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Schnee und Sturmflut-Warnung: Tief "Axel" fegt über Deutschland

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NewsHubTief « Axel » ist in der Nacht über Deutschland hinweggefegt. In den Mittelgebirgen und im Bayerischen Wald schneite es zum Teil heftig. Im Bahnverkehr kam es vielerorts zu Verspätungen. Und an der Ostseeküste wird vor einer schweren Sturmflut gewarnt.
Starke Sturmböen, Regen- und Schneeschauer: Tief « Axel » ist in der Nacht über Deutschland hinweggefegt. In den Mittelgebirgen und im Bayerischen Wald schneite es zum Teil heftig. Durch den starken Wind mit Geschwindigkeiten von bis zu 75 Kilometern pro Stunde kam es mancherorts zu gefährlichen Schneeverwehungen, wie der Deutschen Wetterdienst mitteilte. Auf dem Brocken im Harz und in weiteren Höhenlagen gab es orkanartige Böen.
Im Straßen- und Bahnverkehr verursachten umgestürzte Bäume vor allem in Norddeutschland Verspätungen. Betroffen waren nach Angaben eines Sprechers der Deutschen Bahn die Strecken von Hamburg nach Kiel, Westerland und Schwerin. Auch die Bahnstrecke Hannover-Bremen wurde gesperrt. In Nordbayern kollidierte ein Regionalzug bei Schwarzenbach an der Saale mit einem umgestürzten Baum. Personen kamen nicht zu Schaden.
Und es geht unruhig weiter: « Axel » soll zunächst mit orkanartigen Böen um 110 Kilometer pro Stunde über Norddeutschland ziehen. Auf die deutsche Ostseeküste könnte heute und in der Nacht zu Donnerstag die schwerste Sturmflut seit mehr als zehn Jahren zurollen. Eine schwere Sturmflut mit Werten über 1,50 Meter über dem normalen Wasserstand ist nach Angaben des BSH auch dort nicht auszuschließen. Eine weitere Sturmflutwarnung für die Nordsee wurde hingegen inzwischen aufgehoben.
Ursache ist nicht nur Tief « Axel » – die Ostsee führt zurzeit auch besonders viel Wasser, weil der Westwind in den vergangenen Tagen viel Nordseewasser in das Nachbarmeer gedrückt hat. Auf den Berggipfeln rechnen die Meteorologen weiter mit orkanartigen Sturmböen. Autofahrer müssen sich in mehreren Bundesländern auf Beeinträchtigungen einstellen. Im Gebirge wird durch die arktische Luft vom Nordmeer Schnee erwartet.
In Nordwestlagen der Mittelgebirge könnte es bis zu 30 Zentimeter Neuschnee geben, sonst zwischen 10 und 20 Zentimeter. Die Meteorologen des Deutschen Wetterdienstes rechnen dadurch auch mit Behinderungen im Straßenverkehr, selbst wenn die Schneefallgrenze am Mittwoch bei 400 Metern liegen soll. Der starke Wind in den Höhenlagen dürfte nämlich auch weiterhin für Schneeverwehungen sorgen, die Auswirkungen auf die Straßenverhältnisse haben können. Der Deutsche Wetterdienst empfiehlt deshalb, in der Region um den Brocken (Harz) auf Autofahrten zu verzichten.

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Der Lastwagen des Berliner Terroranschlags könnte ins Museum kommen

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NewsHubDas Haus der Geschichte in Bonn hat noch nicht darüber entschieden, ob es den Lastwagen des Terroranschlags von Berlin teilweise in seine Sammlung aufnehmen wird. „Es ist noch zu früh, um darauf eine abschließende Antwort geben zu können“, sagte Hans Walter Hütter, Präsident der Stiftung Haus der Geschichte , in einem Interview der Deutschen Presse-Agentur. Um hier die richtige Entscheidung zu treffen, bedürfe es eines zeitlichen Abstands zu der Tat. Der ganze Lastwagen wäre wohl auch zu groß. „Eher müsste man an ein bestimmtes Teil denken.“
Auf keinen Fall dürfe das Geschehen später nur aus Sicht des Täters dargestellt werden, sagte Hütter. „Aber wenn ein Thema von gesellschaftlicher Relevanz ist, und das ist in diesem Fall ja in der Tat so, dann gehört es zu unserer Geschichte, ob wir das wollen oder nicht.“ Bei dem Anschlag auf dem Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt waren am 19. Dezember zwölf Menschen getötet und mehr als 50 verletzt worden. (dpa)

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Mit 50 Mutter: Janet Jackson bringt Sohn zur Welt

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NewsHubLos Angeles, 04.01.17: Monatelang wurde spekuliert, jetzt ist es offiziell: Pop-Ikone Janet Jackson hat ihr erstes Kind bekommen, mit 50 Jahren. «Janet Jackson und ihr Mann Wissam Al Mana sind ganz begeistert, ihren Sohn Eissa Al Mana in der Welt zu begrüßen», teilte eine Sprecherin der Sängerin der Deutschen Presse-Agentur mit. Jackson habe eine «stressfreie» und gesunde Geburt gehabt. Weitere Angaben, etwa wo das Kind geboren wurde, machte das Team der Sängerin zunächst nicht. Im April letzten Jahres hatte Jackson einen Teil ihrer Welttournee verschoben. Begründung: «Familienplanung». «Ich muss mich ausruhen – Anweisung der Ärzte», sagte die Musikerin damals in einer per Twitter verbreiteten Videobotschaft. Die Fans konnten sich dazu denken, was Jackson nicht direkt ausgesprochen hatte. Erst im vergangenen Oktober hatte die Sängerin der Zeitschrift «People» ihre fortgeschrittene Schwangerschaft bestätigt. Seit 2012 ist die Schwester des 2009 gestorbenen «King of Pop» Michael Jackson mit dem fast zehn Jahre jüngeren Unternehmer Wissam Al Mana verheiratet.

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Tournee-Aus für deutschen Weltmeister Severin Freund

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NewsHubDer 28-Jährige beendete die 65. Vierschanzentournee wegen eines grippalen Infekts vorzeitig: « Das ist zwar bitter », alles andere wäre aber unklug.
04.01.2017 | 09:57 |
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Er sollte es ein, der von den deutschen Springern bei der Vierschanzentournee im Rampenlicht steht. Doch für Severin Freund ist die vorezeitig Tournee zu Ende. Nach schlechten Ergebnissen in Oberstdorf und Garmisch-Partenkirchen hat den deutschen Routinier nun ein Virus erwischt. Dientagabend trat er aus Innsbruck die Heimreise an, wie der Deutsche Skiverband am Mittwochmorgen mitgeteilt hat. Freund wäre im dritten Tournee-Bewerb heute in Innsbruck (ab 14 Uhr) im ersten Durchgang Gegner des Österreichers Michael Hayböck im K.o.-Duell gewesen.
« Ich habe mich von Sprung zu Sprung schlechter gefühlt und mich im Hotel von unserem Teamarzt untersuchen lassen. Der diagnostizierte einen grippalen Infekt und hat mir eine Pause und Ruhe verordnet », berichtete Freund in einer DSV-Mitteilung. « Es ist das erste Mal, dass ich aus einer laufenden Tournee aussteigen muss. Das ist zwar bitter, aber da es in der Saison noch einiges zu holen gibt, wäre es unklug, nicht auf den eigenen Körper zu hören », erklärte der 28-Jährige.
Der Tournee-Zweite des Vorjahres, der im Frühjahr an der Hüfte operiert worden war und danach eine rund viermonatige Pause einlegen musste, war in Oberstdorf und Garmisch-Partenkirchen weit hinter den Erwartungen geblieben und lag in der Gesamtwertung nur auf Platz 22. In der Qualifikation hatte Freund als 47. erneut enttäuscht.
Während der Tournee lagen die Hoffnungen der deutschen Fans zuletzt vor allem bei Markus Eisenbichler. Der Aufsteiger der Saison im deutschen Team belegte in Oberstdorf Rang sechs und in Garmisch Rang vier. Auch in Innsbruck präsentierte sich Eisenbichler stark mit Qualifikationsrang sechs.
Von den Österreichern ist erneut mit Stefan Kraf zu rechnen, der in der Qualifikation erneut einen konstant guten Eindruck hinterließ. Insgesamt sind zehn Österreicher im Wettkampf am Bergisel mit dabei.
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Arbeitnehmer sollen das Recht auf eine befristete Teilzeit bekommen

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NewsHubDer Entwurf, der Nachrichtenagentur dpa vorliegt, befindet sich seit dieser Woche in der Ressortabstimmung innerhalb der Bundesregierung. Für Arbeitnehmer, die zeitlich begrenzt ihre Arbeitszeit verringern möchten, solle sichergestellt werden, dass sie nach der Teilzeitphase wieder zur ursprünglichen Arbeitszeit zurückkehren können, heißt es in dem Papier.

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Zuckerberg on the road, Wired editor and Twitter China chief out

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NewsHubThe editor in chief of Wired magazine is stepping down after four years, Recode reported. Scott Dadich , who’s worked for Wired parent company Conde Nast for 11 years, will be replaced by Nicholas Thompson , a digital editor at the New Yorker (and a former senior editor at Wired). Dadich is leaving to help create a “strategy, design and content firm.”
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to escape the Silicon Valley bubble. In a post Tuesday, the Facebook chief said his 2017 goal is to have traveled to all 50 states — about 30 states more than he’s already visited. “After a tumultuous last year, my hope for this challenge is to get out and talk to more people about how they’re living, working and thinking about the future,” he wrote. Real America, here he comes.
Twitter ’s managing director for Greater China has left the company after eight months, the latest in a string of high-level departures for the troubled social network. Twitter had hired Kathy Chen , who previously worked at Microsoft , in April to attract more Chinese advertisers. Twitter has been blocked in China since 2009, though users there are still able to access it through virtual private networks.

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Ugandans at Chinese company strike over alleged harassment

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NewsHubKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — At least 400 Ugandan workers at a Chinese-owned construction company went on strike Tuesday to protest alleged sexual harassment by managers and poor pay.
The angry employees staged a demonstration outside the offices of the state-owned China Railway Seventh Group in Uganda’s capital, Kampala.
One of the workers, Agnes Namusisi, said managers pay employees who agree to their sexual advances.
“I have not been paid for the last three months because I refused sexual advances from my boss,” Namusisi said.
The alleged mistreatment also includes long hours and supervisors beating workers who are delayed getting to their jobs, she said.
Kampala’s Kawembe division’s Town Clerk Geoffrey Rwakabale said the road construction work that China Railway Seventh Group was hired to do has been suspended for three days pending the outcome of discussions between city authorities and company managers.
“We have decided that workers temporarily stop working until Thursday as we engage the managers of the company,” Turwakabale said
Kampala Mayor Erias Lukwago said the city would consider “blacklisting” the Chinese company, if it doesn’t address the workers’ concerns.
The World Bank canceled a 225-kilometer (140-mile) road construction project in western Uganda worth $265 million in December 2015 after a review found evidence of misconduct by a government contractor, including sexual harassment of female workers and road workers having sex with minors.
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Police hunt $6m jewellery heist suspects

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NewsHubCCTV footage shows two men alleged to have stolen $6m (£4.9m) of jewellery from a wholesalers in New York.
Police said they were still searching for the pair and a third man in connection with the robbery at the Gregg Ruth jewellery company.

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World's Leading Runners Meet in Advance of 2017 C&D Xiamen International Marathon

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NewsHubXIAMEN, China , Jan. 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — At the invitation of the organizing committee of the 2017 C&D Xiamen International Marathon, some of the world’s top marathon runners attended a meeting held in the first-floor international hall of Xiamen International Seaside Hotel at 3 pm on January 1 .
Lemi Berhanu from Ethiopia , whose previous best performance clocked him in at 2 hour, 4 minutes and 33 seconds, attended the meeting as the representative for male runners, while female runners were represented by Meseret Mengistu Biru , also from Ethiopia , whose previous best run stands at 2 hours, 23 minutes and 26 seconds. They are the leading competitors among the athletes invited to this year’s marathon. Representing China at the meeting was Olympic race walking champion Chen Ding , whose role also included that of the event’s health ambassador.
Guests included Road Running Manager at IAAF Alessio Punzi, deputy director general of the Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Sports Li Lina, vice general manger of Xiamen Culture Media Group and chairman of Xiamen SMG Sports Limited Qi Bing as well as representatives from the Cross-Strait Invitational Marathon Tournament. This was Alessio Punzi’s first visit to China.
At the meeting, Li Lina gave a presentation on the preparatory work for the 2017 C&D Xiamen International Marathon:
I. Competition Registration. This year’s competition has been upgraded to a full marathon for the first time and the final list of participants was decided based on a random selection following receipt of all registrations. A roster of 30,000 runners from 31 countries and regions have been qualified to participate in the competition, including 24,885 male and 5,115 female athletes. Among the marathon runners, 5,433 are from the immediate Xiamen area while the remaining 24,567 are from elsewhere, including 17,543 from outside of Fujian province, 669 from Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan and 164 from abroad.
II. Guest Athletes. As per the IAAF Road Race Labels Regulations concerning the designation of labels (Gold, Silver, Bronze), athletes who had garnered higher-level labels in previous races were invited. This year’s event invited 27 outstanding athletes from six countries including Kenya , Ethiopia , Ukraine , Belarus , Eritrea and Algeria.
III. Event Promotions.
(I) Promotional campaigns for the 15th anniversary of the Xiamen International Marathon : The organizing committee for the event put together a series of promotional campaigns for the 15th anniversary of the Xiamen International Marathon: 1. « In Celebration of the 15th Anniversary », featuring ongoing reporting of the event on the Marathon’s official Wechat account; 2. « The 15th year of the Xiamen International Marathon », a series that relays the background story of some of the runners joining the event, produced in association with Sina Xiamen; 3. Saluting the 15th Anniversary of the Xiamen International Marathon produced in association with Tracker , China’s leading publisher of books featuring stories about runners and running, with « In Celebration of the 15th Anniversary, Looking into the Mind of a Novice Runner » as the main theme; 4. Special reports on the event in concert with the Chinese Athletic Association’s official magazine Front Runner. In addition, an award ceremony will be held in February 2017 , to thank the organizations and individuals who have made a contribution to the Xiamen International Marathon over the past 15 years.
(II) Live Broadcasting of the Event : This year’s event was broadcast live by CCTV and Xiamen TV from helicopters that hovered overhead and were able to provide an aerial view of what was taking place on the ground. The event was simultaneously webcast on new media platforms including Sina, Tencent , Netease, rmsports.cn, toutiao.com, and the Look at Xiamen app.
IV. Traffic Organization Programs. The Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Sports, the Xiamen Municipal Public Security Bureau including the traffic police department, the Xiamen Transportation Bureau, the Xiamen Public Transport Group, Xiamen Media Group and the Xiamen Institute of City Transport Planning met and undertook site investigations multiple times, and, based on those meetings, put together a plan for the handling of traffic and transportation at the main venue and in the surrounding areas. The Xiamen Transportation Bureau led the development and implementation of a plan for public transportation and traffic control before, during and after the event. In order to make it as convenient as possible for athletes, residents and holidaymakers to take public transport during the event, the Xiamen Public Transport Group offered free passage on BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) buses arriving to and departing from the venue, assuring timely arrival and departure to and from the event. In addition, 12 temporary bus routes with free passage were put in place just for the event, including 7 pre-race routes and 5 post-race routes. These special routes are serviced by 355 buses, including 125 for the pre-race routes and 230 for the post-race routes.
V. Medical Care. Xiamen Health and Family Planning Commission has developed a medical care scheme based on the traditional care system supplemented by 46 doctors on bicycles working in pairs (23 groups), 75 first aid runners, 350 volunteer doctors-in-residence at medical schools and six physiotherapy stations for rapid application of therapeutic ointments, as well as a team of 75 runners with medical training, to ensure timely medical services for runners in need.
VI. Event Service Support. The Organizing Committee has improved the quality of the service provided at the event, by increasing the amount and variety of supplies of foods and beverages and other supplies available at the feeding stations as well as making the feeding stations larger, in a move to avoid congestion. The committee pioneered a « runners servicing runners » system and recruited 1,615 volunteers from 23 running clubs to man the 15 feeding stations, facilitating the interaction and improve communications between service staff and participating runners. In addition, a streamlined « rapid post-race recovery » service has been specially set up for runners, with an ice pool, a spa-like passive relaxation area and an area sectioned off where the runner can rest and recover once the race is completed. Services on offer include an ice pool for aching limbs, ice compress, passive stretching, active traction, sports nutrition foods as well as diagnosis and treatment of acute sports injuries, traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy and availability of accessories for muscle fatigue relief, among other available services. In addition, 450 physiology experts, stretching staff and traditional Chinese medicine massage physicians are available in the passive relaxation area to offer services to runners.
The two athletes who were specially invited to the meeting, Lemi Berhanu and Meseret Mengistu Biru , said in an interview with reporters that they felt honored to have been invited to Xiamen to participate in the 2017 C&D Xiamen International Marathon. They explained that Xiamen is more beautiful than they had imagined and that they were impressed by the warmth and friendliness of the people whom they had met. « We hope to show the best performance in the event tomorrow and challenge ourselves to achieve better results », they added.
After several months of preparation, the 2017 C&D Xiamen International Marathon, operated by Xiamen SMG Sports Limited kicked off at 8 am on January 2. Thirty thousand runners ran along some of the world’s most beautiful courses, creating another event that is expected to go down in marathon and running history.
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Procrastination? I'll get back to you…

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NewsHubIn these first days of the new year, millions of us will have embarked on a resolution for 2017.
And maybe a good percentage will already have given up and decided that maybe the following year will be the time to finally write that bestselling novel.
But why do we keep putting things off? Why is procrastination such a common problem?
It’s claimed as a particular difficulty for students and academics.
Professor Tim Pychyl, a psychologist at Carleton University in Canada, is part of the Procrastination Research Group and calls it « the biggest problem in education today ».
A lecture in which he gives advice to students on how to stop procrastinating recently passed 170,000 views on YouTube.
Procrastination, it’s claimed, can affect student grades, drop-out rates and mental and physical health.
Lecturers suffer from procrastination too, with academic Twitter feeds talking about « writing guilt » and the battle between marking papers and watching Netflix.
With more people studying online, procrastination is a greater problem than ever before.
At only the click of a button, an essay can be replaced by a video of a sneezing kitten, or a Facebook photo album of your ex and her new boyfriend on holiday.
Prof Pychyl says procrastination is making the choice to avoid doing something, even though we know this will cost us in the long run.
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You can join the debate at the BBC’s Family & Education News Facebook page .
He says it is different from intentionally delaying doing something, and it is not a problem of time management, but a failure to control our emotions.
« When we procrastinate, we are trying to improve our mood by avoiding doing something that feels unpleasant to us, » he says.
« A bit like getting drunk or comfort eating, it is a coping strategy to feel better by distracting ourselves with short-term pleasure and forgetting about a problem.  »
Procrastination is more common among people who are impulsive, prone to perfectionism, burdened by other people’s expectations of them, and scared of failure.
It affects younger people in particular, because we get better at controlling our emotions as our brain develops.
But there is hope for procrastinators.
Based on his research with Dr Fuchsia Sirois of the University of Sheffield, Prof Pychyl insists that anyone can reduce procrastination with the following steps:
1) Practice techniques of mindfulness and meditation to gain control over negative thoughts.
« Using mindfulness techniques, we can acknowledge that we do not feel like doing something without making a judgement on this feeling, then remind ourselves why the task is important, and commit to making a start, » says Prof Pychyl.
« And when we make progress on a task, we feel better about ourselves and this makes it much easier to carry on.  »
Sir Anthony Seldon, vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham, has introduced mindfulness sessions for staff and students.
2) Break down a task into clear and manageable steps.
One reason for procrastination is that the targets we set are often too big and vague, which makes them seem more intimidating and unpleasant.
So you should scale down your new year’s resolutions from « get in shape » or « write a novel » to « put on your running gear » or « find a name for your main character ».
As soon as Paul Roberts sets his students a task at the University of Warwick’s International Manufacturing Centre, he runs a mind-mapping workshop for them to identify what steps they will need to complete the project.
He says procrastination among students has fallen as a result.
3) Don’t punish yourself for procrastinating.
Prof Pychyl’s research shows that students who forgive themselves for procrastinating are less likely to delay in the same way on their next assignment.
So the more guilt and anger you feel about depriving the world of your groundbreaking novel this year, the less chance you have of writing it next year.
4) Build on the good habits you already have.
Prof Pychyl says he finally managed to obey his dentist’s instruction to floss by combining it with his existing habit of brushing his teeth.
He committed himself to placing the floss on the counter in front of him every time he brushed his teeth, and flossing soon became second nature to him.
5) Get in touch with your « future self ».
When people were shown a digitally-aged picture of themselves and then asked to allocate money, they were more likely to save for retirement because they felt a stronger association with their future selves.
Putting a digitally-aged self-portrait by your desk might prompt your colleagues to look at you strangely or even accuse you of time travel.
But if your deadline is 9am, then simply imagining yourself desperately writing the essay at 2am might persuade you to start earlier.
6) Work out why you care about what you are doing.
Prof Pychyl says procrastination can often reflect a deeper existential problem of lacking an identity or a direction in life.
We procrastinate on tasks that we see as boring or less meaningful. So remind yourself why you are doing something and how it fits in with your ambitions.
Perhaps writing a good essay will help you get a good degree, which will help you pursue your dream of being a doctor.
By thinking in this way, the long-term benefit of doing your work can overpower the short-term pleasure of distractions.
If these research-backed steps are so effective, should they be taught in every school, university and workplace?
Many universities, such as UEA, Goldsmiths and Bradford, produce guides on procrastination for students.
But Prof Pychyl says much advice still focuses on time management skills, rather than tackling the root causes.
« Professors should address how students are feeling throughout the term and help them to understand why they procrastinate, » he says.
« If they can learn to manage their emotions, it will help them in every area of their lives. « 

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