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Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, thank you so very much for the opportunity to discuss with my colleagues a pending action in the United States Congress and a plea for civility and fairness.
As I do that, let me acknowledge Equal Pay Day and my support, as I've done over the years, of Congresswoman DeLauro's continued acknowledgment and recognizing of the need to finally put an end to disparities in pay for women. That's what America is all about, and I'm delighted to join my colleagues who have already spoken to the idea of ensuring that we have equal pay. I hope we can pass that legislation.
I also want to raise an issue and offer my concern and expression, if you will, of comfort to the students at Lone Star College. Part of Lone Star College is in my congressional district, and I share that with one of my colleagues in Texas. I just wanted to say to all of the parents and to my colleagues: I have children who have finished college. We support our children, all of our children, going to a safe place and being safe and having the ability to be educated in a safe place. So I express great sympathy. We are not sure of the status or whether or not there has been any loss of life. We know that there are persons who are critical, and we are wishing and hoping for their safety.
We do want to determine the facts, and our law enforcement was there expeditiously. Allow me to acknowledge the Lone Star Police, the police in the surrounding area, the Harris County Sheriff's Department, and the first responders who were there as well.
Today, however, I want to acknowledge that we have a pending crisis, and that is that we have the need to pass sensible gun legislation. Why do I call it a ``crisis''? It is because we are moving toward a day that has been designated by the leadership in the Senate that we would be able to vote on sensible gun legislation. Remember, I've said ``sensible'' gun legislation. So, today, I rise to the floor of the House because I think it is crucial--I think it is imperative--that we find that common path to save lives. That's what it really is about. It is a pathway to be able to save lives.
I am delighted to have one of my distinguished colleagues on the floor. She is the former speaker of the Ohio House, the distinguished Congresswoman from Columbus, Ohio, who will share her thoughts about the pending vote that is coming up this Thursday.
Let me just cite for you that we have heard the commitments and sermons and passion after each tragedy. I remember Columbine. I was here, Mr. Speaker, for Columbine. In fact, I was appointed to a school safety select committee to talk about school safety at that time. Obviously, a lot of us were here for Aurora. Virginia Tech, I was here for that as well and then, of course, Newtown and then cases in between. Many of us are here for the tragedies that we see when we go home.
Just this past weekend in Sugar Land, Texas, an individual who was mentally challenged was shot dead in his house when he came out of his bedroom, Mr. Speaker, pointing a gun at law enforcement officers. Many of you know the tragedy that we face in Texas, which we are still mourning. Two prosecutors and a prosecutor's wife--district attorneys in Texas--were shot dead. Individuals were shot dead by someone who should not have had a gun. Tragically, the individual was released and should not have been released; but more importantly, they were able to get a gun through what we understand might have been a straw purchase--somebody else purchasing the gun for them. So I believe we are no longer at the point when we can have sermons or we can mourn and yet not do something.
Let me thank--I think ``applaud'' is not the appropriate terminology--those parents who flew in Air Force One from Newtown, Connecticut. You can imagine that they are hurting. Tears came to my eyes as I saw them deplane, come down out of Air Force One, knowing that they are still hurting. I heard a quote that said: For some of us, it's months. For those parents, it's one day at a time.
To imagine little ones--5 and 6 years old--whose bodies were riddled, and they are here in the hallways of Congress to be able to ask us: Can we do the right thin that is for the American people?
And I want to answer today a question that I raised: Can we stop the filibuster? Can we resolve the fact that sensible gun legislation does not violate the Second Amendment?
In fact, we protect the Second Amendment. No one has challenged the Second Amendment, and no one has challenged permits for concealed weapons that are in many States. With the tragedy that occurred in Arizona in which someone was using an automatic weapon and had multiple rounds and for those who say, you see, if the good guys had a gun--and in that instance the good guy had a gun and was probably going to shoot the wrong people if someone had not intervened--what we need to do, in essence, is to ensure that we find common ground and do sensible things.
What do I think are sensible things?
Sensible things include universal background checks. I know there are some discussions about family exchanges and one-to-one exchanges among family members. Let me just say, Mr. Speaker, I'm open to reasonable discussions, but we've got to close the gun show loopholes; we've got to close people opening up their trunks on a highway and giving them to someone who is going to wind up shooting in a robbery; or going into an old man's house just like happened in my community last night--shooting an 83-year-old and taking his car--or the incidence, as I indicated, of this individual with mental health concerns; or the bloody killing of a mother's daughter and her granddaughter by what I would say is a crazed ex-husband, who did not need to have a gun.
So isn't it reasonable to think that universal background checks would weed out those who did not need to have them?
We're not going to knock on your door and take any guns from families, but we do hope that you will secure them. I hope that I'll be able to get a vote on H.R. 65, a bill that was taken after an ordinance that I passed in the city of Houston, as a member of the city council--because we have legislative authority--and, in fact, legislation that's the law of the land in Texas, and that is to hold people responsible for not locking up their guns.
I would be happy to yield for a moment to the distinguished gentlelady from Ohio. I just want to pause on that a moment. Let's think about storing guns. I want to thank her for her legislative prowess. We are so proud that she has already come here ready to go, because anybody who was the minority leader of the Ohio House, if you will, is already ready to go. She is already taking charge on women's issues, and she is taking charge on economic issues. I am very proud to yield to the gentlelady at this time.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gentlelady for bringing a sense of passion to this debate. So many of us can remember where we were and how incredulous it was when we heard the news coming, and first we thought this is not real. We couldn't be hearing it accurately. Maybe we were hearing the tragedy of six adults, that already was innocent teachers and principals, but we couldn't imagine you were talking about a classroom, that someone would open the door in a recovery mode and see the carnage that one had to be able to look at. Not to be any more graphic, but so much so that, as I understand it, many could not view the situation.
And so I thought it was imperative to come from Houston today, and before I got on the airplane I stopped at the Konia Learning Center for K-6, and I listened to babes talk about knowing Sandy Hook, raising their hands and about wanting to stop gun violence, and understanding that guns in the hands of teachers would not be the way to go. Having little ones in the fifth and sixth grades explain how fearful they would be to have guns with teachers, not because it was the idea that our teachers are not ones that are loving, but we know what happens with human nature and accidents, guns being taken out of drawers or purses or pockets and what can happen.
Yes, I believe we can have common agreement on increasing school resource officers, however school districts would like to use them. We have very fine police departments for many of the school districts that I represent; and do you know what those chiefs of police told me in an earlier hearing that I had in my district, not one of them, university chiefs of police or school district chiefs of police, wanted to arm school personnel and teachers in the classroom to be able to protect our children. Those were the chiefs of police. I didn't put words in their mouths, and they wanted it to be known that they are the responsible ones for security, not to be able to arm those who in essence would be responsible for shooting a gun, making a decision when to shoot, and then not making a decision right and causing havoc, causing themselves to be shot, or causing someone else to be shot.
As a matter of fact, at a press conference I had on the anniversary Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4 in my district, because we had been having these gun informational press conferences to raise the understanding, we have been working with a group by the name of Moms Demanding Action, thousands of moms across America, we were with them on Thursday, and then we were at the Lighthouse Church this past Sunday when Moms Demanding Action went to the pulpit, honored and recognized Pastor Henderson to talk about Moms Demanding Action to prevent gun violence.
But this little school that I went to, I said to them that I would come and give their message on the floor of the House, that I would tell the President that I was in this school where these children are so bright, private school that it was, alongside a public school, these children spoke well about their fear of gun violence, the gun violence that they see around them and that they want to be in a place where they are safe, and guns they feel do not make them safe.
So I got motivated, and I thank the Senators for informing me, a letter that I received March 22, 2013, from Senator Paul, Senator Cruz, and Senator Mike Lee, and they have now grown to 13 Senators. I know they have good hearts, but the language that I want to read specifically says:
We will oppose a motion to proceed to any legislation that will serve as a vehicle for any additional gun restrictions.
You see, that's wrong in and of itself because we're talking about sensible gun legislation. I don't want to restrict anything. I would like to take that word out of the vocabulary of sensible gun legislation, because I will not restrict you from getting a gun if you pass a background check. I will not restrict you from having guns in your home, but I will hold you responsible for guns that are not locked up. I will not restrict you from hunting. I will not restrict you as a sportsperson. I will not restrict you for a legitimate concealed weapons permit, but I will restrict that dastardly person who went to the door of a Colorado corrections chief and shot him dead because he had a gun that he should not have because we don't enforce, which we should, but add to the idea of preventing straw purchases for that individual for getting a gun because someone purchased the gun for him. Mr. Speaker, that can be blocked.
And the idea of storage, my friends, I'm talking about gun locks. Maybe somebody has a gun lock manufacturing company in their district. Just think what would happen if folks have to lock up their guns, at least the ones that are classic, the AR-15s or the assault weapons that you already have. No one is coming to get those. But the guns that the young man had in Newtown, if only they had been locked up. Many people don't speak of it, but I think she deserves to be mentioned, his mother, who I know had to be a loving mother. I know she cared. She recognized the disturbed individual that he was, and maybe it might have gone another way. Maybe there should have been some other response to his situation, but all you can say is that mother was trying. But look at her, dead in her bed. Guns that were open to someone who was challenged.
So, Mr. Speaker, I can't imagine why we would ignore some of the numbers that I'm getting ready to share with you. But before I do that, let me raise again, if I can highlight what simple legislation that we're asking for: require universal background checks to keep guns out of dangerous hands. Let me be very clear: dangerous hands.
Ban military-style assault weapons.
Limit high-capacity magazines. That was the kind of magazine that was used tragically in Arizona. The individual could keep shooting and shooting, and the only way he was stopped was when he had to reload. Just imagine, 15 rounds, 20 rounds, no reloading. And the individual in Newtown, 155 rounds in 5 minutes before he stopped, taking the lives of so many.
Let me share with you these statistics that impact urban loss of life, rural loss of life, just the enormous tragedy. Take the incident of a rogue cop in California that wound up with weapons of war until he was finally caught, how many people he killed and how many more he could have killed. He had assault-type weapons.
If you speak to the law enforcement community, particularly right after Newtown, people became gunned up to the extent that when I spoke to my law enforcement, they indicated to me that they couldn't even find any guns, that people had bought guns so, so much.
Let me share with you some of these numbers about gun violence. First of all, the number of persons killed by guns since Newtown, 440 in the United States. I'm sure that number is down since the time these statistics were presented: 103 in Texas, 21 in Houston, 57 this month alone; 48,000 people killed annually in the United States. If I might remind you, over 1 million persons, Americans, have been killed by guns since John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., were assassinated.
So let me remind you of that list. John F. Kennedy, assassinated by a gun in 1963; Bobby Kennedy, assassinated by a gun in 1968; Martin Luther King, assassinated by a gun in 1968; and Ronald Reagan, attempted assassination in his first term, and the critical and devastating injury to his press secretary, Mr. Brady, who has committed himself to gun safety, again, not to take your guns away.
I thank you, Mr. Brady. We have had an opportunity to work together. I thank you for what was done, and certainly your legacy of commitment. I thank that legacy.
Then, of course, let me thank Mr. Bloomberg, who is one that has shown his passion, so much so that he has received criticism. Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg. Thank you for standing up and saying that those who would stop gun legislation that is sensible, that they have to have their story told to those around the country and those in their district, for we're not asking for anything. We're just asking for fairness, just an up-or-down vote.
Let me share with you these numbers that I think are devastating. In 1 year, on average, almost 100,000 people in America are shot or killed with a gun. In 1 year, 31,000--and this is from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence--31,593 people died from gun violence and 66,769 people survived gun injuries; 12,179 people murdered; 44,466 people shot in an attack; 18,223 people who killed themselves; 3,031 people who survived a suicide attempt with a gun.
Let me just stop for a moment. How tragic it is that someone would think that the only way out of their misery is by a gun. And it is well known by these statistics that if a gun is near you, if you are near a gun, if you are near a gun, then that leaves you more open to using that gun for violence against others or violence against yourself.
If you make it easy, rather than giving these people mental health services--which I think should go hand in hand with sensible gun legislation, and that's why I'm supporting a number of initiatives and cosponsored initiatives by Carolyn McCarthy, because it is important to find a balance and to be able to work on issues that would balance the needs of our community and mental health services, but also the needs of our community in being protected from gun violence.
I want to restore the Centers for Disease Control's ability that was taken away a few Congresses ago by people who really don't understand sensible gun legislation. They stopped the Centers for Disease Control from doing the research and gathering the statistics on what violence does to America, what the medical cost is, what the psychological cost is. We want to reinstate that so that we can make important decisions.
When I was with these children, one of the things that comes up in the idea of teen violence or the loss of life is that teens pick up guns 87 percent when they are bullied or when they feel someone has hurt them, said words to them, because the gun is accessible. They bring the gun to school, they have a gun, or they engage in gang violence.
Don't separate gang violence and say it's just a bunch of gangbangers. It's gangbangers who are kids who have guns. And the young man that I brought to the State of the Union was a redeemed gangbanger, was shot at 15. He's here today, at 21, 22, about to get married, and shuns guns. But guns were accessible to him. He was already shot at in a drive-by. And then after he's shot at in a drive-by, then there was a point when they got him.
Don't condemn the gangbangers. They've got guns that are trafficked, that are not enforced, that are straw purchased, and they come into places even that have strong gun laws. Why? Because we don't have sensible gun legislation.
And yes, I'm going to agree with my friends on the other side of the aisle, my Republican friends. Let's enforce the gun laws that we have. Who would run away from that? That's a sensible proposition.
Put a resolution on the floor of the House. Let's enforce the gun laws that we have. But join me in voting for universal gun background checks to close the gun show loopholes.
I mentioned this idea of suicide, and let me just finish on this enormous, terrible number. How many of us have read articles, have seen over the last couple of days tragedies that have occurred that have been publicized nationally?
All I can say is, you have a person who is disturbed, who has given up on life, who doesn't have a connection to faith, cannot find their faith leader, cannot get a hug from their family member, and all they think they can do is commit suicide, and they've got a gun.
I venture to say there's probably very limited numbers of those who take a knife and stab themselves. And yes, there are pills. But they have a gun because nobody was there to stop them, they weren't able to get mental health services and they've got a gun. 592 people were killed unintentionally, and 8,610 were shot unintentionally but survived.
There was one time in Houston where every time school was out, little ones, 2 years old, 3 years old, 4 years old, teenagers, accidentally shooting themselves, playing with a gun, taking the gun from under the mattress. Guns not stored.
That's why we passed that legislation in Texas to hold adults responsible for a child that gets a gun and injures themselves, kills somebody, or kills themselves. That's the least we can do for our children.
Over 1 million have been killed with guns in the United States since 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated.
And then U.S. homicide rates are 6.9 times higher than rates in 22 other populous, high-income countries combined, despite similar nonlethal crime and violence rates. The firearm homicide rate in the United States is 19.5 times higher.
Mr. Speaker, we're not gaining anything by being gunned up. Among the 23 populous, high-income countries, 80 percent of all firearm deaths occurred in the United States.
On Thursday, not only should we get a vote, not only should there be no filibuster, but we should win that vote. Win it in the name of somebody in your congressional district that died unfairly because someone who should not have had the gun had it. And I can venture to tell you that background checks will have a sizable impact.
Now, somebody said in 1994, when we passed the assault weapons ban, that it didn't do anything. Oh, there's a big debate. There's a tit for tat. But it is documented that the numbers of killings by assault weapons went down. Of course you can find other ways to kill people, but the utilization of assault weapons went down. That's a victory. That's a victory.
When I had this listening session with my little ones at the Konia Learning Academy, we had pictures of these weapons. Do you know that these little ones that were pre-K could point out that these were machine guns? Little ones. What are we doing to our kids?
They should call it a carrot because they've never seen one. With the violence on TV, we want to talk about that, and violence around them, and the gun talk and the killings on national TV, what do you expect?
Wouldn't it be nice if the headlines came out on Thursday, the Senate makes the first step, sensible gun legislation? Wouldn't that be good? That we came together and we did something that spoke to the anguish and pain?
I was here for 9/11, a memory that none of us will ever forget. And the one thing that I will compare to what is happening with these families is the Ð9/11 families. The Congress felt compelled, after its own mourning and the loss in the Pentagon and the loss in Pennsylvania, we just felt compelled that we had to do something, that the pain of these families scattered all over America, we had to answer them.
We obviously suffered. I remember standing on the steps singing God Bless America. But we put away any opposition to issues that had to be addressed. We put forward a Patriot Act at that time that was bipartisan. We worked in the Judiciary Committee. We handled the privacy issues, because we felt that this was a time for America to shine.
Well, I believe this is the time for America to shine. Gun violence impacts society in countless ways: medical costs, in the cost of the criminal justice system, and security precautions such as metal detectors and reductions in quality of life because of fear of gun violence. These impacts are estimated to cost U.S. citizens--Mr. Speaker, you've got to get up out of your chair on this one--estimated to cost--with a smile on my face, because you stand up and I need to sit down because it's just knocking me down--a hundred billion dollars. And that was 2000. And so it's soaring in medical costs, in fear, in security.
What are we going to do about the enormity of gun violence? Where there are more guns, there are more deaths. An estimated 41 percent of gun-related homicides and 94 percent of gun-related suicides would not have occurred in the same circumstances had no guns been present. Higher household gun ownership correlates with higher rates of homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings.
Mr. Speaker, we have within our power to be able to move forward on sensible gun legislation. I will be asking my colleagues to join me in a letter to send to my friends on the other side of this body to be able to listen to our voices as fellow legislators. And then, as well, Mr. Speaker, I hope the voices of America will ring. I know that my phone will ring for those who are saying, They're snatching our guns away. And I'm going to have a smile on my face because they have a right to express themselves.
But right now we need to put aside our individual political futures, because I believe that when you do the right thing, your future will be bright. And some child will say, Look at America. Look at the red, white, and blue. Look at the country that stands for values that we all are created equal. They didn't come to take away guns. They came to enforce good laws. They came to ensure that guns are not exploited, that loopholes are not walked through and become open caves, and that people are safer in their schools, their homes, their places of worship.
Just think about that. A pulpit. Ministers in my State have been shot dead by guns of disturbed members--because they have guns. And let's make, Mr. Speaker, the mental health system a parallel effort to be able to ensure the safety of us all.
Mr. Speaker, I am hopeful that this brief discussion--and if I may, how much time is there remaining?
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Thank you very much.
I'm so glad the Speaker was responding on that hundred billion dollars. It probably got him out of his chair. I think we're allowed to say those kinds of things on the floor.
I will have a few more points that I do want to make. The number of a hundred billion dollars is certainly a lot, but I want to spend some time on this issue of gun trafficking and to speak about how gun trafficking can be something that we can find ways to come together.
Gun trafficking is dastardly because in jurisdictions like Washington, D.C., strong gun laws; New York, strong gun laws; the State of Connecticut, strong gun laws; and now Colorado, strong gun laws. And my heart goes out to them for the loss that they experienced with the shooting of their head of corrections in a terrible manner, being shot on his doorstep. Also, the district attorney and his wife that were so loved and the other district attorney that was so loved that was shot here in Texas. That comes out of criminals with guns that they should not have. And so forcing a review of our gun laws to stop gun trafficking and to pass legislation that stands in the gap and that speaks to straw purchases--using someone else--and holding people very responsible for doing that is a smart way to go.
The Mayors Against Illegal Guns have a very important point, and that is, when you pass the universal background check as a systematic way to stop felons, domestic abusers, and the seriously mentally ill, that's the answer to people that say it doesn't make a difference. Criminals and other prohibited purchasers can avoid background checks by buying firearms from unlicensed private sellers. That's the back of the trunk. That's the gun shows. Often at gun shows are anonymous online transactions.
If my recollection is correct, the shooter at Aurora got his guns online. How tragic. And in the course of those shootings, we know that little ones lost their lives in that theater. What a terrible thing to come out for a joyous occasion, an exciting night, fiction but fun, and you lose your life and you never get home.
I heard something today that I thought was important. Parents who sent their children to school that morning in Newtown were sending their children to school--it was December 14--with the expectation for celebrating holidays like Hanukkah and Christmas. They were looking forward to hugs and toys. They were looking forward to family dinners. They were looking forward to picking those children up at the end of the day. Mr. Speaker, they did not get a chance to do that.
And so when you have background checks, certainly in the instance of Newtown, a different set of circumstances, both dealing with mental illness and the access to guns. But I tell you what it will do with background checks. It will lessen the horror of those involved in criminal activities.
The private sale loophole undermines the background check system by allowing millions of buyers to avoid background checks simply by going to private sellers. We've got to fix that. And we've got to hold the data. We've got to make sure that our law enforcement can check a national data system so that those who would perpetrate violence cannot go from State to State.
I know that I wanted to pass similar legislation on DNA data for child predators so that a person cannot go from State to State. Now we have the technology and we have the ability to protect rights. But if you are involved in criminal activity and you're in the database on guns, your rights are lessened because we have to save lives.
The Internet has created a vast marketplace for guns, where millions of buyers and sellers can easily identify one another and conduct firearms transactions with no supervision whatsoever. Nearly 12 years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice estimated that there were 80 online auction sites and approximately 4,000 other sites of gun sales. No control whatsoever. The private sellers are literally involved in--maybe not to their own choosing--those guns getting out into the arena and being utilized by others to do harm.
So this is a time when we don't need a filibuster. What we need is a debate on the pros and cons of sensible gun legislation and, finally, a vote that would move us to respond to the pain of so many Americans.
Why shouldn't this be a Democratic and Republican effort? Once the Senate votes on something that has substance to it, why shouldn't our Speaker, Mr. Boehner, also put it on the floor and not block it? The reason is because there was regular order on the Senate side. It went through committee.
But in the instance of Republicans, listen to a 2010 survey by Republican pollster Frank Luntz, who found that 82 percent of U.S. gun owners, including 74 percent of NRA members, support criminal background checks for all gun sales. What more do we want? What are we saying here? That we can't come together on a nonwatered-down gun background check?
Let me speak to why I think that's so important. We have officers around here. This is like a little city. We have our Capitol Police. They wear the uniform. They're here to protect. Law enforcement officers all over America--school law enforcement officers, county and city, villages, departments of public safety, highway patrol, drug enforcement, ATF, FBI, men and women in the United States military--are here to protect. My friends from the Texas Air National Guard, my friends from the National Guard, they're here to protect.
What happens when they lose their lives through some untoward violence that's not on a battlefield somewhere, but right here in their own hometown? What happens when an officer has fallen because someone who shouldn't have a gun illegally has a gun, and we've done nothing about it?
Close the gun show loopholes, stop the gun trafficking, and, most of all, get us universal access to gun checks and background checks. Everybody should be required.
I know that we can't see these clearly, but there is a whole load of guns, and it says handguns offered by a private seller in Tennessee, handguns licensed by a licensed dealer--not checking anybody, though. You got the money, you can just show up. I remember walking into a gun show and seeing children walking around unaccompanied. I believe they should not be able to walk around at a gun show unaccompanied. Long guns being sold by a private seller in Columbus, Ohio. This is what's happening all over America. Probably right, as I'm standing on the floor of the House, that is what's happening. That's why I support Mayor Bloomberg and his commitment to this whole idea of sensible gun legislation. There are currently 18 million assault weapons in circulation, and I don't think most of them are in the hands of the United States military.
I am just going to add these points and come to a close, Mr. Speaker, because this is what pushes the wrong direction; this parts us away from each other. We can't be friends. We can't talk about sensible legislation. And I hate to say it, I don't know how much carnage we have to see. I don't know how much we have to see, how many sirens we have to hear for those of us who live in urban areas, police cars running after ambulances because there's been someone that's been shot.
What I would say to you is listen to the voice of a victim that I met just a couple of days ago. I just want to put this myth out. She was a teacher coming home late at night and somebody came up and said, get out of the car. She didn't know what to do. She didn't get out of the car. She bent down, and that person shot her in the legs. I asked the question, if she had a gun, does she think that she would be able to do better. She said, no, I was too scared; I wouldn't know what to do.
My friends, don't fool yourself that having a gun is going to make it better for you. We've got to lessen criminals having guns; we've got to have background checks; we've got to close the gun show loopholes and people selling guns out of the back of their trunks on a highway somewhere outside of a gun show.
More guns don't lead to more murders. This is myth number one. A survey by researchers at the Harvard University School of Public Health found strong statistical support for the idea that even if you control for poverty levels, more people die from gun homicides in areas of higher rates of gun ownership. You've got a gun, you may be in jeopardy.
The Second Amendment prohibits strict gun control. We all know that that is not supported by the Supreme Court and that we're not talking about taking guns away. We're talking about regulating guns. As many people have said, we regulate insurance. We ask you to have a registration and a driver's license for a car--that can be a deadly weapon--and we have you register it. And we have you have, if you will, a license.
State-level gun controls haven't worked. Scholars Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander recently studied State-to-State variations in gun homicides. They found that firearm deaths are significantly lower in States with stricter gun control legislation.
Myth number four: we only need better enforcement of the law; we don't need new laws. We passed several laws. Yes, we need enforcement; but it is well known that you need to keep guns out of the hands of those who would do harm, and you need to have universal background checks in order to stop the criminals from getting guns, and you need to work on the mental health services so that those individuals cannot have guns. In some States they have that. We're not blanketing everyone; but in certain instances we need to be able to protect those individuals, protect their families from the crazed person, the violent abuser, the domestic abuser who goes and violates a restraining order and has a gun--because they just bought the gun because there's no background check. And you can't check if they have a restraining order.
Sensible gun regulation is prohibitively unpopular. We've already heard of the large percentages from Republican pollster, Mr. Luntz, about the percentage of individuals--Republicans, all Americans, NRA members--who believe in universal background checks, not arming parents and arming, if you will, the teachers who are there to have a pencil and a pen and a chart and to talk about reading, writing, and arithmetic.
So I am humbled today to have the opportunity to speak to my colleagues, but I am humbled by the fact that we live in a democracy. There is something called a ``filibuster''; it's a procedure that's used--not in this body--simply we've got a bunch of Members on the floor that talk, talk, talk, one after another. But we don't have the procedure; the Senate does. As I indicated, initially three of our friends, and now 13, I would ask them--and I would ask the minority leader--I would ask them not to engage.
I would ask the other body to work with us. I would ask the other body to hear our cry. I would ask the other body to think of those who as we speak are being shot by a gun in America by someone who shouldn't have it. I'm asking them to think of the little children from one end of America to the other who were shot with a gun.
For us Washingtonians--and I say that because I am in Washington a lot of the time here in the United States Congress--remember the sniper of a few years ago, the frightening atmosphere of a sniper, a young man and his father; guns they should not have had; killing innocent people along the highways and byways of this region. The sniper.
That's what my message is today, that we have no time--no time--for a filibuster. We may have time for prayers. We may have time for encouragement. We have time for common sense. We still have time for a vote that will pass. And we have time for the House to take up sensible gun legislation.
We still have time to save the lives of little babies. We still have time to save an innocent woman who may be subject to domestic violence. We still have time. We still have time to stop the gang-banger. We still have time to stop the criminal that may have come into your house or come into a bank or accost you on the street. We still have time to keep the guns out of their hands. We still have time.
Who is going to answer the cry to stop the filibuster and stop the foolishness? I ask my colleagues: If it is not us, then who? If it is not now, then when? In the memory of John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America; in the memory of his brother, Bobby Kennedy, former Attorney General of the United States of America; Martin Luther King, in his memory, a man of peace and nonviolence; and President Ronald Reagan, who lived, if it is not in the common sense of those leaders of our Nation and the needs of the children and families across America, then whose voices will we heed?
There is still time for commonsense legislation, and I might say that we should demand, stand up for a vote on this Thursday. I hope our voices--not mine, but our voices--are heard.
Mr. Speaker, I thank you for allowing this time to debate on the floor of the House, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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> there wouldn't be any "if the VPN is up" vs. "if it isn't", other than
> manual reconfiguration.
> I know it's been done before but don't recall how. It's in the
> archives somewhere, and more than one discussion. One thread I
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> -Chris
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All sorts of hearers come to this place, and they will be the first to say, "The preacher should not mention such a subject as fornication." My answer to that remark is, "Then you should not commit such iniquity, and give me reason to speak of it."
- Charles Spurgeon
Spurgeon At His Best
We use a most unfortunate idiom when we say, of a lustful man prowling the streets, that he "wants a woman." Strictly speaking, a woman is just what he does not want. He wants a pleasure for which a woman happens to be the necessary piece of apparatus. How much he cares about the woman as such may be gauged by his attitude to her five minutes after fruition (one does not keep the carton after one has smoked the cigarettes).
- C.S. Lewis
The Four Loves
Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell...
- 1 Corinthians 10:8
There are highly respectable men and women who would never dream of committing an act of adultery, but look at the way in which they enjoy sinning in the mind and in the imagination. We are dealing with practical matters, we are dealing with life as it is...How often do men sin by reading novels and biographies. You read the reviews of a book and find that it contains something about a man's misconduct or behavior, and you buy it. We pretend we have a general philosophical interest in life, and that we are sociologists reading out of pure interest. No, no; it is because we love the thing; we like it. It is sin in the heart; sin in the mind!
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
Concerning homosexuality: This once brought hell out of heaven on Sodom.
- Charles Spurgeon
Spurgeon at His Best
Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor sodomites...will inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
My child, be not lustful, for the path of lust leads to sexual promiscuity; neither be obscene in speech nor have roving eyes, for from all of these are born adulteries.
- Anonymous
The Didache
Since then we are a holy portion, let us accomplish all that pertains to holiness; fleeing from slander, vile and impure embraces, drunkenness and rebellion and filthy lusts, destestable adultery and foul arrogance.
- Clement of Rome
Epistle to the Corinthians
The unclean person makes himself a stigmatic; he brands his body, and leaves upon it a loathsome stain. Other sins comparatively are without the body, by it, not in it; this both...
- William Jenkyn
Exposition of the Epistle of Jude
By Douglas Wilson
Suppose, one afternoon, one of your neighbors came to your door and said something like this.
Terry Morin
Incarnation. Let's see, that's what you do with people when you put them in prison, right? Wrong. The incarnation, that of the
eternal Word of God taking on flesh, is a central truth of biblical Christianity (1 Timothy 3:16). According to the Apostle John, the
doctrine of the incarnation is the litmus test for testing the spirits (1 John 4:1-3). Sounds important. Unfortunately for most of us, the
only thought we give to the fact of "the Word made flesh" is in the context of a commercial and sentimental season called Xmas, now
upon us.
He promises punishment not only to adulterers but to all kinds of fornicators because both depart from the holy ordinance of God, and indeed violate and overturn it by their promiscuity, since there is only one lawful union which is approved by the Name and Authority of God. Since promiscuous and unsettled lusts cannot be controlled without the remedy of marriage he commends it to us and calls it honourable.
- John Calvin
How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I said, "I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches." Let now your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples, and the roof of your mouth like the best wine.
- Song of Solomon 7:6-9
Within marriage, sex is beautiful, fulfilling, creative. Outside of marriage, it is ugly, destructive, and damning.
- John MacArthur
Commentary on Hebrews
"Let the purity of the marriage bed be equally respected by the married and the unmarried; for impurity of every kind is hateful in the estimation of God; and all its perpetrators will assuredly be subjected to the righteous judgment, and will as assuredly meet with the unqualified condemnation, of God." These words are not less applicable to us than they were to those to whom they were originally addressed. From the peculiarities of modern society, especially in large cities, peculiar facilities are afforded both for the commission and the concealment of the sins against which this divine injunction is particularly directed; and it is to be feared that even among the professors of Christianity there are persons who avail themselves of these facilities. If there be any such who may read these pages, in the name of God I assure them that their sin will find them out; and that, however they may cloke these abominations from the eye of man, they must one day be made manifest before the judgment-seat of Christ, and have their final doom determined by that law that declares that "no whoremonger nor unclean person hath any inheritance in the kingdom of God or of Christ." "Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience."
- John Brown
Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:3
In this acceptance of physical sex, the Puritans once again rejected the asceticism and implicit dualism between sacred and secular that had governed Christian thinking for so long. In the Puritan view, God had given the physical world, including sex, for human welfare...Contrary to a popular misconception, the Puritans were not squeamish about physical or erotic contact between couples...the Puritans taught that sex is private, not because it is bad, but because of its inherent nature as a total union between two people who commit themselves to each other permanently...Nowhere do we come closer to the revolutionary core of the Puritans' teaching on sex than in their insistence that married sex is a form of chastity. Catholic doctrine had equated chastity with virginity, a misconception that is still with us...The Protestant poet Edmund Spenser devoted a whole book of his poem The Faerie Queene to a portrayal of chastity, by which he meant abstinence before marriage and "active, honest, and devoted love" after marriage.
- Leland Ryken
Worldly Saints/The Puritans As They Really Were
Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
- Hebrews 13:4
The crucial process of civilization is the subordination of male sexual impulses and biology to the long-term horizons of female sexuality.
- George Gilder
Men and Marriage
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Hello my fabulous JWITs,
I have confession to make. By now I feel like we have known each other long enough so I'm just going to come right out and say it…I downloaded J-swipe. I wish I could say that this was for research purposes only, however, that would be a lie. This act was precipitated by the following various factors:
1. Peer pressure.
2. FOMO (Fear of missing out) What if all my friends meet loads of super hot potential JHs and I miss out just because I'm a stubborn bitch? #Nothappening.
3. Curiosity. Recently, as I have sat next to my friends and watch as they're fingers manically jet across their phone screens from right to left (left mostly)…It wasn't long until I wanted to know what all the fuss was about…so I decided that it was time that I got in on the action.
4. Also let's be honest, valentines day is only around the corner…and those champagne truffles in Selfridges food hall aren't going to buy themselves…
So one thing led to another and before I knew it I was captivated by the endless pictures of Jewish boys (aged 22-27) flashing across my phone screen. This was amazing! I didn't have to put on make up, trek to Bushey, or even have to pretend to be interested in what 'property management' means in order to find my perfect match. I could even do it whilst watching the Kardashians #bonus. I was hooked.
Two things then occurred to me. First of all, why didn't I think of this first? A Jewish dating app…It's so obvious! One word: genius. It cuts straight to the point of what all of us really want to know. Do you keep Kosher (or in other words will it be awkward/will you judge me when I order the Lobster risotto on our first date)? And more importantly that you're single and looking (these things are actually more difficult to discern than you would think) In other words, on J-swipe there are no mixed signals. You either like 'Jacob, 24, reform and 6 miles away' or you don't. And if Jacob likes you back…then mazel tov…match made in J-swipe heaven. I'm beginning to think that maybe I let my ego and stubbornness get in the way and perhaps I was too quick to turn up my nose to the potential that J-swipe has to offer. After all, what could be so bad about an app which sole purpose is to find me some matzah balls for my chicken soup so to speak…
So naturally my next thought was does it actually work and if so, what is the proper J-swipe etiquette? Tactful J-swiping is still a skill I have yet to master. I don't like to think of myself as shallow person but in this case I have decided it is necessary to be strict with your 'right swipe' criteria. First of all choice of profile picture is essential. Under no circumstances must the profile picture be a selfie. Also a good selection of pictures should be taken into consideration…there is nothing that screams desperation more than a picture at the gym…although I have to admit that I do have a soft spot for the travelling snaps. As for descriptions I decided it was better to give you a few examples of what not to do:
Also can we just take a minute to discuss these 'willing to convert' weirdos…I mean are these idiots for real? Yes I have downloaded a Jewish dating app and sacrificed up my self -dignity just so that I can find a nice non-Jewish boyfriend. OBVIOUSLY NOT.
Another downside of J-swipe that has come to my attention is that it lacks the freedom from inhibition and the promise of anonymity that is offered by Tinder. On J-swipe, presumably, everyone who is using it is Jewish. Therefore, it's likely that some of the people who pop up you'll probably already know #awkward. For me anyway this is when the 'J-swipe shame' kicked in. As my finger started to ache after countless swipes to the left I started to once again question whether J-swipe really lives up to it's promise of some good old kosher loving. Swiping is just the easy part…we all know that the real challenge will come when introducing them to your mother.
So for now I'm sad to say that my J-swipe days are over for good. Although my flirtation with J-swipe was fun while it lasted and who knows maybe my perfect JH was only one swipe away…However, I think for now I'm going to stick with the traditional methods. Because lets admit it there's a difference between knowing how to play the J-swipe game and playing the real one…


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Docket: 95N-0304 - Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids
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Joseph back with Chivas to face struggling Revs
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Shalrie Joseph returns to New England for the first time with Chivas USA
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The New England Revolution (6-14-5, 23 points) return to Gillette Stadium to face Chivas USA (7-10-6, 27 points) on Wednesday night and begin a three-game homestand (CSN, 8:00pm ET).
The homestand also will include games with Philadelphia Union on Saturday September 1st and Columbus Crew next Wednesday, September 5th.
Wednesday's match will mark the return to Foxborough of long-time midfield leader, team captain, and four-time MLS Best X1 selection Shalrie Joseph.
Since his surprising trade for Blair Gavin on August 1 after nine seasons in New England, the dreadlocked Grenadian warrior has played the full ninety minutes in each of his three appearances for Chivas but has not contributed to any scoring.
"It's going to be an emotional return, I'm not going to lie about that," the 34-year-old Joseph told MLSsoccer.com. "But I'm not worried about them trading me.
"They made a business decision. They made a decision to let me go and I can't be mad about that. I just have to let it go and concentrate about what's next for my future."
Wednesday's match will be the only 2012 meeting between the two struggling sides.
Under other circumstances, the current crowded stretch of four games in 12 days would mark a crucial push toward the postseason for New England.
But with just one win in their last twelve outings, none in their last eight, and on the tail of a five-game losing streak, the playoffs are a distant dream.
Like the Revolution, Chivas USA last made the playoffs in 2009 and faces a third consecutive disappointing season without postseason play.
The Goats have struggled to score goals, netting only 17 times this year, the lowest total in MLS. The Union field the next most futile offense with 24 goals.
Chivas is coming off a 6-2 thrashing by the Seattle Sounders on Saturday at the Home Depot Center, the only consolation being Juan Agudelo's first goal as a Goat.
Meanwhile, the Revolution surrendered a late goal to Jairo Arrieta and suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 loss in Columbus after taking an early two-goal lead, their thirteenth loss by a single goal.
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Some of the most iconic sex symbols of all time, John Kennedy, Jr., Steve McQueen, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Cary Grant, were all left handed." Melissa Roth, The Left Stuff
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For your Valentine this year, pick a lefty. Among their many advantages over the right-handed majority, left-handers may in fact be better lovers and life partners.
In "The Left Stuff: How the LEFT-HANDED Have SURVIVED and THRIVED in a RIGHT-HANDED WORLD", now out in paperback, lefty writer Melissa Roth makes a strong case for the superiority of left-handers in an astonishing range of skills.
But what do people really want in a lover?
If you're in search of a heartthrob, there are plenty to choose among. Though lefties are only 10-15% of the population, they show up in far higher percentages among famously beautiful and handsome actors. As Roth tells us, "Some of the most iconic sex symbols of all time, John Kennedy, Jr., Steve McQueen, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Cary Grant, were all left handed." Though the majority of lefties are men, lefty women stars form an impressive list - Angelina Jolie, Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, and Scarlett Johanssen, to name a few.
What if athletes turn your key? Studies have shown that athletes have tremendous sex appeal (as well as lots of partners). Lefties are often athletic, and enjoy outstanding success at certain sports – baseball, tennis, ice hockey, soccer, boxing, and fencing, for example. From baseball giants Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth to tennis star John McEnroe, the Brazilian soccer player Pele, and NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr., the list of lefty athletes at the top of their fields is highly out of proportion to their numbers. Roth takes us through a fascinating set of probable reasons for left-handers' athletic prowess.
But what of ordinary folk? Left-handers are considerably better at reading people's emotions or understanding their partners' body language. Lefties' brains are wired so they tune into non-verbal communication far more than verbal. Among psychiatrists, left-handers are disproportionately represented.
Even more important may be the left-handers' penchant for being both creative and unconventional. In a relationship, this pair of traits can lead to having fun in many ways, including love-making. The same pair help to keep a relationship interesting over the long term – a big advantage when considering a life partner or co-parent.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, there was great prejudice against left-handers. They were not considered to be desirable mates, and their percentage of the population declined. But in the 20th century, as minorities of all types came into their own, the taboos and superstitions about left-handedness largely faded away, and the percentage of lefties began to surge.
If you're lucky enough to have a left-handed Valentine, now is the time to let them know how much you appreciate them! "The Left Stuff", as well as the world's biggest selection of left-handed gifts, is available online at Leftyslefthanded.com, or at Lefty's stores in Pier 39, San Francisco, or The MarketPlace at Downtown Disney, Walt Disney World Resorts, in Florida.
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David Beckham has revealed his daughter's name was inspired by wife Victoria's favourite book.
Posh and Becks named their new arrival Harper Seven after her delivery by Caesarean section in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The unusual name provoked lots of discussion, and David has given his version of how it was chosen in a video posted on his Facebook page.
He said: "A lot of thought goes into our children's names. And Harper was a name that we've loved for a long time for a couple of reasons.
"One of them is that Harper is an old English name which we love. And the other reason is that Victoria's favourite book is To Kill a Mockingbird. The author was Harper Lee.
"It's a very strong passionate book."
And Becks revealed there were more reasons for Harper's surprising middle name than just his England and Manchester United shirt number.
He explained: "A lot of people have just assumed it's my shirt number, which I wore for many years - and part of it is.
"I had so much luck around wearing that number wearing it for England and Manchester United. It was such an influential number throughout my career and a lucky number. But that wasn't the main reason.
"The other reason was because it symbolises spiritual perfection. Seven wonders of the world. Seven colours of the rainbow.
"And in many cultures of the world it's regarded as a lucky number. So we love the name. We love Harper Seven and are very proud of having her in our lives and in our family. It's an amazing time."
Harper joins David and Victoria's three boys Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, eight, and Cruz, six.
And the clearly delighted new dad, 36, is enjoying his family's expansion.
He said: "We love the name, we love Harper Seven, we're very proud of having her in our lives, in our family, and it's an amazing time for our family right now."
The LA Galaxy ace, 36, said that having a girl in the family was "really incredible".
He said: "We have three beautiful healthy boys already and are so lucky to have that. And now to have a beautiful girl, having a daughter is a whole new thing.
"Having pink and lilac in the house. You have to be lot more delicate with girls than with boys. I am not used to that so it's a whole new experience but an amazing one.
"To have that little bundle of joy in your hands and her making her little noises and opening her eyes. It really is an incredible moment for us."
Watch the video on David Beckham's Facebook page
Posh, 37, welcomed Harper into the world at 7.55am on Sunday.
Speaking on Twitter yesterday, Victoria said: "Baby Harper is the most beautiful baby girl I have ever seen, I have fallen in love all over again.
"We all feel so blessed and the boys love their baby sister so much."
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Subject: Re: [NORCAL] James Truman Anderson
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:51:53 -0700
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I can do it in two weeks, let me know.
I receive about 200 emails a day. Without the prior email or copy of the
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Just send the message back with the original information and I will try to
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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:44:35 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [NORCAL] James Anderson
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Hi All,
Could someone out there do a obit lookup for:
James Truman Anderson (born: Huntington) Born 5/24/1905 Alameda County Died
9/18/1981 Butte County
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Source: California Invasive Plant Council
URL of this page: http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/management/plant_profiles/Carduus_nutans.php
Carduus nutans (musk thistle)
Carduus nutans
Photo courtesy Joseph DiTomaso
Carduus nutans (musk thistle) is a biennial or winter annual (family Asteraceae) found in disturbed open sites, roadsides, pastures, annual grasslands, and waste areas, but is mostly limited to the Klamath and Cascade Ranges, northern Sierra Nevada, and Modoc Plateau in California. Previous populations in southern California were eradicated.
Cal-IPC Inventory rating: Moderate
Cal-IPC Resources on Carduus nutans
- California Invasive Plant Inventory Plant Assessment Form - Information gathered by Cal-IPC on the impacts, rate of spread, and distribution of invasive plants in California. Does not include management information.
- CalWeedMapper - Statewide maps, climate models, and reports.
- Cal-IPC News - Articles from our quarterly newsletter. Each issue is available as a pdf. List of articles on Carduus nutans.
- Cal-IPC Symposium Proceedings - Presentations and papers from our annual Symposium. List of articles on Carduus nutans.
Cal-IPC News Articles
- Brusati, E., D. Morawitz, et al. (2011). Prioritizing Regional Response to Invasive Plants in the Sierra Nevada. Cal-IPC News. 19: 4, 5, 10.
- Richardson, B. (2004). The A-rated north. Cal-IPC News. 12: 4-5,14.
- Donaldson, S. (2003). Fighting weeds in the Tahoe basin. CalEPPC News. 11: 7.
- Pitcairn, M. (2000). All weeds that have approved biological control agents, accidental introductions and others. CalEPPC News. 8.
Cal-IPC Symposium Proceedings
- Smith, R. L., V. F. Carrithers, et al. (2006). Managing rangeland invasive plants with Aminopyralid (MilestoneTM). Cal-IPC Symposium. Rohnert Park, CA.
- Carrithers, V., B. Miller, et al. (2005). Aminopyralid: A new reduced risk active ingredient for control of broadleaf invasive and noxious weeds. California Invasive Plant Council Symposium 2005. Chico, CA.
- Smith, L., M. Cristofaro, et al. (2005). Status of new agents for biological control of yellow starthistle and Russian thistle. California Invasive Plant Council Symposium 2005. Chico, CA.
- Donaldson, S., W. West, et al. (2003). Getting the job done: Working within the regulatory environment at Lake Tahoe to manage weeds. California Invasive Plant Council Symposium 2003. Kings Beach, CA.
- O'Connell, R. A. (1999). The state of California's noxious weed eradication programs. California Exotic Pest Plant Council. Sacramento, CA.
- Pitcairn, M. J. and D. M. Woods (1998). Control methods: Biological control. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium '98. Ontario, CA.
- Carrithers, V. F. (1997). Using Transline* herbicide to control invasive plants. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium '97. Concord, CA.
- DiTomaso, J. M. (1997). Risk analysis of various weed control methods. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium '97. Concord, CA.
- O'Connell, R. A. (1997). Hydrilla: A case study: The state of California's noxious weed eradication programs. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium '97. Concord, CA.
- Chornesky, E. A. and C. M. Palmer (1995). Use of biologically based methods to control pest plants:Issues related to federal research, regulation, and implementation. Proceedings California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium '95. Pacific Grove, CA.
Other Resources on Carduus nutans
- USDA PLANTS database - Federal database with information on identification and distribution, and links to websites in individual states.
- Jepson Online Interchange for California Flora - Information on taxonomy, biology, and distribution from the UC Berkeley Jepson Herbarium.
- CalFlora - Distribution information by county based on submitted observations and herbarium specimens.
- The Nature Conservancy Management Summary - Information compiled by TNC land managers. Photos included for some species.
- Encycloweedia - Plants rated as noxious weeds by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
- CalPhotos - Images of plants taken mostly in California.
- Natural Resource Projects Inventory - State database with information on resource management projects throughout California. Query by the species of interest.
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31 May 2016
In the past 10 years the EU has identified and effectively banned the use of 20 dangerous chemicals. That must be seen as a degree of success for the burdensome Reach chemicals registration, evaluation and restriction legislation.
An enormous amount of data have been collected under Reach, most available for public scrutiny. But companies still struggle with their Reach registrations, and many do not get them right.
The purpose of Reach is to protect the health of EU citizens and the environment. In that respect, it was always seen as a long-term programme that might identify early substances which, in use, potentially have significant public health effects.
Based firmly on the so-called 'precautionary principle', the legislation (it is a 'regulation' that fell onto the statute books of every country in the EU as soon as it was ratified by the European Parliament and EU member states), and accompanying classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) rules, tidied up a raft of applicable laws.
Ten years on, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) can rightly claim success in the degree to which the EU's chemicals health, safety and environment legislation is working. It has a few suggestions for change, however.
It is true that individuals and the EU member states know a great deal more now about chemicals and chemicals safety than they did 10 years ago. The ECHA claims that companies do also.
In its second five year review of Reach it says that the most dangerous chemicals are being removed from the EU market. Some substitutions are being made. (Members of the general public might realise that mercury is no longer used in thermometers - its use has been banned. The use of lead in jewellery is banned also).
Companies buying and selling chemicals in the EU also now know a great deal more about how a host of chemicals are used in industry, in commerce and elsewhere in the economy. Some of those uses were well-charted before the idea of Reach was conceived. Others, however, were brought to light as producers got to know more about consumers, possibly well-removed from them in the market, and vice versa.
The Reach information collection exercise can be said then to have worked as it has opened up the debate about chemicals use and brought into the foreground the importance of chemicals in the EU economy. Competent authorities in various member states have raised important issues of continued chemicals use. The challenges made to the continued use of what are believed to be endocrine disrupting chemicals and, increasingly, to certain nanomaterials, are cases in point.
The ECHA now has information on 120,000 chemicals. Substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in the EU number 168. Of these, 31 require authorisation in use and we have the new restrictions on the use of 20 chemicals.
That is some change compared with the situation before Reach came into force, when chemicals control seemed to have become bogged down in extensive testing regimes and progress on chemicals control globally appeared to have slowed to a crawl. Chemical producers appeared extremely reluctant to share the data on chemicals they possessed on chemicals safety data sheets
"Chemicals are used more safely, leading to higher protection for people and the environment," the ECHA said last week on release of its second five year review of Reach.
The trumpeting of the success of Reach, however, was not made without caveats.
The ECHA has made 56 recommendations on how Reach might work better and on what more needs to be done to improve chemicals safety.
There are concerns about nanomaterials, so the data collection and reporting and classification requirements surrounding these substances needs to be clarified. The legal requirements should soon be outlined by the European Commission.
Reach appears to be doing what was expected of it as far as industry is concerned but is the consumer better protected? Apparently not when it comes to the products consumers buy. Companies are required to inform the ECHA about SVHCs in products but few do so, especially importers. That suggests that opportunities for exposure persist when they should not.
"Importers especially need to take their responsibilities seriously and notify ECHA about the effects their products could potentially have on consumers," the ECHA said.
There are discrepancies when it comes to classifying chemicals, however. 'Hazardous to human health' is one example where the ECHA wants companies to be obliged to conform to closer definitions. In other words, the same classification should apply to the same substance.
And companies have to realise that this is a dynamic process and that there should be more clarity around when registrations need to be updated.
The ECHA also wants the data it has collected to be put to the best use possible.
It should provide the basis for better harmonisation between Reach, CLP and other EU legislation, it says.
By 2020 it wants "all relevant and known substances of very high concern identified and addressed".


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Yes wonderful
So Stan, my year old tabby was doing fantastic. picked it up quick and made it to stage 3 in no time. it seems he has had a tough time going number 2 in the toilet assuming his poop is too hard. he knows hes suppose to go in the toilet but only does it when im home and can force him into it. my concern is with the plumber that just left my house... yes all my pipes backed up from the litter being flushed. so back to litter box we go. and ill be throwing the litter kwitter in the trash... unless of course someone knows of a flushable litter or more instruction on what should be done cause yes it saves money on litter but in return you may get a nice fat bill from roto rooter.
What kind of litter did you use? Did you flush it all down the toilet everytime you cleaned the LK?
If he is constipated it might help giving him some olive oil or paraffinium liquid from the pharmacy...If the cat is constipated he might feel pain when he is on the toilet and might connect that negative feeling with the LK.
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sWheat Scoop is flushable
It is made of wheat and I've had no issues flushing. I would suggest the red ring or amber ring, where there is more litter space, for moving the kitties over to it. It can take several days of "mixed" litter to get an adjustment.
Gotta say, don't see how it's the LK's fault that you apparently used non flushable litter, but hey.
That being said...
Ive read that materials for flushable cat litter include wheat starch, whole-kernel corn, processed corncobs, wood pulp, peanut shells, orange peels, and recycled paper. originally i was using "The worlds best cat litter" then because of last minute need for litter i purchased "Arm and Hammer Essentials nature" which is made of "Natural Biodegradable corn fibers" I also have looked online for other "flush-able" litters and when I've read the back of the bag for each at the store it states not to flush.
I don't usually clean the LK into the toilet tho Stan does knock litter into the toilet and if the trash is full i will just sometimes throw it in. if its flush-able i don't see why it would matter tho.
Flushable Litter
We started a couple weeks ago with LK. We bought Jonny Cat Litter Ultra and it is flushable! It says right on the container that it is flushable in residential plumbing systems that meet the residential plumbing codes, but it also cautions to flush after 2 scoops. We flush every time we clean the LK and so far so good. It would be a shame to give up on the LK but I don't blame you for being hesitant after paying a big bill for plumbing. Just wonder if what you used was less flush friendly than this Jonny Cat flushable litter.
Litters meant to be flushed will say "Flushable" on the bag, usually in big letters because it is a selling feature. We use Swheat Scoop, which is advertised as flushable, and have never had plumbing problems.
Yeah, forgive my 'short' reply. I understand you're probably already in a bad mood due to the bill, and could do without snarky replies. I know people come here for advice, but I just found it very odd that your piping is all backed up if you've been using flushable litter - and from what you're claiming, hesitantly flushing too.
If you're actually using flushable stuff, then this flat out will not happen. It's why I'm so certain it's you, not the LK. :P
Most of us have been training for 6 months or more - that's a LOT of litter knocked down a toilet - and never had issues. Before Kimura was trained, he would literally scratch the entire amber tray of litter into the water three times a day - and we have never had a single problem. As Aurora said, most litters will clearly and proudly state on their bags whether they're flushable, as it's a good selling point for them. Don't go by your 'knowledge' of what a flushable litter 'SHOULD' contain. Buy the 'loud and proud' stuff.
Non-flushable cat litter, as you've learned the hard way, can and will VERY swiftly block your pipes - usually within a couple of days.
I quickly googled your litter type, and found this thread:
This post may be of interest to you.
"Arm & Hammer "High Performance" NOT flushable
Just bought this stuff at PetsMart today (it's now called "Essentials"). I opened the bag, gagged, and stapled it back up. It's goin' back to the store. Smells absolutely disgusting.
It's a definite disappointment because it's nice and soft and light. I think my cats might have liked the way it felt, and it's made of corn cob so it would have been safe for them to breathe/ingest. It is not, however, flushable, so you folks who've been flushing it might want to stop until you call A&H and ask them why their supposedly "natural" product is marked as not being flushable.
So, in short, the litter you chose was non flushable and clumping .. I guess the hardest mistakes are the ones we remember most. (And pay the most for!) Although this is offtopic, I wouldn't suggest swapping litter type mid-training either! I see you say it was an emergency, but still!
There are existing threads for what type of flushable litters some people use.. I'll find an example for you.
Feel free to use the search function if there's nothing here that is available to you, as there's plenty more threads of that nature. Sounds like your cat was doing pretty well, so would be a shame to throw it in due to an unfortunate mistake on your part! Of course, if you've made your mind up about giving up, then that's fair play too.
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Detective Benjamin Gaughenbaugh suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after struggling with a drunken male at the railroad depot in Beardstown, Illinois, on an excessively hot day. Detective Gaughenbaugh was able to place the subject under arrest and walked him to the Beardstown Police Department. As he was waiting to book the suspect, he suffered a heart attack and collapsed.
Detective Gaughenbaugh had been in law enforcement for 12 years while serving as a four-term sheriff of Appanoose County and a guard at the Fort Madison Penitentiary, both in Iowa. He was also a Canadian military veteran and served as a sniper in World War I. Detective Gaughenbaugh was survived by his wife, daughter and father. He was buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Centerville, Iowa.


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I seen a lot of horror stories about glomping, tackling, etc. So I thought about making a panel for ways to be aware, good things to remember to keep yourself safe, (having mace is a no no but telling someone nicely not to grope you is ok,) and what to basically do at a con that would make it fun for not only yourself but others.
Anyone have any thoughts, ideas, want to co host, interested in this panel, etc.? It was going to basically be a hour of this.
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Questions Specific to VIRxSYS' Proposed Clinical Trial
1. Is the VRX496 vector proposed for use in the clinical trial by VIRxSYS designed and manufactured in a manner to sufficiently address safety concerns relevant to generation of RCL? Please consider that the vector will be used in HIV-positive subjects.
How does the use of a transient transfection system vs. a stable packaging cell line for vector production affect the rate of recombination in a manner that would sufficiently compensate for the use of one plasmid to encode all helper functions?
2. Please discuss whether any additional safety testing of VRX496 should be performed prior to initiating the proposed clinical trial. In particular, please discuss the following:
3. Please discuss whether vector mobilization is considered an advantage or a safety concern for the proposed clinical trial? Please consider the following:
4. Please discuss whether there are any additional assays that should be used for safety assessment of the subjects in this clinical trial. In particular, should VIRxSYS monitor HIV variants present in the subject prior to and after treatment?


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According to digger parlance it was "off-colour," and, therefore, not excessively valuable.
I don't want any of your off-colour stuff from the Drones' smoking-room.
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GENEALOGY-DNA-L ArchivesArchiver > GENEALOGY-DNA > 2010-11 > 1289442804
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Updating? I see that it is back, but I haven't noticed any changes, even when I use my refresh button.
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Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Group
To form a coordinated program for PBL research and promote the transition of results for NOAA research and operational uses.
The increasing complexity of environmental problems and the difficulty of translating fundamental understanding of PBL processes into information and products useful to The Nation has place new demands on the research enterprise at the NOAA Ocean and Atmosphere laboratories. Because PBL research is distributed across ETL divisional structure, a cross-cutting PBL theme group was formed to achieve a more organized, holistic, and integrated lab-wide attack on the problems. Our goals are to both advance the state of scientific knowledge and to advance the application of that knowledge.
PBL research at ETL draws on our unique strengths in surface-based remote sensing, which is ideally suited to investigate processes near the surface. PBL research at ETL traces it roots to the original Kansas and Minnesota field programs of the late 1960's and early 1970's when the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory (AFCRL) PBL group moved to Boulder and joined what was then the NOAA Wave Propagation Laboratory (now ETL). The construction of the 300-m tall tower at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) and the early application of mobile Doppler sodar, lidar and radar systems to various national studies of air quality, weather, and climate established ETL's pre-eminence in this area.
PBL research at ETL is conducted in a spectrum of organizational levels from individual research projects funded by external agencies to highly managed programs jointly conducted with other Ocean and Atmospheric Research (OAR) laboratories, the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), other national laboratories (NCAR, LANL, etc), U.S. universities, and international research organizations. Work is done at virtually all time/space scales relevant to NOAA's mission from how evaporation of sea spray influences the growth of hurricanes, how PBL processes affect urban air pollution, the stability of the Arctic ice cap, and the role of air-surface transfer in the long term carbon cycle of the earth.
Remote sensing is the cornerstone of PBL research at ETL, but the program is quite diverse with significant efforts in theory, parameterization, numerical modeling, in situ measurements, integrated systems, and fundamental technology development. Our work impacts NOAA strategically through, for example, parameterizations implemented in operation weather forecasts to new technologies for the global observing network. Implementation of the next generation operational weather forecast model (WRF) at ETL will form a second cornerstone of this effort.


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You are looking at my favorite Florida sunset picture out of all the ones I have taken. While I love the beauty of Florida I have discovered as I travel around, that Florida is not the only beautiful place in the world. The sunsets on the sea are not the only way God expresses His … [Click to read more …]
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Have you ever been part of a musical group of some kind – like a choir, band or orchestra? Making music together is an amazing experience. Practicing together somehow brings the members together into almost a single organism. Each person has their specific part to play or sing. It may be similar to someone else's … [Click to read more …]
A friend of mine tells the story of the time when he was on a train filled with other academy students, returning home for a term break. It was one of those trains where the carriages comprised individual compartments, called "dog boxes" in Australian parlance. Students, being students, were making the most of these dog … [Click to read more …]
"Live in harmony with one another…" Romans 12:16, NIV I enjoy concerts. I marvel at how many different instruments in an orchestra can blend together to produce something of great power and beauty. I also thrill at the many different voices that blend together to produce the majestic strains of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." Whether it … [Click to read more …]
"At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life." Matthew 27:51-52, NIV Have you ever told someone that you were spiritual but not religious? Or … [Click to read more …]
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Twitter launched Vine, a video-sharing social network, back in January. The application has become very popular and continues to gain traction among users.
A new jailbreak tweak dubbed VineDownloader by iOS developer Stevie Hetelekides now gives users the ability to download any video that they see in their Vine news feed. Shown above, the user can tap on the three-dot ellipsis at the bottom of a post to bring up a new Save video button.
Upon tapping on the button, the video will begin to download to the users Camera Roll. After finished, the user will get an alert that acknowledges the download and tells the user that the download has finished successfully. The saving process is very smooth and quick.
Afterwards, the user will find the video that they download in their Camera Roll among all the rest of the user's photos and videos:
The tweak adds a preferences pane to the Settings application where the user can enable and disable the tweak on demand; however, the tweak has no other options to configure. To use the tweak, you will need to have the Vine application from the App Store installed on your iOS device; the tweak will not install the application for you. If you would like to give VineDownloader a try, it is available on Cydia's BigBoss repository for just 99¢.
Name: VineDownloader
Price: 99¢
Version: 0.0.1-29
Requirements: Vine
Repo: BigBoss
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Hi all,
I have recently created a small CMS using php and MySQL and my client is complaining that the page is timing out too quickly for him, as he basically starts typing an sometimes goes away to verify info and maybe take some pics.
I def havent set the timeout of the page, so there nothing there controlling it, so wondered how would I go about handling this timeout length.
Are you referring to the fact that his session expires and he is logged out while writing his page?
One thing you could do, is convert from using $SESSION to $COOKIE and setcookie(). Another alternative is to extend the session lifetime.
Yes and no, as it doesnt time out as he is typing i dont think, I think its when its inactive, as he pops off to do something else having already started typing somethng into the admin a while back.
But yes when he comes back and carries on typing, and clicks submit, rather than it uploading it goes straight to the log in page instead, having been logged out
The idea here isnt to stop his session from timing out - it's to hold his entered data while he logs back in, and then pass that data back in.
If your system detects a timeout (No session value);Start a session (should be done anyway)Serialize $_POST as an item (i'm gonna call it 'formdata') in the session.Save the target page as another session variable. (if your login form is using PHP_SELF, you dont need to worry about this)Present login page.
Now the login parser needs a bit more logic.If the login was successful;Unset the login post variables;Unserialize anything in $SESSION['formdata'] back into $POST (yes, this is naughty but it works)load the page as normal.
OK I see yes, i will give this a go and may return.
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The Reds farm system is a little thinner then it was a couple of months ago because of some trades but the Reds still have some prospect talent. Kevin Goldstein unveiled his list of the top eleven Reds prospects and you have the big two, then some supporting characters. Topping the list is Billy Hamilton. The second round pick in 2009, Hamilton had a nice showing for Dayton last year and he should move up to High-A next year. This guy is fast and he's the shortstop of the future it's just going to take a couple of years.
Devin Mesoraco comes in at number two and after making his Reds debut, he should break camp with the club where he'll catch with Ryan Hanigan for the year. He doesn't have a lot left to prove in Louisville and he's probably not in the same league as a Brian McCann, but hopefully he'll give the Reds some stability at the position.
ZacK Cozart is third and he's also a shortstop. He's further up the chain then Hamilton and he might hold the fort for them the next couple of years and hopefully he'll work out as the Reds starting shortstop in 2012. Robert Stephenson (RHP, several years away) and Daniel Corcino (RHP) round out the top five.