He held up as a model investigation the Los Angeles Police Department's inquiry into a 2007 May Day confrontation at MacArthur Park in which police officers were caught on videotape as they wielded batons and fired rubber bullets to disperse a mostly peaceful crowd, after a small group of protesters confronted police. Dozens of demonstrators and journalists were injured. A series of LAPD disciplinary steps resulted.
"I'm certainly not proud of the north face America event, but I am proud of the report," Bratton said. "I am looking for a similar report that will give a truthful and objective, candid account of the events" at UC Davis, he added. Bratton said he had seen video of the pepper-spraying but declined to comment on it.
Also on Tuesday, Yudof appointed UC General Counsel Charles Robinson and UC Berkeley law school Dean Christopher Edley Jr. to lead an examination of police policies in handling student protests at all 10 UC campuses. That will include campus visits and talks with students, faculty and experts.
"We are moving forward to identify what needs to be done to ensure the safety of students and others who engage in nonviolent protests on UC campuses," Yudof said in a statement.
He said he was acting on a request from UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi and state Assembly Speaker John. A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) for an outside investigation. The Bratton panel will replace plans for a campus review of the incident. The Yolo County district attorney and Sheriff's Department also are expected to conduct a joint review.
Bratton said the connection with UC was made through former Los Angeles Councilman Jack Weiss, who now heads Kroll's Los Angeles office and who was in Oakland on Tuesday to meet with UC administrators.
Claudia Magana, president of the systemwide UC Student Assn., called the Bratton hiring and other recent UC responses to the incident "steps in the right direction." But she said many students will remain leery until they see how campus police treat future protests, including those expected at Monday's UC regents meeting, which will be held by teleconference from UCLA, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC San Francisco.
Meanwhile, Pérez scheduled a Dec. 14 legislative hearing in Sacramento to look into UC police actions against student protesters. Yudof and Katehi are expected to be invited to testify.
At the Davis campus, Katehi visited the renewed Occupy Davis tent city Tuesday and was scheduled to address students at a campus town hall meeting Tuesday night. Over the last few days, as some students and faculty called for her resignation, she has apologized repeatedly for the incident and put the campus police chief and two office North face sale, Winter coats north face involved in the spraying on administrative leave.
About 80 tents were put up on the campus quad between Monday night and Tuesday; officials said there were no plans to evict the campers.
2011年11月22日星期二
2011年11月10日星期四
Perry has had tremendous success as Texas governor
And while Perry gamely tried to recover in the final portion of the debate, the thought of having to do it all over again in two days in what promises to be a little-watched, but still perilous Saturday debate on foreign policy has to be absolutely shattering.
Had smooth-talking Mitt Romney or New toms shoes sale 2011 Gingrich been the freezer, you could imagine how they might be able to turn it into a joke – make light of themselves for the next couple of days and then move on – but for Perry, whose previous debate performances have ranged from dire to barely adequate, it is an awful blow.
Perry has had tremendous success as Texas governor and is hailed by many in his home state as a wise leader, but a man caricatured by his detractors as another dumb conservative and a redneck can’t afford to provide the most jarring debate moment since Adm. James Stockdale’s questions of Oct. 13, 1992: “Who am I? Why am I here?”
Perry told “FOX & Friends” this morning that he’s pressing on and won’t quit, but he has to be wondering how much longer he has to endure this agony and when he’ll be allowed to go home.
Surely Davy Crockett’s line from his 1834 Tennessee congressional bid is running through Perry’s mind: “You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.”
Herman Cain didn’t have to talk much about the scandal he is now dragging around with him, but neither did he seem to rise to the occasion of what should have been his strong suit: a debate on the economy in Michigan hosted by CNBC. He showed some chops when talking about European sovereign debt, but “Nine-Nine-Nine” is starting to seem like a crutch.
And his line about “Princess Nancy” Pelosi may have been an applause getter when he was still giving paid speeches to conservative groups and hosting a radio show, but isn’t the kind of thing that a man facing allegations of workplace sexual harassment wants to say. Pelosi may have earned the barb with her cut-flower, jet-set lifestyle and imperial reign as speaker, but that’s not how presidents talk about opposition leaders.
Whether Cain fades fast or gradually will depend on the potency of the charges against him and the credibility of his accusers, but he is certainly fading and was definitely not in command on Wednesday.
Romney turned in an almost perfectly modulated performance. His barking and overweening responses in the previous debate, a bear baiting arranged by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, were gone and Romney was back at cruising altitude. Romney faced no attacks and therefore wasn’t tempted to get snippy with anyone.
Except for his weird calls for a trade war with China (which seem to be part of an even weirder feud with fellow moderate Mormon Jon Huntsman), Romney sounded every bit the president straight out of central casting.
But Romney was outshone by the ever-puckish Newt Gingrich, who has now perfected his running critique of the debates themselves. It’s like “Mystery Science Theater 3,000.” Gingrich points out absurdities in real time.
Maria Bartiromo offered up the perfect perforated leather toms question for Gingrich: “You have all said that you will repeal President Obama's health care legislation. Down the line, 30 seconds, if you repeal Obamacare, what's the answer?”
Had smooth-talking Mitt Romney or New toms shoes sale 2011 Gingrich been the freezer, you could imagine how they might be able to turn it into a joke – make light of themselves for the next couple of days and then move on – but for Perry, whose previous debate performances have ranged from dire to barely adequate, it is an awful blow.
Perry has had tremendous success as Texas governor and is hailed by many in his home state as a wise leader, but a man caricatured by his detractors as another dumb conservative and a redneck can’t afford to provide the most jarring debate moment since Adm. James Stockdale’s questions of Oct. 13, 1992: “Who am I? Why am I here?”
Perry told “FOX & Friends” this morning that he’s pressing on and won’t quit, but he has to be wondering how much longer he has to endure this agony and when he’ll be allowed to go home.
Surely Davy Crockett’s line from his 1834 Tennessee congressional bid is running through Perry’s mind: “You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.”
Herman Cain didn’t have to talk much about the scandal he is now dragging around with him, but neither did he seem to rise to the occasion of what should have been his strong suit: a debate on the economy in Michigan hosted by CNBC. He showed some chops when talking about European sovereign debt, but “Nine-Nine-Nine” is starting to seem like a crutch.
And his line about “Princess Nancy” Pelosi may have been an applause getter when he was still giving paid speeches to conservative groups and hosting a radio show, but isn’t the kind of thing that a man facing allegations of workplace sexual harassment wants to say. Pelosi may have earned the barb with her cut-flower, jet-set lifestyle and imperial reign as speaker, but that’s not how presidents talk about opposition leaders.
Whether Cain fades fast or gradually will depend on the potency of the charges against him and the credibility of his accusers, but he is certainly fading and was definitely not in command on Wednesday.
Romney turned in an almost perfectly modulated performance. His barking and overweening responses in the previous debate, a bear baiting arranged by CNN’s Anderson Cooper, were gone and Romney was back at cruising altitude. Romney faced no attacks and therefore wasn’t tempted to get snippy with anyone.
Except for his weird calls for a trade war with China (which seem to be part of an even weirder feud with fellow moderate Mormon Jon Huntsman), Romney sounded every bit the president straight out of central casting.
But Romney was outshone by the ever-puckish Newt Gingrich, who has now perfected his running critique of the debates themselves. It’s like “Mystery Science Theater 3,000.” Gingrich points out absurdities in real time.
Maria Bartiromo offered up the perfect perforated leather toms question for Gingrich: “You have all said that you will repeal President Obama's health care legislation. Down the line, 30 seconds, if you repeal Obamacare, what's the answer?”
2011年11月3日星期四
Toms UK shoes with Caroline Wozniacki following him inside the ropes
Bo Van Pelt, coming off a big toms uk win last week in Malaysia, twice ran off three straight birdies and joined the Swedish duo of Alex Noren and Fredrik Jacobson at 67. The group at 68 included K.J. Choi and David Toms. Defending champion Francesco Molinari was challenging the lead late in his round as a light rain began to girls for toms fall shoes, but a double bogey-bogey finish sent him to a 70.
Rory McIlroy, with Caroline Wozniacki following him inside the ropes, made two late birdies to salvage a 70.
What made the opening round at Sheshan International so rewarding for Bradley was the company he kept. He played alongside Lee Westwood and Adam Scott, each of whom had a 69.
"Every week, I'm amazed at who I'm around," said Bradley, who only a year ago had just secured his PGA Tour card. "And to be in a group like that in this tournament, and to play like that on this course is very rewarding and it means a lot to me."
The rewards might not be over yet.
The PGA Tour delayed sending out its postseason awards ballots when it realized the HSBC Champions, which it does not treat equal to the other WGCs, still counts as an official victory if a tour member wins the title.
A win by Bradley would be his girls for toms fall shoes third of the year — one of them a major, another a world championship — and it might be enough to merit strong consideration as player of the year, which is a vote by PGA Tour members.
Luke Donald is considered a heavy favorite with two wins, the money title and Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average. Donald could not come to Shanghai because his wife is expecting their toms shoes second child shoes.
Asked if his opening 65 might have made Donald nervous, Bradley laughed.
"Maybe," he said. "You know, all I'm trying to do is win this golf tournament. I know there's a lot on the line, and there's some awards to be won. I'm sure Luke is not very interested in this tournament. I'm sure he's sleeping. But I hope to keep playing well and those fall where they fall."
Bradley played bogey-free on a course that was still soft from relentless rain the day before, though it still had enough bite if players weren't careful. Graeme McDowell, coming off a toms embarrassing weekend in Spain in which he failed to break 80 on the weekend, had seven birdies in a round that was marred by a double bogey on the 17th.
Italian teenager Matteo Manassero made only five pars in his round of 82. Tom Lewis, who won the Portugal Masters in his third event as a pro, opened with a 78.
Bradley took advantage with one booming tee shot after another. He opened with a birdie after a wedge to 3 feet on No. 10 toms shoes and drilled a hybrid 3-iron over the water to 20 feet on the 18th for an eagle. He had three birdies and an eagle on the par 5s, and kept bogeys off his card with a nice up-and-down from the bunker on No. 7 and a two-putt from some 60 feet on his final hole.
Van Pelt got off to a sluggish start and then continued his amazing play in Asia. He won the Asia Pacific Championship last week by six shots, and is 28-under par in his five rounds during this two-week Asian excursion.
Toms holed out for eagle on the par-4 16th, which is 288 yards and tempts the big hitters to reach the green. The best shot of the day might have belonged to Westwood, who hit 5-wood from 250 yards on the par-5 14th and saw it clear the water and hit the pin before settling a few feet away for an eagle.
Westwood lost by one shot to Molinari in a great duel at Sheshan a year ago and knows his way around this place.
McIlroy, meanwhile, is relying on his memories of a 63 two years ago to lift his spirits. Coming off a $2 million win last week across town at Lake Maleren, he three-putted for bogey on the opening hole and twice watched short birdie putts horseshoe around the cup. Following along was Wozniacki, his girlfriend and the No. 1 player in women's tennis, asking questions about a game she is just starting to learn.
Without being here, Donald is a focal point in two respects.
He still figures to get plenty Toms shoes, 2011 new men and women toms shoes sale of votes for PGA Tour player of the year, although Bradley could affect that. Donald also is trying to become the first player to win the money title on the PGA shoes toms and European tours, and he has a $1.8 million lead in Europe over McIlroy.
Rory McIlroy, with Caroline Wozniacki following him inside the ropes, made two late birdies to salvage a 70.
What made the opening round at Sheshan International so rewarding for Bradley was the company he kept. He played alongside Lee Westwood and Adam Scott, each of whom had a 69.
"Every week, I'm amazed at who I'm around," said Bradley, who only a year ago had just secured his PGA Tour card. "And to be in a group like that in this tournament, and to play like that on this course is very rewarding and it means a lot to me."
The rewards might not be over yet.
The PGA Tour delayed sending out its postseason awards ballots when it realized the HSBC Champions, which it does not treat equal to the other WGCs, still counts as an official victory if a tour member wins the title.
A win by Bradley would be his girls for toms fall shoes third of the year — one of them a major, another a world championship — and it might be enough to merit strong consideration as player of the year, which is a vote by PGA Tour members.
Luke Donald is considered a heavy favorite with two wins, the money title and Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average. Donald could not come to Shanghai because his wife is expecting their toms shoes second child shoes.
Asked if his opening 65 might have made Donald nervous, Bradley laughed.
"Maybe," he said. "You know, all I'm trying to do is win this golf tournament. I know there's a lot on the line, and there's some awards to be won. I'm sure Luke is not very interested in this tournament. I'm sure he's sleeping. But I hope to keep playing well and those fall where they fall."
Bradley played bogey-free on a course that was still soft from relentless rain the day before, though it still had enough bite if players weren't careful. Graeme McDowell, coming off a toms embarrassing weekend in Spain in which he failed to break 80 on the weekend, had seven birdies in a round that was marred by a double bogey on the 17th.
Italian teenager Matteo Manassero made only five pars in his round of 82. Tom Lewis, who won the Portugal Masters in his third event as a pro, opened with a 78.
Bradley took advantage with one booming tee shot after another. He opened with a birdie after a wedge to 3 feet on No. 10 toms shoes and drilled a hybrid 3-iron over the water to 20 feet on the 18th for an eagle. He had three birdies and an eagle on the par 5s, and kept bogeys off his card with a nice up-and-down from the bunker on No. 7 and a two-putt from some 60 feet on his final hole.
Van Pelt got off to a sluggish start and then continued his amazing play in Asia. He won the Asia Pacific Championship last week by six shots, and is 28-under par in his five rounds during this two-week Asian excursion.
Toms holed out for eagle on the par-4 16th, which is 288 yards and tempts the big hitters to reach the green. The best shot of the day might have belonged to Westwood, who hit 5-wood from 250 yards on the par-5 14th and saw it clear the water and hit the pin before settling a few feet away for an eagle.
Westwood lost by one shot to Molinari in a great duel at Sheshan a year ago and knows his way around this place.
McIlroy, meanwhile, is relying on his memories of a 63 two years ago to lift his spirits. Coming off a $2 million win last week across town at Lake Maleren, he three-putted for bogey on the opening hole and twice watched short birdie putts horseshoe around the cup. Following along was Wozniacki, his girlfriend and the No. 1 player in women's tennis, asking questions about a game she is just starting to learn.
Without being here, Donald is a focal point in two respects.
He still figures to get plenty Toms shoes, 2011 new men and women toms shoes sale of votes for PGA Tour player of the year, although Bradley could affect that. Donald also is trying to become the first player to win the money title on the PGA shoes toms and European tours, and he has a $1.8 million lead in Europe over McIlroy.
2011年9月27日星期二
commanders said Libyan revolutionary forces battled their asos
Journalists accompanied the asos oil and finance minister, Ali al-Tarhouni, and the cash on the first flight to touch down in the desert city of Sabha since a NATO enforced no-fly zone order in March. The 20 boxes of 20-dinar notes, each weighing 116 pounds (78 kilograms), were delivered to the Sabha central bank.
Revolutionary forces have gained control of much of the area but still face heavy resistance.
"The forces inside these asos areas are not opposed to joining us but they do not want to disarm," said Ahmed Bashir, spokesman for Libya's National Transitional Council in Sabha. "They have the weapons and no manpower. We have the manpower and lighter weapons."
More than a month after asos sweeping into Tripoli and ending Gadhafi's nearly 42-year rule, the fugitive leader's supporters are still putting up a fierce fight on three fronts: in Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, the town of Bani Walid southeast of the capital and in pockets in the country's vast desert south, including Sabha. Most of the recent fighting has occurred in Bani Walid and the Mediterranean coastal city of Sirte.
Gadhafi's whereabouts are unknown, although he has exhorted his supporters to fight on several times in audio messages.
Syrian-based Al-Rai TV, which has become the former regime's mouthpiece, aired video of Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, and it said it was taken last week. The same video, however, appears to have been uploaded to YouTube on March 6. A second YouTube video appears to show the same event with an upload date of Feb. 27, early on in the uprising.
Seif al-Islam Gadhafi's last asos known public appearance was on Aug. 23 in Tripoli. Many have speculated that he is hiding in Bani Walid. Like his father, he has been charged by the International Criminal Court with crimes against humanity for the regime's bloody efforts to repress the uprising.
In Sabha, revolutionaries are based in the city's largest neighborhood, al-Gurtha. They have set up a national council office and checkpoints on roads leading to areas where asos Gadhafi loyalists refuse to hand over their weapons. Residents are able to cross checkpoints into Gadhafi loyalist-held areas, but only if they have family inside, and even then they risk being accused of being Gadhafi supporters.
Bashir said the area has no Gadhafi brigades, but there are worries that armed Gadhafi loyalists may ambush revolutionary forces from the desert.
In Sirte, commanders said Libyan revolutionary forces battled their way into the eastern outskirts in a bid to asos discount code link up with anti-Gadhafi fighters besieging the city from the west. Anti-Gadhafi forces first attacked Sirte nearly two weeks ago, but have pulled back in the face of heavy rocket fire River Island Snake Stone Ring and loyalist snipers.
Abdel-Basit Haroun, a revolutionary field commander, said fighters reached a roundabout less than six miles (10 kilometers) east of the city center. He said the plan was for the forces from the east and west to meet inside Sirte.
"We are almost there, but the hard phase of the takeover has just begun," Haroun said in a telephone interview from the eastern city of Benghazi. "We stopped using heavy weapons because the residential areas are packed with families, children and women. We are also facing snipers all over the rooftops of tall buildings."
A revolutionary brigade commander on the city's western front, Al-Tohami Abu Zayan, said anti-Gadhafi forces can take Sirte "whenever we choose," but are holding back to protect civilians. He said fighters are in touch with civilians inside and working to secure them a way out of the city.
For nearly two weeks, revolutionary forces have regularly fired mortars, Grad rockets and tank shells into the city. Civilians have been fleeing for days, driven out by the fighting as well as deteriorating living conditions, including shortages of food, water and medicine.
The fighters besieging Sirte have received a boost from NATO airstrikes, which have played a key role in decimating Gadhafi's military forces since the alliance first intervened asos in the Libyan civil war in March. British Maj. Gen. Nick Pope said Royal Air Force aircraft struck targets in Sirte and Bani Walid on Monday.
"In Sirte, a formation of Tornado GR4s attacked ammunition stores, destroying their targets with Paveway guided bombs," he said.
He said strikes also hit Bani Walid after NATO reconnaissance identified a psychological warfare center and a firing position used by Gadhafi forces.
NATO said about 200,000 Libyan civilians are still threatened by forces loyal to the country's former regime, primarily in Sirte and Bani Walid.
"Remaining Gadhafi forces refuse to recognize their defeat. As a last resort, they are hiding in civilian areas," NATO spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said at a news conference in Naples.
Forces loyal to the former regime are looking for Gadhafi opponents, taking them hostage and sometimes executing them, Lavoie said. But he said the loyalists cannot hold out asos discount code long and NATO's mission would end soon.
Meanwhile, a Tunisian judicial official said Libya's former prime minister has been freed from jail after an appeals court overturned his conviction for illegally entering Tunisia.
Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was arrested Sept. 22 on charges of illegal entry after he was found without a visa as he tried to flee across the border to Algeria. He was convicted the same day and sentenced to six months in prison.
Revolutionary forces have gained control of much of the area but still face heavy resistance.
"The forces inside these asos areas are not opposed to joining us but they do not want to disarm," said Ahmed Bashir, spokesman for Libya's National Transitional Council in Sabha. "They have the weapons and no manpower. We have the manpower and lighter weapons."
More than a month after asos sweeping into Tripoli and ending Gadhafi's nearly 42-year rule, the fugitive leader's supporters are still putting up a fierce fight on three fronts: in Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, the town of Bani Walid southeast of the capital and in pockets in the country's vast desert south, including Sabha. Most of the recent fighting has occurred in Bani Walid and the Mediterranean coastal city of Sirte.
Gadhafi's whereabouts are unknown, although he has exhorted his supporters to fight on several times in audio messages.
Syrian-based Al-Rai TV, which has become the former regime's mouthpiece, aired video of Gadhafi's son, Seif al-Islam, and it said it was taken last week. The same video, however, appears to have been uploaded to YouTube on March 6. A second YouTube video appears to show the same event with an upload date of Feb. 27, early on in the uprising.
Seif al-Islam Gadhafi's last asos known public appearance was on Aug. 23 in Tripoli. Many have speculated that he is hiding in Bani Walid. Like his father, he has been charged by the International Criminal Court with crimes against humanity for the regime's bloody efforts to repress the uprising.
In Sabha, revolutionaries are based in the city's largest neighborhood, al-Gurtha. They have set up a national council office and checkpoints on roads leading to areas where asos Gadhafi loyalists refuse to hand over their weapons. Residents are able to cross checkpoints into Gadhafi loyalist-held areas, but only if they have family inside, and even then they risk being accused of being Gadhafi supporters.
Bashir said the area has no Gadhafi brigades, but there are worries that armed Gadhafi loyalists may ambush revolutionary forces from the desert.
In Sirte, commanders said Libyan revolutionary forces battled their way into the eastern outskirts in a bid to asos discount code link up with anti-Gadhafi fighters besieging the city from the west. Anti-Gadhafi forces first attacked Sirte nearly two weeks ago, but have pulled back in the face of heavy rocket fire River Island Snake Stone Ring and loyalist snipers.
Abdel-Basit Haroun, a revolutionary field commander, said fighters reached a roundabout less than six miles (10 kilometers) east of the city center. He said the plan was for the forces from the east and west to meet inside Sirte.
"We are almost there, but the hard phase of the takeover has just begun," Haroun said in a telephone interview from the eastern city of Benghazi. "We stopped using heavy weapons because the residential areas are packed with families, children and women. We are also facing snipers all over the rooftops of tall buildings."
A revolutionary brigade commander on the city's western front, Al-Tohami Abu Zayan, said anti-Gadhafi forces can take Sirte "whenever we choose," but are holding back to protect civilians. He said fighters are in touch with civilians inside and working to secure them a way out of the city.
For nearly two weeks, revolutionary forces have regularly fired mortars, Grad rockets and tank shells into the city. Civilians have been fleeing for days, driven out by the fighting as well as deteriorating living conditions, including shortages of food, water and medicine.
The fighters besieging Sirte have received a boost from NATO airstrikes, which have played a key role in decimating Gadhafi's military forces since the alliance first intervened asos in the Libyan civil war in March. British Maj. Gen. Nick Pope said Royal Air Force aircraft struck targets in Sirte and Bani Walid on Monday.
"In Sirte, a formation of Tornado GR4s attacked ammunition stores, destroying their targets with Paveway guided bombs," he said.
He said strikes also hit Bani Walid after NATO reconnaissance identified a psychological warfare center and a firing position used by Gadhafi forces.
NATO said about 200,000 Libyan civilians are still threatened by forces loyal to the country's former regime, primarily in Sirte and Bani Walid.
"Remaining Gadhafi forces refuse to recognize their defeat. As a last resort, they are hiding in civilian areas," NATO spokesman Col. Roland Lavoie said at a news conference in Naples.
Forces loyal to the former regime are looking for Gadhafi opponents, taking them hostage and sometimes executing them, Lavoie said. But he said the loyalists cannot hold out asos discount code long and NATO's mission would end soon.
Meanwhile, a Tunisian judicial official said Libya's former prime minister has been freed from jail after an appeals court overturned his conviction for illegally entering Tunisia.
Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was arrested Sept. 22 on charges of illegal entry after he was found without a visa as he tried to flee across the border to Algeria. He was convicted the same day and sentenced to six months in prison.
2011年9月26日星期一
Because we refuse to marginalise the role of women
They're not allowed to drive and they need approval from a male guardian to leave the country, work or undergo certain asos discount code medical operations.
Then came King Abdullah's historical announcement.
KING ABDULLAH (translation): Because we refuse to marginalise the role of women in every aspect of Saudi society within Sharia boundaries, and along with consultations with our clerics in the association of senior clerics and others outside it, all welcomed this direction and supported it. So we have decided the following.
Firstly, the participation of women boots asos discount code in the Shura Council as a member beginning from the next term within the regulations of Sharia.
Secondly, from the next term, a woman now has the right to announce her candidacy to become members of the local municipality councils.
CONNIE AGIUS: But women won't have the right to vote in local council elections scheduled for this Thursday, as the reform is due to take effect from 2015.
As well, it'll be only the second poll in the country's history, and with 50 per cent of positions appointed by the government, the power of the monarchy remains absolute.
Despite this, the United States and Britain have both praised the announcement, calling it a significant step forward for the Saudi people.
Professor Fawaziah al-Bakr from King's University in Riyad is also optimistic.
FAWAZIAH AL-BAKR: We all know that King Abdullah is for women and he is, since he came to power lots of changes, I mean positive changes happened to women and I think the most exciting is what happened today.
CONNIE AGIUS: But other activists are more measured in their response.
Mohammed al-Qahtani is the leader of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association.
MOHAMMED AL-QAHTANI: I didn't think that was going to happen but again, you know, sometimes you know the devil is really in the details. You know, what kind of activities, what kind of delegations will be given to women to be members of the Shura Council, the municipal councils - are they going to be left in the shadows within these councils?
CONNIE AGIUS: He also believes the announcement is an opportunity for women to continue their fight.
MOHAMMED AL-QAHTANI: Now they could use that platform to advance their causes, to advance their campaign, and hopefully they could use it in the future.
You need women to be you know visible, basically. Unfortunately women in Saudi Arabia, women are left in the dark, in the shadow, they are not engaged in their utmost I think important issues so hopefully they could use the platform.
Whatever is available, you could use it to advance your cause and basically that is their idea.
CONNIE AGIUS: Mohammed al-Qahtani says the Arab Spring has helped to mobilise the Saudis, and ignited an interest in securing their basic rights, but he warns the road to democracy is long.
MOHAMMED AL-QAHTANI: You see, for the people I think people are really inspired with what is happening and they look at you know surrounding countries and the region that they were able to get rid of their long term dictator and when they riot and they could run you know, they could develop a democratic political system.
So people are inspired in a sense but the cheap winter boots for women government is not being responsive in the sense that you know they do not listen to the street, they do not, haven't really introduced anything significant to the people.
So basically it is a long training sessions that the people are observing right now. So I think you are going to see more mobility for the people. It might happen in two or three years from now.
Then came King Abdullah's historical announcement.
KING ABDULLAH (translation): Because we refuse to marginalise the role of women in every aspect of Saudi society within Sharia boundaries, and along with consultations with our clerics in the association of senior clerics and others outside it, all welcomed this direction and supported it. So we have decided the following.
Firstly, the participation of women boots asos discount code in the Shura Council as a member beginning from the next term within the regulations of Sharia.
Secondly, from the next term, a woman now has the right to announce her candidacy to become members of the local municipality councils.
CONNIE AGIUS: But women won't have the right to vote in local council elections scheduled for this Thursday, as the reform is due to take effect from 2015.
As well, it'll be only the second poll in the country's history, and with 50 per cent of positions appointed by the government, the power of the monarchy remains absolute.
Despite this, the United States and Britain have both praised the announcement, calling it a significant step forward for the Saudi people.
Professor Fawaziah al-Bakr from King's University in Riyad is also optimistic.
FAWAZIAH AL-BAKR: We all know that King Abdullah is for women and he is, since he came to power lots of changes, I mean positive changes happened to women and I think the most exciting is what happened today.
CONNIE AGIUS: But other activists are more measured in their response.
Mohammed al-Qahtani is the leader of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association.
MOHAMMED AL-QAHTANI: I didn't think that was going to happen but again, you know, sometimes you know the devil is really in the details. You know, what kind of activities, what kind of delegations will be given to women to be members of the Shura Council, the municipal councils - are they going to be left in the shadows within these councils?
CONNIE AGIUS: He also believes the announcement is an opportunity for women to continue their fight.
MOHAMMED AL-QAHTANI: Now they could use that platform to advance their causes, to advance their campaign, and hopefully they could use it in the future.
You need women to be you know visible, basically. Unfortunately women in Saudi Arabia, women are left in the dark, in the shadow, they are not engaged in their utmost I think important issues so hopefully they could use the platform.
Whatever is available, you could use it to advance your cause and basically that is their idea.
CONNIE AGIUS: Mohammed al-Qahtani says the Arab Spring has helped to mobilise the Saudis, and ignited an interest in securing their basic rights, but he warns the road to democracy is long.
MOHAMMED AL-QAHTANI: You see, for the people I think people are really inspired with what is happening and they look at you know surrounding countries and the region that they were able to get rid of their long term dictator and when they riot and they could run you know, they could develop a democratic political system.
So people are inspired in a sense but the cheap winter boots for women government is not being responsive in the sense that you know they do not listen to the street, they do not, haven't really introduced anything significant to the people.
So basically it is a long training sessions that the people are observing right now. So I think you are going to see more mobility for the people. It might happen in two or three years from now.
2011年9月6日星期二
An aide to House Speaker John A. Boehner about jobs package
President Obama will roll out a jobs package on Thursday that strives to lift the ailing economy through roughly $300 billion worth of tax credits, school renovation projects, job training for the unemployed, and a program to prevent layoffs of school teachers, according to a person familiar with the administration’s plans.
In his speech before a joint session of Congress, Obama also will ask lawmakers to renew the 2% payroll tax cut that was approved last December and to extend jobless benefits, the person said.
The White House would not confirm specifically what's in the plan. And details could change as White House advisors fine-tune the package.
The address being written by chief White House speechwriter Jon Favreau looms as one of the most important of Obama's presidency. Unemployment stands at 9.1% and the fragile economic recovery appears to have stalled.
A new wave of polling this week shows that people are deeply pessimistic about the country’s future and dissatisfied with Obama’s management of the economy.
A survey by the Washington Post-ABC News showed that 77% believe the country is on the wrong track.
Obama is under pressure from his Democratic base to submit a “bold’’ package that would put a real dent in the jobless rate – and revive his re-election prospects. To the extent he follows this advice, though, he risks alienating Republicans and even conservative Democrats who want to avoid anything that smacks of another expensive stimulus package.
Briefing reporters on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that impartial economists will conclude that the new jobs plan would "have a direct, quick and positive impact on the economy and job creation."
Carney also said the package would be "paid for" – not financed through deficit spending.
Whether it can pass the Republican-controlled House is no sure thing. In the run-up to the speech, Obama has said that the jobs plan would include ideas that Republicans have traditionally embraced. One such proposal is a tax credit to businesses that hire new workers – an idea that fits within Republican economic doctrine. But the level of polarization in Congress doesn’t bode well for any new presidential initiatives.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky gave a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday predicting that Obama would unveil ideas that “represent more of the same failed approach that’s only made things worse over the past few years, and resulted in even fewer jobs than when he started.’’
The top-ranking House Republican leaders, meantime, sent Obama a letter Tuesday asking him to meet with congressional leaders of both parties and discuss his jobs package before laying it out in a nationally-televised speech.
An aide to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said that in crafting the jobs package, the White House has not consulted Boehner.
In his speech before a joint session of Congress, Obama also will ask lawmakers to renew the 2% payroll tax cut that was approved last December and to extend jobless benefits, the person said.
The White House would not confirm specifically what's in the plan. And details could change as White House advisors fine-tune the package.
The address being written by chief White House speechwriter Jon Favreau looms as one of the most important of Obama's presidency. Unemployment stands at 9.1% and the fragile economic recovery appears to have stalled.
A new wave of polling this week shows that people are deeply pessimistic about the country’s future and dissatisfied with Obama’s management of the economy.
A survey by the Washington Post-ABC News showed that 77% believe the country is on the wrong track.
Obama is under pressure from his Democratic base to submit a “bold’’ package that would put a real dent in the jobless rate – and revive his re-election prospects. To the extent he follows this advice, though, he risks alienating Republicans and even conservative Democrats who want to avoid anything that smacks of another expensive stimulus package.
Briefing reporters on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said that impartial economists will conclude that the new jobs plan would "have a direct, quick and positive impact on the economy and job creation."
Carney also said the package would be "paid for" – not financed through deficit spending.
Whether it can pass the Republican-controlled House is no sure thing. In the run-up to the speech, Obama has said that the jobs plan would include ideas that Republicans have traditionally embraced. One such proposal is a tax credit to businesses that hire new workers – an idea that fits within Republican economic doctrine. But the level of polarization in Congress doesn’t bode well for any new presidential initiatives.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky gave a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday predicting that Obama would unveil ideas that “represent more of the same failed approach that’s only made things worse over the past few years, and resulted in even fewer jobs than when he started.’’
The top-ranking House Republican leaders, meantime, sent Obama a letter Tuesday asking him to meet with congressional leaders of both parties and discuss his jobs package before laying it out in a nationally-televised speech.
An aide to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said that in crafting the jobs package, the White House has not consulted Boehner.
2011年8月30日星期二
The International Space Station has been continuously
Russian space officials say they have identified what went wrong with the rocket that failed to reach orbit last week. Now the question is whether the explanation will allay enough fears to keep the International Space Station going.
A spokesperson for the Federal Space Agency (Roscomos) told Russian news agency Itar-Tass that the failure was caused by the rocket's third-stage engine. "It is a malfunction in the engine's gas generator," he said.
Even if you don't know much about rocket science, the announcement’s potential implications are interesting.
Space officials had said Monday that the immediate future of the International Space Station rested on whether the Russians could determine what went wrong with the rocket and then fix it before a November deadline.
If not, warned NASA’s space station chief -– who also happens to be chairman of the international group that operates the space station -- the station might have to be abandoned. At least temporarily.
The rocket, which blew up over Russia's Altai region last week, was carrying supplies, not people, but a very similar rocket is used to take scientists to and from the space station. Nobody — not NASA and not Roscomos — wants to put an astronaut on what might be a faulty rocket.
"We're focused on keeping the crew safe. Our next focus is on keeping the ISS manned," Mike Suffredini, the aforementioned space station honcho, was quoted as saying in various media reports. "Flying safely is much, much more important than anything else I can think about right this instant."
The International Space Station has been continuously staffed for more than a decade, but NASA officials say it's not necessarily the end of the world (or the space station) if it goes astronaut-less for some time. At Monday’s news conference, Suffredini told reporters that the space station can be flown without a crew.
Still, he stressed that having a crew on board is always preferable, especially because crew members can respond to problems on the space station -- and attempt to fix them -- before any major damage is done.
NASA did not respond to the L.A. Times' request for comment as to whether this new revelation by Roscomos will affect whether the space station remains staffed or not.
It’s always possible that such a quick investigation could be unsettling to NASA, if not Congress.
A spokesperson for the Federal Space Agency (Roscomos) told Russian news agency Itar-Tass that the failure was caused by the rocket's third-stage engine. "It is a malfunction in the engine's gas generator," he said.
Even if you don't know much about rocket science, the announcement’s potential implications are interesting.
Space officials had said Monday that the immediate future of the International Space Station rested on whether the Russians could determine what went wrong with the rocket and then fix it before a November deadline.
If not, warned NASA’s space station chief -– who also happens to be chairman of the international group that operates the space station -- the station might have to be abandoned. At least temporarily.
The rocket, which blew up over Russia's Altai region last week, was carrying supplies, not people, but a very similar rocket is used to take scientists to and from the space station. Nobody — not NASA and not Roscomos — wants to put an astronaut on what might be a faulty rocket.
"We're focused on keeping the crew safe. Our next focus is on keeping the ISS manned," Mike Suffredini, the aforementioned space station honcho, was quoted as saying in various media reports. "Flying safely is much, much more important than anything else I can think about right this instant."
The International Space Station has been continuously staffed for more than a decade, but NASA officials say it's not necessarily the end of the world (or the space station) if it goes astronaut-less for some time. At Monday’s news conference, Suffredini told reporters that the space station can be flown without a crew.
Still, he stressed that having a crew on board is always preferable, especially because crew members can respond to problems on the space station -- and attempt to fix them -- before any major damage is done.
NASA did not respond to the L.A. Times' request for comment as to whether this new revelation by Roscomos will affect whether the space station remains staffed or not.
It’s always possible that such a quick investigation could be unsettling to NASA, if not Congress.
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