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The other day I was about to call the Dakar Rally the toughest race in the world, but then I realized I didn't really have any proof for the claim. There must be a harder test of car and driver, no?
I mean, what about the Baja 1000, or any number of other desert races I've never even heard of? Surely there's some Pan-Siberian race that holds up the tradition of the old Paris-Dakar, or a 24-hour off road race in Angola that never gets any publicity.
Naturally, this brought me back to what must be the toughest form of vehicular competition in the world: achteruitrijden. It's basically driving backwards in complete beaters on mud-strewn tracks in the Netherlands. You end up flying over bumps and shattering important parts of your spine, or getting crashed into by a field full of rusty DAFs for very little in the way of fame or glory.
Still, we're sure you know some kind of Yugoslavian endurance demolition derby that's much tougher than anything else, so post it in Kinja below. We're taking nominations for any motorized vehicle racing, so bring on your motorcycles, trophy trucks, and hovercraft.
(QOTD is your chance to address the day's most pressing automotive questions and to experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits, and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good Question of the Day, send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)

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[Typical imperialist double standards. — NP]
Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to hit Iran
By ROBERT BURNS
JERUSALEM — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel held out hope Sunday for a nonmilitary way to ending the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, but he also emphasized Washington's willingness to let Israel decide whether and when it might strike Tehran in self-defense.
Hagel, on his first visit to Israel as Pentagon chief, seemed intent on burying the image that Republican critics painted of him as insufficiently supportive of the Jewish state. That portrayal was central to a failed campaign to derail Hagel's Senate confirmation in February.
In an interview with reporters on his flight from Washington, Hagel said the United States and Israel see "exactly the same" threat from Iran, which he described as a toxic combination of nuclear ambition and support for terrorism.
But he acknowledged differences on when it may reach the point of requiring U.S. or Israeli military action.
Hagel stressed repeatedly that Israel has a sovereign right to decide for itself whether it must attack Iran. He made no mention of the possibility that an Israeli attack would draw the U.S. into the conflict and lead to a wider regional war.
"Israel will make the decision that Israel must make to protect itself, to defend itself," Hagel said as he began a weeklong tour of the Middle East.
Also Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was in Istanbul, where he urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel. On a trip to Israel last month, President Barack Obama secured a pledge from Turkish and Israeli leaders to normalize ties that broke down after a 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
Hagel said international penalties are taking a heavy toll on Iran, though he said no one can be sure that economic coercion will compel Iran to change course.
Referring to sanctions and diplomacy, Hagel said, "these other tracks do have some time to continue to try to influence the outcome in Iran."
Hagel acknowledged that while Israel and the U.S. share a commitment to ensuring that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon, there "may well be some differences" between the two allies on the question of when Iran's leaders might decide to go for a bomb.
"When you back down into the specifics of the timing of when and if Iran decides to pursue a nuclear weapon, there may well be some differences," he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tends to see more urgency, reflecting in part the fact that certain Iranian technological advances toward a nuclear weapon could put the program beyond the ability of the Israeli military to destroy it with airstrikes. U.S. forces have greater reach.
Hagel's first order of business upon arrival in Jerusalem was a guided tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust history museum. He participated in a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance and wrote an inscription in the guest book at a memorial for the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished in the Holocaust.
"There is no more poignant, more touching, more effective way to tell the story than this reality, as painful as it is, but it is a reality," he said after completing his visit. "It did happen, and we must prepare our future generations … for a clear understanding that we must never allow this to happen again."
In his remarks while en route to Israel, Hagel repeatedly emphasized Israel's right of self-defense and stressed that military force — by implication, Israeli or American — remains an option of last resort.
"In dealing with Iran, every option must be on the table," he said.
During his two-day visit to Israel, Hagel was expected to further discuss a U.S. arms deal that would provide Israel with missiles for its fighter aircraft, plus KC-135 refueling planes that could be used in a long-range strike on a country such as Iran, as well as V-22 Osprey transport planes. He called the proposed sale a "very clear signal" to Iran.
"The bottom line is, Iran is a threat — a real threat," he said.
Iran asserts that its nuclear program is designed entirely for nonmilitary purposes.
Yiftah Shapir, a military analyst at the Institute for National Security Studies think tank in Tel Aviv, said Hagel appeared eager to present a steady-as-she-goes attitude following his Senate confirmation battle.
"He's here to say, 'Folks, nothing has changed. We are still with you,'" Shapir said. "The goal is to deliver a relaxing message and to project business as usual."
Hagel suggested he holds hope that Iran's presidential election in June might change the trajectory of its nuclear drive.
After his talks in Israel, Hagel planned stops in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Each is an important American ally in the Middle East, and each is worried by Syria's civil war.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are part of a $10 billion proposed U.S. arms sale that includes Israel. The UAE would get about 26 F-16 fighters and it and Saudi Arabia would get advanced air-launched missiles.


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Today's News: Our Take - Jay Leno Talks Tonight Show News: "I Had a Really Awkward Day Today"
When he took The Tonight Show stage on Wednesday, Jay Leno openly addressed that he wouldn't be heading the show that much longer.
"I got to be honest with you, I had a really awkward day today," Leno said in his monologue. "I had to call David Letterman and tell him he didn't get The Tonight Show again. Awful! Terrible!"
David Letterman rips "crazy" Tonight Show succession plan: "What are they thinking?"
The monologue closely echoed Letterman's remarks on his show Wednesday when he said he received a call from his mother expressing her disappointment that, once again, her son had been passed over for the gig. Although Leno only had kind words for his successor, Jimmy Fallon, he still kept the punches rolling at his soon-to-be-former-employers, NBC. "I want to congratulate our good friend Jimmy Fallon! He is a hell of a guy! He's going to do a great job," Leno said. "I have just one request for Jimmy: We've all fought, kicked and scratched, to get this network up to fifth place, now we have to keep it there! Jimmy, don't let it slip into sixth!"
Leno also took a (slight) jab at NBC's plan to have Leno retire while he's still on top of his game, saying that the network had already named Fallon's successor. "Like NBC says in five years they plan to replace Jimmy with Justin Bieber," he joked. "They are moving too quickly! Moving too quickly!"
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Leno also took the time to announce his surprising next gig before moving on to other topics of the day. "Today I accepted a new position; I am going to be the head basketball coach at Rutgers University," Leno said in reference to the college sports scandal, in which the Rutgers coach was fired after videotape of him throwing basketballs at his players and verbally assaulting them surfaced online. Here at TVGuide.com, we also had a few ideas about what Leno should do next.
Elsewhere on NBC, Fallon was thankful, but brief, when it came to address his big promotion. "This is Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ... for now. You guys probably heard the news - I'm going to be taking over the Tonight Show next February! But don't worry. Until February, our focus is right here on whatever this show is called."
Added Fallon: "I want to thank everyone here at Late Night, the staff, the crew, and of course The Roots. I have to say thanks to Jay Leno for being so gracious. It means so much to me to have his support."
What do you think of Leno and Fallon's comments? What should Leno do next?
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I wrote this piece as a summary of our expert workshop and network meeting on "Protection of individuals from harm as a system-wide challenge for the United Nations" that took place in Braunschweig in July 2016. It first appeared on the Junge UN-Forschung Blog.
Securing access to besieged areas of Aleppo, increasing patrols around UN House in Juba, or ending refugee maltreatment in Australian detention centres in Nauru: the protection of civilians from immediate harm is one of the core tasks of the United Nations system. There are few issues for which UN actors are so frequently in the news. Senior UN officials routinely criticize state authorities and non-state actors responsible for violence against civilians. Too often, the UN are in the spotlight themselves because they failed to live up to the expectations and responsibilities related to the protection of civilians, for example at the protection of civilians site in Malakal, South Sudan in February this year.
Research on how to better protect civilians from harm is essential in order to enable the UN to fulfil their charter-based mandate: creating a safer, fairer and more prosperous world for all. In this vein, we organized an expert workshop and network meeting on the common theme "Protecting civilians as system-wide challenge for the United Nations", which took place from 15 to 17 July at the Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany. It brought together around 20 junior scholars from Germany, Europe, the United States, and Brazil in order to facilitate academic exchange and build a network of scholars around the topic. The workshop was designed to take into account perspectives from three major policy fields: humanitarian action, peacekeeping, and human rights. It took place in the context of the German Association of the United Nations and its working group on young UN research.
At a public panel discussion, a dedicated break-out session and the presentation of our own preliminary research, we discussed the distinction between the three policy fields of humanitarian action, peacekeeping, and human rights, as well as open questions and debates within those fields. As the workshop itself took place under Chatham House rules, we only quote from the public panel discussion, and provide a general sense of the discussion during the rest of the event.
Humanitarian action, peacekeeping, and human rights perspectives
The official definition of protection approved by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) for humanitarian action is much too broad for practical purposes. A tiered, increasingly ambitious understanding of protection is more helpful in that regard: ensuring access to humanitarian aid is the most basic definition of humanitarian protection, followed by ensuring access to protection services. More contentious are the roles humanitarian agencies can play in putting a stop to on-going rights violations, or even in furthering international criminal justice through witness statements and the collection of evidence. For Médecins Sans Frontières, protection frequently equates to really taking the principle of doing no harm seriously, said the director of the agency's German chapter, Florian Westphal, at the panel discussion. Providing aid to displaced persons must not help armed groups locate them. The public and private advocacy that humanitarian organisations like MSF engage in always needs to make sure that people are actually better protected, even when the agencies want to ensure that they are not being seen as complicit with violations because of their (public) silence, Westphal argued.
UN peacekeeping is a highly political undertaking, even if senior UN officials and member states don't always recognize it as such, claimed Peter Schumann, former chief of staff of the UN Mission in Sudan and long-term UNDP staff member. As the UN peace operation in South Sudan showed, too often member states create over-ambitious mandates without sufficient resources and political backing to meet the high expectations that the mission will actually protect the population from immediate threats of violence. UN peacekeeping operates largely according to a short-term logic: creating physical security for civilians, responding to their immediate needs. This may sit uncomfortably with the long-term requirement to develop a political strategy, for which the military can create space and which helps the warring parties move to a peaceful way to settle their disputes. Moreover, rhetorical commitments to the effective protection of civilians and national policies of member states in the Security Council as well as of individual troop contributing countries may differ significantly. Germany's recent evacuation of its police personnel that was supposed to protect women and children as part of the UN Mission in South Sudan was one example mentioned at the workshop.
Human rights agencies have the most long-term perspective of the three policy fields. The Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR), for example stresses not only that states have a primary responsibility to protect their populations from harm (as do humanitarian and peacekeeping actors). The methods OHCHR lists in its most recent management plan aim to enable rights-holders exercise their rights and to build the capacities of duty-bearers to guarantee fundamental human rights. Someone is always bound by human rights, and someone else is always entitled, as the break out group on human rights protection put it. However, some actors put themselves deliberately outside the international legal system, such as the so-called Islamic State or North Korea. Protecting those who defend human rights on the ground is an important, concrete task for international actors such as peace brigades international, said Christiane Schultz, who founded the organisation's German section. The Committee on enforced disappearances can issue urgent measures, for example, and conduct country visits to raise individual cases and instigate structural change.
Over the three-day workshop, it became clear that protecting populations from harm is a hugely ambitious and complex undertaking. In all policy fields, there are gaps between rhetorical commitments and implementing promises on the ground. There can be differences between individual mandate-holders, national peacekeeping contingents, missions, institutions, and policy fields.
The main impediment to better protection are not the differences about the meaning, methods and objectives of protection per se – they are the natural and inevitable consequence of varying mandates and contexts. Rather, it is the lack of mutual understanding that leads to gaps in the protection architecture. It also misses out on opportunities to jointly tackle common challenges and recognise each other's complementarity, in full recognition of their distinct mandates. Thus, there is much to learn from each other. Academic and policy exchange on the theme of protecting civilians from harm needs to intensify (for example here).


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Download entry as Lucid Scribe Data (LSD) or Comma Separated Values (CSV).
Thought I'd do the process in bullet form. To be used in conjunction with the attached pics. Unfortunately I didn't take step by step pics but it is really pretty simple. If I forgot anything feel free to ask.
- Remove all the stickers from the mind wave including the large circular one that says NeuroSky MindWave. They just peel off.
- Unscrew everything
- The blue wires Going to the forehead sensor can be carefully pried out of the sides.
- Gently remove the boards and refer to pics for wiring scheme. These wires/connections are fragile!
- Buy a battery holder or cut away the original one and add wires to be able to mount it in a more comfortable position.
- Adapt or replace the forehead sensor
- Mount into headband as suits your needs.
- Sleep, Dream, Be Amazed


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Police: Girlfriend finds sitter for child, goes to club; boyfriend stabs her
FALL RIVER — A Fall River man is charged with stabbing his girlfriend during a fight over their young child, police said.
Tyler Robert Alves, 28, of 682 Eastern Ave., was said to have been angry that his girlfriend had left their child with a babysitter to go out to a nightclub Saturday night, Fall River Police Detective JD Costa said.
Alves was ordered held on $5,000 cash bail after being arraigned Monday in Fall River District Court on charges that include armed assault to murder, kidnapping a minor by a relative, vandalizing property and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing substantial injury.
The victim, 25, suffered a single, non-life-threatening stab wound to her side, Costa said. She was transported to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.
The incident, Costa said, began early Sunday morning when Alves allegedly confronted his girlfriend and began arguing with her inside Club Jewel, located at 502 Bedford St.
When the girlfriend and a female friend later tried to leave the nightclub, Costa said, Alves entered their vehicle and started kicking several items inside the car. A few minutes later, he got out of the vehicle and left the area, Costa said.
While the girlfriend and her friend were driving home to the 200 block of Fifth Street, the victim received a text message from her babysitter telling her to come home right away, according to police. After arriving at the apartment, both women saw Alves in the living room with the child. During an ensuing argument, Alves allegedly punched his girlfriend in the face, picked up their child and walked outside to a waiting cab, Costa said.
The girlfriend and her friend managed to catch up with Alves and take the child back from him. As the women walked away, however, Alves allegedly approached them and stabbed his girlfriend, Costa said.
Fall River police officers responded to the 911 call around 3:35 a.m. Sunday. Officer Felicia Melo found Alves, with bloody hands, at the corner of Rodman and Fourth streets, Costa said.
Alves is scheduled to return to court July 1.


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The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) was established in May 2000. The Commission, consisting of the Chairman and three members, is independent and non political, and regulates eGambling on behalf of the States of Alderney. The Commission ensures that its regulatory and supervisory approach meets the very highest of international standards.
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Alderney, the third largest of the Channel Islands and one of the constitutive islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, is approximately 8 miles from France and 60 miles from mainland Britain. It has its own government, legislature and company laws and operates with the same modern banking, insurance and investment laws as Guernsey. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission is a statutory body responsible for ensuring that the finance industry on Guernsey and Alderney is well regulated. Alderney is subject to the provisions of Guernsey taxation laws.
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Pink Figure Eight Kid Necklace
Pink Figure Eight Kid Necklace
Mom made necklaces are made with 12, 15 and 19 mm round silicone beads clustered together and a break away clasp. If the child pulls hard on the necklace, the clasp with come apart for safety. Necklaces measure approximately 23 inches long.
Along with all of our teething products, kids can chew on the necklace but can also be used as a sensory or fidget necklace. According to Health Canada, kid necklace should be used only by children 3.5 + years of age and older. Food Grade Silicone Latex Free, Nitrosamine Free, Phthalate Free, BPA Free, PVC Free
Cleaning & Care: Hand wash only with warm soapy water. Pat dry with a clean cloth or paper towel, or allow to air dry. DO NOT place in the dishwasher or the microwave. Items without wood or metal can be placed in the freezer for extra teething relief. Wood items can be treated using your favourite edible oil. For example: Olive, avocado or coconut.
Shipping: For most items free letter mail shipping is an option. Letter mail packages will be shipped using Canada Post and is shipped at the buyer's risk. Shipping for all orders may be upgraded to Expedited Parcel which will include insurance and a tracking number. Expedited Parcel shipping rates are calculated by weight and size of the package.


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SQLSat86 Session Review: Andy Warren's 'Building a Professional Development Plan'
Before we begin, I must first admit that when I saw 'Building a Professional Development Plan' in the SQL Saturday 85 Schedule in Orlando back in September, I was not enthusiastic about attending this session as I thought it was more for consultants or for those looking to start their own business. Quite simply, I was thinking business plan and not individual plan. In hindsight, I wish I had attended this session back then, but I digress.
As most everyone knows, Andy Warren is the father of SQL Saturday and his status in the SQL community is legendary. With that being said I will now list the things that I learned from this session.
- Generally we do not like setting goals as there is an inherit risk of failure.
- The professional development plan, or PDP, is essentially your business plan as you are essentially a business with a plan.
- The PDP should be a pretty good mixture of growth items as well as technical items, such as:
- Formal Education
- Training
- Projects
- Am I learning skills that only apply to my current job?
- What will be the next job that I search for?
- Will it be within my company?
- Am I being siloed into a narrow skill set in order to accomplish my existing responsibilities?
- Where are you going and what do you want should be reflected in your PDP. What is the balance of the following items:
- More Money
- Stability
- Challenges
- Responsibility
|0-20 hours
|No goal, no plan–Just work
|21-50 hours
|Standard Maintenance
|51-100 hours
|Slow growth, adding one skill
|101-200 hours
|Serious investment
|200+ hours
|Different focus / Hyper Growth
- A Personal Development Plan should include the following:
- Networking, you should always try to meet three new people at each event or training.
- Writing / Communication skills
- Leadership / Management training
- Formal Education (or degree)
- Teaching / Presenting
- Professional Organizations / Events
- Networking
- It gives you practice writing
- It shows your level of consistency and follow through to future employers
- It shows that you participate in your profession
I thoroughly enjoyed this session and will be developing my own Professional Development Plan before the end of the year. Thanks, Andy.
Posted on November 17, 2011, in SQL Saturday, Training and tagged SQL Pass, SQL Saturday, Tampa. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.


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Nap Lajoie
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- September 5, 1874 Woonsocket Rhode Island
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- February 7, 1959 (aged 84) Daytona Beach Florida
- Awards And Honors:
- Baseball Hall of Fame (1937) Baseball Hall of Fame (inducted 1937. Triple Crown 3x batting champion
Nap Lajoie, in full Napoleon Lajoie, (born September 5, 1874, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S.—died February 7, 1959, Daytona Beach, Florida), American professional baseball player who was one of the game's best hitters and an outstanding fielder. Lajoie had a .338 career batting average, the second highest ever for a second baseman, with 3,242 hits, the 14th highest total in major league history.
Lajoie's formal education ended by age 11, when his father's unexpected death forced him to find work at a textile mill. As a young adult, he worked as a livery driver and played semiprofessional baseball on the weekends. His exploits on the diamond drew the attention of major league scouts, and he was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League (NL) in 1896.
After five seasons with the Phillies, Lajoie moved over to the Athletics, Philadelphia's team in the new American League (AL). His .426 batting average with the Athletics in 1901 is the highest ever recorded in the AL. A lawsuit was filed to keep Lajoie from leaving the NL, and in 1902 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court barred him from playing with any team other than the Phillies. A compromise was reached, and Lajoie was allowed to play for another American League team, the Cleveland Bronchos, but he was required to stay out of the lineup when Cleveland played in Philadelphia. Lajoie's performance in 1902 rejuvenated the Cleveland team, and the next season the club was renamed the Naps in tribute to Lajoie. He played more than half of his 21-year career with Cleveland before returning to the Athletics for his final two seasons (the injunction against him playing in Philadelphia was lifted in 1903).
In 1910 the popular Lajoie was involved in a race for the batting title with the relatively disliked Ty Cobb. Lajoie and Cobb were neck and neck for much of the year, and there was confusion in the process of determining batting averages. Cobb, assuming he had won the title and the new car that accompanied it, did not play in the last two games of the year. Lajoie did play and had eight hits in nine at bats, although seven were bunts with the opposing team's third baseman ordered to play deep. Even so, Cobb officially won the title by .001, but both players were given cars in an attempt to limit controversy. More than 70 years later it was discovered that two hits had been incorrectly credited to Cobb in 1910, but attempts to award the batting title to Lajoie were rejected by commissioner Bowie Kuhn. (However, most modern sources credit Lajoie with the batting title.) Lajoie was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 1937.


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Alice in Wonderland (Graphic Novel Adaptation) by Lewis Carroll, adapted by Lewis Helfand.
Illustrated by Rajesh Nagulakonda.
Published by Campfire, 2010. Paperback.
Does what it says on the tin, really: graphic version of the original story.
There's a little glossary of fantastic beasts at the back, including the Griffin, which seems relevant, and the phoenix, which seems rather less so…
Available on Amazon: Alice in Wonderland (Graphic Novel Adaptation)


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With her tenure as a congresswoman coming to a close, Rep. Lynn Woolsey is asking President Barack Obama to expand the protection of waters off Marin and Sonoma counties by establishing a marine monument.
Since 2004, the Petaluma Democrat has been attempting to get Congress expand the boundaries of Cordell Bank and Gulf of the Farallones marine sanctuaries, which would provide for more species protection and prevent drilling for oil over a large area.
That effort has fallen short and with Republicans controlling the House of Representatives she doesn't see approval coming in this legislative session. So she is bypassing Congress and going straight to the president, asking that he create the marine monument, a national park of sorts that is in the ocean, under water.
"There is a threat off the coast of Marin," said Woolsey, whose last day in office is Jan. 3. She has represented Marin and Sonoma counties in the House for 20 years.
"If drilling occurs and there is a problem, oil could spread all over the coast. It knows no boundaries," she said.
While there are no proposals to drill off the coast presently, Woolsey cautioned, "you never know what will happen. It's best to protect the area now."
Woolsey has been joined by Sen. Barbara Boxer in asking President Obama to establish a marine monument covering about 2,800 square miles off the Marin, Sonoma and the southern area of Mendocino.
Area along the Marin coast is already protected from oil exploration by the Gulf of the Farallones Marine Sanctuary.
The United States has 13 national marine sanctuaries in a system designated by Congress and run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to protect and preserve "biodiversity, ecological integrity and cultural legacy."
Gulf of the Farallones is a 1,255-square-mile area made up of tidal flats, rocky intertidal areas, wetlands, subtidal reefs and coastal beaches. The sanctuary is home to thousands of seals and sea lions, and hosts great white sharks and the largest concentration of breeding seabirds in the continental U.S..
In addition, the Cordell Bank Sanctuary sits beyond the Gulf of the Farallones, 52 miles northwest of Marin's coast, at the edge of the continental shelf. It encompasses 526 square miles. Endangered humpback whales, porpoises, albatross and marine species flourish in the marine environment.
Woolsey's monument would extend the boundaries of those sanctuaries eastward and be managed by the same people who are stewards of those waters. One difference, the public would be allowed to donate money toward the monument, which could be used for boats and other supplies to help manage it.
"I think it's a great idea," said Rep.-elect Jared Huffman, D-San Rafael, the incoming North Coast congressman who campaigned this year strongly on his environmental credentials.
The establishment of monuments has precedent.
In January 2000, President Bill Clinton established the California Coastal National Monument by executive order, protecting all the islets, reefs and rock outcroppings — including the Farallon Islands — along the 840-mile California coast.
In 2006, President George Bush, inspired by his wife, Laura, created the Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument northwest of Hawaii and the largest protected area in U.S. waters.
Woolsey said she hasn't yet received a response from the White House.
"They asked us to wait until after the election," she said. "Well it's been a week. We are ready."
MCT Information Services contributed to this report. Contact Mark Prado via email at email@example.com


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by Girmay Gebru
Journalist for the Voice of America
Students from Simret Merha Tibeb Academy celebrated Ethiopian Nation and Nationalities Day at its eve in their school compound. The students dressed in traditional attire, colorfully representing the different ethnics groups of Ethiopia.
During the celebration, the students presented an anthem called "Our Diversity is Our Beauty" and it was respectfully received by the audience. The anthem is well known throughout Ethiopia having often been presented on mainstream media.
The children were well prepared for their presentation through dedicated training and rehearsals prior to the celebration provided by their teachers and school administration.
On the eve of the National Day of Nation and Nationalities of Ethiopia, the students presented different shows that made the day more joyful. They presented poems, traditional songs, martial arts and exhibitions that expressed the walks of life of many different Ethiopian ethnicities.
W/ro Feven Mengisteab, managing director of the Simret Merha Tibeb Academy and the school teachers together with the students broke 'Hambasha' the Tigriyan bread in honor of the day.
Parents and guests throughout the community and local government officials were among the audience.
Simret Merha Tibeb Academy is a well-respected private school in Tigray region.
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Canonical's Ubuntu One cloud storage service hit Mac OS X in a beta on Thursday, bringing Ubuntu's Dropbox competitor to all widely used platforms. The service already had applications for Windows, iOS, Android, and of course, Ubuntu.
"As this is a beta we are still working hard fixing bugs to make the Mac client even slicker," Canonical said in an announcement. "Please be patient whilst we iron out the kinks over the coming weeks." Users can report bugs at the Ubuntu One help site.
Just like Dropbox, SkyDrive, or Google Drive, Ubuntu One adds a folder to your file system for sharing files across devices. It also provides a management console from which you can add folders to sync, manage connected devices, share links, and configure settings on syncing, notifications, and limits on upload and download speed:
Beyond the desktop and mobile clients, there's a browser-based tool to access files from any device. I tested out syncing a file from a Mac to an Ubuntu PC this morning, and it works—quickly. In addition to 5GB storage, the free tier of the service provides file sync across all platforms, sharing folders and files, and mobile access. Canonical is in the money-making business, though, so there are subscription options and integration with the Ubuntu One Music Store in a manner similar to that used by Amazon's Cloud Drive.
For $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year, Ubuntu One users can add 20GB for a total of 25GB storage, and can continue to add 20GB blocks for the same price. For $3.99 a month or $39.99 a year, users get the additional 20GB plus music streaming on mobile, with a cache for offline listening. You can start off with six months of free music streaming and 20GB of storage by buying one track from Ubuntu One.
Ubuntu One hit the 1 million user mark last year, and offers a developer program for building applications on top of the service.


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Acquired RHP Zack Greinke from the Brewers for SS-R Jean Segura, RHP John Hellweg, and RHP Ariel Pena. [7/27]
Not 10 months have passed since Jerry Dipoto became the Angels' general manager. In that span, Dipoto has acquired Albert Pujols, C.J. Wilson, and now Greinke; there are fantasy league general managers who have consummated fewer deals involving superstars than Dipoto has over the past calendar year.
Greinke became the best starter available on the trade market once Cole Hamels signed an extension. Although Greinke is not the best pitcher on earth—as his 2009 season made him out to be—he is a well above-average starter. Since the beginning of the 2010 season, Greinke has recorded a quality start in 65 percent of his tries—placing him ahead of Dan Haren (64 percent) and just behind Wilson (67 percent). Greinke is a good starter joining a rotation that could use another with the struggles to date of Ervin Santana and Haren. Should one (or both) of those pitchers get back on track, the Angels would have arguably the best rotation assembled in the game today.
Greinke gets outs with quality stuff and a good feel for his arsenal. He mixes locations, velocity, and pitches with a fastball that can touch 95, a cutter, a changeup, and two curveballs. When batters do make contact with Greinke's pitches, they tend to wind up on the ground. Going from Milwaukee's infield, which ranks 25th in turning groundballs into outs this season, to Los Angeles', which ranks second, should help Greinke out. The Angels' defense will provide more support than the Brewers' when the ball is hit elsewhere, too. Los Angeles ranks third in defensive efficiency; Milwaukee ranks 29th.
Speaking of the infield, Dipoto paved the way to trading Segura with a pair of other offseason moves. In re-signing Howie Kendrick and Erick Aybar, he created an enviable logjam of middle infielders under team control for years to come. One downside for Dipoto is that Segura could become the best player of the three, but that might take years before it comes to fruition. Another downside is the lack of draft-pick compensation. If the Angels are unable to re-sign Greinke (and he reportedly turned down an extension offer worth five years and between $100 and $112.5 million) then there is no future value coming.
The Angels, however, are pushing for a playoff spot and a World Series title right now. They entered the night with a 78.1 percent shot at the postseason. In all likelihood, the Angels now have a better than 80 percent shot to make the tournament. If that happens, and if the Angels survive the Wild Card play-in, then they can then throw some combination of Jered Weaver, Wilson, and Greinke at a team in a short series. Good luck to those unfortunate souls. —R.J. Anderson
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Acquired SS-R Jean Segura, RHP John Hellweg, and RHP Ariel Pena from the Brewers for RHP Zack Greinke. [7/27]
On December 19, 2010, the Brewers nearly emptied out a shallow minor league system to acquire Zack Greinke. Eighteen months later, the Angels nearly did the same for just two months of his time, although the availability of an exclusive window of negotiation needs to be considered as having some value. No deal for Greinke was going to happen without a stud heading to Milwaukee; the Brewers ended up with two, and the third player is more than just a throw-in.
In Segura, the Brewers get an excellent prospect at a position that is a significant team weakness both at the big league level and within their farm system. The 22-year-old Dominican was hitting .294/.346/.404 at Double-A Arkansas, but those numbers came after a slow start. He has been looking like the 2010 version of himself of late, though, after missing most of 2011 with hamstring problems. Segura packs plenty of tools into a small package. Dubbed by one scout as "aggressively patient," Segura is not a walk machine but rarely swings at bad pitches. He has outstanding bat speed with enough juice to hit 30-plus doubles and 10-plus home runs annually. He's a plus runner who stole 33 bases in 94 games for Arkansas, although he needs to improve his jumps. Originally a second baseman, Segura has the quickness and the hands to play shortstop, but his arm is average at best. Most scouts think he can stay on the left side as an acceptable defender, with his offense more than making up for any deficiencies there. He's certainly the Brewers' shortstop of the future (with some star potential), and that future could begin on Opening Day 2013.
Like Segura, Hellweg also has numbers that don't tell the whole story; he too has returned to previous form over the last two months. A 16th-round pick in 2008, Hellweg began his career as an ultra-wild reliever with a great fastball, but he's made a borderline stunning conversion to starting over the past two years and still intrigues scouts with his size and stuff. At six-foot-nine, Hellweg is an imposing mound presence, and his size and arm angle add a big downward plane on his plus-plus fastball that sits at 94-97 mph while touching 99. He will flash a plus power breaking ball but can get loose with the pitch and overthrow it. His changeup is there but below average. He has the stamina to start but not the arsenal at this time. Still, he'll have time to develop that. His size works against him in terms of command and control; despite an easy, traditional delivery, he has trouble throwing strikes at times. Hellweg could be anything from a no. 2 starter to a closer to just a guy with a nice fastball, depending on how he develops, but his upside is hard to deny.
Pena is more than just a throw-in; while pitching at the same level as Hellweg, he has a lower ERA and higher strikeout rate even if he lacks his teammate's upside. Still, he has plenty of stuff, highlighted by a low-to-mid 90s fastball with a bit of horizontal movement and a plus slider with good two-plane break that he can throw for strikes or use as a chase pitch. His changeup remains below average, which gives him trouble against left-handed hitters, and he has a tendency to work up in the strike zone, leading to too many long-balls. He projects as a potential no. 3 or 4 starter with power relief work a possibility if his development falters. —Kevin Goldstein
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For me, inequality is the biggest issue facing humanity today because it is inequality that is the root cause of so many of the world's problems. Environmental degradation– inequality in resource distribution and power relations. War- inequality between nations. Poverty and violence- inequality between individuals. I'm sure you're wondering where socially constructed gender roles come into all this.
From the time the sex of a fetus is known, even before it is born, its gender is being socially constructed for it, telling it how a good boy/girl should look, sound, act, and think. This socialization process continues on everyday for the rest of one's life. Every society and every family have their own ideas as to how a good boy or girl should be, and these ideas are consciously and subconsciously taught to children from the moment they are born.
As soon as a child is birthed in the United States it is wrapped in pink if it's a girl and blue if it's a boy so that the whole world has a visual cue of whether or not it's appropriate to call the baby "tiny and pretty" or "big and strong." The first question everyone asks when a child is born is, "Is it a boy or a girl?" (totally denying the existence of intersex people) because the answer shapes the entirety of how other people will relate to this tiny human being. And what is a socially acceptable way to relate to people of the same and the opposite sex varies greatly across time and culture. Many, many people have done research and explained this phenomena much better than I can with this post.
Now, I know some readers are thinking "What's the big deal? Girls like pink, and they like to be called pretty. Boys are supposed to be strong." This is where the fault lies. Yes, there are biological differences between the sexes, I am not denying that, but to demand that on the basis of external genitalia one child play with trucks and one with dolls is like trying to push a rabbit through a key hole– you may eventually succeed but it will be messy and not without serious injury.
This separation of the genders, the dichotomy of man/woman, is dangerous and illogical, for man can only be defined by what he is not: woman, and vice versa. The danger lies in dichotomies themselves for the most basic pairing is good/bad, therefore in any other dichotomy society forms one side will equate to good and one side to bad (masculine/feminine, light/dark, straight/gay etc.).
From this we learn as young children that men are rational, strong, and intelligent AND that these are the traits a leader must embody. To contrast, we learn that women are emotional, fragile, and intuitive and that these traits are not suited to leadership. Therefore if a woman wants to become a leader, wants her voice to be respected and heard, she must take on "masculine" traits at great risk to her femininity and marriageability. At the same time if a man embodies the "feminine" qualities of being emotional, fragile and intuitive, he is seen as less than a man and inherently unworthy of respect.
Women in nearly all societies around the world at disadvantaged from the moment they are born simply because the rules have been written to favor males. For a very long time women in the US were relegated to the private sphere, if they had the class privilege, and men were expected to be in the public sphere. Again, the dichotomy here public/private reinforces what is important and what is "personal" and therefore unimportant, respectively.
The male norm of reference (ie. when someone says, "Think of a person," most people think of a man) means that women are expected to be able to physically and emotionally act like men if they are to compete in the public sphere while men who wish to stay home and care for their children, though ridiculed for their choices, are not expected to give up their "masculine" traits. Sports and physical strength is the best example of this. Over and over again in opposition to the idea that men and women should be equal is the statement that men and women are not physically equal. True. Yet, the definition of what physical strength is was written to describe a man! Practically all sports were invented by men and then when women cannot best men at their own game they are considered undeserving of equality???
Such strong messages are sent to children from a very early age as "Boys don't cry" and "Good girls sit with their knees together" are uttered across America. This idea that to be "ladylike" is to take up as little space as possible, while men are encouraged to show their physical abilities by taking up as much space as possible, not only reinforces the sexist public/private dichotomy but also leads to low self-esteem and eating disorders.
What we tell children they are, can be and should do has a profound impact on each individual child. If a child grows up being told s/he can do and be whatever s/he wants, that child will usually believe it, whether or not success is to follow. For children who grow up in poverty whose parents don't have the time, resources or role models to encourage their children to great heights, those children will unfortunately probably continue to live in the cycle of poverty.
The same is true of gender expectations. If a young boy is playing and scrapes his knees he is told to buck up and so, stops crying, at which point some loving adult says "Boys will be boys." Check that article out for a great POV on how gender roles harm boys too. In many families the same scenario with a daughter would play out quite differently, if a young girl scraped her knees playing she might be chided for being "too tomboyish" while the loving adult in her life will lament that now she won't look pretty in her Sunday dress.
I maintain that this most basic reinforcement of inequality that permeates every single component of our lives, is the basis for and the rationale behind anyone's ability to perpetuate inequality on any other level. It is no shock that the leaders of most companies that perpetuate environmental degradation and most of the world's powerful politicians are male, that most violence in the world is carried out by males, and that most of the world's poor are women. Men (and women) have been taught all their lives that men are better, and to be "good masculine men" they must be physically dominant, stoic, and decisive. It is no surprise these traits carry over into their leadership styles which then impact every aspect of life and maintain inequality.
This is not to say, in any way, that there are not brave, heroic men and women and intersex people all over the world fighting against inequality. Everyday people risk their lives fighting against environmental degradation, war and poverty, and speak out against violence against women, children, the elderly, the disabled and the LGBTQAI community. (See what I mean about the male norm of reference! If you're not a young, nondisabled, straight white male you're the Other.)
Every fight against injustice and inequality is a good one and worth the fight (as long as its nonviolent… and we'll get in to strategy in another post) but those hoping for true equality will always fall short of the mark if they do not address the underlying cause of all inequalities: gender inequality caused by socially constructed gender roles. The following quote by Graça Machel, President of the Foundation for Community Development Chair of the GAVI Fund Board, explains this well.
"Without gender equality none of the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. That is why this report is so valuable. 'Because I am a Girl' documents the impact of gender inequality on the lives of girls. It shows clearly and powerfully that our failure to make an equal, more just world has resulted in the most intolerable of situations. In today's world, to discriminate on the basis of sex and gender is morally indefensible; economically, politically and socially unsupportable."
So, by now, I hope you're salivating wondering how you can help eradicate all forms of inequality from racism to ageism by challenging socially constructed gender roles. It's easy! All you have to do is speak out when someone makes a blanket statement such as "All women get excited to get their hair done," or "All men love cars;" buy gender neutral toys for any little ones in your life; equally cite examples of men, women, transgender, intersex, nondisabled, and disabled leaders of all races, ages and classes; support marriage equality; speak out against militarization (more on this in another post); and volunteer with your local women's organization.
Ok, you don't have to do all of it. But if you did, you would be amazing, and would be rapidly contributing to worldwide equality. The biggest, and easiest thing you can do is to just ask "WHY?" If someone makes a blanket statement, start a conversation about gender roles. If someone challenges your offering of a gift like a deck of cards or marbles with "Why didn't you get him/her a present that is more masculine/feminine?" they are obviously ungrateful, but it is a good point for you to ask why it is so important to that person that the child be lead in one direction or the other.
I genuinely do not understand the apprehension people have about equality between the sexes, nor do I understand the archaic clinging-to of scripted gender roles. Strength, emotionality, intelligence, intuition, and anything else that can be described as either "masculine" or "feminine" are simply HUMAN traits, and should be treated as such. Henceforth some boys would become strong stoic men and some girls would become passive emotional women but there would also be space in society for strong emotional men, passive emotional men, strong emotional women, and strong stoic women, in addition to space being opened up for intersexed and transgender people.
I am not advocating all women disregard their feminine traits or men throw off their masculinities, rather, I want everyone to be free to be who s/he is without coercion from society telling them they are too this or not enough that. The world would not exist without balance, and socially constructed gender roles brazenly defy any balance within an individual because certain qualities have been labeled as being "boys only" or "girls only." Every single one of us needs to embrace the "feminine" and "masculine" traits within us and not being afraid to flout tradition. (See the article below at pinkisforboys for a great discussion on the problem of naming with respect to "feminine" and "masculine"… the fact that I can't think of any other way to describe these traits that isn't gendered is proof of the problem!)
This post has gotten longer than I expected it to be, but I never want to leave you without a complete understanding of where I am coming from in fighting gender inequality. If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, links, or information please join the discussion in the comments. And love one another!
Related Articles
- We need new words, but we might need new brains to think of them (pinkisforboys.wordpress.com)
- Are girls still marginalized? Discrimination and Gender Inequality in Today's Society! (hueintheworld.wordpress.com)
- Gender Roles in Children (theradula.blogspot.com)
- What's that? Did you just say "equality between men and women?" Yeah…right. (lifeexaminations.wordpress.com)


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I spent all day at the meeting,
either lying or voting.
I'm surprised I didn't go grey
or die of shame.
I wandered about the streets,
where I could be myself again.
I had a smoke with a yardman –
then a drink in a cheap kiosk
along with two amputees,
who had fought at Krasny Bor.
Their complaints were something else –
their conversation was real.
One memory led to abother,
as we stirred the ash in our hearts:
penal battalions sent on reconnaissance
straight across minefields.
One man would return bemedalled;
others would lie down for ever,
their trumped-up sins now redeemed
with daredevil blood.
And I said in a drunken rage,
barely able to string thoughts together,
'Oh how I hate our righteous ones,
Oh how I love our sinners!'
by Ольга Фёдоровна Берггольц (Olga Fyodorovna Berggolts)
a.k.a. Olga Fyodorovna Bergholz
translated by Robert Chandler
Fun fact: The reference to Kransy Bor refers to the military action during the Seige of Leningrad of the Second World War (or 'Great Patriotic War' to Russians): "The Battle of Krasny Bor was part of the Soviet offensive Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda. It called for a pincer attack near Leningrad, to build on the success of Operation Iskra and completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, encircling a substantial part of the German 18th Army. The offensive near Krasny Bor, formed the western arm of the pincer. The Soviet offensive began on Wednesday, 10 February 1943. It produced noticeable gains on the first day, but rapidly turned into a stalemate. The strong defense of the 250th (Spanish) Infantry Division led by General Emilio Esteban Infantes and the 4th SS Police Division gave the German forces time to reinforce their positions. By February 13, the Soviet forces had stopped their offensive in this sector. In Spain, February 10 became known as "Black Wednesday", due to the heavy losses of the Spanish Division, which lost over 70% of the men engaged in the action. It was the most costly battle for the Spanish volunteers during their time on the Eastern Front."
To put the poem in context: remember that the men served in a penal battallion during the Stalinist era and therefore were probably falsely accussed of something or other by the authorities of the time. As the two men were in a penal battallion they were made to take part in more risky military manoeuvres in, what we would call, a suicide squad. Hence Olga's reaction, after attending a Party meeting, where she had to lie about her real opinions or voted the entire time, drunkenly decrying the 'righteous', who were corrupt bureaucrats and staunch members of the Party, abusing their authoritive power to crush anything but complete compliance to their will, instead of practising any humanity towards their fellow man and those left behind broken by their leadership.


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With four of its top five scorers returning from last season, there is reason to believe the 2000-01 Bucs squad will compete for its first Southern Conference Championship since 1992.
But its not just the returning stars that have the Tri-Cities community excited about ETSU basketball. Head coach Ed DeChellis and his staff have compiled a seven-player freshman class brimming with promise.
This group could immediately impact a program that finished 14-15 last season, 8-8 in the Southern Conference.
"Our freshman class is very deep with talent," DeChellis said. "They are very young and will need help learing the collegiate game."
It will be the upperclassmen's job to acclimate the newcomers. The Bucs are blessed with experienced senior leadership from D.J. McDuffie and Adrian Meeks.
McDuffie and Meeks have played in 84 and 83 games respectively in their ETSU careers. Last season both started 28 of the Bucs' 29 games, missing only Senior Night.
With consistent contributions from the veterans and immediate production from the freshmen, this Buc team could reach its ultimate goal -- a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
The seven freshmen aren't the only new faces around ETSU basketball. Coach DeChellis was busy in the off-season replacing former assistant coaches Dave Siepert and Jerry Pelphrey.
Tom Conrad and Scott Wagers join third-year assistant Hilliary Scott on DeChellis' staff.
Conrad comes to Johnson City after four years as head coach at Charleston Southern. He led the Buccaneers to their first ever NCAA bid in 1997.
"Tom brings a wealth of experience and a great knowledge of Southeast recruting to our program," DeChellis said.
Wagers enters his first collegiate job after serving as a high school head coach for the past nine years. He earned Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches' Association Coach-of-the-Year honors in 1997-98.
"Scott brings great recriting ties from the state of Florida," DeChellis said. "He has been a very successful high school coach and will relate to our players immediately."
What the coaching staff must drill into its players from the start is consistency. Last season the Bucs received flashes of brilliance from many players but lacked a constant force, with the exception of departed Leo Murray.
Murray, a two-year starter after transfering from Xavier University, led the team in scoring (11.0 ppg) and rebounding (8.1) last winter. Murray played with heart and talent every game of his ETSU career and Coach DeChellis hopes that dedication has passed onto his veteran crew.
"Our returning players have to be very consistent for us to be successful this season," DeChellis said.
With the graduation of Murray, ETSU will be an even more balanced team than last season. This versatility could benefit the Bucs in the offensive zone.
"Our motion offense and variety of offensive players makes it difficult for a defense to focus on one guy," DeChellis said. "We have many players that can score and that makes our team very difficult to guard."
Last season six playes averaged over 6.0 points per contest. This year the Bucs figure to equal or exceed that mark.
On the other side of the court, ETSU will have to make a concerted effort to establish a defensive presence. At times last season the Bucs didn't perform at the intensity level needed to win.
"I was disappointed with our defensive effort at times last year," DeChellis said. "That is something we will have to concentrate on from the first day of individual workouts."
While improving on defense, the Bucs must continue to dominate on the boards. Last winter, the Bucs outrebounded their opponents by four boards per contest -- best in the Southern Conference.
ETSU did an excellent job on the offensive glass, grabbing 410 carroms to its opponents 306.
A good blend of experience and raw talent will make the Bucs an exciting team this season. If the seniors can lead by example in the beginning and bring along the younger players as the season develops, this team could remind people of the talented ETSU teams of the early 90s.
ETSU returns its starting backcourt from last season. The Bucs will need consistent guard play to engineer an offense that averaged 69.1 points per game last winter.
The incumbent at point guard is junior Cliff Decoster (Miramar, Fla.). Decoster is a solid player that can create from the top of the key.
While running the show, Decoster averaged 6.8 points and 2.5 assists per game. He started all 29 games but had trouble handling the ball at times. The junior had a team-high 86 turnovers.
We need Cliff to score a little more and to create for our other players, DeChellis said. It is crucial that he handle the ball better.
Backing up at the point is freshman Sam Oatman (Neenah, Wis.). The All-State honoree is a consistent floor general with a good shooting touch.
Sam will see considerable playing time because he can run the point and make open shots, DeChellis said.
Junior Dimeco Childress (Columbia, Tenn.) returns as the shooting guard. Despite being hindered by a broken nose, Childress averaged 10.0 points last winter.
Childress is a streaky shooter that can erupt for 20 points on any given night. He led the Bucs with 37 three-pointers last winter..
Dimeco has had some great games for us, DeChellis said. However, we need him to score every night.
Joining Childress at the No. 2 guard is sophomore Ryan Lawson (Rogersville, Tenn.). Lawson played most of last year at the point and will get more shots this year.
We are going to get Ryan some more open shots this year, DeChellis said. He will be more comfortable coming off screens.
Senior guard Jon Perry (Huntington, W. Va.) is an emotional leader for the ETSU squad. Perry earned a spot on the roster as a walkon but missed all of last season with a knee injury.
I have the utmost respect for Jon, DeChellis said. He works extremely hard and is a great contributor both in the lockerroom and in practice.
Freshman Ryan Carson (Charlotte, N.C.) will split time between the two spot and the small forward position. Carson averaged 22 points during his senior season.
Ryan is a very athletic player that can shoot the ball well, DeChellis said.
Senior D.J. McDuffie (Greensboro, N.C.) will man the third guard/small forward spot. McDuffie ranked second on the team in scoring last season (10.8 ppg) and in assists (2.2 apg).
McDuffie has the ability to break down defenders on offense and shut down the opponents top offensive threats.
D.J. is the most versatile player on our team, DeChellis said. He can play all three guard spots and we look for him at both ends of the court. He has worked very hard on his shot all summer.
Freshman Tim Boyd (Crossett, Ark.) is a swing player that can also score inside. Boyd averaged 21 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks per game last winter.
Tim is a great athlete who can score from the perimeter and inside, DeChellis said.
The loss of Leo Murray up front leaves the Bucs post uncertain. Senior Adrian Meeks (Lexington, Miss.) is a proven rebounder (6.8/game) that needs to score more.
Meeks underwent knee surgery in the offseason and is progressing well. Meeks ranked seventh in the Southern Conference in field goal percentage (.547). This year, he will have to increase his scoring (8.9/game) to be a force inside.
Adrian will have to be very productive in the paint, DeChellis said. He will have to be strong on the glass.
Another big body inside is senior Renaldo Scooter Johnson (Montgomery, Ala.). Johnson came to ETSU last year after playing at Carl Albert State College.
In his first season, Johnson averaged 4.0 points and 3.8 rebounds in 24 games. Johnson was sidelined with a back injury that decreased his minutes last year.
Scooter can give us some quality minutes inside, DeChellis said. He will greatly improve our rebounding effor.t.
The biggest Buccaneer player, freshman Cory Seels (New Port Richey, Fla.), will be counted on immediately. A wide body at 6-9, 265, Seels could become one of the best centers in the Southern Conference. He averaged 16.5 points and 10 rebounds last year at Ridgewood High School.
Cory is a strong kid that will play right away, DeChellis said. A good work ethic combined with his talent could make Cory one of the most dominant centers in our league.
Sophomore Isaac Potter (Richmond, Va.) will contribute inside as well after averaging 1.9 points as a freshman.
Freshmen Jerald Fields (Gainesville, Fla.) and Zakee Wadood (Lonoke, Ark.) come to Johnson City with high expectations for success.
Fields was a highly-touted senior last year that earned All-State honors. The coaching staff is really impressed with his hands and passing ability.
Wadoods 20.6 points and 10.0 points led Lonoke High School to back-to-back state championships the past two years.
Jerald and Zakee will both bolster our presence inside, DeChellis said. They could contribute immediately.
Freshman Paul Reed (Sneedville, Tenn.) has earned a spot on the roster as a walk on.
Paul is a tall kid that needs to build on this strength, DeChellis said.
The newcomers and veterans will be forced to gel early in the season as the Bucs face intense competition.
After opening the season on November 17 against Lynchburg College in Brooks Gym, the Bucs play at Tennessee and at Vanderbilt in late November. On December 17, the Bucs will travel to Blacksburg, Va. where Virginia Tech will be waiting to avenge last seasons 68-53 defeat.
Following the difficult non-conference slate, ETSU must face the formidable SoCon schedule.
The Bucs open with three of its first four Conference contests on the road. The SoCon season gets underway in Chattanooga on Jan. 2.
The Bucs welcome defending Southern Conference champion Appalachian State on January 15 and College of Charleston on February 5.
If the promise of the freshman class can mold with the proven talent of the returning players, this Buc team could prove to be one of the most successful in program history.


text: Back Ministrokes Deserve Maximum Attention Do you know what a ministroke is? If you do, you're among the minority. A ministroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA), is a brief episode of stroke symptoms caused by temporary interruption of blood flow to the brain. Most people suffer TIAs without realizing it. But a third of the time, TIAs precede the full-blown, disabling strokes that are the nation's fourth leading cause of death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Stroke Association (NSA), each year, approximately 795,000 Americans have such strokes--and approximately 137,000 die. In a stroke, fatty deposits or blood clots block a blood vessel (ischemic stroke) or, less common, weakened vessels burst (hemorrhagic stroke). Blood flow to that part of the brain ceases and brain cells die rapidly. Sometimes damage goes unnoticed, but other strokes leave victims unable to talk or use limbs. Treatments can limit damage--but only if given within three hours of a stroke, says the NSA. If you have any of these symptoms, call 911 immediately: Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, or loss of balance Sudden severe headache If you have any questions or concerns--about your risk of a stroke, for instance--talk with your health care provider. What's the truth about strokes? Myth: If symptoms are brief, fast action isn't needed. Reality: TIA symptoms last only seconds because the clot quickly dissolves, but a TIA shows that stroke conditions exist. Full-blown strokes often follow within a day. While stroke symptoms can be subtle, an evaluation with a brain scan and aggressive treatment are crucial. For a hemorrhagic stroke, you'll need surgery to stop the bleeding. For a blocked artery, clot-busting drugs can restore blood flow in half an hour. On the horizon: a quick-acting catheter vacuum that sucks blood clots from the brain. Myth: You can tell if your blood pressure is high. Reality: High blood pressure has no symptoms, yet it makes your risk of stroke four to six times higher. Lowering the diastolic blood pressure (the lower number in a reading) by 5 or 6 points can cut your stroke risk more than 40 percent. You often can do that with a low-fat diet and brisk walking, but you also may need medication. Other risk reducers: stop smoking (it hardens the arteries and doubles your risk); control diabetes (it speeds plaque formation); keep cholesterol low (high cholesterol prompts plaque buildup); and lose weight. Dropping 10 pounds decreases blood pressure, improves cholesterol levels, and cuts the risk of diabetes. Talk to your health care provider about the risks of alcohol consumption and stroke. Myth: Several aspirin daily offer the best defense against stroke. Reality: Aspirin prevents clotting and often is prescribed to head off a second ischemic stroke, but more than 15 aspirins a week could raise your risk of a hemorrhagic stroke, experts say. Ask your doctor about aspirin, its side effects and an appropriate dosage. Myth: Stroke targets everyone equally. Reality: Compared with white Americans, African-Americans are twice as likely to have strokes and die from strokes. This may be because African-Americans have more risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes, says the NSA. In general, stroke risk is seven times higher for adults over 65, and older women account for six out of 10 deaths. African-American women have a 70 percent higher risk of stroke death than white women. Myth: An irregular heartbeat has nothing to do with stroke. Reality: Checking your pulse for extra or irregular heartbeats can find such problems as atrial fibrillation. (Place your fingers on your wrist pulse-point to check.) In this common abnormal heart condition, the heart's upper chambers don't empty completely. Blood pools, allowing clots to form. Those clots can travel to the brain, causing a stroke. Treatment includes blood-thinning medications.


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Culture, work environment and fairness – DB Schenker offers its employees especially equitable working conditions, earning it the highest rating from DEUTSCHLAND TEST, a brand of the German business magazine FOCUS Money.
Most employees have a wish list for their employer that is as long as the company's list of promises to them – from good pay and flexible hours to regular career advancement opportunities. So which employer keeps its word and offers its employers working conditions that truly are fair?
DEUTSCHLAND TEST set out to answer this question. It studied the 10,000 companies in Germany with the most employees from over 100 different industries. It looked at criteria such as the percentage of employees over 55, opportunities for new employees to move up, pay, equal pay for the same position, and commitment to inclusion and diversity management. It also used social listening to assign some 22 million company mentions to one of three different categories: corporate culture, work environment and fairness. DB Schenker was the winner in the logistics industry, earning the maximum score of 100 points.
"We are proud to have won this prestigious distinction. It is a testament to our company's sustainable efforts to become a top employer," said DB Schenker CEO Jochen Thewes.