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Texas Legislature
5:14 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Bill To Prohibit Enforcement Of Federal Gun Laws Dies In Senate

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House Bill 928 would criminalize any police officer enforcing a new federal gun law in the state of Texas, and it immediately struck tensions between Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, and Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston.

"I could be for this if you take an amendment I’m going to offer to your bill," said Ellis. "I’m going to offer an amendment to close the 'gun show loophole.'"

"The criminal background checks at gun shows would doom this wonderful bill that we are trying to do right here," replied Estes.

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Education
5:05 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

In Pictures: Edison Students Mobilize Emergency Response For Mass Casualty Drill

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As the exercise begins, medical students rush to administer first aid to victims in the field.
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First aid responders mend cuts and make quick fixes before sending victims on to the triage center.
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Fire fighters with SAFD hook up the fire hydrant.
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Fire cadets spray the bus where the "explosion" occurred.
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After spraying the bus, first responders climb aboard to assess the extent of the damage and injuries.
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The first rescue team sorts out the casualties on the bus.
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Fire cadet escorts an "injured" girl from the bus.
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A fire cadet gets some instruction mid exercise.
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Vicente Salazar, who was on the first rescue team, passes off his gear to the next wave.
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Salazar briefs the next team on the bus situation.
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Fire cadets continue to spray the surrounding area.
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Students load a "victim" onto a stretcher to be carried into the triage center.
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As "injuries" mount and an unexpected second "explosion" happens, the triage area gets a little chaotic.
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Medical students continue to treat the steady flow of "injured" students.
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Triage victims wait for help on the gym floor.
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An Edison High School yearbook photographer documents action in the morgue.
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Alyssa Gonzales (left) and another dental student analyze dental impressions to identifty a victim.
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Dental x-rays to help identify victims.
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Dental students make more impression putty on the fly.
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A "deceased" victim of the explosion is tagged in the morgue.
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"Deceased" victims are lined up on a mat near the morgue.
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Another student get treated for wounds in the triage station.
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Students load an "injured" fire fighter onto a gurney.
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Helicopter lands to take away the "injured" fire fighter.
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Students and paramedics load the fire fighter onto the helicopter.
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A medical student briefs the PIO students on the extent of the fire fighter's "injuries."
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PIOs then must decide what to release to reporters at the scene. TPR's Joey Palacios is pictured.
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Christian Bove, press spokesperson for SAFD, gives the students pointers on dealing with the press.
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Police cadets bag and analyze evidence taken from the scene.
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Edison police cadets take away a "suspect."
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Pablo Chavarria, an Edison Fire Science Management student, talks to the press ahead of the exercise.
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Nearly 300 Edison High School students got hands-on experience with triage and search-and-rescue on Monday morning. A simulated school bus "explosion" was part of a four-hour training exercise at the Public Safety Magnet school. The students played the role of first responders.

It's a scenario that no one wants to see happen: An I.E.D. explodes on an SAISD school bus, injuring several dozen students--followed by a second blast a few minutes later.

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City Government
4:01 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Bernal Gets Support, Backlash On Anti-Discrimination Expansion Proposal

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District 1's Diego Bernal says the city is lagging on anti-discrimination policies and has proposed an expansion to include such groups as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community.
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The San Antonio City Council could soon take up an anti-discrimination ordinance to include additional groups.

District 1 Councilman Diego Bernal proposed a policy that would also be consolidated with other anti-discrimination regulations that he said are scattered about in a constellation of codes and ordinances.

City staffers are researching how to go about consolidating the policies. The council’s governance committee will meet Tuesday and decide whether to advance the issue to the full city council.

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Business & Education
3:26 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Wounded Veteran Turns Injury into Innovation

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Iraq War veteran Gary Walters shows the small the cooling device attached to his prosthesis
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A UTSA engineering and business student team has received the $100,000 prize in the Student Technology Venture Competition for its work on a device to help amputees.

The team developed a cooling device for prosthetics – and a way to market the product.

Before Gary Walters graduated with a Bachelors in Engineering Monday, he and his teammates had already started a company to market the device he designed for his engineering team’s Capstone project. 

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