Urus-Martan ambush was a double attack by the Chechen separatists which killed 12 Russian soldiers and Chechen policemen and wounded four others. The ambush was the worst single loss for Russian forces in nearly two months.
Military command said the insurgents attacked the Chechen police troops after their UAZ vehicle hit a mine and ran off the road near the town of Urus-Martan. A Russian military BTR armoured troop carrier that went to their aid then ran into another mine and came under fire as well.
Military command said the insurgents attacked the Chechen police troops after their UAZ vehicle hit a mine and ran off the road near the town of Urus-Martan. A Russian military BTR armoured troop carrier that went to their aid then ran into another mine and came under fire as well.
Wendy Phua(surname pronunciation: /poo.ah/) (born January 25, 1980) is a bass player and songwriter from Singapore. She generally performs solo and is known for using mainly bass tapping and live looping techniques.
Early years
Wendy has been performing and recording in various bands since the mid-90s. She was also the founder and bassist in progressive rock band ZHEN that was featured in various high profile events like the ESPN Starsports Asian X Games in 2004 and 2005 and Baybeats in 2005
for which ZHEN was hailed as the "Best Breakthrough Performance". The band was also first runner-up in a nation-wide music competition Power Jam 2004 held by Power98FM radio station of SAFRA Radio in Singapore and garnered a “Most Rocking Band Award” presented by European brewery Baron.
In 2005 Wendy took over the bass role in a psychedelic rock band The Embryo, formed by guitarist and singer Randolf Arriola since the early 1990s. Inspired by Arriola's craft of live looping on the guitar, which led him to perform at notable events like the [http://www.y2kloopfest.com/ Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival (6th Annual)], Wendy thus began to incorporate live looping on bass in her performances.
Going solo
By 2006, Wendy started exploring in earnest the bass as a solo instrument. She became one of the very few bassists in Singapore to use primarily tapping and live looping techniques in her solo performances.
Her early childhood musical education was founded on 7 years of classical piano training. This influenced Wendy greatly in her approach on playing the bass like a piano where she would tap conventional bass lines with her left hand and simultaneously tap melodic lines with her right hand. Wendy also sets her bass to various tunings i.e. E B D G instead of E A D G in order to still gain access to the wide harmonic possibilities offered on the piano but limited through conventional bass tuning and playing.
To function effectively as a solo musician during live shows, Wendy's rig is set up in a way that allows her to perform sounds beyond the bass instrument and create layers of music on top of each other. Her gear includes the multi effects pedal Boss GT6B and looper Line 6 DL4, Ableton Live and Behringer FCB1010. She also uses a violin half-bow on the electric bass to create string sounds in live looping scenarios.
Wendy is currently using Tobias Classic bass and is supported by (Singapore).
Bass Workshops
* Tonequest
* The LoDown in Music
Discography
*' Indie release February 2, 2008
Early years
Wendy has been performing and recording in various bands since the mid-90s. She was also the founder and bassist in progressive rock band ZHEN that was featured in various high profile events like the ESPN Starsports Asian X Games in 2004 and 2005 and Baybeats in 2005
for which ZHEN was hailed as the "Best Breakthrough Performance". The band was also first runner-up in a nation-wide music competition Power Jam 2004 held by Power98FM radio station of SAFRA Radio in Singapore and garnered a “Most Rocking Band Award” presented by European brewery Baron.
In 2005 Wendy took over the bass role in a psychedelic rock band The Embryo, formed by guitarist and singer Randolf Arriola since the early 1990s. Inspired by Arriola's craft of live looping on the guitar, which led him to perform at notable events like the [http://www.y2kloopfest.com/ Y2K7 International Live Looping Festival (6th Annual)], Wendy thus began to incorporate live looping on bass in her performances.
Going solo
By 2006, Wendy started exploring in earnest the bass as a solo instrument. She became one of the very few bassists in Singapore to use primarily tapping and live looping techniques in her solo performances.
Her early childhood musical education was founded on 7 years of classical piano training. This influenced Wendy greatly in her approach on playing the bass like a piano where she would tap conventional bass lines with her left hand and simultaneously tap melodic lines with her right hand. Wendy also sets her bass to various tunings i.e. E B D G instead of E A D G in order to still gain access to the wide harmonic possibilities offered on the piano but limited through conventional bass tuning and playing.
To function effectively as a solo musician during live shows, Wendy's rig is set up in a way that allows her to perform sounds beyond the bass instrument and create layers of music on top of each other. Her gear includes the multi effects pedal Boss GT6B and looper Line 6 DL4, Ableton Live and Behringer FCB1010. She also uses a violin half-bow on the electric bass to create string sounds in live looping scenarios.
Wendy is currently using Tobias Classic bass and is supported by (Singapore).
Bass Workshops
* Tonequest
* The LoDown in Music
Discography
*' Indie release February 2, 2008
Mapco Corp. is a plastic company situated in the border city of Lahore of the southern province of Punjab in Pakistan. The company’s strategic headquarters is divided between Lahore, Pakistan and Toronto, Canada. It was the first plastic company founded in Lahore Pakistan. Mapco was originally named Munir Ashraf Plastic Company, in 1997 the company re-originated its names meaning to Munir Ahmad Plastic Company, again in 2007 the company names meaning was re-originated to Munir Ahmad Plastic Corporation.
History
Mapco was officially founded in 1977 although the project had started several years before. It was founded in Lahore, Pakistan on Grand Triumph Road, next to the Pakistan Mint. It was cofounded by Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bilal and Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar as a partnership. The company was later transformed into a proprietorship in 1996 for Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar when Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bilal sold his share of the company to Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar. Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bilal later went on to found the biggest plastic engineering company in Pakistan. Mohammad Ashraf Engineering Works. In the year 2000 Mapco was registered as a corporation in Canada.
Timeline
* 1977: Mapco is founded
* 1984: Mapco starts major blown film extrusion projects within Pakistan
* 1987: Mapco starts rotogravure and flexographic printing
* 1992: Mapco becomes the second biggest producer of business to business plastic packaging in Pakistan
* 1996: Mapco is split from a partnership to a proprietorship for Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar
* 1998: Mapco launches their website
* 1999: Mapco starts to manufacture plastic processing machinery
* 2000: Mapco becomes a corporation
* 2001: Mapco begins global marketing
* 2002: Mapco begins injection moulding and blow moulding
* 2003: Mapco starts outsourcing
Corporate Affairs
The current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mapco Corp is Munir Ahmad Babar. Munir Ahmad Babar assumed the top position on January 2001 when the company was officially proclaimed as a corporation.
Board of Directors as of July 2000
*Munir Ahmad Babar
*Naseer Ahmad Babar
*Ruqqiya Shaheen Babar
Board of Directors as of Saptember 2005
*Munir Ahmad Babar
*Ruqqiya Shaheen Babar
*Naseer Ahmad Babar
*Safir Ahmad Babar
Board of Directors as of Feburary 2008
*Munir Ahmad Babar
*Ruqqiya Shaheen Babar
*Naseer Ahmad Babar
*Safir Ahmad Babar
*Basir Ahmad Babar
*Alveena Munir Babar
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
Besides being a manufacturer of most plastic products Mapco has strategic alliances and joint ventures with many companies in the cities of Lahore, Karachi, Dubai, Toronto, Mississauga and many more. These companies are in most cases either traders, wholesalers or manufacturers of plastic packaging via Blown Film Extrusion, T-die Extrusion, Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding or Printers of Plastic via Rotogravure and Flexography.
Products
Mapco is a major supplier of plastic packaging to the world. It is one of the biggest suppliers in South East Asia and is growing to be one of the biggest suppliers in North America. A list of Mapco products include:
* Blown Film Extrusion Products
* T-Die Extrusion Products
* Injection Moulding Products
* Blow Moulding Products
* Plastic Processing Machinery
* Printing of Plastic Products Through Flexographic
* Printing of Plastic Products Through Rotogravure
* Plastic Raw Matrial (HDPE, MDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, PETE, PS, V)
Outsourcing
Mapco starting outsourcing there mechanical sector to Chinese and Taiwanese companies in 2005. Currently all there machineries are manufactured by Chinese and Taiwanese firms; parts are then assembled in Mapco warehouses worldwide.
Brands
Mapco has four main brands. The following is the list of Mapco Brands:
Interpack
Interack is a plastic blown film brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in 2000. It is situated in Mississauga Canada. It supplies all major products processed from plastic blown film extrusion, including Bags of all sizes, carpet wrapping films and plastic sheets. The president of Interpack is Mr. Naseer Ahmad Babar
Unico
Uniico is a plastic Injection moulding brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in 2002. It is situated in Lahore Pakistan. It supplies most major products processed from plastic injection moulding. The major products include plastic handles of Irons and buckets. The president of Unicco is Mr. Imran Ahmad Sultan, son of the Plastic Hall of Famer Sultan Ahmad.
Mapco Traders
Mapco Traders is a plastic raw material indenter/trading brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in Mississauga Canada in 2006. It is situated in Lahore Pakistan. It carries the most plastic raw material manufacturers in Pakistan, including Exxon Mobil and SABIC . The president of Mapco Traders is Mr. Safir Ahmad Babar
Mapco Tech
Mapco Tech is a plastic machinery manufacturing and assembling brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in 2005. It is situated in Lahore Pakistan. It supplies plastic blown film lines, flexographic machinery, and bag making machinery. The president of Mapco Traders is Mr. Basir Ahmad Babar.
Munir Ahmad Babar
The CEO and Chairman of Mapco Corp. is Munir Ahmad Babar (born 1949 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Canadian businessman. He was Preceded By Mohammad Ashraf Bilal in 1996, after Ashraf Bilal’s Resignation Due to the Spilt of the Company. He is also a Plastic Hall of Famer, he was inducted into the Plastic Hall of Fame in May 2006.
He was elected President of the International Plastic Hall of Fame in 2007. He was preceded by his son Safir Ahmad Babar the Founder of the Plastic Hall of Fame.
Safir Ahmad Babar
Since December 2006 Safir Ahmad Babar is the CMO of Mapco Corp. He brought Mapco from a domestic level to becoming a prominent player in the world economy.
He is also the Founder of the Plastic Hall of Fame. He was elected the president of the Hall of Fame in 2004. He later resigned in 2007 after a three year run, he was succeeded by his Father Munir Ahmad Babar. He was elected the Chief Elections Officers for the International Plastic Hall of Fame in December 2007.
Criticism
Mapco has often been the subject of public criticism as a polluter of carbon emission at there manufacturing facility. Mapco representatives have often replied to this criticism as unfounded criticism against a corporation. Mapco’s environmental record has been a consistent target of critics, not only from outside organizations like Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature but also from institutional investors unhappy about its stance on global warming.
2005 Environmental Campaign
In Order to appear caring the Mapco Corp advertised there environmental message across Television and Radio Stations in Pakistan in which A person standing in front of a lush green garden says “It is the responsibility of everyone, from industries to families and individuals, to save our precious earth through pollution prevention and conservation of natural resources - through reduce, reuse and recycle.” the screen fades into a white background with the Mapco logo in the center, with a label "It is the responsibility of everyone."
Mapco Helping Humanity Organization
Mapco is often associated with Charity work done with the unfortunate people of Shalimar Town the place where the factory is located, including helping families with healthcare, education and basic necessities of life. Mapco's Website informs that the company has launched there official non profit organization Mapco Helping Humanity which will aim at helping children with educational passion the means to get the education they want.
Awards
Mapco has won several awards in the field along with Plastic Hall of Fame Induction for Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar the CEO of Mapco Corp. Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar is now also the President of the Plastic Hall of Fame Chief Executive Committee. Other Award Include:
* The Plastic Blown Film Manufacturer of the Year
* The Plastic Flexographic Printer of the Year
* The Plastic Trader of the Year
History
Mapco was officially founded in 1977 although the project had started several years before. It was founded in Lahore, Pakistan on Grand Triumph Road, next to the Pakistan Mint. It was cofounded by Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bilal and Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar as a partnership. The company was later transformed into a proprietorship in 1996 for Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar when Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bilal sold his share of the company to Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar. Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bilal later went on to found the biggest plastic engineering company in Pakistan. Mohammad Ashraf Engineering Works. In the year 2000 Mapco was registered as a corporation in Canada.
Timeline
* 1977: Mapco is founded
* 1984: Mapco starts major blown film extrusion projects within Pakistan
* 1987: Mapco starts rotogravure and flexographic printing
* 1992: Mapco becomes the second biggest producer of business to business plastic packaging in Pakistan
* 1996: Mapco is split from a partnership to a proprietorship for Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar
* 1998: Mapco launches their website
* 1999: Mapco starts to manufacture plastic processing machinery
* 2000: Mapco becomes a corporation
* 2001: Mapco begins global marketing
* 2002: Mapco begins injection moulding and blow moulding
* 2003: Mapco starts outsourcing
Corporate Affairs
The current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mapco Corp is Munir Ahmad Babar. Munir Ahmad Babar assumed the top position on January 2001 when the company was officially proclaimed as a corporation.
Board of Directors as of July 2000
*Munir Ahmad Babar
*Naseer Ahmad Babar
*Ruqqiya Shaheen Babar
Board of Directors as of Saptember 2005
*Munir Ahmad Babar
*Ruqqiya Shaheen Babar
*Naseer Ahmad Babar
*Safir Ahmad Babar
Board of Directors as of Feburary 2008
*Munir Ahmad Babar
*Ruqqiya Shaheen Babar
*Naseer Ahmad Babar
*Safir Ahmad Babar
*Basir Ahmad Babar
*Alveena Munir Babar
Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
Besides being a manufacturer of most plastic products Mapco has strategic alliances and joint ventures with many companies in the cities of Lahore, Karachi, Dubai, Toronto, Mississauga and many more. These companies are in most cases either traders, wholesalers or manufacturers of plastic packaging via Blown Film Extrusion, T-die Extrusion, Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding or Printers of Plastic via Rotogravure and Flexography.
Products
Mapco is a major supplier of plastic packaging to the world. It is one of the biggest suppliers in South East Asia and is growing to be one of the biggest suppliers in North America. A list of Mapco products include:
* Blown Film Extrusion Products
* T-Die Extrusion Products
* Injection Moulding Products
* Blow Moulding Products
* Plastic Processing Machinery
* Printing of Plastic Products Through Flexographic
* Printing of Plastic Products Through Rotogravure
* Plastic Raw Matrial (HDPE, MDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, PP, PETE, PS, V)
Outsourcing
Mapco starting outsourcing there mechanical sector to Chinese and Taiwanese companies in 2005. Currently all there machineries are manufactured by Chinese and Taiwanese firms; parts are then assembled in Mapco warehouses worldwide.
Brands
Mapco has four main brands. The following is the list of Mapco Brands:
Interpack
Interack is a plastic blown film brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in 2000. It is situated in Mississauga Canada. It supplies all major products processed from plastic blown film extrusion, including Bags of all sizes, carpet wrapping films and plastic sheets. The president of Interpack is Mr. Naseer Ahmad Babar
Unico
Uniico is a plastic Injection moulding brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in 2002. It is situated in Lahore Pakistan. It supplies most major products processed from plastic injection moulding. The major products include plastic handles of Irons and buckets. The president of Unicco is Mr. Imran Ahmad Sultan, son of the Plastic Hall of Famer Sultan Ahmad.
Mapco Traders
Mapco Traders is a plastic raw material indenter/trading brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in Mississauga Canada in 2006. It is situated in Lahore Pakistan. It carries the most plastic raw material manufacturers in Pakistan, including Exxon Mobil and SABIC . The president of Mapco Traders is Mr. Safir Ahmad Babar
Mapco Tech
Mapco Tech is a plastic machinery manufacturing and assembling brand of Mapco Corp. It was founded in 2005. It is situated in Lahore Pakistan. It supplies plastic blown film lines, flexographic machinery, and bag making machinery. The president of Mapco Traders is Mr. Basir Ahmad Babar.
Munir Ahmad Babar
The CEO and Chairman of Mapco Corp. is Munir Ahmad Babar (born 1949 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Canadian businessman. He was Preceded By Mohammad Ashraf Bilal in 1996, after Ashraf Bilal’s Resignation Due to the Spilt of the Company. He is also a Plastic Hall of Famer, he was inducted into the Plastic Hall of Fame in May 2006.
He was elected President of the International Plastic Hall of Fame in 2007. He was preceded by his son Safir Ahmad Babar the Founder of the Plastic Hall of Fame.
Safir Ahmad Babar
Since December 2006 Safir Ahmad Babar is the CMO of Mapco Corp. He brought Mapco from a domestic level to becoming a prominent player in the world economy.
He is also the Founder of the Plastic Hall of Fame. He was elected the president of the Hall of Fame in 2004. He later resigned in 2007 after a three year run, he was succeeded by his Father Munir Ahmad Babar. He was elected the Chief Elections Officers for the International Plastic Hall of Fame in December 2007.
Criticism
Mapco has often been the subject of public criticism as a polluter of carbon emission at there manufacturing facility. Mapco representatives have often replied to this criticism as unfounded criticism against a corporation. Mapco’s environmental record has been a consistent target of critics, not only from outside organizations like Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature but also from institutional investors unhappy about its stance on global warming.
2005 Environmental Campaign
In Order to appear caring the Mapco Corp advertised there environmental message across Television and Radio Stations in Pakistan in which A person standing in front of a lush green garden says “It is the responsibility of everyone, from industries to families and individuals, to save our precious earth through pollution prevention and conservation of natural resources - through reduce, reuse and recycle.” the screen fades into a white background with the Mapco logo in the center, with a label "It is the responsibility of everyone."
Mapco Helping Humanity Organization
Mapco is often associated with Charity work done with the unfortunate people of Shalimar Town the place where the factory is located, including helping families with healthcare, education and basic necessities of life. Mapco's Website informs that the company has launched there official non profit organization Mapco Helping Humanity which will aim at helping children with educational passion the means to get the education they want.
Awards
Mapco has won several awards in the field along with Plastic Hall of Fame Induction for Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar the CEO of Mapco Corp. Mr. Munir Ahmad Babar is now also the President of the Plastic Hall of Fame Chief Executive Committee. Other Award Include:
* The Plastic Blown Film Manufacturer of the Year
* The Plastic Flexographic Printer of the Year
* The Plastic Trader of the Year
This article is about the ethics of decompilation. Decompilation can be used for a number of reasons, including:
*Recovery of lost source code (by accident or via a disgruntled employee),
*Migration of applications to a new hardware platform,
*Translation of code written in obsolete languages not supported by compiler tools nowadays,
*Determination of the existence of viruses or malicious code in the program, and
*Recovery of someone else's source code (to determine an algorithm for example).
Throughout the world, computer programs are protected by copyright law. Copyright protects the expression of an idea in the form of a program, hence protecting the developer's (or company's) intellectual property on the software. Copyright law provides a bundle of exclusive rights to the software developer, among others, the right to reproduce and make adaptations to the developed computer program. It is a breach of these rights the making of reproductions and adaptations without permission of the copyright holder. Further, license agreements may also bind the user to operate the program in a certain way and to avoid using decompilation or disassembly techniques on that program.
Different countries have different exceptions to the copyright owner's rights or precedent has been established in court proceedings. This means that these uses are allowed by law. The most common ones are:
*Decompilation/disassembly for the purposes of interoperability (to another piece of software or hardware) where the interface specification has not been made available,
*Decompilation/disassembly for the purposes of error correction where the owner of the copyright is not available to make the correction, and
*To determine parts of the program that are not protected by copyright (e.g. algorithms), without breach of other forms of protection (e.g. patents or trade secrets).
Not all countries implement the same laws, you should contact your lawyer if in doubt.
*Recovery of lost source code (by accident or via a disgruntled employee),
*Migration of applications to a new hardware platform,
*Translation of code written in obsolete languages not supported by compiler tools nowadays,
*Determination of the existence of viruses or malicious code in the program, and
*Recovery of someone else's source code (to determine an algorithm for example).
Throughout the world, computer programs are protected by copyright law. Copyright protects the expression of an idea in the form of a program, hence protecting the developer's (or company's) intellectual property on the software. Copyright law provides a bundle of exclusive rights to the software developer, among others, the right to reproduce and make adaptations to the developed computer program. It is a breach of these rights the making of reproductions and adaptations without permission of the copyright holder. Further, license agreements may also bind the user to operate the program in a certain way and to avoid using decompilation or disassembly techniques on that program.
Different countries have different exceptions to the copyright owner's rights or precedent has been established in court proceedings. This means that these uses are allowed by law. The most common ones are:
*Decompilation/disassembly for the purposes of interoperability (to another piece of software or hardware) where the interface specification has not been made available,
*Decompilation/disassembly for the purposes of error correction where the owner of the copyright is not available to make the correction, and
*To determine parts of the program that are not protected by copyright (e.g. algorithms), without breach of other forms of protection (e.g. patents or trade secrets).
Not all countries implement the same laws, you should contact your lawyer if in doubt.