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For more than a year, one after another in health care. Some are goodpaying jobs, some jobs are not and theyre not ladder jobs in health care, but you are seeing Health Care Growth there. Food services and drinking places apparently people were going out to dinner and celebrating in december, celebrating maybe the coming end of the world, because of the mayan calendar, but you saw people adding jobs in those areas. Dont we normally see it in december . Its the holiday season. We do and sometimes...

Im tony clark from the carter president ial library. And were glad youre here for all of our programs, you know . Several years ago i was watching a helen mirren movie eye in the sky, and its about Decision Making process for a drone strike. And so when i saw joe book is remote warfare moral, it just seemed like the kind of topic that really needs to be discussed. And this would be a good place to to discuss it. Joseph shapiro is Lieutenant Colonel in the us air force. Hes got a ph. D. In philos...

That really needs to be discussed. And this would be a good place to to discuss it. Joseph shapiro is Lieutenant Colonel in the us air force. Hes got a ph. D. In philosophy from the university of oxford. His areas of expertise are everything from war theory military ethics especially the ethics of remote and autonomous weapons. Hes a senior pilot with more than 1400 pilot and Instructor Pilot hours and many flown in of major u. S. Combat humanitarian operations. He currently serves on the air fo...

About seismic retro fitting. There will be no deck at all. You could fish off the pier. Were not going to let you get that close. We went to moons bar where sports fans were cheering on the giants. People were planning alternates for the big game. Its inconvenient but i dont mind if they are spending time and money making sure the bridges are safe. Detour routes are okay with him. But more serious problem for this man. I cross bridges probably five, ten times a day. Lots. So on a weekend like th...

Bombings. We are looking at the start line. Where the first wave of runners will take off in two hours. And ktvu Claudine Wong is out there this morning. She is in boston. Shes going to have more on the additional security measures taking place. It is monday, april 21st im pam cook. You came back to me, pam. I did. Welcome back. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve paulson is right over there. I remember steve. She came back for me. She came back for you. Yesterday very warm. 80degree temp...

But you have to get beyond what youre used to. As long as people recognize theyre moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the necessary adaptations in their own life, desert communities can continue to live. Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the lo...

Its water usage by about 30 . And thats hugely important in terms of the amount of infrastructure that communitys going to require. Narrator las vegas is one of the fastgrowing areas in the country. Its a relatively new city under constant construction. But because its in the arid mojave desert, the challenge of las vegas is supply. Woman all the growth and everything thats occurred in Southern Nevada has been with Colorado River water. Without it, the west as you know it today couldnt exist. Na...

In order for water to get to ocean much faster. Narrator cities throughout Southern California converted natural rivers to these concrete channels, part of their storm drain systems. This allowed expanding Development Without the need for large flood plains. Kharaghani the Los Angeles River is approximately 51 miles. Concrete reduces the size of the river that you need to carry the water because it speeds up the flow of water. If youd like to remove all the concrete and to have natural system to...

Man the biggest water user in the desert is turf. Turf uses a lot of irrigation and uses spray irrigation, so what weve done here is use artificial turf. Youre never going to be able to achieve the look of back east or the look of, say, california, with subtropical plants, but our landscapes are still lush and use about 30 of what the subtropical landscape with turf would use. Las vegas has adopted a drought tolerant ordinance. Were using less water today than we used five years ago, despite ove...

And everything thats occurred in Southern Nevada has been with Colorado River water. Without it, the west as you know it today couldnt exist. Narrator to sustain their growing community with its limited supply, las vegas learned to be extremely efficient. Mulroy this is a desert, and it has its own beauty, but you have to get beyond what youre used to. As long as people recognize theyre moving to the desert and give up this notion that they have to bring eastern vegetation with them and make the...