Topnotch library in safe and welcoming environment throughout the city we promote literacy and learning and any opportunities for the residents in terms of Digital Strategies what that means were providing access to Public Technology ill drill down in the actual measures and seeks participating to leverage our dollars so we can do more with what we have and our 2k3w5e789 not the inclusion of any other resident weve targeted our citys youth with a lot of Services Cutting to the chase with the services in like that for focusing 7 by 7 totals hundred and 16. 5 million most of 67 percent is labor and benefits all those folks do a great job in the libraries and main library about 6 hundred and 62 for the library were pleased the budget pays back the debt so we have a healthy reserve to allow us to do that our collections represent 11 percent of the budget it is a healthy materials budget for e media and print materials so i want to talk about some of the key initiatives that are related to
Whole try to explain the cold and matt pellman in for karen rogers. Reporter good morning. Reporter here we go, its cold. We have a frost advisory or freeze watch anyway. There are clouds to start out. We are going to transition to partly sunny skies High Temperatures in the 50s, as you head outside, 41 in philadelphia. Of course we expect that number to drop over the next couple of hours, 37 in allentown and reading. 37 in wilmington, 38 in trenton and 40 in sea isle city. A bit of a breeze blowing thats giving you windchills. Its almost may and we have windchills, winter coats a viable option is you head out the door. Upper 30s between 6 and 8 in philadelphia. Obviously cold and breezy. Theres the freeze warning that is in effect until 9 00 a. M. In the northern and western suburbs, tonight we get to do it all over again freeze watches and warnings again overnight lows in the areas around the freezing mark. 48 degrees at noon, theres the high at 3 00 p. M. Good morning everybody bund
In colombia, a great allies ally of ours. There seems to be a real situation in colombias largest port and the scent of its population were over half a million inhabitants, over 90 of them are black. They are mired in crime and poverty, and over 80 live below the poverty line. 30 are unemployed and virtually none have access to supplies of electricity, water or basic wrote infrastructure. This violence thats going on, i know we want to make sure we are able to address underlying social problems so if theres anything that what were doing there. And, finally, on the lines of what Ranking Member engel had asked, he talked a special about tuberculosis, but thanks in huge party was investment in Global Health, the world has cut by 50 the number of children who die before age five whether its pneumonia, malaria or tuberculosis. The leading killers of Children Worldwide. Were on the verge of some exciting breakthroughs and lifesaving potential. For example, another Usaid Youtube to prevent an
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