Republicans towards a more stable, prosperous, and interconnected future. Ive been traveling in and out of pakistan for almost two years 50 years. Ive always argued that pakistan is a country with the consequence for the u. S. In the region despite its many challenges. It has 240 million people, the majority of whom are under 30. Many speak english. They are entrepreneurial and they are resilient. Pakistan has abundant natural resources, including huge potential for green energy in hydro, wind, and solar. It has rich agricultural lands and ample deposits or critical minerals. Its location has made it a key partner to the u. S. In confrontations with russia and al qaeda in a neighboring afghanistan. It borders china, the u. S. s main competitor. It could serve as a Natural Bridge between europe and asia. Pakistans professional and disciplined army is among the 10 largest in the world. Its successful guys for a its successful diaspora is going in influence in u. S. Political circles. It
I am bradley graham, the coowner of politics and prose along with my wife. On behalf of the entire staff, thank you very much for coming. Well, survival. That is the big topic that we are here to talk about this evening as mankind looks to the future we certainly do face some very big survival challenges, and basically come down to how to provide food, clean water and energy to an evergrowing population on a planet undergoing Climate Change. Charles mann has written an engrossing book about these challenges, but not with the purpose of providing his answer on how we all should go, rather he has very engagingly and hopefully framed the debate by writing about to 20th century scientists who though not particularly well known were exceptionally influential. Charles says the two were largely responsible for creating, quote, the basic intellectual blueprint for understanding our environmental dilemma. Now, these two didnt agree. In fact, they took radically different approaches to the issue
They just would eat colossal amounts. His weight ballooned and it caused eventually by the mid 60s Severe Health issues so that he had diabetes. Eventually going blind and then he lost his kidneys said he would be on dialysis she and quite frequently for a long period of time where he would have people come and read the new yorker, the economist, the New York Times to him. So its a tough story from the 1950s on. There was a rumor that he did it for an election debt that there was a bet the weekend before that chaplain would win so much of a in Bourbon County coming to hedge his bet he wanted to help himself out so thats why 200 ballots in a statewide election might make a difference. Then there are others who say prichard had not paid his dues and begging you to show that he was still one of the local courthouse gang that washington had not made into much of an elitist, that he still understood the ways of local politics, and that it was something very common richardson. His father had
Be some clouds that roll in, primarily after the lunch hour. These clouds should only have a small impact on temperatures. Tonight, plan on mostly cloudy conditions for football with overnight lows only dropping to the 50s. The wind really kicks in on saturday with gusts to 30mph possible. Highs this weekend will be into the 70s, and there remains a small storm chance centered primarily on saturday night. Sunday and monday will be remarkably warm for midoctober. Have a great weekend today mostly sunny in the morning with clouds increasing from this west later today. Wind s 515. High 66 tonight mostly cloudy. Wind s 515. Low 57 tomorrow windy with more clouds than sunshine. Few storms are possible late. Wind s 1525. G a few thunderstorm s possible. N s 1020. W6anks kaj. Police chn the suspects are still not in custody. Cedar Rapids Police say it started on i380 at Wright Brothers boulevard yesterday when officers tried to pull over a speeding vehicle. Both the Johnson County Sheriffs Of
The Police Station and t t violator will reccve a citation in the mail. Lance and alex arent turning anyone in, however. They just want to raise some awareness. Trains may be cool, but they can also kill. Crpd was able to tell us officers issued 18 tickets the last three years to people illllally crossing train tracks. Thats just what was in their electronic database. They say there may have been more that didnt get into the system. In cedar rapids, forrest saunders, kcrgtv9 news. In a tv nine followup. A jury has found a tama county man guilty of helping kill his wife, kerry oclair jefferson. This was the third trail Dustin Jefferson has had on the charge of aiding and abetting in trial ended during jury selection and jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict in the second trial. His mother, ginger jefferson, is serving life in she stabbed her daughter in law to death in last night the university of iowa issued its third and fourth warnings this year about possible ssual misconduct o