55 PMA Lahore Chapter
Friday, 30 July 2010
It is middle of the summer and Brig (Retd) Zahir Khan (who has joined a new assignment in Karachi) was in town and this gave a chance to 55 PMA officers to get together once again. Col Athar had arranged a sumptuous tea (bib big samose and one bite pastries) in his own office where Khokhar, Atteque, Khalid Javed, Tariq, Tariq Fazal, Sikandar Muneem and your truly joined in.
Earlier this week Brig (Retd) Jalal Hameed Bhatti (JalalHB) was also in town from Rawalpindi. He was to attend a marriage functions so could find only a little time to spare but he did and we met at home. Meeting old comrades is like reliving old memories, more so when most of us have hung our helmets.
Related: All About 55 PMA Long Course
Related: All About 55 PMA Long Course
Labels: 55 PMA, Lahore, Men At Their Best
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/30/2010 10:12:00 PM,
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Which language defines your identity?
Thursday, 29 July 2010
I don’t know when Urdu became my identity. It is ascribed one and I love it; really. Born and raised speaking Punjabi, I also had to learn foreign languages (like English and Russian) to move about in faster lanes of life but I always express my deeper emotions and inner feelings in Urdu. Two of my books Izhar (Expressions), Ret Pe Tehreer (Written on the Sand)} are in Urdu. This (Urdu) sophisticated language facilitates you to do that. Anyone speaking Urdu in a crowd of people speaking alien languages is automatically a company.
I realized my love for the language when I was learning Russian at National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad. When my Russian teacher Alica used to say, “I have learnt more Urdu than I have taught you Russian.” When Sakina Mirkhajevna used to ask us to sing her songs in Urdu; she could not understand the meanings but, “I enjoy the sweetness with which words flow,” she used to tell.
I learnt English the hard way. I was at a professional academy and order of the day was, “no vernaculars,” even in out private quarters. Knowing that we will be asked to leave food and have a round of the mess running if we spoke in Urdu made us speak English fast. The problem is that I think in Urdu, dream in Urdu and my expressions, oral as well as written in English, still are jerky .
Related: Russian Language
I realized my love for the language when I was learning Russian at National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad. When my Russian teacher Alica used to say, “I have learnt more Urdu than I have taught you Russian.” When Sakina Mirkhajevna used to ask us to sing her songs in Urdu; she could not understand the meanings but, “I enjoy the sweetness with which words flow,” she used to tell.
I learnt English the hard way. I was at a professional academy and order of the day was, “no vernaculars,” even in out private quarters. Knowing that we will be asked to leave food and have a round of the mess running if we spoke in Urdu made us speak English fast. The problem is that I think in Urdu, dream in Urdu and my expressions, oral as well as written in English, still are jerky .
Related: Russian Language
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/29/2010 11:40:00 AM,
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Which thieves should be allowed to steal again?
Long time ago, I had been reading all John Grisham titles but am no more a big fan of his thrillers. He writes good but my own priorities have changed. Last night I picked up The Broker just to scan through hurriedly. The second para in the opening chapter held my attention. It reads, “They were about pardons – desperate pleas from thieves and embezzlers and liars, some still in jail, and some who’d never served but who nonetheless wanted their good names cleared and their beloved right restored.” On the last day in office, the president of a country is faced with question. Which thieves should be allowed to steal again? And I started imagining different options the president had while I related them to situations in our own country. That forced me to read the book. It proved to be a page tuner and I could put it down after I had finished the thriller. It was 03.20 AM.
At a few instances, I could felt Italian language lessons a little too much but the mention of three Pakistani students who were computer genius and had written software that could put the most sophisticated set of satellites unserviceable. This software comes in the market for sale and everyone wants to buy. That is where the Broker comes in and handles the deal. The story is about what happens to the software and more interestingly what happens to the Broker.
Labels: Books, John Grisham
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/29/2010 11:38:00 AM,
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Passengers' List of ABQ-202 that crahed at Margalla Hills, Islamabad
The following are the names of the passengers who were on board the flight. Note: SYEED SHAAN-E-HUSSAIN NAQVI, KHIZER PERVAIZ and SHAMAS US REHMAN ALVI were on the passenger list but did not board the plane and were not among the passengers on the flight - Dawn.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/29/2010 07:10:00 AM,
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Gold Farming
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
“Gold farming refers to a body of practices that involve the sale of virtual in-game resources for real-world money. The name gold farming stems from a variety of repetitive practices (¨farming¨) to accumulate virtual wealth (¨gold¨) which farmers illicitly sell to other players who lack the time or desire to accumulate their own in-game capital.
While the earliest instances of real money trade can be traced back to the terminal-based multi-user dungeons (MUDs) of the 1970s and 80s, formal gold farming operations originated in an early massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Ultima Online, in 1997. An informal cottage industry of inconsequential scale and scope at first, the practice grew rapidly with the parallel development of an ecommerce infrastructure in the late 1990s. The complexity of gold trading organizations continued to grow as indigenously-developed massively multiplayer games as well as Western-developed games were released into East Asian markets like Japan, South Korea, and China. Have a look at Gold Farming research here and here.
Labels: Gold Farming
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/27/2010 10:29:00 AM,
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Bionic Legs
Saturday, 24 July 2010
The price of the set of bionic legs is pretty high i.e around $ 1,50,000.00. I hope that as the technological progress takes a few more leaps, the price will come down and even the features of bionic legs will improve. A good news for the Special Persons.
Labels: Bionic Legs, Gadgets
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/24/2010 12:30:00 PM,
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Be Bano
Thursday, 22 July 2010
While doing interpretership (in Russian Language) from National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, we were taken to different publishing houses. Having tea after the presentation at one of the publishing houses, we got a chance to talk informally to the wonderful people there.
While talking with Dr. Farahat Naqi – the owner and brain behind the success of the concern – Dr. Shagufta Bano – one of my favorite teachers — came under discussion. I believed and praised my teacher. Dr. Naqvi listened to my discourse for some time and finally raised his hands and said, “Please stop. Stop. I know her more than you do because she is my wife for last 30 years.”
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/22/2010 09:42:00 AM,
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The Republic by Plato
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
The Republic in which Plato presented concept of the state starts with a query. “What is justice,” sitting in his academy Plato asks students who were all experts in their own respective fields.
As per Plato every thing in the world should be given its appropriate place. Biologically human body can be divided in three distinct and incompatible parts. Wisdom comes from head; stomach is responsible for distribution of calories to the whole body through intakes; hands and feet work for the body and act as guards. Humans die when this appropriation is disturbed. Head cannot act in the place of stomach or hand and vice versa.
Like human body he classifies the state population. The philosophers work as head, businessmen, presents and technicians work as stomach and soldiers and administrators work as arms and legs. If one of them takes the place of another, it will be a gross imbalance. With that the state shall fall sick and ultimately die. If each is at its own place, the state will become ideal.
As per Plato every thing in the world should be given its appropriate place. Biologically human body can be divided in three distinct and incompatible parts. Wisdom comes from head; stomach is responsible for distribution of calories to the whole body through intakes; hands and feet work for the body and act as guards. Humans die when this appropriation is disturbed. Head cannot act in the place of stomach or hand and vice versa.
Like human body he classifies the state population. The philosophers work as head, businessmen, presents and technicians work as stomach and soldiers and administrators work as arms and legs. If one of them takes the place of another, it will be a gross imbalance. With that the state shall fall sick and ultimately die. If each is at its own place, the state will become ideal.
Labels: Books, Plato, the Republic
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/21/2010 03:51:00 PM,
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Business Productivity Online Suite
Advent of computers and related web technologies has changed the way we work and do business. A lot has been improved making lives easier. You can do much more with computers now. One of the best solutions for business is BPOS - Microsoft Online’s Business Productivity Online Suite. The Suite is a collection of four products - Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Communications Online and Office Live Meeting – all focused on providing productivity and collaboration solutions for businesses.
Explore the neatly laid out page to learn more about the Microsoft BPOS and what it can do for you. Setting up is easy. BPOS Commander helps you set up step by step and also allows you to migrate data. Getting Started on BPOS Wizard takes you through the process of getting your BPOS environment running easily. With the set-up wizard from BPOS Commander, facilitated set-up simplifies the process and allows you to be sure you complete set-up successfully. In addition, BPOS Commander provides you with tools to estimate your total time to migration. This allows you to more accurately plan for your migration, and avoid any surprises. Given the efficiency and flexibility, the cost is very much affordable.
Best thing is the liberty and flexibility that this Suit offers. Because all of the included services are hosted and stored online by Microsoft, therefore, you can use these services from the comfort of your office as well as via the web from anywhere else. BPOS keeps you connected no matter where you are working from.
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/21/2010 02:59:00 PM,
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How to Pray for Parents - Sura Bani Israel Ayat 23-24
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
Translation Sura Bani Israel Ayat 23-24: And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy, and say: My Lord! Have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was little. #
Labels: Personal
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/20/2010 11:09:00 AM,
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French Philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher. His father married Rousseau’s mother only to desert her after his birth. From here started his sufferings.
He was considered a dangerous character. It is why he was hunted out form one city to another. He died un wept un mourned and unsung.
Contemporaries criticized his book The Contract Social when it was published. To them he retorted by saying that he could see the time when his book would be bounded by the skins of their coming generations.
There have been two seismic revolutions in the world: French and Russian revolutions. French revolutionaries during their struggle wrote three words on their flag – equality, liberty, love — taken form The Contract Social.
Lot many people including French King Louis IV and the Queen were guillotined during the Revolution. Their skins could have been used for binding Rousseau’s book if it were the custom.
All researchers agree that his was the mind behind the French revolution.
Labels: Books, The Contract Social
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/20/2010 10:43:00 AM,
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Fire Within
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Yesterday, I went out to buy some groceries, and when I was billed for something that once cost no more than a thousand rupees, was much beyond two thousands. At first I thought there was some duplication by the shopkeeper, but when he rechecked, the total remained unchanged. It added more “bhanmbar” inside me but I could not do anything about it and had to pay to buy all that I had to. Then I thought of those less privileged, and how they were living under such times. These days a hundred rupees note vanishes like a ten rupee note of good old yester day. I wonder how a person earning a few thousands can live and sustain a family. Unfortunately, the poor have large families – normally more than four children with parents dependent upon them.
And then I opened today’s newspaper – it carried yet another bombshell. Almost 71 items, that includes many grocery and household items, that would be hit by the GST from 1 October onwards and would be out of the reach of many (including myself). Interestingly, these items also include the holy books as well – can you imagine?
But as if that’s all about it. There are other bills to pay. Take the electricity bill for instance. Even without day long load shedding the bill falls like a thunderbolt. And the recent statement of the MD PEPCO is not only confusing but also make me consider his acumen. As per his latest statement, there will be two rates for the electricity, for day and night separately. I fail to understand how PEPCO would ascertain which units were used during day and which during night from a single meter. Shouldn’t a homework to this effect had been carried out before announcing such a policy statement? Then there are other bills like house rent, school fees, transportation and medicines. And when one cannot pay all this, the inner “bhanmbar” starts to be fuelled more and becomes painful. This is when people take their lives. Recently, there has been a rise in number of suicides since it becomes impossible for one to live in times like this.
And the irony is that the budget presented by the successive governments is always “people friendly.” May be people mean the privileged or upper class only? The middle and lower class isn’t people anymore. They are subjects destined to live in dungeon-like-living. Even the traffic warden on duty treats people according to the vehicle they are driving. A motorcyclist may even get slapped if he objects to a traffic warden’s warning. But a black limo may sail through unhindered despite violating traffic laws.
All this makes me start my new blog – “The Fire Within” – andar da bhanmbar - a name suggested to me by no one other than my friend SAJS of “Doodh Patti”, “Logic is Variable” and ”Light Within” fame.
Labels: Bloggers, Blogging, JalalHB, Men At Their Best, Why Blog
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/18/2010 02:10:00 PM,
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Pakistan House, Potsdam
Saturday, 17 July 2010
Since its establishment, the Pakistan House has been preparing honorary workers and volunteers for deployment in the project including Thatta Kedona. The House also became center for discussions and information about improvement in the work for the interested public. Lectures by guest speakers were delivered there. In cooperation with the Pakistan Embassy, a large number of Pakistani visitors (including member of government, ambassadors, and officials of various organizations, members of the military academy, journalists, and students) to Potsdam found their way to the House.
Pakistan days were celebrated there with cultural fanfare. German institution like House of Cultures of the World, Import-Shop, Q-Damm Mile, and Festival of Nations also were partners in activities at the House. Here are some of the images of those who have been involved in activities at Pakistan House Postdan, Germany.
Related: Thatta Kedona FAQs
Pakistan days were celebrated there with cultural fanfare. German institution like House of Cultures of the World, Import-Shop, Q-Damm Mile, and Festival of Nations also were partners in activities at the House. Here are some of the images of those who have been involved in activities at Pakistan House Postdan, Germany.
Related: Thatta Kedona FAQs
Labels: Dolls Village, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/17/2010 09:44:00 PM,
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On Indus Highway
In Part II we continued our journey on the right bank of Indus and drove 333 kilometers more to reach Dera Ghazi Khan (N55-Part II). Today we’ll pick up our journey just north west of Dera Ghazi Khan and try to reach Dera Ismail Khan before the end of this post.
Our title photo to the right is the famous Chogallah lookout of Dera Ismail Khan which we will visit towards the end of this post. This building was built in 1940 by the British as a lookout for law enforcement people. It is also the meeting point of 4 bazaars viz. Commisionary bazaar, Muslim bazaar, Bakhri bazaar and Kalan bazaar. Well more on D.I.Khan later. First we have to drive 214 km to reach it. Lets get out of Dera Ghazi Khan first. aao mere saath!
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/17/2010 12:49:00 PM,
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Judge the Nations by the Way They Look at Their Women
Friday, 16 July 2010
Societies pride in different strengths: Some give importance to bravery, some to democracy, and some nations think that freedom of expressions, development and or education are the hallmarks for their long-term sustenance. “The nations should be judged on how they look at their women,” writes Abbas Khan, the author of Urdu novel Mein Aur Umrao Jan Ada, his eleventh, that I have had the chance to read.There is a famous saying that every thing in fiction is true except dates. But in the novel written by Abbas Khan even dates are true because he has based his novel in the back ground of five very famous women in the history: Helen of Troy, Cleopatra, Quratul Ain Tahira (Iran), Mughal Princess Noor Jehan and Umrao Jan Ada.
Helen of Troy was the daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her abduction by Paris caused the Trojan War and made thousand ships drown.
Cleopatra (actually Cleopatra VII) was the last of the Ptolemies, the Macedonian-descended pharaohs who ruled Egypt beginning in 304 B.C. Cleopatra has come down through history less for her administrative skills than for her beguiling ways, which she used in an attempt to keep Egypt free from Roman domination. Among those whom she charmed was Julius Caesar, with whom she had a son, Caesarion. After Caesar’s death, Cleopatra joined forces with Caesar’s colleague Marc Antony; they became lovers and political allies against Antony’s rival Octavian. Octavian’s forces finally defeated those of Antony and Cleopatra in the naval battle of Actium in 31 B.C. The two lovers fled to Alexandria and, faced with defeat by Octavian, committed suicide. Legend has it that Cleopatra died by the self-inflicted bite of a poisonous snake called an asp, though no firm evidence exists to support that claim.
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Labels: Abbas Khan, Writers
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/16/2010 08:53:00 PM,
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Making Money with GoViral Network
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of goviral. All opinions are 100% mine.
The interest in the internet is exponentially growing with increase in online activities. More people are logging on to do things online. Given its quick and efficient means of information delivery, internet is emerging as one of the main sources of dissemination for information all over the world.
Knowing is an instinctive and shared human need. No one likes to be caught unaware, more so in today’s fast paced societies and in the face of globalization. The right to information has been recognized as a fundamental human right, intimately linked to respect for the inherent dignity of all human beings. The demand for information has given birth to so many services that help by providing suitable contents. Bloggers and webmasters are already familiar with GoViral – a self service platform that offers video content for blogs and sites and also allows bloggers to make money based on every view (pay per click).
The whole process is very simple; fill in the online form and you will be emailed when approved. When approved, start using their campaign videos and making money. I suggest you have a look at the site and see what they are offering and how. Better still, create an account, choose from a wide range of the latest viral and video content, customize the player code and upload it onto your site and start earning. GoViral is very transparent. Payments are made every month by Bank Transfer or via Paypal when total of your approved invoices exceeds €50. I am going to give it a whirl.
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/16/2010 02:23:00 PM,
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Bypass Lahore
G T Road has a history. Once upon a time, travelling on G T Road (Jarneli Sarak) used to be reliving the past and a colorful cultural experience. No more. Travelling on G T Road has become an ordeal; there is a lot of traffic. Much more than the road can take.
Labels: Lahore
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/16/2010 08:47:00 AM,
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Farewell to My Mother
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Mothers are never good or bad – all mothers are good mothers no matter what. They are always there to receive you with their warm open arms and great hearts. She would forget her emptiness for the fill of her off springs. As Tenneva Jordan said, “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” A mother is born with the child birth of her offspring and for the rest of her life; she has an enormous responsibility to shape the character and person of her child at the cost of her so many wishes and aspirations.
But children don’t seem to care much for the sentiments of their mothers as they see a life for themselves away from their mothers. And move away to distant places, keeping their mothers longing for their company or even a phone call. But in some cases, children don’t seem to really care about a woman in waiting.
But most children do remember her no matter where they are. And one of them has been my friend SAJS. He has been looking after his mother from the very depth of his heart. Whenever his mother called, he rushed to his village and attended her best he could. She was a typical loyal mother to her soil, and despite the fact that she was sick, she would not leave her ancestral house in the village for better treatment in cities like Lahore. A couple of days ago Shirazi again got a call and he rushed to his village. I rang him up as usual, as I did everyday to discuss our blog related issues, and was told that he was on his way to village to see his mother. I wished him a safe journey and prayed for the health of his mother. And then it was last night, when I got a call from a weary Shirazi, he sounded sad and hollow. And then he broke the news of his mother’s final departure to her heavenly abode (on Friday, July 9, 2010 at 14:45). This was really shocking and sad. Having lost my parents awhile ago, I could feel his pain, sadness and void within on this great loss.
It is true that everyone has to catch this last bus sooner or later, but no one really seems to be ready for this last journey. And one specially wishes his parents and very close relatives to be always near him, never wanting them to catch this last bus forever. But this wish is never to be fulfilled as that is how the Nature works. So while we share the sadness and grief of dear friend Shirazi, we bid farewell to yet another good mother and pray the departed soul to be blessed and may her soul rest in peace forever. Ameen.
PS: Thanks Jalal HB for the support when I needed the most. I could not have written about my mother. She was so big for me that I can't write about here - Shirazi.
Labels: Personal
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/13/2010 09:49:00 PM,
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Internet Radio Station TV Thatta Village is Calling
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Internet Radio Village Thatta (Near Gogera) calling you. I am Farooq Ahmed, in charge of village NGO Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Aama. We are starting our 2009 test transmissions. In 2010, we will start our Urdu transmissions for local agricultural community and English for others, Sarfraz will be our folk singer, Interviews videos will be aired in audios,” was the first announcement from Internet Radio Station TV Thatta Village that started test transmission in October 2009. The regular transmission form Internet Radio Station TV Thatta Village will start in February 2010.
The cluster of mud and brick houses in the plains of Punjab near Harappa, Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka was like any typical Pakistani village only a decade ago. A lot has changed in a rustic village of about 200 household situated 80 kilometers away from Lahore in less than last ten years time. The story of self help begins in 1990 when Dr. Senta Siller, a German graphic designer, and her husband Dr. Norbert Pintsch, an architect, were invited by Amjad Ali - a Pakistani student in her class – to visit his ancestral village in the hinterland of Punjab. They came and saw a village where farmers still lived as they did in an ancient era. No one in the village could afford fired brick buildings so nearly all the houses were built using mud material. There was no electricity. No road lead to the village.
Labels: Rural Culture, Rural Development, Thatta Radio
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/07/2010 03:30:00 PM,
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Corporate Bloggers
Who should blog for the businesses? This question has been coming for some time now. In my opinion, front line people who know the business in and out should blog about it. Marketing professionals can also use this powerful tool. Organization can hire professional writers to blog for them under company’s name or blog under their own. Depending upon the feedback and information provided by audience, an inside blogger can develop the ability to write in his or her own voice and create content for business blog. Outsider bloggers can view business with an objective eye and offer fresh marketing ideas and strategies.
Outsider blogger can study company’s marketing materials, reports, other collateral information, and meet key people in organization to learn about what organization does and how best to market the product through blogging.
In more connected world, blogging is being taught in most business school as a part of business studies and or part of mass communication courses. That is preparing an army of bloggers. No?
Outsider blogger can study company’s marketing materials, reports, other collateral information, and meet key people in organization to learn about what organization does and how best to market the product through blogging.
In more connected world, blogging is being taught in most business school as a part of business studies and or part of mass communication courses. That is preparing an army of bloggers. No?
Labels: Blogging, Corporate Blogging, Corporate Sector
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/07/2010 09:34:00 AM,
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My Blog Community
Monday, 5 July 2010
Posts that come from heart and speak personal truth and experience are the best. "Hit an emotional chord, not just intellectual ones," as a friend says. Next best are those when experts share their knowledge on specific subjects.That said, one of the best ways that I have found out to expand my bloggy fraternity is to set a goal to comment on say 5-10 blogs a day that are outside my usual reads. I also continue to see the work others are doing about topics of my interests. Technocrati is a good source to see what other bloggers are writing about on a specific topic I am exploring.
We all like to be linked to and so the more I have trackbacks to other people’s work they are expected to come by and read mine and eventually may link too! I try in addition to putting a link or two into my posts. It seems to have worked really well for me.
Labels: Blogging, Networking
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/05/2010 03:01:00 PM,
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Mobile Phone Signal Extender
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Mobile phones have already become the need of the time. "Just can't live without mobiles," many users say. (I wonder how we lived earlier). There is no denying of the fact that they are playing an important role in how we communicate and do things; some glitches notwithstanding.
One of the most annoying problems is when net work does not function well; you get calls dropped and or speech garbled and poor cell phone reception due to networks. At is for such situation that Mobile Phone Signal Extender comes handy. Simply mount the included antenna near a window and run the coax cable to the base booster unit. You get 2500 square feet of prime signal area (enough to cover 2-3 rooms on two different floors).
Installation is simple. Decide a mounting location for the external antenna (indoors near a window, an outside door, in the attic, or on the exterior of your home or office), attach the external antenna to your chosen mounting spot using the included screws and hardware. Run the included coax cable from the external antenna to the base booster box. Place the box in a central location where you most need improved.
Mobile Phone reception. Plug in the base booster box and you are done. This will improve your Mobile Phone signals. And this device is an industry standard and can work with almost all mobile sets.
One of the most annoying problems is when net work does not function well; you get calls dropped and or speech garbled and poor cell phone reception due to networks. At is for such situation that Mobile Phone Signal Extender comes handy. Simply mount the included antenna near a window and run the coax cable to the base booster unit. You get 2500 square feet of prime signal area (enough to cover 2-3 rooms on two different floors).
Installation is simple. Decide a mounting location for the external antenna (indoors near a window, an outside door, in the attic, or on the exterior of your home or office), attach the external antenna to your chosen mounting spot using the included screws and hardware. Run the included coax cable from the external antenna to the base booster box. Place the box in a central location where you most need improved.
Mobile Phone reception. Plug in the base booster box and you are done. This will improve your Mobile Phone signals. And this device is an industry standard and can work with almost all mobile sets.
Labels: Cell Phones
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/04/2010 02:09:00 PM,
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Explore Pakistan
Saturday, 3 July 2010
Pakistan is in rare position, both geographically and figuratively. Travel attractions – historic, heritage, natural, adventurous, ecological — are richly distributed on this land from Astola in the Arabian Sea to Khunjrab on Pak China boarder up in the north. Travellers, site seers, explorers, trekkers, and mountaineers have been coming here from all over since the time when there was no Internet to forecast weather, show maps and pictures, make reservations and for reading about people and places online before planning a trip.Travel is a function of prosperity; mostly.
Apart from business, people travel for so many different reasons: to explore, to feel, to learn, to get away from humdrum of the fast lane life, and to lose themselves or find themselves. George Santayana, a Philosopher, has been quoted as describing, “We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.”
Read more »Apart from business, people travel for so many different reasons: to explore, to feel, to learn, to get away from humdrum of the fast lane life, and to lose themselves or find themselves. George Santayana, a Philosopher, has been quoted as describing, “We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.”
Labels: Travel
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/03/2010 03:52:00 PM,
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Farewell to Farooq
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Zaffar ID reports from Quetta about the recent farewell visit of Farooq as DG OS. As usual, Farooq from SI&T called Salim and Alizai besides ZID over a cup of tea to bid farewll to his namesake. ZID was also in Peshawar on a short visit. While there, he called on Tariq Khan. Big news from Peshawar is that wedding of Tariq Khans' son took place and the Valima ceremony was arranged on Sunday June 20, 2010.
Related: All about 55 PMA Long Course Men at Their Best
Related: All about 55 PMA Long Course Men at Their Best
Labels: Men At Their Best
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/01/2010 10:11:00 PM,
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Noise Cancellation Universal Headsets
Since the advent of computers, technology is on a rise, we see a variety of new products, gadgets, new gimos and lots of amazing stuff coming out of talented minds.
When it comes to finding them I like to search as it gives a wide range of information, also I am fond of sites like Techno Station – a portal that invites manufacturers and developers to upload their press releases (and users' manuals) there - that are a great source of reliable and first hand information. The content (in the form of press releases as well as instruction books and users manuals) at Techno Station is created and contributed largely by the developers, manufacturers and marketers, communities of people that frequent the sites. Common users can even ask questions, and then read what informed members of the sites have to say about it. That is what makes these sites useful for anyone with a connected computer. I suggest every one should join and add their stuff on Techno Station.
That said, a press release titled Motorola Introduces two Advanced Noise cancellation Universal Headsets crossed my computer screen lately. This time it was not about new mobile phones, but Bluetooth headsets instead. These two new universal Bluetooth headsets are set to offer great performance where background noise cancellation is concerned, with the Motopure H15 leading the way while the H780
follows in close pursuit.
The Motopure H15 Universal Bluetooth Headset comes with a special flip design that touts to offer the best background noise cancellation according to independent testing of the top-selling dual-microphone Bluetooth headsets. As for the Motorola H780 Universal Bluetooth Headset, this model merges both style and distinct audio sound in a single device. Both headsets will feature Motorola's CrystalTalk technology that enables users to silence the noise for clearer communications.
When it comes to finding them I like to search as it gives a wide range of information, also I am fond of sites like Techno Station – a portal that invites manufacturers and developers to upload their press releases (and users' manuals) there - that are a great source of reliable and first hand information. The content (in the form of press releases as well as instruction books and users manuals) at Techno Station is created and contributed largely by the developers, manufacturers and marketers, communities of people that frequent the sites. Common users can even ask questions, and then read what informed members of the sites have to say about it. That is what makes these sites useful for anyone with a connected computer. I suggest every one should join and add their stuff on Techno Station.
That said, a press release titled Motorola Introduces two Advanced Noise cancellation Universal Headsets crossed my computer screen lately. This time it was not about new mobile phones, but Bluetooth headsets instead. These two new universal Bluetooth headsets are set to offer great performance where background noise cancellation is concerned, with the Motopure H15 leading the way while the H780
follows in close pursuit.
The Motopure H15 Universal Bluetooth Headset comes with a special flip design that touts to offer the best background noise cancellation according to independent testing of the top-selling dual-microphone Bluetooth headsets. As for the Motorola H780 Universal Bluetooth Headset, this model merges both style and distinct audio sound in a single device. Both headsets will feature Motorola's CrystalTalk technology that enables users to silence the noise for clearer communications.
Labels: Cell Phones, Gadgets
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/01/2010 09:10:00 PM,
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From Russia With Love
Dr. Muhammad Khan, Shagufta Bano, Hameda, Sakina Mirkhajevna, Alica (I have lost contact with my Russian teachers and now want to find them), Amna (best dressed girl in the class, no in the University) and Tanveer also came alive in my memories. Meeting old class fellows is like traveling back in memory lane. No?
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 7/01/2010 11:24:00 AM,
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