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Monday, July 1, 2002 THE BATTALil Tack He-/ Spence , X A/A I/O AJEEb 3<?/ME Co/iPA\)loX)5Hif! R.PeL AJo, Female CoA'P^aJio/OSH ^7 Vou TH{NK y°0 r.AA) UJH Ip op A a) THA-r5 IT, 503r Co/OEE/ur^^TE. iTi all i^ yoo>R. HEAI> » Bl/DDV/ CAN'T t>o IT Too WA«I) f Jack, Beernuts by Rob Appling GREAT DAY FOR A COUPLE YOU SAID IT MAN. COLD ONES BY THE POOL, SOAKING UP RAYS AND EH, BUDDY? SUCKIN' DOWN SUDS. EXCUSE ME SIRS, BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE. . I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MY ADULT SWIM, AND WAS TOTALLY INTERRUPTED BY THE PRESENCE OF AN ANIMAL IN THE POOL!! NOW BECAUSE I HAVE LIVED IN THIS APART MENT COMPLEX SINCE '98, THAT MAKES ME A SENIOR MEMBER. AND THAT GIVES ME THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS RULE VIOLATIONS TO NON SENIOR MEMBERS LIKE YOURSELVES NOW, EITHER REMOVE THE ANIMAL OR I WILL BE FORCED TO REPORT YOU TO THE MANAGEMENT SORRY DUEY, BUT THAT OUY REALLY WANTS YOU OUT OF THE POOL. .. PLUS, HIS OLD MAN NIPPLES REALLY SCARED IT'S COOL, I KNOW HOW IT IS... I JUST WANTED TO TRY OUT ALL THIS CRAP I BOUGHT AT ACADEMY... WVVW*WUSSCOOKXE COMl Pataki: WTC site to have no commercial development NEW YORK (AP) — Relatives of World Trade Center victims welcomed Gov. George Pataki’s promise that there would be no commercial devel opment on the footprints of the 1 10-story twin towers. “I’m very happy with that stand,” Joseph Maurer, who lost his daughter in the attack, said Sunday.. “I don’t think anything should ever be even thought about being built where Tower 1 and Tower 2 stood. ... That to me is like sacred ground.” Pataki told a gathering of about 400 victims’ family members Saturday that there would be no commercial construction on the land on which the towers stood. “We will never build where the towers stood,” he said. “Where the towers stood is hallowed ground.” Fonner Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who also spoke at the ceremony, said his vision is of “a soaring, dramatic, beautiful memorial that draws people there 100 years, 150 years, from now.” The size and location of the monument to the more than 2,800 victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack has been a contentious issue, with some family members originally wanting the entire 16- acre trade center site to become a memorial. Each tower occupied about 1 acre. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who did not attend Saturday’s ceremony, has suggested a small, graceful memorial might be preferable to a large one. Saturday’s remarks from Pataki were the clear est signal yet that the site of the towers could be left without commercial development. “We’re happy to hear him address the twin towers, but that’s not all of what the families want,” said Bill Doyle, who lost his son in the Sept. 1 1 attack. “We’d like as much acreage as possible.” A committee of victims relatives that is advis ing the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. released a draft of its vision for the World Trade Center site last week. The panel would like to see a memorial complex that includes a visitors’ cen ter, a museum about the attack, a children’s area, an eternal flame and a private area for victims’ families. NEWS IN BRIEF Two men escape from Cameron County prison BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Two men escaped from Cameron County's maximum-security deten tion center near Olmito on Sunday through an opening in their cell's plumbing that led to the roof. The escapees were identified as Jose Luis Mendoza, 29, of Brownsville and Benjamin Leal, 18, of Harlingen. Leal is charged with two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of aggravated assault, county officials said. Mendoza was awaiting trial for charges of auto theft and some misdemeanor drug charges. The escape was the first from the new jail since it opened late last year. Capt. Rumaldo Rodriguez said he could not offer detailed information about the breakout for fear other inmates would imitate the route used. 'The pods in the facility are almost identical to each other," he said in a story in Monday's editions of The Brownsville Herald. 'They (inmates) have nothing but time to think about how to get out of there. Our job is to figure out how to keep them in." Obese kids pose dilemm for many doctors today CHICAGO (AP) — Many children are not being adequately treated for weight problems because many pediatricians and other health workers lack expertise in helping them slim down, a survey suggests. Though faced with an increasing number ot overweight children, many pediatricians anti nurse practitioners say they need more training to over come weight-loss obstacles including a lack of patient motivation, insurance and parental involvement, according to the survey. The eight-page survey involved 940 pediatri cians, pediatric nurse practitioners and dietitians nationwide. Several reports about it are published as a supplement to the July issue of Pediatrics. The 1999 survey is part of an effort by the fed eral Maternal and Child Health Bureau to examine the growing problem of obesity in children and to assess how doctors are dealing with it. National data indicate that about 14 percent of children aged 6 through 19 are severely over weight, a near-tripling since the 1960s. “A lot of pediatricians around the country don’t feel confident that they know how to treat this problem — so they don’t (treat it),” said Dr. William Dietz, who chaired a committee, con vened by the bureau, that initiated the survey. “It is a hard problem to treat,” especially if doc tors don’t start addressing it until their patients become obese, said Dietz, director of the division of nutrition and physical activity at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most survey participants said weight problems in children are a serious medical issue, patients at risk for chronic diseases includiti; betes and heart ailments later in life. The bad is that many may be inadequately addresM: said St. Louis University’s Dr. Sarah Barb I of the researchers. “It’s a very sensitive topic for pediatricia bring up. They worry about offending thefe ly” and causing self-esteem problems child, she said. More than a third of pediatricians andr.J and about half of dietitians said they didn’t treatment in overweight children withnookj related medical problems. And most said the; n’t initiate treatment in youngsters whoi want to control their weight. Dr. Elena Fuentes-Afflick, a San Fran; pediatrician, said it’s not unusual to see; patients’ weight balloon from visit to visit - their parents swear to you that they're not;.] fast-food and that they’re exercising.” “This is clearly not a medical problem! give them a pill and it will go away,” Fid Afflick said. “It's much more complicates; whole family has to be involved. Ifsaven jT trating problem and there is no magic bullet i" More than a third of pediatricians sur l said they had low' proficiency in behavior e agement techniques to help patients loseu;.; 25 percent said they lacked expertise in get parents to help their children lose weighti nearly 20 percent said they were ill-equipi*! help patients become less sedentary. Switch Continued from page 1 that our two universities are partners in competing for Texas in the national arena of knowl edge,” Faulkner said. “It’s very important to realize that the past of Texas was built to a large degree on her physical assets. The current economy is to a much greater degree dependent on brain power and knowledge, and that doesn’t have to be from Texas.” Bowen added that in accom plishing these goals, both schools face many of the same financial and recruiting prob lems associated withbeinp state university. Both presidents enjoyehD | visits so much that Bower? | ! joked about staying inAusti a bit longer. “I think I’ll just Austin],” Bowen said.Ij about you [Faulkner] sta; College Station] for a m Stamps Continued from page 1 is printing millions of 3-cent stamps to help peo ple use up leftover 34-cent stamps. The stamps also can be purchased at post offices, online at www.usps.com/shop or by call ing toll free l-80()-S CAMP-24. The increases affect only domestic mail. The international letter rate of 60 cents for the first ounce to Mexico and Canada and 80 cents to other countries remains unchanged. Besides costs from the anthrax attacks and the Sept. 1 1 terrorism, mail volume has been declin ing in the soft economy, reducing income for the agency that does not receive taxpayer funds for normal operations. However, Congre' approved $675 million for damage and tot: for sanitizing government mail. In an effort to cut costs, the post offi new construction and reduced staff by 1. year and another 8.000 this year. The agency also sought changes in governs its operations in an effort \o get more (l* ibility in changing rates and offering new setvtt However, the House Government Rd Committee rejected proposed legislation by 6 vote last week. Following that defeat the Mailers Council organization of the mailing industry, H President Bush to create a commission toeva- the post office and make recommendation change. EMDSS Continued from page 1 future storms. “There is great uncertainty where the storm might make landfall and how much it might intensify,” Lindell said. “The NHC has a pretty good proba bility of being right when they are forecasting within about 24 hours, but local decision mak ers need to know what’s going to happen 30 hours in advance so they can issue an evacuation alert.” EMDSS is being built in order to address these problems. “Sometimes [the decision makers] cannot even access rel evant information [from the var ious weather service organiza tions],” Lindell said. “Our pro gram is going to compile the most recent data on specific storms from these organizations and historical data on similar storms. “With this data we can pro vide probability numbers on how much the current storm is likely to intensify and where it is going to strike in an easy user- interface for the decision maker. They’ll be able to see the dis play with the information they need. 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