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!
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)
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."
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.?
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:
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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
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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:
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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
Source: psycnet.apa.org --- Sunday, August 04, 2013 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) ...
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!)
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.
St. Jude creates $5.5 million endowment for cancer research to be held by the hospital CEOPublic release date: 2-Aug-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Summer Freeman summer.freeman@stjude.org 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."
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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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St. Jude creates $5.5 million endowment for cancer research to be held by the hospital CEOPublic release date: 2-Aug-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Summer Freeman summer.freeman@stjude.org 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."
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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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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.
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Source: www.myanmarnews.net --- Saturday, August 03, 2013 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 ... ...
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.?
Source: www.westerncarolinian.com --- Sunday, August 04, 2013 Bridge Park in downtown Sylva bustled with people, Catamount pride and the color purple on Saturday, July 20, for the annual Day of Service. Scattered across the park, booths, games and food created a celebration for service learning, starting at 9... ...
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.?
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.
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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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.
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