cyclist federation in the late 1970's, has worked with cycling research projects at the danish technical university, has conflicted to national danish cycle planning and has been involved in european union projects on zero and low-emission vehicles as well as cycling benchmarking. he has been the coordinating of a car-free cities conference and another conference in copenhagen. nils. >> i'm very happy to be here today and i'm going to talk about planning for a wide range of users, not just for the strong cyclists. i'm not too familiar with this. it's very easy. just keep to the right. in our cycling policy, we present a starting point for the policies for cycling, what we call the transport quality and we are looking at safety, of course, which are the statistics, but we also very much looking at the sense of safety or the sense of security that you feel safe, that the cyclists feel safe and that's not just the strong cyclist, but cycle groups, different cyclist groups should feel safe when they cycle in traffic. then we look at the traveling speeds which is important because we are competing with

in addition to the programs that we have with universities, with technical colleges here in the easternl has been in eastern saudi arabia for 35 years and already has a frog train saudi engineers. >> it's turning out very well. unfortunately, some of these young engineers after finishing the two-year program go and work for the likes of sibec or oranco. i think at it that we've benefited the kingdom, we've done our moral obligation. >> reporter: foreign workers have been encouraged for decades to come here to work while saudis enjoy the oil boom. now it might impose a color-coded system to highlight firms that don't hire enough saudis. if the new rules are put into place, then the company like samsung may get a green light. those that don't meet the new rules could get a yellow light or, indeed, a red light. they would find doing business in saudi arabia extremely restricted. jim bolden for marketplace middle east, industrial city saudi arabia. >>> okay. let's have a quick look at the stock markets now. nearly two hours into the trading week in europe, we've seen a great deal of waverin

in addition to the programs that we have with universities, with technical colleges here in the easternruction and energy firm bechtel has been in eastern saudi arabia for 35 years and already has a program to train saudi engineers. >> it's turning out very well. unfortunately some of these young engineers after finishing the two-year program go and work for the likes of ram co-however, i look at it in a way we've benefited the kingdom, done our moral obligation. >> reporter: among a quarter of the population is made up of foreign workers, encouraged to come here to work while saudis enjoyed the oil boom. now the kingdom says it might use a color-coded system to highlight those who don't hire soud days. a company like samsung may get a green light. those who don't meet the rules could get a yellow or red light. they would find doing business in saudi arabia extremely restricted. jim would en for "marketplace middle east," jabal industrial city, saudi arabia. >>> let's take a look at some of the other news hitting the headlines, looking for lost billions, iraqi's parliament is asking the

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in an effort to improve the standard of much-needed technical education, muslim countries have set up and now fund the islamic university of technology in dhaka. >>it has about 1000 students, 70 per cent from bangladesh, but also from 25 other countries. >>the competition for places underlines the shortage of this kind of education in bangladesh. >>hossain: every year we are getting at least 10 times more applications than the number of studentsthat we can take and also the applicants are among the best students of this country. similarly students who are coming from other countries we get a lot of applications from them and we can take very few of them. >>reporter: tajul talukder is a bangladeshi research scientist and living proof of the power of education. >>he's looking for natural methods for curbing a disease called rice blast, which devastates rice crops around the world. with a first class education, he now works in malaysia, where a higher salary allows him to live a better life and support his family back home. >>talukder: we are living in the rural areas actually and there are some students studying in the pr

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he is technically a free agent but this week quarterback alex smith took it upon himself to organize teamwork outs at san jose state universityut was suspended. he was able to get the hands on jim harbaugh's play book. he not only expects to return to the 49ers but expects to be the starter. >> that's why i'm doing this. i don't do all of this and sacrifice this to be there. i mean i want to play football. i love this game. i got more to prove than ever, you know, to be honest with you. i know i can play this game at a high level and haven't done it consistently yet. and i'm determined to do so. do you think the fans will be patient with you? >> no. when are fans patient? you know, that's the nature of the game, you know, and i understand that. >>> another presence in the camp was the quarterback the 49ers selected in the second round of april's nfl draft. colin who has even more to learn about the west coast offense than smith. by all accounts smith has been very helpful who the 49ers are hoping will be their quarterback of the future. >> definitely a teammate. he is a great guy. he has been helping me with everything. he to

as for his future right now, technically by the letter of the law, he could be deported immediately. we talked to people today who have students who went to university and are deported, you know, just days in cases before they were graduating so it is a very dicey situation for him to come out like this and it will be interesting to see what the government does. >> well, he certainly feels that the risk is worth whatever the rewards might be. >> reporter: absolutely. an important issue. >> len ramirez in san jose, thanks. >>> late this afternoon, a judge ordered caltrans to stop work on the niles canyon road widening project. the work on the road linking fremont to sunol is on hold until a lawsuit filed by an environmental citigroup resolved. the alameda creek alliance says the project has already resulted in the destruction of 100 mature trees and has damaged the trout habitat. caltrans has been planning to widen the road for morning a decade and says -- for more than a decade and says it needed to boost safety. >>> the government just bought some more time. so will they try barry bonds again? coming up at 6:30, a closer look at why they may not ha

the new troops technically have not been in place for long, commanders universally point out -- >> guest: it was. they've been longer than 10 years and this is the longest war in the history of united states of america. and my argument is the troops have been very -- >> host: the surge troops. >> guest: the troops that were there. that's why in 2009 when the intelligence estimate came out and leon panetta, the head of the cia came on a program and said there were less than 50, 50 al-qaeda in the entire country. let's give some credit to the men and women who had been there for the last 10 years. they have been successful. >> host: so are you refusing to listen to the commanders on the ground? >> guest: no, i think we're getting conflicting reports. a lot of the commanders on the ground say we should be bringing our troops home. the former commandant journal of the marine corps came out and said he believes in these hunter/killer teams much like i say we need to have counterterrorism efforts going on there. and not just afghanistan but all around the world. and not be participating in thi

so far 24 private nongovernmental and academic entities from several universities are engaged in studies. when the two dozen technicalworking groups comprised of the trusty agencies are working to determine to quantify impact of those on multiple public resources. the assessment involves looking at both the acute impacts we can identify now and the long-term chronic impact, some of which may not materialize for years to come. all of this is coordinated and directed through the trusty council. one of the actions the trustees to enhance transparency between processes of public distribution of work plans and data, trustees are posting plans on the internet, providing opportunities for public engagement and conducting frequent calls with banners, scientists and others to develop a broad integrated ecosystem perspective as well as reviewing numerous restoration possibilities. we recognize the value of expertise sinews leading researchers from academic institutions to nongovernment organizations to the extent practical. in addition, emergency restoration projects have been initiated for loss of resources and prevent or red

so far 24 private nongovernmental and academic entities from several universities are engaged in studies. when the two dozen technicalworking groups comprised of the trusty agencies are working to determine to quantify impact of those on multiple public resources. the assessment involves looking at both the acute impacts we can identify now and the long-term chronic impact, some of which may not materialize for years to come. all of this is coordinated and directed through the trusty council. one of the actions the trustees to enhance transparency between processes of public distribution of work plans and data, trustees are posting plans on the internet, providing opportunities for public engagement and conducting frequent calls with banners, scientists and others to develop a broad integrated ecosystem perspective as well as reviewing numerous restoration possibilities. we recognize the value of expertise sinews leading researchers from academic institutions to nongovernment organizations to the extent practical. in addition, emergency restoration projects have been initiated for loss of resources and prevent or red

technical training. i really think -- that can be done faster than changing the way college majors are organized in traditional universities. we should focus on that. >> as a source of optimism, it is important -- we have not made progress in education since the 1980's, there are 20 countries in the world that have passed us in that time. it about that as negative for the united states, but it can be done. this is not some law of physics. there are many countries that have done it. there are many countries that treat vocational education with a social status that is very different than our country. they're much more successful. there are countries that have changed their system. germany had its own unemployment crisis in the late 1980's, and systematically changed into an employment system. the integrated the unemployment insurance system with the work force training system would be job placement system so that from the moment you lost your job in germany, you have the system working to diagnose and to help you figure out how to get back into long-term employment. that is a doable thing. we have seen how it can be done. th

technical training. that can be done faster than changing the way college majors are organized in traditional universities. we should focus on that. >> as a source of optimism here, if we have not made much progress in education since the 1980's, there are 20 countries in the world the past dozen that time. you can think about that as negative for the united states but it tells you that it can be done. it is not some law affects that we cannot improve our education system. there are many countries who have died. are many countries that treat vocational education with a record in a social status that is very different from our country. there are countries that have changed their system like germany who had their own big on employment crisis in the late 1980's. they systematically changed what was essentially a system to manage unemployment to employment system. they integrated the unemployment insurance system with the work force training system, with the job placement system so that from the moment you lost your job in germany, you had the system working to help you figure out how to get back into long-te