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	<title>Homeland Security Hot Topics</title>
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	<description>News and updates from the Homeland Security Center of Excellence at Pierce College District 11.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Children Evacuees in  Disaster</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1054</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in Newsweek on children and evacuations: 
“Overlooked:  The Littlest Evacuees.”

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		<title>3 More Hurricane Ike Victims Raises Toll to 67</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1053</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Ike death toll updated to 67.
Read about it here: 3 More Hurricane Ike Victims Raises Toll to 67

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		<title>Article on Weapons of Mass Destruction</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1052</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1052#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by J.J.Green, &#8220;Biggest Fear:  &#8216;The Perfectly Hidden WMD&#8217;&#8221;  
Excerpt from the article: 
Homeland Security officials say security upgrades have shut down many of the nation&#8217;s vulnerabilities, making it hard to launch a major terror attack inside the United States. However, the State Department&#8217;s Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Dell Dailey, says that doesn&#8217;t mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WA State CTE Update</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1051</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1051#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CTE = Career + Technical Education
September 2008 Update PDF

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		<title>Bioaerosols, a report</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1050</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1050#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Committee on Determining a Standard Unit of Measure for Biological Aerosols, National Research Council The National Academies:
A Framework for Assessing the Health Hazard Posed by Bioaerosols

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		<title>Asia: Preparing Coastal Communities  For Future Catastrophes</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1049</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1049#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Vision reports: Planet Prepare:  Preparing Coastal Communities in Asia For Future Catastrophes
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		<title>GAO Report on Applying Lessons Learned to Ike and Gustav</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1048</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1048#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1048</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This report report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate:
Recovering from Hurricanes Ike and Gustav and Other Recent Natural Disasters (PDF)

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		<title>BCLC Disaster Assistance and Recovery Program</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1047</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1047#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From The BCLC Disaster Assistance and Recovery Program:
An increasing number of businesses and their partners are interested in redefining the goals of disaster management.
Building on experiences from Hurricane Katrina and other major disasters, BCLC and the companies involved in the Disaster Assistance and Recovery program are working toward a holistic approach to disaster response.
We want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance Schemes in Southern States - Wind Pools and Hurricanes</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1046</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1046#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the article:
&#8220;When Hurricane Ike punched Texas two weeks ago it destroyed more than just buildings. It was a blow to the credibility of public programs offering vast amounts of insurance at reduced prices throughout the coastal South.  These are called wind pools. And Texas has a whopper: Combined private insurers charge discount wind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Combines Emergency Response Agencies</title>
		<link>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1045</link>
		<comments>http://www.pierce.ctc.edu/HomelandSecurity/hottopics/?p=1045#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rockfen</dc:creator>
		
	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press article on California&#8217;s efforts in Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Read it here: California Combines Emergency Response Agencies

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