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10/22/2011
Letter to Editor!!
Dear Editor,
I am writing to you in utter frustration. I have started hating my college and the reason behind this hatred is my college staff. Teachers of my college treat the students very unfairly. They blame students for what they have never done. They don’t even listen to the students and their problems. They just do whatever they feel like. I am not the only one who hates our college; almost 75% students of my college do so. Teachers treat students like prisoners. Literally our vice principal is used to abusing students. When students try to say something in their favor, teachers call it argument. Only the students of my college can understand that how we are surviving here. Once my college had a good name but now it is known as worst college of the city.
Note: Name of Student & College kept confidential.
O Cup-bearer! Give me again that wine of love for Thee;
O Cup-bearer! Give me again that wine of love for Thee;
Let me gain the place my soul desires.
My lyrical vein was all but dried up, still
The sheik decrees that, too, should be choked to death.
No trail now blazes in new fields of thought,
But blind slaves of sufies and mullahs survive.
Who snatched away the piercing sword of love?
Knowledge is left with an empty sheath alone.
With a luminous soul the power of song is life;
With a darkened soul that power is eternal death.
A full moon glistens in Thy brimful cup;
Deprive me not of its silver beams at night.
Courtesy: Student Huma Ramzan / UET Taxila
Travel to Louvre Museum / Paris
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| Louvre Museum at night |
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| People eager to have closer shot of Mona Lisa |
You can never fear getting lost inside you are bound to stumble on something interesting wherever you go.
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| Winged Victory |
For further details on virtual visits and travelling to Paris visit official website.
Students Briefly Occupy Chile's Senate Building
Eva Vergara, The Huffington Post
SANTIAGO, Chile — Dozens of youths disrupted a Senate committee hearing Thursday, then occupied the Senate office building for eight hours to demand a referendum on how to resolve Chile's social problems, especially education.
The activists left Thursday night after getting a promise from opposition legislators that they will introduce a bill requiring a binding referendum, although political leaders on both right and left have said Congress itself must decide the dispute.
The occupation of the Senate headquarters in Santiago came just hours after riot police evicted protesters from galleries at the Congress building in Chile's port city of Valparaiso.
University and secondary school students have been boycotting classes and mounting demonstrations for nearly six months pushing their demand that the government make extensive changes in Chile's education system, including making public schools free for everyone.
The action at the Senate building began when students and other protesters flooded into a hearing room where the Senate's education budget subcommittee was meeting.
Three youths climbed atop the committee table and unfurled a sign reading "Plebiscite now" as Education Minister Felipe Bulnes and others at the hearing hurriedly left. Activists shouted at Bulnes, who stumbled during scuffling on the way out. A young man broke a window and threw coins at the Cabinet minister.
The protesters then occupied the Senate headquarters and transmitted the situation live over the Internet by webcam. They urged other students to converge on the building, which housed Chile's congress before the 1973-90 military dictatorship.
Police sealed off the building with metal barriers to keep more people from entering and faced off with a crowd of about 600 protesters holding signs demanding "Free Education" and "Referendum Now." A few dozen activists tried to force their way in but were driven back by water cannons.
Senate President Guido Girardi, a member of the opposition, promised the protesters holding the Senate building that they would not be dislodged by force as were those at the Congress.
Girardi's promise drew criticism from pro-government legislators, including Sen. Alberto Espina, who accused Girardi of "a serious dereliction of duty" in failing to ensure the security of the hearing.
The protesters finally agreed to leave the building after talking with opposition senators and representatives who agreed to introduce legislation for holding a referendum.
The youths were put in police vehicles outside to have their identities checked. Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter said they could face charges of threatening a minister of state and interfering with legislative work.
Students have been pressing for a national vote because they don't trust Chile's establishment, and the protests have won sympathy for the students from about 80 percent of the population, according to opinion polls. At the same time, President Sebastian Pinera's support has dropped to between 20 percent and 30 percent.
However, Chile's constitution allows referendums in only very limited circumstances, such as when Congress and the president cannot resolve their differences.
Students are demanding the government provide free public education for all Chilean students, not just the poorest, and improve the quality of schooling. They also want state subsidies for private colleges reduced.
Pinera's government has said it cannot afford to make education free for everyone, and student leaders have broken off negotiations with the administration.
The president has sent his own proposals for education changes to Congress, and appointed a commission of experts to provide him with further ideas in January.
Michigan State University students seek action after racial incidents
Mathew Miller
Earlier this month, hundreds of Michigan State University students turned out for an emergency town hall meeting held in response to three racially charged incidents: racial epithets written on a student's door and scrawled on a dormitory wall, a black doll found hanging in a string of beads.
The university's Black Student Alliance has since been keeping a tally, and they arrived at a meeting of MSU's Board of Trustees on Friday with thick packets detailing the original three incidents and seven that have happened since.
"We do not feel safe here at this university," said BSA President Mario Lemons, addressing the board.
"This university needs to take initiative to make sure they are addressing these concerns."
The notes Shaina Simpson found on her door started with a racial epithet. They made reference to the fact that she is an intercultural aide, one of the students employed in MSU's residence halls to help others make the transition to a more diverse environment. Actually, they said she was "aide with AIDS."
"This comes in a day and age when racism is no longer supposed to be an issue," she told the board, "and yet just last week, these events occurred."
The students had come with suggestions: creating a free-standing Multicultural Center to replace the one in the basement of the MSU Union, give cultural sensitivity training to incoming freshmen during summer orientation, bolster the intercultural aides program.
So far, Lemons said, the university's leaders have been "trying to act like they're doing things."
Paulette Granberry Russell, director of MSU's Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, agreed that the university should be doing more
"I don't think there is any disagreement between administration and students that there is a need to educate the campus community more broadly on the ways we can create a more hospitable, welcoming campus community," she said.
MSU President Lou Anna Simon has addressed the incidents in two public letters.
In the most recent letter, sent Tuesday, Simon said she was "outraged" by the incidents but heartened by the ensuing dialogue.
Several incidents still are under investigation by MSU police, but at least one seems not to have been meant as racial intimidation.
Sgt. Florene McGlothian Taylor said the black doll found hanging in beads had been purchased three years ago in New Orleans as a sort of prosperity charm by a group of students who were in the process of applying for a grant.
It had been hanging in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences for some time before it was discovered by a black student this fall, she said. -LSJ.com
Abdul Sattar Edhi - An Icon of Fulfillment
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Looking back to his childhood he told " Every day before school, my mother would give me two paisa and say, 'Spend one paisa on yourself and give the other away,'" Edhi remembers. "When I came home, she would ask me where I had given away my one paisa. It was her way of creating an awareness in me of the need for social welfare."
Just 20 years old, he volunteered to join a charity run by the Memons, the Islamic religious community to which his family belonged. Initially Edhi performed his duty but soon he realized that the charity's compassion was confined to Memons only so he confronted his employers and said "humanitarian work loses its significance when you discriminate between the needy".
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He served people without discriminating on the basis of religion. ‘The ambulance is more Muslim than you’. That was the answer Sir Abdul Sattar Edhi gave to a question when once asked ‘why must you pick up Christians and Hindus in your ambulance?’
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Around 400 ambulances of Edhi Foundation operate around the country.
He is a living legend and a true Saint. Looking at his life, I got the lesson that gets real fulfillment only by serving others devoutedly. By becoming sensitive for others. And by enjoying small things in life.
Difficult times can shape humans in many ways. But difficult times helped Abdul Sattar Edhi to rise to true greatness. We all pray for him and wish him every service till his last breath.
Students vow to remain drug free
-Amanda Friar, Sturgis Community.com"Say no to drugs, say yes to tacos," "Don't smoke, it's a joke," and "It's up to me to stay drug free," were only some of the catchphrases that school students came up with for their drug free posters.
Students paraded down Main Street to the Sturgis Community Center on Friday, Oct. 21 as the kickoff to Red Ribbon Week. Awards were then given to the winners of the poster contest, hosted by Action for the Betterment of the Community (ABC), who got over 1,000 poster entries from throughout the Meade School District 46-1.
"It's important to live by the message you put on there," Sturgis Mayor Mark Carstensen told the students at the awards ceremony.
Red Ribbon Week was started unofficially 1985 when a federal drug agent was killed in Mexico and family and friends started hanging red ribbons in order to remember him and raise awareness of staying drug free. The government made it official in 1988 that the last week in October should be Red Ribbon Week and it became a national movement to help the community to commit to staying drug free.
"The importance of staying drug free, we just can't say it enough," ABC project coordinator Randy Bender said. "Everyone needs to learn about the dangers of drugs and alcohol and if they start learning it when they're young it will stick with them when they're older. It makes it a big part of their life."
Karrie Daniels from Whitewood Elementary School won the honorable mention award and received Taco Johns Gift Certificates for her "Say no to drugs, say yes to tacos" poster. Her poster will also be framed and hung in Taco Johns.
Kyla Alan from Whitewood Elementary School and Sabrina Day from Sturgis Williams Middle School won third place and received $10 Visa cash cards. Skyler Phillips from Piedmont Valley Elementary School and Hannah Sedlak from Sturgis Williams Middle School won second place and received $25 Visa cash cards.
Troy Rounds from Atall School won first place and not only did he win a $50 Visa cash card, but will also have his poster displayed on a billboard at the entrance to Boulder Canyon. The billboard will go up in mid November. Rounds said he was surprised that he won first place for his drawing.
"I thought I wouldn't win," Rounds said. "I'm happy."
The Sturgis community is encouraged to celebrate Red Ribbon week by placing red ribbons on trees and businesses throughout the community and wearing red on Wednesday. Supplies to paint the town with red ribbons can be picked up at Northern Hills Alcohol and Drug.
KU festival: Students return awards in protest
-Zahid Maqbool, Kashmir Dispatch
Agitated awardees ‘cried foul’ and alleged judges of selecting students of their own college for top prizes.
“We returned our award trophies for we believe judges were biased. We seriously believe judges chose their own students for top prizes and ignored deserving candidates,” an angry group of students from Islamic College of Science and Commerce told Kashmir Dispatch.
The agitated student alleged judges from Institute of Music and Fine Arts (IMFA) of choosing their own trainees over deserving students.
“All the judged were from IMFA and most of the top awards went to the students of same institute. So much so, none of our paintings, collage or cartoons weren’t displayed and shown to audience. It made us angry and we returned our prizes in protest,” the students alleged.
Besides ‘rigging the results’, the students said that even topics were changed to suit blue eyed participants. “First we were given a topic Festival and Fashion, and, all of sudden, we were asked to make cartoons on a different topic: Indian Festival and Sonzal University,” explaining reason for their protest said.
The prize distribution ceremony, which was attended by Minister for Tourism Nwang Ringzin Jora and Vice- Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof. Dr. Talat Ahmad, sources said, witnessed some ugly scenes when organizers and aggrieved students entered into a verbal brawl.
So much so, one of the disconcerted students, banged his trophy in presence of Jora and the Vice-Chancellor.
All this prompted audience- majority of them sitting in the upper tier of University Auditorium- to ‘jeer and hoot’ at organizers and raised slogans demanding justice to the agitated lot. The jam packed auditorium was reverberated with slogans- cheating, we want justice- as organizers were left embarrassed.
The students weren’t the only ones to cry foul. Even some of student who did their bit to organize the event felt their contribution was ignored.
“We did all the ground work and put in lot of hard work to make this event a success. For some reasons, we weren’t awarded trophies of appreciation which most of high level officials were given,” said a student-organizer, Gowhar Bhat, who was leaving no stone unturned to make the event vibrant and successful.
When this correspondent called the cultural officer and main organizer of the event, Shahid Khan, he received the call on first instance and after listening the question promised to get back. But, after making repeated calls, he did not answer.
Few days back when students reportedly resorted to booing and chanting Azadi slogans when National Anthem was being played in presence of the Governor NN Vohra, who was the Chief Guest on the first day of the festival.
300 Tri-Valley students may be sent home
-Narayan Lakshman, The Hindu
Up to 300 students, a majority of them Indian, are likely to be sent home after United States immigration authorities spent more than nine months investigating the Tri-Valley University (TVU) visa fraud case.
Following a meeting held on Friday between Indian officials and their U.S. counterparts at the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Indian Embassy said that more than a thousand students were being considered for transfer to other universities.
Of these 435 transfers have already been approved, 145 have been denied and “about an equal number” were issued with Notices of Intention to Deny. NOIDs had been issued to the students based on a preliminary examination of the documentation and other circumstances pertaining to the individual students’ cases, sources told The Hindu.
The idea of issuing a NOID was to give students some time to respond as required. U.S. officials have advised that students who have received NOIDs should “reply to the notices in the stipulated time with required and additional information or documents.”
This would put the total number of students likely to be told that they had to leave the U.S. in the vicinity of 300. The remaining transfer application cases, another 300 or more in number, were said to still be under examination.
In terms of the progress of the investigation since then, U.S. officials said that the cases of students that have been examined were considered individually “after evaluating all the information provided by the students.” However no timeframe has been provided for wrapping all the cases, although 600-odd cases were said to have been covered in the last six months.
Sources said that students who were denied visa and returned to India would not face any restrictions against reapplying for another student, or I-20, visa, adding that in the case of those who re-applied their application would be considered afresh without prejudice to their earlier denial of transfer visa from TVU.
However it is not yet clear whether any formal or written assurances to this effect will be given to the students. This may be a concern because there are some legal circumstances under which students returning to India and reapplying for an I-visa may face a risk of denial based on their past association with the TVU case. The Notice to Appear is a case in point.
“Once you leave [the U.S.] after an Notice to Appear is issued, you are automatically considered to be self-deported. After self-deportation you are subject to a minimum five-year ban from re-entering the U.S,” as immigration specialist Attorney Sheela Murthy said at the time to The Hindu. While an NTA is different from a NOID, a written assurance to students may assuage concerns regarding possible debarment from re-entry under a NOID too.
Sources also noted that the process with regard to NOIDs would be that after receipt of the notice the student in question would be required to respond to notice, following which they would get a further intimation as to whether their case has been considered or denied. If denied, the source said, students would have recourse within the framework of U.S. law, possibly entailing the pursuit of justice in a court of law.
The case of TVU near the San Francisco area in California came to light in January this year when a sting operation led by ICE closed in on a major visa fraud network run by Susan Xiao-Ping Su (41), then the head of the University.
At the time ICE issued a notice of forfeiture of properties of Su. However with over 95 per cent of the students involved said to be of Indian origin, and a majority from Andhra Pradesh, it was evident that many hundreds of them might be left in legal limbo, facing the prospect of being “removed” and, before that, the humiliation of wearing a radio tag for monitoring.
In May, Su was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of visa fraud and money laundering.
After last week’s meeting sources also said most of the earlier cases of radio tags had already been cleared and the last six months had seen no new instances of radio tagging. So it was quite likely that there are very few tags on students at this time, if any.
Reflecting on the room for discretion available to U.S. immigration authorities in adjudicating on individual cases, the Indian embassy said that at the meeting on Friday it had sought to impress upon U.S. officials that “the Indian students of TVU have undergone hardship since the closure of the University and that their cases should be viewed with understanding.” In a statement the embassy added that it was continuing its efforts with U.S. authorities aimed at addressing the plight of TVU students.
Saudi Government announces $72 million aid for Education and Health Facilities in KP and FATA
After the visit of a delegation to the World Food Program Office in Peshawar, Saudi Government has announced $72 million aid for education and heath facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The delegation was satisfied by the fair distribution of food items amongst the terrorism-affected.
Saudi Fund for Development Chief Abdullah al Shaibi said that the Saudi government’s aid programme will soon be implemented.
He also said that the programme will help in facilitating the education, food and health sectors in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
Singer Saira Naseem Critically Injured
Singer Siara Naseem is reported to be seriously injured in a road accident near Sadhuki area of Gujaranwala.Her car crossed the legal speed limit hitting the low-lying ground head on. Three other passengers in car car also suffered physical trauma
Students Protests: Punjab Government takes Positive Action
In response to serious protests staged by students in Gujranwala and Faisalbad on Saturday, Punjab Government has announced the cancellation of all results of first-year Intermediate exams for Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Multan.In addition to that, second year students can get their papers rechecked free of cost, in case of any doubts regarding their results.
Express Reports:
The Education Minister defended the online system of examination results
and said that the system itself is error-free but the mistakes took
place due to lack of awareness among the staff operating the system.
Spokesperson, Punjab Government has advised the students to abide by rules and regulations , not getting involved in criminal activities and not damaging Government and Public Property in future.
Students celebrated the decision with immense enthusiasm.
Students Protests in Gujranwala
Geo Reports:
13 students were sustained injuries during clash with police while police arrested over 50 students for making unrest in the city...Students were demanding removal of IT head of the board while Punjab government asked students to remain calm and promised to take appropriate action against those who were responsible for errors in the result.
The protests have spread across other cities of Punjab as well, where students are suffering through same problems.
The World's First 4D Consumer Camera and Interactive Images
Lytro has released its first camera, which captures around11 million rays of light. Using a the light field sensor, the camera not only captures the color and intensity of every ray, but the direction as well. Lytro captures as much data as possible in each photograph and producing "interactive" images. So users can refocus images directly in the camera.
This is a single image with different focus areas
Pakistani Expert Develops Innovative Neurology Method
KARACHI: A Pakistani scholar has devised a non-invasive way to sense brain pressure which could significantly change the current paradigm of neurological care of those suffering from brain injury or disease
Monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) is the most important thing to assess brain injury, hemorrhage (internal blood flow), tumors and other neurological problems.Current methods to measure intercranial pressure(ICP) are restricted to very severe cases as they are are highly invasive – requiring a neurosurgeon to drill a hole in the skull to place a pressure sensor or catheter inside the brain.
Monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) is the most important thing to assess brain injury, hemorrhage (internal blood flow), tumors and other neurological problems.Current methods to measure intercranial pressure(ICP) are restricted to very severe cases as they are are highly invasive – requiring a neurosurgeon to drill a hole in the skull to place a pressure sensor or catheter inside the brain.
Pakistani scientist, Faisal Kashif has devised a non-invasive technology for ICP monitoring in his PhD thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US. The method is based on processing available clinical signals using a mathematical model of relevant physiology. It provides real time estimates of ICP and cerebrovascular impedance, the latter is an indicator of brain’s ability to maintain its blood supply .
The non-invasive method can also be applied in emergency-care settings where most trauma patients are first brought. Having access to ICP in a timely manner can guide doctors to provide life-saving interventions.
The initial validation studies show that the new method is equally precise as compared to other painful surgery based procedure.(dawn news)Prime Minister Copied SAM while addressing Students at NUST
Prime Minister Pakistan Yousaf Raza Gillani visited NUST on Monday, 17th October to attend the award distribution ceremony of Discover - NUST Business Plan Competition.
PM copied SAM infront of Students more than once.
Prime Minister Gilani recalled that while presiding over a meeting of Pakistan Software Export Board, he directed completion of the Information Technology Park Project in Islamabad on fast-track basis. He said the project will also be launched in provinces at a later stage and said he had already instructed for allotment of a piece of land for this purpose.
He added “We are also using Benazir Income Support Fund, micro-credit financing and internship schemes to support the educated and dynamic youth of Pakistan to become high achievers in life.”
PM also said “I very strongly feel that universities must solve problems of our local industry and scale up their research and development focused on commercial success.”
AIK TECHNOLOGY - Conducting Electricity From Non-Conducting Material
A Pakistani scientist, Imtiaz Ali Khan , has come up with an electricity generator-plus-saver design. The Discovery, named AIK TECHNOLOGY composes of a unique mixture of insulators that conducts 14% less current, hence saving 30% of the total consumptions.
“This is the first time in history that anyone has found a method to conduct electricity from non-conducting materials....I have decided to dedicate my discovery to my nation of 180 million people, who are suffering from extreme forms of loadshedding in these modern times,” states Khan
He said he can provide a device that reduces electricity comsumption for Rs3,000 to people consuming less than 300 units of electricity, while households consuming over 300 units can avail the device for Rs4,000.
Old German satellite hurtles toward Earth
Scientists are no longer able to communicate with the dead German satellite ROSAT, which orbits the earth every 90 minutes, and experts are not sure exactly where pieces of it could land
All countries around the globe between 53-degrees north and 53-degrees south could possibly be affected.
Parts of the satellite, which is the size of a minivan, will burn up during re-entry but up to 30 fragments weighing a total of 1.87 tons (1.7 metric tons) could crash into the Earth sometime between Friday and Monday, center spokesman Andreas Schuetz told The Associated Press
The satellite will re-enter the atmosphere at a speed of 17,400 mph (28,000 kph).As it nears the Earth in coming days, scientists will be able to more accurately estimate exactly when it will land to a window of about 10 hours.
courtesy: Dawn news
Actress sues Amazon for revealing age on film database
The actress, who asked for her identity to be masked and is referred to only as “Jane Doe,” has launched the suit for damages with the Western District Court of Washington state, in northwestern Seattle.
She is alleging fraud, breach of contract and violation of her private life, as well as her consumer rights for revealing her age via using her credit card information
She has never wanted to reveal her age in order to maximize her chances of obtaining film roles but IMDB added her legal date of birth to her public acting profile revealeing her age to be much higher than her real looks. Actress has now sued the company for causing substantial decrease in acting credits and earning opportunities for her due to their act.
One Teacher For Over 100 Students
In the Government Girl’s Primary School Chita Soan Valley , 115 students are being attended by a single teacher.While the parents are reported to have been protesting outside schools since long, the situation still seems unresolved.
“We protested before the summer vacations and the Education Department officials told us that they would look into the matter and the school would be upgraded after the vacations,” said a parent of a fourth grade student Razia, Ismat Bibi.
“We protested before the summer vacations and the Education Department officials told us that they would look into the matter and the school would be upgraded after the vacations,” said a parent of a fourth grade student Razia, Ismat Bibi.
Landlord misusing School Land
Malik Zahoor , a landlord in Bahawalpur has forcefully taken over a school and turned it into a cattle shed.It is reported that 48 students enrolled in the school and two female teachers were driven out and forced to carry out their classes in a nearby mosque.
“He and his cronies came with guns and simply turned us all out. Then he boarded up the windows and within a few days his cows and buffaloes were being housed in class rooms,” said Moza Uch Gillani primary school teacher Lubna Munawwar.
“Zahoor is using the classrooms to store fodder and firewood and his men have been seen toting guns on campus. At first people protested but now they are too scared,” former school guard Gul Shehzan said.
DCO Dr Naeem Rauf who found out the about this situation in a surprise visit, has issued orders to his secretary to clear the school and sieze Zahoor's livestock.
Source : Express Tribune
“He and his cronies came with guns and simply turned us all out. Then he boarded up the windows and within a few days his cows and buffaloes were being housed in class rooms,” said Moza Uch Gillani primary school teacher Lubna Munawwar.
“Zahoor is using the classrooms to store fodder and firewood and his men have been seen toting guns on campus. At first people protested but now they are too scared,” former school guard Gul Shehzan said.
DCO Dr Naeem Rauf who found out the about this situation in a surprise visit, has issued orders to his secretary to clear the school and sieze Zahoor's livestock.
Source : Express Tribune
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