Tuesday, August 13, 2013

First-ever SummerSlam press conference streams live today

Join WWE Champion John Cena, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk and your other favorite Superstars and Divas for the inaugural SummerSlam press conference today!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LIVE STREAM NOW!

Taking place at the historic Beverly Hills Hotel, the press conference begins at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT and will stream live on WWE.com, the WWE App, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest and Pheed. Hosted by Michael Cole, the event will also include comments from World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio, Triple H and Stephanie McMahon.

How will The Champ and his SummerSlam challenger, Bryan, address their gigantic WWE Title Match?in one of their final public appearances before The Biggest Party of the Summer rocks Los Angeles? STAPLES Center? What will the always unpredictable Second City Saint have to say mere days before facing Brock Lesnar in ?The Best vs. The Beast? showdown? Find out today!

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Monday, August 12, 2013

ICSDEC 2012: developing the frontier of sustainable design, engineering, and construction: proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Sustainable Design and Construction, November 7-9, 2012, Fort Worth, Texas / sponsored by Construction Institute

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Photos: Endangered turtles released into Washington's wild

Endangered turtles released to the wild

Once on the brink of extinction, the state?s western pond turtle is making a slow recovery thanks to a multi-institutional conservation program. Woodland Park Zoo and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will release more than 80 turtles that were collected from the wild as eggs, hatched and ?head started? at Woodland Park Zoo to improve their chance of survival in the wild. Once the turtles reach a suitable size of about 2 ounces, large enough to escape the large mouths of bullfrogs, they are returned to their homes and closely monitored by biologists. The largest of the 10-month-old turtles are equipped with tiny radio transmitters glued to their shells so biologists can learn more about post-release dispersal, habitat use during active and hibernation periods and, ultimately, their survival rate. August 9th 2013. (Joshua Lewis / KOMO News)

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Currently popular on WCYB.com: Former Blountville baseball coach Wallace Ketron...

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Wis. man gets life for killing police officer wife

MILWAUKEE (AP) ? An Iraq War veteran who ambushed and killed his police officer wife last Christmas Eve was sentenced Friday to life in prison for gunning down the woman he called his "one love," and the earliest he could be eligible for parole is in 35 years.

Benjamin G. Sebena, 30, pleaded guilty in June to first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Jennifer Sebena. Ben Sebena has not said exactly why he killed his wife. His attorney noted that he was diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, and sometimes has trouble distinguishing between what is real and what's not.

The charge carried a mandatory life sentence, although Judge David Borowski had the option of allowing for the possibility for parole after at least 20 years. Wisconsin does not have the death penalty.

"What you did was the worst of the worst," Borowski told Ben Sebena before handing down the sentence. "You took from this earth the person who probably loved you more than anyone, even more than your parents. You've shaken an entire community and destroyed two families."

Sebena served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. He was honorably discharged in 2005 after suffering severe arm and leg injuries in a mortar attack.

After praising Sebena for his distinguished service, the judge added that thousands of other war veterans don't come home and kill their spouses.

Jennifer Sebena, a 30-year-old Wauwatosa police officer, was conducting a pre-dawn patrol alone on Christmas Eve when her husband shot her twice in the back of the head and three times in the face.

Prosecutor Mark Williams handed five autopsy photographs to the judge, who declared them "gruesome."

The court was standing room only, with about half of the 80 seats occupied by Wauwatosa police officers. Several dabbed their eyes or rested their foreheads in their hands as Williams described how the gunfire shot off portions of Jennifer Sebena's face.

Ben Sebena, as he has in every court appearance, was brought into court in a wheelchair and wearing a blue padded suicide vest. His voice cracked as he apologized to his mother-in-law and sister-in-law. He told the judge that he endures his own punishment each day for what he did to "the one love of my life."

"I ask for forgiveness and I hope to God he gives it to me one day," he said.

Sebena had initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. But he changed his plea after two doctors testified that despite his mental health issues, he wasn't insane at the time of the crime.

The defense filed a sentencing memorandum earlier this week detailing the psychological and physical effects of Sebena's combat experience. Sebena claimed to have killed 68 people during his military service. He also watched friends die and sometimes had to clean their blood and body parts out of military vehicles.

His mother, Linda Sebena, told the judge that she didn't want to minimize the tragedy of Jennifer's death. However, she added, her son spent years fighting in Iraq against cowards who hid behind women and children, against men who would smile at an American soldier even as they were ready to blow him to bits. The experiences broke her son psychologically, she said.

She blamed the Pentagon for training Americans to go to war but not preparing them to come home. She said she hoped Jennifer's death would spur the military to do more to help returning veterans.

"I wear my son's dog tags as a reminder that the son that went to war is not the son who came home," she said. "I ask for mercy for our son."

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Dinesh Ramde can be reached at dramde@ap.org.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/wis-man-gets-life-killing-police-officer-wife-211555330.html

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Danvers-Based Internet Marketing Company Receives Google ...

McDougall Interactive was chosen the best out of 14,000 different companies doing the same thing; internet marketing.

Danvers-based?McDougall Interactive, an Internet marketing company, was recently named a?2013 Google Engage All-Star, according to ConsumerElectronicsNet.com.?

McDougall was chosen out of 14,000 different companies due to their "ability to meet pay-per-click goals" and help buisnesses grow through Google's advertising.?

Read the full article on Consumer Electronics Net.?

Source: http://danvers.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/danversbased-internet-marketing-company-receives-google-distinction

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Saturday, August 10, 2013

Kali Linux (Chroot) on Galaxy S4 i9505/i9500 [Tutorial]


How to Install:

1. Download Linux Deploy from PlayStore

2. Open it and go to settings

3. Selection Distribution: Kali and leave everything else as default, except Disk Image Size, which you should use 7128mb instead of Automatic.

3a. Normally it automatically finds your resolution, but you can change it on this page. (One of the last items.)

4. Then select Install

4a. [IMPORTANT] Be sure to be connected to a Wi-Fi network, otherwise 1.4GB will be downloaded from your Mobile Network.

4b. The downloading time is quite long, and you can't lose connection through that, otherwise the .img will be corrupted.

5. Once you see <<< end: installation on the app, download your favorite VNC client and set-up the following configurations:

Quote:

IP/Host: localhost or 127.0.0.1
Port: 5900
Password: changeme
6. You will notice that there's no tools avaliable, open LXTerminal (From the dropup icon of Kali) then type:
and
Those are minor commands, to really install the tools see next step

7. Type

Quote:

sudo apt-get install kali-linux -yq
And wait for the full installation to complete, after it's sucesfully done it's good to go!

Q&A:

Which VNC Client you recommend?
I personally like Touchpad mouse settings and a full-screen view, the best free app that does the work for me is bVNC Free.

PostgreSQL gave me an error on the end of installation, is that supposed to happen?
YES, to fix PostegreSQL on Kali Linux ARM you have to whitelist on your network. You can do that by simply typing:

Quote:

sudo usermod -a -G aid_inet postgres
IceWeasel (Internet Browser) is not opening! What's wrong?
For some reason when you first install it, the browser is misconfigured. To solve that type:

Quote:

sudo apt-get install iceweasel
Happy Hacking!

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Free iPad Mini & iTunes Gift Card


Click Here! Due to the success of the iPad 2, over half of the kids in the US have access to an iPad already. With the release of the iPad Mini, plenty more families will be able to afford this entertaining device.

Designed to compete with smaller tablet rivals like the Amazon Fire and the Google Nexus 7, the iPad Mini is priced $100 higher, which is only $150 less than the price of a full-size iPad. Although that the smaller iPad demonstrates the capabilities of the current 9.7-inch iPad, but scaled down to 7.85 inches, it's inferior in speed, power and display resolution. By all accounts, it's the small size and light weight that makes it an attractive purchase despite its luxury price tag. With a screen size more similar to those e-readers, it's 30% thinner than the Kindle Fire and the lightest small tablet on the market at only 0.68 pounds. When compared to the iPad 3, it's the amount of storage that really stands out, with only half of its memory.

Families across the world are playing games in high definition color with the iPad Mini. Social, exciting, and fun, Candy Crush combines a love of candy with touch-sensitive play. Join in the fun on the iPad Mini for best playing results. Get a free $50 iTunes gift card and iPad Mini when you participate in online promotions through the link below.

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Mid-Sized Trucks at Last: Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon to Return in 2014

Compact trucks are not coming back, but come next year, the long-dormant mid-size truck segment will undergo a renaissance?in that buyers will now have a choice other than the Toyota Tacoma.

Announced today in auto industry's favorite kind of image?the teaser?General Motors confirmed that a redesigned Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon will begin to roll of the company's Wentzville, Mo. assembly lines in 2014. Reportedly based on GM's global mid-size platform already on sale in Asia, the new Colorado and Canyon will be the first update to the U.S. version since the first generation of these trucks?widely regarded by critics as not a great car, which even a V-8 couldn't save?replaced the compact S-10 in 2004.

This isn't the first time GM has confirmed a U.S-bound mid-size revamp. Almost two years ago, the automaker made nearly the same announcement (featuring an image of the entire truck!) claiming that an updated Colorado based on the automaker's global platform would hit dealerships starting in 2012, and promised "engine availability for U.S. versions will be announced at a future date." Now that we find ourselves at a future date, the only concrete information available is a "sneak peek" at the grille design.

Automotive News predicts that "given the launch timing," Chevrolet will unveil the redesigned U.S.-spec Colorado at the 2013 L.A. Auto Show coming up in November. Until then, enthusiasts of fuel-efficient alternatives to full-size pickups will have to stick to guessing what'll be underneath those two grilles. Though it'd certainly be something if the Asia-only 2.5-liter and 2.8-liter turbodiesel engines were at least an option here in the states.

Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/auto-blog/mid-sized-trucks-at-last-chevy-colorado-and-gmc-canyon-to-return-in-2014-15784880?src=rss

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

HTC One X+ gains BlinkFeed and Zoe Share in unofficial Android 4.2.2 leak

HTC One X gains BlinkFeed and Zoe Share in Android 422 update

No, the One X+ isn't getting an update to Android 4.2.2 and Sense 5 -- not yet, anyway. A round of recent reports have incorrectly stated that an OTA update for the global One X+ has begun rolling out to users' handsets. The purported update, which brings with it a host of HTC's newest features like Zoe Share and BlinkFeed, is in fact a leaked RUU and not an official software release, as HTC's confirmed to us. That's not to say a true update isn't on the way -- it is -- but the company's not committing to a specific timeframe for that just yet. One X+ owners, you'll have to hold onto hope just a little bit longer.

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Harrison Ford Will Star in ?The Expendables 3;? Bruce Willis Is Out

Harrison Ford

The Expendables 3 will be out in just about a year. Now, it is adding one of the biggest box office stars of all time. Sylvester Stallone took to Twitter to reveal that Han Solo and Indiana Jones himself,?Harrison Ford, is joining the action sequel. It?ll be directed by?Patrick Hughes.

He also revealed Bruce Wills will not return for a third turn with the series.

Here?s the Tweet.

The latest on Expendables 3 is that Kellen Lutz was in talks to join a rival younger group of stars who?d be opposed the main team featuring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews and Randy Couture. Among the other names attached (or, rumored to be attached in most cases) are Mel Gibson as a villain, Jackie Chan, Steven Seagal, Wesley Snipes and others.

Ford was rumored to be part of the film a while back but, as per Stallone?s tweet, maybe a deal or schedule couldn?t be worked out in time. This marks yet another major sequel for the star: he?s in Anchorman: The Legend Continues and all but assuredly in Star Wars Episode VII. That second one isn?t confirmed yet, of course, but Ford joining this film certainly will cut into any time he may have to shoot the J.J. Abrams film.

As for Willis? departure, it?s not really that big of a loss. He was awesome in the second film but his character was always on the outside looking in. It?s not like he?s dead, probably just not part of this particular story.

Of note though is Stallone followed the above tweet with this one. Maybe he?s referring to Willis?

The Expendables 3?will be out August 15, 2014. Expect more official information on it very soon.

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Monday, August 5, 2013

John Wallace Baird: The First Canadian president of the American Psychological Association.

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John Wallace Baird (1869-1919) was born and raised in southwestern Ontario, earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto in 1897. He would ultimately rise to become the first Canadian-born President of the American Psychological Association at a critical turning point in the discipline's history, during World War I. He was also the director of the laboratory in the famed Clark University psychology department, led by G. Stanley Hall, and died just months before succeeding Hall into the presidency of Clark. Baird studied briefly with Wilhelm Wundt, earned his PhD from E. B. Titchener, and taught at Johns Hopkins and the University of Illinois. When he was stricken with what would be his fatal illness, he was serving as Vice-Chair of the Psychology Committee of the U. S. National Research Council. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved) ...

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The Dingus Family: 42 Hours

I'm sure we didn't set a world record or anything.

But, it was a tremendously long day.

We left for the Columbus airport around 12:30 pm. We unlocked the front door of our humble ?Taiwan home about 42 hours later.?

It was Thursday, and then it was Saturday, just like that! Will I ever find that missing Friday? Good thing it wasn't a Saturday or Sunday- I would hate to lose a good weekend day!

Now, jet lag reigns.....

In bed by 8:30 (the eyes just won't stay open) and up at 4 am ( the eyes just won't go shut). Three of us were wide awake at 3am this morning. I cleaned out my email account. Abbi finished a craft project she's been working on, and Jacob just wandered about the house, until I agreed to play a card game with him (at 4:30am!)

The best part- it only lasts about a week!

Source: http://thedingusfamily6.blogspot.com/2013/08/42-hours.html

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TRACK AND FIELD Ex-NFL quarterback Cunningham coaches club in Nevada

All Track And Field Stories

Daughter, son are both elite high jumpers

Vashti Cunningham is climbing higher heights in the high jump with dad Randall an interested observer. (The Oakland Press/MARVIN GOODWIN)

YPSILANTI ? The heat in the Las Vegas desert can be unbearable at times, but that?s the way the Nevada Gazelles track and field club likes it.

At least the team?s coach does, if not the Gazelles, who nevertheless, follow the leader.

?We train in the heat, we try to make sure we?re in tough conditions,? said coach Randall Cunningham.

Yes, that?s the Randall Cunningham, the former star NFL quarterback, who coaches club track and field, serves as an ordained minister and tries to develop youngsters along the way.

Cunningham had a productive but sometimes turbulent 16-year NFL career, mostly with the Philadelphia Eagles but with stops in Dallas, Minnesota and Baltimore. He was a feared presence as a scrambler with speed and agility as well as a strong passing arm.

But with the NFL wars deep in his rearview mirror, he?s settled into new endeavors.

Cunningham and the Gazelles made the trip to Ypsilanti to compete in the AAU Junior Olympic Games at Eastern Michigan University?s Rynearson Stadium, which ended Saturday.

He?s the coach and leader of the club which includes his son, Randall, and daughter, Vashti. Both are nationally-ranked high jumpers.

On this occasion, Vashti, a tall, slender presence with a Randall Cunningham smile, sauntered over to dad with a fistful of dollars. ?She pays me to coach her,? smiled Cunningham, who stuffed the money in his wallet.

Vashti took first in the high jump in the girls 15-16 year old division with a leap of 5-feet-11, three inches better than second place. ?She barely missed the national record,? Cunningham said.

Randall Jr., who will be a senior at Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas ? Vashti will be a sophomore ? placed third in the 17-18 year old age group with a leap of 7-feet. He has a best of 7-feet-3 1/4 this season.

?I get to coach him,? Cunningham said of leading the Gazelles, ?and my kids do listen, most of the time. Randall doesn?t get to practice a lot because he?s in football.?

Indeed, Randall Jr. is a coveted quarterback destined to join an NCAA Division I program. But since he?s among the best high school high jumpers in the nation, there?s also a possibility of competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team for the 2016 Games.

Naturally, dad is beaming about their accomplishments. ?My daughter was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the high jump,? he said. ?She?s only a freshman. I?m very proud of her. I?m proud of both of them.?

Cunningham had always been a versatile athlete. He was a 6-foot-9 high jumper and dabbled in the multi-events, including shot put, discus and pole vault as a budding decathlete while growing up in Santa Barbara, Calif.

?I was (always) in it,? said Cunningham of track and field. He passed on his interest in athletics to his children, not only for activity but to keep them occupied. ?I want to make sure they?re busy,? he said. ?We test them in different sports and find out what they?re best at, kind of like the Russians.?

Cunningham has coached the Gazelles about four years, starting with a handful of youngsters. That number has grown to nearly 40. ?They all go to different high schools (and) all different nationalities,? said Cunningham. ?Basically, they?ve become Christians.?

Indeed, Cunningham founded a church called Remnant Ministries nearly 10 years ago in Las Vegas. He?s found his calling in the ministry, but coaching the Gazelles is also a calling.

To be sure, when it comes to track and field training for the Gazelles in the desert-like conditions of Nevada, the heat is surely on. And with Cunningham at the helm, providing guidance along the way, there?s a sense to the sizzle.

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St. Jude creates $5.5 million endowment for cancer research to be held by the hospital CEO

St. Jude creates $5.5 million endowment for cancer research to be held by the hospital CEO [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 2-Aug-2013
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The Donald Pinkel Endowed Chair of Pediatric Cancer Treatment honors the first director of St. Jude and is among the largest endowed chairs in the nation

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has earmarked $5.5 million for the creation of the Donald Pinkel Endowed Chair of Pediatric Cancer Treatment, which has been granted by the ALSAC and St. Jude Boards of Directors and Governors.

The endowment, among the largest of its kind in the country, honors the hospital's first director and will be held by the sitting St. Jude CEO. Dr. William E. Evans, the present St. Jude director and CEO, is its first designee. The endowment provides support for the CEO's research and academic programs.

"This endowment illustrates the importance of research being pursued from all levels at St. Jude," Evans said. "All St. Jude CEOs have remained actively engaged in research to discover, innovate and advance cure rates."

Evans' work focuses on better understanding the genomic basis of childhood cancers and developing individualized approaches to cancer treatment. This involves the translation of pharmacogenomic discoveries into personalized treatments for pediatric cancers.

Evans said that St. Jude owes its institutional focus and relentless spirit to Pinkel. A medical doctor, Pinkel challenged the standard 1960s treatment for childhood cancer with significant results.

Despite often-strident disagreement from many in the scientific and medical community, Pinkel developed an unconventional approach to treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric cancer. His revolutionary Total Therapy regimen, which he divided into a series of studies, combined multiple anticancer drugs with radiation treatment.

At a time when survival was estimated at 4 percent, the Total Therapy approach achieved a 50 percent survival rate and drove important improvements in treating both childhood and adult cancers. Total Therapy also served as the foundation for future St. Jude innovations and contributions to cancer research and treatment. Among them has been a steady increase in ALL survival, with St. Jude having the highest published survival rate for ALL at 94 percent.

Ensuring survival was the key for early childhood cancer research, and that meant highly aggressive therapy. Evans' research provides critical advances in the next revolution for cancer treatmentfinding the right treatment based on individual indicators, and providing only the amount of treatment necessary for success, minimizing side effects and potential later health impacts from treatment. For example, by better understanding how drugs interact with patients individually and by employing more sophisticated monitoring, clinicians have been able to discontinue the use of cranial irradiation in treatment of the disease, thus sparing children from many common side effects.

"I am deeply honored to be named the first Donald Pinkel Endowed Chair," Evans said. "When I first came to St. Jude in 1972 as a student, Dr. Pinkel was the director, and he was a person whom everyone looked up to, largely because he did not expect more out of others than he expected from himself. He led by example. I respected him because of what he had already accomplished, and because he was interested in hearing everyone's ideas, even those of a student like me."

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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering research and treatment of children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The hospital's research has helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancer from less than 20 percent when the institution opened to almost 80 percent today. It is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children, and no family ever pays St. Jude for anything. St. Jude is supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization. For more information, visit http://www.stjude.org. Follow us on Twitter @StJudeResearch.


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Contact: Summer Freeman
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901-595-3061
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

The Donald Pinkel Endowed Chair of Pediatric Cancer Treatment honors the first director of St. Jude and is among the largest endowed chairs in the nation

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has earmarked $5.5 million for the creation of the Donald Pinkel Endowed Chair of Pediatric Cancer Treatment, which has been granted by the ALSAC and St. Jude Boards of Directors and Governors.

The endowment, among the largest of its kind in the country, honors the hospital's first director and will be held by the sitting St. Jude CEO. Dr. William E. Evans, the present St. Jude director and CEO, is its first designee. The endowment provides support for the CEO's research and academic programs.

"This endowment illustrates the importance of research being pursued from all levels at St. Jude," Evans said. "All St. Jude CEOs have remained actively engaged in research to discover, innovate and advance cure rates."

Evans' work focuses on better understanding the genomic basis of childhood cancers and developing individualized approaches to cancer treatment. This involves the translation of pharmacogenomic discoveries into personalized treatments for pediatric cancers.

Evans said that St. Jude owes its institutional focus and relentless spirit to Pinkel. A medical doctor, Pinkel challenged the standard 1960s treatment for childhood cancer with significant results.

Despite often-strident disagreement from many in the scientific and medical community, Pinkel developed an unconventional approach to treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric cancer. His revolutionary Total Therapy regimen, which he divided into a series of studies, combined multiple anticancer drugs with radiation treatment.

At a time when survival was estimated at 4 percent, the Total Therapy approach achieved a 50 percent survival rate and drove important improvements in treating both childhood and adult cancers. Total Therapy also served as the foundation for future St. Jude innovations and contributions to cancer research and treatment. Among them has been a steady increase in ALL survival, with St. Jude having the highest published survival rate for ALL at 94 percent.

Ensuring survival was the key for early childhood cancer research, and that meant highly aggressive therapy. Evans' research provides critical advances in the next revolution for cancer treatmentfinding the right treatment based on individual indicators, and providing only the amount of treatment necessary for success, minimizing side effects and potential later health impacts from treatment. For example, by better understanding how drugs interact with patients individually and by employing more sophisticated monitoring, clinicians have been able to discontinue the use of cranial irradiation in treatment of the disease, thus sparing children from many common side effects.

"I am deeply honored to be named the first Donald Pinkel Endowed Chair," Evans said. "When I first came to St. Jude in 1972 as a student, Dr. Pinkel was the director, and he was a person whom everyone looked up to, largely because he did not expect more out of others than he expected from himself. He led by example. I respected him because of what he had already accomplished, and because he was interested in hearing everyone's ideas, even those of a student like me."

###

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering research and treatment of children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The hospital's research has helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancer from less than 20 percent when the institution opened to almost 80 percent today. It is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children, and no family ever pays St. Jude for anything. St. Jude is supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization. For more information, visit http://www.stjude.org. Follow us on Twitter @StJudeResearch.


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Spectra Energy Corp and Spectra Energy Partners close on 50 percent of the Express-Platte Pipeline System drop-down

Spectra Energy Corp (NY SE: SE) announced final closing on the drop-down of 50 percent of the Express-Platte crude oil pipeline system (Express-Platte System) to its master limited partnership (MLP), Spectra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: SEP), for approximately $410 million in cash, $319 million in newly issued partnership units, and $129 million of acquired Express-Platte System debt, which includes the effect of customary closing purchase price adjustments.

"This initial phase of the Express-Platte System drop-down sets the stage for our larger plan to drop our remaining U.S. Transportation and Storage assets to our MLP," said Greg Ebel, president and chief executive officer, Spectra Energy Corp. "These asset drop-downs build a more robust MLP, creating value for both Spectra Energy and Spectra Energy Partners investors. The use of our MLP to efficiently fund growth is a key part of our strategy to execute on more than $25 billion in growth opportunities by the end of the decade."

"This transaction expands Spectra Energy Partners' growth platform to include the rapidly growing North American crude oil transportation and storage market and diversifies the partnership's profile of steady, fee-based cash flows with an attractive escalating-fee asset," said Julie Dill, president and chief executive officer, Spectra Energy Partners.

The 1,717-mile Express-Platte System, which begins in Hardisty, Alberta, and terminates in Wood River, Illinois, comprises the Express and Platte crude oil pipelines and is one of just three major pipeline systems moving crude oil from western Canada to Rockies and Midwest refineries and markets. The Express pipeline carries crude oil to U.S. refining markets in the Rockies area, specifically Billings and Laurel, Montana, and Casper, Wyoming. The pipeline's capacity is 280,000 barrels a day. The Platte pipeline, which interconnects with the Express pipeline in Casper, Wyoming, transports crude oil predominantly from the Bakken formation and western Canada to refiners in the Midwest. Platte's capacity ranges from 164,000 barrels a day in Wyoming to 145,000 barrels a day in Illinois.

On July 24, in anticipation of this closing, the Board of Directors of SEP's General Partner declared a quarterly distribution increase of three-quarters cent bringing its total annual distribution to $2.035.

This article is for information and discussion purposes only and does not form a recommendation to invest or otherwise. The value of an investment may fall. The investments referred to in this article may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor should seek advice from a qualified investment adviser. More

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Suu Kyi meets Japan PM Abe

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Myanmar opposition leader and newly anointed Most Influential Person of the Decade Aung San Suu Kyi rounded off her visit to Japan with a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on ... ...

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North Island College's Tom Weegar leaving for Saskatchewan

The man in charge of North Island College?s Port Alberni campus for almost nine years is leaving to become the president of a college in Northern Saskatchewan.

Campus director Tom Weegar will leave Port Alberni in November to become the new president of Nipawin-based Cumberland College. The position is a promotion as he will be running the entire college which has four campuses.

Weegar has deep roots on Vancouver Island, having grown up in Courtenay. His parents and siblings all live in Victoria, his wife is from Parksville and their son, Thompson, 15, is a local track and field athlete. Weegar is also the president of Literacy Alberni, a Rotarian, a youth soccer coach and referee and has worked with the local chamber of commerce.

?It?s going to be very difficult to leave all that,? Weegar said. ?My experiences in this community have been fabulous and my family really enjoyed living in Port Alberni.

?I enjoyed working with all the different groups in Port Alberni.?

Weegar has a bachelor?s degree in psychology from UVic and a masters degree in environmental studies from York University.

He taught at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) and Northwest Community College before moving into an administrative position at Northwest.

He moved on to Northern Lights College and Rainy River Community College in Minnesota, before coming to Port Alberni in March 2005.

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Weegar has a specialization in Native studies and played a part in developing a number of programs involving local First Nations. He spoke proudly of the Bridge to Success program, a partnership with the Tseshaht First Nation to train and provide education upgrades to those interested in working at the mill.

?It makes them more employable with the mills,? Weegar said about the program.

?It?s a bridge to the mill from one side of the river to the other.?

He also put together the construction labour program, which is geared to learners with head injuries and those with fetal alcohol syndrome.

As for the future, Weegar said he?s focused on starting his new position and becoming part of the community that he will soon live in. A return to B.C. is possible.

?I?m going to see where it takes me,? Weegar said, regarding his work. ?B.C. is closer to the relatives but at this time, the focus is on Cumberland College.?

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Day of Service opens doors between WCU, community

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HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Editions receiving Android 4.3 update

Google has?hit the button on the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update for the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition phones, following through on their promise of speedier updates for both devices.?

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So this is what Google meant by ?timely updates? for their Play editions (GPe) of the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 ? both devices are now receiving the Android 4.3 update, less than two weeks after Google?s Nexus devices hopped on to the latest iteration of Jelly Bean. If you thought the ?Google Play Edition? experiment was doomed to fail, this should be enough to change your mind.

The update weighs around 150MB for the Galaxy S4, and 185MB for the HTC One. Among the general new features and improvements included in Android 4.3, the update brings increased icon sizes on the widget panels on both devices, working IR blaster for the HTC One, Bluetooth tethering is now an option on the GPe S4 and the background in the settings menu on the device has been changed to match that of stock Android.

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While the update?s rollout is now live, you?ll probably need to wait a few more days before it shows up on your device, owing to the staged nature of such updates (you can try forcing a check from the Settings ? About phone ? System updates menu on your phone). Rest assured though: Google has no intentions of reneging on their promise of speedier updates, making sure your $600+ investment in these Google Play devices was justified.

Have any of you received Android 4.3 on your Google Play edition device yet?

Via: Engadget

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Nissan Terrano Coming to India on 20 August; Pitted against Ford EcoSport

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Norristown church group sews 'Little Dresses for Africa'

Sewing volunteers, from left, Nancy Hundley, Dot Schlosser and Nancy Dollahon hold samples of their work for Little Dresses for Africa at Steve?s Sewing, Vacuum and Quilting, King of Prussia. With them are Steve?s employees Christine Fackler, second from right, and Barb Jones. Submitted photo

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It was an ad at Steve?s Sewing, Vacuum and Quilting in King of Prussia that first caught Nancy Hundley?s attention. The listing was for a charity sewing class called ?Little Dresses for Africa.?

Hundley called her friend Dot Schlosser and invited her to join. The $5 price tag proved an added incentive.

?We couldn?t lose,? said Hundley.

At the end of that first class, as the dresses they sewed were being collected, the women asked if they could hold on to theirs to show the congregation at the Haws Avenue United Methodist Church in Norristown.

Those two initial dresses, sewn at a class taken on a whim, have been joined today by a hundred more. And Little Dresses for Africa, an international nonprofit Christian organization that seeks to provide African children with some basic necessities, gained a regional outpost.

Rachel O?Neill, of Brownstown, Mich., started Little Dresses for Africa in 2008 and it has grown rapidly. After it was featured on ?NBC Nightly News,? a viewer offered O?Neill warehouse space for the project?s expansion. Donations have arrived from all 50 states, and dresses have been sent beyond Africa to other countries in need like Mexico, Haiti and Cambodia.

The group?s mission is to curb the rate at which girls are abducted and molested. According to Little Dresses, reports show that a new dress deters potential assailants by suggesting that the girl they are targeting is being looked after.

Hundley explained that lack of attire may ?send a message that this is a girl that nobody cares about.?

Each dress is made with an easy-to-follow form detailed on the Little Dresses website, littledressesforafrica.org/blog, a simple pillowcase pattern that allows for quick replication and keeps costs low. It is recommended that the dresses be made of cotton or a cotton blend to stand up to repeated washings and the African climate.

To date, more than 1 million dresses have been produced and shipped to 43 African countries. Continued...

Those who have never handled needle and thread should not worry. Charity sewing does not preclude their participation.

?Even beginner sewers could make them,? Hundley said.

In addition to sewing volunteers, donations toward fabric and trim are also needed. The Haws Avenue United Methodist group estimates that each dress ends up costing around $12.

The dresses are not merely utilitarian, however. In fact, their aesthetic appeal has garnered interest for them outside of the typical 2 to 12 age range.

?We had a lady ask if we could make one in her size,? said Nancy Dollahon, another parishioner spearheading the sewing at the Haws Avenue church.

While Little Dresses for Africa is religiously affiliated, church membership is not a prerequisite for participating. Church groups have provided a beneficial organizing structure and yet, many have learned of Little Dresses on their own and contribute individually.

Volunteers print patterns out at home, work on them at local sewing circles and send the finished product directly to the initiative?s Michigan headquarters, where they will be packaged and shipped to Africa or one of the many other countries needing donations.

The dresses are then distributed via orphanages, schools and churches, and the children will receive them regardless of their beliefs.

In Norristown, after a dress or, in this case, many dresses are finished, they are taken to Steve?s, which pays to ship them to Nancy?s Notions, a sewing supply retailer based in Wisconsin, which in turn facilitates the shipping of the dresses to their final destinations. Nancy?s Notions alone has been responsible for transporting 63,000 dresses.

The Haws Avenue women recall that without a product to show, initial reaction to the project was tepid. Continued...

Hundley said they received a ?so what?? response when they first introduced the project to fellow parishioners.

The project gained steam only when the women publicly presented the first batch of dresses during a Sunday service in which the Rev. Dr. Anita Powell, district superintendent of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, conferred a blessing on them and the congregation was able to see the product of just three people?s labor.

?I got the idea to send letters out to the community to see if we could get other groups,? said Schlosser, the other founding member of the Haws Avenue group. ?And we?ve gotten three other churches and three or four individuals.?

They have been joined by Hearts and Hands, a group from the Church of the Good Shepherd in King of Prussia, Faith Church in Worcester and St. John?s Episcopal, also in Norristown.

Clothing drives are nothing new. And yet Little Dresses broadens the conventional understanding of charity by creating a more intimate relation between donor and recipient. The time spent crafting each dress deepens a person?s relationship to the donation and to the reality of the situation in poor countries.

?When I?m sewing, I envision the little girl,? Hundley said.

In the midst of a community struggling to make sense of the violence that surrounds it, campaigns like Little Dresses for Africa offer a temporary relief.

?There?s too much bad news in Norristown,? Hundley said.

Their church group plans to continue through the end of the year, and it is asking both for donations and more sewing volunteers.

And maybe then, one dress per little girl will become two. Continued...

?I was hoping they would give them two dresses, one they could wear and one they could wash, Hundley said. ?How are you going to wash your dress if you only have one??

Anyone who wishes to get involved may phone Schlosser at 610-539-1727 or 610-787-1660.

It was an ad at Steve?s Sewing, Vacuum and Quilting in King of Prussia that first caught Nancy Hundley?s attention. The listing was for a charity sewing class called ?Little Dresses for Africa.?

Hundley called her friend Dot Schlosser and invited her to join. The $5 price tag proved an added incentive.

?We couldn?t lose,? said Hundley.

At the end of that first class, as the dresses they sewed were being collected, the women asked if they could hold on to theirs to show the congregation at the Haws Avenue United Methodist Church in Norristown.

Those two initial dresses, sewn at a class taken on a whim, have been joined today by a hundred more. And Little Dresses for Africa, an international nonprofit Christian organization that seeks to provide African children with some basic necessities, gained a regional outpost.

Rachel O?Neill, of Brownstown, Mich., started Little Dresses for Africa in 2008 and it has grown rapidly. After it was featured on ?NBC Nightly News,? a viewer offered O?Neill warehouse space for the project?s expansion. Donations have arrived from all 50 states, and dresses have been sent beyond Africa to other countries in need like Mexico, Haiti and Cambodia.

The group?s mission is to curb the rate at which girls are abducted and molested. According to Little Dresses, reports show that a new dress deters potential assailants by suggesting that the girl they are targeting is being looked after.

Hundley explained that lack of attire may ?send a message that this is a girl that nobody cares about.?

Each dress is made with an easy-to-follow form detailed on the Little Dresses website, littledressesforafrica.org/blog, a simple pillowcase pattern that allows for quick replication and keeps costs low. It is recommended that the dresses be made of cotton or a cotton blend to stand up to repeated washings and the African climate.

To date, more than 1 million dresses have been produced and shipped to 43 African countries.

Those who have never handled needle and thread should not worry. Charity sewing does not preclude their participation.

?Even beginner sewers could make them,? Hundley said.

In addition to sewing volunteers, donations toward fabric and trim are also needed. The Haws Avenue United Methodist group estimates that each dress ends up costing around $12.

The dresses are not merely utilitarian, however. In fact, their aesthetic appeal has garnered interest for them outside of the typical 2 to 12 age range.

?We had a lady ask if we could make one in her size,? said Nancy Dollahon, another parishioner spearheading the sewing at the Haws Avenue church.

While Little Dresses for Africa is religiously affiliated, church membership is not a prerequisite for participating. Church groups have provided a beneficial organizing structure and yet, many have learned of Little Dresses on their own and contribute individually.

Volunteers print patterns out at home, work on them at local sewing circles and send the finished product directly to the initiative?s Michigan headquarters, where they will be packaged and shipped to Africa or one of the many other countries needing donations.

The dresses are then distributed via orphanages, schools and churches, and the children will receive them regardless of their beliefs.

In Norristown, after a dress or, in this case, many dresses are finished, they are taken to Steve?s, which pays to ship them to Nancy?s Notions, a sewing supply retailer based in Wisconsin, which in turn facilitates the shipping of the dresses to their final destinations. Nancy?s Notions alone has been responsible for transporting 63,000 dresses.

The Haws Avenue women recall that without a product to show, initial reaction to the project was tepid.

Hundley said they received a ?so what?? response when they first introduced the project to fellow parishioners.

The project gained steam only when the women publicly presented the first batch of dresses during a Sunday service in which the Rev. Dr. Anita Powell, district superintendent of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, conferred a blessing on them and the congregation was able to see the product of just three people?s labor.

?I got the idea to send letters out to the community to see if we could get other groups,? said Schlosser, the other founding member of the Haws Avenue group. ?And we?ve gotten three other churches and three or four individuals.?

They have been joined by Hearts and Hands, a group from the Church of the Good Shepherd in King of Prussia, Faith Church in Worcester and St. John?s Episcopal, also in Norristown.

Clothing drives are nothing new. And yet Little Dresses broadens the conventional understanding of charity by creating a more intimate relation between donor and recipient. The time spent crafting each dress deepens a person?s relationship to the donation and to the reality of the situation in poor countries.

?When I?m sewing, I envision the little girl,? Hundley said.

In the midst of a community struggling to make sense of the violence that surrounds it, campaigns like Little Dresses for Africa offer a temporary relief.

?There?s too much bad news in Norristown,? Hundley said.

Their church group plans to continue through the end of the year, and it is asking both for donations and more sewing volunteers.

And maybe then, one dress per little girl will become two.

?I was hoping they would give them two dresses, one they could wear and one they could wash, Hundley said. ?How are you going to wash your dress if you only have one??

Anyone who wishes to get involved may phone Schlosser at 610-539-1727 or 610-787-1660.

Source: http://montgomerynews.com/articles/2013/08/04/montgomery_life/news/doc51f709ea0d793821680002.txt

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Chinese immigrant pleads guilty in baby's death

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A Chinese immigrant charged with killing her baby by eating rat poison while she was pregnant pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness as part of a deal with prosecutors.

Bei Bei Shuai, 36, pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness and was sentenced to time served, which was 178 days, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. Charges of murder and feticide were dropped.

Curry said he decided to accept the lesser charge because a number of evidentiary rulings by the court had hurt the prosecution's case. He says he decided to accept the lesser charge rather than to appeal those decisions.

"There were evidentiary rulings that would have made our case difficult to proceed," he said. "We felt it was appropriate to resolve it with the plea and with some acknowledgement of culpability and everyone can move on."

A message was left at the office of Shuai's attorney, Linda Pence, by the AP late Friday afternoon seeking comment.

Prosecutors had argued that Shuai, a Shanghai native, killed her child by eating rat poison in December 2010, when she was eight months pregnant. Shuai gave birth to Angel on Dec. 31. The baby died three days later.

Among the rulings that hurt the prosecution's case was one in January when a judge ruled that Dr. Jolene Clouse, who performed the autopsy on newborn Angel Shuai, didn't consider other possible causes for the brain bleeding that caused her death, including a drug that Shuai received while she was in the hospital.

The case drew international attention from reproductive rights advocates who contended it could set a precedent by which pregnant women could be prosecuted for smoking or other behavior that authorities deem dangerous to their unborn child. About 80 organizations have filed friend-of-the-court briefs on Shuai's behalf, and more than 10,000 people from Australia to New York have signed an online petition supporting her.

But Curry said those arguments weren't a factor in the case.

"While well-intended, those assertions have been completely incorrect from the start. There was never any intention to monitor pregnancies. As has been pointed out on more than one occasion, Indiana appellate courts have already weighed in on those issues," he said.

The plea agreement states that the two sides believe the conviction "will not trigger adverse immigration consequences," and if it does the plea agreement will be set aside.

The trial was scheduled to begin Sept. 3.

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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Woman accused of defacing National Cathedral can leave jail

By Yasmeen Abutaleb

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman accused of splashing green paint on parts of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., can be released to a halfway house to await trial on a property destruction charge, a judge ruled on Friday.

Jia M. Tian, 58, is accused of dumping the paint on a pipe organ and on woodwork in two chapels at the cathedral. She carried a Chinese passport with an expired visa and has been jailed since her arrest on Monday.

Superior Court Judge Fredrick Sullivan ruled that she could be moved to a halfway house if she wears an ankle monitor, but she will not be allowed to see visitors or to leave the facility before her next court hearing on August 29.

Metropolitan Police Officer Christopher Carkeet testified that it could cost $15,000 to $18,000 to repair the cathedral.

Investigators said a witness had seen Tian sitting in the church after services ended and just before the vandalism occurred.

The property destruction charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.

Police were still investigating whether Tian was involved in similar acts of vandalism at other Washington landmarks last week. Paint was splashed onto the Lincoln Memorial and used to put symbols on a statue outside the Smithsonian Institution.

A detective testified that a footprint found at the Lincoln Memorial after the splashing had a tread pattern matching that on Tian's shoes.

(Writing and additional reporting by Jane Sutton in Miami; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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Teck Ghee celebrates N-Day with street parade & carnival

SINGAPORE: National Day celebrations in the Ang Mo Kio area got off to a colourful start on Saturday evening, as more than 7,000 residents gathered for a street parade and carnival.

The celebrations were organised by the Teck Ghee Grassroots Organisations.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his fellow Members of Parliament in the Ang Mo Kio GRC also joined in the celebrations.

They were treated to a series of multi-cultural performances put up by the residents and grassroots leaders.

After the parade, Mr Lee launched the Community Policing System in the Teck Ghee constituency.?

He toured a carnival and took part in a handicraft session.

The participants are involved in a community tapestry project that will form part of a bigger national tapestry to be showcased in next year's Chingay Parade.

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Ravens CB Asa Jackson suspended for PED use

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ? Baltimore Ravens cornerback Asa Jackson has been suspended without pay for the first eight games of the regular season for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.

"My reaction to that is that you've got to follow the rules," coach John Harbaugh said after practice Friday. "If you don't follow the rules, you get suspended. That's a fair rule, there's no place for that, and he's getting what he deserves.

"As far as what it does to our corner depth, that's one less corner that we have. We'll be missing Asa those first eight weeks. Whether he'll back after that, time will tell."

Jackson received a four-game suspension as a rookie last season for the same reason. This suspension is for eight games because it's his second violation.

Drafted in the fifth round out of Cal Poly, Jackson played in only two games last season for the Super Bowl champions.

Jackson will be eligible to return to the active roster Nov. 4 after the team's game against Cleveland on Nov. 3. He is eligible to participate in all preseason practices and games.

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Top US officials meet to discuss embassy threat

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Top U.S. officials met Saturday to review the threat of a terrorist attack that led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulates in the Muslim world and a global travel warning to Americans. President Barack Obama was briefed following the session, the White House said.

Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, led the meeting and then joined Lisa Monaco, Obama's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, in briefing the president, the White House said in a statement.

"The president has received frequent briefings over the last week on all aspects of the potential threat and our preparedness measures," according to the statement.

Among those at the meeting Saturday afternoon were the secretaries of state, defense and homeland security and the directors of the FBI, CIA and the National Security Agency, according to the White House. Also attending was Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In an interview Friday with ABC News, Dempsey said officials had determined there was "a significant threat stream" and that the threat was more specific than previous ones. The "intent is to attack Western, not just U.S. interests," he said.

The global travel warning was the first such alert since an announcement before the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The warning comes less than a year since the deadly September attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, and with the Obama administration and Congress determined to prevent any similar breach of an American embassy or consulate.

The State Department's warning urged U.S. travelers to take extra precautions overseas. It cited potential dangers involved with public transportation systems and other prime sites for tourists, and noted that previous attacks have centered on subway and rail networks as well as airplanes and boats.

Travelers were advised to sign up for State Department alerts and register with U.S. consulates in the countries they visit.

The statement said that al-Qaida or its allies might target either U.S. government or private American interests. The alert expires on Aug. 31.

The State Department said the potential for terrorism was particularly acute in the Middle East and North Africa, with a possible attack occurring on or coming from the Arabian Peninsula. The diplomatic facilities affected stretch from Mauritania in northwest Africa to Afghanistan.

U.S. officials pointed specifically to Yemen, the home of al-Qaida's most dangerous affiliate and the network blamed for several notable plots against the United States, from the foiled Christmas Day 2009 effort to bomb an airliner over Detroit to the explosives-laden parcels intercepted the following year aboard cargo flights.

"Current information suggests that al-Qaida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond, and that they may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August," a department statement said.

Yemen's president, Abdo Rabby Mansour Hadi, met with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, where both leaders cited strong counterterrorism cooperation. This past week, Yemen's military reported a U.S. drone strike killed six alleged al-Qaida militants in the group's southern strongholds.

Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, said the embassy threat was linked to al-Qaida and concerned the Middle East and Central Asia.

"In this instance, we can take a step to better protect our personnel and, out of an abundance of caution, we should," Royce said. He declined to say if the National Security Agency's much-debated surveillance program helped reveal the threat.

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Camping resets your internal clock, say researchers

Getting away from artificial light can recalibrate your sleep cycles so that they are more similar to those of our ancestors, researchers suggest.

By Joel N. Shurkin,?Inside Science News Service Contributor / August 1, 2013

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Throughout most of human history, humans went to bed shortly after the sun went down and woke up in the morning as it rose. There were candles and later oil lamps, but the light was not very bright so people still went to bed early.

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Then came Thomas Edison and the incandescent light bulb and everything changed, including our sleeping habits. So, if you have problems getting to sleep at night or are a miserable person to be around in the morning, blame him.

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder found that if you live by the sun's schedule, you are more likely to go to bed at least an hour earlier, wake up an hour earlier, and be less groggy, because your internal clock and external reality are more in sync. The sun adjusts your clock to what may be its natural state, undoing the influence of light bulbs.?

The work is published in the current issue of the journal?Current Biology.

The disconnect between the outside environment and sleep is one reason why even native Alaskans have problems sleeping in the almost endless days of the Arctic summers, and get depressed during the long nights of winters.

The subjects in the Colorado study lived more normal lives.

"We weren?t studying people who had sleep difficulties," said Kenneth Wright, an integrative psychologist at Boulder. "The amount of sleep they got did not change. What changed was the timing of their sleep and the timing of their [internal] clock relative to when they slept."

The researchers took eight adults, average age around 30, and followed them around the normal course of their lives for a week. The subjects spent most of their time indoors while working, studying, eating, and sleeping. Most of the light they encountered was?artificial. Then, they sent the same people out camping.

Sleep and light were measured daily and the hormone melatonin every hour across 24 hours, once after the week of living at home, going to work, school, and then after a week of camping.

Melatonin is the "hormone of darkness," said Namni Goel, a psychologist and sleep researcher at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Scientists use the hormone to measure photoperiods, or the physiological response that organisms have to cycles of daylight and darkness.?

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/science/~3/zN243ihtyRE/Camping-resets-your-internal-clock-say-researchers

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