Now, dealing with a storm like this requires a three-phase approach: preparation, response and recovery.

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It represents an important opportunity to draw on the overall outcomes, achievements, challenges and lesson learned related to the Delivering as One approach, as the pilot phase is coming to an end.

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This targeted approach amplifies the WiFi signal by adjusting the phase of the transmitted signal, delivering stable WiFi connections for voice and video.

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The U.S. is still stalled in the research phase and the ITIF report calls for a federal approach comparable in scale to the Interstate Highway System launched in the 1950s, with national real-time traffic information in the 100 largest cities by 2014 and a mileage-based user fee system by 2020.

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"It so happens that this year, the compounds that represent the kind of novel approach to medicine that we want to develop happen to be in phase I or phase II, " says Dennis Burns , the head of global business development at Hoffman-La Roche , Roche's U.S.-based drug division.

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