Windows Quick Shutdown keyboard Shortcut :
Large Youtube Videos :
MPlayer Video Player :
Mplayer is my favourite player as it supports all formats that i want to play(From mpeg to real media).MPlayer is a one of a kind Audio and video player.It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5 and even WMV movies.. It works with X11, Xv, DGA, OpenGL, SVGAlib, fbdev, AAlib, DirectFB, but you can use GGI, SDL (and this way all their drivers), VESA (on every VESA compatible card, even without X11!) and some low level card-specific drivers (for Matrox, 3Dfx and ATI), too! Most of them support software or hardware scaling, so you can enjoy movies in fullscreen. MPlayer supports displaying through some hardware MPEG decoder boards, such as the Siemens DVB, DXR2 and DXR3/Hollywood+. MPlayer has an onscreen display (OSD) for status information, nice big antialiased shaded subtitles and visual feedback for keyboard controls And the most important of all...Mplayer is available free under GNU General Public License version 2. Full Configurations and support details of Mplayer can be found here Mplayer is highly customizable. Using Mplayer we can set lag or lead to subtitles or audio without the need of any 3rd party software like vobsub.Once you download Mplayer you can be sure that you wont need an alternative player to play any of your movies/videos. I have tried most of the video players available like VLC,Divx Player etc.. but i am damn sure that Mplayer is the best.. Mplayer is available for Windows Linux and the Mac OS X Download Mplayer Now At last here is a little trick for a better Mplayer experience. In Mplayer Options,give the following as the configuration -sws 9 -af volnorm=2 -subfont-autoscale 1 -subfont-text-scale 7
Download Easily Youtube Videos :
This method doesnt need any additional software or extension or anything of that sort. You tube video links will be of the form http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=video_id To download this video just add a kiss before youtube ie. change the url to http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=video_id eg:To download http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa4m5J6mgm8 goto http://www.kissyoutube.com/watch?v=Wa4m5J6mgm8 There you will see option to play the file and also an option to download it to your pc. Video Download Firefox Extension Download videos from Youtube, Google Video, Pornotube, Grinvi... and many other sites with simply one click... Get the video download Extension from here. Whenever you are watching a you tube video you will see a box to the right showing something about the video and also a related videos box.To download the video just right click on the video on the right pane and choose Download Video Similarly you can also download the related videos by right clicking on them and choosing to download. Video Download is available for Internet Explorer and Opera To get Video Download for IE or Opera visit the official site of video download..
Opera 9.5 alpha codenamed Kestrel :
NOTE: Opera 9.5 alpha will by default install separately from your previous Opera version. If you choose to install it on top of your previous installation, please make sure you have proper back-up of Opera and Opera Mail.
Make your own Windows Vista boot Screen :
Speed up Internet using Open Dns
Speed up your browsing speed and also protect yourself from phishing sites using the Open Dns. I you havent ever heard of Open Dns Check out wikipedia. Features of Open Dns 1)Lets you Browse Faster 2)Makes your browser smarter eg:If you goto yahoo.cmo it will automatically goto yahoo.com 3)Lets you assign shortcuts for sites say y for www.yahoo.com 4)Helps you to block specific sites or porn sites 5)Protects you from phishing attacks How to move to Open Dns In Windows Vista Goto Control Pane>Network and sharing center> Manage Network Connections Right Click on your Connection and choose properties.Click on TCP/IPV4 
and change the dns address as shown ie change Preffered DNS server to 208.67.222.222 and set Alternate DNS server to 208.67.220.220 After you do this visit Open Dns to test your Settings.If you wish to have better step by step instructions from Open Dns visit here. Instructions for other Platforms Windows Mac OS X Linux/Unix Router Mobile Gaming Now if you want to make use of advanced features of Open DNS create an account there. Once u login you can use assign shortcuts to sites.YO can also use other features like Porn Blocking and all.So go for Open DNS
and change the dns address as shown ie change Preffered DNS server to 208.67.222.222 and set Alternate DNS server to 208.67.220.220 After you do this visit Open Dns to test your Settings.If you wish to have better step by step instructions from Open Dns visit here. Instructions for other Platforms Windows Mac OS X Linux/Unix Router Mobile Gaming Now if you want to make use of advanced features of Open DNS create an account there. Once u login you can use assign shortcuts to sites.YO can also use other features like Porn Blocking and all.So go for Open DNS
IE Business School Madrid :
Business School (based in Madrid) is one of the world's top international business schools. A pioneer in business education, IE Business School trains tomorrow's business leaders, shaping them with an innovative approach and acting as a catalyst for the creation of new businesses.
IE's MBA programs- the International MBA, Global MBA (online), and International Executive MBA- have been met with worldwide acclaim, featuring highly in both the FT and Economist business school rankings, and cementing IE's reputation as a global leader in business education. IE also offers specialist Master programs that focus your studies on the skills and knowledge required of the manager in a broad range of specific industries. Catering to the real needs of the corporate world, IE Business School offers a number of formats (full-time, part-time, and online) to ensure utmost flexibility in its programs.
Complimenting IE's extensive portfolio of Master degree programs, the Executive Education division offers training courses for the executive through its seminars, conferences, forums, in-company training programs and consulting; building on IE's commitment to providing outstanding education and training across the various phases of your career.
With more than 80 nationalities represented on its Madrid central campus, as well as a global network of alumni, the IE Experience is a truly international one.
Visit us on the web: www.ie.edu/business
IE at a Glance
Year Established: 1973
Faculty
Full-time: 91
Of which, 89% have Doctorates, 47% are from outside Spain, and 31% are women
Part-time: 207
Number of MBA students
International MBA: 240
Global MBA: 12
International Executive MBA: 60
Diversity
Over 70 nationalities on campus
57 nationalities enrolled in the International MBA
92% international participation in International MBA
82% international participation in International Executive MBA
Academic Options
Dual degree programs with MIT and Tufts*
Elective courses*
Exchange programs with other top institutions in the USA & Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa/Middle East, Asia, Oceania. (where applicable)
*International MBA only
Alumni
Over 35,000 alumni in over 100 countries
Over 60 alumni association chapters around the globe
Over 80 alumni representatives around the globe
Careers
Career Management Center helps you to get the placement you want
Contact with multinationals around the globe
93% of graduates get a placement within 3 months of graduation
Top recruiters:
KPMG
Johnson & Johnson
Landwell
Ernst & Young
BBVA
Ford
L'Oreal
Indra
Daemon Quest
Microsoft
Provider Features
Course and Career Counselling services
International student clubs and associations
Social Activities
IE's MBA programs- the International MBA, Global MBA (online), and International Executive MBA- have been met with worldwide acclaim, featuring highly in both the FT and Economist business school rankings, and cementing IE's reputation as a global leader in business education. IE also offers specialist Master programs that focus your studies on the skills and knowledge required of the manager in a broad range of specific industries. Catering to the real needs of the corporate world, IE Business School offers a number of formats (full-time, part-time, and online) to ensure utmost flexibility in its programs.
Complimenting IE's extensive portfolio of Master degree programs, the Executive Education division offers training courses for the executive through its seminars, conferences, forums, in-company training programs and consulting; building on IE's commitment to providing outstanding education and training across the various phases of your career.
With more than 80 nationalities represented on its Madrid central campus, as well as a global network of alumni, the IE Experience is a truly international one.
Visit us on the web: www.ie.edu/business
IE at a Glance
Year Established: 1973
Faculty
Full-time: 91
Of which, 89% have Doctorates, 47% are from outside Spain, and 31% are women
Part-time: 207
Number of MBA students
International MBA: 240
Global MBA: 12
International Executive MBA: 60
Diversity
Over 70 nationalities on campus
57 nationalities enrolled in the International MBA
92% international participation in International MBA
82% international participation in International Executive MBA
Academic Options
Dual degree programs with MIT and Tufts*
Elective courses*
Exchange programs with other top institutions in the USA & Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa/Middle East, Asia, Oceania. (where applicable)
*International MBA only
Alumni
Over 35,000 alumni in over 100 countries
Over 60 alumni association chapters around the globe
Over 80 alumni representatives around the globe
Careers
Career Management Center helps you to get the placement you want
Contact with multinationals around the globe
93% of graduates get a placement within 3 months of graduation
Top recruiters:
KPMG
Johnson & Johnson
Landwell
Ernst & Young
BBVA
Ford
L'Oreal
Indra
Daemon Quest
Microsoft
Provider Features
Course and Career Counselling services
International student clubs and associations
Social Activities
Make Windows Vista Faster Using Your Flash Drive :
Do you rub vista an have a flash drive?? Then you can speed up your system performance using Rady Boost.For using this you should have a spare usb 2.0 key with enough space.Plug in your drive and choose Speed up my system from the Autoplay window that appears. 
Microsft recommends to use a usb that has about the same size as your RAM.You can control the amount of memory to be used for system boost by right clicking on the usb drive>Properties>Ready Boost. Adding a 1 GB Ready Boost drive wont give you the benefit of an additional 1 GB Ram but there would be notable improvements in the system performance. Hope you understood what a ready boost device is and how it can be used.Ready Boost caches disk reads easily and can often speed up data access. Reads from a USB key or other ReadyBoost device are much faster than random reads from a platter on the hard drive.So boost your PC using this simple trick
Microsft recommends to use a usb that has about the same size as your RAM.You can control the amount of memory to be used for system boost by right clicking on the usb drive>Properties>Ready Boost. Adding a 1 GB Ready Boost drive wont give you the benefit of an additional 1 GB Ram but there would be notable improvements in the system performance. Hope you understood what a ready boost device is and how it can be used.Ready Boost caches disk reads easily and can often speed up data access. Reads from a USB key or other ReadyBoost device are much faster than random reads from a platter on the hard drive.So boost your PC using this simple trick 
Major And Minor Air Pollutants :
Pollutant Sources Effects
Ozone
A colorless gas that is the major constituent of photochemical smog at the Earth's surface. In the upper atmosphere (stratosphere), however, ozone is beneficial, protecting us from the sun's harmful rays. Ozone is formed in the lower atmosphere as a result of chemical reactions between oxygen, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight, especially during hot weather. Sources of such harmful pollutants include vehicles, factories, landfills, industrial solvents, and numerous small sources such as gas stations, and farm and lawn equipment. Ozone causes significant health and environmental problems at the Earth's surface. It can irritate the respiratory tract, produce impaired lung function and cause throat irritation, chest pain, cough, and lung inflammation. It can also reduce the yield of agricultural crops and injure forests and other vegetation. Ozone is the most injurious pollutant to plant life.
Carbon Monoxide
Odorless and colorless gas emitted in the exhaust of motor vehicles and other kinds of engines where there is incomplete fossilfuel combustion. Automobiles, buses, trucks, small engines, and some industrial processes. High concentrations can be found in confined spaces like parking garages, poorly ventilated tunnels, or along roadsides during periods of heavy traffic. Reduces the ability of blood to deliver oxygen to vital tissues, affecting primarily the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Lower concentrations have been shown to adversely affect individuals with heart disease; higher concentrations can cause dizziness, headaches, and fatigue.
Nitrogen Dioxide
Light brown gas at lower concentrations; in higher concentrations becomes an important component of unpleasant-looking brown, urban haze. Result of burning fuels in utilities, industrial boilers, cars, and trucks. One of the major pollutants that causes smog and acid rain. Can harm humans and vegetation when concentrations are sufficiently high.
Particulate Matter
Solid matter or liquid droplets from smoke, dust, fly ash and condensing vapors that can be suspended in the air for long periods of time. Industrial processes, smelters, automobiles, burning industrial fuels, woodsmoke, dust from paved and unpaved roads, construction, and agricultural ground breaking. These microscopic particles can affect breathing and respiratory health, causing increased respiratory disease and lung damage, and possibly premature death.
Sulfur Dioxide
Colorless gas, odorless at low concentrations but pungent at very high concentrations. Emitted largely from industrial, institutional, utility and apartment-house furnaces and boilers, as well as petroleum refineries, smelters, paper mills, and chemical plants. One of the major pollutants that cause smog. Can also, at high concentrations, affect human health, especially among asthmatics, and acidify lakes and streams.
Lead
Lead and lead compounds can adversely affect human health through either ingestion of lead-contaminated soil, dust, paint, or direct inhalation. Transportation sources using lead in their fuels, coal combustion, smelters, car battery plants, and combustion of garbage containing lead products. Elevated lead levels can adversely affect mental development, kidney function, and blood chemistry. Young children are particularly at risk.
Toxic Air Pollutants
Includes pollutants such as arsenic, asbestos, and benzenes. Chemical plants, industrial processes, motor vehicle emissions and fuels, and building materials. Known or suspected to cause cancer, respiratory effects, birth defects, and reproductive and other serious health effects.
Stratospheric Ozone Depleters
Chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform. These chemicals rise to the upper atmosphere where they destroy the protective ozone layer. Industrial household refrigeration, cooling and cleaning processes, car and home air conditioners, some fire extinguishers, and plastic foam products. Increased exposure to UV radiation could potentially cause an increase in skin cancer, cataracts, suppression of the human immune response system, and environmental damage.
Greenhouse gases
Gases that build up in the atmosphere that may induce global climate change or the “greenhouse effect.”They include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The main man-made source of carbon dioxide emissions is fossil fuel combustion for energy-use and transportation. Methane comes from landfills, cud-chewing livestock, coal mines, and rice paddies. Nitrous oxide results from industrial processes, such as nylon fabrication. The extent of the effects of climate change on human health and the environment is still uncertain, but could include increased global temperature, increased severity and frequency of storms and other “weather extremes,” melting of the polar ice cap, and sea-level rise.
Ozone
A colorless gas that is the major constituent of photochemical smog at the Earth's surface. In the upper atmosphere (stratosphere), however, ozone is beneficial, protecting us from the sun's harmful rays. Ozone is formed in the lower atmosphere as a result of chemical reactions between oxygen, volatile organic compounds, and nitrogen oxides in the presence of sunlight, especially during hot weather. Sources of such harmful pollutants include vehicles, factories, landfills, industrial solvents, and numerous small sources such as gas stations, and farm and lawn equipment. Ozone causes significant health and environmental problems at the Earth's surface. It can irritate the respiratory tract, produce impaired lung function and cause throat irritation, chest pain, cough, and lung inflammation. It can also reduce the yield of agricultural crops and injure forests and other vegetation. Ozone is the most injurious pollutant to plant life.
Carbon Monoxide
Odorless and colorless gas emitted in the exhaust of motor vehicles and other kinds of engines where there is incomplete fossilfuel combustion. Automobiles, buses, trucks, small engines, and some industrial processes. High concentrations can be found in confined spaces like parking garages, poorly ventilated tunnels, or along roadsides during periods of heavy traffic. Reduces the ability of blood to deliver oxygen to vital tissues, affecting primarily the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Lower concentrations have been shown to adversely affect individuals with heart disease; higher concentrations can cause dizziness, headaches, and fatigue.
Nitrogen Dioxide
Light brown gas at lower concentrations; in higher concentrations becomes an important component of unpleasant-looking brown, urban haze. Result of burning fuels in utilities, industrial boilers, cars, and trucks. One of the major pollutants that causes smog and acid rain. Can harm humans and vegetation when concentrations are sufficiently high.
Particulate Matter
Solid matter or liquid droplets from smoke, dust, fly ash and condensing vapors that can be suspended in the air for long periods of time. Industrial processes, smelters, automobiles, burning industrial fuels, woodsmoke, dust from paved and unpaved roads, construction, and agricultural ground breaking. These microscopic particles can affect breathing and respiratory health, causing increased respiratory disease and lung damage, and possibly premature death.
Sulfur Dioxide
Colorless gas, odorless at low concentrations but pungent at very high concentrations. Emitted largely from industrial, institutional, utility and apartment-house furnaces and boilers, as well as petroleum refineries, smelters, paper mills, and chemical plants. One of the major pollutants that cause smog. Can also, at high concentrations, affect human health, especially among asthmatics, and acidify lakes and streams.
Lead
Lead and lead compounds can adversely affect human health through either ingestion of lead-contaminated soil, dust, paint, or direct inhalation. Transportation sources using lead in their fuels, coal combustion, smelters, car battery plants, and combustion of garbage containing lead products. Elevated lead levels can adversely affect mental development, kidney function, and blood chemistry. Young children are particularly at risk.
Toxic Air Pollutants
Includes pollutants such as arsenic, asbestos, and benzenes. Chemical plants, industrial processes, motor vehicle emissions and fuels, and building materials. Known or suspected to cause cancer, respiratory effects, birth defects, and reproductive and other serious health effects.
Stratospheric Ozone Depleters
Chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), halons, carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform. These chemicals rise to the upper atmosphere where they destroy the protective ozone layer. Industrial household refrigeration, cooling and cleaning processes, car and home air conditioners, some fire extinguishers, and plastic foam products. Increased exposure to UV radiation could potentially cause an increase in skin cancer, cataracts, suppression of the human immune response system, and environmental damage.
Greenhouse gases
Gases that build up in the atmosphere that may induce global climate change or the “greenhouse effect.”They include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. The main man-made source of carbon dioxide emissions is fossil fuel combustion for energy-use and transportation. Methane comes from landfills, cud-chewing livestock, coal mines, and rice paddies. Nitrous oxide results from industrial processes, such as nylon fabrication. The extent of the effects of climate change on human health and the environment is still uncertain, but could include increased global temperature, increased severity and frequency of storms and other “weather extremes,” melting of the polar ice cap, and sea-level rise.
How To Increase Traffic Of Blog :
There must be thousands of "how to increase blog traffic" posts and articles out there on the internet. From experts in SEO to link-builders to black-hats to link-buyers to ping-traffickers to directory submitters.
But simple things are often forgotten.
It is true that having a blog means nothing if you don't have people to read it. Pakistani bloggers too, like almost all bloggers, yearn more readership, for recognition, fame, and thanks to Google AdSense, fortune. Here I'm attempting to share some experience with fellow bloggers. Some of the tips below may sound terribly obvious and no-brainers, but these are tried and trusted.
Having said that, building traffic and loyal readership is harder than getting instant traffic. You can buy instant traffic with AdWords and the likes. But that's not what good blogging is about. It's about writing and adding value. If you really are into blogging for long term gain and even profit, build your blog like a project over time, not just hoping for hits that can be bought easily.
Blog what you love
Write and share what you really like, what is your passion and what you think adds your own unique perspective about a subject you consider yourself to be good at. Most new "blogs" are just an excuse to make money. Many bloggers simply jump on to the "niche" bandwagon of blogging to increase their ad revenue. If you really want to be a successful, long term blogger, blog from the heart and money will follow. It's not the other way round.
Be specific and topical
Most bloggers tend to write about every thing under the sun, from their pet turtles to sick Aunty Salma to their new iPod. Sure, if you're a superhot celebrity, everyone wants to know what you think about the weather or a particular news item. But most of us are not rock-stars. Keep a thematic value to your blog. Don't stray from the topic. If you blog about, say, Pakistani Folk Music, keep your topic tightly focused. Readers interested in Pakistani music will find your voice an authority over time only if you keep that authority focused.
Don't waste someone's visit
If you don't have something interesting to write -- Don't! Nothing spoils a person's visit to your blog to discover a one line with something like "check this out!" Don't assume that people visit only your blog on the internet and have no clue what else is there to check out if you dont' tell them! Make your readers' visit a worthwhile experience. DON'T BLOG FOR THE SAKE OF IT!
Plan your blog posts
Don't just jump onto your Blogger or Wordpress thinking "what will I blog now?". Keep a small notepad with you. You never know when a topic occurs to you. If you blog about Music, you never know you might discover that you should create a post about something while listening to a new song, or even driving in your car, listening to a bad song.
Don't take it too seriously (yup!)
Yes, I know you'll roll your eyes. But blogging should be fun! Like most fun things in life, have a sense of humour about it and don't take blogging so seriously that it hurts you when some troll or Anonymous commenter spoils your day or something like that.
Don't blog for comments alone
Don't be discouraged if you hardly receive any comments. If you blog consistently enough, your blog will become more noticed by people through Google and people will trust it more. It's very tempting to get swooned by a hundred comments for a post. But remember that people also get easily cheesed off by a blog just because they read something on its comments section by someone else! So keep your commenters happy, but don't blog for comments alone. After all, blog posts are a comment to begin with!
I know some of you will be very cynical to these suggestions and "tips". To those I say nothing. But those who are not, these are simple things which should be at the back of your mind while blogging.
But simple things are often forgotten.
It is true that having a blog means nothing if you don't have people to read it. Pakistani bloggers too, like almost all bloggers, yearn more readership, for recognition, fame, and thanks to Google AdSense, fortune. Here I'm attempting to share some experience with fellow bloggers. Some of the tips below may sound terribly obvious and no-brainers, but these are tried and trusted.
Having said that, building traffic and loyal readership is harder than getting instant traffic. You can buy instant traffic with AdWords and the likes. But that's not what good blogging is about. It's about writing and adding value. If you really are into blogging for long term gain and even profit, build your blog like a project over time, not just hoping for hits that can be bought easily.
Blog what you love
Write and share what you really like, what is your passion and what you think adds your own unique perspective about a subject you consider yourself to be good at. Most new "blogs" are just an excuse to make money. Many bloggers simply jump on to the "niche" bandwagon of blogging to increase their ad revenue. If you really want to be a successful, long term blogger, blog from the heart and money will follow. It's not the other way round.
Be specific and topical
Most bloggers tend to write about every thing under the sun, from their pet turtles to sick Aunty Salma to their new iPod. Sure, if you're a superhot celebrity, everyone wants to know what you think about the weather or a particular news item. But most of us are not rock-stars. Keep a thematic value to your blog. Don't stray from the topic. If you blog about, say, Pakistani Folk Music, keep your topic tightly focused. Readers interested in Pakistani music will find your voice an authority over time only if you keep that authority focused.
Don't waste someone's visit
If you don't have something interesting to write -- Don't! Nothing spoils a person's visit to your blog to discover a one line with something like "check this out!" Don't assume that people visit only your blog on the internet and have no clue what else is there to check out if you dont' tell them! Make your readers' visit a worthwhile experience. DON'T BLOG FOR THE SAKE OF IT!
Plan your blog posts
Don't just jump onto your Blogger or Wordpress thinking "what will I blog now?". Keep a small notepad with you. You never know when a topic occurs to you. If you blog about Music, you never know you might discover that you should create a post about something while listening to a new song, or even driving in your car, listening to a bad song.
Don't take it too seriously (yup!)
Yes, I know you'll roll your eyes. But blogging should be fun! Like most fun things in life, have a sense of humour about it and don't take blogging so seriously that it hurts you when some troll or Anonymous commenter spoils your day or something like that.
Don't blog for comments alone
Don't be discouraged if you hardly receive any comments. If you blog consistently enough, your blog will become more noticed by people through Google and people will trust it more. It's very tempting to get swooned by a hundred comments for a post. But remember that people also get easily cheesed off by a blog just because they read something on its comments section by someone else! So keep your commenters happy, but don't blog for comments alone. After all, blog posts are a comment to begin with!
I know some of you will be very cynical to these suggestions and "tips". To those I say nothing. But those who are not, these are simple things which should be at the back of your mind while blogging.
Talibans Near Islamabad Capital :
Taliban militants who implemented Islamic law in Pakistan's violence-plagued Swat Valley last week have now taken control of a neighboring district.
Control of the Buner district brings the Taliban closer to the capital, Islamabad, than they have been since they started their insurgency. Islamabad is 96 kilometers (60 miles) from the district.
"Our strength is in the hundreds," said Moulana Mohammad Khalil, as heavily armed men openly patrolled the roads in pickup trucks, singing Islamic anthems.
The militants had taken control of the area to ensure that Islamic law, or sharia, is properly imposed, Khalil said.
The government called the advance into Buner a breach of a recently-signed peace agreement.
"Now Taliban are violating the peace agreement, and if they continue the government will take strict action and not allow the Taliban to create a parallel government in that area," said Mian Iftikhar, a spokesman for the regional administration in the North West Frontier Province, where Buner is located.
Last week, the Taliban imposed sharia law in Swat Valley as part of a peace deal with the government. Under the Taliban's strict interpretation, the law prevents women from being seen in public without their husbands or fathers.
Earlier this month, the militant movement made forays into Buner and clashed with locals before withdrawing.
Now the Taliban appear to have returned in force -- a move that indicates the recent government concessions may have emboldened the militants to expand their reach.
The Pakistani government appears unable or unwilling to stop the Taliban's steady advance deeper into the territory of this nuclear-armed country.
In the days after the government's April 13 decision to implement sharia law in Swat, pro-Taliban clerics have staged rallies in Swat and Islamabad. They have demanded the imposition of Islamic law across Pakistan and beyond.
Speaking before an audience of tens of thousands in the Swat Valley town of Mingora on Sunday, cleric Sufi Muhammed declared democracy and Pakistan's judicial system "un-Islamic."
A Taliban spokesman in Swat went a step further Tuesday, calling anyone opposed to his strict interpretation of Islam a non-Muslim.
"Let the judges and the lawyers go to Islamic university," Muslim Khan said. After "they learn Islamic rules, Islamic regulation, they can continue to work
The rise of the Taliban in Swat has alarmed and frightened some members of local civil society there.
"This is a time bomb for the country," said Aftab Alam, the head of the lawyers' association in Swat district.
Meanwhile, in another Taliban-run region called Orakzai, details emerged of militants forcing a small community of Sikhs to pay a jaziya, or "minority tax," of 10.5 million rupees (roughly $130,000) earlier this month.
Khan said if his vision of an Islamic society is fulfilled in Pakistan, terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden will be welcome to travel and live openly here. "Sure, he's a Muslim, he can go anywhere," Khan said.
Khan added that he would like to see sharia law implemented beyond Pakistan, even in America, a country he knows intimately. For four years, the Taliban spokesman lived in the United States, working as a painter near Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Wednesday that Pakistan is in danger of falling into terrorist hands because of failed government policies
"I think that we cannot underscore the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan by continuing advances, now within hours of Islamabad, that are being made by a loosely confederated group of terrorists and others who are seeking the overthrow of the Pakistani state, a nuclear armed state," Clinton said in Washington.
She added the international community is working closely to combat extremism in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, but Pakistanis themselves need to take responsibility.
Control of the Buner district brings the Taliban closer to the capital, Islamabad, than they have been since they started their insurgency. Islamabad is 96 kilometers (60 miles) from the district.
"Our strength is in the hundreds," said Moulana Mohammad Khalil, as heavily armed men openly patrolled the roads in pickup trucks, singing Islamic anthems.
The militants had taken control of the area to ensure that Islamic law, or sharia, is properly imposed, Khalil said.
The government called the advance into Buner a breach of a recently-signed peace agreement.
"Now Taliban are violating the peace agreement, and if they continue the government will take strict action and not allow the Taliban to create a parallel government in that area," said Mian Iftikhar, a spokesman for the regional administration in the North West Frontier Province, where Buner is located.
Last week, the Taliban imposed sharia law in Swat Valley as part of a peace deal with the government. Under the Taliban's strict interpretation, the law prevents women from being seen in public without their husbands or fathers.
Earlier this month, the militant movement made forays into Buner and clashed with locals before withdrawing.
Now the Taliban appear to have returned in force -- a move that indicates the recent government concessions may have emboldened the militants to expand their reach.
The Pakistani government appears unable or unwilling to stop the Taliban's steady advance deeper into the territory of this nuclear-armed country.
In the days after the government's April 13 decision to implement sharia law in Swat, pro-Taliban clerics have staged rallies in Swat and Islamabad. They have demanded the imposition of Islamic law across Pakistan and beyond.
Speaking before an audience of tens of thousands in the Swat Valley town of Mingora on Sunday, cleric Sufi Muhammed declared democracy and Pakistan's judicial system "un-Islamic."
A Taliban spokesman in Swat went a step further Tuesday, calling anyone opposed to his strict interpretation of Islam a non-Muslim.
"Let the judges and the lawyers go to Islamic university," Muslim Khan said. After "they learn Islamic rules, Islamic regulation, they can continue to work
The rise of the Taliban in Swat has alarmed and frightened some members of local civil society there.
"This is a time bomb for the country," said Aftab Alam, the head of the lawyers' association in Swat district.
Meanwhile, in another Taliban-run region called Orakzai, details emerged of militants forcing a small community of Sikhs to pay a jaziya, or "minority tax," of 10.5 million rupees (roughly $130,000) earlier this month.
Khan said if his vision of an Islamic society is fulfilled in Pakistan, terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden will be welcome to travel and live openly here. "Sure, he's a Muslim, he can go anywhere," Khan said.
Khan added that he would like to see sharia law implemented beyond Pakistan, even in America, a country he knows intimately. For four years, the Taliban spokesman lived in the United States, working as a painter near Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Wednesday that Pakistan is in danger of falling into terrorist hands because of failed government policies
"I think that we cannot underscore the seriousness of the existential threat posed to the state of Pakistan by continuing advances, now within hours of Islamabad, that are being made by a loosely confederated group of terrorists and others who are seeking the overthrow of the Pakistani state, a nuclear armed state," Clinton said in Washington.
She added the international community is working closely to combat extremism in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, but Pakistanis themselves need to take responsibility.
Demand Of Information Technology (IT) Course :
As the world keeps on improving, there are several changes that have revealed. This change deals particularly in the evolvement of technologies especially the presence of computer gadgets. In which, the computer gadgets or facilities has now become as the core source of educational learning, business, and communication. In that case, it is quite clear that computer technology had become the core source that makes the world system function. No wonder that this computer gadget and facilities are very much in demand in the society. As well, individuals who are knowledgeable and skillful in operating the hardware and software program of the computer system are very much in demand in the different establishments in world especially in the United States where huge companies and industries have been located. In that aspect, it is quite clear that people who have are skillful and knowledgeable in the computer system and other information technologies are very much in demand because the world itself needs their expertise in order to maintain the technologies and to develop more technologies that the world had already offered.
With the great demand of people who are knowledgeable and skillful regarding technological aspects especially computers, several graduating learners in the different high schools have the desired to take information technology career course program in the different higher educational learning institutes such as the technical schools, different colleges and universities that available in the country. This observation has been seen based on the enrollees on the information technology course program. Since, most of the industries and companies are giving higher compensation rate and several benefits to their employees who are handling their technological systems. With that case, it encourages the younger generation to forego the information technology course program in order to gain a very rewarding career in the future.
Indeed, with the great demand of technologies in the world today; it also means that the presence of the people or individuals who are knowledgeable and skillful in making this technologies functions are very much needed because they can sustain or maintain the existence of this technologies and developing it to a more progressive way.
With the great demand of people who are knowledgeable and skillful regarding technological aspects especially computers, several graduating learners in the different high schools have the desired to take information technology career course program in the different higher educational learning institutes such as the technical schools, different colleges and universities that available in the country. This observation has been seen based on the enrollees on the information technology course program. Since, most of the industries and companies are giving higher compensation rate and several benefits to their employees who are handling their technological systems. With that case, it encourages the younger generation to forego the information technology course program in order to gain a very rewarding career in the future.
Indeed, with the great demand of technologies in the world today; it also means that the presence of the people or individuals who are knowledgeable and skillful in making this technologies functions are very much needed because they can sustain or maintain the existence of this technologies and developing it to a more progressive way.
Highest Ranked Business Schools Of Uk And Ireland :
Ashridge Business School
Cambridge, Judge
City, Cass Business School
Cranfield School of Management
Imperial, Tanaka
Lancaster University
London Business School
Manchester Business School
Oxford, Said
Warwick Business School
Cambridge, Judge
City, Cass Business School
Cranfield School of Management
Imperial, Tanaka
Lancaster University
London Business School
Manchester Business School
Oxford, Said
Warwick Business School
Katie Taylor Wins Miss Universe New Zealand 2009 :
Miss Taylor is a construction project manager and a qualified pilot.
She begins work today back in Auckland, replacing her ball gown and tiara with a reflective jacket and hard hat, in the lead-up to Miss Universe 2009 on August 23 at Paradise Island, the Bahamas.
This was her second attempt at the national title, having placed in the top five in 2007.
She says, ‘I have never won anything before, but I gave it everything I had.
‘I’m looking forward to working on getting ready for the finals in the Bahamas, and to doing my country proud.’
Crowd favourite, 18-year-old Priyani Puketapu, Miss Horowhenua, was judged first runner-up. Anthea Stembridge, 19, sponsored by Ultimate Transport Solutions, was second runner-up.
Miss Universe New Zealand pageant director Val Lott says she is ‘delighted’ by the judges’ choices for the top three places.
The judges were impressed by Miss Taylor’s natural conversation in her interview, which was held privately at the Horowhenua District Council Buildings on April 24.
She also wowed the panel of five judges with her performance on the night, in particular in the eveningwear segment.
Pageant judge Jack Yan, publisher of Lucire and the chairman of the international jury for Miss Sweden, says the 2009 pageant was the toughest he had seen in his three years with Miss Universe New Zealand.
‘The winners were separated by the slimmest of margins. When we walked back into the hall, we had no idea how the top five would be ordered,’ he says.
Miss Manawatu, Samantha Elvy—another crowd favourite—and Miss Taupo, Cathrine Mitchell, rounded off the top five.
The judging panel was led by Di Goldsworthy of the Newmarket Business Association, and included Horowhenua District Mayor Brendan Duffy, make-up artist and agency placement manager for Talent Scouts Ltd. Evana Patterson, and former Miss Horowhenua and businesswoman Suzanne Cottle.
Ms Lott says that she was thrilled at the welcome the pageant received in Levin, rather than its traditional home in Auckland, complimenting mayor Brendan Duffy and the Council for their welcome.
The Abba Touring Group, led by Aaron Keown, performed live at the Events’ Centre.
An informal after-party for Miss Taylor and the other contestants was held at the Retro Bar in Paraparaumu.
She begins work today back in Auckland, replacing her ball gown and tiara with a reflective jacket and hard hat, in the lead-up to Miss Universe 2009 on August 23 at Paradise Island, the Bahamas.
This was her second attempt at the national title, having placed in the top five in 2007.
She says, ‘I have never won anything before, but I gave it everything I had.
‘I’m looking forward to working on getting ready for the finals in the Bahamas, and to doing my country proud.’
Crowd favourite, 18-year-old Priyani Puketapu, Miss Horowhenua, was judged first runner-up. Anthea Stembridge, 19, sponsored by Ultimate Transport Solutions, was second runner-up.
Miss Universe New Zealand pageant director Val Lott says she is ‘delighted’ by the judges’ choices for the top three places.
The judges were impressed by Miss Taylor’s natural conversation in her interview, which was held privately at the Horowhenua District Council Buildings on April 24.
She also wowed the panel of five judges with her performance on the night, in particular in the eveningwear segment.
Pageant judge Jack Yan, publisher of Lucire and the chairman of the international jury for Miss Sweden, says the 2009 pageant was the toughest he had seen in his three years with Miss Universe New Zealand.
‘The winners were separated by the slimmest of margins. When we walked back into the hall, we had no idea how the top five would be ordered,’ he says.
Miss Manawatu, Samantha Elvy—another crowd favourite—and Miss Taupo, Cathrine Mitchell, rounded off the top five.
The judging panel was led by Di Goldsworthy of the Newmarket Business Association, and included Horowhenua District Mayor Brendan Duffy, make-up artist and agency placement manager for Talent Scouts Ltd. Evana Patterson, and former Miss Horowhenua and businesswoman Suzanne Cottle.
Ms Lott says that she was thrilled at the welcome the pageant received in Levin, rather than its traditional home in Auckland, complimenting mayor Brendan Duffy and the Council for their welcome.
The Abba Touring Group, led by Aaron Keown, performed live at the Events’ Centre.
An informal after-party for Miss Taylor and the other contestants was held at the Retro Bar in Paraparaumu.
Energy Drink Red Bull Marketting :
Some observers say that Red Bull's branding is revolutionary, calling it an 'anti-brand' strategy. The company faced additional problems in the Pakistan where there were already many established drinks available.
The firm avoided usual methods of marketing, relying more on what is called 'buzz marketing' or word-of-mouth. A brand image was created and cultivated which associated the drink with youth culture and extreme and adventure-related sports, such as motor sports, mountain biking, snowboarding and dance music parties. In other countries Red Bull's target consumer segment began to adopt nicknames for the product such as 'liquid cocaine' or 'speed in a can', thus spreading its 'left-field' appeal.
Red Bull then worked to ensure that their brand was visible on the street:
• Using pick-up trucks as mobile displays, painted blue and silver with a giant can of the drink mounted on top of the vehicle.
• Designed to be eye-catching, these devices were aimed at promoting the red bull brand as youthful and slightly 'off-the-wall'.
• Cans of the drink were also given out free to people on the street who had been identified as being in need of energy.
• Red Bull was given to club DJs, empty cans would also be left on tables in hot spots such as trendy bars, clubs and pubs.
The company also set about promoting the Red Bull brand directly to Generation Y, the so-called 'millennial': people born after 1981 who were believed to be cynical of traditional marketing strategies. Part of this idea involved recruiting 'student brand managers' who would be used to promote Red Bull on university campuses. These students would be encouraged to throw parties (as if encouragement was needed!) at which cases of Red Bull would be distributed. The brand managers would then report back to the company, giving the firm a low cost form of market research data.
The use of this kind of marketing strategy has become known as 'viral' marketing. It is as if a company sees no need for traditional informative or persuasive communications, rather in Red Bull's case it used the youth 'underground' to spread the popularity of the drink. So the firm would rather restrict the drink's supply and not advertise it, expecting that growing numbers of target consumers 'catch the bug' and its reputation spreads. Red Bull was a spectacularly successful example of the strategy working even though as we see later, its branding was aided by state intervention in countries like France and Denmark.
By 2004, the worldwide energy drinks market was worth an estimated £1.6 billion; Red Bull had achieved a clear market leading position, with a 70% market share. The lure of fast-growing profits in this market brought many competitors into the functional foods sector, where health and energy drinks have seen sales double every year since their introduction. Many competitors have tried to employ similar marketing strategies and tactics in order to grab sales from the market leader. Not all have been successful, of course.
When a firm tried to launch its own energy drink in 2002, it tried to target 16-24 year olds with a poster campaign featuring barely clothed young people exhibiting wounds to their bodies. As the drink was called 'Shark', the relevance of the injuries seemed clear. However, following complaints, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned the posters, as the campaign appeared to endorse sexual violence. More on this decision can be found on the ASA Web site.
The problem that Red Bull now faces is how to build on its incredible sales growth, as it has become a mature brand within a saturated market. Among the challenges that Red Bull faces, the following are some of the most serious:
• The loss of its original consumer base, as the 'millennial' become working adults. How should the firm attract a new group of 16 year old consumers?
• Health concerns that have emerged in several countries over problems associated with high intake of caffeine. Red Bull was banned in France and Denmark following the publication of these concerns. It is classified as a medicine in Norway and until recently could only be bought in pharmacies in Japan. As the health and energy soft drinks market has reached maturity, Red Bull is concerned that it is unable to target mass consumption in these countries.
• Being over-reliant on a single brand. Until 2003, the company only produced one version of Red Bull. A sugar-free version was introduced in that year.
• The mature market for energy drinks has attracted some of the global firms, such as Coca Cola, Pepsi as well as Asda/Wal-Mart, with their own brands seeking to gain a competitive advantage over the market leader.
The firm avoided usual methods of marketing, relying more on what is called 'buzz marketing' or word-of-mouth. A brand image was created and cultivated which associated the drink with youth culture and extreme and adventure-related sports, such as motor sports, mountain biking, snowboarding and dance music parties. In other countries Red Bull's target consumer segment began to adopt nicknames for the product such as 'liquid cocaine' or 'speed in a can', thus spreading its 'left-field' appeal.
Red Bull then worked to ensure that their brand was visible on the street:
• Using pick-up trucks as mobile displays, painted blue and silver with a giant can of the drink mounted on top of the vehicle.
• Designed to be eye-catching, these devices were aimed at promoting the red bull brand as youthful and slightly 'off-the-wall'.
• Cans of the drink were also given out free to people on the street who had been identified as being in need of energy.
• Red Bull was given to club DJs, empty cans would also be left on tables in hot spots such as trendy bars, clubs and pubs.
The company also set about promoting the Red Bull brand directly to Generation Y, the so-called 'millennial': people born after 1981 who were believed to be cynical of traditional marketing strategies. Part of this idea involved recruiting 'student brand managers' who would be used to promote Red Bull on university campuses. These students would be encouraged to throw parties (as if encouragement was needed!) at which cases of Red Bull would be distributed. The brand managers would then report back to the company, giving the firm a low cost form of market research data.
The use of this kind of marketing strategy has become known as 'viral' marketing. It is as if a company sees no need for traditional informative or persuasive communications, rather in Red Bull's case it used the youth 'underground' to spread the popularity of the drink. So the firm would rather restrict the drink's supply and not advertise it, expecting that growing numbers of target consumers 'catch the bug' and its reputation spreads. Red Bull was a spectacularly successful example of the strategy working even though as we see later, its branding was aided by state intervention in countries like France and Denmark.
By 2004, the worldwide energy drinks market was worth an estimated £1.6 billion; Red Bull had achieved a clear market leading position, with a 70% market share. The lure of fast-growing profits in this market brought many competitors into the functional foods sector, where health and energy drinks have seen sales double every year since their introduction. Many competitors have tried to employ similar marketing strategies and tactics in order to grab sales from the market leader. Not all have been successful, of course.
When a firm tried to launch its own energy drink in 2002, it tried to target 16-24 year olds with a poster campaign featuring barely clothed young people exhibiting wounds to their bodies. As the drink was called 'Shark', the relevance of the injuries seemed clear. However, following complaints, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned the posters, as the campaign appeared to endorse sexual violence. More on this decision can be found on the ASA Web site.
The problem that Red Bull now faces is how to build on its incredible sales growth, as it has become a mature brand within a saturated market. Among the challenges that Red Bull faces, the following are some of the most serious:
• The loss of its original consumer base, as the 'millennial' become working adults. How should the firm attract a new group of 16 year old consumers?
• Health concerns that have emerged in several countries over problems associated with high intake of caffeine. Red Bull was banned in France and Denmark following the publication of these concerns. It is classified as a medicine in Norway and until recently could only be bought in pharmacies in Japan. As the health and energy soft drinks market has reached maturity, Red Bull is concerned that it is unable to target mass consumption in these countries.
• Being over-reliant on a single brand. Until 2003, the company only produced one version of Red Bull. A sugar-free version was introduced in that year.
• The mature market for energy drinks has attracted some of the global firms, such as Coca Cola, Pepsi as well as Asda/Wal-Mart, with their own brands seeking to gain a competitive advantage over the market leader.
The Tamil Tigers (Sirilanka) :
The number of Tamil civilians who have escaped from areas held by Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka has risen to 77,000, the army says.
A spokesman said soldiers had taken control of "10 to 15%" of the last remaining territory held by the rebels.
The Tamil Tigers were trying to move their leader Prabhakaran to a safe haven, the spokesman said.
He said 30 civilians had been killed in the last 48 hours. This included 17 killed in a rebel suicide attack.
The rebels said the army had killed about 1,000 civilians in the latest fighting. There is no confirmation.
The rebels also said that about 2,300 civilians have been injured since Monday, and accused the government of using Tamil people as human shields and forcing them to clear landmines.
Sri Lankan military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told the BBC that the army had "rescued" 77,000 people since Wednesday.
"Some people have been evacuated, while others have wanted to stay with government troops," he said.
Brig Nanayakkara said 30 civilians had been killed, of which 17 had been killed in a rebel suicide attack. Thirteen others, he said, had died of gunshot injuries and artillery fire from the rebels.
"We are not targeting the civilians. The rebels are causing civilian casualties," he said.
A deadline for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to surrender or face a final assault expired at 0630 GMT on Tuesday with no word from the Tigers.
However, hours later a rebel official vowed to continue the battle.
The head of the Sri Lankan army, Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka, told the BBC that troops knew the "general area" of Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and that "action will be taken to destroy him".
Rebel leader Prabhakaran was hiding near the coast, Lt Gen Fonseka said.
Troops believe he could try to escape the war zone by boat, a method used by other rebel leaders.
There is no media access to the area, so it is difficult to interpret the parallel propaganda war, says the BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo.
The general said only 300-400 Tamil Tiger fighters remained, but there may be 700 "forcibly armed" people in rebel bunkers.
"We went in and people came towards us and we rescued them and [have] taken them to a better location."
He dismissed any suggestion that international assistance would help resolve the conflict.
Brig Nanayakkara said: "This is our problem and we will sort out our problem."
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa also rejected international offers, telling British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that there was no need to send a special envoy and a pause in fighting was not necessary.
"President Rajapaksa observed that this movement of civilians had evoked a completely new situation and he had instructed that additional consignments of food, medicine and other essentials be dispatched," a government statement said.
Gordon Weiss, the UN spokesman in Sri Lanka, said it was not known how many civilians remained there but that the UN had been working off a figure of some 150,000 to 200,000 people in recent months.
'Catastrophe'
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was "extremely worried" about civilians still trapped in the zone.
"The situation is nothing short of catastrophic. Ongoing fighting has killed or wounded hundreds of civilians who have only minimal access to medical care," said director of operations Pierre Kraehenbuehl.
The rebel TamilNet website said the territory they still controlled was littered with bodies of civilians.
Video released by Tamil supporters shows mutilated bodies, but it is not clear when the recording was made.
They said it was filmed on Monday, but this cannot be verified.
It follows footage released by the government showing civilians fleeing the war zone.
A spokesman said soldiers had taken control of "10 to 15%" of the last remaining territory held by the rebels.
The Tamil Tigers were trying to move their leader Prabhakaran to a safe haven, the spokesman said.
He said 30 civilians had been killed in the last 48 hours. This included 17 killed in a rebel suicide attack.
The rebels said the army had killed about 1,000 civilians in the latest fighting. There is no confirmation.
The rebels also said that about 2,300 civilians have been injured since Monday, and accused the government of using Tamil people as human shields and forcing them to clear landmines.
Sri Lankan military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara told the BBC that the army had "rescued" 77,000 people since Wednesday.
"Some people have been evacuated, while others have wanted to stay with government troops," he said.
Brig Nanayakkara said 30 civilians had been killed, of which 17 had been killed in a rebel suicide attack. Thirteen others, he said, had died of gunshot injuries and artillery fire from the rebels.
"We are not targeting the civilians. The rebels are causing civilian casualties," he said.
A deadline for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to surrender or face a final assault expired at 0630 GMT on Tuesday with no word from the Tigers.
However, hours later a rebel official vowed to continue the battle.
The head of the Sri Lankan army, Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka, told the BBC that troops knew the "general area" of Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and that "action will be taken to destroy him".
Rebel leader Prabhakaran was hiding near the coast, Lt Gen Fonseka said.
Troops believe he could try to escape the war zone by boat, a method used by other rebel leaders.
There is no media access to the area, so it is difficult to interpret the parallel propaganda war, says the BBC's Charles Haviland in Colombo.
The general said only 300-400 Tamil Tiger fighters remained, but there may be 700 "forcibly armed" people in rebel bunkers.
"We went in and people came towards us and we rescued them and [have] taken them to a better location."
He dismissed any suggestion that international assistance would help resolve the conflict.
Brig Nanayakkara said: "This is our problem and we will sort out our problem."
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa also rejected international offers, telling British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that there was no need to send a special envoy and a pause in fighting was not necessary.
"President Rajapaksa observed that this movement of civilians had evoked a completely new situation and he had instructed that additional consignments of food, medicine and other essentials be dispatched," a government statement said.
Gordon Weiss, the UN spokesman in Sri Lanka, said it was not known how many civilians remained there but that the UN had been working off a figure of some 150,000 to 200,000 people in recent months.
'Catastrophe'
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was "extremely worried" about civilians still trapped in the zone.
"The situation is nothing short of catastrophic. Ongoing fighting has killed or wounded hundreds of civilians who have only minimal access to medical care," said director of operations Pierre Kraehenbuehl.
The rebel TamilNet website said the territory they still controlled was littered with bodies of civilians.
Video released by Tamil supporters shows mutilated bodies, but it is not clear when the recording was made.
They said it was filmed on Monday, but this cannot be verified.
It follows footage released by the government showing civilians fleeing the war zone.
Terrorist Attacked On University Of Liverpool :
Students who witnessed anti-terror raids on Liverpool John Moores University have described their fears that one of the arrested men was carrying a bomb.The raids, which were supposed to have been carried out at 2am today, were brought forward to 5pm yesterday after former Met anti-terror chief Bob Quick inadvertently leaked details of the operation.
Although Merseyside police said only one man was arrested at the university, several student witnesses told the Guardian they had seen two men held. Twelve men have been arrested in total across northern England.
Marcel Deer, a third-year journalism student watching the raids from the top floor of the library, said one of those arrested had been wearing a backpack which he feared might contain explosives.
"There was an announcement over the Tannoy that there was a police situation outside and to stay away from the glass windows," he said. "It made everyone scared because we could see from a distance two foreign-looking guys with their hands tied behind their backs face down on the floor surrounded by four armed police officers. It was worrying because they wouldn't tell us what was going on.
"People were saying it was terrorism and my initial thought was, what if there's any others inside? One had a backpack and you immediately thought 'bomb'. They looked like they could have been students."
Andy Garner, another final-year journalism student, was at a bank when the raid took place. "Two minutes later there were police with machine guns walking towards me. They told us to stay behind barriers. It was all a bit surreal. People were shouting it was a terrorist attack."
Maz Chowdhury, a business and finance master's student, said: "My friend saw the guys fall to the floor and police come with guns. We were afraid when we heard on the news they were from Pakistan because we have people in our class from there, but it wasn't them.
"I'm born and brought up in Liverpool and we've never had problems like this before, not like Oldham or Burnley. Liverpool is multicultural, with a high percentage of Muslims … This is something new."
Naeem Shah, a final-year MBA student from Pakistan, said the arrests might prevent students from Pakistan from coming to study in the UK. "It will create a doubt in the minds of students from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and all over that they wouldn't be safe in the UK. It makes me feel more unsafe. You don't know what the future of Pakistani students here will now be."
Shuja Khan, a Pakistani PhD student visiting from Leicester University, agreed that the raids would deter overseas students from coming to the UK. "We came to this country with the hope that they will protect us," he said.
SAT Test Boycott :
Britain's biggest teachers' union today unanimously backed moves to boycott next year's Sats in a major escalation of a campaign to force the government to drop the tests.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) will now ballot members to take industrial action and refuse to administer the Sats in England in 2010, defying government warnings that to do so would be unlawful.
It sets the NUT, and possibly the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), which is due to vote on an identical motion next month, on a collision course with ministers who have accused them of acting irresponsibly. The boycott would halt next year's national tests in primary schools and the league tables they feed into.
The NUT president, Martin Reed, told the union's conference in Cardiff today: "The government will have to understand one obvious fact: because of our boycott carried out with the NAHT there will be no national curriculum testing forced on our schools; not in 2010 nor in any year after that."
The unions say that the Sats and the league tables are damaging to children's education, having the effect of narrowing learning in primary schools as teachers are forced to focus on literacy, numeracy and science to improve their results. Their campaign has been fuelled by the scrapping of tests for 14-year-olds which were removed after the collapse of the marking system by the private American firm ETS last year.
The union's leaders say that by planning the boycott for next year they have allowed plenty of time for ministers to make arrangements to replace the tests.
The schools secretary, Ed Balls, has said the current system of tests is not set in stone, but he insists that some form of end of primary test is crucial to track children's learning, monitor progress across the system and hold schools that are under-performing to account.
Balls's department, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, yesterday said its legal advice was that a boycott would be unlawful because headteachers have a statutory duty to carry out the tests. The National Governors Association has also warned that headteachers face disciplinary action if they boycott the Sats.
However, the only time the law has been challenged was during the last boycott, in 1993, when the NASUWT teaching union defeated a legal bid by Wandsworth council to halt the action.
The high court ruled in that case that the teachers were within their rights to take the action because the tests increased their workload and so they could refuse to take on the extra work.
A Department for Children, Schools and Families spokesman said yesterday: "The motion proposed by the NUT leadership calling for a boycott of next year's statutory tests is irresponsible, it is unlawful and it is out of touch with what parents and teachers want. They should think again.
"The unions representing the majority of teachers do not support the approach being urged by the NUT leadership - because they know a boycott would be both highly disruptive to children's education and would damage the standing of the teaching profession."
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) will now ballot members to take industrial action and refuse to administer the Sats in England in 2010, defying government warnings that to do so would be unlawful.
It sets the NUT, and possibly the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), which is due to vote on an identical motion next month, on a collision course with ministers who have accused them of acting irresponsibly. The boycott would halt next year's national tests in primary schools and the league tables they feed into.
The NUT president, Martin Reed, told the union's conference in Cardiff today: "The government will have to understand one obvious fact: because of our boycott carried out with the NAHT there will be no national curriculum testing forced on our schools; not in 2010 nor in any year after that."
The unions say that the Sats and the league tables are damaging to children's education, having the effect of narrowing learning in primary schools as teachers are forced to focus on literacy, numeracy and science to improve their results. Their campaign has been fuelled by the scrapping of tests for 14-year-olds which were removed after the collapse of the marking system by the private American firm ETS last year.
The union's leaders say that by planning the boycott for next year they have allowed plenty of time for ministers to make arrangements to replace the tests.
The schools secretary, Ed Balls, has said the current system of tests is not set in stone, but he insists that some form of end of primary test is crucial to track children's learning, monitor progress across the system and hold schools that are under-performing to account.
Balls's department, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, yesterday said its legal advice was that a boycott would be unlawful because headteachers have a statutory duty to carry out the tests. The National Governors Association has also warned that headteachers face disciplinary action if they boycott the Sats.
However, the only time the law has been challenged was during the last boycott, in 1993, when the NASUWT teaching union defeated a legal bid by Wandsworth council to halt the action.
The high court ruled in that case that the teachers were within their rights to take the action because the tests increased their workload and so they could refuse to take on the extra work.
A Department for Children, Schools and Families spokesman said yesterday: "The motion proposed by the NUT leadership calling for a boycott of next year's statutory tests is irresponsible, it is unlawful and it is out of touch with what parents and teachers want. They should think again.
"The unions representing the majority of teachers do not support the approach being urged by the NUT leadership - because they know a boycott would be both highly disruptive to children's education and would damage the standing of the teaching profession."
Home Work Primary School Kids :
Do primary school children really need to do homework? Not according to a motion being debated by teachers today.
Calling for its abolition for this age group, the motion at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers conference in Liverpool states that, "homework in the primary school is a waste of children's and teachers' time, which could be spent much more profitably on effective learning both in and out of the classroom".
This would pit teachers against the government which lays down homework guidelines for schools – primaries as well as secondaries. These demand a clear policy statement, developed in consultation with the pupils, staff, parents and governors. "The foundations of effective homework practices are established early on and develop progressively across the key stages – effective homework practices can also be used to support effective transitionary links to the secondary phase," states the Department for Children Schools and Families.
It adds that parents and carers must play their part, "helping their children at home, monitoring homework, providing encouragement, and even assisting with the marking of homework".
Reading the guidelines you would have to guess that a review of the research evidence commissioned by the schools inspectorate, Ofsted, concluded that the case for homework in primary schools was "inconclusive". Fewer studies have been carried out at primary level and results have been inconsistent, said the National Foundation for Educational Research.
The study notes drily: "The suggestion that setting homework for primary-age pupils instills positive attitudes towards studying has received very little attention in the research literature." In other words, ministers are conducting an experiment with our children.
So, is homework a waste of time for younger children?
Comprehensive System Of Education :
For several years, it has been noted that the educational system of the world is really evolving. In which, there are several new techniques or approaches that are being introduced in order to develop the system of education in the world. It’s also true here in United Kingdom especially here in England in which, educators are the different educational learning institutes keeps on finding ways on how to develop their system of education in order to give a more advance degree of education program to their learners. Just like the comprehensive education system where in, it’s just recently adapted in the country due to the fact that this kind of system is not totally accepted by many educators and intuitions for the past decades.
The refusal of accepting this comprehensive educational system have occurred because there are several educators and schools who are very much convenient in using the selective system of education. This selective system of education is an educational system where in, it only tackles or set in one area of learning such as the existence of grammar schools, technical and modern schools. But this comprehensive system of education is totally opposite to this selective educational system or as they call it tripartite system because it really tackles a variety of topics and subjects in one area of educational learning program. In this way, it can really broaden the horizon of the educational learning growth of its learners. Here in England, there are several schools that enlisted in the school directory who have adapted this kind of comprehensive educational system.
Although, United States have already started this kind of comprehensive system of education but England is also competing on it due to the fact that they have seen that this kind of system is very much effective in teaching the learners to become a high caliber individuals and good assets in the society for a more advance societal transformation. Aside of that also, learners of this comprehensive system of educational will be given an opportunity to broaden the scope of using their potential and attain success in life.
The refusal of accepting this comprehensive educational system have occurred because there are several educators and schools who are very much convenient in using the selective system of education. This selective system of education is an educational system where in, it only tackles or set in one area of learning such as the existence of grammar schools, technical and modern schools. But this comprehensive system of education is totally opposite to this selective educational system or as they call it tripartite system because it really tackles a variety of topics and subjects in one area of educational learning program. In this way, it can really broaden the horizon of the educational learning growth of its learners. Here in England, there are several schools that enlisted in the school directory who have adapted this kind of comprehensive educational system.
Although, United States have already started this kind of comprehensive system of education but England is also competing on it due to the fact that they have seen that this kind of system is very much effective in teaching the learners to become a high caliber individuals and good assets in the society for a more advance societal transformation. Aside of that also, learners of this comprehensive system of educational will be given an opportunity to broaden the scope of using their potential and attain success in life.
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Pakistani students who wishes to study in
Asif Ali Zardari :
(born 26 July 1955) is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Zardari is the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who twice served as Prime Minister of Pakistan. When his wife was assassinated in December 2007, he became the leader of the Pakistan People's Party. He is considered to be among the five richest men in Pakistan with an estimated net worth of US$1.8 billion (2005).[4]
Asif Ali Zardari belongs to a Sindhi family.[1][5][6][7] Born and bred in Karachi, Asif is the son Hakim Ali Zardari, head of one of the Sindhi tribes,[8] who chose urban life over rustic surroundings. His mother is from the family of Khan Bahadur Hasan Ali Effendi, who was among the founders of the first educational institution in Sindh, "Sindh Madarsa-tul-Islam Karachi".
Zardari acquired his primary education from the Karachi Grammar School[9] and his secondary education from Cadet College, Petaro. While a candidate for parliament, a position for which a 2002 rule requires a college degree, Zardari claimed to have graduated from a college in London.[
Until his marriage with Benazir Bhutto on 18 December 1987, Zardari was a relatively unknown figure on the political scene of Pakistan. He became a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and also served as the Minister of Environment during his wife's second term as the Prime Minister (1993–1996).[12]
In 1990, Zardari was accused of threatening to kill a businessman with a remote-controlled bomb unless he withdrew money from a bank as pay-off.[1] Zardari earned the nickname, "Mr 10%" following allegations of corruption.[13] Zardari was released from jail in 1993 and became a government minister. From 1997 to 2004, Zardari was kept in jail on corruption charges and accusations of murder.[14] Pakistani investigators accused Zardari and his wife Benazir for embezzling as much as US$1.5 billion from government accounts.[15] He was also accused of allegedly plotting the murder of Murtaza Bhutto, the brother of his wife Benazir Bhutto. He was later cleared.[16]
A New York psychiatrist found in March 2007 that Zardari's time in jail left him with memory impairments. Zardari claims to have been tortured.[17] When Zardari stood for the Pakistani presidency in 2008, the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, said that Zardari had no current mental condition requiring psychiatric help or medication
Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on 27 December 2007, shortly after returning to Pakistan from exile. On 30 December 2007, Asif Ali Zardari became the co-chairman of the PPP, along with his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is currently studying at Oxford. Bilawal is intended to fully assume the post when he completes his education.
After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Zardari reaffirmed his lack of interest in the prime ministership.[20][21] Chairman Zardari and Mian Nawaz Sharif, leader of the PML-N, along with some smaller political parties, joined forces in an electoral coalition that won a heavy majority in the elections and unseated Musharraf's ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q). After the election, he called for a government of national unity, and divided cabinet portfolios among coalition partners on proportionate basis.[22] Asif Ali Zardari and former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on 21 February 2008 that their parties would work together in the national parliament after scoring big wins in the election.[23] On 5 March 2008, Zardari was cleared of five corruption charges as part of a court ruling which "abolished the cases against all public office holders",[24] including corruption and illegal use of property under NRO, the National Reconciliation Ordinance.[25] He had another trial on the remaining charges on 14 April 2008, when he was cleared under the same NRO.[26] On 19 April 2008, Zardari announced in a press conference in London that he and his sister, Faryal Talpur, would participate in the by-elections taking place on 3 June and that, if necessary, he would contest to become the country's next Prime Minister, even though his party voted by a 2/3 majority[27] to announce that Yousaf Raza Gillani would be the PM for a five year term.
Zardari, in alliance with Nawaz Sharif, was preparing to impeach president Pervez Musharraf, and a charge-sheet and draft of impeachment had already been prepared, when Musharraf, in accordance with his advisors, resigned from the presidency on 18 August 2008. Chairman Zardari was confirmed by the Central Executive Committee of the PPP as well as endorsed by the rival ethnic party MQM as candidate for the post of President of Pakistan.[28] There was nevertheless strong disagreement among the current coalition partners, and Nawaz Sharif's PML-N party was threatening to leave the coalition as a result.[29] According to the Constitution, elections must be held within 30 days of the previous president stepping down. The electoral college is composed of the Senate, the National Assembly, and the four provincial assemblies.
Pakistan's Election Commission on 22 August announced that a presidential election would be held on 6 September, and the nomination papers could be filed from 26 August.[29][30]
The New York Times reported that Zalmay Khalilzad, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, had been unofficially advising Asif Ali Zardari.[31] Khalilzad, an Afghan native, is rumored to be flirting with the possibility of returning home to challenge President Hamid Karzai when his term expires next year. Should Khalilzad return home, a good working relationship with Islamabad would be critical.[
Zardari was elected president of Pakistan, as Chief election commissioner Qazi Mohammad Farooq announced that "Asif Ali Zardari secured 281 votes out of the 426 valid votes polled in the parliament," In Sindh, Zardari had 62 of the 65 electoral votes while his two main opponents got zero votes; in North West Frontier Province Zardari got 56 votes against 5 by Siddiqui and one by Hussain; in Balochistan, 59 votes while Siddiqui and Hussain got 2 each. However, Zardari did not win the majority in the nation's biggest province, Punjab, where the PML-N's Siddiqui got a clear majority.[33] BBC reported that Zardari "won 481 votes, far more than the 352 votes that would have guaranteed him victory."[34] New York Times said that Zardari would be sworn in "as soon as Saturday night or as late as Monday or Tuesday, diplomats and officials said."[35]
Zardari was challenged by Justice (Retired) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, a former judge nominated by Nawaz Sharif's PML-N, and Mushahid Hussain Sayed, who was nominated by the PML-Q, which backed Musharraf. According to the Constitution of 1973 presently in vogue (but declared for major amendments by Zardari) the President of Pakistan, who must be a Muslim and a male, is elected by an electoral college composed of members of the two houses of parliament - the 342 seat lower house National Assembly and the 100 member upper house Senate, as well as members of the four provincial assemblies - Sindh, Punjab, North West Frontier and Balochistan. The assemblies have total of 1170 seats, but the number of electoral college votes is 702 since provincial assembly votes are counted on a proportional basis. The new president, who obtains the largest number of votes, will serve for five years as Pakistan's 11th president since 1956, when the country became an Islamic Republic, excluding acting presidents and CMLAs during times of military rule.[36][37] Voting was in progress at the Parliament House, while the Senate members finished casting their votes.[38]
Zardari was sworn in by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar in a ceremony at the presidential palace on September 9, 2008.[39] He addressed the parliament for the first time on September 20, 2008, but the event was overshadowed by the suicide bomb blast which destroyed the Marriott Hotel, Islamabad. Zardari picked China for first state visit after being elected in September. He went to the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly.
Meeting with Governor Sarah Palin
On September 24 of 2008 while in the United States, Mr. Asif Zardari met Governor Sarah Palin, the U.S. Republican Party's Vice Presidential candidate. He told her that she is "gorgeous" and said: "Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you." When the photographers asked the two to keep shaking hands, he replied: "If he insists, I might hug you." These remarks sparked controversy in Pakistan, where members of the public accused the president of flirting with Governor Palin when Pakistan is passing through difficult times
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University of Aberdeen
Principal & Vice-Chancellor: Professor C. Duncan Rice
Principal's Office, Kings College, Regent Walk, ABERDEEN, AB24 3FX
Switchboard tel: 01224 272 000
University of Abertay Dundee
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Bernard King
Kydd Building, Bell Street, DUNDEE, DD1 1HG
Switchboard tel: 01382 308000
Aberystwyth University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Noel Lloyd
Old College, King Street, ABERYSTWYTH, SY23 2AX
Switchboard tel: 01970 623111
Anglia Ruskin University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Michael Thorne
Vice Chancellor's Office, Tindal Building, Bishopshall Lane, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1SQ
Switchboard tel: 01245 493131
University of the Arts London
Rector: Nigel Carrington
65 Davies Street, LONDON, W1K 5DA
Switchboard tel: 0207 514 6000
Aston University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Julia King
Aston Triangle, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2LF
Switchboard tel: 0121 204 3000
Bangor University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Merfyn Jones
Bangor, BANGOR, LL57 2DG
Switchboard tel: 01248 351151
University of Bath
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Glynis Breakwell
Claverton Down, BATH, BA2 7AY
Switchboard tel: 01225 388388
Bath Spa University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Frank Morgan
Newton Park, Newton St Loe, BATH, BA2 9BN
Switchboard tel: 01225 875 875
University of Bedfordshire
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Les Ebdon
Park Square, LUTON, LU1 3JU
Switchboard tel: 01582 734111
Queen's University Belfast
President and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Peter Gregson
University Road, BELFAST, BT7 1NN
Switchboard tel: 028 90245133
Birkbeck College, University of London
Master: Professor David Latchman
Malet Street, Bloomsbury, LONDON, WC1E 7HX
Switchboard tel: 020 7631 6000
University of Birmingham
Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor David Eastwood
Edgbaston, BIRMINGHAM, B15 2TT
Switchboard tel: 0121 414 3344
Birmingham City University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Tidmarsh
Perry Barr, BIRMINGHAM, B42 2SU
Switchboard tel: 0121 331 5000
University of Bolton
Vice-Chancellor: Dr George Holmes
Deane Road, BOLTON, BL3 5AB
Switchboard tel: 01204 900600
Bournemouth University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Paul Curran
Fern Barrow, POOLE, BH12 5BB
Switchboard tel: 01202 524111
University of Bradford
Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor Mark Cleary
Richmond Building, Richmond Road, BRADFORD, BD7 1DP
Switchboard tel: 01274 232323
University of Brighton
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Julian Crampton
Mithras House, Lewes Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 4AT
Switchboard tel: 01273 600 900
University of Bristol
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Eric Thomas
Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, BRISTOL, BS8 1TH
Switchboard tel: 0117 928 9000
Brunel University
Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor Chris Jenks
Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UB8 3PH
Switchboard tel: 01895 274000
The University of Buckingham
Vice-Chancellor: Dr Terence Kealey
Buckingham, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MK18 1EG
Switchboard tel: 01280 814080
Cardiff University
Vice-Chancellor: Dr David Grant
Main Building, Park Place, CARDIFF, CF10 3AT
Switchboard tel: 029 208 74000
University of Cambridge
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Alison Richard
The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TN
Switchboard tel: 01223 337733
Canterbury Christ Church University
Vice Chancellor: Professor Michael Wright
Office of the Vice-Chancellor and Principal, CANTERBURY, CT1 1QU
Switchboard tel: 01227 767700
University of Central Lancashire
Vice-Chancellor: Dr Malcolm McVicar
Preston, PRESTON, PR1 2HE
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)1772 201 201
The Central School of Speech and Drama
Principal: Professor Gavin Henderson
Embassy Theatre, 64 Eton Road, LONDON, NW3 3HY
Switchboard tel: 020 7722 8183
University of Chester
Vice Chancellor and Principal: Professor Tim Wheeler
Parkgate Road, CHESTER, CH1 4BJ
Switchboard tel: 01244 511000
University of Chichester
Vice-Chancellor: Dr Robin Baker
College Lane, CHICHESTER, PO19 6PE
Switchboard tel: 01243 816000
City University London
Vice-Chancellor and President: Professor Malcolm Gillies
Northampton Square, LONDON, EC1V 0HB
Switchboard tel: 020 7040 5060
Coventry University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Madeleine Atkins
Priory Street, COVENTRY, CV1 5FB
Switchboard tel: 024 7688 7688
Cranfield University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Sir John O'Reilly
Cranfield, BEDFORDSHIRE, MK43 0AL
Switchboard tel: 01234 750111
University of Cumbria
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Christopher Carr
Paternoster Row, CARLISLE, CA3 8TB
Switchboard tel: 01228 888888
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De Montfort University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Philip Tasker
The Gateway, LEICESTER, LE1 9BH
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)116 2551 551
University of Derby
Vice-Chancellor: Professor John Coyne
Kedleston Road, DERBY, DE22 1GB
Switchboard tel: 01332 590500
University of Dundee
Acting Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Pete Downes
Nethergate, DUNDEE, DD1 4HN
Switchboard tel: 01382 383 000
Durham University
Vice Chancellor and Warden: Professor Chris Higgins
University Office, Old Shire Hall, DURHAM, DH13HP
Switchboard tel: 0191 334 2000
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University of East Anglia
Acting Vice-Chancellor: Professor Edward Acton
Norwich, NORFOLK, NR4 7TJ
Switchboard tel: 01603 456161
University of East London
Acting Vice-Chancellor: Professor Susan Price
Vice Chancellor's Group, Docklands Campus, 4-6 University Way, LONDON, E16 2RD
Switchboard tel: 020 8223 3000
Edge Hill University
Vice Chancellor: Dr John Cater
St Helens Road, Ormskirk, LANCASHIRE, L39 4QP
Switchboard tel: 01695 575171
The University of Edinburgh
Principal: Professor Sir Tim O'Shea
Old College, South Bridge, EDINBURGH, EH8 9YL
Switchboard tel: 0131 650 1000
Edinburgh Napier University
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Joan Stringer
New Craig, Craighouse Campus, Craighouse Road, EDINBURGH, EH10 5LG
Switchboard tel: 08452 60 60 40
University of Essex
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Colin Riordan
Wivenhoe Park, COLCHESTER, CO4 3SQ
Switchboard tel: 01206 873333
University of Exeter
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Steve Smith
Northcote House, The Queen's Drive, EXETER, EX4 4QJ
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)1392 661 000
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University of Glamorgan
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Halton
Llantwit Road, PONTYPRIDD, CF37 1DL
Switchboard tel: 01443 480480
Glyndŵr University
Principal and Chief Executive: Professor Michael Scott
Plas Coch Campus, PP1, Mold Road, WREXHAM, LL11 2AW
Switchboard tel: 01978 290666
University of Glasgow
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Sir Muir Russell
Principal's Office, University Avenue, GLASGOW, G12 8QQ
Switchboard tel: 0141 330 2000
Glasgow Caledonian University
Principal & Vice-Chancellor: Professor Pamela Gillies
Britannia Building, City Campus, Cowcaddens Road, GLASGOW, G4 0BA
Switchboard tel: 0141 331 3000
University of Gloucestershire
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Patricia Broadfoot
The Park Campus, The Park, CHELTENHAM, GL50 2QF
Switchboard tel: 08707 210210
Goldsmiths, University of London
Warden: Professor Geoffrey Crossick
Lewisham Way, New Cross, LONDON, SE14 6NW
Switchboard tel: 020 7919 7171
University of Greenwich
Vice-Chancellor: The Rt. Hon. Baroness Blackstone
Greenwich Campus, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, LONDON, SE10 9LS
Switchboard tel: 0800 005 006
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Principal: Professor Barry Ife
Silk Street, Barbican, LONDON, EC2Y 8DT
Switchboard tel: 020 7628 2571
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Heriot-Watt University
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Anton Muscatelli
Edinburgh Campus, Riccarton, EDINBURGH, EH14 4AS
Switchboard tel: 0131 449 5111
University of Hertfordshire
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Tim Wilson
College Lane, HATFIELD, AL10 9AB
Switchboard tel: 01707 284000
University of Huddersfield
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Bob Cryan
Queensgate, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 3DH
Switchboard tel: 01484 422288
The University of Hull
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Drewry
Cottingham Road, HULL, HU6 7RX
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)1482 346 311
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Imperial College London
Rector: Sir Roy Anderson
Level 4, Faculty Building, South Kensington Campus, LONDON, SW7 2AZ
Switchboard tel: 020 7589 5111
Institute of Education
Director: Professor Geoff Whitty
20 Bedford Way, LONDON, WC1H 0AL
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)207 612 6000
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Keele University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Janet Finch
Keele, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 5BG
Switchboard tel: 01782 621111
University of Kent
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Julia Goodfellow
The Registry, CANTERBURY, CT2 7NZ
Switchboard tel: 01227 764000
King's College London
Principal and President of Universities UK: Professor Rick Trainor
James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, LONDON, SE1 8WA
Switchboard tel: 020 7836 5454
Kingston University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Sir Peter Scott
River House, 53-57 High Street, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, KT1 1LQ
Switchboard tel: 020 8547 2000
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Lancaster University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Paul Wellings
Vice-Chancellor's Office, LANCASTER, LA1 4YW
Switchboard tel: 01524 65201
University of Leeds
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Michael Arthur
Vice-Chancellor's Office, EC Stoner Building, LEEDS, LS2 9JT
Switchboard tel: 0113 243 1751
Leeds Metropolitan University
Chief Executive: Dr Geoff Hitchins
The Grange, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS
Switchboard tel: 0113 812 0000
University of Leicester
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Robert Burgess
University Road, LEICESTER, LE1 7RH
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)1162 522 522
University of Lincoln
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Chiddick
Brayford Pool, LINCOLN, LN6 7TS
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)1522 882 000
University of Liverpool
Vice Chancellor: Professor Sir Howard Newby
The Foundation Building, Brownlow Hill, LIVERPOOL, L69 7ZX
Switchboard tel: 0151 794 2000
Liverpool Hope University
Vice-Chancellor & Rector: Professor Gerald Pillay
Hope Park, LIVERPOOL, L16 9JD
Switchboard tel: 0151 291 3000
Liverpool John Moores University
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive: Professor Michael Brown
Egerton Court, 2 Rodney Street, LIVERPOOL, L3 5UX
Switchboard tel: 0151 231 2121
University of London
Vice-Chancellor: Sir Graeme Davies
Senate House, Malet Street, LONDON, WC1E 7HU
Switchboard tel: 020 7862 8000
University College London
President and Provost: Professor Malcolm Grant
Provost Office, South Cloister, Gower Street, LONDON, WC1E 6BT
Switchboard tel: 020 7679 2000
London Business School
Dean: Professor Sir Andrew Likierman
Sussex Place, LONDON, NW1 4SA
Switchboard tel: 020 7000 7000
London Metropolitan University
Acting Vice-Chancellor: Dr Robert Aylett
166-220 Holloway Road, LONDON, N7 8DB
Switchboard tel: 020 7423 0000
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Director: Sir Howard Davies
Houghton Street, LONDON, WC2A 2AE
Switchboard tel: 020 7405 7686
London South Bank University
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive: Professor Martin Earwicker
103 Borough Road, LONDON, SE1 0AA
Switchboard tel: 020 7815 7815
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Director: Professor Sir Andrew Haines
Keppel Street, LONDON, WC1E 7HT
Switchboard tel: 020 7636 8636
Loughborough University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Shirley Pearce
Loughborough, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE11 3TU
Switchboard tel: 01509 263171
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The University of Manchester
President and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Alan Gilbert
Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M13 9PL
Switchboard tel: 0161 306 6000
Manchester Metropolitan University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor John Brooks
All Saints Building, MANCHESTER, M15 6BH
Switchboard tel: 0161 247 2000
Middlesex University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Michael Driscoll
College Building, Hendon Campus, The Burroughs, LONDON, NW4 4BT
Switchboard tel: 020 8411 5555
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Newcastle University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Chris Brink
Vice-Chancellor's Office, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 7RU
Switchboard tel: 0191 222 6000
The University of Northampton
Vice Chancellor: Mrs Ann Tate
Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 7AL
Switchboard tel: 01604 735500
Northumbria University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Andrew Wathey
Ellison Building, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 8ST
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)191 232 6002
The University of Nottingham
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Greenaway
University Park, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 2RD
Switchboard tel: 0115 951 5151
Nottingham Trent University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Neil Gorman
Burton Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 4BU
Switchboard tel: 0115 941 8418
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The Open University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Brenda Gourley
Walton Hall, MILTON KEYNES, MK7 6AA
Switchboard tel: 0845 300 60 90
School of Oriental and African Studies
Director and Principal: Professor Paul Webley
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, LONDON, WC1H 0XG
Switchboard tel: 020 7637 2388
University of Oxford
Vice-Chancellor: Dr John Hood
University Offices, Wellington Square, OXFORD, OX1 2JD
Switchboard tel: 01865 270000
Oxford Brookes University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Janet Beer
Gipsy Lane, Headington, OXFORD, OX3 0BP
Switchboard tel: 01865 741111
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University of Plymouth
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Wendy Purcell
Drake Circus, PLYMOUTH, PL4 8AA
Switchboard tel: 01752 600600
University of Portsmouth
Vice-Chancellor: Professor John Craven
University House, Winston Churchill Avenue, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 2UP
Switchboard tel: 023 9284 8484
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Queen Margaret University
Principal: Professor Anthony Cohen
Queen Margaret University Drive, MUSSELBURGH, EH21 6UU
Switchboard tel: 0131 474 0000
Queen Mary, University of London
Acting Principal: Professor Philip Ogden
Principal's Office, Mile End Road, LONDON, E1 4NS
Switchboard tel: 020 7882 5555
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Royal Academy of Music
Principal: Professor Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
Marylebone Road, LONDON, NW1 5HT
Switchboard tel: 020 7873 7373
University of Reading
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Gordon Marshall
PO Box 217, Whiteknights, READING, RG6 6AH
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)118 987 5123
The Robert Gordon University
Principal: Professor Michael Pittilo
Schoolhill, ABERDEEN, AB10 1FR
Switchboard tel: 01224 262000
Roehampton University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Paul O'Prey
Roehampton Lane, LONDON, SW15 5PJ
Switchboard tel: 020 8392 3000
Royal College of Art
Rector and Vice-Provost: Professor Sir Christopher Frayling
Kensington Gore, LONDON, SW7 2EU
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)20 7590 4132
Royal College of Music, London
Director: Dr Colin Lawson
Prince Consort Road, LONDON, SW7 2BS
Switchboard tel: 020 7589 3643
Royal Holloway, University of London
Principal: Professor Stephen Hill
Egham, SURREY, TW20 0EX
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)01784 434 455
Royal Veterinary College
Principal: Professor Quintin McKellar
Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, HATFIELD, AL9 7TA
Switchboard tel: 01707 666333
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Swansea University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Richard Davies
Singleton Park, SWANSEA, SA2 8PP
Switchboard tel: 01792 205678
University of Salford
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Michael Harloe
University of Salford, The Old Fire Station, The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)161 295 5000
The School of Pharmacy
Dean: Professor Anthony Smith
University of London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, LONDON, WC1N 1AX
Switchboard tel: 020 7753 5800
The University of Sheffield
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Keith Burnett
Vice-Chancellor's Office, Firth Court, Western Bank, SHEFFIELD, S10 2TN
Switchboard tel: 0114 222 2000
Sheffield Hallam University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Philip Jones
City Campus, SHEFFIELD, S1 1WB
Switchboard tel: 0114 225 5555
University of Southampton
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Bill Wakeham
Highfield, SOUTHAMPTON, SO17 1BJ
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)2380 595 000
Southampton Solent University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Van Gore
East Park Terrace, SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 0YN
Switchboard tel: 023 8031 9000
University of St Andrews
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Dr Louise Richardson
Principal's Office, College Gate, North Street, ST ANDREWS, KY16 9AJ
Switchboard tel: 01334 476161
St George's, University of London
Principal: Professor Peter Kopelman
Cranmer Terrace, LONDON, SW17 0RE
Switchboard tel: 020 8672 9944
Staffordshire University
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive: Professor Christine King
Vice-Chancellor's Office, Blackheath Lane, STAFFORD, ST18 0AD
Switchboard tel: 01782 294000
University of Stirling
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Christine Hallett
University of Stirling, STIRLING, FK9 4LA
Switchboard tel: 01786 473171
University of Strathclyde
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Jim McDonald
McCance Building, 16 Richmond Street, GLASGOW, G1 1XQ
Switchboard tel: 0141 552 4400
University of Sunderland
Vice-Chancellor & Chief Executive: Professor Peter Fidler
Edinburgh Building, Chester Road, Sunderland, TYNE & WEAR, SR1 3SD
Switchboard tel: 0191 515 2000
University of Surrey
Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive: Professor Christopher Snowden
Vice-Chancellor's Office, Senate House, GUILDFORD, GU2 7XH
Switchboard tel: 01483 300800
University of Sussex
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Michael Farthing
Sussex House, Falmer, BRIGHTON, BN1 9RH
Switchboard tel: 01273 606755
Swansea Metropolitan University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor David Warner
Mount Pleasant, SWANSEA, SA1 6ED
Switchboard tel: 01792 481000
T:
Trinity University College
Principal: Dr Medwin Hughes
CARMARTHEN, CARMARTHENSHIRE, SA31 3EP
Switchboard tel: 01267 676767
University of Teesside
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Graham Henderson
Middlesbrough, TEES VALLEY, TS1 3BA
Switchboard tel: 01642 218121
Thames Valley University
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Peter John
St Mary's Road, Ealing, LONDON, W5 5RF
Switchboard tel: 0208 579 5000
U:
University of Ulster
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Richard Barnett
Cromore Road, COLERAINE, BT52 1SA
Switchboard tel: 08700 400 700
W:
University of Wales
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Marc Clement
University Registry, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, CARDIFF, CF1 3NS
Switchboard tel: 029 2038 2656
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor Antony Chapman
PO Box 377, Western Avenue, CARDIFF, CF5 2SG
Switchboard tel: 029 2041 6070
University of Wales, Lampeter
Interim Vice Chancellor: Mr Alfred Morris
St David's Building, Lampeter, CEREDIGION, SA48 7ED
Switchboard tel: 01570 424 704
University of Wales, Newport
Vice-Chancellor: Dr Peter Noyes
PO Box 179, Caerleon Campus, NEWPORT, NP18 3YG
Switchboard tel: 01633 430 088
The University of Warwick
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Nigel Thrift
University House, COVENTRY, CV4 8UW
Switchboard tel: 024 7652 3523
University of the West of England, Bristol
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Steven West
Coldharbour Lane, Frenchay Campus, BRISTOL, BS16 1QY
Switchboard tel: 0117 965 6261
University of the West of Scotland
Principal and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Seamus McDaid
High Street, PAISLEY, PA1 2BE
Switchboard tel: 0141 848 3000
University of Westminster
Vice-Chancellor and Rector: Professor Geoffrey Petts
309 Regent Street, LONDON, W1B 2UW
Switchboard tel: 020 7911 5000
The University of Winchester
Vice Chancellor: Professor Joy Carter
West Hill, WINCHESTER, SO22 4NR
Switchboard tel: 01962 841515
University of Wolverhampton
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Caroline Gipps
Wulfruna Street, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV1 1SB
Switchboard tel: 01902 321000
University of Worcester
Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive: Professor David Green
Henwick Grove, WORCESTER, WR2 6AJ
Switchboard tel: 01905 855000
Y:
The University of York
Vice-Chancellor: Professor Brian Cantor
Heslington, YORK, YO10 5DD
Switchboard tel: +44 (0)1904 432 051
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