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Shugden sect p plans protests at Dalai Lama's British visit
AFP, May 21, 2008
LONDON, UK -- A Buddhist group on Tuesday announced plans to picket public appearances in Britain by the Dalai Lama, accusing him of restricting religious freedoms in his homeland and among exiled Tibetans.
The Western Shugden Society, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism that reveres a god denounced by the Dalai Lama since 1996, said demonstrations were planned outside Britain's parliament and at several other locations on his 11-day tour.
The 72-year-old monk -- widely respected in the West and courted by celebrities but accused by Beijing of fomenting trouble against Chinese rule in Tibet -- arrived in Britain on Tuesday on the second leg of a five-country tour.
One Shugden follower, Kelsang Pama, said Prime Minister Gordon Brown, lawmakers and Western media were mistaken in portraying the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner as a champion of human rights.
Instead she said that he sanctioned the outlawing of their worship of the deity Dorje Shugden "for no valid reason" and the expulsion of practitioners from monasteries, and that he forced Tibetans into abandoning support for the movement.
"He comes to the West, talks about religious freedom, love and equanimity but then his actions are not following his speech," she said. "Why do we accept this from this person when any other leader in this world is questioned?"
In particular, she said it was now not clear when the Dalai Lama was speaking as a religious or a political leader.
Pama, also known as Helen Gradwell, said his actions were affecting Buddhist monasteries particularly in India as well as inside Tibet.
Indian police have suspected Shugden supporters of involvement in threats to the Dalai Lama and even the murder of a respected Tibetan scholar and two of his followers.
But Pama insisted they were a peaceful movement and "not against the Dalai Lama," also rejecting other claims that they have the tacit support of the Chinese government.
Instead she said they were trying to secure talks with the Dalai Lama or his representatives over a theological dispute.
"The moment the Dalai Lama will start a meaningful discussion we will stop our demonstrations," she added.
Tsering Tashi, the Dalai Lama's representative in London, told AFP later that they respected the Shugden Buddhists' right to protest but said their allegations were untrue.
"It (their worship of Dorje Shugden) goes against the very concept of the teachings of the Buddha. It degenerates Buddhism into a spirit worship," he added.
The group had not made any formal request to meet the Dalai Lama or his representatives, he added.


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The Spartanburg Youth Theatre will present an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's "The Ghost of Canterville Hall" at 4:30 and 7 p.m. today and at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at David Reid Playhouse in Camp Croft.
The show runs approximately one hour. Tickets are $7 each or $5 with a group of 10 or more. Attendees may have lunch with the actors following the Saturday morning performance. Lunch is available for $4 per person and reservations are required.
Cast members are Ashley Moon (Mrs. Umney) of Jonesville High School; Michael King (Mario), Jayne Jeter (Lady Canterville) and Adam Sanders (Lord Canterville, all of Dorman High School; Borana Greku (Magda) and Eli Latto (gypsy), both of McCracken Junior High School.
Also, Nathan Davenport (Sir Simon Canterville) and Gwen Phifer (gypsy), both of Byrnes High School; Timothy Cook (Cecil) of Boiling Springs High School; Becca McBride (Virginia) of Boiling Springs Junior High School; Tim Giles (Mr. Otis) of Chapman High School; Liz Rodrick (Mrs. Otis) of Spartanburg High School; Philip Coffey (Bud Otis) and Anneke Wilder (Betsy Otis), both of Gable Middle School; and Logan Archer (gypsy) of Middle School of Pacolet.

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The accurate assessment of dietary exposure is important in investigating associations between diet and disease. Research in nutritional epidemiology, which has resulted in a large amount of information on associations between diet and chronic diseases in the last decade, relies on accurate assessment methods to identify these associations. However, most dietary assessment instruments rely to some extent on self-reporting, which is prone to systematic bias affected by factors such as age, gender, social desirability and approval. Nutritional biomarkers are not affected by these and therefore provide an additional, alternative method to estimate intake. However, there are also some limitations in their application: they are affected by inter-individual variations in metabolism and other physiological factors, and they are often limited to estimating intake of specific compounds and not entire foods. It is therefore important to validate nutritional biomarkers to determine specific strengths and limitations. In this perspective paper, criteria for the validation of nutritional markers and future developments are discussed.


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When judging a company's prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it's booking in the accounting fantasy world we call "earnings." This is one of the first metrics I check when I'm hunting for the market's best stocks. Today, we'll see how it applies to John Wiley & Sons (NYSE: JW.A).
To calculate the cash conversion cycle, add days inventory outstanding to days sales outstanding, then subtract days payable outstanding. Like golf, the lower your score here, the better. The CCC figure for John Wiley & Sons for the trailing 12 months is 7.6.
Because of the seasonality in some businesses, the CCC for the TTM period may not be strictly comparable to the fiscal-year periods shown in the chart. Even the steadiest-looking businesses on an annual basis will experience some quarterly fluctuations in the CCC. To get an understanding of the usual ebb and flow at John Wiley & Sons, consult the quarterly-period chart below.
On a 12-month basis, the trend at John Wiley & Sons looks very good. At 7.6 days, it is 22.2 days better than the five-year average of 29.8 days. The biggest contributor to that improvement was DPO, which improved 15.2 days compared to the five-year average. That was partially offset by a 2.0-day increase in DSO.
Considering the numbers on a quarterly basis, the CCC trend at John Wiley & Sons looks weak. At 13.0 days, it is 13.7 days worse than the average of the past eight quarters. Investors will want to keep an eye on this for the future to make sure it doesn't stray too far in the wrong direction. With quarterly CCC doing worse than average and the latest 12-month CCC coming in better, John Wiley & Sons gets a mixed review in this cash-conversion checkup.


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Lung Cancer is Pervasive, But There's Progress in Fighting Deadliest Tumors
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This post is available in: Spanish
Even as the overall smoking rate is projected to continue declining in the U.S., 4.4 million Americans could die from lung cancer during the next five decades, says a newly published study.
For now, lung cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S. for both men and women, and it remains the No. 1 cause of cancer death. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast, and prostate cancers combined. And nearly half of lung cancer diagnoses are late-stage or advanced forms of the disease.
Smoking significantly raises the risk for many cancers and it is, by far, the leading cause of lung cancer. Nonetheless, as many as 20 percent of the people who die from lung cancer have never smoked or never used other forms of tobacco. The rate of lung cancer deaths among "never smokers" is projected to rise over the next 50 years.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Cancer Society is highlighting its campaign by helping fund research to help prevent, screen for, diagnose, and treat lung cancer.
No. 1 Cancer Killer
The only recommended screening test for lung cancer is low-dose computer tomography (also called a low-dose CT scan, or LDCT). Such a test involves an X-ray machine that scans the body and uses low doses of radiation to make detailed pictures of the lungs.
But these screenings are recommended only for certain adults at a high risk for lung cancer, including former smokers. Individuals eligible for screening represent fewer than 50 percent of newly diagnosed lung cancer cases. Moreover, because symptoms can be non-existent, mild or not considered serious enough in the early development of lung cancer tumors, many patients are diagnosed with the disease in late stage, and that creates a bigger challenge in keeping the cancer from spreading or intensifying, he says.
Despite the screening challenges, new treatments that use advances in medicine, technology and the patient's own immune system to fight lung cancer are fueling optimism after decades of survival rates not increasing much for late-stage cancer diagnoses.
But two different approaches to fighting lung cancer, particularly in its advanced forms, have pushed survival rates upward and improved the quality of lives of late-stage cancer patients. These two approaches are molecularly targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
Molecularly Targeted Therapy
One type of evolving treatment uses drugs or other substances to target specific molecules involved in the growth and spread of cancer cells. Blocking these molecules may kill cancer cells or may keep them from growing or spreading. Molecularly targeted therapy may cause less harm to normal cells and may have fewer side effects than other types of cancer treatment, including radiation and chemotherapy.
There is a group of cancers in which there a gene mutation in the human body that drives the tumor. About one-third to 40 percent of lung cancers have these mutations, he says.
In some patients, molecularly targeted therapy involves taking pills over a couple of years. In some patients, the medication can be prescribed for many years.
Immunotherapy: Patient's Immune System Fights Cancer
Immunotherapy is a treatment that helps cancer patients use their own immune system to fight the cancer, or keep it from spreading. Normally, the immune system helps the body fight infections and other diseases. It is made up of white blood cells and organs and tissues of the lymph system.
The field of immunotherapy to fight cancer is evolving quickly and holding much promise in fighting lung cancer and other cancers. Immunotherapies either stimulate the activities of specific components of the immune system, or counteract signals produced by cancer cells that suppress immune responses, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it is committed to expediting the approval of immunotherapy drugs to fight different types of cancer.
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Boxing is an integral part of the Kinetics program. The high level of hands-on coaching received during the Boxing sessions makes our classes suitable for those new or old to the striking sports.
These high intensity training sessions are typically structured across 30 + minutes of hard-core cardiovascular exercise followed by technical drills, pad work, sparring, and core work. This class is designed to push you to your limits for maximum results, improving cardio, stamina, strength, agility and endurance in addition to technical skills and footwork.
The diversity of this class means you never know what's coming next from sprinting outside and up-hill piggy backs to wheel-barrowing your partner slugging the length of the gym… Your instructor will demand 100%, with slacking punishable by press ups!
As with all the boxing classes at the academy a strong emphasis is placed on teamwork and supporting your partner to learn new techniques and improve on existing skills. Rotating partners during sessions promotes adaptability and versatility all the while increasing your skill set.


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Q: Open source tool to generate generic DDL scripts I have to generate generic DDL scripts from a running MySQL database (source) that will be run on a HSQLDB database (target) and I am therefore looking for an open source tool that could generate generic DDL scripts (or at least as generic as possible).

A: I'd check first the --no-data and --compatible=name options of mysqldump.

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Hooray for the USA! We'll help you show some patriotism with our fun red, white and blue themed gift box! Our freshly baked gourmet cookies are individually wrapped, so they're perfect for sharing with the office or platoon. We send a pair of hand-decorated star-shaped sugar cookies along with a round sugar cookie that can be personalized with your message. Surrounding these cutouts, we include our favorite cookie flavors!
A great military send off or Independence Day treat, these cookie boxes are available in four sizes.


Nostalgia for the past and anticipation for the future, with its promise of both excitement and peril…These are themes which seem to sum up New Years.
The whole idea of the Buggles was the use of technology in an art form. Hence, we tried to use synthesizers, studio gadgets, etc. to create these fake effects to parallel conventional music. The Polythene Symphonia at the end of Video Killed The Radio Star is one example. Our contributions to the Drama album [produced in 1980 with the band, Yes] were an extension of this in many ways.
In this clip, Downes points out some of the song's harmonic complexities, which include suspended ninth chords.
I automate whatever can be automated to be freer to focus on those aspects of music that can't be automated. The challenge is to figure out which is which.
Laurie Spiegel is one of those rare composers in whom head and heart, left brain and right brain, logic and intuition, merge and even exchange roles.Though she is one of the highest-tech computer composers in America, Spiegel is also a lutenist and banjo player, and sees the computer as a new kind of folk instrument. She makes her most intuitive-sounding and melodic music from mathematical algorithms, and her most complex computerized textures by ear and in search of a desired mood. Form and emotion are as difficult to separate in her music as they are in that of her idol, J.S. Bach.
In this interview, Spiegel observes that "music is made of structures of changing sound over time." In Voices Within: A Requiem, we hear these structures develop in long, expansive waves of sound produced by a seemingly eternal celestial chorus. Listen to the way pitches bend in between the space of a half step to produce new, microtonal timbres.
Voices Within: A Requiem was composed throughout the winter of 1978-1979, by old-fashioned analog means, with lots of splicing and overdubbing, using 1969 Electrocomp 100 and 200 synthesizers. In order to warm the sawtooth and square waves toward greater vocalness, I used tape flutter and overmodulation at certain stages to make the oscillator tones sound more vocal and an Echoplex (and see here) to thicken and distort the EML 200's sound to make the textures. There are no actual voices in this piece. I had been working with various kinds of material which all related to a quality of feeling that endured in that winter, and at a certain point, these various materials began coming together into this single work.
Voices Within' sprang from a need to express a range of strong inner emotions which I could best couch in a language of harmony and timbre, ambiguity and edgelessness, for which analog synthesizers may still be best. Though this piece may seem to be a radical departure from the modal rhythmic style of my (to date) better known works, 'Voices' represents, instead, my returning to a sonic vocabulary which I have used since long before I enjoyed the precision and logic of computers, even though my work in this direction has been considered less record-worthy until now.
As well as being a return to a medium I used to use more, 'Voices Within' includes post-romantic chord progressions which (though mistuned) are practically straight out of Mahler, especially the hand-spliced ones near the end. The underlying bass progression, which sustains the momentum of the piece, consists of two contrary-moving pairs of lines. Glissando motion doubles these stepwise lines, to add changing beat patterns. The A-B-A-coda form is really created by texture and timbre, though, by the expressive qualities of the sheer material of sound, not by harmony.
Just as frequency and tempo are different only because they are on opposite sides of the human perceptual threshhold for grouping and differentiating, I believe there to be only an analogous perceptual difference between timbre and harmony. Whether we do or do not perceive the components of a complex sound as separate tones, harmony and timbre share an extraordinarily high degree of expressiveness.
Laurie Spiegel's 1977 work, Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds, was selected by astronomer Carl Sagan for inclusion in the "Golden Record" aboard the Voyager spacecraft, a project intended to provide a cultural time capsule of humanity to potential extraterrestrial life forms in the distant cosmos.


Stila's Convertible Color can be used on both the lips and cheeks (Yay for multi-tasking products!). They have 9 shades altogether, which can be viewed here. The one that I have is in Orchid and as far as I know, has been discontinued (Why is it that all good stuff always bites the dust?!? Makeup brands, hello?!? ): ). It wasn't available in their regular line up but came with the Stila's Step Out and Shine Color Collection and Handbag Gift Set for Stila's Holiday Collection 2008.
The Convertible Color comes in a pretty metallic dull pink casing. It comes with a handy dandy mirror. Packaging wise, it's alright. I mean no one likes dipping their fingers into products, especially one that is a stain because it stays on your finger all day (YES! This product's staying power is a-a-amazing! More on that later!). But I can't think of any other packaging that it can be in... Tube?!? That will be weird, alright.
When blended out on the cheeks, it gives you a really nice, natural rosy hue. It's like the oh!-I-just-came-back-from-my-jog kind of girlish look. Which is a look that I think all girls should sport because it's so healthy! And girlish! Haha. Okay, that's what I think anyway.
When I have school, after moisturizer and sunscreen, I will usually apply mascara and then dab two spots of the convertible colour on my cheeks and blend, blend, blend (Yes, I don't use foundation, concealer and all that jazz because I seriously think that Singapore's weather will just melt them all away into one big gooey mess. I know it's not true but I still think this way. Haha. Okay, irrational much. Ahhh... Foundation just makes my skin feel so suffocated. ): ).
I put this on at 6am in the morning and when I come home at around 8pm, it's still there!!! (: It doesn't make my cheeks itch (Unlike Benetint! I wanted so much to like it but just as well. It's so hellishly expensive!). It's waterproof (Cry as much as you want and you still have pretty rosy cheeks! Even though if you're crying, your face will be very red already and I shouldn't sound so happy about having pretty cheeks when one is CRYING... Haha. Okay, you get the picture. It only comes off with makeup remover.). It doesn't come off if you happen to rub your cheeks (Unlike M.A.C's Just A Pinch Gel Blush.). And seriously, just 2 dabs are all that you need and so, the product is gonna last you a very, very long time.
I haven't tried it on my lips yet because I think all stains, no matter what the brand says, are very drying on (lips) so I can't say much for the lip usage.
P.S.: Do note to apply this first before putting on your foundation!


Summer vacation: From 1st May 2019 to 16th June 2019.
School re-opens: 17th June 2019, Time: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Office Timings: Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon.
Counselor: Available for support & guidance.
Send all the books, notebooks, crayon box, clay box with sticker and child's name on it (every belongings of the child must be labeled) on Monday, 22nd April 2019 for Nursery and on Thursday, 18th April 2019 for Jr. Kg.Don't send any book, crayon box or clay box on the first day.
To reduce excess burden on child, school keeps some books & notebooks in school itself. Only few books will be carried by the child every day.
Details of books & notebooks to be kept in the school are provided here.
Parents are requested to see the books are not spoilt. Teach them the importance & handling of the books.
Whenever homework is given, send the book next day by completing the H.W. without fail to school. It is parent's responsibility to get the pending work completed if books are not sent to school on time.
Don't send your child for tuitions; instead give daily your quality time during his/her homework.
We request parents to encourage their children to converse in English by having regular conversation in English language.
Nursery: Send five pencils which will be kept at school only.
Jr.Kg.: Send two big sharpened pencils& one eraserevery day to school in a compass box.
Kindly send your child in a proper school uniform (i.e. uniform + I-card + school black shoes + school white socks + black hairband for girls)on Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Child should wear Sports Uniform (i.e. Sports uniform + I-card + sports shoes + white socks) on Tuesday & Thursday.
Kindly send a napkin & a handkerchief daily to school. Handkerchief to be tucked on his/her uniform.
In winter make your child wear school sweatshirt. No fancy sweater will be allowed. In winter If required boys can wear Blue Jeans & girls can wear black leggings.
Children those are not coming by the school bus, must report 5 minutes before the school timings. After the school timing the school gates will be closed & your child will not be allowed to attend the school for that day. In that case do not argue with the guard or any school authority.
Do not send any valuable items or gold ornaments with your child. In case of any loss school will not be responsible.
Kindly note: Do not make your child wear bangles, bindis/kumkum or any kind of ornaments. No mehendi and nail polish to be put. Cut child's nails & hair regularly. Girls with long hair should tie two pony tails with black rubber band and wear black cloth hair band only. Girls with short hair should wear black cloth hair band only. No fancy or plastic hair band to be put. It will be collected if observed.
Walk- In studentwill not be released/handover to anyone other than his/her own parents.
Once you get the diary kindly fill all the details/information on first two pages of the diary and submit it next day immediately to the class teacher.
School diary for circulars & monthly reports to be checked & signed by parents regularly.
In case of leave, prior information must be given to the class teacher through the school diary (Parents remark page).
If your child is not feeling well, do not send him/her to the school & write a note of the same in diary.
If the child is absent for more than two days due to illness kindly submit medical certificate to the class teacher.
Parents should keep staff informed of any changes of phone numbers, address, place of work or baby sitters.
For brunch menu kindly visit the school website.
Parents can suggest brunch menu. It will be considered depending upon possibility.
Brunch will be provided to the kids from very first day of the school.
Do not send any toys, chocolates, junk food, juices/any kind of aerated drinks to school with the child.
Kindly refer yearly planner for other holidays/festivals.
Kindly refer yearly planner every day or once a week for competition, celebration, holiday, evaluationdates, open days & PTI days (Parent Teacher Interaction).
Throughout the year children will develop their reading, writing & speaking skills for Languages & Maths.
They will be learning more about different concepts such as Myself, My family, Fruits & vegetables, Transport, Animals, Insects, Our Helpers & many more.
As the kids are too young to understand the meaning of examination, he/she will be evaluated by the teacher, quarterly on the basis of written, oral, practical, motor skills of the child.
Exams cannot be pre-pond or post-pond.
If the child is not well during exams kindly do not send the child to school and submit medical certificate for the same.
It is compulsory to attend all the Open days. Strictly follow the given slot. Papers will not be shown after open day.
Parents can meet teachers on PTI between 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Parents those come to drop & pick the children cannot meet teacher other than above mentioned days.
Competition entry to be sent before semifinal. Entry to be written on a paper with child's name and class/division. Content (Poems, stories, shlokas etc) for the competition should be out of the syllabus and need to be written and sent. Kindly refer yearly planner for the semifinal and final dates.
Participation in minimum two competitions is compulsory for every child.
Indoor & Outdoor sports activities will be conducted every week.
The school conducts Sports Week & arranges different races for the students.
Birthday can be celebrated in school & child can wear colourful dress. Chocolates can be distributed but no return gifts to be distributed instead, if parents wish can donate a sapling or a book for school library.
In case of any doubt or query, feel free to call upon – 7030183183 or 8087211888.
Parents can drop their suggestions in the suggestion box.
Only online fees can be paid.
No cash, cheque or DD will be accepted. For more details, kindly contact fees counter.
Visit ERP website every day for daily updates of classwork and homework.
Check ERP demo & student PRN on homepage of school website.
What I want my parents to do for me on 1st day of my school.
Start the day with positive vibration and smile.
Send me in school uniform with temporary I-Card, school socks& shoes.
Write my name on my school bag, tiffin bag& water bottle.
Cover & label all my notebooks & books.
Send all my notebooks, books, crayon box, clay box & extra pair of dress to school with my name on each of the mentioned things.
Drop me to school and pick me from school on time.


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Crude Oil Rises a Second Day
Crude oil rose for a second day after a U.S. Energy Department report yesterday showed a bigger- than-forecast decline in inventories of gasoline as refiners shut units and imports fell.
Gasoline supplies dropped 6.39 million barrels to 202.8 million barrels last week, the biggest decline since October 2002 when tropical storms disrupted Gulf of Mexico output. Gold, silver and nickel also rebounded on speculation declines since July were exaggerated.
Crude oil for September delivery rose as much as 96 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $116.96 a barrel, and was at $116.70 at 3:14 p.m. Singapore time on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Yesterday, futures increased $2.99, or 2.6 percent, to settle at $116 a barrel, the biggest one-day gain since July 30. Prices are up 61 percent from a year ago.
U.S. refineries operated at 85.9 percent of capacity, down 1.1 percentage points from the week before, the report showed. Analysts forecast a 0.5 percentage-point drop.
Petroleum-product imports fell 17 percent to 2.6 million barrels a day, the lowest since the week ended April 1, 2005, the report showed. Crude oil imports dropped 5.3 percent to 9.66 million barrels a day, the lowest since the week ended July 4.
Inventories of crude oil fell 316,000 barrels to 296.5 million, the department said. Supplies were forecast to rise 300,000 barrels, according to the median of responses by 13 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.
U.S. fuel demand averaged 20.2 million barrels a day during the past four weeks, down 2.8 percent from a year earlier, the department said. Gasoline consumption averaged 9.4 million barrels a day over the period, down 1.9 percent from a year ago.
Gasoline use declined 2.1 percent through July, the American Petroleum Institute said in a monthly report released yesterday. Auto sales fell to the lowest since 1993 in the month, causing U.S. retail sales to drop for the first time in five months. Consumer spending makes up more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy.
Prices of oil have slipped more than $30, or 21 percent, from the record $147.27 reached on July 11 amid signs that U.S. fuel demand is falling because of record pump prices and a slowing economy.
U.S. motorists drove less in June for an eighth consecutive month, the Federal Highway Administration said. Vehicle-miles traveled fell 4.7 percent from a year earlier, the Washington- based agency said in a report yesterday. The month's 12.2 billion-mile drop brought the total since November to 53.2 billion miles, the agency said.
BP Plc and Botas International Ltd., a Turkish operating company, started damage assessment at an oil pipeline in the eastern part of the country following a fire.
BP, Europe's second-biggest oil company, is now able to access the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline after it cooled down, company spokesman Toby Odone said yesterday. The assessment will be conducted for ``a week or so,'' he said.
The fire on the link, which has a 1 million barrel-a-day capacity, started on Aug. 5 following an explosion in the Erzincan province. The Kurdistan Workers' Party claimed responsibility for the attack.
BP's venture declared force majeure on exports from the Baku-Supsa oil link, Odone said. The pipeline from Azerbaijan through Georgia to the Black Sea was closed for a second day as a precaution. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Aug. 12 ordered a halt to a Russian offensive in Georgia after six days of fighting.
TradingEconomics.com, Bloomberg
Crude Oil Falls
Crude oil fell to a five-month low in New York and Brent oil in London dropped below $100 a barrel as the Saudi Arabian and Venezuelan oil ministers signaled that OPEC will maintain production levels when it meets today in Vienna.
Oil, Gas Fall as Gulf Hurricane Weakens
Crude oil fell to the lowest in more than four months and natural gas dropped to a low for the year after Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a weaker-than-expected storm, easing concern of major damage to rigs and refineries.
Crude Oil, Gasoline Advance
Crude oil and gasoline futures rose as Hurricane Gustav approached the U.S. Gulf coast, halting most regional oil and gas output and shutting local refineries.
Oil Rises
Crude oil headed for its biggest weekly gain in almost two months and natural gas rose as producers evacuated rigs before the arrival of Gustav, forecast to be the largest hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico since Katrina.
Crude Oil Rises a Third Day
Crude Oil rose for a third day on forecasts Tropical Storm Gustav will strengthen as it enters the Gulf of Mexico, home to 26 percent of U.S. production.
Oil Rallies After Sharp Sell-off
Oil prices rallied modestly on Monday, in what traders called a technical rebound after the sharp sell-off at the close of last week.
Gold Prices Fall for a Second Day
Gold fell in London for a second day as a rally in the dollar eroded the appeal of the precious metals as an alternative asset. Silver was little changed.
Crude Oil Falls on Stronger Dollar
Crude oil fell for the first time in four days as the U.S. dollar strengthened and Turkey restored flows through a Caspian Sea pipeline.
Oil Gains a Third Day
Oil rose on speculation that Russian crude may be disrupted because of rising tensions with the U.S., and as the weaker dollar bolstered the hedging appeal of commodities.
Oil Rises a Second Day
Crude oil rose for a second day as a weakening dollar prompted investors to buy commodities as an inflation hedge.
Oil Declines
Crude oil fell, heading for a second weekly decline, as the stronger dollar diminished the appeal of commodities as an inflation hedge.
Gold Slumps Below $800
Gold fell below $800 a troy ounce for the first time this year on Friday as the recent sell-off in the commodities sector gathered pace and the dollar hit fresh highs.
Oil Falls
Crude oil fell to a 14-week low on speculation that the dollar will strengthen against the euro, weakening the appeal of commodities as an inflation hedge.
Oil Falls for a Third Day
Crude oil fell for a third day on signs that a U.S. economic slump will extend into 2009, paring fuel demand in the world's biggest oil consumer.
Gold, Platinum, Silver Drop
Gold, platinum and silver plunged to their lowest in more than seven months as the dollar gained against the euro, reducing the appeal of precious metals as an alternative investment to U.S. denominated assets.
Crude Oil Falls to a 14-Week Low
Crude oil fell to a 14-week low on signs that the U.S. economic slump will extend into 2009, crimping fuel demand.
Gold Declines to Eight-Week Low
Gold dropped to an eight-week low in Asia, heading for a fourth weekly decline, as energy costs fell and the dollar rallied, reducing the precious metal's appeal as a haven investment.
Crude Oil Trades Near $119
Crude oil futures traded near $119 a barrel in New York after falling yesterday as U.S. supplies unexpectedly gained amid slowing demand, and the dollar climbed, reducing the appeal of commodities as an inflation hedge.
Crude Oil Falls a Third Day
Crude oil fell for a third day in New York, trading near $118 a barrel, on concern slowing economic growth in the U.S. and Europe will curb fuel consumption.
Crude Oil Falls to Three-Month Low
Crude oil fell to a three-month low as meteorologists forecast Tropical Storm Edouard will miss most offshore production facilities in the U.S. Gulf Coast while approaching Texas.
Oil Falls As Fears for Growth Intensify
Crude oil prices fell below $120 a barrel for the first time in three months on Monday amid mounting worries about slowing economic growth and signs of rising supplies from Opec, the oil exporting countries cartel.
Crude Oil Rises
Crude oil rose for a second day as a storm threatened U.S. output in the Gulf of Mexico, and Israeli and U.S. officials sought additional sanctions against Iran.
Crude oil rose more than $1 a barrel after the U.S. Energy Department reported an unexpected decline in gasoline inventories.
Oil Drops on Stronger U.S. Dollar
Crude oil fell to a 14-week low as the U.S. dollar strengthened against the euro and on signs gasoline demand may extend declin
Oil Trades Near 7-Week Low
Crude oil traded near a seven-week low in New York after falling as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and China raise output.
Gold, Silver Fall as Dollar Gain
Gold fell for a third straight day as the dollar rose to a two-week high against the euro, eroding the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also fell.
Oil Falls Below $125
Crude oil futures fell below $125 a barrel for the first time in seven weeks after a U.S. government report showed that fuel stockpiles increased as consumption tumbled to the lowest in more than a year.
Crude oil fell for a second day in New York after forecasters expect Hurricane Dolly to miss fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the dollar rebounded, curbing investments in commodities.
Gold Trades Near Lowest in More Than One Week
Gold traded near the lowest in more than a week after crude oil tumbled and the dollar rallied, eroding the precious metal's appeal as a hedge against inflation.
Crude oil fell in New York as Tropical Storm Dolly is unlikely to affect oil and natural gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico while heading toward the coast of Texas.
Oil Rises From Six-Week Low on Tropical Storm, Iran's Nuclear
Crude oil rose from a six-week low in New York as a storm heads toward Mexico and tensions with Iran is poised to escalate after the world's fourth-largest oil producer resisted demands that it suspend nuclear research.
Oil Trades Near $135
Crude oil traded little changed near $135 a barrel in New York after falling almost 3 percent yesterday as U.S. inventories increased unexpectedly.
Gold Rises
Gold gained in Asia, after tumbling the most in more than three weeks yesterday, as investors sought a haven on concern the dollar may decline and inflation increase.
Oil Falls Most in 3 Years
Crude oil tumbled the most in three years on concern that a slower U.S. economy will curtail demand for oil and gasoline.
Crude Oil Pares Losses
Crude oil pared losses of almost 2 percent in New York as a five-day strike by Brazilian workers threatened to cut the nation's daily output by more than half.
Crude Oil Jumps More Than $5
Crude oil rose more than $5 a barrel in the last hour of New York floor trading as prices breached a level that triggered computer-generated buying programs.
Crude oil fell for a second day as signs that the global economy may slow further prompted investors to sell commodities.
Oil Is Steady After $3 Drop on Dollar
Crude oil was little changed in New York after falling more than $3 a barrel yesterday amid short- lived gains in the dollar and signs economic growth is slowing across Europe, which may curtail energy demand.
Oil rose, extending this year's 48 percent gain, after ABC News reported Israel is increasingly likely to attack Iran this year, starting a conflict that would threaten supplies from the Middle East.
Gold Gains as Dollar May Fall
Gold advanced in Asia on expectation the U.S. dollar may fall before an industry report today that will show U.S. manufacturing shrank, boosting the appeal of the precious meal as an alternative asset.
Oil Rises to Record
Crude oil rose to a record above $143 a barrel on speculation the dispute over Iran's nuclear program may disrupt supply from OPEC's second-largest producer.
Oil Is Little Changed
Crude oil was little changed in New York near $140 a barrel after falling as traders sold contracts to lock-in profits from yesterday's gain to a record.
Crude Oil Rises on Lower Dollar
Crude oil rose more than $3 a barrel as a lower U.S. dollar spurred investors to purchase commodities as a hedge and Libya said it may cut production.
Gold Gains in London on Dollar Weakness
Gold advanced in London after the dollar fell to the lowest in more than two weeks against the euro, buoying demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment to the U.S. currency.
Oil Drops More Than $4
Crude oil fell more than $4 a barrel after a U.S. government report showed that inventories rose for the first time in six weeks.
Oil Rises as U.S. Dollar Drops
Crude oil rose for a third day as the U.S. dollar dropped, enhancing the appeal of commodities as an inflation hedge, and a labor strike threatened to deepen production losses in Nigeria.
Crude oil rose on signs that Saudi Arabia's output increase may not raise global supply enough to make up for production disruptions in Nigeria.
Euro Falls Most Versus Dollar in Week
The euro dropped the most versus the dollar in more than a week as German business confidence fell in June to the lowest level since 2005, reducing speculation the European Central Bank will increase interest rates this year.
Oil Is Little Changed on Saudi Production
Crude oil was little changed after falling in New York as Saudi Arabia pledged to increase production and militants in Nigeria called a cease-fire in their attacks on oil pipelines and vessels.
Crude oil rose as the weaker dollar enhanced the appeal of commodities as a currency hedge and the New York Times reported that Israel held a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on nuclear targets in Iran.
Oil Falls More Than $4
Crude oil fell more than $4 a barrel, the biggest drop in 11 weeks, on speculation demand will decline, after China said it will raise fuel prices starting tomorrow.
Oil Falls for Fourth Day
Crude oil fell for a fourth day in New York on signs that gasoline demand in the U.S., the world's largest consumer, is declining as record prices curb usage.
Crude Oil Drops for a Third Day
Crude oil declined for a third day amid concerns that slower economic growth will curb consumption of oil products.
Gold Holds Above $880
Gold held gains above $880 an ounce in Asia after a jump in crude oil and a decline in the dollar boosted the appeal of the precious metal as hedge against inflation and alternative investment.
Gold Falls Most in Two Months as Dollar Jumps
Gold tumbled the most in two months as the dollar had the biggest gain since December, reducing the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also dropped.
How Oil Prices Affect Consumer Spending
The price of oil has doubled over the last 12 months reaching almost $140 per barrel last week. How this boom in oil prices may affect global economy and consumer spending?
Crude oil fell more than $4 a barrel in New York after Saudi Arabia's oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, called for a meeting of oil producing and consuming nations to discuss how to deal with record prices.
Oil Rises to Record on Weakening Dollar
Crude oil rose more than $10 to a record as the dollar weakened after the U.S. unemployment rate grew the most in two decades and Morgan Stanley said prices may reach $150 within a month.
Crude Oil Rises More Than $5
Crude oil rose more than $5 a barrel as the dollar dropped against the euro on statements that the European Central Bank may boost interest rates to cut inflation.
Gold Falls Most in Five Weeks
Gold tumbled the most in five weeks as the dollar rallied, reducing the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also declined.
Gold, Silver Drop
Gold fell the most in four weeks as a drop in energy costs reduced demand for a hedge against inflation. Silver tumbled the most in two months
Oil Trades Near One-Week Low
Crude oil traded near a one-week low in New York as U.S. consumer confidence dropped to the lowest level since October 1992, signaling a slowdown in the world's biggest oil user amid record energy prices.
Crude oil fell more than $2 a barrel in New York on signs that U.S. fuel consumption is dropping because of a slowing economy and record energy prices.
Oil Rises Above $135
Crude oil rose to a record above $135 a barrel as OPEC ministers said they could do nothing to stop a rally that may be heading to $200 a barrel.
Gold Rallies on Weak Dollar
Gold rose to the highest in a month as surging oil prices and a weakening dollar boosted demand for the metal as a hedge against inflation. Silver also gained.
Oil Rises Above $134 on U.S. Supply Drop
Crude oil rose to a record above $134 a barrel as U.S. stockpiles unexpectedly dropped and banks raised price forecasts because of supply constraints and demand growth.
Oil Rises to a Record
Crude oil rose above $128 a barrel in New York for the first time after billionaire hedge-fund manager Boone Pickens said that oil will reach $150 a barrel this year.
Oil rallies to new high near $128
Oil shot to a record high near $128 on Friday after Goldman Sachs, the most active investment bank in energy markets, raised sharply its forecast for prices.
Is Oil as Expensive as it Seems?
The price of oil has doubled over the last 12 months reaching over $122 per barrel on May 6. What have caused that drastic increase and is it really a new record?
Crude oil rose to a record after BP Plc shut a North Sea pipeline and gunmen attacked police guarding Nigeria's largest oil and gas terminal.
Crude Oil Falls as Dollar Strengthens
Crude oil fell for a second day in New York after the dollar rose against the euro, reducing the appeal of commodities to investors, and a government report yesterday showed U.S. stockpiles increased more than expected.
Oil Rises to Record Above $118
Crude oil rose to a record above $118 a barrel on concern that a labor dispute in the U.K. and disruptions in Nigeria may crimp oil supply.
Oil Soars to Record above $117
Crude oil prices surged above $117, setting a new record high on Monday because of worries of supply disruptions from major producers and comments by OPEC reiterating there is no need to raise output.
Crude oil rose to a record above $113 a barrel in New York on supply disruptions in Nigeria and Mexico and rising fuel demand in China.
Oil Bounces on Supply Disruptions
Oil prices jumped on Monday because of a U.S. pipeline shutdown and some production losses in Nigeria following a fire at a flow station.
Oil Falls a Second Day
Crude oil fell for a second day in New York on signs that high prices and a slowing economy will curb U.S. fuel consumption.
Oil Climbs More
Oil jumped nearly $3 a barrel on Monday, lifted by a rally in gas oil and as optimism that banks will manage to shore up the financial system helped to fuel buying across commodities and equities.
Why Gold is Soaring?
During the last two years the price of gold doubled, reaching $1,000 per ounce on March 13th. What has caused that huge increase in the value of the yellow metal?
Crude oil fell more than $4 a barrel in New York on signs that slowing economic growth in the U.S. will bolster stockpiles and curb demand.
Oil Near $106
Oil jumped above $107 on Thursday after saboteurs blew up one of Iraq's two main export pipelines.
Oil Falls a Third Day
Crude oil fell for a third day in New York on concern the slowing U.S. economy will cut consumption and the dollar's gain will reduce demand for commodities as a hedge against inflation.
Oil Drops below $100
Oil slipped below $100 a barrel on Thursday for the first time in two weeks, extending a hefty sell-off in the previous session on growing concerns an economic slowdown in top consumer the United States would undermine global energy demand.
Gold Falls Most Since June 2006
Gold plunged the most since June 2006, leading a decline in commodity prices, on speculation the slump in the dollar will end as the Federal Reserve eases the pace of interest-rate reductions.
Oil dived on Wednesday as signs of falling demand and concerns about the impact of a U.S.-led recession offset the impact of lower than expected U.S. fuel inventories.
Crude oil rose to a record in New York as a sliding dollar and credit market losses in the U.S. prompted investors to buy commodities.
Oil Slips below $110
Oil slipped below $110 on Friday as investors took profits after prices hit a record $111 in the previous session, but the depressed dollar was seen limiting losses.
Oil Roars to Record Over $108
Oil shot to a record over $108 a barrel on Monday, extending a rally led by investors seeking a hedge against the tumbling dollar and inflation.
Oil fell below $105 a barrel on Monday as investors cashed in on last week's rally to record highs that was stoked by a depressed U.S. dollar and fund flows into commodities.
Crude oil rose above $104 a barrel for the first time in New York after OPEC gave no indication it will increase production, U.S. fuel inventories declined and Venezuela sent tanks to its border with Colombia.
Oil Hits New Peak
Oil vaulted more than 3 percent a barrel on Thursday to an all-time peak near $103, eclipsing the previous inflation-adjusted high set 28 years ago, after a fire hit a major European natural gas terminal and the U.S. dollar fell to a record low.
Gold Hits Record High on Tumbling Dollar, Firm Oil
Gold surged to a record high above $960 on Wednesday as investors poured money, spurred by a plummeting dollar and oil rising above $102 a barrel.
Oil Trades Near Record as U.S. Dollar Falls
Crude oil traded near a record in New York as the U.S. dollar dropped to an all-time low against the euro and investors pumped funds into the market to reap returns from rising commodities.
Gold Futures Rise to Record $958.40
Gold futures surged to a record $958.40 an ounce as a slumping dollar and soaring commodity costs boosted the appeal of the precious metal as an inflation hedge.
Crude oil rose in New York on speculation global demand will continue to grow after prices reached a record.
Gold Trades Near Three-Week High
Gold was little changed near a three- week high in Asia as a rise in crude oil and a weakening U.S. dollar boosted the appeal of bullion as a hedge against accelerating consumer prices.
Oil Falls From Record $100.10
Crude oil fell from a record $100.10 a barrel in New York on speculation that a U.S. Energy Department report will show stockpiles rose for a sixth week.
Oil rose above $93 a barrel on Wednesday as concerns over Venezuela's move to halt shipments to U.S. major Exxon Mobil offset expectations for a build in crude stocks in the world's largest consumer.
Oil fell more than a dollar on Tuesday, pressured by fund selling
Oil fell more than a dollar on Tuesday, pressured by fund selling in response to concerns over an economic slowdown in top energy consumer the United States that could dampen demand for oil.
Oil Pares Losses
Oil recouped some of its losses on Monday to move back towards $89 a barrel, after suffering a sharp downturn the previous session, pressured by fears over a possible U.S. economic recession.
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Top 10 Christmas Lights in London
It's that time of year again! Glittering snowflakes adorn shop windows, red and white candy canes hang from shop doorways and mistletoe is hidden in places that we all try to avoid. But one thing that we have all come to look forward to is the Christmas lights displays! Here are our Top 10 picks.
The Best Places to see Fireworks in London on Bonfire Night
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The Peruvian Air Force has given us a look into what is occurring right now at 327 different points in the provinces of Tambopata and Manú, which are in Peru's Madre de Dios department. Using drones and airplanes, more than 20,000 high-resolution photos and videos of the devastation have been captured.


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Q: How can I represent list of data in JSON format? I am working on designing the JSON document of my data. Below is a single value (v) which contains site-id, price-score and confidence-score for now.
{
  "v" : {
    "site-id" : 0,
    "price-score" : 0.5,
    "confidence-score" : 0.2
  }
}

Now, I want to add categories list into the above JSON document. As I am going to have multiple categories for a single value (v) so I came up with below JSON document-
{
  "v" : {
    "site-id" : 0,
    "price-score" : 0.5,
    "confidence-score" : 0.2,
    "categories": [
          {
            "category-id": "123",
            "price-score": "0.5",
            "confidence-score": "0.2"
          },
          {
            "category-id": "321",
            "price-score": "0.2",
            "confidence-score": "0.4"
          }
    ]
  }
}

Can anyone take a look and let me know if it looks good in the way I have added list of categories in the above JSON document? Or is there any better way of doing the same? As I don't want to start having problems when I am working on serializing and deserializing the above JSON document.

A: I recommend:
{
    "v" : {
        "site-id" : 0,
        "price-score" : 0.5,
        "confidence-score" : 0.2,
        "categories": {
            "123" : {
                "price-score": "0.5",
                "confidence-score": "0.2"
            },
            "321" : {
                "price-score": "0.2",
                "confidence-score": "0.4"
            }
        }
    }
}

This way, you can easily use:
json.v.categories[id]

to get information about a specific category, instead of having to write:
var the_category;
for (var i = 0; i < json.v.categories.length; i++) {
    if (json.v.categories[i]['category-id'] == id) {
        the_category = json.v.categories[i];
        break;
    }
}

Another suggestion: use _ rather than - in the keys (or camelCase if you prefer), as hyphen prevents you from using . notation to access elements (notice that I had to write ['category-id'] above instead of .category-id.


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We Care Solar delivers "solar suitcases" to medical facilities in Africa, Asia and South America. Photo Credit: We Care Solar
Instead of waiting in long lines and buying new things, Giving Tuesday is a day where people are encouraged to spend money on nonprofits and make charitable donations. This year, AMECO Solar suggests making a donation to a solar-focused nonprofit who is making our world a better (and brighter!) place.
Saving Lives with Solar Suitcases
We Care Solar is an organization the promotes safe motherhood and prevents infant mortality rates by providing a solar energy kit to health workers. Dubbed the "solar suitcase", each kit includes a small solar panel and rechargeable battery that powers basic medical equipment. Though originally designed for delivering babies in rural settings, the solar suitcases are now used in health centers and clinics all over the world for a range of medical situations. CNN recently nominated Dr. Laura Satchel (We Care Solar's Executive Director) as a top 10 CNN Hero. When you donate through the CNN website, Subaru will match your gift and your impact will be doubled!
Alternative Rock for Alternative Energy
Having met during an Environmental Analysis program in college, the band members from Trapdoor Social have always bonded over two things: music and clean energy. They have taken a creative approach to the release of their upcoming album. All proceeds will go towards the new solar installation project at Homeboy Industries, a nonprofit in Los Angeles that provides job training support for prior gangmembers. Plus, when you give a little, you'll get a little in return! Every donation from $15 to $5,000 comes with a reward from songs on the B Side of the album to your own private concert. Make a donation to Trapdoor Social's campaign and help them reach their $20,000 goal.
Solar Energy for Everyone
Since 2001, the team at Grid Alternatives has been installing solar panels as a way to empower communities in need. Not only do they provide solar energy for families struggling to make ends meet, but they also train workers from local communities to become certified solar installers. The majority of their work has been in California, but they recently expanded to Colorado and are hoping to open offices in other states soon. Support their mission of making solar energy accessible for everyone by donating online.
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Ranking the 5 Best South African Footballers of All Time
By GlobalNews (self media writer) | 2 months ago
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This newsletter celebrates the greatest South African footballers of all time.
Bafana Bafana may additionally have fallen on difficult instances, having didn't qualify for the final three global Cup finals, however they can look returned on an in depth records and a number of fantastic footballers.
In compiling this list, we've got only considered the ones gamers who represented the countrywide side, in any guise.
5. Neil Tovey
The likes of Shaun Bartlett, Aaron Mokoena, Steven Pienaar, Jomo Sono and John Moshoeu had been all considered, but ultimately, it's miles Neil Tovey who takes the fifth-location spot on this list.
Tovey may not were a participant as finished as some of those noted above, however as South Africa's first-ever captain, he has an everlasting location in history.
However, this turned into no longer the quantity of Tovey's contribution to Bafana Bafana. He lost the captaincy, but controlled to get it back in time to guide the technology of 1996, the country builders, to the African championship.
He was the first-ever player to attain a half-century of caps for the countrywide side.
Tovey's leadership ability was the bedrock upon which that achievement became constructed. He stimulated the ones around him to triumph over obstacles and continue to be stubborn within the shadow of menacing opposition.
His playing career spanned two a long time, as he featured for Kaizer Chiefs and AmaZulu.
4. Lucas Radebe
When Nelson Mandela names you as his "hero", you recognize you're doing some thing right.
This changed into the respect bestowed on Lucas Radebe with the aid of the Rainbow nation's founding father throughout his time at Leeds United.
Radebe became one of the kingdom builders who claimed the African crown in 1996, and he also represented Bafana Bafana at the 1998 and 2002 international Cup.
After leaving Kaizer Chiefs in 1994, he became a legend in Yorkshire and one of the premier League's most established defenders.
His popularity has continued as a faithful servant and as a constant, fashionable defender and captain. Admittedly, he could have performed greater acclaim had the Whites now not grew to become down Manchester United's bid for the participant.
He may additionally in no way have received a chief league, however Radebe turned into named as Leeds's participant of the year in 1998 and stays, to these days, a Leeds excellent.
3. Benni McCarthy
Benni McCarthy is the handiest South African player to have ever gained the eu Cup/Champions League. That reality alone absolutely earns him a place in this listing.
Having loved in advance fulfillment with Ajax, the ahead was a part of Jose Mourinho's celebrated FC Porto facet. He later transferred his prolific penalty-box form to England, wherein he scored dreams for Blackburn Rovers.
Unluckily, his profession resulted in flabby ignominy at West Ham United after which, to a lesser volume, at Orlando Pirates.
The incredible disaster for one among Africa's maximum feared forwards turned into lacking out on the sector Cup on domestic soil in 2010.
Despite the fact that, McCarthy did feature for Bafana Bafana at two Mundials and remains South Africa's all-time pinnacle scorer.
He might also by no means have won the African championship with South Africa, but he changed into named as the first-rate character in the 1998 version—claiming each the Golden Boot and the Golden Ball.
2. Patrick Ntsoelengoe
Patrick Ntsoelengoe is one of the finest-ever "misplaced skills" of the African sport.
The apartheid regime supposed that South Africa had been banned from competing in global opposition by means of FIFA until 1992. For this reason, Ntsoelengoe's worldwide file is confined to simplest one suit, a 7-0 victory over Rhodesia in 1977—his career ran from among 1971 and 1984.
After beginning his profession with Kaizer Chiefs, in which he done idol fame, Ntsoelengoe moved to the united states, where he loved a successful career at outposts such as Minnesota, Denver and Toronto.
In his prime, Ntsoelengoe turned into a incredible expertise.
Clive Barker argued that had the player, who was nicknamed "Ace" been around within the modern-day era, his popularity could be up there alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Similarly, Alan Merrick suggested that he had an ability to stand alongside the finest players of the Seventies.
1. Doctor Khumalo
Doctor Khumalo became a countrywide hero as one of the state builders who received the African Cup of nations on home soil in 1996.
He also became the primary Bafana Bafana player to score an worldwide aim following independence, scoring the only aim of the sport in South Africa's victory over Cameroon in 1992.
He changed into greater than only a populist figurehead, however acted as the cultured centrepiece of South African soccer in the Nineties. He earned 50 caps and established himself as one of the continent's finest midfield generals.
He also featured in a global Cup, representing South Africa in France in 1998.
At club level, the document in no way made the switch to ecu soccer correctly. He is a legend with Kaizer Chiefs, however, in which he made nearly 400 league appearances and accrued severa tournament wins and home championships over 16 years.
He additionally played in Argentina and in the united states and has due to the fact that turn out to be a educate in his native land.
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Google Launched Tool for Testing iOS App Now Open Source
Google Released iOS App Testing Tools has been Open Source
Google reported today that it has publicly released EarlGrey, a bit of programming that developers can use to all the more effortlessly build and run user interface tests on source code for iOS applications. Written in Objective-C, EarlGrey is available now on GitHub under an open-source Apache license.
The release is significant because it's something Google has really used to test its own iOS applications.
"A few Google applications like YouTube, Google Calendar, Google Photos, Google Translate, Google Play Music and numerous more have effectively received the framework for their functional testing needs," Siddartha Janga wrote in a blog post on behalf of Google iOS developers.
Obviously, iOS isn't the most imperative mobile OS for software development at Google. That would be Android, which has more than 1 billion active clients. So it's intriguing to see Google accomplish more to aid iOS development.
Yet, this is not the main open-source code release from Google that is geared toward iOS as opposed to Android. In 2012,
Google presented J2ObjC, an open-source device that takes code written in Java – the lingua franca of Android – and turns it into Objective-C. The project got more consideration a month ago, when Google announced that it had hit version 1.0.
As for Apple, it has not done a whole lot to support Android app development. But Apple did release its first Android app – called Move to iOS – in September.
EarlGrey works with iOS devices and simulators going back to iOS 8. Documentation for the tool is here.
Other iOS user interface test automation frameworks include Calabash and Sauce Labs' Appium. ( Source by – The Next Web )
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The Oranges & Lemons Garden – with royal approval!
Here's the second of my 'before and after' posts – this time the Oranges & Lemons Garden in Shoreditch. I helped oversee the garden for the Chelsea Fringe.
This was an ambitious project: it's a big site in a churchyard in gritty, trendy Shoreditch that's surrounded by busy roads, shaded by large trees and covered in concrete. Plus, there was no sponsor and therefore, no money. But that didn't stop the designer, Dan Shea, pulling off a garden that's been a roaring success and a highlight of the Fringe.
Dan was going to clad the pillars in real oranges and lemons, but in the end he sliced them and dried them in his oven, put them between clear tape and hung them: a neat solution. Real lemons were attached to obelisks that he placed in four raised beds (put in place by the Shoreditch Sisters). Dan bought fake turf from RightStep Grass and got hold of some deckchairs from Tropicana. Gorgeous mature olives, citrus trees and shrubs were loaned by Clifton Nurseries.
Dan says that people have been coming to the garden in droves. On a hot day, in an area that's short on green space, it has proved a big draw – it has a mix of sun and shade and provides somewhere to sit. Dan had a flash of inspiration and turned his leftover lemons (he'd bought 1000) into fresh lemonade, which went down a treat during the hot weekend we've just had. A bookseller from Occupy has been selling books for £1 and leaving them dotted around the place for people to read, and Dan has been playing reggae music from his girlfriend's stereo – this has helped to entice people in and has drowned out the traffic noise.
And in a somewhat bizarre turn of events, the garden was visited on Wednesday by the Duchess of Cornwall. She'd heard about the Fringe and expressed an interest in visiting some of the gardens in the East End. She visited Spitalfields City Farm, the Dalston Eastern Curve, the Geffrye Museum, the Oranges & Lemons garden, and a pothole. I'm no royalist, but it was a lovely, celebratory occasion – she met some gardeners from the Hanbury Project and some local schoolkids (who sang Oranges & Lemons) and everyone who had taken part. She seemed genuinely interested and chatted to everyone.
Wow! As someone who lives outside London in every sense, I'm really impressed by the time & effort that people have put in for no monetary reward. It makes the resulting gardens even more inspiring.


Today I've got to rant – I'm just fed up with school run speeding. If I'm walking, cycling or driving with the kids all I get to see is mad school run parents driving at bonkers speeds. I see kids all the time flung around by panicing swerving and heavily breaking parents who are going too fast for the conditions.
If your late you should accept the fact that you are late.
Why put people, including your and our children in danger because you are attempting to make up a few seconds on your journey time?
Keep yourself at a sensible speed and please don't pose a risk to you, your family, me, my kids and anyone else. Better still, walk your short journey (yes that may mean you have to leave your house earlier), or start cycling it.
Personally, I'm for a 20mph blanket speed around any school and 20mph in all residential areas where the residents vote for it. I can also see the argument for a strong instant one week driving ban for anyone caught breaking that speed limit.


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What's in your Garage? It is an open question in our High Octane South Jersey- Cars and Coffee NJ Newsletter. Simply put, we would like to hear from you about what you are working on?
This month we have some nice shots and a write up from an organizer of High Octane SJ Cars & Coffee in NJ. Chris from Cherry Hill, NJ gave us some background on his beautiful 1971 Jaguar E type roadster. The odds are that you have probably seen this beauty at one of High Octane's Saturday Morning Car Shows.
Here is hoping you enjoy the pictures and the story of a car, an impulse and a dream come true.
I can't ever remember not wanting an E-type. There are few cars in the world like it. Style, grace and pace, what more could you ask for?
When I found my E-type, it was obvious that the car had never been fully restored. Some might have referred to it as a survivor but I tended to see it more as car that was incredibly well preserved. While it was not a Pebble Beach Car it was clear that the car was faithfully looked after by its previous owners and always kept on the road in strong working order.
The Jag had been painted once a dozen or more years back but through a coat of dust it still showed well and was free of any ugly body work or major short comings. Aside from tired rag top and shoddy seats, the car's biggest strike against it was that its then owner had grown past the age of being able to properly keep things clean and tidy.
Detailing the car from top to bottom helped me to take inventory of what I had to work with. The paint has been very carefully brought back to a rich luster and the original rugs and padding have been replaced with a Wilton Wool set and a more modern heat shielding insulation padding. I have also replaced the vinyl top with what I think is a more attractive, more durable German Cloth.
Mechanically the Carbs were gone through and the car was given a full tune-up. I have also tackled a host of small, preventive maintenance items. New hoses, all new fluids, plugs, wires and a new starter and rear U joint were also addressed during my first year of ownership.
My plan is to drive the E-type a lot. It is an automotive dream come true and driving it gives me a sense of car-bliss. I intend to keep the car for a long, long time. As such, I realize this means staying on top of the systems that enable the car to turn on, turn off and run like the wind.
I found this car with a homemade for sale sign in it sitting on the side of the road. I was running to a client meeting but I said hell with it and gave it a look. I was sold. It was literally impossible think straight through my meeting. My original plan for the day was to finish up at my client and head down to Northern Virginia to pick up a 1972 Long Hood 911… But fate can be a funny lady. I never thought twice about leaving the 911 at the alter and running off with one of the most incredible cars ever produced.
Aside from that, I would want to assure the world, E-types are awesome drivers and no worse to maintain than any other classic. If you have always wanted one get one, you will be glad you did.
That's easy. Another E- Type, preferably an "Outside Latch" British Racing Green XKE Open Two-Seater or maybe an XK140 roadster.


It wasn't that people just wanted a collection of cheap thrills to stimulate the senses, it was that they wanted it structured, and filled with a narrative: a theme. A purpose. It took a while for others to catch on to this concept, but for the past few decades the idea of theme parks has exploded. Disney had it correct from the beginning though. What better way to have a theme park than build it around stories that people already know? Movies. The visual medium has a built in brand awareness. A film studio is a factory churning out these stories, these dreams. A dream factory, if you will.
Now, it's taken a while for other studios, (Universal was the only other studio to "get" it) but the Suits at the rest of the Hollywood entertainment companies have moved to compete in this area. Not only do we have Universal expanding their brand all throughout the world, but Warner Bros. is licensing their properties to them (a mistake, if you ask me), Dreamworks Animation is doing the same, and now Paramount Pictures is starting to mine their properties.
Of course the deal is for an international park, the United Kingdom, specifically. The famed studio is partnering with the London Resort Co. Holdings to turn 872-acres on Swanscombe Peninsula in Kent into a European destination to rival Disneyland Paris. And at a cost of $3.2 billion, it might look quite pretty depending on what the theming looks like, as well as the properties they choose. I can see a "Mission: Impossible" attraction, but properties like "Transformers" and "G.I. Joe" are owned by Hasbro, and we know that the films they distributed like "Iron Man" and "Captain America" are now owned by, uhm, someone else.
The deal looks similar to the agreement that Disney has with the Oriental Land Company. It looks like the London Resort Co. Holdings will be the one making the decisions with Paramount getting a percentage of the earnings from the gate, merchandise and food. Let's hope that they hire brilliant designers to create this park. Possibly some brilliant, former Imagineers?
Worth noting that Paramount has owned theme parks before (Paramount's Great America, King's Dominion, Carowinds, Canada's Wonderland, and some others) and sold them all off to Cedar Fair.
If paramount succeeds on this then Disney land is in big trouble because by reading this post I can imagine how cool this upcoming park is going to be.
Paramount has already been down this road. The Kings parks (Kings Dominion, Kings Island, etc) were Paramount parks before being bought out by Cedar Fair. And they were (and continue to be) pretty "meh."
All those parks had been around for decades before Paramount bought them and slapped their logo over the existing names. They had some Borg and Klingons wander the park, slapped a license on the occasional new rollercoaster and called it Paramount's Old Name Here. Those were preexisting roller coaster parks. THIS is hardly the same thing.


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Billionaire banker David Rockefeller dies aged 101
S. Rogan (strangeradiocentral.com), 03/27/2019
Former Chase Manhattan Chief Executive David Rockefeller has died at the age of 101.
Rockefeller died in his sleep at home in Pocantico Hills, New York, on Monday morning as a result of congestive heart failure, according to a family spokesperson Fraser P. Seitel.
The businessman, who had an estimated fortune of $3 billion, retired as head of Chase Manhattan in 1981 after a 35-year career.
In the statement from the The Rockefeller Foundation confirming his death, Rockefeller was described as "one of the most influential figures in the history of American philanthropy and finance, considered by many to be 'America's last great international business statesman'."
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A Rockefeller foundation statement says David Rockefeller's cause of death at age 101 is congestive heart failure.
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Internal audit key in gauging Affordable Care Act risks

The new law will compel internal audit departments to become more integral to helping companies prepare for new business risks

With the regulatory requirements of the US Affordable Care Act taking effect, health care will likely be an area of increased focus for all companies' internal audit departments in the coming year.
As awareness of multiple business risks confronting companies expands, there is a growing trend toward internal auditors directing their attention to areas beyond financial controls, according to results of the latest Pulse of the Profession survey by the Institute of Internal Auditors' Audit Executive Center.
'Any time you have a new major piece of legislation that translates into new regulatory requirements, that's an opportunity for internal audit,' says Richard Chambers, president and CEO of the Institute. 'We see it as an opportunity for internal audit to get in and help assess overall adequacy of the way risks are assessed around this, the way controls are designed and implemented and overall compliance efforts within the company around conformity with the ACA.'
Chambers says the legislation is challenging internal audit to become a visionary, proactive function of an organization.
The IIA's report, 'Defining our role in a changing landscape,' notes a potential expectation gap concerning internal audit's ability to help companies understand the risks associated with implementation of the Affordable Care Act and how prepared their organization is to minimize those risks. Twenty-two percent of respondents said they're unsure whether the 2014 requirements of the law will affect their organization and 18 percent are uncertain of the impact on their internal audit department. Among those who note the Act would apply to their organization, 38 percent consider themselves not very knowledgeable of the Act.
Among those to whom the law applies, 17 percent said that their organization will probably minimize its risks by reducing or dropping health care benefits over the next one to three years.
Operational audits account for the most prevalent kind of audit coverage for 2014 (27 percent), with compliance audits the second most likely (15 percent) to be seen, according to survey respondents. General financial, Sarbanes-Oxley and information technology audits each represent 11 percent of audit coverage. The survey results also show that compliance is among the top five risks for both the audit committee and the C-suite.
Respondents in general said they feel much better prepared for implementation of the COSO 2013 Internal Control Framework in the coming year. The revised guidelines by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission take into consideration the many changes in business and technology over the past 20 years and are expected to help companies establish more effective internal controls at lower costs.
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Paraclete Press have now published two more of Chris's choral pieces:
Hark! Hark! Glad tidings charm our ears
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Paraclete Press have accepted for publication more of Chris's choral pieces: The World's Desire, The Linden Tree Carol, The Jolly Shepherd, A Little Child there is Yborn, and Ad Cantus Leticie; and also his Eleven Chorale Preludes for organ.
Baritone Roderick Williams is to perform Chris's song There is Sweet Music in a song recital at Cheltenham College on 1 August 2019 as part of the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival.
Paraclete Press have now published:
Three Pieces Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes (organ)
Jubilate (organ)
I Sing of a Maiden (SATB a cappella)
Paraclete Press have accepted for publication two more of Chris's organ pieces (Invocation and Paean and Prelude & Fugue).
Toccata Nuptiale has been commercially recorded for a fourth time. It is the final track on organist André de Jager's new disc, Musical Expressions, recorded in the Sankt Maria Magdalenakirche, Goch.
For information about all the commercial recordings of Toccata Nuptiale, please see the Discography.
Chris has a new Composer page on the Stainer & Bell website. Click here to see it.
Paraclete have published Chris's Elegy for Organ. A synthesised performance of the piece may be heard on the website.
In March of this year Chris was commissioned to compose six jingles (in the styles of various choral composers) for the new BBC Music Magazine podcasts. The jingles were duly composed and recorded, and they can now be heard in the podcasts.
Thursday 1 August 2019 11.30am
Baritone Roderick Williams will perform Chris's song There is Sweet Music in a song recital at Cheltenham College on 1 August 2019 as part of the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival.
Wednesday 11 December 2019 7.00pm
Giltspur Singers Christmas Concert at St Clement Danes.
29th-30th August 2020
Chris will conduct the St Teilo Singers, singing the services at Worcester Cathedral.
Some recent performances of Chris's compositions
Altar Prayer at Petertide, to words by Adey Grummet, was premiered at the College of St Barnabas, Lingfield.
Chris performed his Sonatina for Piano in a Giltspur Singers concert at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London.
Missa Sancti Teili was sung at Choral Eucharist at Llandaff Cathedral, conducted by Alex Thacker.
Chris gave the first concert performance of four of his Chorale Preludes. They can be heard on YouTube:
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit
Ach Gott, erhör mein Seufzen und Wehklagen
O Welt, ich muß dich lassen
Dr Richard Dunster-Sigtermans (St Andrew's, Rugby) performed Toccata Nuptiale in a recital at Newcastle Cathedral.
André  de Jager concluded his recital in the Duinzigtkirk in The Hague with Toccata Nuptiale.
Chris's 2018 carol The World's Desire, together with several of his descants, were performed at the Christmas Carol Service at St Matthew's Bethnal Green. The performance of The World's Desire can be heard on YouTube.
The choir of St Margaret's Lee (Director: Duncan Atkinson QC) performed Let Christians all with joyful mirth (score / YouTube performance).
Giltspur Singers Christmas Concert included Chris's Felix Namque and the world premiere of his 2018 carol The World's Desire, plus his descants to 'O come, O come, Emmanuel', 'Come, thou long-expected Jesus' and 'Lo, He comes with clouds descending'. All the choral items in the concert may be heard on YouTube.
The choir of St Mary's Catholic Church, Blackheath (Director: Tim Murray) performed Bring us, O Lord God (original version with divisions) at their Mass for the Centenary of the WWI Armistice.
The choir of St Margaret's Lee (Director: Duncan Atkinson QC) performed Bring us, O Lord God at Choral Evensong.
The St Teilo Singers sang Missa Sacerdotes Domini at Exeter Cathedral, marking 20 years since the premiere of the work, which also took place in Exeter.
The Giltspur Singers performed a new commission (Two Doves) at the wedding of Mr Jonathan Stoneman and Ms Antonia Mott.
The choir of St Margaret's Lee (Director: Duncan Atkinson QC) sang Chris's Third Service (composed in 1996) at Choral Evensong.
Chris's Missa Sancti Teili was sung at Choral Eucharist at Llandaff Cathedral under the direction of Alex Thacker.
Christine Wells performed Toccata Nuptiale in a recital at St Nicolas Church, Newbury.
Chris's new setting of the Benedictus was premiered at the Christmas Carol Service at St Mary's Catholic Church, Blackheath. Conductor Tim Murray commissioned this piece.
A transcription by Martin Cordner of Chris's arrangement of 'Winchester Old' was performed by the Cambridge Citadel Salvation Army brass band and Salvation Army Songsters, along with the audience the the 'Christmas Begins Here' concert at the West Road Concert Hall.
Chris's Descant to 'Westminster Abbey' was sung at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, Portage, Michigan, USA.
Andrew Caskie performed Toccata Nuptiale in a recital at Kidderminster Town Hall.
Week of 14 August 2017
Toccata Nuptiale was broadcast in the Pipedreams programme on United States radio. The episode was called Toccata, again! The version played was Michael Stairs' recording.
Chris's setting for organ of Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl -- one of the chorale tunes that Bach would have set in his Orgelbüchlein (if he had got round to it) -- was played by Nick Morris in a concert on Saturday 8 July, at St George's Church, Hanover Square, having been chosen for the short list in the Royal College of Organists /Orgelbüchlein Project Chorale Prelude Competition. Chris's piece won the Audience Vote for Es spricht.
Laurence Caldecote performed Toccata Nuptiale in Winchester Cathedral. His recording may be heard here.