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Vulcan Village Apartments
Vulcan Village Apartments are Cal U's campus-affiliated apartment community, which is located next to Adamson Stadium and Roadman Park, just 1.5 miles from main campus. Vulcan Village Apartments are owned by the Student Association, Inc. (SAI) and managed by EdR, Inc., one of the largest student housing management companies in the nation. The property is comprised of 10 three-story buildings with a total of 199 apartments and 768 beds. Each fully-furnished apartment is complete with a full-size stove, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher, garbage disposal, washer, and dryer.
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Vulcan Village Apartments can be contacted by calling (724) 938-8990 or emailing us at email@example.com. You can also find out more by going to www.vulcanvillage.com
What types of apartments are available?
There are three different floor plans available, including a 4x4 (four bedroom / four bathroom), a 4x2 (four bedroom / two bathroom), and a 2x2 (two bedroom / two bathroom). There are 432 beds in the 4x4 style, 336 in the 4x2 style, and 24 in the 2x2 style. You can view floor plans by going to www.vulcanvillage.com
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You can simply apply online by going to www.vulcanvillage.com and clicking on the "Apply Online" button. There is a non-refundable $25.00 application fee and non-refundable, one-time $200.00 service fee for new residents. Students renewing with Vulcan Village Apartments only have to pay the $25.00 application fee year-to-year.
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· Access to the salt-water pool from 10am-10pm
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CFCC silent auction raises thousands for earthquake relief
On Friday, Jan. 29, hundreds of people turned out for CFCC's silent auction which earned an estimated $3,800 to benefit survivors of the Haiti earthquake. The event was coordinated by the CFCC art department and other employees at the college.
A wide variety of items were donated, including drawings, paintings, photographs, pottery and jewelry made by artists from CFCC and the local community.
The highest bids for individual items were $150, which went to a hand-sculpted ceramic bowl, and $125 for a painting called "Mad Emu."
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She might not have hit the track yet this year but Lynsey Sharp is celebrating a great start to 2014 after learning that she is set to be presented with her 2012 European Championship 800m gold medal.
Last year Sharp's performance at the Europeans was promoted from silver to gold after Russia's Yelena Arzhakova was banned for two years for a doping offence.
Arzhakova's ban also means that Sharp, who reached the 800m semi-finals at London 2012, has also gone from bronze to silver position in the 800m at the 2011 European Under-23 Championships.
The 23-year-old Scot will be handed her European gold on home soil at this weekend's Glasgow International Match – something she insists she will never forget.
"When I was first told about my upgrade, my reaction to the news was a mixture of disappointment, satisfaction and elation," she said.
"I was disappointed that another athlete has been discovered breaking the rules and that I was denied the chance to hear my national anthem played in the stadium. But I'm pleased that the system is working, that the athlete in question has been caught.
"It will be a very special moment for me, my family and my support team when I'm presented with my European medal at the Glasgow International Match.
"It will be made even more special that I will be receiving it on home soil, in front of a home crowd.
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A lady is on an airplane reading her bible when the passenger next to her says "What are you reading?", so she says I'm reading the bible".
The passenger says "the bible, surely you don't believe everything you read in the bible do you?"
The lady replies "why yes, I believe it is the very word of God"
So the passenger says "but what about Jonah and the whale, surely you don't believe a whale could swallow a man and he could live in there for 3 days"
The lady says "well when I die and go to heaven and I meet Jonah, I'll just have to ask him what it was like"
The passenger says derisively "ok, but what if he isn't there?"
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Apr 19, 2008 1
Tariq Azizuddin in Taliban Hands
The Dubai-based station al-Arabiya has broadcast video of Pakistan's Ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin, who was kidnapped in the Khyber Agency in February. He says he is being held by Taliban forces and requested that their demands be met so he can be released.
The station translated Azizuddin's comments from Urdu into Arabic. Later, GEO News also broadcasted the video in its original Urdu.
The ambassador says, "I am Tariq Azizuddin, the ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan. On Februrary 11, we were on our way toward Afghanistan in our official car. We were grabbed in the Khyber Agency after Ali mosque…by mujahideen of the Taliban…We are their guests…"
He asked the government of Pakistan to comply with the Taliban demands, which he did not specify. Interestingly, he asked that Pakistan's ambassadors in Tehran and Beijing "to do all they can to protect their lives and to answer all the demands of the Mujahedeen of Taliban in order to secure their release."
Rahimullah Yusufzai tells GEO that the Taliban requested the release of 10 Afghan and Pakistani Taliban, including Mullah Obaidullah. He also said that the Taliban let Azizuddin speak with his family twice. Previously the Taliban have been said to request the release of Mansoor Dadullah, captured by Pakistani security forces immediately before Azizuddin's kidnapping.
Apr 6, 2008 4
Anne Meets Altaf
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson was out of Pakistan during the visit of John Negroponte and Richard Boucher, purportedly on a vacation. On her way back to Pakistan, she stopped by London, to visit none other than Altaf Hussain, head of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
During their visit, both Negroponte and Boucher also met the MQM in Karachi. Washington would like to see the MQM play a role in the still emerging political setup.
This is due to a number of reasons.
One, the MQM is the only Musharraf-allied political party with a real base (aside from Pir Pagara's band of Hurs). The utility of Musharraf's Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has and will continue to decline.
Two, the party is thoroughly secular. Washington sees an ideological compatibility with the People's Party (PPP) and Pervez Musharraf. Nawaz's nationalism and religious sentiments are troubling for some U.S. officials, though it should be noted he came back from exile with more hair on his head, not on his face.
Three, the MQM has strongly spoken in favor of the war on terror. The party has often tried to leverage this anti-terror stance to gain foreign favor. An example of such is in the video below in which Karachi mayor Mustafa Kemal tells former President Bill Clinton of his party's support for the war on terror and Pervez Musharraf. Kemal also derides Nawaz Sharif as supporter of mullahs.
There is nothing wrong with U.S. officials meeting the leader of Pakistan's fourth largest political party, though its record of violence is deeply troubling. Moreover, the timing of the visit makes Washington's intentions questionable. Patterson's meeting occurs as the PPP and MQM are coming closer, which some suspect as a way for the PPP to ditch, or at least check, the PML-N. Many will view the Patterson-Altaf meeting as yet another example of Washington's attempts to determine the political setup in Pakistan. And there's little to indicate otherwise.
Pakistan desparately needs, and most Pakistanis desire, a healthy relationship between the PPP and PML-N. If Washington helps terminate their infant coalition, then it will not only encourage Nawaz Sharif to pursue an agenda even less consistant with that of Washington's, but also increase his popularity and public resentment of the United States. Sharif could find himself back in the prime minister's house. Though Negroponte oft speaks of a desire for a long-term relationship with Pakistan, the prospects of such could be nill within a year's time.
Apr 3, 2008 2
Question of the Day: Where is Tariq Azizuddin?
It's been almost two months since the kidnapping of Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin. His disappearance has received scant coverage. Granted his story has been drowned out by subsequent developments–namely, the elections and prolonged process of forming a government. But his name curiously goes unmentioned in the Pakistani press.
Isn't it time for Pakistanis to ask, where is Ambassador Azizuddin? Who has him? What do they want?
Mar 25, 2008 6
Rich and John's Unexcellent Adventure
The big story in Pakistan today was not the swearing in of the new prime minister, but the arrival of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher. Their two day visit to Pakistan, coming in the midst of a political transition there and prior to the formation of a cabinet, reflects a sense of urgency in Washington and a desire to influence, if not determine, the makeup and policy positions of the incoming government. Their eagerness has been received in Pakistan as overaggressiveness and was widely criticized.
Today, Negroponte and Boucher met with President Pervez Musharraf, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, soon to be outgoing Inter-Services Intelligence Chief Lt. Gen. Nadeem Taj, and Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. They also met with National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza, People's Party Co-Chairman Asif Zardari and, seemingly for the first time, Muslim League-Nawaz leader Nawaz Sharif.
Accompanying Zardari was probable foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Hussain Haqqani, an adviser to the late Benazir Bhutto and fellow at the neoconservative Hudson Institute, who some speculate will be Pakistan's next ambassador to the United States. [The PML-N's Ishaq Dar will likely have the unenviable post of finance minister.]
Haqqani met with Boucher a few weeks ago in Washington. He told the New York Times today, "It is clear that the United States recognizes that there is a substantive change of political actors on the Pakistani stage…there is a new sheriff in town…There is a new political order in Pakistan, and Americans have realized that they have perhaps talked with one man for too long and now there is a new political team." Ahmed Mukhtar, a senior PPP legislator, seemed to emphasize the need for continuity in Pakistan's foreign policy.
Neither Negroponte nor Boucher spoke to the media after their meetings, reflecting the former's refrain that the U.S. seeks a long-term relationship with Pakistan.
Sharif, however, provided a mouthful to the Pakistani press. He said he told the senior American diplomats that the time for a one man show in Pakistan has come to an end, the nation's foreign policy will be produced after parliamentary debate, and that Pakistan won't become a "killing field" for a U.S. war. Indicating that Pakistan's foreign policy will change, Sharif also stated that the Pakistani people rejected Musharraf's policies. He, however, did not provide any specifics of how those policies would change.
Seated with Sharif in the Negroponte-Boucher meeting was his brother, Shahbaz, potential finance minister Ishaq Dar, Nisar Ali Khan, Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Asif, and retired Ambassador Tariq Fatemi. The latter is a senior foreign policy adviser to Sharif and helped draft the PML-N's election manifesto.
Tomorrow, Negroponte and Boucher will meet with lawyers' movement leaders Aitzaz Ahsan and Tariq Mehmood, other civil society actors, and defense analyst Talat Masood.
The Negroponte-Boucher visit has been roundly criticized by political commentators and retired diplomats. Former Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokar described the meetings, which took place prior to the formation of a government in Islamabad and hours after the new prime minister was sworn in, as "typical American crude diplomacy" and "heavy handed" interference. He said that Britain or France would not behave similarly.
Some have suggested that Washington asked the PPP not give the PML-N the foreign ministry. Others have also claimed that Washington seeks the inclusion of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) into the governing coalition at the center, presumably as a "secular" party to balance out the PML-N. But if these potential developments do materialize, the PPP also has its own reasons for their realization.
Senior Pakistani journalist Nusrat Javed said that multiple sources have informed him that Negroponte asked Sharif to work with Musharraf as president for five years. Mariana Baabar, another leading Pakistani diplomatic journalist, stated that the Foreign Office in Pakistan asked the State Department to delay the visit until after the government was formed, but their wishes were ignored. However, both Khokhar and another Pakistani commentator, Shafqat Mahmood, opined that the Negroponte-Boucher visit could have been also at the behest of Musharraf.
In the end, the Negroponte-Boucher visit is yet another move by Washington that has widened the gap between it and Pakistan's opinion shapers and general public.
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Bush Appoints Pakistani American as Special Envoy to OIC
After an eight month search, President George W. Bush has appointed Sada Cumber, a Karachi-born Pakistani American, as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Cumber, who received his BA and MA from Karachi University, was chairman of an Austin, Texas-based technology firm till his appointment. He has received a number of government appointments from Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, and is active in Ismaili Muslim and interfaith activities.
Feb 13, 2008 3
Pakistani Taliban: We Won't Interfere in Elections; We Didn't Kidnap Pakistani Ambassador
Maulvi Omar, the spokesperson for the Baitullah Mehsud-led Tehreek-e Taliban-e Pakistan (Taliban Movement of Pakistan) tells BBC Urdu that his organization will abide by its pre-election ceasefire commitment and would not derail the process.
He told Reuters, "Neither do we support the process of the election nor do we have any opposition to it and if any attack takes place before or on election day, our mujahid won't be involved in it."
Omar also stated that his group has no links to or knowledge behind the kidnapping of Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin.
A report from al-Jazeera (apparently by Ahmad Zaidan), channeled through GEO TV and some Pakistani dailies, claims that local Taliban seized Azizuddin with the intent to exchange him for Mansoor Dadullah, an Afghan Taliban figure arrested by Pakistani security forces on the same day.
Since Mehsud has limited control over other Taliban factions, it is conceivable that Taliban local to the Khyber Agency (one of the seven tribal areas) are responsible. The area, however, is also proliferate with general bandits.
Aside from the major question of who kidnapped Azizuddin, it remains unclear why the Pakistani ambassador traveled to Kabul from Peshawar, his home city, by car when flights are regular. One report claims he was to stop by the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad. Was his specific business could be related to his disappearance? Interestingly, while the Pakistani government has not yet confirmed that Azizuddin was kidnapped, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seems to insist that he was, which begets the question of what does he know.
Jan 22, 2008 2
The PML-Q's Negative Campaigning
The back page of today's Khabrain, a leading Pakistan daily, features an interesting political advertisement from Musharraf's faction of the Muslim League party (PML-Q). [Topi tip: Ali]
The ad paints rival Nawaz Sharif as an agenda-less political opportunist who leans in the direction the political wind blows at the time.
Sharif, once a Zia ul-Haq protege, is shown on the right praying at his grave next to Zia's son. Below, he's quoted as saying, "I will complete General Zia ul-Haq's mission." On the left, he's shown at the grave of Benazir Bhutto (an archenemy of Zia), praying alongside senior PML-N leader Javed Hashmi. Below, he's quoted as saying, "I will complete Benazir Bhutto's mission."
Since Sharif's return to Pakistan, the PML-Q has tried to paint him as a follower, first of Benazir Bhutto (with insinuations against his masculinity) and now the PPP in general. PML-Q President Shujaat Hussain descibed him as part of the PPP's "B-team."
The bold red text on the bottom of the advertisement asks (presumably both Nawaz Sharif and the reader), "What is your mission?"
The PML-Q has turned to negative campaigning because it has little positive to run on. Once emboldened by a huge, deficit-running election-year budget, the achievements variably associated with it are vanishing. Pakistan is in the midst of one of its worst political and security crisis ever. Additionally, the country faces serious energy and wheat shortages. Surprisingly, Pervaiz Elahi–likely the PML-Q's prime ministerial candidate/leader in the National Assembly) has blamed all this on none other than former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, a party member.
The party has reportedly changed its strategy, focusing on winning Punjab and not the national elections. Both the PPP and PML-N will siphon off votes from the PML-Q, which has most recently governed Punjab. It has tried to play the ethnic/provincial card by casting the PPP as a Sindhi party and the post-Bhutto assassination violence as against non-Sindhis. But Nawaz Sharif is its major threat in the province, Pakistan's largest and source of over 50% of its National Assembly seats. Hence the effort to cast him as a flake and Sindhi tool.
The Collected Sayings of Shujaat Hussain
The Chaudhry cousins have dished out quite a bit of negative sound bites. Below are some selected gems from Shujaat Hussain (more to come):
- On Nawaz Sharif: "Nawaz [Sharif] has lost popularity and is now left to address people waiting at bus stands."
- On Musharraf's power sharing talks with Bhutto: "It was a deliberate strategy to prevent the opposition uniting and she fell for it… It broke up her alliance with Nawaz Sharif and also stopped Bhutto's MPs' boycotting his [Musharraf's] reelection as president, which would otherwise have been invalid."
Jan 17, 2008 3
Thursday Round-Up: National Reconciliation; Splitting the Taliban; Army Defends Atta; Aitzaz's Back
Pakistan continues along a mixed, though largely negative trajectory as the spate of urban suicide bombing continues and insurgents make bold moves in South Waziristan, while the army strengthens its control over Swat and leaders flinch toward national reconciliation. The army's immediate workload increases, but Gen. Ashfaq Kayani takes clear steps to depoliticize the institution. In both Pakistan and Afghanistan, efforts toward dividing and containing the Taliban continue. Election campaigning proceeds, though in a less spirited fashion prior to Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
Terrorist Strikes Shi'a Gathering in Peshawar
A teenage suicide bomber clad in black struck an imambargah, a site for ritualistic mourning for Shi'a Muslims, in Peshawar today, the seventh day of the month of Muharram. This month is significant for all Muslims, but it holds a particular importance for the Shi'a. Their commemoration crescendos on the tenth day, Ash'ura, as they mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussain. Ash'ura falls on Sunday; the army, local police, and private mosque security squads are under high alert. However, that will not preclude attacks such as today's from occurring. The bomber that struck the imambargah today detonated his device after being stopped by police, killing ten individuals. Targeting the Shi'a is a major point of convergence for al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and various southern Punjabi Sunni militant groups.
Swat and Getting Swatted
Pakistan's army continues to make gains in Swat, a settled, scenic valley in the North-West Frontier Province. According to Director General Military Operations Maj. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Operation Rah-e Haq has been successfully completed. The army, he says, established its hold over the area in late December, killing or apprehending major militants associated with Maulana Fazlullah, who remains holed up in a mountainous area packed in by recent heavy snowfall. It is now making steps toward issuing a compensation and development package for the area and has replaced Fazlullah's FM radio station with several of its own. The speed and effectiveness of the government's resettlement of internally displaced people and restoring the civil administration and political parties remains significant. Half-hearted measures will only result in local discontent that Fazlullah or a subsequent variant can feed off of.
In a marked contrast to the government's military success in Swat, it continues to struggle in South Waziristan. This week, two forts were taken over by insurgents, who had little trouble combating the undertrained and ill-equipped paramilitary Frontier Corps. Their Wednesday night attack on a fort, which they held and then withdrew from, was made by a group of 200-1,000 men, overwhelming the 40 FC troops stationed there.
This large scale attack by neo-Taliban affiliated with Baitullah Mehsud is the first of its kind as guerrilla tactics are normally used. If this marks a strategic shift for Mehsud, it is both an alarming development for Pakistan's military as well as a potential source of opportunity. Its success in Swat was partially precipitated by the overstretching of Maulana Fazlullah's forces, though Fazlullah's group is vastly smaller and less sophisticated and armed than Mehsud's. And so if Mehsud's forces press toward Pakistani military installations in large numbers, they provide an opportunity to be eliminated in larger numbers of them in a short amount of time with an aerial assault. That is why Mehsud group did not hold on to the fort in Wednesday night's attack.
U.S. Special Forces' counterinsurgency training of Pakistan's Frontier Corps accelerates this year, but there's no indication that any substantive progress will be achieved before the spring. In the interim, Pakistan could benefit by goading Mehsud into adopting more conventional and exposing tactics.
Tea with the Taliban
As the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan sat and drank chai with former Taliban leader and now Musa Qala governor Abdul Salaam, the strategy of dividing and containing (or incorporating) the Taliban continues in Pakistan. The federal government is exploiting the traditional and on-going rivalries between the Ahmedzai Wazirs and the Mehsuds in Southern Waziristan. It could be imposing a blockade of sorts on the Mehsuds, to the advantage of the Ahmedzais. Curbing the flow of drugs and other illicit contrabands will weaken the Mehsuds, but it's unclear as to whether the Pakistani military is effectively declaring war on the Mehsud tribe or whether it's trying to make them see Baitullah Mehsud as a source of their problems.
Eurotrip: The National Reconciliation Tour
On Saturday, Muslim League-Nawaz President Shahbaz Sharif met in Islamabad with Niaz Ahmed, a retired military officer who serves as an intermediary between the Sharif brothers and Pervez Musharraf. The octogenarian retired brigadier was an army instructor to Pervez Musharraf and is well-respected by the Sharif brothers due to past favors. He reportedly presented Shahbaz, the younger Sharif, with an offer straight from Musharraf to take part in a national unity government before the elections and have a considerable role thereafter. The Sharifs were also requested to tone down their criticism of Musharraf.
Shahbaz reportedly replied that he'd have to have discuss any offer with his elder brother, Nawaz, who was nearby in the resort town of Murree. After being caught leaving Ahmed's Islamabad home by spunky Pakistani journalists, Shahbaz described his meeting with Ahmed as a "courtesy call." Coincidentally, he also met the Saudi ambassador to Pakistan, Ali Awadh Asseri. The Saudis have a keen interest in seeing the return of the Sharifs to power and have for years played a role in managing Sharif-Musharraf relations.
And in yet another coincidence, Shahbaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf, and Niaz Ahmed will all be in London this Friday. Shahbaz claims he's going to London for medical treatment, but there's no sign his hair plugs need re-alignment.
As of now, Nawaz Sharif, who is seen by some as less compromising than his brother, has continued his call for a national unity government without Pervez Musharraf. But he has called for a re-scheduling of elections so that new election commission could be formed, headed by deposed Supreme Court Justice Rana Baghwandas, enabling the participation of Imran Khan's Tehreek-e Insaaf and the Jamaat-e Islami. The PPP strongly rejected Sharif's proposal.
The elections delay serves the interest of all parties save the PPP, which will lose the sympathy vote as we get further away from Benazir Bhutto's death. This brings up some significant questions in regard to the national reconciliation talk.
Is it an attempt by Musharraf to divide and control the opposition? Until now, the PML-N has been following the lead of the PPP. Is that changing? Does the PML-N share an interest with Musharraf in checking the PPP, particularly in Punjab? We'll probably get a good sense this weekend as to the status of the Sharif-Musharraf talks.
Where's the PPP in all this? Earlier this week, there was a rumored meeting between Musharraf and Asif Zardari, which the PPP denied. But Amin Fahim, the PPP vice chairman, likely met Musharraf around a week ago. PPP spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that "all options are open" in regard to cooperation with Musharraf after the elections.
And what about the PML-Q? Earlier this week, Pervaiz Elahi, always on the attack, said that "all those parties after smelling their defeat in the upcoming general elections are giving suggestions for formation of the national government which has no constitutional, ethical and democratic reasons." But then Chaudhry Shujaat, his cousin, stated yesterday that his party will form a national unity government after the elections and will invite the PPP and PML-N.
Pakistan will likely see some form of a national unity government. But it remains to be seen as to whether it will be formed before or after the elections, with or without Pervez Musharraf, and all the parties, including the PML-Q.
Kayani's De-Politicization of the Army
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani issued an order prohibiting army officers from meeting with politicians. When the directive was first reported, it was unclear as to whether Pervez Musharraf, now a civilian president, was included in the category of politicians. After all, he still lives in the military's headquarters. Retired Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg, a former chief of army staff, tells the Daily Times that meeting with Musharraf is also prohibited, but there was no confirmation from government sources. New Inter-Services Public Relations spokesperson Athar Abbas also distanced the army from Musharraf's claim that Benazir Bhutto was not popular with the Pakistani army.
But Army Has More Duties
While the army might be doing less politicking, its burden has now increased. It has now been tasked with defense of the country's increasingly scarce wheat supplies. This is on top of its responsibilities in fighting insurgencies, defending Pakistan's borders, and providing security for some of Pakistan's major cities after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Today, Gen. Kayani met with junior commissioned and non-commissioned army officers. He emphasized his two major themes of improving the army's "professional excellence" as the standard of living for all of those in its ranks. But importantly, he emphasized that the army's primary duty is to defend the country's borders.
Aitzaz Ahsan's Return to the PPP
The spirit of reconciliation is alive. Asif Zardari will reportedly promote Aitzaz Ahsan to People's Party vice chairman. This is a move to push the PPP in Punjab. As I noted earlier, Zardari will be moving to Lahore to build up the party there. But this also marks a challenge to the PML-N and PML-Q, whose support base is almost exclusively in that province. Aitzaz was paid a visit by Attorney General Malik Qayyum, who reportedly offered an end to his house arrest if he hushed up about the judges issue.
The Travails of Maulana Diesel
It hasn't been a good week or so for Maulana Fazlur Rahman. He's been staying indoors lately as a result of the reported assassination threats made against him. His party, the JUI-F, is facing some turbulence; it recently expelled 18 party members. Fazl tells BBC Urdu that a senior Punjab official replied to his request for security by stating, "No money, no security."
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Things Fall Apart
Benazir Bhutto recently blamed Pakistan's intelligence services for the fractures emerging in her party's elite. The former prime minister is highly concerned with cohesiveness of the PPP, making party members take loyalty oaths on the Qur'an. Though the intelligence services have previously and will continue to cause defections from her party, Bhutto alone bears responsibility for the PPP's current internal challenges.
In late November, Masood Sharif Khattak–head of the intelligence bureau under Bhutto and PPP member for over 20 years–resigned from the party, possibly due to objections over Bhutto's hardline stance against the insurgents in northwest Pakistan (he is a Pathan) and her dealings with Pervez Musharraf.
Earlier this month, Naseerullah Babar–Bhutto's long-time national security adviser–rejected offers for a PPP ticket in the upcoming elections, citing his opposition to her talks with Pervez Musharraf.
Last week, Aitzaz Ahsan withdrew his nomination papers after Bhutto rejected his proposal that election candidates take an oath that they will earnestly work for the restoration of the pre-November 3rd judiciary when the new parliament convenes. She said that Ahsan's proposal– a reasonable compromise that permitted both electoral participation and commitment to the pro-judiciary cause–was his "personal point of view and the PPP has nothing to do with it." After Ahsan's withdrawal, Bhutto stated that he must decide whether he's with the PPP or the chief justice. On Friday, she also stated that the pre-November 3rd judiciary was not independent. As I've written earlier, Bhutto never had much fondness for Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and his colleagues. In Dubai, prior to her return to Pakistan, Bhutto accused the court of a historic bias in favor of Punjabis. [Video]
This week, Naheed Khan–one of Bhutto's closest friends and political allies–also withdrew her nomination papers, albeit for more personal reasons. Khan opposes Bhutto's proximity to Husain Haqqani, the architect of her U.S. lobbying campaign, and offering of an election ticket to his current wife. Haqqani was previously married to Khan's sister. While Haqqani is currently a professor at Boston University and a fellow at the neo-conservative Hudson Institute, there are reports Bhutto could offer him a Senate seat when one becomes available. Soap opera drama aside, Nahid Khan's withdrawal is significant as she had previously been the medium by which people communicate to Bhutto. However, it should be noted that she remains as Bhutto's political secretary.
What does this all mean? The PPP isn't necessarily in a state of crisis, but it could be if Bhutto & Company fail to shape up. Rather than blaming the intelligence services for causing splits in her party, these particular developments are the product of Bhutto's authoritarian hold over the PPP.
Bhutto needs to improve her capacity to channel differences of opinion and multiple dominant personalities within the party into a reasonable mean. Over the course of more than a decade, Bhutto has failed to demonstrate much of an ability to do so; recall how she pushed out her mother and late brother out of the party. The challenges the PPP faces today is the result of her overpersonalization of the party's decision-making structure and an overaggressive lobbying campaign in the U.S.
Gone is the era in which one could make statements in Washington and not have them reach Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad. Bhutto's statements in Washington regarding giving the IAEA access to A.Q. Khan, for example, made their way to Pakistan instantaneously. Farhatullah Babar, a senior PPP leader and Bhutto loyalist, was compelled to deny that Bhutto had made the comments attributed to her, despite the video recording. The discord between her discourse in the West and in Pakistan has been telling.
Rather than asking Aitzaz Ahsan whether he's loyal to the PPP or Chief Justice Chaudhry, she should ask herself what is the People's Party to begin with? Is she the chairperson of the People's Party or, effectively, the Bhutto's Party? And has she, in her quest for another premiership, pulled the party too far from its populist, anti-military rule roots?
Instead of pointing fingers elsewhere, now is the time for introspection for Bhutto, for by the time her son Bilawal finishes his studies at Oxford and learns a modicum of Urdu, Pakistan's first mass political party might be in tatters.


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BUFFALO, N.Y., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- As consumers continue to be increasingly health-conscious and functional food savvy, supermarkets continue to respond by stocking shelves with food products that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition to meet consumer demand. In response to dietary trends showing that Americans are not getting enough omega-3 fatty acids, foods fortified with omega-3 fats, such as Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) and Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) are in high demand, especially by people interested in improving their health and well-being.
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Research has shown the benefits of EPA and DHA omega-3 fatty acids in heading off cardiovascular diseases (CVD) such as heart disease and stroke, in healthy people and in those at risk. Scientific studies show those omega-3 fatty acids are critical for brain development and function and proper vision. And emerging research suggests those omega-3s may be associated with a lessening of age-related cognitive decline in the elderly.
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Feminisms in Social Work Research
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Social work as a profession and academic discipline has long centered women and issues of concern to women, such as reproductive rights, labor rights, equal rights, violence and poverty. In fact, the social work profession was started by and maintained in large part by women and has been home to...
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Youth workers and other helping professionals regularly find themselves in situations where, despite their experience and education, they simply do not know what to do or how to respond to the circumstances facing them. This book takes up the moment of not-knowing as experienced by youth workers,...
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Hallo people.
I have been using a sense 4.3 ROM on my HTC one for a while and thought it's probably time to update to kitkat, I'm wanting a ROM (Play edition) that's as stock as possible but any sort of speed/performance tweaks would be welcome too.
Not really font of asop roms because they never include beats audio support, same goes to CM roms too.
The only thing I'm going to miss other than that is the Sense camera, it's so much better than the stock android one! Doesn't even support slow mo, total waste of space. Don't know if there's any way to bring that over to android 4.4. I know there used to be but I don't think so now.
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Mark Zuckerberg Donating Half His $$$ to Charity
He's already one of the world's youngest billionaires and now he's looking to spread his wealth around. Mark Zuckerberg has just joined Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's 'The Giving Pledge.'
Back in September, Mark Zuckerberg announced that he would be giving $100 million to the Newark school system, and it appears he's on a philanthropic roll. The 26-year-old has just joined Bill Gates, Paul Allen, David Rockefeller, George Lucas and many more billionaires in promising to give half of his money to charity.
The Giving Pledge encourages billionaires to give their money to charity at any time, before or after they die. However, in his letter to the foundation, Zuckerberg said he would be giving the money away while he was still young.
"People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?" Zuckerberg said in a statement. "With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to give back earlier in our lifetime and see the impact of our philanthropic efforts," he said.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Zuckerberg is among 16 new billionaires to join the Pledge; AOL co-founder Steve Case, investor Carl Icahn and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz have all promised to give half their wealth to charity too.
The Giving Pledge now has 57 members.
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8agawtrip , December 11, 2010 5:05 AMthat is Good news.
-2Gigahertz20 , December 11, 2010 5:09 AMToo bad he can't donate a few million to the Gigahertz20 charity, that way I don't have to work a 9 to 5 job anymore
7alyoshka , December 11, 2010 5:32 AMThat's better than iDonate iPads ithink.....
1micr0be , December 11, 2010 5:34 AMi dont know why i prefer the money goes into medical or technological research rather then ....well they really didnt say exactly.
6JMcEntegart , December 11, 2010 5:38 AMmicr0bei dont know why i prefer the money goes into medical or technological research rather then ....well they really didnt say exactly.
It's up to whomever is donating.
0scrumworks , December 11, 2010 5:49 AMI read that Mark Zuckerberg Donating Half His a$$ to Charity.
0micr0be , December 11, 2010 5:52 AMJMcEntegartIt's up to whomever is donating.
yea well if they want to see change in their lifetime they'd better put it into medical fields primarily.
like stem cell, cancer and AIDS ... those 3 should keep the donations busy.
sophisticated troll is sophisticated,
3TheWhiteRose000 , December 11, 2010 6:03 AMIf I was a Billionaire, besides being Batman I would donate to Child's play and open up organizations like that to help people around the world.
8zoridon , December 11, 2010 6:19 AMI'd donate half my billions to hire a army of private investigators backed by an army of "Lawyers" to sue the pants off anyone who lies in public office. That alone would do more to clean up the mess in my lifetime. It could be funded forever by the interest alone as long as it kept up with inflation. Just keep it equal opportunity and investigate any fraud in public office no matter what the background. Since we cant count on the "Free press" to do their contitutional job.
4nebun , December 11, 2010 6:53 AMi accept donation ...this is good...more greedy people (overpaid sports players) need to do this
-5ben BOys , December 11, 2010 10:20 AMwait this evil chunt is giving his money aeay. now he's just a chunt imo. still though my opinion of him would be like hitler doing the same. deep down he's a greedy evil chunt
-1dingo_d , December 11, 2010 11:12 AMIf he gave me 10000$ I'd be happy XD
3killerclick , December 11, 2010 12:24 PMIf I were that rich, I would pour the money into some useful research rather than charity.
-1tronika , December 11, 2010 1:01 PMsseylerWhoever*The reason for this is that the clause "whoever is donating" is treated as a noun. Thus, "whomever" would be incorrect, since in the noun clause, it is the subject; it is not part preposition "to" that preceded it. "Whoever" is proper choice when it is the subject of the verb.
boy your in internet terrotories. you beest get out b4 we gets angries. no but really, thanks for helping. course, it's all relative really. if i were to give half of my money away i'd still be fine to right? in fact, the amount of money i give away at the holidays is quite a bit. nearly "half" of my bank account.
as for mark Z. good for him.
1Travis Beane , December 11, 2010 1:07 PMI don't dislike this man as much anymore.
Now lets wait and see how many of these people hold up to their promises Can someone early on put a few billion into artificial organs, specifically the heart? I want to live long enough to see this here.
0Camikazi , December 11, 2010 1:18 PMsseylerWhoever*The reason for this is that the clause "whoever is donating" is treated as a noun. Thus, "whomever" would be incorrect, since in the noun clause, it is the subject; it is not part preposition "to" that preceded it. "Whoever" is proper choice when it is the subject of the verb.
This is the internet, we speak Stark here, there is no "whom" in Stark!
6lamorpa , December 11, 2010 1:38 PMbuzznutStill an asshole.
Correct. We know you are. You don't have to post comments to remind us.
-2lamorpa , December 11, 2010 1:43 PMtronikaboy[,] [you're]your in internet terriXtories. [Y]you beXst get out [before]b4 we getX angr[y]XXX.


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Parliamentary Elites in Central and Eastern Europe
Recruitment and Representation
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Legislators are entrusted with key parliamentary functions and are important figures in the decision-making process. Their behaviour as political elites is as much responsible for the failures and successes of the new democracies as their institutional designs and constitutional reforms. This...
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On debt limit, Reid says relax; Treasury's Lew says get going
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Explosion Green By David Gottfried In One Line: A low-stress read for an informative look behind the curtain from a key figure responsible for the start of the green building movement. For over two decades the USGBC's LEED rating system has been an undeniably important part of the story of sustainability entering into the industries responsible for our […]Continue reading
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The Ohio State Senate has been prompting media chatter by its support of Senate Concurrent Resolution 25, which would ban the use of the United States Green Building Council's LEED v4 building rating system on state funded projects.Continue reading
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In a previous article I dug into the first half of the Midcentury (un)Modern study conducted by Terrapin Bright Green that raised the question of what we should do with a group of over 100 energy deficient New York office towers built between 1958 and 1973. Once it became clear that a series of unique […]Continue reading
To Repair or Rebuild: Part I
Time has a way of treating seemingly similar buildings very differently. More than just the years of abuse from the elements and the course of daily use, the change in priorities and cultural trends of how we live and work ripples through the built environment, re-calibrating the value of buildings at any given time. The […]Continue reading
Homes Struggle With Lighting Efficiency
When it comes to homes, lighting has become a luxury of the modern age. Architects have steadily grown to gorge themselves on light fixtures. Without a doubt, nice lighting can certainly look cool, but it is easy to go overboard. Light a circulation path here, throw in some accents there, before we know it we […]Continue reading


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Miranda Kerr is spilling the beans about her husband Orlando Bloom's sexy quirks. The supermodel and organic skincare entrepreneur dished on her beauty to routine to Into the Gloss, and revealed some intimate details about her marriage along the way.
"I'm really a freak about my nails," Kerr says. "Orlando and I share a nail thing -- he has a bit of a foot fetish." Miranda says OPI's Koala Beary is one of her faves, despite the fact it flies in the face of her organic philosophy. "It's not organic," she admits. "But sometimes I just do it."
Miranda talks about why she created her Kora Organics beauty line, and how modeling prevents her from being 100 percent organic. "I'm not against non-certified products," she says. "Obviously -- I use them all of the time for my job -- but I try to minimize my exposure to chemicals. It's a balance."
Some of the natural products she swears by include coconut oil for her shiny locks, Similasan Dry Eye Relief to fight the flashbulb glare, and Kora's Rosehip Body Oil. Miranda says she used the oil "throughout my entire pregnancy and I don't have a single stretch mark -- I had a ten-pound baby."
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.
There were 470 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the village the population was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $40,677, and the median income for a family was $45,938. Males had a median income of $37,868 versus $20,694 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,707. About 5.8% of families and 8.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.3% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.


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Half of all human languages will have disappeared by the end of the century, as smaller societies are assimilated into national and global cultures, scientists have warned.
Losing this linguistic diversity will be a blow not only for cultural studies but also for cognitive science, they say. The only option is to record and catalogue these languages before they disappear for good, say the researchers, who gathered at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Seattle, Washington, to issue the warning.
Some 6800 "unique" languages are thought to exist today. But social, demographic and political factors are all contributing to the rapid disappearance of many mother tongues.
"There are fewer languages than there were a month or six months ago," David Harrison of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, US, says. "Human languages are literally disappearing as we speak."
Harrison gives the example of the language Middle Chulym, now spoken by only a handful of Siberian townsfolk, all of whom are all over the age 45. Integration into Russian society has reduced the need for the language and once the last fluent speaker has died the language itself will be extinct.
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"What is lost when a language is lost is another world," says Stephen Anderson, of Yale University. He says valuable ethnographic and cultural information disappears when a language is lost.
Harrison adds that each language lost leaves a gap in our understanding of the variable cognitive structures of which the human brain is capable. Studies of different languages have already revealed vastly different ways of representing and interpreting the world. Some Native American languages, for example, reveal a completely different understanding of the nature of time.
But just as many minority languages are dying out, the languages that dominate the globe, such as Chinese, English and Spanish, are becoming increasingly varied and complex, says David Lightfoot, a language researcher at Georgetown University. And new languages may even spring up. For example, new versions of Chinese are likely to emerge that cannot be understood by some other Chinese speakers.
Nonetheless, Lightfoot stresses that documenting existing languages is vitally important. "We want to understand as much as we can about human language," he says. "But to keep them alive you need a viable community and that's not something that's really controllable."
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Carbon sequestration - How to clean coalRenewable energies won't be able to fully substitute fossil fuels for years to come. Can "clean coal" be a reliable solution to climate change?
If you're concerned about global warming, however, you might be less impressed. The towers belch out around 36,000 tons of carbon dioxide every day–one of thousands of coal-fired plants worldwide that together produce around 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions and over 40 percent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
But hope is near, just hundreds of meters away, engineers are experimenting with what could be the future of the coal industry–carbon capture and storage (CCS). This technology traps carbon dioxide that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere when burning coal. Instead of lingering in the atmosphere for centuries, the captured CO2 can be liquefied and stored in places like depleted oil and gas fields.
Here at Schwarze Pumpe (literally, "black pump"), Swedish utility Vatenfall has established the world's first operational CCS pilot plant. The 30-Megawatt facility went online in September, and will test the technology and economic feasibility of oxyfuel combustion–one of a few ways by which carbon dioxide can be captured. Oxfuel burns coal in pure oxygen, which produces a nearly pure stream of CO2.
Small scale, high hopes
Although the pilot project is very small in scale (50 times smaller than the neighboring coal power plant), hopes are high about the technology's potential to curb carbon dioxide emissions globally, particularly because global dependence on coal continues to grow rapidly. Worldwide coal consumption is expected to increase by 65 percent by 2030, with most of growing demand coming from India and China.
Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, calls CCS the "best hope" for adapting the coal industry for a climate-conscious world.
"Coal is cheap and plentiful, and the United States is going to use it for the foreseeable future," Claussen told U.S. Congress in 2007. "Even if we did not, China and India would, so rapid development and deployment of climate-friendly technologies is essential."
UK economist Nicholas Stern also believes CCS is worth developing, as does U.S. President Barack Obama. He supports "clean coal", a blanket term used to refer to CCS and other processes designed to reduce the environmental damage caused by burning coal. Some U.S. lawmakers have even proposed putting a moratorium on all new coal-fired power plants that do not have CCS facilities, despite the fact that the technology is probably at least a decade away from maturity.
Solving or postponing the CO2 problem?
Aside from further technical development, the other major obstacle to widespread use of CCS is its high cost. Utility Vatenfall wants to have a commercial CCS plant running by 2020, and aims to cut costs to 20 euros per ton of captured and stored CO2. But McKinsey & Company estimates current cost at between 60 and 90 euros–well above the current price of a ton of CO2 on the global carbon market. CCS technology also consumes energy and thus raises the cost of energy production.
Several environmental advocacy organizations have also voiced concerns about the environmental impacts of injecting liquefied CO2 underground and deep into the oceans. There is also little knowledge about how long the CO2 will stay underground. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says that before investing billions of dollars, governments should be certain that stored CO2 will not leak for at least 100,000 years. After all, the aim is to solve–not merely delay–the CO2 problem.
But the industry seems confident about the leakage question. Oil companies have long been pumping CO2 into depleted oil and gas fields to maximize recovery, while Norwegian gas company StatoilHydro has been stripping CO2 of natural gas and pumping it deep below the North Sea for over a decade now.
"If natural gas stays down below the earth with high pressure for several hundred million years, why shouldn't CO2 stay down there?," says Daniel Kosel, an engineer who works at the Schwarze Pumpe facility.
The prospect of safe, cheap, and industrial-scale CCS offers an interesting perspective, particularly for countries that are most reliant on coal. Coal-rich countries like Canada, Australia, and the United States have already planned or launched pilot CCS projects. The U.S. alone has between 250 and 500 years of coal reserves and enough underground capacity to store its entire CO2 emissions for another three centuries.
Long the nemesis of climate advocates, the coal industry may still find its key to survival in the low-carbon economy of the future. It's now up to governments to decide whether to support this technology, or if in fact "no coal" is better than "clean coal."
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This is stupid. While CO2 emissions are a huge problem, CO2 is 2/3 oxygen. If we permanently store it away we are also permanently removing that oxygen from the atmosphere. If we got our CO2 output under control by using Molten salt nuclear reactors. we would be much better off. The CO2 we have put out would eventually be used by plants. The oxygen that is part of the compound would be returned to the atmosphere. Now the coal industry wants to rob us of the most valuable resource of all, OXYGEN!
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Surrey BC. Canada.
The use of sophisticated software systems for coal mining (thermal coal, steam coal and metallurgical coal) that is mostly burnt for power generation and steel production and adds to the greenhouse effect is valid for western countries who may allocate resources and funds to alternative and more greener sources of power. Some of the alternatives may be "safer" than the traditional mines. Unfortunately, coal reports and coal statistics show developing economies are more likely to increase their use of thermal coal & metallurgical coal in coming years because of its affordability and to meet increasing demands for electricity and steel. Whether they will embrace and utilise sophisticated software systems that no doubt add to the cost of production is yet to be seen. Ian www.coalportal.com
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During the last week in September, there was a two- day holiday in my local school district, so my family took the time to go to the Disneyland Resort. While I was there, I went to check out the oh- so- famous ESPN Zone. I thought it was a great place. The atmosphere is super! The sights, the music, and the pictures and silhouettes of athletes are wonderful, if you're a sports fan.
You must be 18 to get into the ESPN Zone, unless you're accompanied by someone who is 21 or older. My dad came along with me, so I was able to experience this great place. Parents are great company, especially if you need to borrow $5 or so.
When you walk inside the huge building, it's like you're stepping out of the dugout into the middle of a stadium. Above you on the ceiling is a picture of a bright blue sky, and there are people in the stands all around you. It gives the effect that you are in a baseball game and you're on the field. Straight ahead is a place where you can get dinner and there's another place where you can just watch sports on TV. Of course, there is a shop where you can buy all sorts of ESPN merchandise.
ESPN Zone is a terrific place for anyone who likes to watch sports. TVs are absolutely everywhere. There is a TV in every corner and in every place imaginable. Even in the men's bathroom, there are TVs above the facilities so you don't have to miss a moment of the action (now that's what I call the Happiest Potties on Earth). I don't know about you, but I think this is a wonderful use of technology.
In the Screening Room, there is one TV that looks like it's as large as a movie screen. There are also many state-of-the-art high-tech TVs such as flat screens and projector screens. Each one of these TVs is large, and its picture is superb. Each one shows a sports event; there is at least one TV bound to be showing a sport you'd like to see. The sheer number of TVs is amazing. It's a very cool sight if you get a chance to go there just to see it. There is also a video wall that has statistics such as the latest scores; the video wall also has sports trivia information.
But that's not all you can do at the ESPN Zone. Just a few stairs away, up on the second floor, there is the most wonderful place of all. It's called the Sports Arena. It has so many video and interactive games that it's too hard to count them all. The Sports Arena is huge; I read that it's more than 10,000 square feet. Before you can start playing, you have to buy a card, which has point values. You use the points to play games; certain games charge more points than others. You can also use the card to buy food and drinks.
The card itself costs $1 in addition to the point fees, but you don't have to buy a new card every time you go to the ESPN Zone; you can keep adding points to your existing card. It is the same size as a credit card, and it has a magnetic stripe on the back. The front shows the ESPN Zone logo and its motto, "Eat, Drink, Watch, Play." Once you pay for a card, you can't get money back but the points on it don't expire for a whole year.
But I haven't talked enough about the Sports Arena yet. There is such an amazing variety of games. There is everything from the thrill of alpine surfing to the monotony of bass fishing to the challenge of a rock climbing adventure on an artificial glacier. I played so many games that I don't think I could name and talk about all of them in this column, but I will tell you about a few of them.
My personal favorite game is called NHL 2 Night. This game lets you step into a mini Mighty Ducks hockey rink, and you actually play hockey. It's like a shoot-out. There is a machine that shoots pucks to you, and you try to score on a goalie who is moving around. The goalie is made of wood or another hard material so that when a puck hits him, nothing happens. The trick to scoring on this goalie is to shoot in the open corner away from him; the further back you stand, the more points you get.
Another fun game is NASCAR Deluxe, which is a video game where you can choose to be a famous NASCAR driver character and drive their car in a race. You sit in a seat and "drive" while you play against the computer. It really feels like you are driving. The wheel has a realistic feel because it doesn't just spin around but has some tension when you make turns.
I really liked the Hot Flash Air Hockey tables. These tables look neat because they are neon green on the outside and neon blue on the inside of the table itself. These tables are fun to play because they are large and these games are actually very reasonably priced. I played my dad twice and beat him. Yay, Casey!
There is one more game, RPM 2 Night, that I want to tell you about. This is the most expensive game in the whole place because it costs 24 points per person. It's definitely the most elaborate game that I played when I visited. The setting is like a racing pit, and you actually get inside a Formula One race car to play the game. It's just like a real car.
Once you're inside, the top closes, which locks you in. As you look around the cockpit of the car, there are so many buttons. There are orange buttons, red buttons, and green buttons. There is a button to let you choose whether you want to use either automatic or manual transmission. If you choose manual gear, you can use a small stick shift. There are even buttons on the steering wheel; it is really overwhelming.
When the game starts, it's amazing. There is a huge screen in front of the car and it projects the images of where you're going in the car while you're on the race track. The rear-view mirrors show you what is behind you on the track. You might think that driving this car looks easy but no siree.
Once the game starts, drive very slowly or you will spin out. I found this out the hard way! After much frustrating work and a little luck, you just might get out of the gate. The game is fun but the steering is very sensitive so if you turn suddenly, you will either spin out or crash... but for me, it was both. Overall, it is a hard game. It was pretty spendy for something that I didn't really succeed at, so I don't think I will do it again. But I still think that you should try it at least once. It is definitely worthwhile.
If you like sports or playing video games, then the ESPN Zone is for you. It is located in the heart of Downtown Disney across from the AMC Theater. I know that I'll be going back there again on my next visit to Anaheim!
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Blood transfusions were voted one of the most common unnecessary surgical procedures in a recent poll of anaesthetists. The evidence about when they are needed has changed but doctors can get stuck in their ways. So here's what you should know about blood transfusions – and some other medical procedures you may want to think twice about.
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1. Don't let your doctor… give you blood (unnecessarily, that is)
Let's be clear, there is no doubt that blood transfusions save lives. But they have also been linked to higher death rates if they are given when not strictly necessary.
A study published this month looked at people taken to hospital with significant blood loss from physical injuries. For people judged on arrival to have more than a 50 per cent risk of dying, those who had a transfusion of red blood cells were twice as likely to survive as those given no transfusion. But in arrivals judged to have less than a 6 per cent chance of dying, those who got a transfusion were five times as likely to die as those who did not receive one.
It's not clear why but a dose of someone else's red stuff may mildly weaken the immune system or, more rarely, cause lung inflammation, says Lee Fleisher, an anaesthetist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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2. Don't let your doctor… operate on you on a Friday
Some people don't like Mondays, but it's a good day for an operation.
Emergency surgery should of course be carried out whenever doctors advise it, but if you face any non-urgent surgery and are offered a choice of day, keep in mind that the earlier in the week you have it, the better things are likely to end up.
People who have surgery on Fridays have a 44 per cent higher risk of death than those who go under the knife on Mondays, a study found last year.
Patients tend to get worse post-operative care at weekends because hospitals have fewer staff in, and those who are around tend to be more junior. "That first 48 hours is the most critical part of a patient's recovery from an operation," says Paul Aylin of Imperial College London, who carried out the study.
Aylin is quick to point out, however, that most kinds of non-urgent surgery have a low risk of death to begin with – often less than 1 per cent – so a 44 per cent increase is still a small risk in absolute terms. Still, when it's your life on the line, every little helps.
3. Don't let your doctor… approach you brandishing a razor
Hair is dirty – so if you're going to be cut open you'd think it would be the last thing you'd want waving around. Hence the long tradition of the pre-surgery shave for any hairy parts of the body. For some men, this can be nearly everywhere. Hair removal is often done with a disposable razor, sometimes without so much as a splash of water.
The trouble is that this approach causes the exact problem it is supposed to prevent – a wound infection. "The razor grazes the top layer of skin and you get tiny, microscopic cuts," says Judith Tanner, a professor of nursing at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, who has reviewed the research on the subject. "Bacteria from your skin get in and multiply."
Official advice in the UK and the US is now that body hair should not be removed unless it will physically get in the way of surgery or dressings, in which case electric clippers should be used. But you still see cheap razors used, says Tanner. "It's dispiriting."
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4. Don't let your doctor… give you a new hip – get an "old" one instead
When it comes to technology, newer is usually better. That's not necessarily true when it comes to medical devices. Unlike in the US, in Europe there is no requirement for new devices to undergo years of randomised controlled trials before they go on sale. They merely have to pass some basic safety tests.
There are over 200 different types of artificial hip available in the UK, with new designs introduced every year or so. It can take 15 years or so to see if a new model is as effective and long-lasting as existing ones. The most recent problem to come to light is with some metal hips, which can wear down too fast, releasing metal into the bloodstream.
Some people are too keen to try the newest technology, says Siôn Glyn-Jones, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Oxford University Hospitals in the UK. "They read about it in the Daily Mail. We spend most of our time saying 'No, it's too new'." Neither are surgeons immune to manufacturers' marketing spiels. "There's a need to keep innovating but there's a balance between that and safety," says Glyn-Jones.
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Thiago Alves is also on the UFC 124 undercard, and featured columnist Andrew Gladstone says he has all the talent to be a future world champion.
Alves has lost two straight fights, and a key factor will be in whether Georges St.-Pierre decides to move up in weight.
"Alves showed in his fights with Matt Hughes and Josh Koscheck that he has shown signs of great takedown defense, and also Alves has the best Muay Thai in the UFC's welterweight division," Gladstone writes. "I admit I am biased in this case, but I believe that Alves has true potential to one day capture the UFC welterweight title, but it's a matter of him putting it together.
"If Alves is to move forward and capture the title though, Alves has to fight less one-dimensional and mix up his Muay Thai with takedowns and submission attempts, otherwise his opponents will only have to focus on being better than him in one area."


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P.J. Pacifico Reinterprets Christopher Cross Tune 'Sailing' in New Video
Singer-songwriter P.J. Pacifico mines the 'insanity' within Christopher Cross' 'Sailing', and gives the song a creepy twist in his new music video, shot entirely on an iPhone. Utilizing an array of special lenses, filters, a 'Turtleback' jacket, motion stabilizers, quick Twelve Monkeys/Fight Club-style edits, and more, Pacifico and Director Seth Wiley craft a bizarre counterpoint to a song whose lyrics could arguably be reinterpreted as applying to someone who is unhinged, or at least, 'on the borderline...'
"It's not far back to sanity, at least it's not for me"; "Fantasy, it gets the best of me, when I'm sailing...won't you believe me?" Pacifico's video follows that sanity/insanity question to a compelling place, requiring a close viewing to catch all the subliminal-ish cutaways. The End result is not as overtly dark as Pearl Jam's 'Jeremy', for example, but it is wonderfully peculiar and unsettling. VEVO world premiered the clip today here!
1980's smash 'Sailing' is featured on Pacific's new Viper Records CD 'Surface'. 'Sailing' was a career-defining #1 hit for Cross --a Grammy Award Winner for Record Of The Year, Song of the Year and Arrangement of the Year, and is credited for helping Cross win the Best New Artist Grammy as well. It was produced by Michael Omartian ('We Are The World',) and appeared on Cross' eponymous debut album. Pacifico has given the seminal track a modern take...maintaining its essential dreamy quality while infusing it with a subtle darkness.
Over the past two years, pop/rock singer-songwriter P.J. Pacifico has evolved from beloved under-the-radar, CT road warrior to an internationally-respected indie to be reckoned with, praised in such media outlets as M Music & Musicians Magazine, iTunes Editorial, and scores of other print, web and television placements throughout the U.S. Reviewers have repeatedly compared him to Paul Simon, James Taylor, Matthew Sweet and others, while embracing his live performance chops and upbeat, radio-friendly songwriting. With influences including The Smiths, Morrissey and Del Amitri, Pacifico shines on, 'Surface'. Listen to audio samples, here: http://soundcloud.com/p-j-pacifico/sets/p-j-pacifico-surface-sampler/.
In recent months, reviews have praised 'Surface' as Pacifico's "finest work to date," while interviews have chronicled his successes of the past year. A samplingof reviews follows. In the months ahead, Pacifico will release the second radio single from his album, and embark on a Spring tour of the U.S., including multiple dates with Garrison Starr.
Here is the current Spring tour itinerary - more dates will be added:
2/27 - Radio Bean - Burlington, VT (solo)
3/1 - Salt Hill Pub - Hanover, NH (solo)
3/2 - Salt Hill Pub - Lebanon, NH (solo)
3/6 - Barking Spider - Cleveland, OH (solo)
3/9 - S.P.A.C.E. - Chicago, IL (w/ Garrison Starr)
3/10 - Uncle Slayton's - Louisville, KY (w/ Garrison Starr)
3/11 - live performance on Great Day Live ABC TV - Louisville, KY
3/11 - Stageit Show (w/ Garrison Starr) - Anywhere - stream at: www.stageit.com
3/14 - live performance on FOX Birmingham TV news show
3/14 - The Red Cat - Birmingham, AL (w/ Garrison Starr)
3/15 - The Bluebird Cafe - Nashville, TN (w/ Garrison Starr)
3/16 - Eddie's Attic - Atlanta, GA (w/ Garrison Starr)
3/20 - The Altamont Theatre - Asheville, NC (w/ Garrison Starr)
3/22 - Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA (w/ Garrison Starr)
3/23 - Acoustic Cafe (w/ Garrison Starr) - Bridgeport, CT
3/24 - Rockwood Music Hall - New York, NY (w/ Garrison Starr)
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'Surface' was released to early radio strength, including a #33 placement on the nation's Top 40 Indie Chart. The album's first singles, the cinematic 'Champions & Guardians' and the propulsive 'Half Wishing', both earned VEVO video premieres, and reviews described the album as "emotionally honest and sincere," highlighting tracks as "Pacifico at his best."In addition to this early traction in the U.S., Pacifico has become somewhat of a radio phenomenon in Holland, following his recent tour of the Netherlands. Champions & Guardians went to AC, Hot AC and Triple A Radio last week.
The new album is a sure-handed nine-song pop-rock collection, using personal experiences as a spark but ultimately crafting universal tales of survival, a belief in hard work, paying your dues and forward motion. Pacifico's evolution as a songwriter is evident on the abovementioned singles, the reflective, centerpiece title track, and 'It'll Never End', a song with subtle references to mortality and to Pacifico's appreciation of life as a cancer survivor.
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The first year of university is difficult for most, but the U of S has many programs in place (such as a notetaking program, an exam accommodation program, and an assistive technology program), as well as awards, grants and loans to help you lower barriers, so that you can focus on meeting your fellow students and completing your coursework.
The Murray Library at the University of Saskatchewan has an Assistive Technology Room, located on the ground floor of the Learning Commons (Room G19).
If you've clicked on this page, you probably already know that you have to self-identify as a student with a disability and are willing to seek out the help the University of Saskatchewan offers.
However, if you've clicked on this link for interest's sake or by accident, you should make yourself aware of what constitutes a disability-like ADD/ADHD, a broken arm, or being diagnosed with cancer.
The Students with Disabilities website states that a disability is "any degree of physical disability, infirmity, malformation or disfigurement." Contact DSS if you are unsure whether your disability qualifies you for any of the help that is offered.
The DSS (Disability Services for Students) website has useful videos and forms to get your education started, but you first have to register with them to take advantage of these programs.
There is assistance beyond DSS as well: the City of Saskatoon provides transportation options for students with reduced mobility and, depending on what your disability is, there are other services available to you, such as the Canadian Council of the Blind.
Here's what one former student had to say about attending the U of S as a student with a disability:
"I told my family and friends [about my disability]. It's necessary to have a support system inside and outside of school...the idea is that my disability is a hurdle, and there is no reason why I can't clear it…DSS helped me to take advantage of different study habits, reading habits, as well as just generally becoming aware of what works and doesn't work for me…I'm actually more impressed with myself for having graduated with honours knowing that the odds generally weren't in my favour."


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When his second parent passed away in 2000, Pacifique Mahirwe became an orphan at the age of 13. But when his aunt, who had taken him under her wings, also died shortly afterwards, his world crumbled around him. "My life was shattered, I hated myself and I hated this mischievous world," he says.
He ended up living in the streets, bearing the heat during the day and the cold in the night, until a family friend took him to an orphanage, where he would spent nearly a decade. He immediately became friends with other kids who trusted and told of the hard lives they endured.
One of them was a boy called Munyeshyaka, who became very close to Mahirwe and one day recounted the sad story of his life. Munyeshyaka then asked his friend to write it down.
"I spent the whole night in front of a computer," remembers Mahirwe, who was born with a knack for writing. "In the morning, I had already written dozens of pages, which he was very excited about. He couldn't believe what he was reading, he was happy that his story was going to be read by many people. For him, it was like lifting a heavy burden from his heart."
At the same time, it was Munyeshyaka who convinced Mahirwe that he could earn money with his talent. So he went to look for support, and the orphanage's director agreed to print 30 booklets, entitled 'Living with Sorrow Makes Those Who Don't Love You Happy.' That was in 2009.
"When I realized that people liked what I did, I went to MINISPOC for more support, and then Minister Joe Habineza accepted to fund 400 copies of the booklet. That's when I left the orphanage, and began a new life."
When Mahirwe was about to finish high school, he sat down and looked back on his life so far - the misery of life in the street after the death of his relatives, and the slow but steady out of that dark hole. He found that he had experienced and achieved many things during those years, and decided to write a book about it. but this time about himself, that he. He didn't have to go begging for money this time, he was able to print it by himself. The book called "Life Changes" was printed in 2010 on 300 copies.
"Later, I thought it's good I do a book launch in 2011 to get it more attention. I approached BRD and they agreed to pay for the hall and equipment at St Paul. It was a success, with around 150 guests."
The 25-year-old writer, who currently works as an EMR Data Entry Clerk at Kimironko Health Center, is working on another book that's scheduled to be released in March. It's about educating parents about the benefits of reading stories for their children.
Mahirwe says that writing supports him financially as well. "I can't depend on the salary; I must also have something extra. It all began with baby steps, but what I can tell you is that I earn money every month from the books."