here is a picture taken in the south of netherlands. here, the layout is so much that you are really regarded as cyclists that they have made space for you. the cars know that cyclists have priority. this is a common roundabout situation in the netherlands, also in the village where i live. so this shows that you go for the cyclists. go for cyclists and realize when someone is saying we were cramped in space like in san francisco, we say, well, you have never been to any dutch town because your roads are so wide. and then they think, yeah, but all these lanes are needed for car traffic. i'll tell you, if you use this traffic model, you should realize that the capacity of your system is not determined by the amount of lanes and the stretches of roads but by the capacity of intersections and you realize that the capacity of these intersections are a lot lower than any capacity of lanes that are on the stretches of roads. so it's only a parking place for cars on to the next traffic light or intersection. so it's only convincing the people

here is a picture taken in the south of netherlands. here, the layout is so much that you are really regarded as cyclists that they have made space for you. the cars know that cyclists have priority. this is a common roundabout situation in the netherlands, also in the village where i live. so this shows that you go for the cyclists. go for cyclists and realize when somo

in the netherlands hardly anybody considers themselves bicyclists anything more than brat eaters. everyone eats brats, so everyone cycles. there is no discussion about it. you see on distance, men cycle a little bit more and women use the bike more often because they use it for going shopping or the short distances. one other thing is that biking has a high status in the netherlands, so that's also different from a lot of other countries. this i will skip. hardly readable but this shows that bicycling is used in all kinds of modes of travel, 25% is using the bike, to go into education is 50% and beyond high school it is even a lot more, 55% to 80% children who visit high school do so by bike and you got to realize how in the situation, there are hardly any school buses in the netherlands. there will be no parents bringing their children to high school by car. they say, ok, what's wrong, you can use your bike. it's very cold or range, you won't melt, do you? -- raining, you won't melt do you? >> there are more sigh cligs then people in the -- cyclists then people in the neggederlan

in the netherlands, people who come to work by bike are more regarded them by car. the people who use the car have to find excuses why they still use the car. they just come and say, i just want to go by car. and the fact is, more and more people -- for instance, in amsterdam, by having this past and so on, 9000 people per day choose not to have their car because there was no more accessibility by car but choose the alternatives. 15% of them stay with the alternatives. they had a car. when they experienced it, it was not so bad commuting by bike or public transport, then there were convinced also. -- then it they were convinced also. if you tell people who drive by cars, and i think american politicians are so afraid they might lose voters, but if you keep telling them the detriment of the effects of using their car every day -- what? but they will not mind losing voters. my friends and the businessmen and area, they don't mind. for the around children, -- for their own children, but is it faster, more convenient, and cheaper? those are the reasons why you will choo

also, in the netherlands, we're not so good with racing cyclists.all the champions from last year are from italy, spain, or your country, never from the netherlands. but cycling is more than racing, it is a way of transport. especially for the first 7 kilometers, in combination with public transport. the last lines are important. for instance, in at the city of amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle program

in the netherlands, cycling is inherently more safe than in the u.s.a. because all car drivers are also cyclists. 60% of the people in the netherlands cycle at least three times a week. 80% at least once a week. so all the car drivers are also cyclists and they know as they turn right that there is an 80% chance that they will cut off a cyclist if they don't look. so there is also safety by numbers. one last thing and that is about liability. when i hear about cycling in the u.s., people say, oh, but cycling is so dangerous. and then we say, no, cycling is not dangerous. cyclists hardly ever cause accidents. cars cause accidents. cars cause facilities and in the netherlands we have the philosophy that car drivers should realize that they're in a machine that can kill. and also from that on responsibility in taking liability. if a car drives over a child on a bike, no matter what happens, he is 100% liable for whatever happens. and even in the other cases, when a car goes in the collision with an adult on a bike, still there is at least 50% liability for

then we would say in the netherlands, well, you know that's about cycling. so you should reduce your speed when you see the cycling, you just can't drive on with 40 or 45 miles an hour alongside cyclists because there is always the risk that something strange happens so that's important. jurisdiction. there were initiatives to put in a code, but there was large opposition against it, defacto it doesn't make any difference. well, and one of the things is of course and i heard that the system in san francisco of allotting schools to children makes it very difficult, but this is a picture from a primary school, start young so do everything to have children biking. ok. [applause] >> thank you, hans. i see supervisor chiu in the back. we are especially lucky today because supervisor chiu wanted to be here with us and say a few welcoming remarks. he happens to be our own german marshall fellow. honorable davis chiu. [applause] >> good morning. it is a real pleasure for me to be here for a number of reasons. first of all, a couple of years ago i was honored to be p

after having teams in the united states on his native netherlands ruud helots has begun his next adventure in russia the former european football are all of the year touching down in the country chechen republic to take over a premier league side f.c. turk. carrick are very strong team they work diligently and so far i don't see any weak points they have a strong soul and great potential there is no reason to go to a team lacking ambition though one should move forward very cautiously only a few people in the netherlands knew about the last month now and the whole country knows about us. it's a new start as well from money for the togo international and join real madrid last week after a disappointing to your spell chester city now although his new side lie a full seven points off league are leaders barcelona the rangy striker sais that in monitored. that got the right man to catch the champions up. you know how to talk to people if you go to talk to people to make you know some was you want from you and you don't always important to have the money joe who is to you what you what your spec

problems for last year's world cup finalists and i'm told in the netherlands seeing off austria courtesy of some stunning football the run you're getting the fall rolling right before the how far more with the schneider with probably the pool tonight more brilliant build up action on the way to number two a prima fell a the grid for recipient at the end of it all couple of shared second half penalties leaving the final score. elsewhere the team that beat the dutch in the world cup final last july spain overcame colombia thanks to a silver gold lionel messi nobs the bragging rights christiane rinaldo us argentina soft portugal too long and came from behind to record the first with copenhagen denmark to want germany and england should say couldn't be separated dortmund scotland should northern ireland to use force in the nations cup while russia's next twenty twelve qualifying opponents armenia didn't have a great evening losing out home to juge. after heading teams in the united states on his native netherlands ruud hole it has begun on his russian quest the former european football or of

. >> in the netherlands, you have a separate bicycle path where you cannot turn right without having to encounter other bikes going straight ahead or going left. in a lot of cases, they have traffic lights and they say underneath, cyclists to the right may pass at the red light. in the netherlands, it is quite common that cyclists who are turning right may do so at a red traffic light. >> ok, we are a little after 1:00. before you leave, i would really like to thank the mpc and the german marshall fund. >> if anybody is interested in the presentation, there are some real interesting slides. we will be posting them on our website. if you want to leave your business card, we will make sure that we keep you on the list to receive e-mail notification about that. he did leave that on the table, or hand them to lizzie, who is right there by the pillar, or hand them to me. we will make sure that you get notification of that. >> thank you all very much. thank you, peter, thank you, neil. thank you all for coming. >> welcome. we are here doing our building san francisco tour. we're going to h

after heading teams and england the united states and his native netherlands route goods has begun on his next adventure in russia the former european footballer of the year touching down in the country's chechen republic to take over premier league side f.c. terek. it is a long character a very strong team they work diligently and so far i don't see any weak points they have a strong soul and great potential there is no reason to go to a team lacking ambition though one should move forward very cautiously only a few people in the netherlands knew about the last month now and the whole country knows about us. it's a new start as well for a man by your that's all go international joint or real madrid last week asked for a disappointing three years spell at manchester city although his new side lie a full seven points off premier league leaders barcelona the rain just striker says that in manager josie marino they have got the right man to catch up with the champions you know how to talk to people if you go it's only which took two people to make you know some was you want from you and

mail after heading teams in england the united states and his native netherlands ruud good it has begun on his next adventure right here in russia the former european footballer of the year touching down in the country's chechen republic to take over a premier league side. long character a very strong team they work diligently and so far i don't see any weak points they have a strong soul and great potential there's no reason to go to a team lacking ambition though one should move forward very cautiously only a few people in the netherlands knew about the last month now and the whole country knows about us. the yellow jersey has changed our owners once again in cycling sewer of cots are mark renshaw has taken the overall lead from his australian compadre heinrich hostler the penultimate stage from. its proved much less windy compared to wednesday's leg renshaw was some four seconds behind hostler he maintained a solid base before saving a burst for what it really matter if fear sprint finish effort see the twenty eight year old beat three time champion tom boon in this year's frequent p

a team lacking ambition though one should move forward very cautiously only a few people in the netherlands knew about the team last month now and the whole country knows about us. it's a new start as well from money or the togo international and join real madrid last week after a disappointing to your spell chester city now although his new side lie a full seven points off camera league or leaders barcelona the rangy striker sais that in monitored. that got the right man to catch the champions up. you know how to talk to people if you go to school in which talk to people to make you know some what's he want from you and you don't that's always important to have the money was to you what you what your specific you know what's he wanted to do so for me he's very easy to work with me joe would tell you straight from the give me i want to i want you to do does does. more bad news for maria sharapova fams the injury blighted three time grand slam champion is set to miss the par us open with a flu bug she partly picked up the virus while in moscow last weekend lining up for her country in the fa

we went to singapore, the netherlands, belgium a federal court judge then announced that mr. william should be released from prison. [applause] he is currently still in prison because the state has an appeal, but the judge basically said, it

young boys with an inspired three one win at the stadium rubin's have it all to do against the netherlands side they want to have a crack at the st petersburg squads in the next round they. will need three goals on the road to move on. elsewhere liverpool finally was able to solve the sport's defense scoring the person goal between the sides and it's a match a sporting bing late in the against the rangers are the only team to have their place in the next round all but secured there are one nil against. and five nil on aggregate be on hold and also getting there with a three one lead over leaders on the night. both the beasts of the east and the best of the west went head to head on the second day of vacation playoffs the western conference teams playing and back to bag aims after wednesday's opener while things just got started on the other side of the bracket the league's top dogs avatar was surprisingly defeated by the ranking if you can make an overtime that's a little game you draw or even match them silver medal. pulls away by scoring two goals in the third period. you live has their

also on wednesday world cup finalists the netherlands take on austria in a friendly over in eindhoven the dutch shanter the clash is hot favorites the spite being without several first choice players burke fun morphic side determined to extend a winning run of five matches since losing the world cup final to spain in johannesburg last july england based trio of robin van persie. and nigel de young have all withdrawn from the squad but the remaining members feel they have more than enough quality to overcome an austrian outfit ranked full forty three places below them. all rights winter sports star with a forty first alpine world ski championships have gotten underway in garmisch parton kirk in germany that some folk visitors from across the globe flocking to the spear resorts to watch the opening ceremony on monday total of eleven gold medals will be up for grabs in slalom giant slalom dunhill super super combined for both men and women and a team event with members of both sexes. have lived cherish for about fifteen years working for the american government and i love the local commu

. >> meanwhile, japan is urging the governments of australia, new zealand, and the netherlands to do something to stop obstructive protests in the future. >> translator: it is very regrettable that the anti-whaling group's activities could not have been prevented. despite japan's repeated requests for effective measures to be taken. >> the foreign ministry summoned the three countries' ambassadors on friday to convey japan's concerns. the state secretary for foreign minister of affairs told ambassadors the sea shepherd's obstructive actions should be stopped. dutch ambassador to japan said his government does not support violent acts and the sea shepherd's protest activities should not in principle threaten the safety of the crew aboard research vessels. >>> a newly declassified japanese diplomatic document shows that the united states once considered relocating all of its military facilities from okinawa to the u.s. territory of guam in the 1960s. the secret documents were written in april 1967 and quotes former u.s. ambassador to japan edmond reischauer who had quit the post one ye

iceland's parliament approved a revised plan to repay $5 billion to britain and the netherlands.hose governments have already reimbursed 400,000 citizens who lost money when the internet bank collapsed almost two and a half years ago. the agreements now have to be approved by isolette's president, who refused to back an earlier proposal. under thelatest dea the country will have more time to repay the money, and it will do so at a lower interest rate of 3.3%, instead of the 5.5% suggested earlier. back over to meggin leigh. >> thank you for that. japan says it has suspended its annual whale hunt in the antarctic after persistent harassment from anti-whaling activists. in recent weeks, ships operated by the conservationist sea shepherd society have been chasing japanese fleets and blocking their hunt in the southern ocean. there have been several reports of clashes between the two sides. welling was banned under an international agreement in 1986. japan has exploited a loophole to continue whale hunting, which assesses for scientific purposes. opponents say they are a cover for co

we went to singapore, the netherlands, belgium a federal court judge then announced that mr. william should be released from prison. [applause] he is currently still in prison because the state has an appeal, but the judge basically said, it will be remanded to the same judge at said the evidence was bogus. the police department basically botched all the evidence. they executed more people in harris county than in many states. the judge says by next year this time, they fully expect him to be home with his family after being locked up for more than 18 years, more than half his life. so even just a small part of this victory on the horizon, that has been a blessing and an honor to be a part of that. i have a friend who is a skinhead -- was a skinhead. he was a white guy who used to beat up black people and gay people in texas. when he was the same age of the guy that got into trouble with the law as well, they used to hang outside of dallas. they would wait on a park bench, send a guy out, and when somebody came out to flirt with him, they would beat him up. that was their wee

in the meantime the netherlands are preparing for their friendly against or so. dutch will go into wednesday night's game favorites despite missing several first choice players but on my side determined to extend a winning run of five matches since losing the world cup final to spain in johannesburg last july the england based robin van persie brought for abundant vault and nigel de young have all withdrawn from the scored but the remaining members feel they have more than enough quality to overcome the no three to bring to forty three places below them. tennis now where was a weekend to remember for russia's top scored four time champions book in the semifinal berth called seal the stunning comeback over france after their singles world was two zero two the brought on by the moscow crowd russia drew level following single wins plus with one of those until the end of the super bowl trying to work on sunday and so to the decisive doubles draw but where it is call it and today can stood in the way because in seoul and public and the last for a touch first set was f

of course very old up with lots of weapons which been supplied by countries like france in the netherlands and the u.k. so he's in a very strong position and also a very strong position financially to fight back and i think perhaps that some of his new allies friends in the west are a little confused on how to respond to what to do about him and i think because of that because he's being held up that the way to go the way that the west can deal with middle eastern dictators and bring them back into the fold it really just don't know how to handle this sort of backlog but they don't want to overtly support the protests either but i would not be surprised if there is a sort of tacit under the table encouragement of those oppositionists within libya at the moment that the west just can't show its hand. a third plane carrying russians evacuated from turbulent libya has now landed in moscow it brought back more than one hundred people who describe the situation in the arab country as a nightmare they say that on their way to board the aircraft they had to fight through huge crowds of desperate

it's exactly what i managed it would be like it's what i expected from watching games back in the netherlands which in the games from england on television it's a tough strong league it's hard to grade a big unit is in chance of some goal but i think i'll learn to adapt it's a type of game i'm looking forward to doing my best to adapt. it was a lot of money. i'm going to. do what i need to prove. the money was worth it really only. increase the chances of being in the flow from the. well level for travel to fourth place chelsea at the weekend that was safe and i torres make his debut for the blues against his former club reds boss kenny dalglish says he was sad to see the spaniard leave the club but were not well on the parts the football club knows that everything he possibly could. there was an a b. c. he moved on. the screen for someone else so it's something we all love with. the most important thing for us that are two people have come in. the course of three or. i think that's enough when you see of another two hundred well also this weekend league leaders manchester united are way bott

among those notable players who are sitting out for the needs now routine are down to nil to netherland sides when saying they'll need to score three goals on the road to progress. both the beasts of the east and the best of the west are going head to head on the second day of the cage shell playoffs the western conference teams playing in back to bag aims after wednesday's wednesday's opener while things are only getting started on the other side of the bracket the league's top dogs adam broad were surprisingly defeated by fifteen ranks and get to the make in overtime metalwork and hugh grant were even in the match until the matter of course pulled away by scoring two goals late in the third period league runners up sell about you live had their way with playoff. seems to be running out of steam after grinding out a seventy four game one win over. in the west. moving on on abortion one all to the cops contested to fellow snow leopards their first opponents the post-season sky and outlines hoping to go up to nail in their games against spartak and several respects to lead back on the lu