UAE is one of the sunniest regions of the world. With the discovery of oil, the life style of Emiratis has changed. Recent studies shows that 90% of the women in UAE suffer from weak bones. ➢ What do you attribute to this problem?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Recent studies show that 90% of the women in the UAE suffer from weak bones. I attribute to this problem the fact that Muslim women in the United Arab Emirates do not receive enough sunlight that is an important source of natural Vitamin D, so necessary to build strong bones.

Despite the UAE is one of the sunniest regions of the world, Muslim women cover all their body, including the head, which impedes the rays of the sun to get to their skin. That is why more medical centers are receiving women with osteoporosis.

The Schlieffen Plan drawn up in 1905 was the German army’s answer to its central strategic problem: how to win a war on two fronts, against France in the west and Russia in the east. The Chief of the Imperial German General Staff, Count Alfred von Schlieffen, envisaged a massive attack through the Low Countries into northern France (shown by the green arrows on the map), an advance that would persuade France to surrender within six weeks. Troops could then be sent east by rail to defend East Prussia against the ‘Russian steamroller’, which was expected to be slow to get moving.

Schlieffen’s plan was executed by his successor Helmuth von Moltke in August 1914, with some modifications. The Netherlands was not invaded; more troops than planned were kept in Alsace-Lorraine to defend it against a French offensive; and 250,000 troops were diverted to East Prussia to help fend off an unexpectedly speedy Russian advance.

The broken purple line shows the furthest extent of the 1914 German advance. Their offensive ended in mid-September with a French victory in the First Battle of the Marne. The subsequent German retreat to the positions indicated by the solid purple line ended any hopes of a quick victory against the French. Instead, the Western Front settled into a stalemate that was to last 3½ years. The front line was in much the same position when the New Zealand Division arrived in April 1916. The area shaded green is the foreign territory that was occupied by Germany for most of the war.

Historians disagree about whether the reduction of the invading force’s numbers was the key reason the Schlieffen Plan failed. Among other factors, Belgian resistance was stronger and the British Expeditionary Force was in the field sooner than the Germans expected.