Winter break. Some ways to keep your kids busy while theyre out of school. Without spending any money. First on 13. A black lab in fort dodge is recovering from severe burns this morning. And Authorities Say one of the owners intentionally injured the dog. That owner is 52 year old gary wilson. Deputies arrested him early yesterday morning. Hes charged with animal torture. An aggravated misdemeanor offense. Under iowa law the only way to have a more serious offense is have a repeat offender. Deputies say wilson threwot grease on bob. Back in november. The dog experienced third degree burns all over his body the burns went untreated until wilsons estranged wife picked him up. And she says its not the first time wilsons acted violently. A history of Domestic Violence and animal abuse now. Kind of go hand in hand. We are going to get justice for this, i dont intend to stop. Deputies say wilson has posted bail. But he could face up to two years in jail and a fine of more than six thousand
This is true because of the incredible success the Broadband Program has had across the country here and at the Brooklyn Library amazing things. Making Great Strides and addressing the digital skill divide. Many of us are wondering where the additional funding is going to come from . I should take a moment on the Digital Literacy spectrum to talk about the room we are sitting. This is a digital commons. It provides us through an increasingly sophisticated set of tools, faster connectivity. It cost around 34 million and how can we build more because we know the need is there. I am hoping the panel will talk about this. It is my pleasure to introduce the director of Library Services. Susan has done so much in her tenure to elevate libraries in the consciousness and we owe her gratitude and will be sorry to see her go. Susan, please, thank you. [ applause ] i would ask our gentlemen, the two toms if you dont mind joining me on the stage. Good morning, everyone. Well it is so wonderful to
Accountability institutions of the u. N. , there are three of them. There is the Ethics Office, where comes to whistleblower protection. There is an office of internal wersight services, to which referred, the inspector general, and the third is the justice system. Each one of these is broken in some way. Office, if we just look at the evidence, of the numbers, and i get these from the Government Accountability project, which is representing me in terms of advocacy here in washington and elsewhere, and we have the president here in the audience , there have been since the establishment of the Ethics Office in 2006, as i ever been told, 2013, there have been more who 300 whistleblowers and have come forward to the Ethics Office. Of those, the Ethics Office reviewed 99, and they found retaliation in only two cases, two. Mine is not one of those two. They turn down my case for but that is an astonishingly low percentage. 2 or depending on what your denominator is, but it is a very, very l
Was always on hiring. Increasing hiring. And i think that there are some aspects of the Affordable Care act particularly higher up the income ladder that the and on businesses, that they are reluctant to hire to the extent that they might have given the uncertainty or the requirements in the program. And thats just very difficult for people who are on welfare programs trying to help low income people get into jobs. Because, sometimes those jobs are discretionary hires. You know they may not really need them or may not want to necessarily do it but they need to have an environment where theyre comfortable and happy and positive about hiring people of all kinds of skills. And i think that we dont have enough of that in the country, and thats part of the reason why people are not in. And frankly, particularly on men who have struggled in the labor force a significant increase in the minimum wage up to 10. 10 nationwide, regardless of the economic circumstances of a particular area, is not
20th Century Technology to 21st century highspeed Broadband Technology. Its a reallocation of resourcef resources are never easy and never pleasant but they are essential if we are to keep pushing forward. We are moving to broadband to the person at the library. Its not just an external connection but its how do you get using wifi to the individual in a library . We are bringing the application and administrative process into the 21st century as well by using the same kind of ride band tools and we are focusing on fiscal responsibility. The key is not just more money although if more money is warranted we will deal with that but the key is money well spent by encouraging consortia, by creating longer support. So you can have longer contracts with lower rates and by establishing a system of reference phrasing so people know what is a fair price . We dont expect librarians to be Telecom Experts and able to go out there and haggle with Telecom Companies so how do we help in that regard .