These measures send the clearest possible signal that he has no intention of reforming our planet-trashing, resource-guzzling transport systems, before they run into the wall of peak oil and climate change.
Such measures send the damaging message that human rights are mere standards of convenience - an attitude also adopted by the west towards the Middle East where resentment and grievances fuel support for al-Qaida, added the report.
Over the past four years the government has introduced a series of tough anti-poaching measures, sending soldiers armed with the latest high-tech equipment to back up rangers in game reserves and imposing heavy sentences on poachers when caught.
This denial of equal moral status explains why such measures send an insulting message, one that is objectionable over and above any impact it has on the autonomy of citizens.
The individuals were requested to measure their waist circumference twice with the tape measure sent to their home addresses and fill out their measurements on the questionnaire, in addition to data on sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle and risk factors.
Supporters of the resolution, which was approved tonight after a brief debate by the House of Deputies -- a body of more than 800 clergy members and lay people -- said the measure sent a message of openness to gays of all faiths, in the same week that the church approved its first openly gay bishop.
At 8 30 p.m., after an invocation by a chaplain borrowed from the House and with Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina presiding, Senator Frank H. Murkowski of Alaska introduced a resolution that would "deem" any one-day spending measure sent to the Senate by the House through Nov. 14 as automatically approved.
The unprecedented measure sent the Dow up by 497.48 points, or 6.8%, to 7,775.86.
The unprecedented measure sent the Dow up up 497 points, or 6.8%, to 7,776.
