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HEC announces Overseas Scholarships for MS/MPhil leading to PhD in selected fields Phase 2

Adil Javed Chaudhary — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:54:57 +0000

According to the advertisement from Higher Education Commission (HEC) in the newspapers of 13 July, 2011, HEC has announced Overseas Scholarships for MS/MPhil leading to PhD in selected fields. It is the Phase 2 of the scholarships in this categories.

Advertisement which was published is as under:

According to the website of HEC, information about scholarships of this batch is;

Introduction:

Online applications are invited from outstanding Pakistani/AJK nationals for the award of scholarships in selected fields for MPhil/MS leading to PhD or [read more →]

Dont Look at me … (Part II)

Sana Amir — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:41:32 +0000

(… Continued From Part I )

Projection: According to Sigmund Freud, projection is a psychological defense mechanism whereby one (abuser) “projects” one’s own undesirable thoughts, motivations, desires, and feelings onto someone else (victim).

For example, an abuser may be cheating on his spouse but would always be suspicious of the spouse for cheating on him, or he may threat her and then say that she threatened him ! The benefit of this tactic is that the abuser successfully defends [read more →]

Dont look at me … (Part I)

Sana Amir — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:35:36 +0000

Dont look at me

Have you ever come across someone who oftens gets into accidents? Sometimes small, sometimes big? Sometimes it’s a slip in the kitchen or sometimes a fall from the stairs? Bruises on the arm or a fractured wrist? Swelling on the face or cuts on legs? Have you ever seen a once-confident friend, neighbour or a colleague losing her charm and wit? Someone whose whole persona has been changed to that of a timid person, as if [read more →]

Some Awesome Links To Learn Calculus

Adil Javed Chaudhary — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:38:18 +0000

Calculus is a very interesting part of mathematics world. It helps us specially engineers in almost in every engineering problem we have to deal with. Many students out there have problem regarding conceptual understanding of calculus principles. I also have a love/hate relationship with calculus: it demonstrates the beauty of math and the agony of math education. Here I have sorted some of the web links which I found out to be most helpful for understanding of Calculus. If [read more →]

10 Most Interesting Facts About Words In The English Language

rehan — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:50:45 +0000

10. The shortest complete sentence in the English language consists of only one word and that is “Go”.

9. The oldest word in the English language is “Town”.

8. In England, till 1880s using the word “pants” was considered indecent.

7. The word “goodbye” came from “God bye”, which in turn comes from “God be with you”. The phrase “so long” came from the Arabic word “salaam” and also from the Hebrew word “shalom”.

6. According to the Oxford [read more →]

30 Pieces of Advice for Students from Lifehack.org

Adil Javed Chaudhary — Fri, 06 May 2011 11:51:52 +0000

Lifehack.org authors have published dozens of pieces with advice for students. Here’s a good sampling:

SOME TIPS TO WRITE CV/RESUME

rehan — Fri, 06 May 2011 05:50:07 +0000

• The terms “resume” and “CV” (curriculum vitae) generally mean the same thing the world over: a document describing one’s educational and professional experience that is prepared for job-hunting purposes. A CV is typically a lengthier version of a resume, sometimes with numerous attachments. Note: The average length for a resume or CV is two pages—no matter the country, no matter the position. Never, ever try to “get around the [read more →]

10 ways to speed up torrent downloads

rehan — Fri, 06 May 2011 02:06:38 +0000

1. Your ISP is where it starts

Check the maximum download and upload speeds allowed by your ISP. Most ISP’s have specific bandwidths for both uploads and downloads. Obviously your torrent download speed won’t cross the cap set by the ISP. Go over to this article on Speed.io for broadband speed test and this one by Tina on ways to increase your connection speed. There are many other bandwidth testers like DSLReports which is included [read more →]

Upcoming Courses at NIDA Lahore

Jahanzeb Burki — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:44:06 +0000

Upcoming Courses at NIDA Lahore

Heat Exchanger Design

Starts May 14, 2011 Investment Rs. 15,000

Duration 4 Days Lecture Days Sat & Sun

Timings 10:00am to 06:00pm

Brief Contents

Introduction to heat exchangers
Classification and types of exchangers
TEMA classes and types of exchangers
Description of types of shells & heads (front & rear)
Description of S & T exchanger components
Description of standards and codes i.e: ASME & TEMA
Understanding ASME forms of exchangers
Design and construction key terms
Design of shell-side & tube-side components
Understanding tube-layout-pattern (TLP)
Design of tube-sheet/s & supports
Description of [read more →]

Interesting statistics

amjad hussain — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:41:48 +0000

Interesting statistics, which most people do not believe in. However, everyone believes in the last statement.

Wah Ray Pakistan Teri Qismat

2nd largest Salt Mine, 5th largest Gold Mine, 5th largest Coal Reserves, 7th largest Copper Mine.

Phir bhi IMF say bheek mangtay hain.

2nd largest Dam, 3 Nuclear Reactors, 5 Rivers.

Phir bhi her waqt light ghaib.

6th Largest Army, 7th Nuclear Power, Number 1 Strongest Army in the world.

Phir bhi Drone Attacks per khamoshi.

7th largest Rice Producer, 8th largest Wheat Producer.

Phir itni mehngai.

Ghatia Media [read more →]