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Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee Developing Five-Year Arctic Research Plan
The Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) Principal Members met twice in 2011 to address an agenda that includes developing a five-year arctic research plan that will help federal agencies in implementing their arctic research programs. At their April meeting, Principal Members approved an outline for the research plan focusing on topics that will particularly benefit from multiagency collaboration. A draft of that plan was reviewed at the second Principal Members meeting in November 2011. During the following months, the IARPC staff, which includes staff members from ten Federal Agencies, refined the plan with participation from the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Office of Management and Budget, the Marine Mammal Commission, and the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. A revised draft was sent to the Principal Members in February 2012 for agency review. The plan will be ready for public review in spring of 2012.
The draft research plan is based on a broad consensus in the national and international scientific communities that the most pressing scientific questions in the Arctic concern the consequences of rapid environmental change for ecosystems and societies. Diminishing sea ice cover is expected to have consequences for the global climate, diminishing ice sheets and glaciers will raise sea level, and thawing permafrost will impact infrastructure and may increase greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The draft five-year research plan considers changes in the physical environment, impacts on ecosystems, consequences for arctic inhabitants, and global consequences. It will focus attention on key questions concerning change in the cryosphere and address these questions in seven themes:
- Sea ice and marine ecosystem studies;
- Terrestrial ecosystem studies;
- Atmospheric studies affecting energy flux;
- Observing systems;
- Regional climate models;
- Adaptation tools for sustaining communities; and
- Human health.
The period for public review of the draft plan will be announced in early spring 2012. The public review process is expected to last for one month, and to include a webcast question-and-answer session. The five-year research plan will be revised after public review and published during the summer of 2012. The IARPC staff will begin implementation of the plan in accordance with the Arctic Research Policy Act of 1984.
For a complete list of the IARPC Principal Members, please see: http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/iarpc_principals2012.jsp.
The full notes from IARPC meetings are available at: http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/iarpc_mtgs_public.jsp.
For further information about IARPC, please see: http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/arctic/iarpc/start.jsp or contact Brendan P. Kelly (bkelly [at] ostp.eop.gov) Assistant Director, Polar Science, Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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Sports Illustrated Tells iPad Readers to Turn Around
Magazine publishers keep adding bells and whistles to their iPad editions. But Sports Illustrated's newest tweak goes the other way, and takes an option off the table.
The magazine used to give readers the ability to look at the app in "portrait" or "landscape" modes, but now it only offers the latter. If you're holding the iPad vertically while using the app's latest issue, the page won't rotate like it used to. And you'll get this odd error message at the bottom of the screen:
What gives? Josh Quittner, who has become Time Inc.'s digital/iPad guru, explains the publisher's thinking on his personal blog: They think it's a better way to look at big pictures, and it makes for a smaller download. But perhaps most important: It saves the magazine's designers some work, since they don't have to lay out two different versions of the iPad edition.
But wait a minute. The iPad is just a few months old, and iPad magazines are just barely off the drawing board. Is it cost-cutting time already?
Well, sort of, Quittner says, and here he gets around to his real point–Time Warner's (TWX) magazine unit is still sore at Apple (AAPL) about subscriptions. (And boy oh boy is it excited about working with Google (GOOG) on its tablet platform):
Why not add more designers? Well, if we were able to build a real business, with subscriptions that offered our iPad versions to readers at a reasonable price, that would be a no brainer. But we can't yet, so the best approach for us is to experiment with the format, marshal our (human) resources and start building products on other platforms that will allow us to scale up as our business grows.
Interesting approach, and I'm not sure it's the one that's really going to sway Steve Jobs. If I had to guess, I'd think he'd be much more likely to help out Time Inc. executives if their corporate cousins at Warner Bros. start renting out TV shows for 99 cents a piece on iTunes.
But we'll see, I guess. Maybe the in-the-works Apple newsstand will be enough to appease the Time Inc. folks. Meantime, here are some detailed instructions about how to read the SI iPad edition:


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Wall Street is so buoyant about possible mergers among the nation's last six traditional carriers, you'd think airline consolidation was the best thing for the industry since the jet engine replaced the turbo prop.
But an increasing number of analysts are questioning that assumption, and suggesting that all the merger talk may in the end be just that – talk.
"We're in an environment where everyone believes the mantra that consolidation is both necessary and inevitable, but it is neither," says Michael Boyd, president of the Boyd Group, aviation consultants in Evergreen, Colo. "The carriers like American, Northwest, and Continental are making money. Why do they have to merge? We have a very competitive system now."
This latest round of merger talk was sparked by United Airlines' chief executive Glenn Tilton reiterating his stance that "consolidation is good and overdue for the industry" at a shareholder's meeting earlier this week. That prompted a series of still unconfirmed reports that United and Continental Airlines were talking about just such a deal.
Both companies' stock went up more than 5 percent, and it fueled speculation that US Airways' proposed hostile acquisition of Delta Air Lines was gaining momentum. That, in turn, prompted other reports that American Airlines and Northwest were also talking about joining forces – not necessarily because they want to, but because they would have to as a defensive move so they could compete with their potentially merged rivals.
If all the frenzied speculation pans out, the nation would go from six traditional carriers to three. That could put the profitable, but still financially fragile, carriers firmly back in the black, Wall Street analysts crowed.
But an increasing number of airline analysts are raising red flags, noting that federal regulators may not find such a scenario as appealing as the airlines' stockholders and top management teams.
Congressional leaders have also signaled their concern that mergers like a US Airways-Delta one could raise serious antitrust issues. Those two airlines fly similar routes in the South and East, and each owns one of the two shuttles between Boston, New York, and Washington. If a deal were approved, one of the shuttles would have to be sold, say experts. But that wouldn't address other antitrust issues that could drive up prices and reduce consumer choice in a variety of cities.
"If you put US Airways together with Delta, and there's no additional strength there, that's all about reducing competition," says Mr. Boyd. "It's Wall Street wanting to make money that's driving the merger talk."
Advocates of the mergers, like US Airways chief executive Doug Parker, say there is still too much "fragmentation" in the current aviation system, which undermines the airlines' pricing power. That continues to make it difficult for them to fully recover from the past five years' losses, which amount to more than $30 billion. With efficiencies gained from a merged company, Delta and US Airways would be able to further cut costs and reduce capacity by about 10 percent, according to Mr. Parker. Similar moves in the past have already helped his company return to profitability, he says.
"US Airways is the product of several successful mergers, most recently the combination of America West and US Airways," he said last week. "Working together, we have blended employees and cultures to create a new standard in the industry, which combines the best attributes of a low-fare carrier and a full-service airline. We fully expect the 'New Delta' to exceed these already high standards in the marketplace."
US Airways still needs the backing of the Delta creditors' committee to proceed with its takeover plans. Delta's management and most employees are still opposed to a takeover and are determined that the company will emerge from bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity.
United is reportedly watching the US Airways proposal to determine whether the market, Congress, and regulators would also warm to the idea of a United-Continental merger. If the US Airways-Delta merger fails, United is expected to be less likely to move ahead.
Aviation analysts like Kevin Mitchell of the Business Travel Coalition in Radnor, Pa., believe that would be the best scenario. He argues that a flurry of mergers right now would raise prices, overcrowd already-packed planes, and create chaos for customer service for years to come precisely because it is so difficult to merge aviation corporate cultures.
"Of course, Wall Street is going to push it," he says. "What's good for investors, shareholders, and management may not be good for others: Lots of employees will be laid off, and customers can look forward to 20 to 30 percent price hikes and several years of customer-service [misery]."


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By Tom Simon
Marketing Manager, 3D Systems Geomagic
Every year, thousands of people converge on Austin, Texas, to spend a week or more attending panels on the future of tech and music, visiting party after party hosted by any number of brands trying to garner attention in the vast sea of hype, and standing in long lines for sometimes 2-3 hours to hear industry heroes speak or see the new band that everyone is talking about.
In the early days of the SXSW Interactive, Twitter dominated the landscape. Today, SXSW is inundated with scores of social platforms, agencies hawking their ability to optimize or find the best possible SEO for your site, and corporate brands like Chevy or American Airlines that want you to remember how cool they really are despite their size and share of the market space.
This year, however, was markedly different from years past, as 3D printing emerged as a dominant presence at the show. 3D printing's sudden popularity was much to the chagrin of those who have been in the industry for years and find it laughable that people are touting it as a new technology. And how can you blame them? The majority of the panels on 3D printing were held over 2 decades after the technology was founded by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems, and yet so many at SXSW were getting their first taste of 3D's future.
The 3D printing conversation was dominated primarily by two companies: Makerbot and 3D Systems. But in many ways, it was the Cube by 3D Systems that stole the show. On the back of Saturday's strong keynote presentation by Ping Fu, 3D System's Chief Strategy Officer, the Cube quickly became a recognizable figure at the show and a popular attendee, if you will, at the party and culture scene of SXSW.
How do you make sure 3D printers are on display at all the important parties? Simple. You build a harness, put a battery pack on it, and have team members walk around wearing fully functional 3D printers that they can show directly to the audience. Instead of seeing it on a slide show, or watching another presentation showing videos of what might be, the Cube was right there in front of them, creating objects in real time. During Ping's talk, two Cubes were walked up the aisle as she spoke about the future of consumerism and 3D printing, and they joined her on stage while she discussed the possibilities as we move forward. You would have thought that Justin Bieber had jumped on stage with the number of smart phones being held in the air as people scrambled to the front to grab a photo.
During the rest of the week, the Cube walked up 6th Street (a busy thoroughfare in the heart of SXSW) and showed up at places like the Crowdtap party, where their only rival in popularity was a free candied bacon ice cream sandwich. It's hard to compete with bacon.
On Monday, Avi Reichental of 3D Systems, Alice Taylor (MakieLab) and Scott Summit (also of 3D Systems) sat on a panel hosted by Rich Brown of CNET to talk about the Future of 3D Printing. It was yet another opportunity to not only hear from industry leaders but also to see how the applications of 3D printing are multiplying. Take Alice Taylor's new business venture; Alice came from the video gaming world to making custom 3D-printed dolls. Many inventors, entrepreneurs and consumers are finding ways to utilize 3D printing on a daily basis and are amazed at how easy it was for them to step right into it.
Why is this important? In my humble opinion, and from the multiple conversations I had with people ranging from social media contacts to angel investors to UX designers, this was the first time 3D printing went beyond science fiction. They weren't seeing a device on stage with a presenter, but rather they experienced it in the wild, with everyone, interacting in real time. Suddenly, the process felt more tangible to them, and the conversation shifted from"What if?" to"I can't wait to get a Cube and be able to create and print my own designs."


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Crafts is a wide-sweeping term used to describe a great variety of art. What exactly is a craft? Well, crafts are usually classified (informally, of course!) as a piece of art that is functional or serves some utility. Crafts are traditionally thought of as decorative arts, especially when they are made with natural media such as wood, clay, glass, textiles, and metal.
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Book binding originated in India, where religious texts were copied on to palm leaves bound with twine. At that time, Westerners were still writing their stories and history down onto scrolls. Today, of course, nearly all books are bound by machine. Machines, however, have never been as creative as good old-fashioned humans, and many crafters enjoy book binding as a way to create beautiful pieces of art.
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(Pocket-lint) - The Nokia 500 is pitched as an affordable, but colourful, feature phone and as we understand it, will be exclusive to Carphone Warehouse in the UK.
It's a compact Symbian Anna handset, offering up a vibrant 3.2-inch screen with a 640 x 360 pixel resolution in a 16:9 format. The phone comes with three included covers in the box, so you'll be able to swap them to match your style.
The Nokia 500 feels solid in the hand and the design is clean and clutter free, which reflects a number of Nokia's recent handsets.
It seemed plenty responsive enough to our exploratory pokes, no doubt thanks to the 1GHz processor sitting under the hood. The Symbian OS shined from the display, offering up Nokia's favourites, such as Ovi Maps.
Elsewhere you'll get a 5-megapixel camera; although the video capture looks a little on the low quality side, maxing out at 640 x 480 at 15fps, which isn't great, but befits this phone's budget status.
It isn't the most exciting phone around and Nokia hasn't been having great success of late with smartphone users turning to affordable BlackBerry and Android handsets, but if Symbian is what you love, then the Nokia 500 won't break the bank.
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|STS133-S-013 (24 Feb. 2011) --- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery awaits the liftoff of its final scheduled mission. Liftoff is set for 4:50 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 24, 2011. Discovery and its six-member STS-133 crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery, which will fly its 39th mission, is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This will be the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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China Unicom deploys Radio Dot System in 500 Beijing buildings within 3 months
In 500 commercial and residential buildings across Beijing, subscribers now enjoy uninterrupted 4G services. The result of a collaboration of China Unicom and Ericsson, the project represents the largest deployment of the Ericsson Radio Dot System in a single city.
Operators in urban areas face a challenge: providing superior voice and data coverage in an environment where millions of people want connect to a network at the same time. This is exemplified in Beijing, a city where 21 million people live, work and socialize on a daily basis.
China Unicom, one of China's leading network providers, set out to improve the indoor connectivity experience for its millions of subscribers in Beijing. To evolve their hybrid network, China Unicom needed an efficient, cost-effective, and easy to deploy solution with guaranteed levels of service.
China Unicom saw Ericsson Radio Dot System as the clear choice for their challenge. In addition to superior performance, ease of use, and short time-to-market, the Radio Dot System is backed up with our end-to-end planning, deployment and optimization services.
We worked with China Unicom to integrate the Radio Dot System seamlessly with existing systems and surroundings in 500 buildings. The entire project took only three months – even in super-sized shopping malls, the system was up and running in just a few days.
For China Unicom subscribers, the Radio Dot System deployment has led to uninterrupted 4G services in all 500 buildings. Today, in one of the world's fastest growing cities, China Unicom is bolstering subscriber loyalty with a network that is ready for continually increasing demand.


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Meet Frick and Frack! These two gentle and loving siblings are extremely bonded; peacefully sharing toys, food, water, and attention. They are crate trained, excellently house trained, mellow, low maintenance and very affectionate.Frick and Frack received some great training through an AAC program at the Travis County Correctional Facility and are now ready to transition to the outside world and to do that they need you, a yard for fun time, and their soft dog beds. Frick (male) and Frack (female) adore people and would do great with kids 7 and up. These two need to be the only pups in the home, but they will give you the love of 10 dogs!Frick and Frackâs foster mom reports they are gentle, very cuddly, love treats, enjoy short walks, and naps! They are available for VIP adoption, which means you will have two weeks to get to know each other before sealing the deal!If you would like to meet Frick and Frack, email email@example.com and Frack are part of the Classic Canines nonprofit advocacy program at AAC. Find Classic Canines on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
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This very good boy was initially shy and a bit scared when he first arrived but he`s come out of his shell so much! Alfalfa is now confident and goofy and he LOVES adventure! Whether it be going on a hike at McKinney Falls State Park, or going swimming, or even just hopping in the car for some sightseeing â Alfalfa is your guy!Alfafa is not only curious and adventurous, he is also a smarty pants! He knows several commands (sit, down, and shake), and we`re pretty sure he`d love to learn a few more. Oh, and he is somewhat of a diva⦠thatâs right, Alfafa loves it when you brush his hair. Heâll thank you by wagging his bushy tail and maybe even giving you a kiss or two!As a larger, black dog, Alfafa is often overlooked here. When you walk past his kennel, he`ll bark and jump, but all he`s trying to say is `pick me!`. And he doesn`t understand why nobody ever does pick him :( Alfalfa just needs someone to give him a chance, which is why we`re hoping to find him a foster home, so they can see the amazing dog he is without all the stress of being at the shelter. As a member of the Orange Dot Crew, Alfafa will go home with everything you need, including a crate, harness, goodie bag, a training voucher, and all the support you need. Please email them for more info, or to set up a time to meet him: email@example.com Orange Dot Crew on Facebook and Instagram!
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In randonnée racing, you spend as much or more time skiing uphill as you do downhill, so you want a setup that won't feel like a sea anchor on the way up. Sure, you could drop thousands for the kind of super-light carbon setup that top racers use. But unless you're racing the World Cup or have a Tesla and several dozen carbon-fiber bikes in your garage, you'll probably be happy with a light-and-fast setup that won't totally break the bank. Enter the Sideral boot and Syborg ski. These are what Kevin and I used as Team Skiing Magazine in the Audi Power of 4 Race in Aspen.
The boot has an insane range of motion (68 degrees, according to the manufacturer), and if I hadn't looked down at my feet every so often while skinning and hiking I might have forgotten I was wearing ski boots at all. While I found the liners a bit narrow in the forefoot, I swapped in my own Intuition liners and was quite comfortable all day. Engaging ski mode for the descent is a cinch: simply buckle the unique top "QuickBuckle" (a unique combination of powerstrap and buckle) and the boot's upper cuff locks solidly to its lower shell. I found these to have adequate stiffness for descents, perfect for recreational racing and fast touring when I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of descending power for ascending ease. If you're interested in a slightly stiffer version with same fit and walk-ski functionality, check out La Sportiva's Spitfire.
Unlike the Sideral boot, which is currently available to consumers, the Syborg ski won't hit shop walls until fall of 2014. This thing was a joy to skin with, and while I don't have the specs at hand, it probably weighed about the same as the milled metal Plum tech binding that was mounted on it. As with the boot, it's capable of providing a controlled descent for the engaged, heads-up skier who knows he or she is using an ascent-optimized ski. The models we used were 160 centimeters long, with dimensions of 97/65/77, and a radius of 24 meters. On firm snow, I could carve them easily provided I didn't tip them over too far—the 65 millmeter underfoot width led to boot-out at higher edge angles. For the everyday resort-based fitness skier, this Syborg is money. There's a matching Syborg boot, which was not available to us at the time of the race, but it's lighter than the Sideral and designed to pair with the ski.
[Sideral boot, $699; Syborg ski, $699; sportiva.com]


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Consumption tax hike projected to increase appeal of electronic money
Last month the national mint intensified production of ¥1 coins in anticipation of the consumption tax hike on April 1. The Ministry of Finance wants 26 million of them manufactured by the end of March, and then another 160 million after the start of the new fiscal year. Once the consumption tax goes up from 5 to 8 percent, retailers will need more small change.
With a 5 percent tax, it's relatively easy for stores to limit their use of coins since they can set prices based on multiples of 5. Maybe it's possible to do that with multiples of 8, too, but not right away, and many fear they will not have enough ¥1 coins on hand when the tax hike goes into effect. An employee of the nationwide ¥100 shop CanDo told Asahi Shimbun, "Altough we sometimes receive ¥1 coins in payment from customers, we don't recycle them as change to other customers, but now we're trying to hoard as many as possible."
If the consumption tax increase is an inconvenience to retailers, it's even more of a pain in the neck for the government, since it costs between ¥2 and ¥3 to make a ¥1 coin, which is 100 percent aluminum. It's the first time the mint has produced ¥1 coins on anything approaching this scale in four years. It will also produce an extra 100 million ¥5 coins, just to be safe. The government doesn't want to relive the small change panic that happened in 1989, when the 3 percent consumption tax was first introduced.
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During one of my travels east, I explored the Putnam County and Sullivan County, Mo., courthouses, looking for information on my Knox ancestors. At the time, I wrote in this column about how surprised I was to discover that my great-grandfather James Knox owned land in southwestern Kansas. I still haven't figured out what he was doing there, but hopefully I'll get a chance to go to the Seward County, Kan., courthouse and discover more.
Although I love Internet genealogy, it doesn't compare to on-site research, particularly in old courthouses. The amount of genealogical information sitting in county courthouses is staggering. Depending on the individual county, you can find birth, marriage, death and land records; probate files (gems!); and wills. The probate files, in particular, can contain a will, an inventory of the estate, a list of beneficiaries, records of an auction, a final accounting of the estate, and bills or receipts.
If you get a chance to visit a courthouse this summer, don't hesitate. Even if it's your first genealogy trip and you feel a little uncertain about what to do, go on in and ask a clerk for help.
To prepare for your trip, consult these five Web sites:
• Courthouse Research (Don't miss the tip on using the Handybook for Genealogists.)
• Getting More of Your Genealogy Road Trip
• National Association of Counties (addresses of courthouses, plus lots more info)
• Probate Packets (an excellent two-part article)
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Merlin's weekly podcast with Dan Benjamin. We talk about creativity, independence, and making things you love.
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"What's 43 Folders?"
43Folders.com is Merlin Mann's website about finding the time and attention to do your best creative work.
Gmail for GTD Implementation
Merlin Mann | Sep 13 2004
Google's Gmail lets you create custom labels for tagging any of your messages. This seems ready-made for a Getting Things Done implementation.
Your "INBOX" holds your unprocessed mail, while your processed messages are manually shuttled into the appropriate buckets. All that processed mail lives in the same archive, but you use your custom Gmail labels as GTD "facets" to quickly pull up just the messages you need for your current context.
Plus, of course, you can "Google" your own mail archive with the program's excellent, advanced searching options. Believe me, this will soon have you wishing every mail program's searching was this robust (I'm looking at you, Mail.app).
Anyone out there tried a Gmail implementation of GTD yet?
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Submitted by Merlin on September 14, 2004 - 4:58pm.
Man, I've spent the last hour playing with Thunderbird and I'm pretty impressed. I don't know if I'd consider giving up Mail.app (and its great integration) until after I see Tiger, but I have to award big points for how TB is evolving.
There's a lot of tweakable features, plus it has labels by which messages can be sorted and some pretty neat filtering capabilities.
Definitely worth grabbing to check out, esp. if you have an IMAP account. Nothing to lose.
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Hurricane season has been pretty slow thus far but you never know what could still happen. Two to three major hurricanes are still expected to hit sometime this fall. That's why it's really important that you are prepared with supplies and an emergency plan.
You don't want to wait until a hurricane is barreling toward the coast to start gathering what you need. If you don't have it together already, start working on your emergency kit.
Jamie Kopf, Consumer Reports' senior associate editor talked to Channel 4 about their recent report on the best ways to prepare.
Kopf said, "As far as the emergency kit goes, over time stock pile the basics stuff. Batteries, flashlight, bottled water, wireless radio, first aid kit. You can put those things in a plastic rolling bag or an air tight storage bin."
It's important that everything is together so it's easy to take if you need to evacuate. Also included in that kit should be medication. Any prescriptions and over the counter drugs you may need. Kopf said you want at least two weeks worth. She explained how some victims of super storm Sandy learned this lesson the hard way.
"We found that a quarter of them had problems accessing medications in the aftermath of the storm. Either because the pharmacy was closed or they normally got their meds through mail order, and now there was no mail delivery," said Kopf.
Since high winds could knock out power for days, you may also want to consider buying a portable generator.
"A portable generator can be super useful in the event of a power outage, especially if it's an extended outage," Kopf said. "That's because it can supply needed lighting and improve your quality of life." But be careful! They omit carbon monoxide and it's critical that you use them safely and they are at least 15 feet from the house.
Even if you don't spring for the big stuff, like the generator, Kopf warned you must at least have the basics.
"It really can't be overstated how important it is to be ready ahead of time," she said. "Take a few short steps now to save yourself a big headache, or potentially a dangerous or unhealthy situation if something does happen in your area."


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At least one person has been killed and dozens more are hurt, some of them critically, after a massive explosion at a chemical plant in Louisiana. NBC's Mark Potter reports.
An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant Thursday morning killed one person and injured 73 more, Gov. Bobby Jindal said.
The explosion took place at Williams Olefins chemical plant in Ascension Parish, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, state police said. A fire after the explosion was contained and then extinguished, and preliminary tests showed the air was safe.
Chemicals were being burned off, but there was no immediate threat to the public, said Jared Sadifer, a state police spokesman.
The fire, fueled by the petrochemical propylene, burned for more than three hours, though government monitors had yet to detect dangerous levels of emissions, Jindal told a news conference near the scene.
People run away from an explosion and fire at the Williams Chemical Plant in the Ascension Parish town of Geismar, La., on June 13. The photo was taken by a plant employee who did not wish to be identified.
"Once the investigations are done, once there's a responsible party, they will absolutely be held responsible," Jindal said.
The cause of the fire was undetermined, Slaton said. Hazardous-materials crews were checking the site, and a controlled fire was burning off the rest of the chemicals.
The injured were taken to hospitals, and a total of 300 workers were evacuated, Jindal said. Ten people remained in a safe room at the plant, he said.
The man killed was identified Thursday evening as 29-year-old Zachary C. Green of Hammond, Louisiana, according to the state police.
Authorities ordered people within a 2-mile radius to remain in their homes, in part because of the smoke, said Lester Kenyon, a spokesman for Ascension Parish.
The site of the explosion remained an "active scene," Lester Kenyon, a public information officer for Ascension Parish, told NBC News. He said the parish's emergency operations center was in "partial activation," with police, fire, Homeland Security and other emergency officials on the scene.
Baton Rouge General Medical Center said it had received seven victims, and St. Elizabeth Hospital in Gonzales had eight more. Eleven were taken to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, two in critical condition. Some patients were flown from the scene.
Joseph Chamberlain / Red Stick Storm Spotters
A plume of smoke rises from an explosion at the Williams Olefins chemical plant on Thursday.
The plant said the blast happened just after 8:30 a.m. Emergency responders were notified and shut-down valves were closed after the explosion, isolating the unit, according to a release.
The plant is in the unincorporated, mostly industrial area of Geismar, about 60 miles northwest of New Orleans. The facility produces 1.3 billion pounds of ethylene and 90 million pounds of propylene a year, according to the company's website.
Reuters contributed to this report
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Who is This Man???
Look at the man in the picture above. The one on the left who is raising his hand! It appears that he is trying to get the attention of the chairperson at the January 8, 2009 Joint Congressional Session.
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The View from Here
George Staib on the banks of the Jordan River.
This is a guest post by George Staib.
It was late in the spring of 2011 when I found myself on the banks of the Jordan River, discussing dance with an Israeli friend of mine, with whom I had shared a stage in Atlanta, GA. The new environment, the reconnection, and the gentle vigor of the words flowed as effortlessly as the river itself. Marked with a bit of sadness, that moment encapsulated my Tel Aviv dance experience, which was coming to a close. It was my intention to be submerged in a dance community that shouted boldly and succinctly from across an ocean, which I did. I did this for five weeks, met open arms, and have been changed forever.
My fascination with Israeli modern dance crept up on me. It was a performance of Deca Dance by the New York based company, Cedar Lake, which drew my attention to Israel, namely to Ohad Naharin. Prior, my wife had seen Naharin's Mamootot, and though I had no first-hand experience of the work, her words were vivid, and I sat transfixed listening to the account she had given of Batsheva's performance in Brooklyn. With the wonders of YouTube, I found that the images that presented themselves on my screen were varied, distinct, chilling, and captivating. I fell into an abyss of curiosity, admiration, and overwhelming addiction to what I was seeing. Modern dance, to me, had been reinvented. Rather it returned to what I believe its original intention was: communication.
The people I encountered on a daily basis, either through Iris Erez's classes, Gaga classes, or contact workshops seemed to be fundamentally driven by the need/desire/want to communicate.; to share an experience in all its open-ended glory, in all its universality. The artists' experience became my experience, and within each class I found myself being asked to show what I was feeling, reveal what I was sensing, and to not be shy. If ever a phrase resonated with profound impact, it would be that one. Don't be shy. It was my mantra in Tel Aviv and was affirmed with each new acquaintance and friend asking me to do the same. There was a liberation of the dancer I had tucked away, and a re-introduction to the self. All through movement; all through communication.
Countless articles have been written on the power of Gaga and while I found my sentiments echoed those of other enthusiasts, what was not as easy to discover was what Israelis thought of their own adaptations of modern dance. Many friends I made in Tel Aviv seemed genuinely shocked that I would choose Israel to focus my attention on dance. Many were awestruck that Israel was creating a frenzy in the United States, and all smiled politely with a sense of humility that is rare. I witnessed that there was no shyness on stage, no apologetic movement, no need to move away from movement. Movement was the vehicle, and while many dance-makers in the U.S. seem to use movement as a decoration for text, Israelis use movement to take the place of words that could never be as powerful as an honest gesture, a sincere dance.
Within the countless performances I took in while in Tel Aviv, from Batsheva, to Yasmeen Godder, to Yossi Berg and Oded Graf, to KCDC, to Iris Erez, and many, many others, I saw no need to qualify, no need to have all the answers and certainly no shyness. I marveled at the thoughtfulness of the work, the remarkable skill of the dancers (be they released, Gaga-ed, or other;) and the undeniable connection to the audience. The communications, the exchanges, were worth more than gold. I felt like part of the experience and at the same time, was a spectator. I loved not having all the answers and being invited to make my own answers to the mysterious questions being asked on stage. The open-ended communication and dancer-to-audience dialogue continued long after the curtain closed.
The landscape of dance in Israel is broad and rich and lives in a culture that must continuously endure threats and instability. Thankfully, beauty hasn't suffered. The warmth of those offering their homes, the generosity of the teachers, the inclination towards communication, and the pretention-free, forward-thinking artists I encountered, never allowed complacency to enter their studios, their dances, their lives. I recognized that what some might perceive as forward momentum is actually a by-product of the way life is led in Israel. There is continuous celebration; there is reverence for the past. Tel Aviv moves forward by stating its presence, by boldly commanding an art form through the form. Dances in Israel really dance. They speak louder than words and rely upon movement to tell a story. Actors act, painters paint, and in Israel, choreographers choreograph, and dancers dance. They move with the impetus of sublime images, they create with an awareness of those who will watch, and they unknowingly made me feel like a citizen of a community that communicates.
George Staib's Name Day. Photograph by Dustin Chambers.
George Staib, through the generosity of Emory University, spent five weeks in Tel Aviv studying Gaga and being an enthusiastic audience member at Suzanne Dellal. He is the artistic director of Staibdance and is a dance teacher at Emory University, in Atlanta, GA. He looks forward to a return visit to Tel Aviv in June, 2012.
You can see George's blog, maintained while in Tel Aviv, at the following address: movingtowardshome.wordpress.com
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Do you looking for a simple and interesting game? Here it is, "AIMING SHOT"!!!
We believe it's one of the best addictive game and worth playing over 100 hours.
Life is full of ups and downs, you will experience successes along with falls in the game.
Hastiness, overconfidence are both your enemy in your journey.
Keeps practicing and accumulating experience, then you will be able to face more challenges.
On the way to success, you will need a calm mind and a kind heart.
This is a arrow shooting game combined action and simulation elements.
· 3 types of arrows
· Combo hit bonus
· Various characters' AI setup
· Weather interference in different levels
· Overall economic system
· Birds hatching and uprading
· 3 spells of magic bottle in different modes
· 6 magic item can be unlocked
· Dynamic birds position
· Additional Treasure-BOX
· Tap and Tile controls
· 16 local leaderboards
· 6 difficulty levels in STORY mode
· Total 50 CHALLENGE levels
· FREE-HUNTER mode without shooting limit
· Upgrade value of the birds in INVEST mode
· Creative user interface
· Tap and hold the string of the bow
· Slide your finger backwards to gain power
· Slide your finger up and down to set the shooting angle
· Release your finger to shoot the arrow
· Tap anywhere on screen or using TILT to control the NEST moving right and left
· Tap and hold the NEST for accurate moves
· Spend coins to buy arrows for shooting
· Aiming and shooting birds to gain coins
· Catch normal eggs to hatch upgraded birds
· Catch golden eggs to gain extra coins
· Accumulate more coins to challenge more difficulty levels
· Don't aiming too long, double magic will disappear on the arrow.
· It's boring that the arrow need to buy.
· Gold arrow always get gold eggs.
· Gold bird always drop gold egg.
· Combo hit can bring more coins.
· Birds have 5 Levels.
· Tricky birds always hatch when catch its egg.
· Upgraded birds are always more valuable than previous.
· Crows will explode to damage around.
· Don't hit piggy voyager, her bark will scare away the birds around.
· Climates may disturb aiming.
· Items can be unlocked by hitting the gold bird in STORY.
· Items are very useful for hunting.
· The magic bottle will cast different spells in three game mode.
· Combo more birds in STORY to accumulate magic in the bottle.
· Clear all birds in CHALLENGE to accumulate magic in the bottle.
· Catch more eggs in FREE-HUNT to accumulate magic in the bottle.
· MR. Worms is good at attracting birds.
· Magnet spell arrow is the key for get higher score in FREE-HUNT.
· Sigh, air ticket is very expensive for hunting.
· Burp, drink more to complete more CHALLENGE.
· Oops, every shooting need to Pay Taxes in FREE-HUNT.
· There are three Treasure-BOX in the game.
· Eagles in CHALLENGE are immune to all tricks or spells.
· All birds can be shoot off in any round in CHALLENGE.
· All birds can be shoot off in FREE-HUNT.
· Unlock INVEST in FREE-HUNT.
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Design: Huang Nai Yuan
Art: Qiu Cheng Qi
Program: Lu Jian Feng
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A modern, big-budget version of "The Lone Ranger" starring Johnny Depp was always a strange proposition. The property had long been dormant, even though the name still carries recognition. Johnny Depp is also not the first person you'd think of to play a Native American, either, in spite of his questionable claims of Cherokee heritage. Then production woes set in, with major budget revisions and release date shuffling.
And indeed, the resulting film is strange. For a big budget spectacle movie, it's quirky, long and offbeat. The titular character is more of a punching bag for jokes than an actual hero, the villains are outright old-timey mustache twirlers, and the sidekick is the star of the show.
Yet it's certainly not without its charms and entertainment value. Patient viewers (and those that latch on to Depp's odd, humorous Tonto) will be rewarded with a funny, fun summer action film.
In 1869, lawyer John Reid (Armie Hammer) is returning to his Texas home via train. Unbeknownst to him, the train is carrying a notorious outlaw named Butch Cavendish (William Fichtner) to his hanging. When Cavendish's gang attacks the train in order to break him out, Reid gets caught in a fight to prevent his escape. Helping him is a native American prisoner named Tonto (Johnny Depp), who was also being transported on the train. The two are unable to prevent Cavendish's escape, but they do manage to save the lives of everyone on board.
Reid's brother Dan (James Badge Dale) is a Texas Ranger, and when he forms a posse to recapture Cavendish afterwards, Reid goes along. Tragedy awaits, though, as the search party has a traitor in their midst and everyone who sets out is gunned down. Reid, however, survives, and finds himself reunited with Tonto upon awakening. Tonto also then introduces him to the super-intelligent horse, Silver, whom Tonto claims has identified Reid as a "Spirit Walker": a person who has returned from the dead.
Reid is lucky to be alive, but determined to exact revenge for his brother's killing. Tonto has his own cross to bear that aligns his interests with Reid's. Insisting that Reid wear a mask in order to conceal his identity (he's currently presumed dead), the two set off to find Cavendish and bring him to justice once and for all.
Which is really only a jumping off point for what becomes a long, complicated plot involving silver mines, the cross-country railroad and the battle against the Comanche; one of the film's major issues is its sprawl. There are numerous plot strands, multiple villains, and dual leads. It runs nearly two and a half hours with major action bookends and sparse action in between. Story and character interplay fill between. Tonto is given significant development/motivation via flashback, and the Lone Ranger also needs to protect the family of his slain brother. Helena Bonham Carter and Barry Pepper both have side characters that appear in support of the heroes and villains, respectively. Finally, the entire film is "told" by an old Tonto to a young boy via flashback from a carnival in the early 1900s. It's a device that adds to the runtime, and took a lot of getting used to, but did pay off in the end for me.
Armie Hammer's Lone Ranger is a curious lead character. He's idealistic, naïve, and clumsy. Frankly, at times he borders on the buffoonish. It's an odd way to handle the character who ostensibly should be the focus of the film. The villains aren't particularly well crafted, either. Fichtner's Cavendish wears a scarred perma-sneer to accentuate his badness, and Tom Wilkinson's railroad tycoon Latham Cole is so patently "Evil Robber Baron" that I don't even consider it a spoiler to tell you he's a villain in spite of the reveal not coming til late in the film.
And yet, in spite of all this, I found myself enjoying the film, primarily due to the combination of Depp and director Gore Verbinski.
Depp's Tonto is one of the oddest, funniest characters you could ask for. With his mud cracked makeup and the dead raven he wears as a headdress, he's visually strange. He's also idiosyncratic; he insists on "feeding" the dead bird, has odd physical mannerisms, and frequently seems spacey… as if he took too much peyote as a young brave. Yet, he's hysterically on top of Hammer's Ranger, pointing out obvious ironies and oddities with cutting, deadpan comments. If brevity is the soul of wit, Tonto is one of the wisest characters to see the big screen in many years. He's the main character of the film, and wisely so. He's BY FAR the most interesting. In my opinion, Depp here has crafted a comic action character that nearly (note I said nearly) rivals his famous Captain Jack Sparrow. I can clearly see now why he wanted to take on this role.
With Depp's Tonto keeping the film funny between action set pieces, Verbinski crafts a couple of beauties to open and close the film. While he should take criticism for the movie's bloat and some of the lacking character work, he needs to be given credit for creating a couple of highly entertaining blockbuster set pieces, both of which revolve around trains heading towards certain doom, and characters running, riding, and jumping in, on and off of them. Both of which may go on a tad too long (leaving them vulnerable to accusations of overkill), but they undeniably will sate the modern audience's need for fast paced action with cleverly inserted humor beats.
"The Lone Ranger" is certainly not your typical current action film. It has a unique, stoically humorous tone which may alienate some viewers, but endear others. It also (like TOO MANY of today's films) suffers from "Epic-itis", with a formidable runtime and a lot of fat on the story. Yet Depp's remarkable Tonto and Verbinski's big budget action set pieces save the day, making "The Lone Ranger" a film well worth watching.


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English: Grammar Workshop - Verbs 1
Thu 24 Apr 2014
Workshop to revise and improve some aspects of English grammar.
Target audience
- Non-native PhD and Postdoc, MPhil by Research students from the Department of Engineering
- Participants must be Non-native speakers
Number of sessions: 1
|Thu 24 Apr 2014 11:15 - 13:15
|11:15 - 13:15
|Department of Engineering, CLIC 1
|Sheila Dodds
Topics covered
- We will be looking at conditional structures and tenses.
- As time will be limited, it will not be possible to cover any of these topics comprehensively, and we will therefore be focusing on some of the areas that most often cause students difficulty.
- To help students revise and extend their understanding of how to use verbs in both written and spoken English.
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On the heels of NBC's busy Monday, Fox is shaking up the schedule in advance of the May 14 upfront presentation:
- Fox renewed the Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch for a second season, joining Fringe, Bones, Glee, New Girl, and Raising Hope on the safe list.
- Fellow freshman dramas Alcatraz and The Finder are cancelled, joining ambitious failure Terra Nova and House in the ether.
- The network picked up three new single-camera comedies (The Goodwin Games, It's Messy, Ben & Kate) and two dramas (The Mob Doctor and The Following).
Details after the break.
Touch, created by Tim Kring (Heroes), debuted to 12 million viewers and an impressive 3.9 in the 18-49 demo in the high-profile post-American Idol slot. Ratings have flagged since then, down to 7 million (2.0 in the demo) in the last airing. But Fox invested a lot in the drama, and The Live Feed says Touch is doing well internationally. That was enough to convince the network to give it another shot next fall with a second season.
The choice boiled down to which of the three new dramas would survive. Though Touch loses much of its Idol lead-in, the decision was straightforward. Alcatraz ended its season with less than 5 million viewers (1.6 in the demo). Last Friday, The Finder fared even worse with just 4 million viewers (1.0 in the demo). Neither made the cut for renewal. Fox is still in business with the high-profile producers of each show. J.J. Abrams lost Alcatraz, but still has one final season of Fringe to look forward to. Hart Hanson was unsuccessful with the spinoff The Finder, but the mothership Bones is still going strong, eager to get to episode 150 in season 8.
Now for the new series, outlined below. There's a good collection of talent here. Behind the camera: the creators of How I Met Your Mother, campy genre specialist Kevin Williamson, writer/star of The Office Mindy Kaling. In front of the camera: Kevin Bacon, Becki Newton, Zach Gilford, and of course writer/star of The Office Mindy Kaling. Thanks to The Live Feed for the loglines:
The Goodwin Games
Cast: Becki Newton, Scott Foley, Felisha Terrell, Jake Lacy, Melissa Tang
Creators: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, and Chris Harris of How I Met Your Mother
Logline: "High-concept family comedy about a father who leaves his fortune to his three children (Newtron, Foley, Lacy)—but only if they will agree to his terms."
Ben and Kate
Cast: Nat Faxon, Dakota Johnson, Lucy Punch, Maggie Jones, Echo Kellum
Creator: Dana Fox (Couples Retreat)
Logline: "A single mother (Johnson) gets an assist from her brother (Faxon) who moves in with her to help her raise her baby."
It's Messy
Cast: Mindy Kaling, Ed Weeks, Chris Messina, Anna Camp, Zoe Jarmon, Dana DeLorenzo, plus guest spots by Ed Helms, Bill Hader, and Richard Schiff
Creator: Mindy Kaling (The Office)
Logline: "A young Bridget Jones-type doctor (Kaling) tries to navigate her personal and professional lives."
The Mob Doctor
Cast: Jordana Spiro, Zach Gilford, William Forsythe, James Carpinello, Jesse Lee Soffer, Jamie Lee Kirchner, Floriana Lima, Zeljko Ivanek, Wendy Makkena
Creators: Josh Berman and Rob Wright (Drop Dead Diva)
Logline: "A young female thoracic surgeon (Spiro) who becomes indebted to the South Chicago mafia is forced to moonlight as a "mob doctor" while also working full-time at Chicago's most prominent hospital."
The Following
Cast: Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy, Shawn Ashmore, Natalie Zea, Valorie Curry, Jeananne Goossen, Nico Tortorella, Adan Canto, Billy Brown, Kyle Catlett
Creator: Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries)
Logline: "Thriller about an ex-FBI agent, Ryan Hardy (Bacon), who leads the search to catch a diabolical serial killer, Joe Carroll (Purefoy), who has created a cult of serial killers."


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text: Show Hide image Culture 1 April 2010 South Vietnam, 9 June 1972 | Nick Ut The greatest political photograph of all. Sign-up Huynh Cong Ut, known professionally as Nick Ut, is a photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1973 for his Associated Press photograph of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, taken on 8 June 1972. Kim Phuc, as a young girl, runs away naked from the scene of a napalm attack by the South Vietnamese Air Force. A film shot by the photojournalists Alan Downes of ITN and Le Phuc Dinh of NBC shows her, the skin falling off her back, and other children shredded by the incendiary. Nick Ut's picture is a harrowing and natural image of the innocent cost of war. In this week's magazine, he discusses the photograph and his lasting friendship with his best-known subject, who today addresses him as "Old Man" or "Uncle". Now a Canadian citizen, Khim Phuc read an essay called "The Long Road to Forgiveness" on National Public Radio in 2008: Forgiveness made me free from hatred. I still have many scars on my body and severe pain most days but my heart is cleansed. Napalm is very powerful, but faith, forgiveness and love are much more powerful. We would not have war at all if everyone could learn how to live with true love, hope and forgiveness. If that little girl in the picture can do it, ask yourself: Can you? Next: South Vietnam, 11 June 1963 | Malcolm Browne Back to list. This image features in the 50 Greatest Political Photographs (part one) special double issue of the NS. You can order your copy here. The judges were Jason Cowley, Jonathan Dimbleby, Stuart Franklin, Rebecca McClelland and Jon Snow. Subscribe For more great writing from our award-winning journalists subscribe for just £1 per month! SUBSCRIBE More


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I woke up,took my shower and made sure I was thoroughly prepared for our Honeymoon evening.After I was sure that I was fully prepared I sat and (not so patiently) waited to be picked up 11:45 by my SIL2B who was my MOH.Thankfully Hubby2B programmed our machine of awesomeness (aka coffee machine) to make a pot of coffee for us in the morning.I'll confess I might have put a little Baily's Irish Cream into my coffee.
At 11:45 I was picked up by my SIL2B and her fiancé then chauffeured to the hair salon to get my make up hair done.I still can not get over how well my hair turned out though I have to admit I retouch my make up.My FIL2B arrived for his stint as chauffer that day,the poor man was a little tried and fell asleep in a chair.After the hair and make up and hair was complete I was delivered to my mother.
I was successfully delivered to my mother's.My mother squealed when I entered her hair salon she was in awe of my hair. After relaxing for a bit the photographer arrived and she took a few pictures of my wedding dress then it was time for pictures of me in the dress with my bridal party and with my parents.It was interesting being the focal point of a photo shoot!The photographer had many wonderful ideas!
My father (who kept on saying I had a million dollar smile all day) was on chauffer duty to bring me to the to the beach house.It seemed as though time had stood still on the way to and waiting to enter the hall.Did I mention that I made sure Hubby2B did not see the dress or me prior to the wedding?
My mother and father walked me down the isle to give me away.Hubby2B had tears in his eyes as I walk down the isle toward him.The minister was great and she got everyone involved in the wedding.As we said our vows I felt an overwhelming sense of change.We kissed and I used "church tongue" ('Wedding Singer' reference).I do not want to leave out that the singers my mother hired did a couple of spectacular numbers 'The Rose' being one of them.
Following the wedding the photographer brought us out for couples photos on the beach and surrounding areas.It was a treat that we got some shots with my fathers 1966 yellow Mustang Convertible which all the men drooled over.We kept having to chase down my mother (aka) The Director for family photos.After the photos were complete we went inside to mingle and eat (the most amazing food EVER) and I was very hungry.
While everyone ate my Mother made a speech telling the story of when I was adopted and i asked her almost immediately if she knew the song 'I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy (Down in My Heart)' at which time the singers piped in and all the guests sang along!…lol…I felt like I was in bible camp again.After my mothers speech my father made a speech where he told everyone I was adopted on his birthday and when he saw me get out of the social workers car he said to my mother,"I think we'll keep her".Hubby's father (aka The Best Man) made the final speech.
Toward the end of the evening my father grabbed me for an impromptu father daughter dance which Hubby cut in.
All evening I had been joking with Hubby's best friend all night that I was going to throw the bouquet to his fiancée so I hid it behind my back walked over and handed it to her.After handing over the bouquet, I commented on how itchy the garter was and that it had fallen to my knee so I took it off and threw it to Hubby's best friend and as a reaction to something being thrown at him he caught it.We all had a great laugh about how perfectly that worked out.
Everyone was starting to disperse and clean up was being started.hubby and I socialized with the last of the guests.My brother and his fiancée (my bridesmaid and lovely SIL) chauffeured us to the Presidential Suite she booked for us (she is an executive for a hotel) as a wedding gift.When we arrived in the room there was a bottle of Jackson Triggs Chardonnay,tea lights and aromatherapy kit waiting for us.
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I awoke in the morning morning and I had to take a shower.it took three shampoos to get all the hairspray out!…lol…After getting Hubby out of bed we went and got our breakfast.Hubby's parents were nice enough to come pick us up at the hotel to bring us home along with our wedding gifts.We decided to open our presents then relax after this glorious event!


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Forbes honors young alumnus as top social entrepreneur
January 25, 2013
Isaac Holeman BA '09, cofounder of Medic Mobile, has been named to Forbes' 30 Under 30: Social Entrepreneurs list.
Medic Mobile was built on the idea that cell phone technology can help organizations improve health services. They now support frontline health workers and patients across 8,000 communities in 23 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the United States.
Holeman credits Lewis & Clark with providing the challenging learning environment that gave him the confidence to launch his business.
"I have had some incredible experiences working with technology with friends here on campus, as well as with the vibrant open-source tech community in Portland," Holeman said in a 2009 interview. "I used to think my fascination with technology was just a hobby. It was only recently that I discovered the field of global health informatics and realized that I could design a career that would bring together technology, information, and global health."
The Forbes list is made up of entrepreneurs who share conviction, talent, and a business model with proven results. A small group of honorees will be selected to speak at the 2013 Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy, an event focused on using entrepreneurship to solve the world's most difficult problems.
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