sultan qabus actively encouraged women to become more involved in society.sdale: you see women working in the secretarial jobs, you see women working in hotels behind the desk. virtually all of the key people concerned with family planning were women-- most of them physicians. and in somother critical government ministries-- like the ministry of social and labor affairs, the ministry of planning-- it's quite common to see women who are in powerful positions. narrator: job education and training is part of official government policy ein what are now heavily- increguest-worker sectors.anis we are now training the omanis to take over the work roles of the expatriates. uh, we train them in many, many trades, from commercial training, which includes business studies, secretarial, accounts training, through to technical, which would include welding, engineering, electrical, carpentry. interviewer: what kind of training do you have here? man: we have two types of training. we train fabrication and welding for a visual standard which is... controls welding in oman.

immediately shut down the conversation which talks about how long before an on-line discussion the sultan to someone calling someone else and not see there's a certain thing that happens where a word spread out there in all of a sudden there is no room for discussion. i try to avoid that in the book and the way that i approach people on a day-to-day basis. having said that, if i sense that someone is being untruthful or deceitful, i come from that at least as i see it. >> you talk about a year you left in lake charles. louisiana has one of the worst fears of your life. why? >> as a military brat growing up in the great good schools and not being accustomed to a school where you have predominantly black students in the student body and the attitudes that came with it. here i am, a kid that drops to certainly, spoke to certainly, a certain level of respect for authority and you put me in an environment where those kind of things were not held in regard and i was ridiculed teacher's pet, acting white, talking like a white boy, all these kind of things were thrown at me and the irony was the

this is the sultan see today. millions of fish have washed up. it has created a sea far saltier than the ocean. >> the options are pretty limited. it is not exactly the greatest water in the world. it has some contaminant issues. those are difficult to deal with. >> it was created in 1905 when irrigation project actually diverted a flooded colorado river into the desert. it's survived and thrived. if it is now dying, why save it? the birds are one reason. most of california's wetlands have been concreted over. >> there is a lot more at stake than simply fish and wildlife. we're talking about human health. and a potential air quality disaster if we do nothing. >> it would cost billions to save. this is a poor place in a state that is broke. the people live on its shores and drank at its bar have heard of many farfetched themes for years. >> they have studied it long enough. the money should have been doing something. >> in its heyday, it was an oasis in the desert. there were resort towns spread along its coast. all that is gone. if this water eva

this is the sultan see today -- salton sea today. the irrigation water that feeds it has created a see far saltier than the ocean. >> the options are very limited. it is not exactly the greatest water in the world. has heavy assaults common nutrient overload, contaminant issues such as arsenic. we did not have any way to offset that with clean, fresh water. >> it was created in 1905 when an irrigation project accidentally diverted the flooding colorado river into the desert. it survived and thrived. but why save it? the birds are one reason. it is one of the most important sites for millions of migrating birds, and most of california's wetlands have been concreted over. >> there is a lot more at stake than simply fish and wildlife here. we are talking about a potential air quality of disaster if we do nothing. >> this is a poor place. the people who live on the shores have heard of many farfetched schemes for years. >> i think somebody better just get up and do what they are supposed to do. it has been long enough that the money shou

as istanbul, it was the seat of the turkish-ottoman sultans.fter the first world war, the last remnants of the ottoman empire disappeared. turkey, on the losing side, was reduced to its present size. in the 1920s, the political leader ataturk founded the modern turkish state. ankara, to the east, became its new capital. one of ataturk's major goals was economic modernization. development was focused on the cities. the effort led to mass migration from the countryside to urban areas. many villages were completely abandoned, especially in the 1950s and '60s. ( speaking turkish ) translator: this village of formerly 120 families now only houses 35. these 35 households mainly consist of elderly people-- old-age pensioners. i don't think anyone will stay, seeing what the village has come to. ( man speaking turkish ) translator: in our home area, there is no industry. there is no work. that's why people come to istanbul-- to work for daily wages. ( speaking turkish ) translat: according the census of 1990, istanb had seven million inbitants, but now

and provide information to mayor edwin lee that we have seven traffic lights within san bruno and sultan. as long as the government gives a dollar to the city, some things have to be done. if due diligence is met. now, one of things we have to keep in mind of the demographics. we have senior citizens, young children that need the based safety for their constituents. mr. chair, i ask you to look into this. thank you very much. commissioner avalos: thank you. next speaker. >> andy thornley, bicycle coalition. we have lots of projects. at $105,000 is a great investment. on the marina bay trail, staff has made a great case for it. the enclosure lets you know how important this is for bike and pedestrian traffic. i was out there on saturday weeding and america's cup bike tour. we showed them how we wouldn't move all those bodies when the america's cup comes to town. it was crowded with humans, but not about cars. the parking that is part of the conversation here is not public parking. it is dedicated to slip tenants at the marina. ostensibly it is for their use only. if you talk to the neighb

one of the responses the sultan had to last year's events where young people were asking for more opportunities and more employment was a significant ramp up in education and training and so they are training young omanis to be a viable workforce and they have a workforce of young omanis who are the viable workforce. it does provide advantages there. as you know, they have wise and very stable leadership and they used those elements such as the free trade agreement to modernize their commercial legal infrastructure in ways that also make them an attractive location for investment. so i think oman is a very welcoming country. people who live there enjoy living there and so companies like to put their people there in order to be able to put them elsewhere in the gulf, but to know that they're in a safe, comfortable location which is what they find when they're in oman. let me stop there and answer any questions. >> thank you very much. our last speaker is ambassador tuller of kuwait. >> i very much appreciate the opportunity to address this topic on diversifying away from hydrocarbons. the market

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. >> the sultan ofman wanted to bring culture to the country. >> rose: and coafford it. >> and he could afford it and they've whether the an operahouse that really functions more than just as an operahouse. it is a concert hall. they have, the exciting thing about oman is it is at the crossroads between africa, asia, india, europe and so there is many different cultures that are presented in that facility. it's a beautiful, beautiful facility. but it's an old-fashioned looking facility. and but it has been filled every single performance, since october. >> rose: anything unique about the acoustics within i thought it was quite wonderful. i really enjoyed it i also thought it functioned very well backstage. and that's important to us. we really have to have a dressing room that's properly equipped or we find it difficult to get ready. and i also loved the fact that the concert hall was on a track, and slid back to reveal an operahouse. that i have never seen anywhere in the world. >> the challenge in oman is now to really bring arts education to the country, so that more and more local p