Use laptops, how to use tablets, and so, again, we need to position ourselves to be able to do that as well. And i just wanted to add that im very pleased about our goal for the future of the Capital Project for a teen center. I know that at the Richmond Branch its wonderful the physical place. I know at the main branch when my daughter has taken up there to the teen area, it needs to be expanded because i think thats a middle school, especially is the time where kids stop reading and i think that age group from middle school to high school is critical. So, a teen center at a key place where theyre not bothered by their parents and they have their own space is really critical for addressing the achievement and opportunity gap and really making sure that kids and even adults are lifelong readers and learners, too, but thank you for that. Supervisor mar, i cant tell you how excited we are about that. Were staying out of the way in terms of the design. Theyre owning it and they are tellin
About dvds to audio books to ebooks. The trend is definitely on the emedia so were putting more dollars in there. Again, i said that our collection overall is about 11 which is probably one of the strongest allocations in terms of dollars. But we have a very strong print collection that, again, side by side with the ebooks and the elearning, we have a lot of requests for training on how to use laptops, how to use tablets, and so, again, we need to position ourselves to be able to do that as well. And i just wanted to add that im very pleased about our goal for the future of the Capital Project for a teen center. I know that at the Richmond Branch its wonderful the physical place. I know at the main branch when my daughter has taken up there to the teen area, it needs to be expanded because i think thats a middle school, especially is the time where kids stop reading and i think that age group from middle school to high school is critical. So, a teen center at a key place where theyre n
~ for the the other part of this amendment to the ordinance is asking an exception on the grant accept and expend. And weve had conversations certainly with harvey roses office and well hear more about that, but we concur with what theyre recommending on that. So, just to be clear, i think one of the ones was around not having to do accept and expend over 100,000. So, at this point youre in agreement that to insert that back in there . That is correct, that is correct. We still want to establish the gift fund, but in terms of meeting the requirements for 100,000 threshold and reporting back to the im glad to hear that. Okay. So, now i want to close by talking a little about what the library does in terms of socioeconomic equity. There are quite a few areas here and if i can call to your attention, first of all, the area of literacy and learning. We take great pride in having had about 10,000 volunteer hours in tutoring adult learners to read. A project read program is one of the highli
Talks inside the military about increasing air strikes in iraq and possibly beginning limited air strikes inside syria against isis targets. Well get into all of that tonight. Well begin with the latest from here in ferguson. I first encountered officer page, a st. Louis Police Officer, earlier this week. He tried to push us away from our location during a live broadcast. Days of that happened, i received a video that was much more disturbing. Roughly an hourlong rant by the officer speaking to a group called oath keepers. Its a rant that got him suspended. Nick joins me with more. Reporter good evening. These comments were made by one officer while he was off duty and out of uniform. Its these comments that could make things much more difficult for Law Enforcement operating in ferguson. Reporter front and center, a st. Louis county Police Officer on camera making controversial comments about women, gays and president obama. This is kenya. I had my own airplane. I had me a jet. I said,
[ screams ] this was taken during horrific mass killing at a sunni mosque. At least 70 worshippers were shot and 17 others were wounded. They have now walked out of talks aimed at creating a unity government in iraq. Meanwhile, in northern iraq, new video shows dozens of yazidi men captured by isis being forced to convert to islam. The yazidis are one of the of t. And u. S. Forces continue their air strikes on isis fighters in northern iraq. They targeted militants around mosul dam. The dam was liberated from isis fighters earlier this week. We are joined live. And lets start off with the battle. Have the iraqi forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga entered the city yet . What can you tell us . Reporter they have yet to take back control of jalaw la. Of course, they have made huge gains over the past couple of days with intense fighting is happening. They have yet to take the township of 50,000 people as yet. Isis certainly digging in. Remember, they have heavy weaponry, u. S. Weaponry that