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...Kirkuk will be an early test for any new political order: The Kurds are pressing to have it included in their domain on the basis that much of its Arab population was settled there after Saddam had forcibly removed a large segment of the Kurdish population. That demand is fiercely resisted by the city?s Arab and ethnic Turk populations. Tensions are running high in the flashpoint city, with neighboring Turkey threatening to intervene to stop a Kurdish takeover - reconciling Kurdish and Sunni interests in Kirkuk at the national level could prove immensely challenging...
...waterslides for swimmers of all ages and the world's only water elevator. But the Wailea's crown jewel is the 450-sq-m Hibiscus Pool with a flower mosaic of 630,000 Mexican glass tiles (tel: [1-800] 888-6100; www.grandwailea.com). Exotic pools are not just the domain of warmer climes: 40 minutes outside of Reykjavik, Iceland, is the year-round, 39°C heat at the Blue Lagoon. Pumped from a geothermal source, it comes complete with silica mud for a do-it-yourself facial (tel: [354] 420 8800; www.bluelagoon.is). All in all, they sure beat those childhood...
...Once the domain solely of activists, animal law has steadily gained respect among law schools and legal scholars since 2000, when Wise's first book, Rattling the Cage, provided an academic argument for granting legal rights to animals. Now some 40 law schools offer courses on the topic. Cass Sunstein, professor at the University of Chicago Law School, explains the appeal in ethical terms: "There is a universal agreement that animal suffering matters. Even those who think they despise the notion of animal rights think that suffering and cruelty are problems...
...whole new way to search the library: unlike HOLLIS, WorldCat or other similar online catalogs, Google Print actually searches the content of the books for keywords and returns the appropriate titles and locations—and sometimes passages. The project plans to make holdings in the public domain completely available online and some excerpts from copyrighted material as well. Furthermore, this service will be available to more than just undergraduates of the respective participating universities, but to the public at large. If all goes well with the pilot program, HUL has the option of allowing Google to scan the entirety...
Books in the public domain will be fully available online so researchers can use Google Print in place of a trip to the library, according to Smith. Much smaller excerpts of copyrighted works will be displayed, he said...