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Sometimes you just have to stop and think about how amazing our lives our. I'm currently sitting in a plane headed to LAX at 36,002" (yes, they tell me that). I'm typing on my laptop on our website which is hosted somewhere - who knows physically where. 5, 10, or 20 years ago that wasn't possible. Heck, last year this wasn't possible. We live in a charmed and amazing time in human history.

“Engineer the Future, Sharpen your Competitive Edge” was the theme of this year’s WIE Professional Development Seminar held in White Plains, NY on September 25-27, 2009. I had the privilege of attending Friday night opened with an introduction from the conference organizer, Darlene Rivera, and a discussion on WIE from Karen Panetta, WIE Committee Chair. Karen’s talk focused on the perception of women in engineering and how she is working to change that through her Nerd Girls program at Tufts University.

Region 1 GOLD hosted white water rafting on the Deerfield River and a number of folks from NH WIE-GOLD attended. It was a rainy and dreary day, so most folks rented wet suits or got some really warm clothing. The trip was terrific, with groups of IEEE’ers rafting down class I, II, and III rapids. The highlight of the day was an area called Zoar Gap, which required some skill to navigate successfully. No IEEE folks went in the water thanks to our guides good instructions.