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A Haines commercial fisherman has become the second Alaskan in less than a week to die from a suspected case of paralytic shellfish poisoning, said the state Department of Health and Social Services.
He is the fifth Alaskan to fall ill to the poison from seafood this month.
John Michael Saunders, 57, was taken to the Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau on Saturday after eating Dungeness crab at a large Haines gathering, his family and state officials said. But after he left the hospital and returned home, he was overcome with symptoms again and died around 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Saunders' body is being sent to Anchorage for an autopsy and lab tests will be conducted at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to confirm the shellfish poisoning, said Department of Health spokesman Greg Wilkinson.
All of Saunders' symptoms were consistent with PSP, said state epidemiologist Dr. Joe McLaughlin.
McLaughlin urged Alaskans to stay away from all personally harvested shellfish. "You are basically playing Russian roulette if you personally harvest shellfish in Alaska waters," he said.
He also said to stay away from crab guts. While crab meat does not contain the poison, the guts, or viscera, of crab can because crab eat shellfish, health officials said.
The toxin involved in paralytic shellfish poisoning is 1,000 times more lethal than cyanide, McLaughlin said.
Commercially sold shellfish are regularly tested for the toxin and are considered safe.
Last week, paralytic shellfish poisoning killed Dottie Lindoff, 57, of Juneau, after she ate cockles harvested from Auke Bay.
Lindoff was the first person to die from PSP in Alaska since 1997.
Three people in Kodiak also became ill earlier this month from paralytic shellfish poisoning.
The state is posting warning signs at beaches where the poisoned shellfish and crabs were found, the state said.
When asked why the uptick this year, Robert Pressley, seafood program manager with the Department of Environmental Conservation, said he didn't know. "I can't logically with any good science answer that question," he said.
The outbreak may be connected to recent low tides that have brought out more recreational gatherers, he said.
Saunders ate the poisoned crab at a large gathering in Haines, his wife said. Other people at the gathering were also eating the same food but no one else seems to have fallen ill, the state said.
The crab Saunders ate was caught off Jenkins Rock near the Chilkat Inlet of Lynn Canal, the Department of Health said. The DEC plans to test commercial crabs caught from the area for PSP.
Kate Saunders said her husband immediately felt tingling of his lips after he ate the crab but didn't think anything of it -- and didn't tell anyone about it. Even the next morning at breakfast he had tingling lips but didn't think about possible shellfish poisoning, she said.
Kate Saunders said that even though mussels and clams blanket the beaches in Haines, no one harvests them. "You just don't do it," she said, because of the possible poison. She didn't know that crab guts also carried the poison.
It was about 14 hours after her husband ate the bad crab that they realized he was really sick. "That's when he started to crash and had a problem breathing," she said. He was rushed to the Juneau hospital.
By Monday afternoon, he was feeling better and was anxious to get back to Haines for a salmon fishing opening.
"He was concerned," Kate Saunders said. "It's salmon season. It just opened on Sunday. He wanted to get home. He already missed the first day of the opening."
Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by poisons concentrated in bivalve fish including clams, mussels, cockles, geoducks, oysters, snails and scallops, according to the DEC. The organisms feed on naturally occurring microorganisms that cause the toxin.
The poison is a neuro-toxin that paralyzes parts of the body and can paralyze the respiratory muscles. Symptoms of poisoning can begin immediately or up to several hours after ingestion, McLaughlin said. Symptoms include tingling of the lips, skin or fingertips, shortness of breath, dry mouth, double vision, diarrhea, dizziness and numbness.
After eating the poison, it can take from minutes to a day for the symptoms to show, the state Department of Environmental Conservation says.
Typically, symptoms begin about an hour after consumption, McLaughlin said.
Those who suspect they have paralytic shellfish poisoning should induce vomiting immediately to get the poison out of the stomach and go to the emergency room.
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Isolated showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Northeast wind 10-15 mph, becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 10 percent. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 61. West wind 5-10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.
Las Vegas is in Stage IV water restrictions. Under the restrictions, residents are not allowed to water their lawns at all. At-home car washing is also prohibited. Local car washes may remain open as long as they are using recycled water. Fines range from a warning for a first offense to a $450 fine.
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Regulators to discuss PNM rate hike
SANTA FE — New Mexico regulators are encouraging members of the public to comment on a proposed rate increase for customers of the state's largest electric utility.
The state Public Regulation Commission is set to discuss the matter at its regular meeting in Santa Fe on Thursday. The commission is expected to make a final decision later this summer.
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ALBUQUERQUE — The indictment of a Las Cruces judge in a judicial corruption case with alleged ties to former Gov. Bill Richardson was based on a flawed grand jury process that allowed the introduction of hearsay and other improper evidence, the defense said in court filings released Tuesday.
There's an old adage that you shouldn't drink the water if you visit Mexico. The same holds for anyone hanging around parks in Las Vegas.
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SANTA FE — Public employees will feel a pinch in their pocketbooks because of a new state law and some jobless New Mexicans will see their unemployment benefits shrink.
The take-home pay of state workers and educators will drop because of a cost-cutting plan to save the state $50 million in the new budget year, which started on July 1.
A 35-year-old Las Cruces man was arrested in San Miguel County recently for allegedly taking his girlfriend's vehicle after they had an argument, according to court documents.
Paul Faires Cleman, who lives on Flatland Road in Las Cruces, was charged with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, according to online court records.
In 1911
Thursday, July 6, 1911 — July will not be a dull month here this year. In less than two weeks nearly 1,000 soldiers, members of the First Regiment, New Mexico National Guard, will be camped on the rifle range northwest if the city. There will be much marching, drilling and maneuvering, including sham battles, which will prove of interest to the townspeople... Dinners will be given for the officers and receptions will occur. The encampment will begin July 18 and will continue until July 30.
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That is amazing!
@Imagine_Man15: thanx bro....i want to post more pics asap...just check out soon...;)
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That's pretty nice!
If you want a little creative criticism... I think the head is too small. Also, the arms look odd being behind his legs.
Nice design!
@Strafe Prower: thanx bro
@WillPayton: super thanx ..yes i wanted his head to look very small in the design ..as for his arms ...i agree with you but i was lazy enough to erase it again since i have drawn the big guy tens of times.... thanx for the note dear friend ;)
@BumpyBoo: posted more already i got many many more ...if u enjoyed those ones i 'l post more thanx never knew i would get alot of views for this pic ...thanx ;)
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@BumpyBoo: posted more already i got many many more ...if u enjoyed those ones i 'l post more thanx never knew i would get alot of views for this pic ...thanx ;)
And still I demand more!! No, seriously dude, this is really good.
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i love the pixie comic, where'd you get the idea for that scene.
@Blizaga101: i didn't draw that that page i only colored it George Moulina was the artist..that's nothin more than a color submission..
@BumpyBoo: many thanx ...i 'l post the other pagers of the submission ...and paray for me that someday i can be hired by marvel or dc :)
@BumpyBoo: lol..soon i 'l be starting my youtube channel ...u can see me while working on my artworks ....as for now check this thread in days i 'l be posting many other works on CV i never expected i 'l get so much attention....thanx
@andrew henry: Once again, these are wonderful. Your coloring is on a professional level! I hope that you will get hired soon!
@bennyq: no marvel didn't get back to me atm ... nothing particular to send a submission to any company ...some companies post there mail or email for submissions you send it to it's editors ...or show ur skils to an artist ...as for the marvel page i posted moulina asked some people to color 4 pages ...and i was one of those colorists..
@Strafe Prower: thanx man and hope u can achieve ur goals in life too as u wish..!!
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cool stuff
@Jonny_Anonymous: thanx man
@ARMIV2: thanx ...i really appreciate the words ...and hope the biggest comic companies editors say the same when they view my works
@andrew henry; That is beautiful work, andrew henry. Would you be interested in maybe doing a piece for our Horror Inc fna fic section? Head over to the HORROR INC page for the details and take a look at what's already gone up at the HORROR INC LIBRARY page and see if you'd be interested. With the quality of work you're doing, we'd be honoured to have you aboard. (By the way, @ZZoMBiE13 , didn't you say on your deviantart page you were looking for someone to help with colouring tips? Do you think andrew henry might help ;P)
@UnderDogs_OverBoard: sorry had a problem logging in with the andrew henry account so i had to do a new one ..i asked the support department but still no reply from them ...so sorry again for the late reply..i really hope marvel editors would say the same ...thanx ...many thanx..beside i agree with you about Leifield..but the guy is from the silver age of comics ..he only sucks with the lower limb and the back grounds..don't you agree with me ??
and since you know this site better than me any chance i can reach comic companies through here or no ..??
thanx again in advance ;)
@feebadger: yes i agree have my mail and we can figure out somthing big ....i have a bigger plans too ...maybe you would like them..contact with me on
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Our tummie's are full, so now it is time to head to the newer side and the Jesuit Church, the first large baroque Catholic Church built in Switzerland north of the alps.
The Church was constructed in 1666 and dedicated to Francis Xavier. We could see this Church often on our walks, a beautiful Church with two Onion Domes. The architecture was very appealing from the outside, so what was it going to be like inside.
No use standing around, so inside we went to see.........
Wow! It was very nice inside!
What I think is beautiful pink and white Marble is actually stucco and plaster, how clever and it looks so real! The pink and white theme is carried through-out the Church, intespersed with Frescoes!
Don't stay outside, THIS IS A MUST SEE!
The Jesuit Church is a major tourist attraction and serves as a concert hall while it has become almost irrelevant to local church life from a religious point of view.
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If you like twirls and twiddles....
......you'll like the Jesuitenkirche, the twin-onion-domed building which towers over the south bank of the river Reuss, a little further on form the Kapellbruecke.
I'm not over-keen on rococo frills and furbelows, but it's pretty unusual for a Jesuit church to be quite so elaborately decorated so I decided to pop in. The design was based on the Gesu in Rome, another Jesuit church which is magnificently decorated and one which I found absolutely lovely.
This church was completed by 1673 and is filled with gilt, marble and decorative plasterwork. There are also a couple of 14th-century sculptures: a cheery wooden Madonna and child near the altar and a wooden statue of Brother Klaus in a side chapel. Brother Klaus (St Nicolas of Flue) is a patron saint of Switzerland, a 15th-century recluse, farmer and mystic. His original vestments are kept in the church, although I don't think that the robes the statue wears are the originals...if so, he must have been a small man!
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Baroque at its best...Jesuitenkirche
This beautiful church stands on the River Reuss a few meters from Kappelbruecke. It is the work of Austrian and Italian architects and dates back to 1666. It was built for the Jesuit community when they arrived in Lucerne as part of the Counter revolution in the mid 17th century.
Baroque churches in my opinion, are usually very beautiful, but some are more beautiful than others. This to my mind, is one of the better ones, equal to St Peterskirche in Salzburg and St Maria Hilferkirche in Freiburg Im Bresgau. It is must to see if you are into beautiful churches and happen to be visiting Lucerne.
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Jesuit Church
The Jesuit Church on the banks of the River Reuss is located between the two covered bridges and is recognised as the oldest Baroque church in Switzerland. The church, which makes a significant impression on the city skyline was constructed in 1666 by Father Christoph Vogler and is dedicated St. Xaver. The two onion domed spires are unusual in Switzerland and were added later, in 1893.
Unfortunately for me the church was closed for some reason during my visit and I didn't get to go inside, but from what I have read, the interior is very impressive so anyone passing should not miss the chance to have a look inside.
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Jesuit Church
On the banks of the river flowing through the town and located between the Chapel Bridge and the Spreuer Bridge, the Jesuit Church is hard to miss.
The first large sacral Baroque building in Switzerland built in 1666 by Father Christoph Vogler.
The vault was redecorated in the 18th century.
The church is a good place to get your bearings and take a breather from sightseeing. There are plenty of bike racks and benches outside next to the river to park your bike and relax with the locals as well.
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the choir is practising--you will be in for a marvelous treat. I was incredibly lucky to be able to visit there while the choir was practising for their Christmas program. The Church itself is lovely...but being able to sit there and listen to the sublime music at the same time was utterly wonderful!
The weather may have been a bit damp and cold but visiting in late November was well worth it because of all the little treats like this.
Switzerland's most beautiful baroque church
Jesuitenkirche is considdered to be the most beautiful baroque church of Switzerland and it dates back to the year 1666. The 2 onion-covered towers were added more than 200 myears later and Jesuitenkirche is for sure one of the most significant tourist-sights in Luzern, also for the fact that it is conveniently located close to the old city and tto Kapellbruecke.
You may enter that church freely and without restrictions during the day and may take a closer look to the rich stucco-works and the altars with fine red marble.
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Jesuit Church
Lucerne's Jesuit Church is the first large baroque church built in Switzerland north of the alps - easily recognisable by its twein towers. Today it is often uesd as a concert hall - the acoustics must be wonderful. Don't neglect to pop inside and admire the marble stucco and decorative paintings on the ceiling. (see other pics)
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After a great concert in the KKL, a night filled with dancing, drinking, and debauchery we had a day off of work...in Lucerne. I wasn't going to miss the walking tour of the city that the 2nd flute player in the orchestra told me about, and what I saw was well worth the fatigue from 2 hours of sleep. The Jesuit Church of Lucerne was number three on this particular tour but it was only steps from my hotel. After finding out the Jesuits were called into Lucerne during the 16th century to counteract the declining moral values and religious lifestyle, I figured this stop was all too appropriate for this morning.
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Jesuit Church
On the south bank of the Reuss river, facing Unter der Egg is a triangular area known as the Kleinstadt, originally walled. The huge Jesuit Church was built between 1666 and 1673 and is dedicated to St. Franz Xaver. The two onion domed spires were added in 1893. This is one of the finest Baroque churches in Switzerland. The interior is very impressive, decorated with stucco works and the High Altar is decorated in superb red marble.
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Perhaps the world's most beautiful church
This one is probably a bit of a no-brainer. But one HAS to see this place if they travel here. The interior of the church is breathtaking. The common color pattern in it is white, pink, and gold. Gorgeous beyond words.
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The Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church) is located between the two bridges,it was built in 1,667 and really this church looks beautiful with its pair of onion domes.In Austria you'll find many churches with this kind of dome,but they are unusual in Switzerland.
We had the chance to make a stop here and see the interior of the church.
This is a detailed picture taken inside the Jesuit Church.Its a nice painting in the high altar,and ceiling.
Really the interior decoration of that church is awesome,and I was glad to had the chance to see it for inside,with the nice explanations of our guide.He's a Art teacher in one University in Madrid,so you can imagine all his detailled explanations during the whole trip!.
Jesuit church
The church is situated at the left bank of the river Reuss.
You have a very good vew of this church from the Chapel bridge.
The church is build between 1666 - 1673
All though I pass the church a lot of times, I never been in it, that is definitly something for next time, so I can show you some pictures from the inside.
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Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church)
First large sacral Baroque building in Switzerland. Constructed in 1666 by Father Christoph Vogler for the Jesuits. The vault was redecorated in the mid-18th century. The original vestments of Brother Klaus, a famous Swiss patron, are stored in the inner chapel.
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Olympus DS-4000 Voice Recorder
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Both Mac and Windows compatible, host of extra features
Expensive, accessory kit is another £200
Small and sleek, this chrome wrapped beauty weighs just 103g, including the battery pack and is perfect for the suit pocket. The top spec voice recorder from Olympus' pro line series isn't just a pretty face however and the DS-4000 is packed with features. Even better, it can be used with both Windows and Mac operating systems.
Utilising the slide button style from tape-based recorders, the DS-4000 is easy to use, but supports personalisation and has some impressive editing features. Designed with the benefit of end user feedback, Olympus has included programmable buttons on the face of the unit, removable memory card and the ability to speedily access, edit and add to, existing DSS folders. Thanks to short-cut buttons, key comments within a file or folder can be flagged for attention. The docking cradle even doubles as a microphone- ingenious.
The docking station also acts as a charger for the NiMH battery, which lasts approximately 20/12 hours for recording and playback respectively. In an emergency you can pop in a couple of standard AA cells for 15 hours recording and 10 hours playback. Allow for some variation as you move between SP and LP modes though. When using the included 32MB xD-Picture card, expect a 5-hour recording time from short and 11 hours from long play. However, with a 512MB card you can up this to a stonking 179.5 hours recording time- enough for even the most drawn out conference.
With up to 11 folders available, holding a maximum of 199 files in each, onboard storage is unsurpassed for a voice recorder. When near a computer, dictate direct to hard disc via USB, or connect to Mac or PC using the DSS Player Pro software (v.4).
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Draft Do-Over, Rounds 7-12: Finally, Strasburg
A consensus top 25 pick in March, Stephen Strasburg fell 50 spots in the Yahoo draft do-over.Roto Arcade
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Comment: Sports worst feature of 3D Re:scam (Score 5, Insightful) 457
While watching 3D, you can gradually get accustomed to the infra-ocular distance used to film the scene, which may differ from your view of the natural world. When adjacent scenes use different camera configurations, your mind takes time to make the adjustment to the new 3D perspective. This is one of the contributors to the headache effect.
In sports, the action is unpredictable, and may move towards or away from the camera(s) unexpectedly. Cuts from one view to another are frequent. This causes the viewer to continually readjust to new 3d perspectives. IMHO, this problem is the unavoidable Achilles heel of 3d sports. Remember, this is technology-independent. It doesn't matter what kind of glasses are being used, or whether no glasses are used -- this problem still exists.
Comment: Re:Goes for cameras too. (Score 1) 674
.. everyone is taking crappy pictures with crappy cell phone cameras. Why did we bother??
Maybe they *like* their photos that way. Hell, they're taking photos with (fairly decent, now) smart phone cameras and deliberately injecting the flaws you saw in 30-year old cheap film cameras using software like Retro-Camera and Instagram. The look of such photos is actually a novelty to kids who've always had their photos taken with DSLRs.
Comment: Mobile Phone Voice Latency and HDTV Audio Latency (Score 1) 297
Another unbelievable latency issue is HDTV. The audio often fails to be synchronized with the video. It is particularly annoying when the video is behind the audio. This happens frequently on all types of telecasts. I have spoken to a TV station engineer about this, and incredibly, there is no standard way to ensure that the audio and video of HDTV are in sync. Someone at the station can make an adjustment for a particular program, but the offset can be completely different in the next program.
I see this often on direct reception via antenna. No telling what weird latency problems are added when the signal is transmitted through a cable or satellite system.
HDTV in general has at least two or three seconds of latency compared to analog. When you're watching a "live" event, you're not.
Individual TV receivers introduce varying latencies. If you have multiple TVs set to the same channel, you can see and hear this. That ought to be a published spec on TVs, as well as the other gadgets mentioned in the article.
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Weirdly, this software, developed by a church, wins my award for the very BEST Macintosh software ever, in the category of Compatible With The Most Versions of Mac OS.
Originally, this program cost money, but not very much. I bought it for the Mac 512 or thereabouts. It came on floppy disk, probably about 1985. Years later, when Macs had color, low and behold, the PAF screens were in color. They had followed the compatibility guidelines, and put in simple color years before anyone could see color on a Mac. The SAME version of software continued to work for decades, through major system and processor revisions that broke almost everything else. I think it finally stopped working with System X, (about 5 computers later, for me) when it wouldn't work under Classic for some reason.
Pretty much everything else became incompatible once or more during that time, including Microsoft and Apple. Amazing!
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(2) Remember that some personal locator beacons can be used to send a simple non-emergency message to a pre-defined email address. Usually "OK" and your lat/long coordinates. Would this solve your problem? Personal locator beacons are the greatest backcountry safety device to come along in years. Get one, and then do everything you can to make sure you never need to use it.
(3) For hiker-to-hiker communications in the US, why not FRS/GMRS radios? These are cheaper than ham radios, and about as likely to give line-of-sight communications in the mountains. Licensing requirements are none (FRS) or trivial (GMRS).
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when I first experienced depth perception, I first experienced depth perception I just about fell out of my chair. While I haven't investigated trying to correct the vision problem,
Maybe you should. It used to be considered impossible for someone to acheive depth perception later in life if they didn't develop it as a child. This famous story is about a woman neuroscientist who did so: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5507789
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Disconnect those systems from the internet
Remember, a lot of these are old school systems. I know that a lot of remote SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) equipment was never on the Internet. Why? Because it had a modem instead. The electric utilities upgrade their stuff at glacial speed. I bet a lot of that stuff is still out there, and still has a modem connected and has weak to no security.
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Even as Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday hailed the Reserve Bank's monetary policy stance of maintaining status quo in key rates, he said that the apex bank's projection of six per cent GDP (gross domestic product) growth this fiscal was far too conservative and he would rather go by the estimates of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC).
"[The] RBI always makes very hard and conservative assessment... The GDP growth I am inclined to accept [is] the figure of [the] Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, headed by C. Rangarajan, that means from 6.5 to 6.75 per cent… Of course, the assessment of the RBI on the whole is in conformity with the government's own thinking on both fiscal policy as well as monetary policy," Mr. Mukherjee said while interacting with the media on quarterly monetary policy review measures.
To a query on whether the stimulus measures would continue, especially when the RBI is signalling a reversal to tight-money policy in the near future, Mr. Mukherjee said: "As I mentioned [earlier], that until the economy is on a firm recovery path, it will continue."
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On the greater challenge of tackling inflationary pressures — with the RBI scaling up Wholesale Price Index-based inflation to 6.5 per cent by the fiscal year-end from five per cent estimated earlier — Mr. Mukherjee pointed out that the government had taken steps to ensure that the adverse impact of the price spiral was reduced by strengthening the supply-side management.
Listing the steps taken in this regard, the Finance Minister said that commodities in short supply were being imported and despite the likely shortfall in kharif crop production, there would be no shortage of foodgrains as the stocks were sufficient.
Mr. Mukherjee, however, admitted that until the global economies recovered — particularly in Europe and the U.S. — the prospect of robust export growth was unlikely. "But the encouraging trend is that the rate of decline which was very high in the earlier months has reduced though it still continues to be negative," he said. As for the overall scenario, Mr. Mukherjee said: "On the whole, the economy, I would like to say, is responding well to the policy statement which we have initiated. The RBI and the Ministry of Finance are working in close cooperation and this will continue in future."
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The Rockies want to give Carlos Gonzalez a $100 million+ extension
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Troy Renck of the Denver Post reports that the Rockies would like to give Carlos Gonzalez a six or seven-year deal, which would likely cost the team something like $100 million. That directly from team owner Dick Monfort:
"Why? Well, I haven't talked directly with Carlos, but I know he likes it here. And as a player, I would like to know that Troy Tulowitzki is going to be hitting behind me forever."
- Brian - Dec 9, 2010 at 9:02 AM
All of these teams (except maybe Boston) will be financial laughing stocks in oooooh…about 3 years.
- BC - Dec 9, 2010 at 9:15 AM
I think the biggest question coming out of this whole Crawford/Lee/Gonzalez/Spendapalooza deal is… what in the heck is Albert Pujols going to get when his contract is up? 6 years/$200 million?
- Adam - Dec 9, 2010 at 9:40 AM
No way Pujols signs for only 6 years, in my opinion. I would say the bidding starts at 8 years, with him likely getting 10. Don't want to go into free agency at 38/39, just ask Jeter (granted he's a year younger).
- BC - Dec 9, 2010 at 9:44 AM
Regardless of years, here's saying that – assuming he doesn't have a major injury – he's going to end up in the $30-$32 million per year range. Easily. Yikes. Help. Mommy.
Wonder what the market is for an overweight, 43 year old righty that throws in the high 60's at best and can crank out a decent knuckleball once in a while (that be me)? I'd sign for 1/100th of that.
- Brian - Dec 9, 2010 at 10:04 AM
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Franklin - A 30-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for burglary after an investigation revealed he stole an $8,000 motorcycle from his employer's business during the overnight hours of Jan. 20, according to a Franklin police report.
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The owner of Speedway Auto Detailing, 6742 S. 112th St., reported that someone had forced his or her way into the business and stolen a motorcycle valued at $8,000 between the late evening hours of Jan. 20 and 8:50 a.m. Jan. 21.
During the investigation, police viewed surveillance video from a neighboring business that showed a U-Haul rental truck backing up to Speedway Auto Detailing the night of the burglary.
Police worked with U-Haul to determine who rented the truck, and found that it had been rented by an employee Speedway Auto Detailing.
The man confessed to the burglary during questioning, and let police know where the motorcycle was. It was recovered.
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BOISE Tuesday brought another day of triple-digit record temperatures to the Treasure Valley.
As thousands try to cool down, we're learning that sometimes the heat can help or hinder a business.
Many sought relief at Barber Park and the Boise River on such a hot day. Steve Zeller with Epley s Boise River Rentals said when things heat up, they can expect a rush in business.
It has been hot; a lot of people have decided to hit the river, he said. Monday was pretty solid, but we are really anticipating the weekend to be big for us.
Epley said Sunday was already a big day for their business, and it probably wasn t even the hottest day of the year. As the Fourth of July holiday nears, Zeller expects more traffic at his raft rental shop.
We are really fortunate to be in Boise with the river and have a place to cool off, and it s just a neat thing to have. So, we can always anticipate once it hits a 100 (degrees) we are going to be busy regardless of what day it is, said Zeller.
If the river doesn t suit you, there is a chance you may find relief from the scorching sun at Idaho Ice World in Boise.
Idaho Ice World General Manager Kevin Barnes said attendance for public skate jumped 50 percent on Monday and another percent on top of that for Tuesday.
He said the ice, is a frosty 20 degrees and the air inside the rink runs at about 60 degrees. Parents who were watching their kids skate, were even found in t-shirts enjoying the cooler air.
However, for an activity that is big in the summer, such as golf-- the heat hurts business.
It sucks the life out of you out there, said Assistant Golf Pro at Warm Springs Golf Course, Matt Rippy.
He said, it s in the morning hours you will find golfers, but when the afternoon sun comes around, People finish up and leave and its quiet for the rest of the day.
While he admits the heat is not helpful to what should be a stellar season of golf, he also said triple digit temperatures are expected in Boise.
It hurts a little bit but it s to be expected I mean I am sure if you talked to the other golf courses it would be about the same, said Rippy.
He also said people are being cautious and who can blame them.
Warm Springs Golf Course has afternoon and evening specials if you want to book a tee time, Rippy encourages golfers to call them at 208-343-5661.


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It wasn't so long ago that downtown Los Angeles after six P.M. was a ghost town. This is the case no longer, and it's thanks in no small part to the Downtown Standard — in particular, the rooftop bar, with its astroturf, topiary gardens and waterbed loungers, a fixture on the downtown nightlife scene, and a place so exclusive that guests are issued bracelets to guarantee entry.
The former headquarters of the Superior Oil company; the interiors today are bright and funky, and the clientele tends to the youthful and eclectic end of the spectrum. Guest rooms include everything a business traveler could want, including sprawling work desks, T1 lines and cordless phones, but the environment is decidedly slanted toward leisure and entertaining; stereo systems and DVD players are standard, and the minibar contains not just snacks and drinks but also such goodies as disposable cameras and Mr. Bubble for the oversized tubs.
The plush (and bright yellow) restaurant is open round the clock, as is room service, and the menu, refreshingly enough, is both familiar and affordable. The lobby bar is a scene unto itself but the real action happens upstairs, in the retro-futuristic rooftop lounge, where red-suited waitresses serve cocktails surrounded by the panorama of the skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles.
Please note: The pool will be closed from January 1 through March 31.
How to get there:
The Standard Downtown LA is a 30 minute drive from Los Angeles International Airport but the drive can take up to 45-minutes depending on traffic. Valet parking is available for $33 USD per night.
- Complimentary upgrade upon hotel check-in, based upon availability
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- 139 Guest Reviews
- The Standard Downtown LA
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- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Neighborhood: Downtown
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- 24 hour concierge
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- Theresa
- Stayed June 2011
- Rating: Fair
What I liked:
I enjoyed my stay at The Standard Hotel Downtown LA, but the walls are thin and my room was obviously worn and in need of a good scrub (and maybe even reno). The best things about this hotel are its location, price, and efficient room service. This hotel is located in the middle of new downtown, and it is within walking distance to the subway, major bus lines, old downtown ( the "historic core"), and many fantastic restaurants and bars. If you want to experience the charm of the more interesting parts of LA without a car, this is the place to stay. Also, I highly recommend the breakfast potatoes (they are the best I've had in a long long time) and the chicken & waffles item on the late night menu.
What the hotel could do better:
- The bathrooms needed to be better cleaned. Mine was rather grubby.
- 2 out of the 4 nights of my stay, the sheets that were put on my bed were threadbare (aka they were obviously well worn and they contained holes).
- The hotel needs a concierge. The desk staff were either too busy or seemly reluctant (indifferent?) to help out a traveler.
- Janet
- Stayed June 2011
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
location to the convention center at a reasonable price. despite party atmosphere of the hotel on the whole - the rooms are very very quiet. food better than expected
What the hotel could do better:
hotel a bit on the young partying side. not a criticism, just an observation. a bit tacky to make guests wear paper wristbands to go to the rooftop bar - am i 21? maybe just show the hotel room key or something a bit more palatable.
- Tabitha
- Stayed March 2011
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
Central location. Fun, rooftop bar (though this got a little too cosy over the weekend)
What the hotel could do better:
Blocked toilets in my medium room.


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People are required to insure cars, boats and motorcycles for liability. Why? Because they may do harm to others.
Guns should be required to carry liability insurance as well. I confess I had never thought of this before, until Nada Lemming suggested it in another diary. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea.
Gun owners want to make the case that guns are just another recreational item. As one puts it in today's New York Times article "Many Owners Say Semiautomatic Weapons Are Just Another Hobby,"
"Some people crochet, some people shop, some people shoot guns."
The difference, of course, is that guns are made to kill, as I argued the other day in another diary. Entire laboratories devote their energies to making bullets more deadly, sights more accurate, and the weapons themselves lighter and easier to carry.
We're not going to get to serious gun control measures until we deal with the reality that the gun industry has successfully, over roughly two decades, managed to convince society that semiautomatic handguns and rifles are mere "toys." And clearly they are not toys.
Here's where liability insurance comes in. We all know that cars are consumer items, with lots of great features and often fun to drive. But they are heavy projectiles that can, in the wrong hands, do a lot of damage. Liability insurance makes car owners more careful about who drives their car, and when and in what condition.
Requiring separate liability insurance for each gun, at the point of purchase, will hold gun owners responsible for where their gun is and who is using it. (I'm talking about a policy that covers weapons specifically, rather than merely grouping them under umbrella insurance). It will encourage owners to buy safety locks, and to stow their weapons carefully, and probably separately from their ammunition. It may also slow the stockpiling of weapons, which has been a frightening development in recent years.
Gun ownership may be a recreational thing. As one gun owner put it in the Times article,
"It's a challenge to see how well you can do....It's like bowling or any other kind of sport. You want to see if you can do it better the next time."I see the appeal of target shooting. I get it. I don't want to deny anyone a challenge or a way to relieve stress. But if liability insurance will make it harder for that gun to get into someone else's hands, I'm all for it.
6:19 AM PT: Thanks for the rec list and for the great comments and debate below. And hat tip to cosmic debris for links to articles on the subject that I hadn't seen:
Congress Should Push For Mandatory Gun Insurance
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Lauterbach Things to Do
Chateau Hohhaus is the only city palace that once belonged to General George Frederik Riedesel Free Lord of Eisenbach and was built between 1769 and 1773 by George Veit Koch. This baroque palace is a three-winged building, surrounded by a marshall courtyard. In the Roccoco Hall, the town stages events, among other events the regionally well-known Hohhaus concerts. The Hohhaus, whose name means "Hofhaus" or "royal stewart house", used to be a royal administration building, which belonged to a neighbouring principality. Today they have a small museum in the side building to this chateau, which contain among other items, a late Gothic Maria Alter that was made in Lauterbach, which is one of Hesse's sacral masterpiece works. They also have some pretty astounding antique furniture pieces, including the the carved entry hall from 1777, the old town fathers meeting table from 1664 and a city file cabinet from the 17th century, and a speech podium for the mayor from 1743. They also have a lot of Hessian farm stuff to see in the musuem, including costumes the people used to wear, and several displays of how people used to make all kinds of things by hand.
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This is the longest half-timbered house in the state of Hesse. You can find it around the corner from the town castle. The house bears the name "Güldenen Esel" or the Golden Ass House.
This complex half-timbered house used to be a horse-changing station for coaches moving through the Holy Roman Empire and an inn, which is why it's so long (remember this town is crossroads for 3 major historical roads). It was originally built in 1530 along the town walls. They used to brew their own beer here, which ticked of the mayor, who already had a brewery inside the town, and what really miffed him was that it was outside the city walls, so he couldn't charge taxes - yup, free enterprise through the centuries. Later this house was used for the Cent Court. That had nothing to do with making money, but was the old name for "parish". From 1821 the "Golden Ass House" was a post office and a horse changing station again. The city finally bought this house in 1862, where they turned it into a grammer school. Today it houses a music school and the Hohhaus Library, which contains more than 80,000 books. Next to this special library they also have a public library.Related to:
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This statue is dedicated to this old folks song:
I lost my sock in Lauterbach,
Without it I can't go home.
So I'm gitting m'self back to Lauterbach,
To git my sock back again.
I lost my heart in Lauterbach,
Without it I can't live on;
So I'm gitting m'self back to Lauterbach,
That gal's got give it back to me.
Daddy, when are you going to give that piece of valley,
Daddy, when are you going to will me something?
My gal's getting riper than the wheat,
I don't wanna be single no more.
My gal's got black-brown eyes,
She's purdy as a dove, she is,
When I stand by the window and look at her,
She looks back friendly at me.
You all can't be happy all the time,
You all can't be crying all the time.
Sometimes I git to go out with my girl,
Sometimes I gotta stay home alone.
Now I have built me a house on top of a snail,
But that snail's a sneaking off.
And now my gal's pouting at me,
'Cause I ain't got no house no more.Related to:
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Lauterbach Restaurants
Did I get your attention? Lauterbach is a nice town to visit and have some fine half-timbered houses. It also has a statue of a naked boy selling cheese in the basement of its tourist office (which is worth a visit if you are there when they are actually open) and another one in the stream running through the town (see picture). Lauterbach also is home to the Lauterbacher Burgbrauerei which brews a number of beers to include the Lauterbacher and Auerhahn labels. Next to the brewery is the Felsenkeller – their brewery pub – which was my main reason for visiting the town. Sure, we also did some shopping and walked around the Altstadt (Old City) but that was just my excuse to try some local beer right from the tap.
The restaurant pub was okay. It had a small-time feel to it and server was nice even if she didn't speak any English and got my beer order wrong. Due to an error in translation, my first beer was the Lauterbacher pils which was good if you like a German pils. I'm not a pils lover so I ordered the Lauterbacher Hefeweizen (wheat beer) to drink with my pizza (salami, cheese and mushrooms). This beer had a slight banana taste at first but lost it by the time it was half gone. It also didn't have a very heavy wheat taste which I kind of missed. Anyway, our experience there was okay but not memorial and I don't think I need to go back. However, on the way out of town I did stop at the drinks store to pick up a couple of their other beers to try at home.
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This restaurant was once featured in local television for it's creative and traditional Hessian cusine. The secret to their celebrate sucess is their star cook, Hans Schmidt. Like man of the local country specialities, the middle Germans have rediscovered their roots and have re-discovered grandma's old fashioned "poor folks" recipies, and have added alittle modern originality to this dishes, to make simultaneously familiar and tantilizing.
The decor in the restaurant is pleasant, simple modern German Land House style, and is aimed at promoting a family atmosphere.
Interesting to see, if you have time before or after your meal is a peek in the Eulenfang House, where they serve and bake fresh baked goods from the antique wood-burning oven.
Favorite Dish: This restaurant serves two very good beers: Lauterbach Pils and Auerhahn Dark. Enticing is that not only is this beer served at cool temperatures in the exact glasses that make it taste good, they cook with it too, and have a number of specialties such as Pilsner mushroom soup, hop sprout salad, a potatoe and cold-cut stew called Beutelches, dark beer encrusted pork roast, and the delicious list goes on. For those who like to embark on alcohol invention adventures, try the Hopfengeist Parfait - a creamy cocktail made of beer cream liquor and honey.Related to:
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Dippe is what the Hessians call this kind of pottery, which is slang for "pots". Making pottery has a 400 year tradition in Lauterbach, and they are stil keeping up the tradition today, with traditional Hessian pottery works, as well as new creations and even giving visitors to create their own souveniers in a pottery course in the Old Mill or in the pottery workshop.
You can choose among household wares or decorations, figures and even special scented oil burners.
What to buy: For people that want something very personal, ask if you can paint one of your own beer krugs or a pitcher with an original Hessian design. Töpferei Bauer specialises in pottery day pottery courses.Related to:
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Lauterbach Local Customs
Prämienmarkt or Premium Markt - a traditional town festival for showing and auctioning farm livestock. This is a great festival to visit if you have kids, because the local farming community has a fair showing off their horses, cows, poultry, hares, and pigs to be judged for prizes.
This year's fair is scheduled from June 14th - June 22nd 2003.Related to:
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Particle effects can be used to create everything from realistic smoke and light to abstract design elements. In Maya Particle Effects, Audri Phillips demonstrates the particles she has found helpful in her work creating dynamic visuals for video games,film and fine art. This course goes deeper than the basics, tackling topics like saving time by reusing MEL expressions, implementing physics to create realistic effects, and manipulating paint effects to give particles the look and feel of an envisioned design. Exercise files accompany the course.
In this movie we're going talk about smoke, a very simple smoke. I just want to talk about some basic parameters that you can adjust on particles so that you can customize what your smoke looks like for your particular scene. So I am just going to do some very simple easy parameters to adjust. I have little weird particles emitting here, not too impressive. Here they are coming up out of that. They are emitting out of this SmokeEmitter and you can see that I have the Visibility of the plane that they emitting from off. Turn that on and you can see they are emitting from a very simple little plane right there.
Turn the Visibility back off and we'll talk about the parameters that I already have adjusted on these little particles. Well, on the particles shapes themselves, I have right now an Opacity ramp. Let's look at that ramp. And so at the start of the particles life right now, they are not quite opaque; they are 0.7. And somewhere before the particle's life ends, well almost the eight of the way before it ends, the particles go completely transparent, which is what smoke particles might do.
They might start at opaque. Well they actually might start out a little bit transparent then get opaque and then by the time, the smoke particle gets to a certain distance, it turns transparent. So over the smoke particle's life I am going to have it go from opaque to transparent. The next thing I am going to look at is the Window, the Rendering Editor, the Hypershade. Now of course in the Hypershade I have this particleCloud attached to these particles, right there. So let's go look and see what I have in this particleCloud right now. The Color and the Life Color I have attached to a ramp2.
Now ramp2 is going to show what color their particles are going to be from the start of its life to the end of its life. If I go into that, I can see I have the particle changing color during its lifetime. At the start of its life this is the color it is,and then kind of third of the way up it gets a bit brighter. And then by the end of its life, kind of an eighth of the way before its life is over, I have the particle maybe turning black, value zero. The other things that I have that I might have adjusted is the Density.
The Density has to deal with the Transparency of the particle as well. So I have the kind of Density of .2 and then I also have a Blob Map on it. And the Blob Map is a scaling factor that's applied to the Transparency of the particleCloud and it gives it a nice texture and you can see that I have put a cloud1 Texture and I have put the Contrast pretty low on that. Roundness, this can help your particles not be as round, from zero to one for complete roundness. Let's go back into the particles and look what we have got here.
I have got my Life Span for particle under my Current Render Types here, I have the Radius. I have the Threshold. The Threshold is how smoothly the cloud particles have blended together. Right now I have zero; they are not smoothly blending together at all. I could go all the way up to 1. We can try playing with that. Just see how smoothly the cloud particles themselves blend together. The Surface Shading can tell you how sharply the clouds are displayed. The value of 1 displays the clouds more distinctly. A value of zero creates a cloudier effect. So all these things can be adjusted too.
Now let's go and try to put a few expressions on them. Now when I am making a cloud say with smoke, I might want these smoke particles to grow in size during its lifetime, kind of like more billowing out. Add some expressions. So let's start my smoke particle out. My radius of my smoke particle, to start out, equals a Radius of 2. Every particle on its point will be 2 and I will go Create and then I am going to do a Runtime before dynamics for my radius, okay, because I want my particles to be increasing over time with their lifespan.
Now this is where I am going to use a smoothstep function. So I am going to go 2+, then I am going to do times 4, times smoothstep, and I want it to happen over the particles lifetime. So from 0, Smoke_particlesShape1.lifespan, age.
And I am going to create that expression right there. So let's see how that one plays. Let's start it running from the beginning. See what our smokes looks like here. So I have got that kind of smoke there. This will hide it as it's born. And my particle shapes don't seem to be changing. Why not? Okay 2+ four times smoothstep, 0, particle_Smoke_ particleShape1.lifespan, particle age. Okay. Edit.
And let's see what my Lifespan per particle is. Ah! This is why they are not changing. I don't have a Lifespan per particle put on there. So now I am going to go into Creation Expression. And my Lifespan per particles, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, = random and I am going to have each particle live randomly 20 to 25 for its lifespan.
Somewhere between 20 times 24 frames and 25 times 24 frames. I am going to edit that. Now we should see some results here. Now you can see as the particles live, the radius of the particles get bigger and bigger and bigger. So let's see what our smoke looks like now. So here is our view of our smoke right here, what it looks like, and I can change around and play with all of these parameters that I have made to make my smoke look different. So those are the basic simple parameters of smoke.
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FIBA Asia: Iran routs undermanned Kazakhstan to top Group F
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MANILA, Philippines — Banking on its stingy defense, Iran smothered shorthanded Kazakhstan en route to an 85-53 win to top Group F in the 27th FIBA Asia men's Championship at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.
Iran, which has won every game by double-digits, flaunted its depth anew as Kazakhstan severely missed the services of its naturalized point guard Jerri Johnson and another able body in Konstantin Dvirnyy due to injuries.
"It was a tough game. We played a strong team which is very good inside," said Iran player Aren Davoudichegani. "We played very good defense."
"We played a very physical team. We played a very good game. I'm satisfied," echoed Iran coach Mehmed Becirovic, whose team led by as much as 38 points. "We're now focusing in the quarterfinals."
Iran plays Jordan, who edged Japan, 65-56, for the last quarters slot in Group E earlier, in rematch of the 2011 tournament where the Jordanians knocked off the Iranians in an upset.
Seven-foot-two center Hamed Hadadi had 16 points and nine rebounds while the sweet-shooting Hamed Afagh added 15.
"We played against the strongest team in the competition," Kazakhstan coach Matteo Boniciolli said of the Iranians.
"They are dangerous inside and outside. They have great balance. This is a characteristic of a winning team," Boniciolli added.
Kazakhstan struggled with the ball with 21 turnovers and just 12 assists sans Johnson.
"Jerri (Johnson) is very important for us," said Boniciolli, who added that his starting playmaker might have sustained a tear on his muscle.
"If the game is worth risking, we will risk him (Johnson)," said Boniciollo.
Iran shot a potent 67% from the field while holding Kazakhstan to just 35% shooting.
The Kazakhs will most likely claim the fourth and last quarterfinals slot in Group F with Bahrain up against defending champion China.
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