duration: 1:39.

For more infomation >> Vermont among 7 states not competing for new $5B Amazon HQ - Duration: 1:39.

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States of Consciousness Sleep Disorders - with Dr Z - Duration: 6:39.

Hi gang.

Now we're going to talk about sleep disorders in terms of impacts on states of consciousness.

If you have a sleep disorder, it can definitely impact your consciousness.

It can lead to an altered state.

So we're just gonna talk about the really big ones, the first one being insomnia, which

is either the inability to fall asleep, the inability to stay asleep, or you could be

one of the one's who has both the inability to fall asleep and the inability to stay asleep.

In insomnia, what happens because you can't sleep enough, you don't get enough of the

cycles of sleep between 2 and 5, bouncing up and down all night, that allows you to

get the mental restoration that you need in order to function properly.

And that can lead to an altered state.

Now somnambulism, which is a fancy way of saying sleep walking, and sleep talking take

place during stages 3 and 4, deep sleep.

For the most part, these are not issues.

For people who are sleep talkers, you can have conversations with people in the middle

of the night.

They will not remember them the next morning because they're in deep sleep.

So their brain is not really there.

Sleep walkers, same thing.

Tends to not be a problem unless the person is putting themself in danger, unless the

person is walking down the middle of the street, unless the person is driving their car while

they're still asleep.

Then it becomes a problem.

In those situations, wake the person up.

They may be groggy.

They may be disoriented.

They may be unaware of what's happening because they are in deep sleep when they're sleep

walking.

But them being dizzy and confused is better than them being injured.

Now, sleep walking and sleep talking - remember that takes place during deep sleep - which

is exactly what sleep terrors and night terrors are.

If you can think of it this was - sleep terror and night terror is basically sleep walking

and sleep talking a scary movie.

The person's brain is not really online, not functioning.

Their brain is kinda gone.

Their body is acting out what looks like a scary movie.

People in sleep terrors/night terrors, because they're in deep sleep, very difficult for

them to wake up.

If you do manage to wake them up, they're going to be disoriented and they're not going

to realize they're yelling and screaming woke up the whole family.

Now sleep terrors/night terrors we believe are due to neurological immaturity, so it's

quite possible that people can grow out of it.

It's also quite possible for the neurological issue of sleep terrors/night terrors to run

into adulthood, especially in families where there is the predisposition.

Now sleep terrors/night terrors completely different than nightmares.

A nightmare takes place during stage 5, REM sleep, when you are dreaming.

People who are dreaming and having bad dreams, they will wake up, whether a child or an adult.

They will figure out how to get comforted.

They may not go back to sleep, but they are aware that it's a dream because they were

in the sleep [dream] cycle.

People in the sleep terror/night terror, acting out a scary movie, it's not a dream.

If you wake them up, they will not understand why.

Narcolepsy is the sudden and overwhelming urge to go to sleep, usually due to excitation.

It's a neurological disorder.

Someone gets really excited, they fall asleep.

The lady on the right was being interviewed.

Must have been a very exciting experience because she all of a sudden fell asleep.

The dog in the vet's arms on the left, awake.

All of a sudden the dog gets excited - Boom.

Again, it's a neurological disorder.

You get overly excited, your body's reaction is to shut down.

It can be controlled with medication for some.

Unfortunately for some people with narcolepsy, they have restrictions on their lives.

There are some careers that they cannot do and there are some things they cannot do.

For example, driving may be something they never get to do because all of sudden falling

asleep when you're overly excited while you're driving gets very dangerous to you, the narcoleptic,

and very dangerous to everyone else on the road.

Now the last sleep disorder that we're going to talk about that can definitely impact your

levels of consciousness, your awareness, is sleep apnea.

What happens in sleep apnea is that someone transitions from light sleep to deep sleep,

they stop breathing.

And if you look at the picture on the left, you will see the tongue kind of falling down

and blocking the back of the throat.

The person cannot breathe.

And when you cannot breathe, you gasp [gasping sound], taking a big breath which brings you

from deep sleep into light sleep.

That means you don't get the cycles of sleep that you need.

You don't get to go from stage 2 to 5, back to 2, back to 5 all night long.

You don't get the restoration that comes from those cycling.

Some people with sleep apnea are more likely to have high blood pressure, higher risk of

heart disease, higher risk of stroke, high risk of kidney disease.

Also more likely to make mistakes or have accidents because they're not getting the

restoration.

Now fortunately, if you look at the picture on the right, there are remedies for sleep

apnea.

That is the CPAP system, and what they have found is if they can force positive air into

the nose and sometimes the mouth - in this case, the picture does only include the nose

- of a person with sleep apnea, it prevents their throat from being blocked.

They sleep all night long.

They can get those restoration cycles of sleeping, and they can actually reduce their risks for

high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and also reduce their number of accidents

and mistakes.

So those are the basic sleep disorders that can interfere with your ability to function

properly.

So thank you.

Bye-bye.