Coffee prepared at 20,000ft in balloon record bid
August 30, 2011 by Trend PK
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A team from Lithuania has set a new world record by preparing a cup of coffee in an air balloon flying at more than 20,000 feet (6.3km) high.
Nidas Kiuberis, Grazvydas Vilcinskas and Vytautas Samarinas had to don protective clothing and oxygen masks before reaching the impressive height.
Once there, with a temperature of around -20C, they used a special aero-press coffee maker to push hot water through the filter and produce a quality cup of coffee.
Coffee expert Kiuberis then took off his oxygen mask and quickly tasted it before putting the mask back on. He said the brew was “as tasty as on earth” not better “as tasty” so worth flying to 20,000ft then?
‘Ali Baba 40 thieves joined govt to rob country: Shahbaz
Talking to the media, the chief minister said that the Ali Baba 40 thieves are now planning to grab billions of rupees of EOBI, adding that accused of NICL, Punjab Bank, rental power and Hajj scandals were also active now. He stated that no corruption would be tolerated in the Punjab. He stated that PM Gilani and Raza Rabbani wanted to transfer ministries to the provinces but some non-democratic elements were creating hurdles.
He said that the federation owe Rs 70 billion to the provinces.
The CM also test-drove the vehicles to be provided under the yellow cab scheme. He selected green colour for the scheme cabs. Shahbaz also directed the representative of the company to improve the quality of the vehicles.
NATO pins hopes on Afghan security forces
November 24, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
WASHINGTON: The training of Afghan soldiers is designed to pave the way for the exit of NATO-led troops in 2014 but the effort faces difficulties over the quality of security forces and a high attrition rate, a Pentagon report said.
The United States and its allies see building up the Afghan army and police as pivotal to the war effort, and serious setbacks could jeopardize plans to hand over security to the Afghans.
Afghan security forces’ “growth and development are among Afghanistan’s most promising areas of progress, though numerous challenges persist,” said the Pentagon update on the war delivered to Congress.
The number of soldiers and police has grown by a third since November 2009. The Afghan army, with 134,000 troops, and the police, with a force of 116,000, met their recruitment goals three months ahead of schedule, hitting the targets in July
Music Composers of Bollywood still find Mohd Rafi as ‘Today’s Singer’!
Aadesh Shrivastava, who has had the good luck to meet Rafi and play on his songs under several senior composers, puts it simply, “Every song I compose has Kishoreda’s feel and Rafisaab’s gaayaki somewhere within my subconscious mind. And by gaayaki I mean his sharp harkatein, which would be as sharp as the edge of a sword, and everything else.”
Aadesh adds, “If you say Mora piya has that ambience, I agree completely. And my semi-classical Baawri piya ki (Baghban) was made with him in mind – 101 per cent! Ravi Chopra, my director, and I discussed this song and we kept saying, ‘Kaash! Agar yeh gaana Rafisaab gaate!’, though Sonu Niigaam was brilliant. The song in my mind’s eye when I composed this one was Tu Ganga ki mauj from Baiju Bawra. Whenever Rafisaab would go high-pitched in a song and take a sapaat (broad) taan, incredibly his expression quotient would never change or get diluted. There was no showmanship. It was all so natural – and beautiful.”
Shantanu Moitra agrees that Rafi is in-built in the composers’ psyche. “These are schools that we have to study to compose for Hindi cinema, and regardless of favourites, we have to look at all the various schools like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and so on. I had Rafisaab in mind straightaway in two scores of mine – Parineeta and Khoya Khoya Chand – in addition to other songs in many films. These are virtually my tributes to Rafisaab. For the song O re paakhi from the latter, the song that came to mind was Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye from Pyaasa. In this song, the sequence in the film
has a crowd of people, and through all this and the orchestral accompaniment, Rafisaab managed the difficult job of sounding lonely, as he was supposed to, as if he was oblivious of everything else just like the hero. I have been told that Rafisaab would always want to know who the actor was and about the character, so that he could modulate his voice. This quality needs to be emulated by today’s singers – to change from a Tu Ganga ki mauj to a song for Johnny Walker and sound equally apt! This can only happen when you give your 100 per cent to each song.”
Shantanu recalls Sonu and him discussing the Pyaasa classic and Rafisaab a lot for the song. The trick was in making a composition that went on the path in its own way, and for Sonu, it was a tightrope about how Rafi would have sung it, and how he could make it his own song and not an imitation while keeping within the broad parameters.”
Sajid, of the Sajid-Wajid duo, declares that you do not have to keep Rafisaab in your mind at all. “Woh zahan mein na hokar bhi zahan mein rehte hi hain (Rafi remains in your subconscious even when you do not consciously remember him)!” Our Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai, especially the title-track, and the songs of Mujhse Shaadi Karogi clearly demonstrated this. Even today when we compose a Saanchi saanchi nazar for Dabangg or Meherbaniyaan and Taali maar de in Veer, we somewhere have within our minds the quality Rafisaab imparted to his songs – which could be called the punch of a real hero. The genius of Rafisaab lay in also understanding a song, and the character. There are good singers today, but they must master this art.”
Shekhar Rajviani of Vishal-Shekhar also agrees with his colleagues. “Vishal and I make songs that we always think could be sung by both Rafisaab and Kishoreda. But paradoxically, I do not understand the term “Rafi’s style”. What is that?? Rafi could sing any song, and has done so. We missed him terribly in Aankhon mein teri and Main agar kahoon in Om Shanti Om. We have fantastic singers even today, but Rafisaab would have taken these songs to the skies!”
The last word comes from Himesh Reshammiya, who has composed the Rafi-like ace Tum chain ho qaraar ho in the just-released Milenge Milenge. “Rafisaab would have rocked even today. A song like Chura liya hai tumne from Yaadon Ki Baraat can give a run to any chartbuster today. I have had three or four stages in my career so far, in terms of the kind of music I composed, and the first two stages are completely dedicated to Mohammed Rafi, till perhaps Tere Naam and even a bit beyond, when I used Udit Narayanji and Sonuji a lot. These legends are our roots, our inspirations. Jo kaam hua hai woh hamesha rahega! Rafi is not yesterday’s legend but the forever “voice”. He will continue to shape and influence film music for ever.”
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Pak foreign reserves rise to $16.6264 bln
July 15, 2010 by Trend PK
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KARACHI: Pakistans total liquid foreign reserves rise to dollars 16.
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Britain the best place to die: global study
July 15, 2010 by Trend PK
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LONDON: Britain leads the world in the quality of care it provides for the dying, leaving many developed nations lagging a long way behind, according to a study released Wednesday.
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t20 world cup live streaming
May 2, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
The T20 World Cup live streaming is sizzling right now as the ICC World T20 World Cup is now happening between India vs South Africa 2010.
If you check out the links to the live streaming of this India vs South Africa 2010 Live Streaming, you will be able to watch it online for free. If you don’t want the quality of the T20 World Cup live streaming to be compromised, you can check out pay-per-view websites that will give you necessarily what you need. Just do check out links to your different live stream websites before the game ends
Govt Plans To Introduce Semester System In Universities
December 20, 2009 by Trend PK
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TrendPK.com Govt Plans To Introduce Semester System In Universities:Although being opposed by some teachers and other lobbies, the government is determined to introduce the semester system in universities across the country.
Government considers it to be a major academic reform step to boost the quality of higher education.
While speaking in the Rajya Sabha, [...]
US Defence Bill Sets Aside $1.7bn For Pakistan
December 20, 2009 by Trend PK
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TrendPK.com US Defence Bill Sets Aside $1.7bn For Pakistan:WASHINGTON: The US defence budget, approved by Congress on Saturday, includes hundreds of millions of dollars for Pakistan.
The $ 636.3 billion package, approved by the US Senate by an 88-10 margin, includes two items that will benefit Pakistan: the Pakistan Counter-insurgency Capability Fund and [...]
Private School Blown Up In Peshawar
December 20, 2009 by Trend PK
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TrendPK.com Private School Blown Up In Peshawar:PESHAWAR: Unidentified men blew up a private school in Dak Kalay area of Mathra, on the outskirts of Peshawar on Sunday.
According to police, the main gate and boundary wall of the school were completely destroyed, while the building of the school was partially damaged.
Police said some [...]
