The impeachment probe into the u. S. President all 1st a front up to questioning from republicans. A general strike is due to begin in lebanon in the coming hours as protesters step up the pressure on the government theres been a mass rally in the capital beirut demonstrators are calling for a complete overhaul the ruling elite and the political system which is split along sectarian lines already the protests forced the Prime Minister saad hariri to hand in his resignation theres also been rallies in support of the government was at the protests in beirut. Antipolitical establishment protesters are back to close roads they believe that this is the only way to maintain the pressure on the ruling elite to resign a few days ago they agreed to leave the streets. After the Prime Minister saad submitted his resignation but now people here believe those in power are progress that they should have by now created a technocrat government which will prepare for early elections but those that mans
A luxury only few can afford. Being held for a 19th day across lebanon this monday is probably just as step up their pressure on the government they have blocked the main highways and roads as they continue calling for the removal of the ruling elite and indeed a complete overhaul of the political system there is also anger at president owns delay in announcing a date for parliament treat consultations they are required in order for another Prime Minister to be named they have also been some rallies held in support of the government once again we are with Stephanie Decker on the streets of beirut today how things are going stephanie. But you mentioned there. Particular the entrances into the city there also theyre joking. Saying its a cat and mouse game with the Security Forces setting up roadblocks and then moving to other areas theres a lot of frustration on the streets because of those roadblocks but were also here this is one of the main streets and how much you can banks are open
What could be a major trade deal. In sports i dont know how im supposed to fail the words of new formula one World Champion Lewis Hamilton all the reaction for a world title run by 6 coming up later in the program. Is being called new delhis air pocalypse the air is so toxic in the indian capital a city of 18000000 people but a Public Health emergency has now been declared schools are shut all construction work has been ordered to stop and flights have been diverted or delayed on sunday the air quality index hit its worst level for the year 494 thats nearly 10 times the safe level of 50 delhi chief minister says the pollution has reached critical levels out of the can the jargon of the wide why there is smoke everywhere and people including youngsters kids the elderly theyre all finding it difficult to breathe the eyes are burning the pollution is that bad. Well private cars with number plates ending in an odd number of been temporarily banned from the roads thats taken away a chunk of
Written about the rise over the course of the 20th century in your book. What is the instrumental university . Where did it come from . How does the history of the rise of the instrumental university help understand the landscape . Thank you very much for having me here. The institution said there was a change across the course of the 20th century. They particularly broke out after world war ii. That has University Leaders came to view the university as an instrument for solving social problems and promoting economic growth. I argue this shift is grounded in some of the political thought of the earliest political thought of the earlier 20th century. Certain ideals and fields coming aboard. Universities were not just going to turn out graduates. The universities themselves would actually be institutions or instruments as the language sometimes went. I identified a number that tended to have allegiances with democratic politics. City planning, different kinds of efforts in Public Adminis
Lets get started. This meeting will come to order. This meeting is the government audit and Oversight Committee for september 17, 2015. To my right is vice chair Julie Christensen and president breed has appointed supervisor mar in her place. Could i have a motion to excuse president breed for the meeting. So moved. Without objection the motion passes. [gavel] supervisor mar will join us briefly. Hes in traffic right now. The Committee Clerk is erica major and the committee would like to recognize the staff from sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please silent all cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be part of the file somebody submitted to the clerk. Items will be on the september 29 board of supervisors agenda anyplace otherwise stated. Okay. Can you please call item 1. Item 1 is a hearing to discuss the citys Response Plan in the