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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2005 The inauguration of President Hamid Karzai was the most memorable event of Army Lt. Gen. David Barno's 19-month tour as commander of Combined Forces Command Afghanistan.
Barno said that on that day his thoughts went to those killed in the effort to eject the Taliban. Their sacrifice made that day possible.
Barno spoke during a Pentagon interview today.
He said the 2004 election process in the country was also a memorable time for him. "We have 10.5 million people register to vote and had 8.5 million actually do it," he said. "We were thinking that if we had 5 million it would be a success."
Barno arrived at Bagram Air Base in July 2003. He left Kabul earlier this month. He saw many changes in the nation that once served as the safe haven for al Qaeda.
"On the military side, we were very much focused on the counterterrorist operations against al Qaeda and the Taliban," he said. U.S. and coalition forces were up in the mountains chasing the remnants of those groups.
The command had just embraced the provincial reconstruction team concept and there were a total of four, mostly in the east.
The Afghan population itself was still adjusting to the aftermath and wasn't quite sure about the utility of International Security Assistance Force or the U.S. and coalition forces, Barno said.
Warlords still ruled large swaths of the country and their militias were the law. The Afghan National Army - with about 6,000 men - was just starting to find its legs.
Of particular note: There was no constitution, no political process, very limited sovereignty. "All of those things shifted very dramatically in the 19 months I was there," he said. "We expanded our focus to a much more broad-based counterinsurgency strategy that stressed not only the important aspect of going after terrorist organizations, but to ensure we were building Afghan security forces." There are now 25,000 members of the Afghan National Army.
On the military side, U.S. and coalition forces were assigned areas that they had responsibility for. Before that, it was more a raid type situation. "We never really built relations with people in an area over a long period of time," the general said. "We embraced the counterinsurgency strategy."
Units now have regular and cordial relationships with local leaders. Troops have been to areas and know the lay of the land. The people in the region know the American and coalition soldiers and know they can approach them.
The growth in the number of provincial reconstruction teams has also helped in the counterinsurgency strategy. There are now 19 of the teams in the country today - 14 manned by coalition personnel and five by NATO troops and experts.
Barno said it was equally important to work reconstruction projects to show the Afghans the benefits of cooperating with the new infant government and the coalition.
His term also saw increased cooperation from allies in the region, especially Pakistan. "We were working with the Pakistanis to address issues on the border that were facilitating terrorist activities," Barno said.
Cooperation with the Pakistani military in the border areas between the countries has increased, and Pakistan's own crackdown in Waziristan has provided some significant successes, he said.
The U.S. and coalition forces will continue to track down the remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban. The growing Afghan National Army is providing more manpower in the effort and, at the same time, spreading the effective control of the central government.
Huge challenges remain in Afghanistan, Barno noted. Cultivation of opium poppies and the money the narcotics bring are two problems that must be addressed. "The military is playing a very important supporting role against narcotics," he said.
The British is the lead international player in the counternarcotics effort, but the U.S. military supports that by providing intelligence, airlift for forces, equipment and a significant role in training some Afghan forces. "That training will probably grow significantly," he said.
The Afghans themselves are addressing the narcotics problem. Barno said he was encouraged by President Karzai's passionate speech against narcotics early this year. "Him addressing that and the Afghan response showed the Afghan people are taking ownership of the fight against narcotics," he said. Karzai is also asking for significant aid to help Afghan farmers find alternative livelihoods to growing poppies.
Fewer acres of poppies have been planted this year, but planners must wait until year's end to see how that works out, Barno said.
The growth of NATO effort in Afghanistan is also encouraging, the former commander said. In June, NATO takes over military responsibility for the western part of the country. This would mean alliance soldiers would have responsibility for the northern and western part of the country and coalition forces would be responsible for the southern and eastern sections.
"Next year the plan calls for NATO to take over the south and the year after the east," Barno said. "Those dates remain fluid and will shift as needed."
The alliance is generating the forces required to handle the mission. The challenge NATO faces comes when it moves into areas of the south and east where the terrorist threat is most acute. "NATO must be ready to conduct some degree of counterinsurgency operations," Barno said.
Barno said the U.S. and coalition effort in Afghanistan benefited from having a light footprint in the country. "It has forced us to take much more indirect approaches, and be much more culturally aware," he said. "It is an Afghan-centric approach to the challenges of working a counterinsurgency effort there. We may not have done that the same way with larger numbers of troops."
And servicemembers must be aware of this idea. "There are challenges out there still," Barno said. "The results of the Koran story show there is a residual feeling about foreigners and non-Muslims in Afghanistan."
Still, "during my time in Afghanistan I saw a tremendous growth in Afghan support - across all strata - for international involvement in Afghanistan and U.S. and coalition involvement in the country," he said.
The cost seems to be never far from the general's thought. "I lost 82 Americans killed during my time in the country and three coalition soldiers," he said. "But now there is a moderate Muslim constitution (in the country), they have elected their own government, and they turned out in astronomically large numbers to do so."
Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry replaced Barno in Afghanistan. Barno will become the Army assistant chief of staff for installation management.
Related Articles:Eikenberry Takes Command of Coalition Forces in Afghanistan


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Mike Marsh believes the fact Jamie Carragher remains as keen as ever to win in the Melwood five-a-side matches demonstrates his hunger to success hasn't diminished in the slightest.
The vice-captain may have turned 35 last week, but returned to Brendan Rodgers' starting XI to turn in two outstanding defensive performances in the recent draws against Arsenal and Manchester City.
Marsh isn't surprised by the impact Carragher has made since being restored to the team having watched him at close quarters on a daily basis at Melwood.
The first-team coach told Liverpoolfc.com: "On Wednesday, we had a small training group and had four lads up from the Academy to make the group up to 10 - and Carra was out there, snapping at people's heels trying to win the five-a-side at the end as keenly as he ever has.
"He's been fantastic and hasn't put a foot wrong in the games he's played this season, not just in recent weeks.
"He adds a lot of organisation to the team - he's a good talker.
"He's trained ever so well, been patient and waited for his chance, shown good fitness levels -obviously he turned 35 last week but played two games in four days and looks like a spring chicken, to be fair to him!"
Under Rodgers' tutelage, Liverpool have blooded a lot of youngsters into the first team this season and Marsh believes they'll do well to learn from Carragher.
Though the Scouser believes it's not only our starlets who can pick up tips from a man who has made 723 appearances for the Reds.
"I think all the players can learn from him as he's got that much experience," said Marsh. "He organises the players around him as well as organising himself. I think we could all take a leaf out of his book in encouraging your teammates to get through a game.
"A player who has played that many games for Liverpool - or anybody - at the top level will obviously command a great deal of respect, and with him being a local boy, it means a lot to him to have that much experience and to be able to pass it on to the younger players on the pitch."
He added: "Football has changed from what it was five or 10 years ago. The rewards are there for all to see, but I think the majority of players are living their lives in the right way, trying to be as grounded as they can and dedicating themselves to the career of a professional footballer.
"Carra's path would be the right path to follow. If you've played that many games and be in the condition he is in at the age of 35, you'll have done ever so well."
Meanwhile, Marsh believes Liverpool's dominant performances in the 2-2 draws away at Arsenal and City demonstrate the strides forward being made under Rodgers.
The Reds could consider themselves unfortunate not to have taken six points from the two contests having approached the games with an attacking mentality.
Marsh said: "I think it shows the progress we're making - not only the fact we picked up points in both games, but also the way we played. It showed a lot of promise for the future.
"We've been progressing nicely as the season has developed. Since Christmas, [our form] has snowballed and we've been picking up quite a lot of positive results, apart from the Oldham fixture, and I think things are going well."
Liverpool's players will begin filtering back to Melwood following the internationals over the coming days - and Marsh is confident they'll be able to pick up where they left off ahead of Monday's clash with West Bromwich Albion.
"It [the international break] can be frustrating but we know the internationals are coming and we have to deal with them as best we can. Fortunately for ourselves, we've got a lot of players that are away on international duty and that shows how many good players we've got at the club.
"But we'll carry on where we left off, doing the same work we did before the break and take it into the game on Monday night."
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Bacon: Good afternoon. A couple of announcements. Wake up! Wake up! These announcements are going to rock you back on your heels!
First, right after I step down from this podium, the Navy will introduce its new Personal Financial Management Program. The comptroller of the Navy will be here, along with retired Admiral Jerome Johnson, who is the chief of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. So that's right after this briefing. Very important. Better financial management by young sailors and Marines is a crucial element to helping them manage their lives better.
Second, today at 4:30, we will have the backgrounder on the secretary's trip to the Middle East.
And third, on Thursday, November 16th, we will observe the Great American Smokeout. And Secretary Cohen has issued a very detailed statement to military members and their families, in which he strongly urges them to cut down on smoking and tobacco use of all sorts as a key step toward a healthier life.
I might just point out here that although the military has made great progress in reducing smoking, it hasn't been great enough. The cigarette smoking rate has declined from 51 percent in 1980 to 29.9 percent in 1998, but that's still well above the national goal of 20 percent by this year, the year 2000, as set in the Healthy People 2000 objective.
So, we're off by 50 percent on that goal. And, in addition, there's actually been an increase in the use of cigar and pipe smoking over the last several years. So, while cigarette smoking has come down, pipe and cigar smoking has gone up.
Finally, on Saturday, November 18th, the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, General William F. Kernan, will hold a daylong symposium at Old Dominion University in Norfolk on the European Union and NATO: Rivals or Partners? And among the speakers there will be General Wesley Clark, the former SACEUR and also Dr. John Hamre, the former deputy secretary of defense.
As you know, Secretary Cohen released a rather lengthy, detailed paper on precisely this topic at the last NATO defense ministers meeting in Birmingham, England. And that paper is on the Internet as well as a background briefing about that by Frank Kramer. So if you're interested in this topic, there's plenty out there.
That'll take me to questions.
Q: Can you just brief me on the trip? I realize there'll be a briefing later on it. I assume the secretary is leaving tomorrow instead of today as announced last week. Is there any reason why he delayed it? Was is security concerns? Have there been any direct threats against the secretary and --
Bacon: As I said last week, the final details are being worked out and I think I'll just leave it until the background briefing to talk about that. But obviously security is an issue with any trip the secretary takes. And it's an issue with this trip as well.
Q: Is he going to the same countries, just the three --
Bacon: He's -- we're going to talk about all those details at the background briefing.
Any other questions?
Q: Could you talk to us a little bit about what we read today in the Washington Post with regard to the rules of engagement and the orders that were given to the crew of the Cole on deck? Are you able to confirm that those sailors were correct in their characterization of their crew direction?
Bacon: I have nothing to say about that story. As you know, we have a number of inquiries underway right now; one by the Navy, another by General Crouch and Admiral Gehman, another by the secretary of the Navy, looking specifically at measures that could be taken to improve fleet security.
All of these inquiries are ongoing. The idea is to produce a holistic picture of what happened from start to finish, and I just don't want to speculate on various slices of these inquiries until they're completed.
Q: Will those sailors -- are they in any trouble for talking and going on the record about it?
Bacon: It's a free country. People can talk to the press, but what we want is a complete picture of what happened.
Q: Can you just say, without, maybe, referring to the Cole specifically, but just generally speaking, what would the procedure be in terms of whether sentries on a ship would have ammunition in their guns or at the ready, if they are operating under Threat Condition Bravo, as was the case with the Cole? Can you just speak generally about --
Bacon: That's a very penetrating question, which I am going to deflect. There is no question of that type that doesn't bear directly on the inquiry, the inquiries that are currently underway. And I think we should respect the process. We all want the most complete explanation of what happened and why and the way to get that is to allow the inquiries to reach their conclusion.
Q: Let me try one more stab at it. Who determines the rules of engagement? Is it, in fact, the captain, or the CINC?
Bacon: That's a more complex question. Basically, the activities that -- the actions that should be taken are laid out generally in military instructions that conform with the various threat warnings or threat conditions, and then every commander files an individual force protection plan for various events, and those force protection plans will lay out specific actions that are supposed to be taken. So --
Q: And they're approved by the CINC?
Bacon: They are approved by the CINC or his representative.
Q: But you can't even say whether or not it would be unusual for sailors who are assigned sentry duty on a ship to be issued their ammunition but not load their weapons, or is that -- can you just say whether that is normal --
Bacon: There is nothing I can say about this that won't have some sort of impact, real or imagined, on the investigations.
I have a clear goal, which is to say nothing that would cast any light on the inquiries that are ongoing. And that means not answering these questions.
Q: Try casting light on what peacetime rules of engagement, wherever in the world, allow a serviceman with any service to do if he feels threatened.
Bacon: Nothing I can say about this will avoid the possibility of misinterpretation or over-interpretation, and I'm just not going to create that risk. So I'm not going to talk about this story. I'm not going to talk about -- all these are wonderful questions, but this isn't the time to answer them.
Yes, Dan?
Q: Let me try one -- a slightly different tack. Other than the guidance on the threat conditions, do commanders in the field get any other guidance from the CINC when they're setting the rules of engagement, or do they simply look at that general guidance I think we've probably all seen -- draw up rules of engagement, send them up, get them approved or disapproved -- or is there some further guidance that the CINC provides?
Bacon: It depends a lot on the situations. It depends a lot on what the intelligence is. I don't think that -- there is a certain amount of flexibility here, and -- I mean, there are rules, but there are ways to interpret the rules. And this particular procedure is designed to provide them most appropriate force protection plan for the circumstances into which the ship is going. And I don't want to say anything more beyond that.
Q: Generally speaking, though, aren't U.S. troops allowed to defend themselves if they feel threatened? I mean, isn't that a sort of basic rule of engagement, whether troops -- wherever they're deployed, in Kosovo or Bosnia or anywhere? I mean, if a U.S. military personnel deployed in an operation believes that they're threatened or their life is in danger, aren't they authorized to defend themselves? Isn't that sort of one of the -- isn't it rule one?
Bacon: Well, of course I'm not responding in any way to the article in the Washington Post this morning, but you've heard General Joulwan and General Clark and many other people from this podium speak about robust rules of engagement designed to protect American soldiers in the Balkans.
And the whole point of rules of engagement is to allow military people to protect themselves. But the rules of engagement have to fit the circumstances at hand.
Thank you.
Q: Thank you.
Q: Is there anything -- we didn't get up to all the other subjects. Can I ask you on one other subject?
Bacon: If you want to have more -- if you have other subjects, I'll --
Q: Well, I do want to ask you about the --
Bacon: There was no evidence from the questions that there were any other subjects.
Q: Well, one small other --
Q: Then we'd probably dispose of you --
Bacon: Called back by popular demand! You want -- you have questions on the Great American Smoke-out? (Laughter.)
Q: (Off mike) -- a very small number of absentee ballots from ships that were -- where mail service might have been interrupted because of the attack on the Cole. They have some ballots coming back to the United States now. Do you know anything about how many ballots are involved and where they came from and when they get here --
Bacon: Well, I'd be very -- I'm going to give you a figure, but I must tell you that I have no confidence in this figure.
Q: This is --
Bacon: But with this lead-in, the figure is six. I've been told there are six absentee ballots coming back from Bahrain, and they're supposed to arrive today, and --
Q: Who told you?
Bacon: My staff told me that based on conversations with the Navy.
Q: Arriving in Florida today?
Bacon: They will arrive, I understand, in New York. And then they will quickly be shot down to Florida and other -- if any of them are going to Florida. I don't know where these are going.
But I've been told that there is a small number, a handful, of absentee ballots. And --
Q: It's whole military? Only six --
Bacon: No, no, this is from Bahrain. This is from the Tarawa Amphibious Ready Group and the ships -- maybe some other ships. But basically, there were no -- I mean, typically, what happens is that the mail is collected on board ship, and at appropriate times it's picked up and brought back to the United States, I think to New York, where it's then processed and sent out to other places. There were no mail pickups from the Tarawa until recently, until she arrived in Bahrain recently -- no mail pickups in the month of November, and the reason was that she was generally off Aden and involved in the Cole situation.
But my understanding is that there are about six -- there are supposed to be about six absentee ballots. Now, the number could be more, but that's what I've been told.
Q: And again, these came from how many ships?
Bacon: Well, there were seven ships initially that were operating with the Tarawa. But they could be the Donald Cook, they could be the Cole, they could be the Duluth, the Catawba -- is that one? --
Q: So these were collected and brought back --
Bacon: They were collected from other ships, into the biggest ship, and then they were brought back to Bahrain. They were then taken off, sent to a post office, and then --
Q: You don't know whether any of these were actually going to Florida, or what other states they might be going to?
Bacon: Of course, the way things are going, six votes could be determinative.
Q: That's why we're asking.
Bacon: But I don't know how many are going to Florida, if any. It could be that they're going other places.
Yes, Dale?
Q: Has the Tarawa pulled into port at Bahrain?
Bacon: My understanding is that at least it was off-loaded. I don't know whether she's in port or not, but she's in the area.
Q: So are other ships now pulling into ports --
Bacon: No, they're not pulling port; they're still operating at sea. I may have misspoken there; but she's in the Bahrain area, and the mail could have been brought off by helicopters.
Q: So you're clear that these six, or how many ever it turns out to be, are from ship? Because you also have the -- what? -- 1,100 folks in Bahrain, who presumably --
Bacon: Yeah, but there are fairly regular flights from Bahrain to -- back to the United States.
Q: Okay. Would you characterize these as ballots that were cast -- absentee ballots that were cast on the ship and are now --
Bacon: That's my understanding; right. Yeah. That they were collected from the Tarawa and maybe from other ships.
Q: When will we find out where they're going?
Bacon: Well, I don't know. I mean, generally I guess you have to call the United States Post Office, and maybe some guy there could tell you where they're going.
Q: Do you have any numbers from any of the other ships over there as to how many folks got their absentee ballots in beforehand?
Bacon: No. No. We don't keep central records on this.
Q: Can I ask a business question? The Pentagon, this week, approved Raytheon and Thomson-CSF, a French electronics company, to get together in a joint venture. It's somewhat significant because French companies, in general, at Thomson had a reputation for not safeguarding U.S. security -- their technologies. Can you give us a sense of what assurances they gave the Pentagon that allowed for the approval?
Bacon: I can't. I'll find out for you, but I just don't know myself.
Q: Okay, thank you.
Bacon: Okay.
Q: Oh, wait a minute.
Bacon: You! You haven't been here for months, and then you show up and ask a question at the last minute?
Q: You've been the guy who's been away, not me. When the Cole explosion was first described here, it was said that the little boats were helping it moor. And that story went on for two days until Navy Times did a time line and then pointed out that the mooring exercise was all over. My confusion is that, if anything, these modern ships have instant communications. I mean, they can talk to you as quickly as you can talk across the river to the Wall Street Journal. Was there any attempt, or any conviction in this building that perhaps they were trying to gild the lily a bit, and not come forth with the fact that the mooring was all over and therefore it was less confusing than portrayed by Secretary Cohen two days in a row?
Bacon: No.
Q: I mean, why the confusion? Why were they saying for two straight days that this boat was participating in the mooring exercise?
Bacon: First of all, I believe, actually, it was longer than that that the -- I believe it was longer until the story was corrected. And I think Admiral Clark explained it very clearly. He said that it just was not on anybody's mind. They were concentrating on the ship, on saving the ship and taking care of the wounded, recovering the dead. This is what they were concentrating on. It wasn't until, actually, until Navy Times, based on an e-mail, filed an inquiry to the chief of Naval Information that the Navy began to look into the time line and found that the initial report had been incorrect, and as soon as they found that out, they corrected it. Admiral Clark did that himself, and that happened within, as I said, I think it happened a week after the initial report.
Q: And the other question was, how much did the Cole have to pay the Egyptian Canal Authority to transit the Suez Canal?
Bacon: We have all that information. You can get it from DDI. I just don't have the figure in my head.
Q: Could you get that?
Bacon: Sure.
Q: At one time, it was a million dollars.
Bacon: No, no. It's not that at all. I think a carrier pays far less than that. It's based on weight and, obviously, a destroyer would pay much less than a carrier. So it's not -- I don't believe it's a million dollars for a carrier. It's less than half that. [Costs to transit the Suez Canal are based on tonnage. A carrier typically costs around $440,000. Costs for other ships typically range from $10,000 to $100,000.]


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CLEMSON — The NCAA continues to hold Clemson in high scholastic regard, as the Tigers have more reason to beam upon Tuesday's multiyear Academic Progress Rate release.
Clemson football's APR score of 985 (the maximum is 1000) is tied for fourth nationally among Football Bowl Subdivision schools. Northwestern (996), Boise State (993) and Duke (989) set the pace, while the 985 score for Clemson and Wisconsin marks the top academic programs among US News and World Report's top 25 public institutions.
College coaches like to say success on the field and progress in the classroom go hand in hand, and that seems to be the case with Clemson football. Head coach Dabo Swinney's team has seen its APR score improve each year; one of five Tigers' squads to post a personal best score since APR was adopted in 2004-05.
Clemson is the country's only football team to rank in the 2012 final USA Today poll's top 10 as well as turn in a four-year APR eclipsing 980.
"One of the things we talk about with our players is developing to the best of their abilities in every area," Swinney said in a release last week. "We have had consistency when it comes to graduation rate and academic progress. It reflects on the team's overall commitment to being the best."
All 13 players from Clemson's 2012 senior class graduated — the same class which won 36 total games, the sixth-most in school history and highest level of success for a class since 1991.
Last year, Clemson was one of 18 schools honored by the American Football Coaches Association for graduating at least 90 percent of its players.
APR measures each scholarship player's academic progress, factoring in eligibility, retention and graduation along with the team's grade point average.
The multiyear scores take into account academic reports from the 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons.
Clemson golf, once again, posted a perfect 1000 score.
"Both Coach Swinney and Coach (Larry) Penley create the proper balance between competitive excellence and academic success," Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said in a statement last week. "I am proud that these programs are leading the way for our Clemson."
Baseball (982), men's basketball (973) and women's diving (989) also reached program pinnacles.
The ACC was strong at the top in football APR; other than Duke and Clemson, Georgia Tech (983) and Boston College (982) gave the league four representatives in the top nine nationally. The Big Ten has three schools in the group, with Ohio State (982) accompanying Northwestern and Wisconsin.
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14 CFR 91.115 - Right-of-way rules: Water operations.
(a) General. Each person operating an aircraft on the water shall, insofar as possible, keep clear of all vessels and avoid impeding their navigation, and shall give way to any vessel or other aircraft that is given the right-of-way by any rule of this section.
(b) Crossing. When aircraft, or an aircraft and a vessel, are on crossing courses, the aircraft or vessel to the other's right has the right-of-way.
(c) Approaching head-on. When aircraft, or an aircraft and a vessel, are approaching head-on, or nearly so, each shall alter its course to the right to keep well clear.
(d) Overtaking. Each aircraft or vessel that is being overtaken has the right-of-way, and the one overtaking shall alter course to keep well clear.
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Event to focus on breast cancer effectWritten by Brandi Barhite | Community Ombudsman | firstname.lastname@example.com
Breast cancer puts you at risk for lymphedema.
But some people don't know much about the painful side effect or that they are at risk for it.
The Victory Center and Renee's Survivor Shop want to change that.
They will host a Lymphedema Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3 at The Victory Center, 5532 W. Central Ave., Toledo. It is free and open to anyone.
Renee Schick, owner of Renee's Survivor Shop, 5401 Secor Road, has had problems with lymphedema, a condition of localized fluid retention.
The five-year breast cancer survivor said lymphedema generally occurs because of poorly developed or missing lymph nodes, especially lymph node removal due to breast cancer. Radiation increases the risk.
Schick, 43, had 17 lymph nodes removed.
Bodies have a network of lymph nodes and lymph vessels that carry lymph fluid.
The lymph fluid contains white blood cells that help fight infections.
"I don't know if all doctors are telling their patients," Schick said of the potential of developing lymphedema.
The lymphatic system is known as the body's second circular system and collects and filters the interstitial fluid of the body.
Those who develop lymphedema may experience swelling of the limbs, fingers and puffiness.
"It's not just breast cancer survivors who can develop this," Schick said. "There are lymph nodes in the lower parts of the body."
Kelly Brooks, program director at The Victory Center, said people do not always get good information about lymphedema.
Special guests at the fair will include Dr. Anita Leininger and breast cancer survivor Barb Ulrich. Attendees will be able to talk to professionals, try out lymphedema products, see lymphatic massage demonstrations and learn how to try to prevent lymphedema.
Leininger said it is important to educate. Cancer patients should know the risks and what precautions to take. Getting an evaluation is key, she said.
"The risk never goes away," Brooks said. "It's not like if you don't develop it, you won't later. There are a number of ways to manage the condition, but the goal is to get the right information and treatment as early as possible."
One prevention strategy is wearing a compression sleeve when flying in an airplane. Flying is a problem because of being immobile for so long, she said. Those at risk could fly several times before developing a problem.
"When you fly, wear a sleeve or garment even if you don't have lymphedema," Brooks said.
The Victory Center supports and educates cancer patients through individual and group programs. Renee's Survivor Shop offers products, gifts and services for cancer patients. The two often work together and after hosting a small program about lymphedema last year wanted to expand it.
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VIDEO: Three days, three student deaths in West Fargo
Sophomore Tessa Miller died Wednesday. Her family was keeping her on life support in preparation for organ donation.
The loss prompted officials to issue a call for counselors from neighboring districts to come to the high school Thursday and help students and staff.
Those counselors were back Friday as news reached students of two more deaths – 18-year-old senior Levi Schulz and 16-year-old junior Ian Alves, who both died Friday morning. Alves passed away about 8:45 a.m. after an 18-month battle with two aggressive forms of cancer, while Schulz died of injuries he suffered in a vehicle accident at 7:40 a.m.
"It's been a really rough week," said sophomore Taylor Breidenbach.
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Community Relations Coordinator Heather Konschak said staff and students at the 10th- through 12th-grade school were in "severe grieving mode" Friday as they dealt with Miller's death and news of the fresh tragedies.
"We really are just trying to have our administrators and the staff there focus on the work of the day, which is trying to get our kids through this emotional time," she said. "For many of the kids, these emotions are new and foreign. They haven't had to deal with this, and certainly not in multiples like it has been for us the last two days."
Konschak said counselors from nearby districts were brought in again Friday to help the West Fargo counseling team see as many students and staff as possible.
"With people still reeling from what we dealt with yesterday and then with the news today, all of our district counselors that were able are there again as well as counselors from Fargo Public Schools," she said.
Breidenbach said the school's theater was the host site of counselors Friday, with students packing the room as they sought help for their grief. The sophomore said she grew up with Alves, making the loss particularly hard.
"Tessa and Levi, I mean, we were totally unprepared," she said. "We knew about Ian, but you just never think that that day is going to come."
Assistant West Fargo Police Chief Mike Reitan said witnesses reported Schulz, a resident of Horace, N.D., appeared to be walking across Sheyenne Street near the 23rd Avenue South intersection to his disabled car when he was struck by a southbound pickup. The car had a flat tire, he said.
The pickup's driver, 35-year-old Travis Egerdahl of Fargo, wasn't injured or cited, Reitan said.
Sheyenne Street was closed from Interstate 94 to 32nd Avenue South while the North Dakota Highway Patrol assisted with accident reconstruction.
The West Fargo Police Department reported shortly after 3 p.m. that Schulz had died, and that he was being kept on life support for organ donation.
Sophomore Austin Walker said he didn't personally know the three who died this week. But he said the news has been hard on students.
"There are quite a few people who are dealing with a lot of pressure right now," he said. "I've seen quite a few people walking down the hallways and they are having a really hard time. It's a good thing that we're all coming together to deal with all the stress."
Walker said the school notified students Friday morning of the latest two tragedies, dealing new blows to the close-knit student body that was still reeling after the death of Miller.
"People are all trying to comfort each other," he said. "It's a terrible loss, but it's brought us together."
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Arredondo is one of six victims of sport motorcycle fatalities in Corpus Christi in the past eight months, said Corpus Christi Police Department Capt. Robert MacDonald. Police want to create a database of sport bike riders with descriptions of their bikes, gear and license plate numbers to help catch riders who flee from police, he said.
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- Family history: Stroke risk rises if a person's parent, grandparent, or sibling has had a stroke or if a family member had a heart attack at an early age.
- Previous stroke or heart attack: The risk of a second stroke is much higher if a person has already had a past stroke or heart attack.
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PAINESVILLE -- The assistant principal/athletic director of Thomas W. Harvey High School is on administrative leave while an investigation is underway for possible misconduct with a student.
He was placed on leave Friday morning.
In a message on the district's website, Painesville Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Hanlon wrote:
"David Klingenberg, one of our assistant high school principals, has been placed on administrative leave following our discovery that he may have violated the policy we have in place regarding the maintenance of proper boundaries with our students. We are investigating the matter further and also are cooperating with the police on their own investigation. The police investigation, which we learned about on August 30, has been underway since May 2011."
"At this time, I'm not at liberty to provide more information, but I want to stress again that nothing is more important than the safety and security of the students in our care. We will not tolerate behavior that jeopardizes the trust the community and our students place in us."
Klingenberg, 36, also served as the high school's athletic director.
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Harvey High School is the alma mater of former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula.


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The Air Force women's tennis team suffered its first loss of the season Saturday, falling to Gonzaga 6-1 in Eugene, Ore. Gonzaga evened its record at 1-1 while the Falcons are now 4-1.
The Bulldogs won the doubles point despite Air Force taking the No. 2 doubles match as senior Chrisitne Molina and sophomore Natasha Rizvi defeated Samantha Polayes and Melanie Yates, 8-6.
In singles play, senior Hannah Dake posted AFA's lone victory, beating Kylie Peek 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 2 spot. Sophomore Tiffany Tran (No. 3) and senior Melissa Cecil (No. 5) each lost in a third-set super tiebreaker.
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With so many public and private-sector organizations becoming increasingly large and complex, what can senior leaders do to align their people around the organizations' goals?
In this edition of Smith Business Close-Up with the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business, Hugh Courtney discusses leadership in increasingly complex organizations.
Courtney is vice dean of the Smith School and Professor of the Practice of Strategy in its Executive MBA program, which the Financial Times recently ranked #1 for corporate strategy in the world. Courtney's publications on business strategy and competitive dynamics have been featured in leading practitioner journals such as the Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Optimize, Research Technology Management and Strategy & Leadership. His book on strategy under uncertainty, "20/20 Foresight: Crafting Strategy in an Uncertain World," was a business bestseller on Amazon.com.
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Former Citadel standout Asher Wojciechowski had his worst outing since being promoted to Class AAA Oklahoma City on Tuesday night, giving up three home runs in a 10-3 loss at Fresno.
Wojciechowski (Beaufort) lasted five innings and was tagged for 10 hits and seven earned runs while striking out four. He's 1-1 with a 3.92 earned-run average in four starts at Oklahoma City, and 3-2 with a 2.89 ERA overall this season.
Elsewhere among Lowcountry players in pro baseball:
• Justin Greene (Stratford HS, Francis Marion) was 0 for 4 and is batting .282 at Class AA Mobile.
• Chris McGuiness (James Island, The Citadel) was 0 for 3 with a walk and a strikeout, and is batting .267 at Class AAA Round Rock.
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• Justin Smoak (Stratford HS, USC) hit his third home run to give the Mariners an 8-7 lead in the 10th inning before the Indians rallied for a 10-8 victory. Smoak was 1 for 5 and is batting .252 with eight RBI.
• Brett Gardner (Holly Hill, College of Charleston) was 0-3 with a walk and a strikeout and is batting .256 for the Yankees.
• Matt Wieters (Stratford HS) was 1 for 5 with his eighth double, and is batting .229 for the Orioles.
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In situ gelatin zymography is a technique, which utilises a gelatin-based emulsion overlay to detect and, more importantly, localise the gelatinase activity in underlying tissue. Gelatinase A [matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2)] and gelatinase B [matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9)] are present in equine hoof homogenates and supernatants from cultured hoof explants by SDS-PAGE gelatin zymography, and it has been assumed that the enzymes are derived solely from matrix and epithelia and not from other sources such as leucocytes. Using in situ zymography, gelatinases are shown to be localised within the equine epidermal hoof lamellae and, more specifically, are apparently produced by epidermal basal and/or parabasal cells. The pattern of expression correlates with that expected based on the progression of pathological changes observed during the onset of laminitis, thus providing further evidence that laminitis pathology probably arises as a result of inadequate local MMP regulation.
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- Localisation of gelatinase activity in epidermal hoof lamellae by in situ zymography
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Histochemistry and Cell Biology
Volume 110, Issue 5 , pp 535-540
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- 1998-10
- 10.1007/s004180050315
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- 0948-6143
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- Springer-Verlag
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- B. A. Mungall (A1)
- Christopher C. Pollitt (A1)
- Rita Collins (A2)
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- A1. Department of Companion Animal Sciences, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia Tel. +61 7 3365 2350; Fax +61 7 3365 1899, AU
- A2. Vision, Touch and Hearing Research Centre, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072 Australia, AU


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Sailor Mars (anime)
Sērā Māzu
|Resides in
Hikawa Shrine, Azabu-Juuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Sailor Mars, Super Sailor Mars
Solar System Sailor Senshi
|First Appearance
Michie Tomizawa (original anime)
|Related Pages
Sailor Mars is one of the five original Inner Sailor Senshi of the Solar System, and was the fourth Sailor Senshi introduced in the anime. Her civilian identity is Rei Hino. Her attacks are based around fire, psychic powers, and spiritual powers. This is the first animated depiction of the original manga character.
Sailor Mars was the first Senshi form Rei was able to transform into. Rei was able to transform into this form in the first, R, and S seasons and the first half of the SuperS season.
As Sailor Mars, she wears the standard Senshi fuku. The dominant color of her fuku was red while the accent color was purple. Her tiara gem, earrings, choker, collar, elbow fittings on her gloves, center of her front bow, back bow, skirt and shoes were red while her front bow was purple. Her earrings were five-pointed red stars, her collar had one stripe, and her shoes were red high heels.
Super Sailor Mars was the second and final Senshi form Rei was able to transform into. Rei was able to transform into this form in the second half of the SuperS season and the Sailor Stars season.
After she gained her "Super" upgrade from Pegasus, her choker had a gold star attached to it, her collar still had one stripe, the center of her front bow became a heart, the bottom of her shoulder pads became translucent, her star earrings change from five points to six points and her back bow was enlarged and lengthened.
Sailor Moon
Rei (Raye in DiC and CWi dub) lives with her perverted grandfather at the Hikawa Shrine (Cherry Hill Temple in the DiC dub). She first appears in the 7th episode of the Dark Kingdom arc. Usagi and Ami visit the Hikawa Shrine to get lucky charms and also due to hearing the rumor that all the buses disappear on their way to the shrine. Rei works as a miko in the Hikawa Shrine in which she smacks Usagi with her ofuda thinking that she is a youma. She then apologizes for what she did and the mother of one of the missing students gets angry because of what happened to her daughter when she rode one of the missing buses. Later, Usagi and Ami return to the shrine after they discovered the bus goes to another dimension. Afterwards they leave as she angrily tells them not to come back to the shrine, but she picks up a red Transformation Pen and she sees that Jadeite sells the charms to the girls and discovers that he was behind the buses disappearance. When Rei discovers Jadeite's treachery, he takes her to the other dimension where he hides the missing buses. Usagi and Luna finally go into the other dimension disguised as a Bus Attendant and they realized that all the girls inside the bus are unconscious and the youma being responsible for that. Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon ensnares the youma using her Moon Tiara Action to save Rei. Rei noticed Luna can speak and she replies that there is no time to explain and to show the pen that she picked up. Luna tells her that stick she picked up, was her Transformation Pen and convinces her to hold it up and say the phrase "Mars Power, Make Up!" Rei visibly infuriated, transforms into Sailor Mars and says to herself that the transformation was unbelievable. With her Fire Soul the youma is turned into dust. Both Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars were later saved by Tuxedo Mask. After the incident the two start to bicker due to their crush on Tuxedo Mask, making Sailor Moon cry. Rei is the last senshi to be killed by the DD Girls, but along with the rest, she comes back to life.
Sailor Moon R
In the Makaiju arc, Rei alongside Ami, Makoto and Minako (Amy, Lita and Mina in DiC and CWi dub) are having their memories erased after the first season. When they were attacked by the cardian Minotauron, she was seen using the charm to bind the cardian as Makoto tries to take down the cardian, but to no avail. When their memories were restored by Luna and they transformed into their Senshi forms, Sailor Mars uses Fire Soul combined with Sailor Venus' Crescent Beam to defeat Minotauron after Sailor Jupiter hits it with her Supreme Thunder.
Later on in Episode 54, Rei finally prepares her composed music from her music sheets and her song to show her performance to the students in her school during the autumn festival. When another cardian that An and Al summoned tries to get the energy from most of the audience, including Rei herself, her friends transform into their Senshi forms. When her friends' energy got absorbed, she was forced to transform into Sailor Mars in her weak state. She uses her Fire Soul to try to burn Cardian Seiren, but this was dodged by using her water powers. The Moonlight Knight arrives to save them and he tells her about the Starry Night story. She becomes angry at the cardian after she destroys her music composition which she tries so hard to compose her music at home and she finally restores her powers using her ofuda combined with her Fire Soul unleashing her Fire Soul Bird and manages to incinerate Cardian Seiren as the energy of her friends are restored, helping Sailor Moon to defeat the cardian with Moon Princess Halation. After the incident, Usagi tells her that she did something wonderful tonight in the festival as the two are seen bickering in a light hearted manner.
In Black Moon Clan arc, Rei's rival is Koan who manipulates dark fire (Ice fire in DiC dub) which appears to attack Chibusa from the very beginning of the arc.
In Episode 63, her grandfather wants his shrine to be made into a martial arts school but Rei becomes worried about his health as both begin to argue. Rei's grandfather forgives her for not listening to him when she was hurt and Rei tells him that he was strong. He gets angry for ruining his family, but he's been attacked by a droid. Usagi discovers the chaos and she transforms into Sailor Moon to rescue Rei and her grandfather. She recognizes Koan is the same woman who plans to capture Chibusa after revealing her crescent moon on her forehead when she is in danger. The droid plans to attack her, but Tuxedo Mask arrives to save her and convinces her to defeat the youma with her Moon Princess Halation. After defeating the droid that Koan summoned, she becomes angry at Sailor Moon and attacks her with dark fire and gives chase. Rei was worried for her grandfather who is unconscious after being attacked by Koan's droid. She angrily stands up and makes Koan pay for what she had done to her grandfather. She transforms into Sailor Mars and saves Sailor Moon by tackling her and avoids Koan's dark fire and she angrily uses Fire Soul to incenerate Koan. As Koan does the same, both women are clashing with fire. Koan's dark fire is strong enough to extinguish Sailor Mars' Fire Soul. She then focuses her energy and unleashes her second ability; Burning Mandala, which extinguishes Koan's dark fire and her tutu skirt caught fire which causes her to retreat. Sailor Mars is later seen fighting against Koan in Episode 69 (Episode 62 in the DiC English Dub) while Sailor Moon protects Chibusa from Rubeus.
When Rubeus orders Koan to find Chibusa at the Hikawa Shrine, she disguises herself as the make-up lady when Rei and Usagi are inside of her house. Later on, Koan attacks Chibusa and she loses consciousness. Chibusa was later saved by Yuichirou (Chad in DiC and CWi dub) and recognizes Koan as the crazy lady from the martial arts school. Koan attacks him with her dark fire and Rei discovers this. Koan tries to attack Rei with her dark fire as Yuichirou takes the hit for her. Before he loses consciousness, he tells Koan that they are not related with each other on the outside, but on the inside that they are friends. Rei becomes angry at Koan and transforms into Sailor Mars as Koan recognizes her and attacks her with Burning Mandala and their fires clash once again. When Koan tries to incinerate Yuichirou, Rei saves him, but her ankle has been burned and this hinders her mobility. Koan then taunts about Rei about her and Yuichirou and the latter replies that Yuichirou is not her boyfriend and she does not understand about them.
When Koan did not listen to her words she tries to take Chibusa, but Tuxedo Mask intervenes and saves Chibusa; Koan failing her mission. Rubeus arrives and tells Koan that she was useless in his team and Koan tells him that love is a beautiful thing. He also gave her the bomb to stop the Sailor Senshi and leaves her due to her failures. Sailor Moon and the other Inner Senshi arrive and Sailor Venus attacks the bomb that Koan handed with her Venus Love Me Chain and Sailor Jupiter destroys it with her Sparkling Wide Pressure. Koan became angry at them and attacks them, remorsefully blaming them for her being disowned by Rubeus and her sisters as a traitor to his team. Rei then saves her after her knee was smashed by Sailor Jupiter. She convinces Koan to start all over without Rubeus. Koan then gives up on being evil as she cries remorsefully, she then tells Sailor Moon to purify her with her Crystal Star Brooch and she successfully purifies Koan into a normal woman who works as a make up lady.
Sailor Moon S
In Death Busters arc starting in Episode 90 (Episode 83 in the English Dub), Rei sees a premonition of what may happen to their world; the silence. She was the first target of the Daimon (Heart Snatchers in the CWi dub) who were summoned by Kaolinite to get her heart crystal. Usagi transforms into Sailor Moon to stop the Daimon, but it manages to destroy her brooch, her detransforming back to her civilian form. It continues to attack Rei with a dark beam and successfully releases her heart crystal. The Daimon is later defeated by Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune in silhouette using their combined powers of both World Shaking and Deep Submerge. Both of them noticed that Rei's heart crystal was not pure and it returns back to its owner. Rei then wakes up seeing that a new conflict is about to happen.
In Episode 99 (Episode 92 in the English Dub), Rei tries to remember the premonition and tries to find out who destroys their world with a single blow and a shadow who uses the Silence Glaive. Yuichirou arrives to wake Rei from her chants and gives her the blue ribbon. Later on Yuichiro thinks that Haruka is a boy who is looking to make Rei his girlfriend. He tries to fight her in a muddy field, but she keeps dodging which leaves Yuichirou muddy; he gives up. Usagi tells him that he must apologize to Haruka as she is in fact a girl. When Yuichirou leaves the shrine, Rei was convinced by Usagi and her friends to tell him that she loves him and goes to stop Yuichirou from leaving. When Rei wanted to stop Yuichirou from leaving as the latter gets inside the train, the train becomes the Daimon and extracts Yuichirou's heart crystal. Rei realizes what happened she transform into Sailor Mars and confronts the daimon and becomes worried about Yuichirou as the Daimon attacks her, Sailor Moon and the other Inner Senshi came to her aid as Sailor Venus attacks Kaolinite with her Venus Love Me Chain and Sailor Mercury got Yuichirou's heart crystal and everyone fights the daimon and gets caught up in the rails. Sailor Mars angrily uses her ofuda to derail and she unleashes Burning Mandala on the Daimon to weaken it and convinces Sailor Moon to finish it off with her Moon Spiral Heart Attack. Both Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune observe the turn of the events and seeing that Yuichirou's heart crystal was not pure, they leave. After the incident, Rei became happy to see him and put her blue ribbon on his wounded shoulder and saying to him that she got something special; Yuuichirou himself.
In Episode 103, after Kaolinite was defeated by the Senshi, Rei appears to be an MC in the Japanese festival and tries to help the genius Japanese drummer. Therefore, Kaolinite was replaced by Eudial who uses the upgraded version of the Daimon that was inside of the box and takes it with her by driving a car. When the genius drummer was ready as Rei and Usagi noticed someone called her and Eudial manages to shoot her with her gun as her heart crystal was released. Both Rei and Usagi transform into their Senshi forms and face Eudial who then summons the daimon at the back of her car as the box released. Both Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune intervene and see that drummer's heart crystal was not pure. Eudial retreats telling the daimon to finish both Sailor Mars and Sailor Moon off. But both girls Uranus and Neptune leave, saying that they can do this themselves. Sailor Chibi Moon arrives to help. Sailor Moon recognizes her voice knowing that it was Chibusa now in her senshi form. She uses her Pink Sugar Heart Attack on the daimon but nothing happened and the daimon hits her and Sailor Chibi Moon was embarrassed and she uses the Pink Sugar Heart Attack the second time as it works and it uses this ability to distract the enemy. Sailor Mars tries to release Sailor Moon and angrily tells her to finish the daimon and it succeeds.
In the planetarium scene, she and Setsuna (Trista in CWi dub) knows about the premonition of destroying their planet with one blow from the Silence Glaive.
Sailor Moon SuperS
During episode 136 (Episode 129 in the CWi dub), Mamoru decides to stay at Hikawa Shrine after the girls are messing up his apartment due to fire from his neighboring apartment which they panicked and blames Usagi from being too jealous to Mamoru. With this, Rei stays the shrine and she accidentally peeked on Mamoru before he takes the wooden bath, naked as Yuichirou becomes jealous to Rei when Mamoru was here at the shrine which she accidentally stutters him while she covers her face with both of her hands in embarrassment. However she meets Usagi who disguised as the red kunoichi which she hides at the table who became hostile towards her. Rei becomes blushed after the accident which Usagi angrily wants to know what happened and she replies that she peeked on Mamoru who is taking a bath making Usagi became outraged and both girls ends up fighting at night. The next day she guards the shrine knowing that Usagi was here to spy on Mamoru. Therefore, she becomes victimized by Tiger's Eye who disguises as one of the shrine guardians which Usagi and Chibusa discover his motives. They finally transform into their Super Senshi forms and faces Tiger's Eye who finally look on Rei's dream mirror which it reveals Pegasus is not on her dream mirror and he summons his lemure that resembles a deserted maiden and attacks both of them. Both Super Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Chibi Moon became helpless when Mamoru does not help them due to his laptop work as Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus manage to save them as Sailor Jupiter's Sparkling Wide Pressure destroys the lemure's parasol which makes both of them defeat the lemure when Sailor Moon uses Moon Gorgeous Meditation and rescues Rei who finally regains consciousness after became victimized by Tiger's Eye and thanking Sailor Moon for saving her. After the incident, Usagi angrily mad at Mamoru for not helping them while in danger as he replies that it was a joke and finally apologizes to them while Yuichirou finally apologizes to Rei several times due to her grandfather's activities which she becomes irritated by it and reluctantly accepts his apologies.
Sailor Moon Stars
Powers and Abilities
- Akuryo Taisan
- Fire Soul
- Fire Soul Bird
- Burning Mandala
- Mars Flame Sniper
- Sailor Planet Power
- Sailor Planet Attack
- Sailor Special Garlic Attack
- Sailor Mars' planetary symbol (♂) stands for the Roman god's shield and lance. The difference between the symbol used in the Anime/Manga and the scientific symbol is, that the transforming sign has a heart instead of a circle.
- Even though her planetary symbol contains a lance, she uses a bow and arrow as in Mars Flame Sniper.
- In alchemy, iron used to be symbolized by ♂.
- Even though her planetary symbol contains a lance, she uses a bow and arrow as in Mars Flame Sniper.
For images of the anime incarnation of Sailor Mars, please see Sailor Mars (anime)/Image Gallery.
|Solar System Senshi
|Sailor Moon • Sailor Mercury • Sailor Mars • Sailor Jupiter • Sailor Venus/Sailor V • Sailor Chibi Moon • Sailor Neptune • Sailor Uranus • Sailor Saturn • Sailor Pluto
|Sailor Starlights
|Sailor Star Fighter • Sailor Star Healer • Sailor Star Maker
|Sailor Quartet
|Sailor Vesta • Sailor Pallas • Sailor Juno • Sailor Ceres
|Other Senshi
|Sailor Kakyu • Sailor Chibi Chibi • Sailor Cosmos
|Civilian Identities
|Usagi Tsukino • Ami Mizuno • Rei Hino • Makoto Kino • Minako Aino • Chibiusa Tsukino • Setsuna Meiou • Haruka Tenou • Michiru Kaiou • Hotaru Tomoe • Kou Seiya • Kou Yaten • Kou Taiki • Princess Kakyu • Chibi Chibi
|Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask • Luna • Artemis • Diana
|Solar System Senshi
|Sailor Moon • Sailor Mercury • Sailor Mars • Sailor Jupiter • Sailor Venus/Sailor V • Sailor Chibi Moon • Sailor Neptune • Sailor Uranus • Sailor Saturn • Sailor Pluto
|Sailor Starlights
|Sailor Star Fighter • Sailor Star Healer • Sailor Star Maker
|Other Senshi
|Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon
|Civilian Identities
|Usagi Tsukino • Ami Mizuno • Rei Hino • Makoto Kino • Minako Aino • Chibiusa Tsukino • Setsuna Meiou • Haruka Tenou • Michiru Kaiou • Hotaru Tomoe • Kou Seiya • Kou Yaten • Kou Taiki • Chibi Chibi
|Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask • Luna • Artemis • Diana • Princess Kakyu
|Solar System Senshi
|Sailor Moon • Sailor Mercury • Sailor Mars • Sailor Jupiter • Sailor Venus • Sailor Chibi Moon • Sailor Neptune • Sailor Uranus • Sailor Saturn • Sailor Pluto
|Sailor Starlights
|Sailor Star Fighter • Sailor Star Healer • Sailor Star Maker
|Sailor Quartet
|Sailor Vesta • Sailor Pallas • Sailor Juno • Sailor Ceres
|Other Senshi
|Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon • Sailor Astarte
|Civilian Identities
|Usagi Tsukino • Ami Mizuno • Rei Hino • Makoto Kino • Minako Aino • Chibiusa Tsukino • Setsuna Meiou • Haruka Tenou • Michiru Kaiou • Hotaru Tomoe • Kou Seiya • Kou Yaten • Kou Taiki • Chibi Chibi
|Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask • Luna • Artemis • Princess Kakyu
|Solar System Senshi
|Sailor Moon • Sailor Mercury • Sailor Mars • Sailor Jupiter • Sailor Venus/Sailor V
|Other Senshi
|Sailor Luna
|Civilian Identities
|Usagi Tsukino • Ami Mizuno • Rei Hino • Makoto Kino • Minako Aino • Luna Tsukino
|Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask • Luna • Artemis
|Solar System Senshi
|Sailor Moon • Sailor Mercury • Sailor Mars • Sailor Jupiter • Sailor Venus • Sailor Chibi Moon • Sailor Pluto
|Civilian Identities
|Usagi Tsukino • Ami Mizuno • Rei Hino • Makoto Kino • Minako Aino • Chibiusa Tsukino
|Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask • Luna • Artemis


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Aug 29 (CTK) - Ukraine must he helped as Russia wages war against it and the Czech government should support further European sanctions against Moscow -wing opposition party, says in a written statement issued today.
"The idea that the situation can be solved peacefully with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is absolutely wrong," TOP 09 writes.
But Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (Social Democrats, CSSD) is against the introduction of new sanctions.
"Further escalation of the sanctions is in the interest of neither Europe nor Russia and the Czech Republic does not wish anything like this," Sobotka said on Thursday.
TOP 09 writes that Russia has repeatedly proved that it does not respect international law.
"Occupation of a part of the neighbouring country, sending troops and artillery attacks are definitely war actions. It must be clearly declared that Russia is waging war against Ukraine," the party writes.
"We call on the Czech government to call on the member countries to support a new round of sanctions at the forthcoming EU and NATO summits," TOP 09 writes.
Deputy Prime Minister Pavel Belobradek (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) today expressed deep concern over the latest development in Ukraine.
Over 1,000 Russian soldiers are fighting in southeastern Ukraine, NATO said on Thursday.
Belobradek said he wants the meeting of the European People´s Party (EPP), of which the KDU-CSL is a member, to deal with the situation in Ukraine on Saturday.
Also on Saturday, an EU summit will meet and discuss the situation.
Sobotka said the summit would be an opportunity to coordinate the European stance on the developments in Ukraine.
He said Russia should allow for a political solution to the crisis without further people being killed and without the trade war with the Western countries being extended.
If a military invasion in Ukraine was confirmed, this would be another gross violation of international law after the Russian occupation of Crimea, Sobotka said. Violation of Ukraine´s territorial integrity is unacceptable, he added.
Four Czech political figures today called on the government to temporarily stop issuing visas for Russian citizens who support Putin´s regime and sending arms or their components to Russia, and to provide material and military aid to Ukraine.
This call has been signed by two TOP 09 MEPs, journalist Jaromir Stetina and economist Ludek Niedermayer, former Greens leader and minister Martin Bursik and former human rights minister Michael Kocab.
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- Corpora and evaluation tools for multilingual named entity grammar development (2003)
- We present an effort for the development of multilingual named entity grammars in a unification-based finite-state formalism (SProUT). Following an extended version of the MUC7 standard, we have developed Named Entity Recognition grammars for German, Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, English, and Czech. The grammars recognize person names, organizations, geographical locations, currency, time and date expressions. Subgrammars and gazetteers are shared as much as possible for the grammars of the different languages. Multilingual corpora from the business domain are used for grammar development and evaluation. The annotation format (named entity and other linguistic information) is described. We present an evaluation tool which provides detailed statistics and diagnostics, allows for partial matching of annotations, and supports user-defined mappings between different annotation and grammar output formats.