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Food System Scenarios in Uncertain Futures: A Case Study on Long-Term Local Food System Planning in Revelstoke, Canada

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By Colin Dring, Leslie King, Melissa Hemphill
| MDPI
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I had to relinquish parental rights, then adopt my child, to stay in the Air Force Academy. The rules must change.

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By Melissa Hemphill
| Washington Post Opinions Verified
Author Melissa Hemphill with her then boyfriend, now husband, Anthony Hemphill and their first child, Oliver, in 2009. (Family photo) In 2009, I found myself at an impossible crossroads. I was a third-year cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, nationally ranked pole vaulter, pre-physical therapy student, high achiever in military leadership positions. And I was pregnant. My cadet boyfriend, now husband, Anthony Hemphill, and I never intended to start a family at the Air Force Academy.
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Up in Smoke: Western Fires Pose Public Health Hazard

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By Melissa Hemphill
| aafp.org
Emily, 8, sat on the exam table looking sad. She wasn't able to attend school because of her asthma. Emily uses an albuterol inhaler to manage her asthma, but until now she had never missed school because of wheezing. Then again, this was the first time she had witnessed ash raining on our city. The Eagle Creek fire rages Sept. 4 in Oregon. The fire was started by fireworks Sept. 2 and merged with the Indian Creek Fire four days later. By Sept. 29, it had consumed nearly 50,000 acres.
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