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Some things in healthcare just defy logical explanation. For example, why in an era where we can alter human genes using CRISPR, why are we still using loose leafs of paper to document something as important as one's immunizations? In other words, why doesn't our health system place more emphasis on getting these "simple" things right? At Zobreus, we're committed to doing exactly that. We've built technology that allows any clinic to easily upload your shot data to a centralized portal. And instantly, those vaccination records are available to you on your mobile device. All of this in our gorgeous, award-winning user interface.
Now, any camp, school, government body, etc. can access your complete, digital shot card instantly from our portal, or you can provide it from your device. Your shot records are "official" since they are entered by your providers (and verified by Zobreus). And since, your shot card is universal and comprehensive, it moves with you wherever you go, even if you switch providers (unlike practice-specific shot records).We believe that in the modern era, it shouldn't be a big deal to have your health records accessible to you whenever you need them. And this is one of many ways we here at Zobreus are making that possible.
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Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the City has launched its effort to persuade Internet search engine Google to build an "ultra-high speed broadband network" in Lincoln. The Mayor also is asking the entire community to show its support for bringing the Google Fiber for Communities Program to Lincoln.
"This presents tremendous opportunities for economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship and education," said Beutler. "Lincoln has the size, geography, diversity, existing fiber, technology, partners and attitude to make Google's high-speed goals a reality. Lincoln can hit the ground running, with little lag time and red tape. We have a vision of assuring affordable Internet access for all parts of the City."
Earlier this year, Google announced plans to test the network in one or more trial locations. Google is asking interested municipalities to submit applications, which the company will use to determine where to build its network. The applications are due March 26. The Mayor appointed a working group of leaders in business and technology sectors to work with the City to develop the application.
A resolution in support of the Google project, submitted by City Council member Jonathan Cook, will have a public hearing at the Council meeting Monday, March 22. The meeting begins at 3 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 555 S. 10th St. The Mayor urged residents to visit Lnkup.org to find out more about the City's application, become a fan of the City's Facebook page or submit comments directly to Google. Lnkup.org also can be reached through the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov.
On its Web site google.com, the company says it hopes the experiment will lead to better and faster Internet access for everyone. The Web site copy continues, "Our networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. We'll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people."
"Lincoln's balanced mix of campus, urban, neighborhood and suburban living, as well as our wide-ranging climate make it an ideal test-bed for fiber delivery to our homes and businesses," said working group member Bradley Walker, President and CEO of Nanonation, Inc. "Lincoln's existing infrastructure and level topography could lead to lower cost and faster implementation of Google's network. Add to that a dynamic environment of technology innovation in the private sector and a 'can-do' approach from City leaders, and I think we have a good shot at catching Google's attention in this process."

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Wellness is a word that gets bandied about a lot in the fitness industry, but for 15 years, wellness has been the basis of the business model for the Maryland Athletic Club and Wellness Center (MAC).
Last month, the MAC's founders, Tim and Liz Rhode, celebrated their business's 15th anniversary with 1,000 of their closest friends and club members with a Hollywood-style party.
Tim Rhode says it is hard to believe how far the business has come since the couple renovated a vacant warehouse in Timonium, MD, to open their first club in 1996.
"On the one hand, it's been a gradual evolution," Tim says. "It would have been hard to think when we started thinking about it that we would be sitting here now, and yet it seems like it's been just a blink of an eye. It's been our passion. It's been our life's work."
Their passion was to bring wellness to the people of Maryland. The first club underwent four renovations in just the first few years to keep up with the demand. Their motto was and is: make it easy, have fun, get results. They have held true to that mission while adapting to changing times that have led them through remodels, expanded programming and the opening of two more clubs, including an express model.
"We were fortunate that we had a great location that's worked well for us and the club just took off," Tim says. "It's been a series of consecutive expansions and growth and development since then. We're very fortunate."
Last year, the company pulled in $13.1 million in revenue, placing it at No. 58 on Club Industry's Top 100 Clubs list. The company also has been recognized three times by Baltimore magazine as the top health club in the area.
Tim credits much of that success to the wellness aspect of their business model, even though at the time they opened their first club, they did not have a definition of wellness.
"We were very determined to develop a wellness model," he says. "We felt that there were certainly fitness models that had viability, but we felt that fitness was really a subset of wellness and that it would broaden our market if we could deliver on something broader than just the fitness itself. Not only would it be of interest to more people, but it would help them across a broader spectrum as well."
The Rhodes offered nutrition and education on top of fitness.
"We teach our team that the biggest difference between fitness and wellness is education," Tim says. "If people know what their options are, if they know what their healthy choices are, they can make good choices, but if they don't know, they are destined to keep repeating their old habits."
Through the years, the Rhodes continued to evolve the wellness side of their business into a wellness system that divides the concept of wellness into five key categories. Their staff members figure out where each of their clients are and where they should be in those categories, and then they create a plan to help them succeed.
They also offer a program called Healthy Start, which was created by their partner, Phil Wendel, who implemented it under a different name at his clubs, ACAC Fitness and Wellness Centers in Charlottesville, VA. The program is a physician referral program that offers health and wellness services to people for 60 days for $60.
"They are actually paying us $60 to have eight weeks to convince them that this is something they should do for the rest of their lives," Tim says.
This type of program was important to the Rhodes because after 45 years, fitness facilities still attract just 15 percent of the population.
"So are we going to stand here with that or are we going to try something else?" Tim says. "We decided to try something else."
The goal now is to transition people from that Healthy Start program to a regular membership, Tim says. It can be difficult because participants go from paying $60 for two months to paying $90 per month.
"So we've experimented over time with different programs, step up programs, with some success," he says. "We are increasingly finding ways to mainstream these people into our regular service offerings."
The Rhodes had about 150 to 200 members who were doctors, so they first marketed the program to them, some of whom were on the club's medical advisory board. Once a few doctors signed on, they used their names in marketing materials to entice other doctors to commit. Later, they offered the program to their corporate clients and then to their members with the thought that every member knows someone who needs to get healthier but is hesitant to commit to a full club membership.
A big part of the wellness aspect of the MAC is the company's aquatics program. Both the Timonium facility and the second club in East Harbor, MD, which opened in 2007, have aquatics programming that includes a master swim program and swim lessons, but the aquatics program is almost exclusively wellness and conditioning, including warm water therapy, water walking, deep and shallow water exercise.
"That aspect of our operation has won awards at a national level on four or five separate occasions," Tim says. "Having one of the top aquatic programs in the industry—we are very proud of that. That is hard to replicate. Our aquatics program is a really good one."
Despite his pride in the wellness and aquatics programming, Tim says that he and Liz are most proud of the development of their team.
"People are what makes the difference," he says. "I think we could take the people in our club and move them into any facility and they'd do great because of their level of engagement."
Regardless of where the Rhodes are in another 15 years (Tim jokes that it will be on a beach someplace warm), he wants the focus to remain on wellness.
"We're passionate about the industry," he says. "We are doing it for more than just to run a business for a profit. Gaining results is what we are all about. That is why we founded the company, to make sure every customer that came to us would get healthier."


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David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer.
I tried, I really did. First I informed all the regulars at Kinsale Tavern that I wouldn't be joining them this weekend for the usual slate of Prem games. "I'm an American, dammit," I proudly told Mid-table Mikey. "It's time to support our own and stop pretending that we're living in England."
"Are you fucking nuts?" he asked rhetorically, "We're in the midst of the closest title race in years, as well as an epic relegation battle, and you're going to watch the Colorado Rapids play DC United at Dick's Sporting Goods Park."
"If it's good enough for David Beckham, it's good enough for me," I said defiantly.
"The difference is," Mid-table Mikey reminded me, "they're paying him 250 million dollars to watch that shit."
But I was not to be deterred, especially after learning that the owner of the Rapids had bought a 9.99 percent stake in Arsenal. You remember Arsenal? A once swaggering juggernaut that embodied all that was beautiful about the beautiful game, now staggering toward a fourth place finish? Crikey! Still, once a Gooner, always a Gooner, which automatically makes Colorado my MLS team. The fact that the Rapids—MY Rapids —were playing a team partly owned by Christian Laettner (even people who have never seen a soccer game will now hate DC United, according to my friend Will Blythe.) made it all the more irresistible. Like everyone else in America outside of Durham, I'd been looking to lay an ass-beating on the Duke pretty boy ever since he nailed that Hail Mary against Kentucky.
Everything went according to plan Saturday — I woke up with a jackhammer of a hangover, had my stomach pumped and poured myself an ice-cold Stella — until I turned on the TV and thought, what the hell, I'll catch the second half of ManU vs. Portsmouth to get me primed for the Rapids game. Big mistake. I mean, once you've whet your palette with a mound of Beluga, a Chuck E. Cheese is going to taste a little funky.
But how was I to know? The score was 1-0 Portsmouth at the break, and the camera panned to Sir Alex, his face a deep magenta hue, chewing his gum so furiously that you feared his head would implode along with his dreams of a treble. The champions-elect, ever aware that their six-point lead over Chelsea was in imminent danger of being halved, attacked with such urgency (only a couple of sick reflex saves by David James on Giggs and Smith kept ManU at bay), and Portsmouth defended with such desperation (Primus's inch perfect, last-ditch tackles on Rooney in the box were breathtaking to behold) that the game pulsated with end-to-end excitement. When Ferdinand's howler sent his back pass past the advancing Van der Sar and into the ManU goal, you could almost hear the peals of laughter at Stamford Bridge where Chelsea had eked out a 1-0 win over a heavy-legged Tottenham side playing on a day and a half's rest.
If only I had chosen to warm up for the MLS opener with that ragged, tepid match instead of the ManU-Portsmouth blinder, things might have been different. Or to put it another way, I might not have nodded off after the first half of Colorado-DC.
I realize this makes me a bad person, and I want to take this opportunity to apologize to the MLS for my churlish behavior, but the gulf in skill, pace and physical commitment between the two games was simply too much for my synapses to handle. Did I mention that I also had three beers in that first 45 minutes?
It's not like I suffered through the opening half, although there were a few times I felt like stabbing myself in the head listening to Dave "Soccer's the game where you can't use your hands, right?" O'Brien. On the other hand, it was great to see my old pal Julie Foudy finally getting a chance to display her freewheeling intelligence, wit and killer smile in the Eric Wynalda Memorial chair. Bundled up against the freezing temperatures, she warmed the cockles of my heart when she called out DC's Ben Olson for a "nice bit of acting" and added, "Ben's not going to like me for saying that." Who cares what Ben thinks, Julie? It's Jim Rome's love we all covet.
Oh, yes, the game. I had actually looked forward to seeing DC United, the one team in the league I always felt could hold its own in the lower reaches of the Premiership. Jamie Moreno and Christian Gomez are class players by anyone's standards, and the addition of the Brazilian striker Emilio gives them a South American flair that is easy on the eyes. Sadly, little of that panache was evident Saturday as DC struggled to get into its offensive flow. Meanwhile, MY Rapids, though utterly pedestrian in their buildup, scored two goals in the first 34 minutes, including a textbook header by my new favorite player Herculez Gomez.
Born in Las Vegas to Mexican parents, Gomez is fast, tricky and goes by the nickname "Johnny Vegas." In 2005, earning $15,000 as a developmental player for the LA Galaxy, he found himself in the starting lineup for a friendly against Real Madrid. Early on, he was tackled from behind by a player who, at the time ,was making a mere $150,000 per MATCH. Herculez got right up in David Beckham's grill and gave him some smack. It's that kind of fighting spirit that augers a bright future for MLS when ol' Goldenballs arrives in late July. By then, I hope to have stayed awake throughout an entire game.


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Expanding into emerging markets is often a priority growth area for multinational consumer goods companies. But to succeed, they can't go it alone. In fact, they need local help more than ever, particularly from distributors already on the ground. When it comes to distribution, multinationals should look to build an ecosystem of local partners who can help them penetrate these markets at a lower cost and quicker pace. Route-to-market matters more than ever—and "ecosystem" needs to become more than just a buzzword in any large consumer goods company expanding its presence around the world.
Multinational consumer goods companies must identify when a direct-to-store model would be most appropriate, and when leveraging local distributors would be more effective.
A balancing act
Local consumer goods players partner twice as much with distributors as multinationals in emerging markets. In doing so, they overcome size limitations and enable flexibility in their assets. By over-relying on a direct-to-store model while under-leveraging local distributors, multinationals are missing out on the 25-35% growth that locals have achieved.
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Finding a suitable local distributor can be a challenge. However, some companies are "growing their own distributors" through close partnerships and joint ventures that often result in the distributor expanding into new markets.
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The alignment must be done in a way that considers the distributors as part of the company, such as an extended commercial arm of the business. Through such a tight integration, local distributors can provide multinationals with access to previously untapped points of sale and new consumers.
The Consumer Industries will change more in the next 10 years than they have in the past 40, at an ever-accelerating rate. As an increasingly empowered consumer and disruptive technologies drive the proliferation of new business models, companies must reinvent the enterprise to create innovative value propositions that address enduring consumer needs – while also continually adapting to changing market conditions. This demands a comprehensive change in each component of the operating model to define how technology will transform entire functions, how the organization holistically manages new workforce models, and particularly how the company can unlock value through cross-industry ecosystems.
The reinvention must not only deliver value for the business but also be orchestrated with a profound sense of responsibility for all stakeholders - consumers, the workforce, shareholders, communities and the environment.
The "Operating Models for the Future of Consumption" report outlines a vision of this comprehensive transformation, including a profound shift in culture and ways of working, fundamental changes in organizational shape and execution, and the ability to generate lasting performance and sustainable impact. The insights report also highlights the need for collaboration across stakeholders to responsibly manage the transition to achieve a brighter future for all stakeholders.


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Candy Stores Take On Recession
Opening a candy store in a recession may seem like a tricky proposition, but some California-based entrepreneurs might have found a sweet spot in a sour economy.
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While California's unemployment remains at a staggering 11.9%, the second highest in the nation, consumers may be cutting back but they are still satisfying their sweet tooth.
Laura Reyer, the owner of Carlsbad Chocolate Bar in Carlsbad Calif., opened for business in 2008, right in the height of the financial collapse, but that might have been to her advantage.
"There was a lot more competition five years ago that there is today," said Reyer, who was able to move the business to a better location in July because of the weak demand in commercial real estate. She also expand her offerings beyond chocolate to products like espresso drinks, gift baskets as well as retailing wine.
To keep people interested in her products all year round, she creates seasonal products. Right now, she called autumn latte and desserts her "sweet spots."
While homemade turtle candies, toffee sticks and peanut butter cups are best sellers all year round, Reyer tries not to rely on the same products to bring in revenue and is constantly looking to add her to selection.
Carlsbad Chocolate Bar is open seven days a week from 9am until 10pm; she gets the coffee crowd in the morning and the late-night candy cravings as well.
"It's important that your customer service [is strong] and that you are able to provide different options," said Reyer. "I am not a chain, and I can be flexible and providing different things that are interesting and attractive to customers that come in."
Conventional thinking might lead on to think that candy-based holidays like Halloween are a boon to a candy business, but that's usually not the case.
Rocket Fizz, a soda pop and candy franchise that opened in 2009, does not experience a bump in business in October according to Co-Founder Robert Powells. He said, "It's not a huge month but it's basically an average month for us. Right before the end of the month, we have a decent upsurge."
Rocket Fizz Founders Ryan Morgan and Robert Powells have opened 20 stores since 2009, quite a feat when consumer spending and sentiment remains weak.
The pair said their success secret is their uniqueness and the concept itself. Rocket Fizz bottles, manufactures and imports most of its products. Its true growth began when the business got franchise approval in 2010.
"We create our own soda pop labels and brands and sell them to other stores as well," said Powells. "It is a unique industry to break into. That has been a big part of our growth, the uniqueness."
Rocket Fizz usually rolls out five products a month. For Halloween, it introduced pumpkin soda.
Morgan said that Halloween presents new opportunities for creativity, but is selective with what they carry since any holiday-specific products become discounted come Nov. 1.
We have crazy flavors of high-quality taffy and we do candy corn and pumpkin taffy, which is popular this time of year," said Morgan.
Rocket Fizz aims to identify candy and beverage trends in their early stages, and wants to be a trailblazer in the soda pop industry.
Powells said that investing time and money into creating trends "is the most fun part of the business." Rocket Fizz is trying to "sell fun" according to Morgan, but his hours might be anything but.
Both Powells and Morgan put in 70-80 hours a week to finding the perfect recipe for success. Yet, despite the continued success of the company, Powells said that banks have not been open to extending credit and "personal sacrifices" have to be made in order for a business to thrive now.
"[Business owners] need to go in better capitalized and really understand what they are getting themselves into, said Morgan. "It's all about passion and believing in yourself."


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When my husband deployed early this year for the first time I had no idea what to expect. We had only been married for nine months when he left. We had just enough time to get used to living together and not be in a long distance relationship.
Deployment thrust us right back into that lifestyle. Unlike our time dating, there would be no weekend visits every month. His deployment was nine months long so there was no R&R--nine whole months without seeing my best friend and love of my life. I knew that I would miss him immensely.I did. Now that the deployment is coming to an end, I realize I learned these five things along the way:
1. You can still work on your marriage. The beauty of technology means that your relationship can keep moving forward even when you are far apart. Partly because my husband had a staff job during his deployment, we were able to talk online almost every day. But what we talked about wasn't just the weather or our days, we talked about what we missed about each other and what we were looking forward to doing together when he got home. We listened to each other. Honestly, we've never felt closer. Sure, we had some miscommunications along the way. But overall, we focused on conversations about us, not everything else.
2. Don't freak out when your loved one isn't online. The downside of that beautiful technology means that even silences can mean something. When someone is injured or killed in action there is a blackout until the family is notified, and it's easy to notice. You don't hear from your loved one on a day that they planned to call. I found that there were a lot of times when I worried over nothing. The Internet was just out. The phones were out. Sometimes this was because of strong wind or technology issues. Or my husband was just that busy. I wasted a lot of days worrying. I had to remind myself that if something happened to him that I would know already.
3. You can and will make amazing friends. When we moved to Joint Base Lewis-McChord we hardly knew anyone. Our friends prior to his deployment were his co-workers in his shop. Only a few were married or dating someone and I liked those ladies. As the deployment started, I met even more people through my work, my FRG and the Lewis Community Spouses Club. A lot of these new ladies were going through deployments at the same time, so it was easy to relate to one another. We also had time to hang out. These women have become great friends, and I'm so thankful for all those weekend outings, dinner dates, and celebrations. While we are all excited to get our husbands back, I'm so excited to have girl time when we all need a break from the guys!
4. Halfway point is not as joyous as you may think. I was beyond excited to get to 4.5 months. I think I even miscalculated it so that I could say that we were halfway through the deployment. What I didn't realize before that halfway day was that I had to do that same amount of time without my husband again. When I realized that I fell into a self-pity daze, hoping maybe there would be a light at the end of the tunnel, but alas no. When I realized that, I got back up on my feet and got back to life. It was the only way to get through the remaining months.
5. The strain of deployment lasts until the end. I found out when my husband was coming home about a month in advance. It was very tentative but even in those remaining weeks we had communication issues. And I was still worried. I attended a brigade event on redeployment and the chaplain asked, "When will you stop holding your breath?" Everyone replied, "When he's in my arms." And it's true. He's still away. He's still in an unsafe location. He's still not home. So when that formation is released, he's getting the biggest hug in his life. Until then I'm worrying and staying up late, just in case he gets online.
That's what I learned during out deployment, what did you learn during yours?
Born and raised in Phoenix, Jessica moved to NYC for college, where not only did she discover her love of magazines, food, and travel, she met her Army husband. As they move across the country, and hopefully the world, together, she is working on her graduate degree, honing her cooking skills, and making their home together. Currently they live at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. She blogs about her Military Spouse life at http://morethanamilitaryspouse.wordpress.com/ and you can follow her on Twitter @jessicahall0625


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Frightening Trends in Teenage Smoking
Smoking has been declining in adults for the past 30 years. In 1964, over half the men (52%) in the United States smoked. Thirty-four percent of women were smokers at that time. Today only 25% of adults smoke cigarettes, (28% men and 23% women). While the battle to combat smoking seems to have made major strides in the past three decades, the war on tobacco is far from over.
For now the war on tobacco needs to be redirected at a new front. For kids are being targeted by tobacco advertisers and now kids are starting to smoke in record numbers. The statistics are frightening, and if steps are not taken to reverse the trends, the medical, economic and social costs to our children as well as to our country will be staggering. Consider the following:
- 82% of adults who ever smoked had their first cigarette by their 18th birthday. More than half became regular smokers by that time.
- Smoking among 8th and 10th graders has risen 50% since 1991.
- Nationwide, 71% of high school students have tried smoking.
- About 1/3 of high school students are current smokers (smoked at least one cigarette in the last 30 days).
- Although only 5% of daily smokers surveyed in high school said they would definitely be smoking five years later, close to 75% were smoking 7 to 9 years later.
- Each day, nearly 3000 American youngsters become regular smokers. Of these, 1,000 will die from early tobacco-related diseases.
- Of 1,000 20-year-olds who continue to smoke, 6 will die prematurely from homicide, 12 from car accidents, and 500 from smoking.
Kids are smoking more. Are they being taught and do they understand the long-term implications of smoking? Do they understand the relative health risks of smoking compared to other dangerous activities? Do they understand the addictive nature of nicotine? Do they realize that if they innocently experiment with tobacco and have no intention of smoking, that they just may get hooked and not be able to quit?
From the above statistics, it sure does not seem they know these facts. So what do kids know about smoking?
We know that 30% of three-year-olds and 91% of six-year-olds can identify Joe Camel as a symbol of smoking and we know that kids are starting to smoke in record number. We know kids are effectively being targeted with a smoking message but it is not the message they need to hear.
We must undo the influence of the multi-billion dollar advertising campaigns aimed at our youth. We must counter misinformation with facts. We need to relentlessly spread the message far and wide that cigarettes are deadly and nicotine is addictive.
Always remember that one way you can influence the people most significant in your life in regards to smoking is by example. Spread the unique perspective of your nicotine addiction and your triumph of cessation. For the smokers you know, spread the word that there is life after smoking. For ex-smokers, share your understanding of the potential of relapse.
Most important, to kids you know share your experience of how you got addicted and how you now must constantly be on your guard to stay off. Most smokers wish they never started. Make kids aware of this from your personal perspective. Be aware of your position as a potential role model and - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!


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Trek rolled into town today - town being St. Edward State Park, my local woods - to let the masses test ride various Trek and Gary Fisher bikes. They don't have every model available, but a decent sampling of road and mountain bikes to try out. These gigs are always fun, 'cause you can test ride for real - on actual trails - for mountain bikes anyway. Trek dudes probably wouldn't be happy with you 'cross testing a new Madone - though those were available for test rides as well. Stick to the pavement on the Madone, even if Lance occasionally field tests one.
Speaking of Trek dudes, my pal Kurt, is the local Trek rep - nice guy and always gives me advanced warning the Trek truck is headed this way. Kurt and I used to be neighbors, he's since moved out to a more rural location. After knowing Kurt, I almost feel guilty not riding a Trek myself. I try to increase the bike karma by letting a bunch of folks know the demo is on its way.
Son Ian, neighbor Dan, and yours truly rode over to check things out. Dan, recreational rider and Whistler downhill guy, wanted to check out some long travel bikes. Me, XC geek and wanna-be roadie, always interested in the more race oriented stuff. Ian doesn't care - he just wants to ride. Super nice day and a pretty good turn out. The Trek dudes were busy for sure.
People kicking tires and mentally checking bank accounts. Guy in back mocking me is old mountain bike pal, Tom - from the BBTC days.
I took this Trek 69er single speed for a nice romp. 26" rear wheel, 29" front wheel and count 'em, one gear. My second whole ride on a single speed and I can see why people like 'em - well, some people. I found myself riding faster on this then my own bike - you have no choice. Stand up and crank away as required. Light and snappy too. Huge fun. My local trails are perfect for this bike. If I had the dough, would add one to the garage. Use it as my only mountain bike? No way. For some rides though, would be great. Please send money.
This bike was sweet also. 5" travel carbon EX, perfect do everything bike. Use this as my only mountain bike? No problem. I enjoyed the test ride and thought it was 4" travel bike, until Kurt corrected me. That's how well it pedaled and climbed. Super nice, all around mountain bike.
Ian cruising the trails with us. He's always climbed well, but lately has been getting much faster overall.
Neighbor Dan checking out the long travel Session model Trek. 8" travel fork complete overkill for these trails, but perfect for Whistler.


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Section 41. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Veterans Independence Plus Initiative Trust Fund. The secretary shall be the trustee of the fund and may expend monies in the fund, without further appropriation, for the administration of the Veterans Independence Plus Initiative, a joint initiative of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and the Administration on Aging in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Revenues collected by the department from this initiative shall be deposited in the fund. The department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts in anticipation of expected receipts, provided that no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year. Any remaining balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain in the fund and be available to the department during the following fiscal year for the purposes of this section. The secretary may expend from the fund for services provided in prior fiscal years.


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(CNN) -- "You don't do it alone," Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday to a crowd gathered at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. "You do it with phenomenal family support. And we could not be the Marine Corps we are, the military we are without extraordinary family support."
Mullen's pep talk -- along with a question and answer session -- was geared to the new 30,000-troop surge to Afghanistan that President Obama laid out last week. He also thanked those in the audience -- many of whom will soon be deployed to Afghanistan.
"I am and will be eternally grateful for your service to our country at this very, very critical time," he said. "Everybody makes a difference. This is taking care of each other. This is taking care of all the responsibilities both here for our families as well as moving forward."
Military families struggle when their loved ones are serving in the war theater -- both economically and emotionally.
Teresa Meador offered advice to other Marine wives on what to expect.
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Her husband, Marine Capt. Eric Meador, said it's often hard for people outside the military community to understand what families have to go through.
"I don't think when you have X number of deployments under your belt that it makes it any easier -- you just know what to expect," he said. "You know what to expect next time as far as how you need to manage things -- the stateside of things."
According to Department of Defense statistics through September, 83,259 Marines have been deployed more than once; 300,789 soldiers (active duty, National Guard and Army Reserve) have been deployed more than once.
But will the 30,000-troop surge stretch deployments even further? No, according to top Army brass.
In a message to senior Army leaders on December 2, Army Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, said the 30,000-troop surge will not affect deployment length, dwell time or the end of stop-loss, according to the Army News Service.
The message indicates that because of the growth of the Army over the past five years and the drawdown in Iraq, the Army is able to tackle the troop increase without going to 15-month deployments; going to less than 12 months at home between deployments; Halting the plan to come off stop-loss -- where a service member's tour is involuntarily extended in an effort to retain them.
Brig. Gen. Jeff Mathis -- the acting commander of Fort Lewis in Washington state -- said troops will continue to feel the stress.
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Mathis, who meets with families regularly, said there are consultants that work with families "trying to do everything we can to ensure we are alleviating that stress in every way."
He admits that he'd like to see longer stretches at home in between deployments, but ultimately, the military is going to do what "our nation asks us to do."
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Bhagwant University has released Results can be downloaded at official website of Bhagwant University. Bhagwant University has conducted Exam and now is going to released Results of written exam of Bhagwant University 2019-2019 Exam held on June July 2019-2019. Go to the official website of Bhagwant University at www.bhagwantuniversity.com to get Results 2019-2019.
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Bhagwant University is a private co-educational university established by the Government of Rajasthan and recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Since its inception in 1999, the institution has strived toward adding new chapters to its success story every year. The distinctive achievements of the university include Bhagwant College of Education, which offers NCTE approved B.Ed and B.PEd programmes and Bhagwant Institute of technology known for its technical and professional courses (B.Tech. in E ECE, EE, CSE, IT, ME, and Civil Engineering, MBA). Student comfort remains the university's priority and this is visible from a wide range of activities, facilities and support provided to students. The placement cell of the University endeavours to provide placement assistance as well as counselling for employment and self employment.
Name of the University: Bhagwant University (BU)
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State Universities in Rajasthan
- Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU) also known as University of Jodhpur, is in Jodhpur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
- Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University (JRRSU) formerly known as Rajasthan Sanskrit University, is a public state university situated in Madau Jaipur.
- Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT) is in Udaipur city in Rajasthan state in India. The government of Rajasthan founded this university by the bifurcation of Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner on 1 November 1999.
- Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University (MDSU) is a university in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. It opened in 1987 and is named after the philosopher Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati.
- Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU) also called University of Udaipur is a public university situated in Udaipur city in Indian state of Rajasthan.
- National Law University Jodhpur (NLUJ) Jodhpur is a premier law Institution in India, ranking among the top 4 law colleges in the country.
- Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU) is an agricultural university located in Bikaner in the Indian state Rajasthan.
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurved University (DSRRAU) previously known as Rajasthan Ayurved University, is the first Ayurved university in the state Rajasthan and it is the second university of this kind in India.
- University of Rajasthan is a public and state university and one of the oldest universities in the Indian state Rajasthan, located in the city Jaipur.
- Rajasthan Technical University (RTU) is an affiliating university located in Kota in the state of Rajasthan, India. The university was established in 2006.
- Rajasthan Technical University (RTU) is a State university located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. It was established on 25 February 2005 under The Rajasthan University of Health Sciences Act, 2005 and started functioning on January 2006.
- Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) is a deemed university in the city of Udaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It got the status of deemed university in 1987.
- Maharaja Ganga Singh University (MGSU) formerly University of Bikaner, is a university located in Bikaner in the state of Rajasthan, India.
- The University of Kota (UOK) is a public university in Kota, Rajasthan, India. It was established with the agreement of the governor of Rajasthan, and recognized by the UGC in 2003 under the state act. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
- The University of Kota is a public university in Kota, Rajasthan, India. It was established with the agreement of the governor of Rajasthan, and recognized by the UGC in 2003 under the state act. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
- Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University (VMOU) is an open university in Kota, Rajasthan, India, established on July 23, 1987, and was initially known as Kota Open University. focussing particularly on the humanities, commerce, library science and informatics.
- Maharaja Ganga Singh University (MGSU), formerly University of Bikaner, is a university located in Bikaner in the state of Rajasthan, India.
- Jaipur National University (JNU) is a private university located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Established October 22, 2007, through an Ordinance of the Government of Rajasthan.
Central Universities in Rajasthan
Central University of Rajasthan, 16, Nav Durga Colony, Opp. Hotel Clarks Amer Near Fortis Hospital , Malviya Nagar, J.L.N. Marg, Jaipur-302 017 – Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ) also known as CURAJ, is a central university located in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Deemed Universities in Rajasthan
- Banasthali University is a women's university in the Tonk district in Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a deemed university offering programs at school, undergraduate, postgraduate and doctorate level.
- Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) is an Indian institute of higher education and a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956.
- Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) is a deemed university in Sardarshahar, Rajasthan, India.
- Jain Vishva Bharati University (JVBI) was established with the inspiration of Acharya Tulsi, the 9th Head of the Jain Svetambar Terapanth religious sect, in Ladnun, Dist Nagaur, Rajasthan. In 1991, UGC University Grants Commission under Section 3 of the U.G.C.
- Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth (JRNRVU) in the city of Udaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It got the status of deemed university in 1987.
- The LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT), is a deemed university located in Jaipur, India, on an 100-acre campus.
- IIS University (IISUNIV) is a public university for scientific research and higher education located in Bangalore, India. Established in 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata and H.H. Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore. It is also locally known as the "Tata Institute".[4] It acquired the status of a Deemed University in 1958. IISc is widely regarded as India's best university.
- Mody University is a private women's university located in Laxmangarh in the state of Rajasthan, India. It was established in 1998 by Mr R.P. Mody, an industrialist and philanthropist.
Private Universities in Rajasthan
- Amity University, Jaipur has been established under Amity University Rajasthan Act 2008, notified by Government Notification No F.2(10 ) vidhi/2 and it is a fully government recognized University with the right to confer degrees as per Sections 2f and 22 of the UGC Act.
- Bhagwant University is located in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. It is a co-educational private university in ajmer in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is a venture of Bhagwant Group of Institutions, Established in 1999.
- Jagan Nath University has been established in the year 2008, by an Act (Act No. 19 of 2008) of the Rajasthan State Legislature and is approved under section 2(f) of UGC Act 1956, vested with the authority to award Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates. The University has been established to cater to the growing needs of higher education in the country. One of the primary objectives of this University is to develop and make available, trained manpower to accelerate sustained economic growth in the current highly competitive global environment.
- Jaipur National University (JNU) is a private university located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Established October 22, 2007, through an Ordinance of the Government of Rajasthan.
- Jodhpur National University is a state private university created under the state government private university act by state government. The University is situated in the suburbs of Jodhpur and is housed in a campus of 30 acres.
- Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women's University (JVWU) is the first private public women's university in India. The state legislature of Rajasthan established the university through the Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University Act 1982.
- Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University RIICO Industrial Arrea, Tala Mod NH-I, Achrol, Jaipur – With a mission to impart women education, in 1993 Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole emerged as an educational institution in Jaipur Rajasthan. The name of the organization was given in the memory of a social reformer Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole, who worked for the emancipation of women. He was the profounder of women education, who worked day & night to bring social changes for alienated & deprived sections of the society.
- Mewar University is an autonomous body set up by the Government of Rajasthan through Act. No. 4 of 2009, passed by the Rajasthan Assembly.
- NIMS University is a Self Financed University located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. NIMS University is recognized by UGC established under the NIMS UNIVERSITY ACT 2008 by the government of India.
- Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University (JJT) is a university in Jhunjhunu, India.
- Sir Padampat Singhania University (SPSU), residential university located in Udaipur, India. The university was established by the J K Cement group of companies. The university is named after the founder of the J K Organisation.
- Singhania University was established by the Government of Rajasthan, under Ordinance 6 of 2007. It is a UGC recognized private university as per Sec. 2f of the UGC Act 1956. It is in Pacheri Bari, Jhunjhunu in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.
- Gyan Vihar University (SGVU) is an autonomous university located in Mahal, Jagatpura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
- Shiridhar University Understands the requirement of the new generation. New Generation is more aware & technology savvy. Shridhar University therefore will focus as developing the talents and potential of the youth by imparting more entrepreneurial skill and technology oriented course so that the coming generation of student becomes job creators.


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*Courtesy of Mitchell College Sports Information*
NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Mitchell College men's lacrosse team fell to the United States Merchant Marine Academy by a final score of 14-4 on Tuesday afternoon in non-conference action at Alumni Field.
USMMA's Geoff Harty (Chicago, Ill./Glenbrook South) led all scorers with five goals and added four assists for a nine-point day. Phil Walker (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth) also netted a hat trick and chipped in with two assists while Chris Whitenack (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) and Troy Smith (Deer Park, Texas/Deer Park) each contributed a pair of scores.
Demetre Lyras (Rocky Point, N.Y./Rocky Point) finished with two goals to lead Mitchell while Aaron Sladyk (South Windsor, Conn./South Windsor) andShane Sullivan (Quaker Hill, Conn./Waterford) each added a score.
USMMA blanked Mitchell in the first half and led 9-0 at intermission. Harty scored four goals in the opening half while Walker netted three, and goalie Alex Peyreigne (Weston, Conn./Weston) made four saves to keep Mitchell off the scoreboard.
USMMA led 12-0 late in the third quarter when Lyras finally put Mitchell in the scoring column. Sladyk, Lyras and Sullivan all tallied in the final stanza to complete the scoring for the home team.
Peyreigne finished with five saves in the contest and didn't allow a goal before coming out of the game five minutes into the second half. Kevin Young (Springfield, Va./West Springfield) made five saves in the final 24-plus minutes and allowed four goals. Mitchell goalie JD LeMay (Lagrangeville, N.Y./John Jay) faced 57 shots in the contest and finished with 16 saves.
In addition to his three points, Whitenack went 10-for-14 in face-offs and scooped up a game-high six ground balls.
Mitchell (8-6 overall) returns to action on Wednesday, April 23 at Salve Regina University at 7:30 p.m. USMMA (7-6 overall) will close out the regular season at home against Washington & Jefferson College on Saturday, April 26 at 11 a.m.


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Sonata: Print Series by Nam June Paik
Sonata: Print Series by Nam June Paik offers a series of prints, including Paik's musical compositions, drawings, photographs, performances, events and video sculptures. Nam June Paik, the Korean-American artist who died in 2006 at age 73, is widely known as the father of video art. He produced a large body of work while exploring the influence of electronic media on the arts.
Nam June Paik received ACC Fellowships in 1965 and 1970 for research in the United States.
Grantee: Paik Nam June
Hi! Houses
Hi! Houses art project is carried out in 4 significant historic sites in Hong Kong, bringing audience a journey into the century-old houses. Wilson Shieh, Lam Tung-pang, Fiona Wong and Jaffa Lam, are invited to pay tribute to the long tradition and historical legacies of 4 selected monuments namely Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, Old House at Wong Uk Village, Law Uk Folk Museum and Sam Tung Uk Museum respectively. The 4 artists develop interpretative works together with their artist teams using their own visual vocabularies, based on field research, historical narratives, regional context as well as their personal experience.
Grantees: Wong Fiona Lai-ching, Hui Ngo Shan, Lam Tung Pang
Aki Inomata
Out of Hand: Materialising the Digital examines the place and impact of new digital manufacturing technologies – 3D printing in its various forms, CNC machining, laser cutting, and digital knitting and weaving. The exhibition features works by more than 60 artists, designers and architects from around the world.
Aki is an artist from Japan who will begin her ACC fellowship in New York in spring 2017.
Grantee: Inomata Aki
Sandra Eula Lee: Make of/Make Do
Sandra Lee's installations incorporate sculptural, photographic, and drawing traditions to consider ways in which place is created among changing urban and environmental conditions. The sculptures and installations she constructs are informed by her observations of daily life and through the collecting and reconfiguring of the materials that pass through it.
Sandra Eula Lee received an ACC Fellowship in 2009 to travel to Korea.
Grantee: Sandra Eula Lee
I Don't Know the Mandate of Heaven
I Don't Know the Mandate of Heaven is the first major survey of Song Dong's work in mainland China in 8 years. The exhibition will include some of the artist's best-known works that have been fundamental in establishing his career, as well as several rarely exhibited works. Among the works on display, some pieces have been specially commissioned for this exhibition by RAM such as At Fifty, I Don't Know the Mandate of Heaven and Back Image, manifesting the museum's long-term commitment to support the creativity and production of contemporary art through exhibition projects.
Grantees: Song Dong, Wong Wai Yin
Before the Rain
Before the onset of a downpour there is a moment of heavy humidity that hangs low in the air. Building over time it signals the inevitability of a deluge that will interrupt and intercept patterns of normality. For Hong Kong, a city defined by humidity, the deluge that began on September 28 2014 was the result of a long and steady buildup of uncertainty, anxiety and the long held need to articulate a cohesive identity for the city. Before the Rain addresses the tensions that precipitated the recent political and civil urgency in Hong Kong and the city's pressing need to reimagine its future.
Grantees: Xiao Lihe, Liu Wei, Hu Xiangqian
Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia
ACC provided support to The Spencer Museum of Art for the exhibition Temporal Turn: Art and Speculation in Contemporary Asia. This major international exhibition at the University of Kansas features 26 contemporary artists from across Asia whose work explores ideas about time, history and memory. In addition to works from the museum's permanent collection, "Temporal Turn" includes international loans and site-specific commissions by four artists-in-residence.
Grantees: University of Kansas Endowment Association, Spencer Museum of Art, Lu Yang
A Body in Fukushima, (Eiko's collaborative work with historian and photographer William Johnston) will be on view at the Cathedral of Saint John Divine as a part of the Cathedral's larger art exhibition, The Christa Project. Eiko is named as an artist in residence for the year and co-curates her photo exhibition, performances, and other activities, all of which explore the dignity and transcendence inherent in the ordinary and the disregarded.
Grantee: Eiko & Koma Otake
Tatsuo Miyajima: Connect with everything
Tatsuo Miyajima, one of Japan's most renowned contemporary artists, is known for his sculptures and room-scale installations incorporating light and numbers.
Tatsuo Miyajima: Connect With Everything encompasses his sculptural works, rooms and environments, and performance videos. Time and its passage are explored through the works and represented visually by multiple, small digital counting devices. Miyajima developed his first customised digital counters in the late 1980s, using light emitting diodes or LEDs. These 'counter gadgets' remain central to his art today, their red and green palette expanding in the mid-1990s to include blue, then white, as LED technology developed in and beyond Japan.
Grantee: Miyajima Tatsuo
The World's Three Major Round Things: the Sun, the Moon, the Eye
This exhibition "The World's Three Major Round Things: the Sun, the Moon, the Eye" is composed of several dozen pieces of art such as three-dimensional artwork, texts, and performances, based on the works from the solo exhibition "Everything and Others" (LISTE 21, Basel, June 2016 (which received a great response) and the "Rolling Stone, Olympics, the Sun, the Moon, Cold Water" (TERATOTERA-Involve, Tokyo, October 2016).
Satoshi Hashimoto received an ACC Fellowship in 2007 for research in the United States.
Grantee: Hashimoto Satoshi
Songs of the Phoenix Mirror
Songs of the Phoenix Mirror explores the full range and cultural significance of internationally renowned artist Wei Ligang's current calligraphic practice. Through documents and archival footage, the exhibition reviews Wei's artistic and intellectual development from the late 1980's onwards. It surveys his major calligraphic styles: his signature "magic squares" and its variations; his monumental continuous cursive script inspired by Fu Shan (1607-1684) and other 17th-century masters; and his cursive renditions of the engraved lines of seals, steles, and Oracle bones.
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Springs Eternal: Glenfiddich Artists in Residence - 12 Years from Taiwan
This year marks the twelfth year Taiwan has participated in the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence program. 12 is also the number of years it takes for Jupiter, an astrological symbol for faith and wisdom, good fortune and growth, to complete one orbital cycle. Over the past 12 years the Glenfiddich artist's village has been home to many Taiwanese artists. These creative talents are now brought together for the first time in an exhibition at Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, titled Springs Eternal: Glenfiddich Artists in Residence - 12 Years from Taiwan.
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Those Who Remain: Concerto for Installation and Improviser
Experience this multidisciplinary collaboration between composer and musician Wayne Horvitz, visual artist Barbara Earl Thomas, and two Japan-based artists: video artist and VJ Yohei Saito and dancer/choreographer Yukio Suzuki.
Using recordings of his work performed by the Seattle Symphony in 2015, Horvitz will compose a new electronic score with video created by Yohei Saito. Yukio Suzuki will perform several short dance improvisations daily.
Yukio Suzuki received an ACC fellowship in 2014 to observe and participate in contemporary dance activities in New York.
Grantee: Suzuki Yukio
Mental Shotgun
Group exhibition by artists Sam Penaso, Joel Quinones, Nasser Lubay, Demi Padua, Fitz Herrera, Melbourne Aquino, Wipo.
Sam Penaso received an ACC Fellowship in 2013 to research contemporary art, meet artists and curators, and participate in an artist residency program in the United States.
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E.B. isn't unique. According to a study in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, about 66 percent of underage college students sampled used fake IDs.
There are a variety of resources devoted to instructing underage drinkers about how to get their hands on fake IDs. People can shop around on websites like idgod.ph, fakeyourdrank.com, idbook.ph, and many more. There are entire forums, like r/fakeid on Reddit, that review websites and point potential customers to the most reliable, cheapest, or highest quality fake IDs.
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R.H. didn't use his IDs just to buy alcohol at gas stations, he was able to get past bouncers who spend their nights looking for fake IDs as well. "I had gotten into clubs, I had gotten into bars, I had gotten into all kinds of places with these IDs, and I was making lots of money," he says.
R.H. sold between 20 and 30 fake IDs for $100 a piece, he says. Despite his success making IDs, R.H. quit making them shortly after he started because of an incident he had while trying to buy alcohol using one of his IDs.
A woman working in R.H.'s town had developed a reputation for being particularly strict about fake ID use. He had been warned to avoid her store, but he went to her anyway to prove how real his fake IDs looked.
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Though R.H. didn't stay in "the game" for long, there's a lot of money to be made for those willing to assume the risk. A support representative, calling himself Forrest Gump, from the website FakeYourDrank estimates it has sent out over 10,000 orders and has a profit margin of $100,000 to $120,000.
Despite the cost of fake IDs, they aren't perfect. The most effective way to test whether an ID is real is through the bend test. To execute the bend test, bouncers take the ID and bend it in half. If the ID is fake the stickers on the front of the ID bubble up off the plastic. Real IDs are printed directly onto the plastic surface of the PVC card, so the surface is unchanged, says R.H.
Fake IDs can cause problems when they're not spotted as well. "If you have a fake ID in your pocket and something happens to you medically, it can really screw things up," said Qureshi. "Officers will go to the address on your fake ID to inform your family or whoever of what's happened to you. Then they realize they don't know who you are or who to contact."
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It wasn't until my husband held our son Aaron for the first time that I realized I'd been holding my breath — for months.
In August, Judah had hugged me, 20-something-weeks' pregnant, and our 3-year-old goodbye before leaving for a tour in Afghanistan.
Nearly five months later, he'd watched via Skype from the district center in Musa Qal'eh as Aaron was born, four days past his Christmas Day due date — at 1:58 p.m. by my watch, 2328 by Judah's.
Since that day, I'd been staring at the baby, who wears my husband's face in miniature, and marveling at their similarities — the long eyelashes, the expression in sleep, the chin, the smirk — but refusing to fully acknowledge the fear that I'd never see those two versions of the same face together.
This was the first deployment for Judah, a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserves, serving with the 4th Civil Affairs Group out of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington.
It was a challenge we didn't take lightly. When he re-enlisted in the Marines in 2010, we knew he'd almost certainly be mobilized, so we made lists of questions, did research and talked endlessly before he signed the papers.
We were expecting to each face numerous tests during the deployment, and ones we'd have to take on as individuals rather than the finely honed team we'd become after nearly 12 years of marriage.
What we weren't expecting was to discover, shortly before his mobilization last April, that I was pregnant.
To call it a shock is an understatement. Our son Isaac was born in 2008 thanks to in-vitro fertilization, and in 2010 an ectopic pregnancy left my chances of getting pregnant naturally at slightly higher than slim to none.
But there we were, mere weeks before his pre-deployment training was to begin, learning that I was expecting. It didn't take long for the nerves to start in.
I was already worried about how I was going to get through the months of parenting rambunctious 3-year-old Isaac without my partner. I'd need to keep us fed without too many trips to the drive-through (full disclosure: this food editor does much more reading on the subject of cooking than actual cooking) since the kitchen is mainly Judah's realm. And I was hoping I could learn some of his bedtime-ninja skills before he left: He could nearly always get Isaac to sleep with a minimum of drama, but come his Reserve-duty weekends, I'd be tearing my hair out at the witching hour.
Now I had to worry how I'd get through labor and the first few weeks with a newborn without him, while he started to deal with the fact that he wouldn't be present for the birth of our second child.
And, of course, I could barely stand to contemplate the dangers he'd see in a war zone. His job wouldn't put him in as much peril as some other Marines — as a civil affairs Marine, he was to represent the Marines to the local populace and be the locals' advocate in meetings with the Marines — but it wouldn't keep him out of harm's way.
In August, Judah started the long journey from D.C. to North Carolina to Kyrgyzstan and, finally, to Afghanistan. At that point, my fears became more palpable. It felt like a dripping faucet — there in the background, constantly calling for attention, but easier to ignore in the tumult of the day's tasks. When those fears threatened to come to the forefront as the deployment went on, I'd throw myself harder into whatever I was doing at work, or come up with a new game to play with Isaac, or call one of my parents — whatever it took to keep that drip from becoming a torrent.
A few weeks after Judah's arrival in Afghanistan, we had a talk: How much detail did I want about the dangers he was facing? I stopped and considered. "I don't want you to ever feel like there's anything you can't talk to me about," I told him. But we agreed that he would wait a bit, until the immediate danger was past. We figured that a minute-by-minute accounting might magnify the stress for both of us.
As it turned out, he had something to tell me: A couple of weeks earlier, he'd been in the lead vehicle of a convoy, and it had hit an improvised explosive device.
Don't worry, he told me. All the protective technology — the MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle he was in, the mine roller attached to the front — had worked exactly as it was supposed to, and the worst thing anyone had experienced was a little ringing in the ears.
We each tried not to dwell on things, and luckily we were able to connect via email most days, sharing photos and trading anecdotes. Mine were usually about something funny Isaac had said; his often were about something funny a translator or one of the local children had said.
At home, I put one foot in front of the other, getting through each shift at work, each day-care drop-off and pickup, each doctor's appointment, and trying to pack the weekends with the activities Isaac would be doing if both his parents were around. I was hardly a bedtime ninja, but some rough nights were mitigated by listening to the books Judah recorded before he left or, later, watching the video of him reading "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb" and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" sent to us via the USO.
Before we knew it, the days had piled into weeks and the weeks into months, and the baby's Christmas due date was fast approaching.
I'd made preparations for the baby's arrival: two doulas (trained birth coaches) were poised to be by my side, and my mother flew out from Oregon.
In Afghanistan, Judah had prepared, too. The British civilians his team worked with volunteered their more reliable Internet connection and a private room in their compound so he could video chat during the delivery, and his chain of command was prepared to give him time off when I went into labor.
But the baby, a stubborn Kelber from the start, kept sending mixed signals. For nearly two weeks, I emailed Judah in the middle of the night: "I'm not sure, but something might be happening. Be ready just in case." And then: nothing.
Around 10 a.m. Dec. 29, after trying to convince myself all night long that it was still false labor, I got up and realized that labor was indeed afoot. I emailed Judah and told him he should get to his room for Skype.
My mom drove me to the hospital around noon, and we were sent to a triage room to wait. While contractions were coming faster, delivery didn't seem particularly imminent.
About 1 p.m., we moved into a labor and delivery room. Between contractions, the doulas and I fumbled with the laptop, trying to get on the hospital's wireless network so we could connect with Judah, to no avail.
"He could fix this if he were here," I remember thinking. "But if he were here, we wouldn't need Skype."
At 1:32 p.m., I emailed: "Doula is taking laptop to meet IT. No epi[dural] yet."
At 1:33 p.m., he replied: "How are you doing?"
I never responded.
One doula, Emily, was helping me to the bathroom when another contraction hit, and I suddenly realized I needed to push. Panic set in. I couldn't possibly be having this baby now, not without an epidural, not without my husband. Certainly not before we got the computer working.
The formerly almost empty delivery room was suddenly awash in controlled chaos. Emily was helping me back to the bed when my other doula, Lesley, returned with the laptop, now connected to Judah in Afghanistan. He looked on in confusion as, less than 10 minutes since my last email, the midwife declared that the baby was coming now. Right now.
We barely had a second to say hello when it was go time, and the team I'd gathered to support me — some close by, one far-flung — did just that. At 1:58 p.m., faster than any of us had anticipated, Aaron David Kelber was in my arms.
"Look what we did!" I exclaimed to Judah. He was crying, I was crying, the baby was crying — probably everyone else in the room was, too, but I only had eyes for those two.
We stayed online for a couple of hours, chatting as I snuggled with the baby. I barely remember anything besides looking back and forth between Judah's face on the screen and that of our most unlikely child, born under these most unlikely circumstances.
Eventually, Aaron had to go to the nursery for a checkup, and everyone cleared out, leaving me and Judah with a few minutes to ourselves, even 7,000 miles apart. It wasn't until this point, when I looked at the time stamps on our video call and earlier emails as we talked, that we realized how close we'd come to not being connected during the birth. We laughed that Aaron had waited just long enough for us to get online before making his arrival.
After we said our goodbyes, I moved to the recovery room and braced for the experience of solo-parenting not just one but two sons for the next couple of months.
Much of that time is a blur. I had help from family the first couple of weeks, allowing me to keep my head above water caring for a newborn and a 3-year-old who missed his dad and was getting used to being a big brother. There was so much to do that I didn't have much time to dwell on Judah's absence.
Except during those seemingly endless middle-of-the-night feedings. In those quiet moments, that familiar trickle of fear tried to push its way to the forefront, and sometimes it succeeded.
At long last, the first week of March, the detachment was due back in the States. They were to fly into North Carolina and spend several days at Camp Lejeune before returning to base in D.C. and then home.
I couldn't wait. So on a Monday, I jumped in the car with a 3-year-old, a newborn and a ridiculous amount of gear and headed south. Judah emailed that they were about to leave Kyrgyzstan, and I reported that we'd hit a freak snowstorm in Virginia but had made it to North Carolina.
The next morning, March 6, I learned that the detachment's flight had been delayed, making that day the longest of the entire deployment. Or so it seemed to me, even though I wasn't the one who had crossed so many time zones that it had actually been a 35-hour day.
Waiting, I took the boys to the base exchange to eat and shop. Isaac, surrounded by Marines in uniform, revealed himself as a reservist's kid, asking constantly, "Is that my Daddy? Is that my Daddy?" about each Marine he saw. "No, not yet," I told him again and again. But the time was inching closer.
"Just landed!" Judah emailed me from Cherry Point, N.C., a while later, after we'd gathered with other families from the detachment. Still, their gear had to be retrieved and accounted for, their weapons checked in at the armory.
Time might as well have been standing still. Isaac played with other kids while I endeavored to keep Aaron from spitting up on his onesie, made for the occasion, which said, "I've been waiting my whole life to meet you."
Finally, the bus rolled up, and the Marines started pouring off.
"Is that my Daddy?" Isaac asked again. This time, I could say yes, pointing Judah out among the camouflage-wearing crowd. He sprinted up to his dad and they hugged — Isaac now 100 percent kid and 0 percent baby, but with the same look of adoration for his father he'd worn at their goodbye in the summertime.
"I missed you so much, Daddy!" Isaac said.
"I missed you so much, too," Judah replied, hugging him even tighter.
"Am I so much taller?" Isaac asked.
Judah laughed, eyeballed him, and agreed that yes, he was.
Judah and I locked eyes, and I said something silly like, "I have someone I'd like you to meet."
He took Aaron in his arms, and I looked at them looking at each other. Aaron, nearly 10 weeks old, gazed at his dad, then burst into tears; the bus had arrived at mealtime. I passed over a bottle, and Judah took over feeding duties for a few minutes until Aaron relaxed. Judah didn't want to let him go. And besides, it was his turn.
That night, in our room at the Lejeune Inn, Judah read Isaac a bedtime story while I fed Aaron, and soon enough, all three of them were passed out, all in a row.
Things were as they should be.
And I finally exhaled.
Editor's note: Sarah, Judah, Isaac and Aaron live in Columbia.