WASHINGTON Air Max 95 Mens Sale , Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence walked out of an Indianapolis football game Sunday after several players kneeled in protest during the national anthem.
"I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag, or our national anthem," Pence tweeted after his exit, using the acronym for U.S. President Donald Trump.
US Vice President Mike Pence, front center Air Max 90 Mens Sale , stands during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP PhotoMichael Conroy)
Nearly two dozen players from the visiting San Francisco 49ers team had kneeled during the playing of the national anthem, a form of protest gaining traction among many athletes to protest against police brutality.
The protests has been criticized by Trump Air Max 1 Mens Sale , who said protesting during national anthems was disrespecting the country and its military.
"I asked @VP Pence to leave stadium if any players kneeled, disrespecting our country. I am proud of him and @SecondLady Karen," Trump tweeted after Pence's exit.
The move reignited a debate whether the form of protest was appropriate for athletes. Proponents said the athletes had the right to express their opinions, while opponents said sports should not be politicized.
Vice President Mike Pence reacts to fans before an NFL football game between the Indianapolis Colts and the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Oct. 8 Air Max Mens Sale , 2017, in Indianapolis. (AP PhotoMichael Conroy)
The protest first began with 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who sat through a national anthem in the 2016 preseason, and later switched to kneeling, which was imitated by other players in the league.
Kaepernick's contract with the 49ers ended this March, it is unclear the reason behind the termination of his contract.
The National Football League has declined to comment on Pence's walkout.
OSLO Nike Air Max 95 Sale Clearance , May 28 (Xinhua) -- Twelve schools in Norway's capital city Oslo have filmed students with surveillance cameras during school hours, but no one can say what the recordings are used for, newspaper Aftenposten reported Sunday.
According to Tone Tellevik Dahl, Oslo's city councillor and vice mayor for education, strict regulatory framework of Oslo municipality states that camera surveillance can only take place outside school hours.
However, Oslo department of education has found out that 12 Oslo schools have Nike Air Max 90 Sale Clearance , despite the regulations, monitored their students during school hours. A total of 33 schools have surveillance cameras, Aftenposten wrote.
Dag Hovdhaugen, assistant director of Oslo department of education, could not rule out that the recordings had been used for some cause, but he said that the schools "now comply with the guidelines."
"The recordings have been kept safe and there is nothing that went astray. The schools have guidelines and have handled the camera tools themselves. Thus I can not comment on this in detail Nike Air Max 1 Sale Clearance ," Hovdhaugen said.
"The schools where aberration was detected were contacted and we have ensured that they now use surveillance cameras in accordance with the regulations and do not have camera surveillance during school hours," he said.
According to Aftenposten, the department did not want to provide information on the schools that had violated the regulations, nor said which schools have surveillance cameras today.
"I think it is serious that 12 schools have had camera surveillance during school hours. Many students may have been filmed and we do not know what the recordings have been used for," Bjorn Erik Thon, director of the Norwegian Data Protection Authority Nike Air Max Sale Clearance , told Aftenposten.
He added that it is good that Oslo municipality had corrected this.
According to Hovdhaugen, the reason why many schools in Oslo have surveillance cameras are problems with theft and vandalism.
"There is a significant expense for us, which also influences teaching process. Cases of burglary will easily cost hundreds of thousands kroner only in damages," he said.
Dragon boat competition held in east China's Anhui
Xinhua weekly photos
Kenya's first female train drivers to debut on Standard Gauge Railway
Guangxi strengthens road construction efforts in poor rural areas
In pics: outdoor cultural performance given by Ulanmuqi in N China
Water park attracts many citizens in SW China's Chongqing
Aerobatics aircraft perform at air show in C China's Henan
Galsang flowers bloom on river bank in China's Hunan
I. Ensuring People's Right to Health Based on China'sConditions
China is a large developing country with 1.3 billion people. TheCPC and the Chinese government have always attached greatimportance to developing the medical and health services, totransforming the development model of the health sector, and torespecting and protecting citizens' right to health. A mechanismbased on China's conditions to ensure the people's right to healthhas been put in place.
When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949 Air Max 95 Sale Clearance , Chinahad a weak medical and health system due to low levels ofdevelopment in its economy and society. The nation had only 3,670medical and health institutions, 541,000 health workers and 85,000beds at health institutions. The average life expectancy was 35years. To change this situation, the government devoted greatefforts to developing the medical and health services Air Max 90 Sale Clearance , andimplemented guidelines which stipulated that the health serviceswere to serve vast majority of the people, that prevention shouldbe stressed, that both Western medicine and Traditional ChineseMedicine (TCM) should be utilized, and that health promotion andpeople's involvement should be incorporated. The people weremobilized to carry out h.