To those kurdish units . And other units fighting isis . We need a strategy not to contain isis, but to destroy isis so those young men and women now watching on the internet, suddenly get the message that its not their destiny to go join isis and expand the cal fate. That that is a losing cause. But that change, that takes a change of calculus. On the part of the administration. Are you more optimistic about the iraqi now that the military has taken back ra maddy . I am somewhat because in the past when theyve used the shia militia, the human rights abuses to put it mildly, that theyve inflicted upon village populations have created a huge blowback. So, some of that is moving in the right direction, but we could accelerate this if we listened to those in the field who want the authorization. Id say 75, 80 from what weve heard from the commanders, the flights that go out come back without getting authorization out of wags in terms of dropping their ordnance. Theyve got to get approval
Except that the use of this system has changed in spectacular ways. Increasingly used. In 1992, sort of the middle point, the cold war had just ended, as i said. Soviet union had dissolved. Since 1992, maritime traffic has increased by a factor of four leading up to today. This far outpaces the change in global gdp, which is just shy of doubling. Its increased by about 80 , and so it gives you a sense of how much this maritime system is being used, how accessible it is. And its becoming more accessible, right, for a number of reasons. We are seeing new trade routes open as the arctic Climate Change affects the arctic. This past september the extent of the sea ice in the arctic was almost 30 less than average over most of my career, over those 33 years. And it was the fourth lowest it has ever since we started keeping those records. Today, the maritime route north of europe, northern sea route north of russia, is open to water about two weeks a year. By 2025, scientists predict it will
Few place toss touch base on, overall in terms of weather cant beat it. True. No threats every any icy conditions, the exception maybe up in parts of the lehigh valley, but most areas are staying above freezing this morning. I mean, just feels like spring outside right now. Little breezy. Thats helping to bring in some of the warmer air. Check it out, 44 at the airport in philadelphia, there is l answer town at 29. Up in the poconos, that warmer air just above the surface, 43 at this hour, ooh in south jersey and milville and at the Atlantic City airport, even normally colder suburbs outside the city are in the mid and upper 40s at this hour. We have some clouds over us right now, i can see the moon right now, mid to high level clouds. So we get little sunshine this morning, clouds will thicken up early afternoon. Rain showers right now across western pennsylvania. Theyll pass through mid to Late Afternoon, be out of here by the evening there is wont be anything heavy. It is a fast mov
Flex renewal on 2014 to get to my notes the staff concerns were around two things one that the enrollment projections inclined in the enrollment and their who the threshold that is required for a sfusd facility you have 58 students from San Francisco currently combroltd isnt that correct. Thats correct. And the threshold is 80, and, secondly, staff raised a flag about the budget credits issued by k 12 the company that sells the curriculum that is used by the flexion Academy Every year via mia k 12 issues a credit back if theres an operating deficit so every year this revenue does not meet the revenue cost their issued for the cost of the kroirm. Cumulative credit valued at 5. 7 million under june 20, 2015, we recommend denial of this reauthorization. If i may through the chair the Committee Review Committee Heard this and september it to the full board with no recommendation the Committee Members wanted to have an opportunity if at all possible to visit the school before we came to the
District sets precedent is a expression of a new opportunity and i wish that it would have come to us a a k 5 i think many of us would have given different consideration and going to do a charter process is bumper to bumper but thats not why i want you to do a longer k through 12 because of the process but stevedore having this opportunity to see your school bloom as a k 5 would have been a much better option for me so i wish we could have be able to support commissioner haneys proposal i would have like to see this proposed as a k 5 unfortunately, its an opportunity were missing and as a district that want to be more innovative to provide great experiences for our kids i unfortunately think its a missed opportunity thank you for your hard work i talk about that oftentimes as being courageous and i think this is what youve done and thank you for that. Commissioner racing i didnt. I want to thank mr. Chapman and youll see supporters that come out ill not be supporting this ill explain w