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Paramedics will turn to a victim's cell phone for clues to that persons identity.

You can make their job much easier with a simple idea that they are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE. ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in the contacts list in your cell phone under ICE, with the name and phone no. of the person that the emergency services should call on your behalf, you can save them a lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly. It only takes a few moments of your time to do. Paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it immediately. ICE your cell phone NOW!

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So long to actor James Doohan, best known as "Scotty" on the original Star Trek TV series, beamed up for the final time on July 20 at age 85. Doohan died at his home in Redmond, Wash., with his wife of 31 years, Wende, at his side.

Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia, the youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian and dentist, and his wife, Sarah. He wrote in his autobiography, "Beam Me Up, Scotty," that his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his wife and children. At 19, he escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army, where he became a lieutenant in the artillery and was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. He was machinegunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger, four in his leg, and one in the chest. The chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case.

After the war, Doohan enrolled in a drama class in Toronto on a whim. He showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed Neighborhood Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Richard Boone. His commanding presence and booming voice brought him steady work as a character actor in films and television in Canada and the United States. Then came "Star Trek" and fans forever screaming "Beam me up, Scotty." Married three times, Doohan was the father of nine children.

I am shocked to see the horrifyingly sights of terrorist bus and train bombings that wreaked devastation thru London today. The work of terrorists can only be stopped when all good men and women throughout the world understand that a terrorist is evil personified. For more details, go to:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/bombs/pool


My deepest condolences.


::Shelley


Cross-References:

Tony Blair's Web site:
http://www.pm.gov.uk
United Nation's
http://www.un.org/terrorism
Rand Corporation:
http://www.rand.org/research_areas/terrorism

Florida: Program Aims to Enhance Access to Food Stamps Among Recipients of SSI

("FLORIDA SUNCAP program to automate and streamline food stamp delivery methods," Work Force Florida Weekly Update, June 8, 2005)

The state of Florida was selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as one of the states to implement a program targeting food stamp benefits to seniors and disabled persons. The Combined Outreach and Application Process Program, called SUNCAP in Florida, aims to facilitate access to food stamps. For the 112,000 recipients of Supplemental Security Income, SSI, who do not receive food stamp benefits. The goal is to alleviate the problems associated with food insecurity by improving in data sharing and creating a more accessible application process for applicants and recipients of SSI. 50,000 Floridians have joined the program since its inception in January, and by the end of the next fiscal year, those who apply for SSI in Florida will be automatically entered into the SUNCAP program.

http://www.workforceflorida.com/wages/wfi/news/updates/updates_050608.htm


::Shelley