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Pelosi Tells Mills College Grads To 'Be Ready' John King May 15, 2010 The 500-plus students who received degrees and certificates at Mills College in Oakland on Saturday were sent into the world by another graduate of a women's college: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In a commencement speech that steered clear of partisan politics, Pelosi emphasized the personal side of her ascent to power as the nation's first female speaker. "My message is: 'Be ready,' " the 1962 graduate of Trinity College in Washington, D.C., told the students and their families and friends gathered on Toyon Meadow in the heart...

In the wake of all that has happened and watching the events that unfold hourly, and keeping up with the Katrina live threads, I thought I would post a thread that could help all of us on FR and those visiting, lurkers etc... I know that we are an intelligent, creative, and ingenuous bunch, so I am tapping many of you and others to contribute your emergency preparedness plans, ideas, or homebrew solutions to emergency problems. Just to start off, here are a few things my family and I have decided during an emergency, be it natural disaster, civil insurrection,...

TVA Reminds Those Living Near Nuclear Plants, Be Ready, Be Safe Story by Anne Thompson on Wed, Dec 10th 2003 (10:28 PM) TVA officials say 83,000 people live in the ten mile radius around the Sequoyah nuclear plant. And soon, they will be getting a calendar in their mailbox, full of safety tips in the case of a nuclear emergency. More by Anne Thompson Tennessee Valley Authority officials say they are required to send out the safety information, and the calendar is a good way to try and keep it in front of people all year long. TVA spokesperson Carol...