CNG station to reopen Friday

LAHORE: All the filling stations of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in five regions of Punjab (Lahore, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Multan and Sahiwal) will open on Friday after three-month gas suspension that aimed to facilitate domestic users in the winter season.
The CNG stations will supply gas for 48 hours (Friday 6 am to Sunday 6 am), according to new Gas Load Management Plan issued by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited.
Gas supply to Zone II (Faisalabad, Sargodha, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Bahawalpur regions) will be restored on Tuesday for 48 hours.
According to spokesman of SNGPL this schedule would be followed till any further decision and hoped that CNG supply would be increased to four days per week soon.

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Guard steals Rs 6 lakh from Salman's bodyguard

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A security guard, who was an employee of the Tiger security agency run by Salman Khan's bodyguard Shera, is being hunted by cops for having stolen Rs 6 lakh from a cash collection box of a suburban theatre. Ironically, he was guarding money that had been collected from ticket sales of Bodyguard, Shera's most well-known client's recent release. The accused Arvind Kumar Suresh Pathak is a native of Farfara in Allahabad, and is now absconding..Posted at Fun Republic multiplex as a security supervisor on Sunday night, Pathak had been appointed to man the box where the cash collected from ticket sales had been stored. He was assisted by an unidentified accomplice, who went into the cash room to collect the money. He then slinked away with the sum, unnoticed by the other guards. Once the theft was discovered, evidence incriminating Pathak was obtained from CCTV footage of the theatre. "The security guard was aware that a surveillance camera was recording his moves, and thus he tried to reach up and cover the lens. However, failing to do so, he tied a bandana to cover his face," said API Kane of the Amboli police station. "Three teams have been formed to nab Pathak. He could not be traced at the address that he registered with the security agency. The guard had lately been sleeping at the multiplex quarters," said Vishwas Nagre Patil, ACP (Western Region). His boss Shera has been contacted for details that he might have been provided with, while employing the 30-year-old accused.

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Steve Jobs, Apple's visionary, dies at 56

New York:  Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died on Wednesday. He was 56.

The death was announced by Apple, the company Mr. Jobs and his high school friend Stephen Wozniak started in 1976 in a suburban California garage.

Mr. Jobs had waged a long and public struggle with cancer, remaining the face of the company even as he underwent treatment. He continued to introduce new products for a global market in his trademark blue jeans even as he grew gaunt and frail.

He underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004, received a liver transplant in 2009 and took three medical leaves of absence as Apple's chief executive before stepping down in August and turning over the helm to Timothy D. Cook, the chief operating officer. When he left, he was still engaged in the company's affairs, negotiating with another Silicon Valley executive only weeks earlier.

"I have always said that if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's C.E.O., I would be the first to let you know," Mr. Jobs said in a letter released by the company. "Unfortunately, that day has come."

By then, having mastered digital technology and capitalized on his intuitive marketing sense, Mr. Jobs had largely come to define the personal computer industry and an array of digital consumer and entertainment businesses centered on the Internet. He had also become a very rich man, worth an estimated $8.3 billion.

Eight years after founding Apple, Mr. Jobs led the team that designed the Macintosh computer, a breakthrough in making personal computers easier to use. After a 12-year separation from the company, prompted by a bitter falling-out with his chief executive, John Sculley, he returned in 1997 to oversee the creation of one innovative digital device after another - the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. These transformed not only product categories like music players and cellphones but also entire industries, like music and mobile communications.

During his years outside Apple, he bought a tiny computer graphics spinoff from the director George Lucas and built a team of computer scientists, artists and animators that became Pixar Animation Studios.

Starting with "Toy Story" in 1995, Pixar produced a string of hit movies, won several Academy Awards for artistic and technological excellence, and made the full-length computer-animated film a mainstream art form enjoyed by children and adults worldwide.

Mr. Jobs was neither a hardware engineer nor a software programmer, nor did he think of himself as a manager. He considered himself a technology leader, choosing the best people possible, encouraging and prodding them, and making the final call on product design.

It was an executive style that had evolved. In his early years at Apple, his meddling in tiny details maddened colleagues, and his criticism could be caustic and even humiliating. But he grew to elicit extraordinary loyalty.

"He was the most passionate leader one could hope for, a motivating force without parallel," wrote Steven Levy, author of the 1994 book "Insanely Great," which chronicles the creation of the Mac. "Tom Sawyer could have picked up tricks from Steve Jobs."

"Toy Story," for example, took four years to make while Pixar struggled, yet Mr. Jobs never let up on his colleagues. "'You need a lot more than vision - you need a stubbornness, tenacity, belief and patience to stay the course," said Edwin Catmull, a computer scientist and a co-founder of Pixar. "In Steve's case, he pushes right to the edge, to try to make the next big step forward."

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Twitter used to predict box office hits

Micro-blogging service Twitter can be used to predict the future box-office takings of blockbuster films according to researchers at Hewlett Packard.

The computer scientists studied 3 million messages known as tweets about 25 movies including Avatar.They found the rate at which messages were produced could be used to accurately predict the box office takings before the film opened.Further analysis of the content of the messages could predict ongoing success.Our predictions were incredibly close. Bernardo Huberman head of the social computing lab at HP told.

For example, he said, the system predicted that zombie film The Crazies would take $16.8m in its first weekend in the US. It actually took $16.06m.

The team forecast that romantic drama Dear John would take $30.71m in its first US weekend. It took $30.46m.The unpublished research has been posted on the Arxiv website.

Social sentiment

The team were able to make their first-weekend revenue predictions by analysing the torrent of tweets about a particular film in the run up to its release.We developed algorithms to analyse these tweets and measure the rate at which they were produced said Dr Huberman.

Our intuition was that the faster people tweet the more likely they are to go and see it.The teams were then able to forecast the ongoing success of a film including its second weekend revenues, by doing what is known as sentiment analysis.

This analyses the content of tweets and decides whether it is positive, negative or neutral.It's tapping into collective intelligence said Dr Huberman who carried out the work with Sitaram Asur, also of HP.The team trained their system using Amazon's Mechanical Turk an online tool that pays people to perform small tasks that computers would struggle to complete.We got people to classify tweets and we used that to calibrate the sentiment analysis explained Dr Huberman.Again the system tracked the fortunes of movies and outperformed other predictive systems such as the Hollywood Stock Exchange he said.For example analysis showed a boom in positive sentiment about the Oscar-nominated The Blind Side after it was released but showed the opposite effect for New Moon which initially sold well but rapidly lost viewers.

"Word of mouth builds audience," said Jan Saxton, vice president and senior films analyst at Adams Media Research.

She highlighted the film My Big fat Greek Wedding, which she said became the "film of the year" in 2002 by recommendations.If word of mouth becomes a faster more effective marketing tool then the effect on the movie business could be profound.Both Dr Huberman and Ms Saxton said that the demographic of Twitter which tends to be young tech-savvy and reasonably affluent - may limit the utility of the system for analysis of some trends, such as those aimed at children.

However Dr Huberman believes it could be of use in forecasting other trends, such as how well a gadget or product will sell.Elements such as sentiment analysis are also being used by other groups.

For example it is being used by an organisation called Tweetminster to monitor the UK general election to work out whether online buzz correlates with the winners.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Details

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) refers to a range of negative consequences of development that result from maternal drinking during pregnancy. Can children with FASD suffer from many problems, including epilepsy, characterized by spontaneous recurrence of unprovoked seizures, which affects 0.6 percent of the general population. The new study found a much higher prevalence of epilepsy or a history of seizures in individuals with FASD.

The results will be published in No. 2010 in June of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research and is now available to view early.

"There are very few studies have examined the relationship between seizures and epilepsy among individuals with FASD," noted James Reynolds, a senior scientist in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and the Centre for Neuroscience Studies at Queen's University. Reynolds is one of the authors of the study.

"Many patients with epilepsy have a history of exposure to an insult before birth, so we reasoned that prenatal exposure to alcohol can be such an insult epileptogenic", said Peter Carlen, a neurologist and senior scientists to the division of neurobiology fundamental in West Toronto hospital, and another of the authors of the study. "Secondly, there is considerable overlap in the structures of the brain that is deficient as a result of chronic exposure to alcohol before birth and those that are associated with seizures, particularly in the hippocampus in the brain. Third, the previous studies failed to examine other complications that occur in mothers who drink alcoholduring pregnancy, such as the effects of drinking on the seizure activity. Finally, previous studies used small sample sizes and failed to clear definition of seizures and FASD ".

"Recently, scientists began to investigate whether fetal exposure to alcohol increases the risk for the development of behavioral health and other neurological problems," said Dan Savage, a professor of rulers' and chairman of neuroscience at the University of New Mexico. "Has already begun is evidence to suggest that children who suffer from FASD are more prone to alcoholism, drug abuse and depression later in life. While it is too early in the history of relatively young of this field of research to evaluate whether maternaldrinking during pregnancy increases the risk of neurological disorders related to aging, such as stroke or Parkinson's disease, several recent studies retrospectively on a large scale and to study whether fetal alcohol exposure increases the risk of epilepsy. "
This study, researchers looked at the history of 425 individuals (254 males, 171 females), aged between two and 49 years old, from clinics FASD Mon Were examined relations between the confirmed diagnosis of FASD and other risk factors - such as exposure to alcohol or other drugs, type of birth, trauma - for co-existence of epilepsy or a history of seizures.

"This study revealed a much higher prevalence of epilepsy and the date of seizure in individuals with a diagnosis of FASD", said Stephanie H. Bell, a researcher at the Center for Neuroscience at Queen's University, and author of the book corresponding to this study. "In the general population, is expected to be less than one percent to the development of epilepsy; with FASD, was six percent and 12 percent of epilepsy and one or more seizures in their lives. The subjects were more prone to epilepsy, or a history of seizures and, if exposure to alcohol occurred in the first three months of pregnancy or throughout the entire. "

"Although this report supports the growing impression that the fetal exposure to alcohol may predispose the immature brain to the development of epilepsy, the results do not prove a direct cause-and effectrelationship FASD and epilepsy," he warned Savage. "The establishment of a direct link between these clinical conditions would be a tough challenge given our incomplete understanding of how ethanol damages the developing brain and what changes in the tissues of the brain neuropathological lead to the development of different types of epilepsy."

However, Savage said it is clear that alcohol can cause damage in the brain of the fetus. "To what extent this damage and lead to negative consequences for neurobehavioral depends on the likely large number of factors, including the size and patterns of ofdrinking during pregnancy, and the presence of risk factors of pregnancy, such as smoking, drug abuse, poor prenatal care, and the presence of other diseases affecting the health of the mother, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, "he said. "As risk factors accumulate, the risk of negative consequences also increase nerve growth."

And missed often "epilepsy and / or seizures in children in the assessments of clinical," noted Carlen ", and if untreated can lead to cognitive problems increasing or unacknowledged. In the long run, it can also lead to problems in attention, memory, and the risk of heart unattended and dangerous. Many of the children may not have a tendency to epilepsy and has no physical signs of FASD, but the doctor must be aware of the alcohol exposureduring pregnancy when considering the health of their patients and diagnose the causes of certain. "

Sania-Shoaib marriage only on April 15

It was a wild goose chase for the dozens of media personnel in Hyderabad, after word spread that the wedding of tennis star Sania Mirza with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik was to be performed on Friday itself.The advancement of the wedding actually slated for April 15 had galvanised the press corps which had stationed itself in front of Sania's house to get a ‘quote' or a ‘byte' from the family members. The confusion cleared only by evening after her family members sent text messages to news channels which went on running scrolls about the marriage taking place on Friday.Sania's father Imran Mirza made a single-line statement: All wedding ceremonies will begin only on April 13.

The proposed wedding of Sania and Shoaib had been mired in controversy after a Hyderabadi woman. Ayesha Siddiqui claimed that the cricketer had already married her and that he could marry Sania only after divorcing her first. Shoaib's denial of the claim led to registration of a criminal case against him and his passport was seized by the police.

The controversy subsided after community elders intervened to convince both families to agree to an amicable settlement under which Shoaib ‘divorced' Ayesha.Friday's confusion over the wedding date arose after a popular Urdu daily carried a story and news channels and agencies picked up the story leading to a media hysteria.

Afghan police deployed in Helmand warzone

Hundreds of Afghan police officers have been deployed in areas captured by Nato forces fighting a major offensive against the Taliban, officials say. They have been sent to the Helmand province area of Marjah, to hold ground gained in Operation Moshtarak. The British military says Taliban resistance to the offensive has increased, as expected.Meanwhile, the Taliban denied Nato claims that militants were using human shields, and were low on ammunition. Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi told BBC Pashto that insurgents in Marjah had been able to get ammunition from captured Nato weapons.He said the Taliban insurgents involved would not use human shields, because they were related to the local residents. Up to 400 policemen have been dispatched to Marjah, and Nato said the officers would aim to hold key road junctions and canal crossings. The Mike Wooldridge says the aim is also to have the local Afghan authorities lead the way in establishing schools and clinics in the area once security allows. Nato said one service member died on Friday in a small-arms fire attack, a day after six others - including two British soldiers - were killed. The Martin Patience in Afghanistan says US Marines and Afghan troops are facing tough resistance from Taliban fighters in Marjah. On Friday morning, helicopters dropped about two dozen American soldiers into an area of Marjah where sniper fire was concentrated. UK commander Maj Gen Gordon Messenger told a briefing at the Foreign Office in London: "We expected after the enemy had time to catch its breath, they would up the level of resistance, and that's happened." More than 15,000 Afghan and Nato troops, mostly American and British, are involved in Moshtarak - "Together" in Dari - which was launched last Saturday. Nato has said it could take up to 30 days to clear Marjah of insurgents and bombs. More than 1,200 families have fled Marjah for the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. Meanwhile, Nato is still investigating an air strike which killed seven Afghan policemen in the Kunduz province on Thursday. The officers were mistakenly hit after a joint Nato-Afghan patrol was ambushed by insurgents, officials said.

Indian state confiscates 'blasphemous' Jesus textbooks

The government in the Indian state of Meghalaya has confiscated textbooks showing pictures of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a can of beer. The book has been used for primary classes and has caused a furore in the north-eastern state, where more than 70% of the population are Christians.
State Education Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh said legal action against the publishers was being contemplated.
The company based in Delhi has so far not responded to the complaints.
'Insensitivity'
We are now considering legal action against the Skyline Publications of New Delhi who published the controversial textbooks Mr Lyngdoh said.
The controversial picture of Jesus was discovered in cursive writing exercise books being used at a private school in the state capital.Shillong.The minister said that although private schools were not obliged to use textbooks prescribed by the Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education, his government has taken speedy action by seizing all the copies of the textbook from schools and bookshops.
"We are deeply hurt by the insensitivity of the publisher. How can one show such total disrespect for a religion asked Dominic Jala the Archbishop of Shillong. Just think how this would impact on students at such a tender age.
The Catholic Church in India has banned all textbooks by Skyline Publications from all its schools.We have told all our member schools across the country to ban this publisher said Catholic Bishops' Conference of India spokesman Babu Joseph. The Church has also asked the government to take strict action against the publisher and to ban any such objectionable publications from all schools in future he said.
"Jesus Christ is central to Christian faith and Christian life. The attempt to tarnish his image is highly objectionable and goes against the spirit of religious tolerance in India Mr Joseph said.

Michael Phelps to quit Olympic swimming after 2012

American swimming legend Michael Phelps says the London Olympics in 2012 will be his final Games and that he will quit the sport when he turns 30. The most prolific Olympic gold medallist of all time with 14 to his name, will be 27 in 2012. I told myself I will not swim over the age of 30 and I will not he said.
Phelps has not specified how many races he will enter in London but hopes his refusal to wear the now banned high-tech suits will give him an edge. He said: Swimming is going to be swimming again it's not going to be who is wearing what suit. Phelps was a bitter opponent of the use of high-tech swimsuits at the World Championships in Rome in 2009 where he lost his world 200m freestyle record to Germany's Paul Biedermann.The sport's world governing body Fina has since banned the suits and Phelps says it will be interesting to see how competitions will go. He added: You're really going to be able to see who wants to work and who wants to make sure who stays on top.
Phelps, who is in the middle of a flying visit to the Winter Olympics won six gold medals at Athens in 2004 and a further eight in Beijing in 2008.
He ruled out entering eight races in London but plans to use this year's Pan Pacific Championships in California and the 2011 WorldChampionships in Shanghai to experiment with different combinations of events ahead of the Games.
I don't even know he said when asked how many races he would enter in London. But I will say it's not eight I'll give you that one.

Foods to Avoid When You Have Asthma

Some people who do not suffer from asthma may think that it is not a very serious problem. But for people who are suffering from asthma, it is a very serious condition that needs to be treated and give special care to avoid asthma attack. There is a lot of information today about asthma that can help a lot of people to decrease their ordeal of having asthma.
One of this useful information is about foods that should be avoided by people who have asthma. Nutritious foods are needed by the body to function well, but there are certain kinds of foods that are harmful to people with asthma. Here are some of the foods that should be avoided or eliminated to your diet if you have asthma:
• Eating dairy products everyday can cause sudden asthma attack to people who are already suffering from asthma. Dairy foods that should be avoided that includes dairy are ice cream, milk, yogurt and many more foods that contains milk may have the same result for people who are suffering from asthma. Actually, dairy products when eaten by asthmatic person can cause coughing and wheezing.
• Culprit foods such as eggs, wheat, citrus foods and soy products can increase occurrence of asthma. Eggs are the most common foods that are eliminated to the diet of person with asthma. Maybe you are wondering citrus fruits, although, it is very nutritious some citrus are hairy and might cease sudden irritation to people with asthma. Soy products and wheat can also be a triggering device for asthma to attack.
Processed foods are advice to take away from the diet of every patient with asthma. Although, some patients suffering from asthma are still eating those foods but it is important not eat this kinds of foods frequently. Processed foods are rich in additives and artificial flavoring that might increase allergic reaction for patients suffering from frequent asthma attacks. If you are a nut lover and you are asthmatic, you have to eliminate intake of this food. Frequent intake of nuts can trigger asthma attacks. It can also make your asthma attack worse.
• Eating from fast food chains can also trigger the occurrence of asthma attacks. There is a research conducted by a famous epidemiologist which concluded that intake of fast food can twice probably to trigger asthma attacks most especially to children with asthma.
It is considered as a silent killer because asthma can take away your life without noticing it. You may think that asthma is not a very serious problem but statistics shows that there are an increase number of people dying because of asthma and other respiratory infection brought about by asthma.
These foods must be avoided with consideration for people with asthma. Asthma attack may transform from slight attacks to serious attack that can be life threatening. Do not risk your life and comfort by trying your luck by eating this type of food because the remorse is always in the end.

How to Cure Asthma Without Drugs

A great number of people suffering with asthma use drugs. But, most of these drugs cause serious side effects such as mood swings, depression, angry, insomnia and many other side effects. Most of the ill effects are mainly due to the corticosteroids that are the components of many asthma inhalers. An attempt has been made in this article to introduce you certain simple ways to cure asthma without using medications.
• Individuals suffering with asthma should increase their lung capacity like the ability to breathe in and breathe out. This can be very easily improved by regular practice of exercises such as running, jogging and swimming. This will ease the person to breathe more conveniently and reduce the extent of asthma attacks. Even in cases of asthma attacks, the person will have the ability to control the extent of breathing compared to others. However, care should be taken not to exercise in cold weather. In addition to the physical exercises, it is essential to practice breathing exercises to increase the lung capacity.
• To cope up with the stress associated with the asthma attacks, it is essential to maintain the fitness of the body. This can be done by increased consumption of flavonoids, which are the essential components present in a wide variety of fruits such as apples, berries and other enzymes. By maintaining a fit body, you can very easily combat asthma attacks with controlled breathing eliminating the need of medications.
• The major cause of asthma in many people is contact with allergens. An easy way to cure asthma is to identify the causative agent and stay away from it. This is very simple way to avoid asthma attacks. Some of the common irritants include the dust, pollen grains, cold weather and molds. If you are dusting the house, there is a great chance of having asthma attacks. Hence, take care by covering the nose and mouth with a clean cloth or any other mask to filter the dust particles and molds.
• Sufficient care has to be taken regarding the dietary habits. Certain foods are very active in initiating the asthma symptoms. However, certain foods such as the fish varieties such as tuna, mackerel and salmon play a great role in reducing the symptoms of asthma attacks and should be included in the diet of an asthma patient. Their action is due to the production of anti-inflammatory compounds that reduce the extent of constriction that is blocking the air passage. Other foods that reduce the asthma symptoms include spinach, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and also fruits that are rich in vitamin C and B.
• Chlorine which is generally found in drinking water serves as an activator for receptors within the lungs and throat. To avoid these adverse effects of chlorine, it is essential to consume chlorine free water.
• Certain oils such as the lavender oil, rose oil and chamomile help to reduce the asthma attacks. They act by increasing the lung capacity to breathe deep. They even help to reduce the extent of muscle spasms. However, before using these oils do not forget to check them for allergens.
By regular practice of all the above measures, it is possible for every asthma patient to lead a drug free life.

Brit Awards ceremony watched by 5.8m

An average audience of 5.8 million tuned in to see the Brit Awards on according to overnight figures.

The music award ceremony, which saw Lady Gaga win three trophies, captured a peak of 6.3 million viewers towards the end of the two hour broadcast.
But the Brits were beaten by One medical drama Holby City for the first hour with an average of 6.3 million. This year's event surpassed the TV audience for the 2009 ceremony which gained an average 5.2 million viewers.

Brits effect

The artists who picked up awards and performed at the ceremony are already enjoying a surge in music sales, according to the Official Charts Company.
Sales of songs by Lady Gaga lifetime achievement award winner Robbie Williams and best British solo male Dizzee Rascal saw the biggest spikes after the event began.
Williams's Greatest Hits - originally released in 2004 - is expected to return to the top 75 on Sunday.
His latest studio album, Reality Killed The Video Star is likely to re-enter the top 20.
Florence and the Machine's Lungs, which came away with the best British album accolade went to the top of Amazon's best-seller list shortly after the ceremony concluded.
According to HMV's Gennaro Castaldo the artists who are likely to enjoy the greatest Brits effect are those who put in memorable performances at the event or walk away with multiple gongs.
"Such artists can easily experience a doubling or even a trebling of sales overnight, especially in these days of instant downloads while a further boost can be expected at the weekend when people are out shopping he added.