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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Google Alert - Pakistan
Google News Alert for: Pakistan
| Underground musicians aim to change Pakistan's image CNN International - USA It might have seemed like any other night of music one could see anywhere, but this heavy metal head-banging was happening in Pakistan. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Scot known as the 'Tartan Taliban' held in Pakistan guardian.co.uk - UK Dundee-born James McLintock, who goes by his Muslim name, Yakoob, in Pakistan, was picked up in Peshawar over the past month, several sources say. ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Japanese envoy to call on president today Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Japan's Special Representative for Assistance to Pakistan and Afghanistan Mtoside Yoshikwa arrived in Pakistan on Sunday to discuss the donors' ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Fewer Sikh pilgrims visiting Pakistan Hindu - Chennai,India Lahore: There has been a sharp fall in the number of Sikh pilgrims visiting Pakistan from India and other countries to observe Baisakhi festival in the wake ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Pakistan: ISI cleansed, restructuring on Times of India - India Coming as it does just a day after PM Manmohan Singh dismissed any such move till it was proved that Pakistan was serious about bringing 26/11 guilty to ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| Pakistan demands proof of terror threat Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India NEW DELHI: Pakistan has protested against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that there was a 'serious threat' of a terror attack from across the ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| 'We are fully committed to fight terror ...all stakeholders in ... Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India Shah Mehmood Qureshi, foreign minister of Pakistan, spoke to Karan Thapar on the CNN-IBN programme, Devil's Advocate, telecast on Sunday night and to be ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| NATO, US seek alternatives to Pakistan supply routes Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA By Anand Gopal | Correspondent 04.12.09 Kabul, Afghanistan - Militants attacked a supply depot Sunday in Pakistan that serves Western forces in Afghanistan, ... See all stories on this topic | ||
| New Zealand Edge Pakistan For Third Place Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia IPOH, April 12 (Bernama) -- New Zealand edged former winners Pakistan 2-1 to clinch third place in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup competition at the Azlan Shah ... See all stories on this topic | ||
AFP QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — Paramilitary troops patrolled the streets Sunday to deter any violence as the Pakistani city of Quetta came to a standstill for a ... See all stories on this topic |
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Pakistan has been using its own drones which it has been manufacturing for a decade.
Pakistan has been using its own drones which it has been manufacturing for a decade.
Pakistan UAVs: This article is Rupee News-RIR (RN-Research in Progress) and will be updated periodically
High Speed DroneThis is picture of Pakistan high speed drone which is under wraps.
The latest Uqaab is one in a series of Unmanned Aircraft being deveopled by Pakistan. Pakistan has been working very closesly with the Turks who have had access to Israeli technology on UAV development.
US Shadow similar to Pakistan\'s UqaabMarch 24, 2008: Pakistan announced the successful completion of flight tests of a new UAV, the Uqaab. The design looks very similar to models offered by a Pakistani firm, Integrated Dynamics, which has been producing smaller (under 500 pounds) UAVs for the government and commercial market since 1997. The Uqaab also appears similar to the U.S. Army RQ-7B Shadow 200. Each Shadow 200 UAV platoon has 22 troops and operates 3-4 UAVs, plus the ground control equipment. Typically, each combat brigade has one Shadow UAV platoon. Each 350 pound Shadow 200 UAV cost $500,000, and can stay in the air 5.5 hours per sortie. A day camera and night vision camera is carried on each aircraft. Able to fly as high as 15,000 feet, the Shadow can thus go into hostile territory and stay high enough (over 10,000 feet) to be safe from hostile rifle and machine-gun fire.
The Integrated Dynamics UAVs appear to operate in a manner similar to the Shadow 200, which is not high tech, just good engineering and quality manufacturing. Integrated Dynamics has many export customers, including some in the United States.
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Our new ‘Civilian UAV’ systems are designed for electronic news gathering, police surveillance, border and coastal patrol requiring no more than two crew members to operate.
We are also offering ‘Airframes Only’ for most of our field-proven and tested UAV designs to assist research and experimental work across the globe in specialised UAV applications.
With over 90,000 square feet of dedicated manufacturing space, INTEGRATED DYNAMICS is proud of being one of the largest UAV-dedicated R&D and manufacturing enterprises in Australasia.
Export restrictions apply. The sale of certain products is subject to an end-user certification and approval by the Government of Pakistan and DEPO (Defence Export Promotion Organization).
RQ-7a similar to Pakistan\'s UqaabAAI RQ-7 Shadow 200
The Shadow 200 short-range TUAV (Tactical UAV) was developed by AAI Corp. in the 1990s. When the RQ-6 Outrider TUAV ran into continued troubles in the 1997/98 time frame, the U.S. Army decided to conduct a competitive evaluation between the Outrider and Shadow 200 TUAV systems in 1999. The latter was declared winner of this competition, and AAI subsequently received a first LRIP (Low-Rate Initial Production) contract to provide Shadow 200 systems for further testing and evaluation. The UAV itself was officially designated RQ-7A. Between April 2001 and late 2002, the IOT&E (Initial Operational Test & Evaluation) phase of the program was conducted successfully, and in October 2002 the Shadow 200 was approved for full-rate production.
Photo: AAI RQ-7A
RQ 7A1 similar to Pakistan\'s UqaabThe RQ-7A is of the same twin-boom pusher layout as several other battlefield UAVs, like e.g. the RQ-2 Pioneer and the RQ-5 Hunter. It is powered by a UEL AR-741 rotary engine, and has a non-retractable tricycle landing gear for conventional wheeled take-off and landing. The RQ-7A can also be launched from a catapult and has a tailhook to catch arresting cables for a shorter landing run. A Shadow 200 system consists of four RQ-7A air vehicles and the associated equipment. The latter includes two GCSs (Ground Control Stations), from where the operators have full control over the UAVs and their sensors. Both LOS (Line-Of-Sight) and non-LOS datalinks are provided for command uplink and sensor data downlink. The Shadow 200 UAV can be equipped with a GPS-based navigation system for fully autonomous operations. The UAV’s tasks include day/night reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and BDA (Bomb Damage Assessment). The primary mission payload for the initial (Block 1) RQ-7A production vehicles is an IAI Tamam POP (Plug-In Optronic Payload) IR/EO (Infrared/Electro-Optical) sensor turret, but Block 2 vehicles are planned to use an improved Wescam EO/IR sensor. Other payloads are also under consideration, including a SAR/MTI (Synthetic Aperture Radar/Moving Target Indicator) unit. Photo: U.S. Army RQ-7A
By March 2004, the U.S. Army has ordered 33 Shadow 200 systems (4 aircraft each) plus a number of additional air vehicles as attrition replacements. 20 systems have been delivered, and current procurement plans call for a total of up to 88 systems.
In August 2004, the improved RQ-7B air vehicle began to roll off from AAI’s production line. The RQ-7B has larger wings with a more efficient airfoil and increased fuel capacity, allowing an endurance of up to 7 hours. Additionally, the vehicle has an enlarged tail, upgraded avionics (including an improved flight controller with an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) and increased computing power), and new payload options. The RQ-7B will also be fitted with the Army’s Tactical Common Data Link (TCDL).
Specifications
Note: Data given by several sources show slight variations. Figures given below may therefore be inaccurate!
Data for RQ-7A/B:
RQ-7A RQ-7B
Length 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
Wingspan 3.89 m (12 ft 9 in) 4.27 m (14 ft)
Height 0.91 m (3 ft 0 in)
Weight max: 149 kg (328 lb); empty: 75 kg (165 lb) max: 170 kg (375 lb)
Speed max: 204 km/h (110 knots); loiter: 130 km/h (70 knots) max: 194 km/h (105 knots); loiter: 111 km/h (60 knots)
Ceiling 4270 m (14000 ft) 4570 m (15000 ft)
Range 125 km (67 nm)
Endurance 5 h 7 h
Propulsion UEL AR-741 rotary engine; 28.3 kW (38 hp)
Main Sources
[1] Kenneth Munson (ed.): “Jane’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Targets, Issue 15″, Jane’s, 2000
[2] Tom Kaminski: “The Future is Here”, article in Combat Aircraft Vol. 4, No. 6, 2003
[3] AAI Corp. Website
[4] PR Newswire Story, 4 August 2004
[5] “Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap, 2005-2030″, Office of the Secretary of Defense, August 2005
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Let’s boycott LAYS and distribute this information to all others.
PIG FAT By Dr. M. Amjad Khan
Research by Dr Amjad Khan (Medical Research Institute, United States) has proved that many products of multinational firms including, but not limited to -
TOOTH PASTE,
SHAVING CREAM
CHEWING GUM,
CHOCOLATE,
SWEETS,
BISCUITS,
CORN FLAKES, TOFFEES,
CANNED FOODS,
FRUIT TINS,
have PIG FATS in them as ingredients. This is shown in the form of E-Codes printed on the packs
of such products. So we must try to avoid items with the following E Codes:
E100, E110, E120, E 140, E141, E153, E210, E213, E214,
E216, E234, E252,E270, E280, E325, E326, E327, E334, E335,
E336, E337, E422, E430, E431, E432, E433, E434, E435, E436,
E440, E470, E471, E472, E473, E474, E475,E476, E477, E478,
E481, E482, E483, E491, E492, E493, E494, E495, E542,E570,
E572, E631, E635, E904.
Lately We found the code E631 printed on the wrapper of LAYS POTATO CHIPS. The following images clearly show code E631 printed in the ingredients of LAYS POTATO CHIPS as flavour enhancers. Pig is HARAAM for Muslims. SO we MUST avoid eating it. These idiots are playing with our beliefs and making us eat whatever has been rsetricted by Allah and His Apostle (PBUH). We must be raise our voices against this crime.
Lately We found the code E631 printed on the wrapper of LAYS POTATO CHIPS. The following images clearly show code E631 printed in the ingredients of LAYS POTATO CHIPS as flavour enhancers. Pig is HARAAM for Muslims. SO we MUST avoid eating it. These idiots are playing with our beliefs and making us eat whatever has been rsetricted by Allah and His Apostle (PBUH). We must be raise our voices against this crime.
Not normally suitable for vegetarians - usually made from meat or fish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_inosinate
Research by Dr Amjad Khan (Medical Research Institute, United States) has proved that many products of multinational firms including, but not limited to -
TOOTH PASTE,
SHAVING CREAM
CHEWING GUM,
CHOCOLATE,
SWEETS,
BISCUITS,
CORN FLAKES, TOFFEES,
CANNED FOODS,
FRUIT TINS,
have PIG FATS in them as ingredients. This is shown in the form of E-Codes printed on the packs
of such products. So we must try to avoid items with the following E Codes:
E100, E110, E120, E 140, E141, E153, E210, E213, E214,
E216, E234, E252,E270, E280, E325, E326, E327, E334, E335,
E336, E337, E422, E430, E431, E432, E433, E434, E435, E436,
E440, E470, E471, E472, E473, E474, E475,E476, E477, E478,
E481, E482, E483, E491, E492, E493, E494, E495, E542,E570,
E572, E631, E635, E904.
Lately We found the code E631 printed on the wrapper of LAYS POTATO CHIPS. The following images clearly show code E631 printed in the ingredients of LAYS POTATO CHIPS as flavour enhancers. Pig is HARAAM for Muslims. SO we MUST avoid eating it. These idiots are playing with our beliefs and making us eat whatever has been rsetricted by Allah and His Apostle (PBUH). We must be raise our voices against this crime.
Lately We found the code E631 printed on the wrapper of LAYS POTATO CHIPS. The following images clearly show code E631 printed in the ingredients of LAYS POTATO CHIPS as flavour enhancers. Pig is HARAAM for Muslims. SO we MUST avoid eating it. These idiots are playing with our beliefs and making us eat whatever has been rsetricted by Allah and His Apostle (PBUH). We must be raise our voices against this crime.
Not normally suitable for vegetarians - usually made from meat or fish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium_inosinate
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
History of April Fools
April Fools' Day, sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar.
New Year's Day Moves
Ancient cultures, including those as varied as the Romans and the Hindus, celebrated New Year's Day on or around April 1. It closely follows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.
Problems With This Explanation
There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn't fully account for the spread of April Fools' Day to other European countries. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April Fools' Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.
Constantine and Kugel
Another explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event.
"In a way," explained Prof. Boskin, "it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor."
This explanation was brought to the public's attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they'd been victims of an April Fools' joke themselves.
Spring Fever
It is worth noting that many different cultures have had days of foolishness around the start of April, give or take a couple of weeks. The Romans had a festival named Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the resurrection of Attis. The Hindu calendar has Holi, and the Jewish calendar has Purim. Perhaps there's something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to spring, that lends itself to lighthearted celebrations.
Observances Around the World
April Fools' Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a "fool's errand," looking for things that don't exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.
The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.
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