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Chaar Payee (four brothers) will visit Brazil in Red Bull Event

Our very own national finalists from Lahore – Pakistan, who call themselves Chaar Payee [four brothers], will be flying to the lovely Rio de Janeiro on June 9, to take part in the exciting world finals of red bull event “Red Bull Tum Tum PA”.

On June 11, “Red Bull Tum Tum PA”, the first university-level freestyle drumming competition of its kind, which was simultaneously held in more than 40 countries, including Pakistan. The winning national finalist teams from 30 countries will compete to determine the ultimate master of the classroom beat!

For the first time ever, Red Bull Tum Tum Pa takes place in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is the perfect location for the first world final, since the city is the heart of drumming and samba. Morro da Urca, where competition will be held, is part of one of the most beautiful and famous postcards of Brazil

Chaar Payee will be available in Lahore until June 6. They fly to Karachi on June 7 and will be on their way to Rio early morning on June 8, flying via Dubai.

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Ruby on Rails Seminar, 18 June, 2011

CodeWeek is pleased to bring to you

“Understanding Ruby on Rails”

Seminar for Ruby on Rails Developers

June 18th, 2011

 

Program:

When: Saturday, June 18, 2011

Where: Shapes, Gulberg Lahore.

Who: All Ruby on Rails Developers out there

Duration: 2:00 pm- 6:30 pm

 

Speakers:

Ali Syed: CEO, 7Vals

Hasham Malik: Principal Engineer, 7Vals

Umair Ijaz: Sr. Software Engineer, VeriQual Ltd

Nazar Hussain: Training Manager, Nextbridge Pvt Ltd

 

What You’ll Learn

Understanding Rails- an Introduction to Ruby on Rails

Understanding Helper

Beyond MVC-DCI

SASS- the future of style sheet

End to end coffee scripts

We will build an application together in one hour (hands-on Development)

 

The registration fee for the Ruby on Rails Seminar is Rs. 850 (before the deadline of 14th June), but will go up to Rs. 1000 after the deadline.

In order to take advantage of the reduced pricing, kindly remit the payment (in cash) by Wednesday, June 15th, 2011, at the provided address.

Cost of attendance will be substantially higher if payment is not received by this date.

Note: We have limited seats. We might close our shutters before 14th June, so sign up as soon as possible.

Submit the fee at the following address

 

Address: 22-E, BLOCK-L

Gulberg -lll.

Phone: 042-35853723

 

Parents & Teachers go up against Summer Camps

Punjab Government allowed private and public schools to start summer camps during summer vacations.

The provincial government issued a notification allowing private and government schools to hold compulsory summer camps from 7:30am to 10:30am for class 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th from June 1 to August 14.

But the parents had a point of view that the summer vacations are given to provide relief from hot weather of June and July. They said that summer camps enable private schools to charge extra fees and earn money. Some of the parents said that during summer vacations they plan to spend holidays with relatives but because of summer camp they have to change their plans. This is unfair to start summer camps for class 5th and 8th.

The teachers of government schools also expressed resentment over the decision, saying summer camps in government educational institutes for class 5th and 8th was unjustifiable.

On the other hand, private school owners said the decision to hold the summer camps was in the best interest of the students. “The students of class 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th have suffered a lot during the last few days as textbooks were not available in the market and classes started late,” said Ibrar Ahmed Khan, the president of All Pakistan Private Schools Management Association, Rawalpindi.

 

Tax Relief to low salaried people

Government is considering a tax concession to low salaried employees in the coming budget to be presented on Friday.

According to official sources, the income tax exemption limit in this category is proposed to be increased form Rs300,000 to Rs350,000 per annum. This limit had been raised to Rs300,000 from Rs200,000 last year and to Rs200,000 from Rs180,000 in 2009-10.

An income tax official said on Tuesday that raising the tax exemption limit would reduce the impact of rising prices, especially of food items, on employees.

Experts have suggested the introduction of a new category of senior income taxpayers, above the age of 70, for whom the exemption limit may be raised to Rs500, 000.

According to the official, the increase in the exemption limit for senior citizens and women is likely because of the decline in the value of the rupee.

 

Shahid Afridi Appeal to President of Pakistan

Former captain of Pakistan cricket team Shahid Afridi has appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari to take control of cricket matters otherwise the issues would get worse more than before.

While giving an interview Afridi said that he has played with many experienced players and wish to play in future but compromise on self-respect is not acceptable. On asking about conflict with PCB, Shahid said that it is a scheme against him for a long time but there is always a limit to everything. He said that he has never violated the code of conduct in any of his international tours infact there were rumours to replace him. In an interview he requested to President Asif Ali Zardari to look over the sports issues especially cricket as it is getting worse day by day.

The all-rounder said that the entire nation prays for him whenever he is in the field. He said that he can return to the team if everyone remains concerned with one’s own work.

 

 

OGRA announced cut in Petrol prices

Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (ORGA) has announced cut in prices of three petroleum products up to Rs. 5.05 per liter effective from today June 1, 2011.

OGRA has notified reduction in prices of petrol by Rs 1.70 per litre, kerosene oil by Rs 5.05 per litre and High Speed Diesel (HSD) Rs 3.20 per litre. The new prices of petrol, kerosene oil and HSD would be Rs 86.71 per litre, Rs 84.65 per litre and Rs 94.11 per litre respectively.

Addressing a press conference, OGRA spokesman, Syed Jawad Naseem, said that the government had de-regulated prices of all petroleum products except kerosene oil, effective from June 1.

 

Nokia X1-01 and Nokia C2-00 Launched in Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nokia today announced that the Dual SIM Nokia X1-01 and Nokia C2-00 would soon both be on sale in Pakistan. These low-end, feature rich devices are aimed for masses that will help Nokia to snatch back its market share from Chinese-handsets.

“The Nokia X1-01 and Nokia C2-00 pack more memory, better battery life and far richer SIM change and entertainment features than other Dual SIM products currently in the market,” said Imran Khalid Mehmood, Country General Manager, Nokia Pakistan & Afghanistan.

Nokia X1-01 is likely to be priced around PKR 3100 – PKR 3400 and Nokia C2-00, when launched, will be priced around PKR5200 – PKR5500

 

Samsung to stick with Google for its tablets

Samsung Electronics is the world’s second-largest cellphone maker after Finland’s Nokia but trails Apple’s iPhone and iPad in smartphones and tablets.

The iPad surprised competitors with the success of its launch early last year. Samsung responded by choosing Android for its tablets and introduced the seven-inch (17.8 centimetre) Galaxy Tab in October 2010 to take on Apple.

Samsung will launch new versions of the Galaxy Tab this summer in an 8.9-inch and 10.1-inch model. Both will run the latest version of Android, known as Honeycomb.

Samsung expects its tablet shipments to rise about fivefold this year to 7.5 million. Market data provider IHS iSuppli forecast in April that Apple’s iPad shipments would reach 39.7 million this year.

“Android is the fastest-growing platform and the market direction is headed toward Android so we’re riding the wave,” said Younghee Lee, senior vice president of sales and marketing. (AFP)

 

Tips to keeps away from skipping exercise

Most of the times when we plan to reduce weight and start exercise there comes a decline in our enthusiasm after some period of time. Laziness, tough routines, tiredness, and many more reasons let us to skip the exercise. And once the schedules disturb we start moving away from exercise and work outs to reduce weight. Here are some tips that would help you to not to skip your daily exercise.

  1. Prioritize your work
  2. Don’t just stick to one fitness program
  3. Don’t go overboard when you start something new
  4. Try to work out with a friend.
  5. Don’t set goals that are seemingly not possible to attain following some time.

 

Madame Tussauds Museum refused to wax Kareena Kapoor

Many bollywood stars were given an honor to build their waxed statue at Madame Tussauds Museum. Management got thousands of letters and emails for Kareena Kapoor to get waxed. But this year Kareena kapoor missed this chance because according to museum management the new figure will not get the attraction as they recently launched statue of another bollywood star Hrithic Roshan.

According to a statement issued by the museum, “Madame Tussauds London can corroborate that a figure of Kareena Kapour will not be launched at the attraction this year. In January of this year a figure of Hrithik Roshan was launched, so we are extremely much concentrating all our efforts on this activity for 2011. Madame Tussauds now operates 12 global attractions and are delighted that bollywood fans are able to visit their idols in other locations; we are in no doubt an announcement regarding the next bollywood star to have the honour of being immortalised at Madame Tussauds will go behind shortly when it is suitable to do so.”