Paleontologist over the last couple of decades we often started looking backwards in time. One by one we are becoming forward facing individuals, thinking about what they have learned about the past and how it informs the future. Thats the thrust of the recent Strategic Plan we have put out for the Museum Published a couple weeks ago, Natural History of the time if he was there isnt that how we and gym about the Natural World from all our study of the last couple hundred years and played up forward. We are sitting on this incredible moment in human history, been around for 200,000 years and plans on this generation to watch the population curve go to the sky and watch all of the impacts of that Large Population play out around the comments. A lot of us are used to think about what happened 70 million nurses who are now what about the next 70 . Interesting. One of my guiding lights is this guy tim flannery from australia to ive been following for 25 years. Issue of South Australia. I ne
Become australias fourth Prime Minister in just over four years. And a missing activist in the democratic republic of congo. Hungary is set to introduce tougher measures which could see refugees deported. Awes tree i cant and slovakia have become the latest to bring back checks on their boarders. Germanys chancellor said its designed to produce a more orderly flow of people and not to keep them out. But now theres news from brussels that followed an earlier agreement to redistribute 40,000 people from italy and greece for many, the journey into the European Union has only just begun. While grateful for the food, nassan knows he has barely enough time to eat. Were closed theyre going to close the border and not let us in. With all the death and destruction were begging hungary to please let us through. Along serbias border are hungary, theyre running across the clock. Even the wounded must find the ability to continue. After escaping death he decided to get his family out by any means n
Because it would significantly curtail the horrifying practices detect the in the videos we have seen of planned parenthoods operations over the summer. Im surprised to see in the press that only about 49 of the American People have actually seen these videos because they are so horrific that they also i think are shocking and perhaps it is people would rather turn their gaze and look away rather than see the barbaric practices depicted in these videos. Indeed these videos show planned parenthood executives callously discussing the value of an unborn childs organs and it is truly, truly morally reprehensible. I think unfortunately it reveals the dark side of humanity one that prizes the important organs of a life rather than the potential potential that chad could have and i asked myself how to begin here . How did we become so desensitized to this and if theres anything these videos have done i hope it is awaken the conscience of the American People as well as members of congress to r
By the end of 18, well in the army be down to about 233,000 of civilian employees. I havent done the exact math, but its roughly equivalent to the percentage reduction we have in our instrength as well. We cant do what we need to do as an army without these civilians doing it. You were very gracious in noting that, but do have to be in balance. When it comes to the operational force, youve stated it very correctly. Were challenged on all three of those legs right now, frankly. But particularly given the environment that were seeing across the globe and the likelihood of that next unforeseen thing, which is another thing that keeps me up at night, readiness has to be our number one concern at the moment. Weve managed our developmental programs. We have set aside our major acquisition programs for major developmental programs for the 2020s and beyond not because we think thats the best thing for our soldiers, but because its required by this fiscal reality. Rather what wed like to have f
Irans government in the dialogue on postindependence political issues such as boundaries, terms of recognition and economic issues. Our recommendations to the International Community include understanding that i Iraqi Kurdistan is moving towards independence. Work with the Kurdistan Regional government and iraq and other neighbors to support the development of a transparent roadmap and timetable for the possible decision by the iraqi kurds to separate from iraq transparency would enhance stable postindependence relations. We should also provide direct assistance to Kurdistan Independent High Electoral Commission so that the design and conduct of any referendum on independence beats in the national standards, and we should dispatch monitors to verify that the referendum is a free and fair. Secondly i wanted to touch base on the need for a stronger effort against isis in the region. The kurds are key to the fight against isis both in syria and iraq. We were all impressed by the u. S. Eff