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Coronavirus death toll surpasses SARS numbers in China, traces of disease found on door handle
More people in China have already died from the ongoing coronavirus outbreak than from the SARS epidemic 17 years ago, Chinese officials said. Meanwhile, traces of the disease were spotted on a door handle used by the patient.
The death toll from the previously-unknown coronavirus in China has grown to 361 on Sunday, the country's National Health Commission said. This number exceeds the 349 fatalities from the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in mainland China in 2003.
Out of 57 newly reported deaths, 56 were in central Hubei Province, whose capital Wuhan remains the epicenter of the outbreak, and one in the city of Chongqing in China's southwest. So far, the only death from the virus outside mainland China was registered in the Philippines.
Overall, 17,205 cases of the virus have now been registered in China since the outbreak started in late December.
During a press briefing in Beijing on Monday, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Lian Weiliang announced that China will step up measures to supply Wuhan with basic goods as it remains quarantined along with several other major cities.
China's first 'instant' coronavirus hospital accepting patients, second facility days from opening
Army troops stationed in Wuhan have taken over the delivery of food and basic necessities, using military trucks to stock local supermarkets. The authorities also ordered to boost the production of face masks and test kits after the Lunar New Year holidays in response to shortages in Wuhan and some other areas in Hubei.
Zhang Zhoubin, deputy head of a disease prevention center in the southeastern city of Guangzhou, said coronavirus was "found" on the door handle at a patient's home. "This reminds me that we have to do well in keeping hygiene at home, and it is important to frequently wash our hands," he said. Zhang warned that other areas prone to contamination include mobile phones, keyboards, and faucet handles.
Meanwhile, biotech companies in Wuhan have been conducting experiments on rats and monkeys, in hope of developing vaccines. The scientists identified three drugs "effective" in slowing down the spread of the virus in the cell structure, however, they have not been tested on humans yet, Wang Wei, director of Hubei's Science and Technology Department, said.
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Coronavirus same class as plague & HIV: PM Mishustin says Russia will deport infected foreigners if necessary
WTH? So FOX Banned Pro-Life and Gun Rights Ads at Super Bowl but JLo Grabbing Her P*ssy was AOK?

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Bus accidents can be caused by a number of factors, including driver error, faulty bus maintenance, negligent hiring practices and negligence by other drivers. Whatever the cause of your bus accident, our lawyers are here to help you explore your legal options.
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In the mix with disco and edits from 2010 in a Rockit Science summer party styleee!
This mix was done for the promo of our big summer party in 2011 at Lockside Lounge in Camden. Disco all the way on this one!


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According to your responses on this self-reporting questionnaire, it is highly likely that you are presently suffering from Adult Attention Deficit Disorder. You should not take this as a diagnosis or a recommendation for treatment in any way, though. However, it would be advisable and likely to be beneficial for you, to seek further diagnosis from a trained mental health professional immediately.
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Betty Risteen Hasselkus; The Meaning of Daily Activity in Family Caregiving for the Elderly. Am J Occup Ther 1989;43(10):649-656. doi: 10.5014/ajot.43.10.649.
Sixty ethnographic interviews with 15 family caregivers for frail older people living in the community were analyzed to understand the meaning of activity in caregiving. Schön's (1983) reflection-in-action framework was used to organize the data. Three goals of caregiving activity were derived: (a) getting things done, (b) achieving a sense of health and well-being for the care receiver, and (c) achieving a sense of health and well-being for the caregiver. The family caregiver was conceptualized as a lay practitioner involved in the clinical reasoning and ethical dilemmas integral to the provision of health care for the care receiver. The caregivers' judgments regarding the prioritization and attainment of goals determined the forms of caregiving activities. Implications for occupational therapy practice and the relationship between the caregiver and the professional are discussed.


I've put together some utility links and info about designing, enjoy!
P.S: Subtract 1000 from energy cost of computers for the 9 weight perfect computer.
1 with 9 wt. 1.398.108.499 en. and 23% acu.
14 with 9 wt. 87.388.499 en. and 19% acu.
***Applies only for 8 weight weapon, add 999003 instead of 1019323 if the weapon's weight is 1.


SENECA, Pa. (D9Sports) – Carly Wice scored all six of her points in the fourth quarter to help Cranberry rally past visiting Union, 31-25.
A slow start – Cranberry trailed 12-3 after one quarter – found the Berries fighting back from the get-go and it wasn't until the fourth quarter that Cranberry pulled ahead for good.
After the fast start, Union led 16-11 at halftime and 21-17 going to the fourth quarter but was outscored 16-4 in the final eight minutes.
In addition to Wice's six points, Kaylie Bruce scored five of her nine in the final eight minutes.
Malliah Schreck led the Berries with 12 points and 17 rebounds.
Union featured balanced scoring led by eight points from Bryn Davis. Dominika Logue, Marli Hawk and Hailey Kriebel each scored five points.


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ID's Anthropic Principle
by Allen Williams
What exactly is the Anthropic Principle you might ask? The Anthropic or Goldilocks principle if you prefer, is a theory that claims Intelligence is behind the structure and order of the Cosmos. It infers a precise set of conditions that must develop in a specific order for life to exist.
Brandon Carter, an astrophysicist from Cambridge University presented a paper in which he describes certain strange and inexplicable behavior in the world of particle physics and astronomy. They seemed to indicate that the whole universe had been constructed and maintained for the purpose of bringing into existence, intelligent life. This means, "..that all of the seemingly arbitrary and unrelated constants in physics have one strange thing in common, these are precisely the values you need if you want to have a universe capable of producing life." Sir Isaac Newton put it this way, "The most beautiful system of the Sun, planets and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being."
The Anthropic Principle defines a solar architecture and set of conditions that must be exact in sequence and function for life to exist in any solar system. If a galaxy has too many stars then the elements of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen etc., can not form from the proton rich radiation. If there are not enough stars, then only hydrogen and helium will form.
The ideal galaxy configuration for life sustaining conditions occurs in spiral galaxies. Spiral galaxies with a certain kind of bulge offer the most stable planetary orbit about a star. However, no more than 2% of the stars in the universe have orbiting planets.
The orbits of the planets in our own solar system are nearly round and planar, i.e. two dimensional, including the moon, and optimally positioned to support the eco-life of earth. The moon is exactly in the right position to stabilize the earth's rotation and to facilitate oxygenation of the seas via the rise and fall of the tides. Planets in nearby solar systems have elliptical orbits, making the sustenance of life more difficult.
Most spiral galaxies observed are ellipsoid so just 6% of the galaxies in the universe are the right kind of spiral. If the 'bulge' in the arch of the spiral is too large, the life-supporting planet receives too much deadly proton radiation from nearby stars. Insufficient arch in the spiral causes disruptive gravitational forces and elliptical orbits around a sun. And, not enough cosmic dust for the formation of new planets occurs under such conditions. A 100,000 light years defines an optimal bulge.
Gas, dust and newly formed stars occur in the spiral arm as well as the heavy elements.
Life conditions are most favorable when the planet is located along this spiral 'arm' as is the earth. This area contains sufficient gas, dust and a 'just right' number of stars to ensure the formation of key elements such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and iron etc. to sustain life. Fluorine, an essential element in the formation of certain proteins is only formed in the binary part of a White Dwarf.
Iron, Sulfur, Copper and Silver are formed from dying stars. Heavy elements are generated when stars go Super Nova. The dead Stars then bequeath their ashes to the formation of new stars and planets.
Dead Stars ---> ashes---> New stars and planets
There are some 202 physical conditions that must be 'just right' to sustain life. If this precise set of conditions defining and regulating planetary orbit were absent or was to occur out of sequence, life as we know it could not exist or would be vastly different. For example, If there was a 1% difference in the sun's mass, the only possible life on earth would be bacteria. If the earth was one half percent closer to the sun all water would evaporate. The dew point would be elevated and a huge desert would be created. If the earth was one half-percent farther away from the sun, all its water would be frozen.
If the nuclear strong force between atoms were greater by just two percent, protons could not have formed, resulting in a universe without atoms. But, if the nuclear strong force were weaker by five percent, ours would be a universe without stars.
The probability that all-202 conditions would align to create life from random processes
Based on Darwin's natural selection is one chance in 10217 power.To understand this a bit better, imagine that you have 10 pennies in your pocket sequentially numbered. The probability that you could reach into your pocket and pull out all ten pennies in exact numerical sequence is one chance in a billion. Probabilities of1080 are generally considered impossible.
Ann Coulter, author of 5 best sellers including, "Godless: The Church of Liberalism" has noted, "Evolution isn't just a theory with a gap in the evidence, the whole theory is a gap." Here are some of the many 'gaps' in the theory:
The star Cyrus was described as a Red Dwarf in the writings of Ptolemy and others but today it is a White Dwarf. The transition from Red to White Dwarf took just 1700 years. Evolution claims this transition requires 100,000 years.
Nickel is a scarce element on earth. However micro meteors are rich in nickel. If the earth is millions of years old, then the geological column should contain nickel from meteor impact. The nickel in the geological column would wash down to the ocean over time from the actions of rain. However, no micro meteors were found in the geological column or nickel in core drills of the ocean's floor.
The ocean is getting saltier by the year. If the earth is millions of years old, then why hasn't the maximum salt-water solubility been reached?
There should be more Helium than Hydrogen in the atmosphere for an old earth because of radioactive decay.
Radioactive dating problems: Potassium-Argon radiometric dating tests on known 168 year old rocks dated at 160 million to 3 billion years.
Egress: Uranium and rubidium salts are water-soluble and can be leached from rocks by water.
Ingress: Rock may contain daughter elements such as Lead 206, 207, 208 when it coalesces.
Intelligent Design is "Creationism in a cheap tuxedo," said Nicholas Matzke, project information specialist for the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, Calif., which advocates for the teaching of evolution." - CBSNews.com 12/19/2004
So 'real scientists' aren't skeptical of Darwin's theory? How about this from "The Silence of Christmas and the Scream of the Tsunami: Soul Speak in a Suicidal Culture." Rev. Ravi Zachiarias notes that"..a rude awakening has come to us as an earthquake of gigantic proportions rocked continents the day after Christmas {2005 tsutsani-Ed.}, and tens of thousands of people were swept into the sea..It is a self-defeating question for the scientific naturalist to ask why this happened because very few animals were lost in the tragedy. They intuitively sensed the danger that approached and fled long before the water could reach the shores."
"What happens to scientific naturalism's theory of evolution here, when creatures on the lower evolutionary scale were smarter than those higher up the scale?...As a matter of fact, I even heard one person say that this is nature's way of balancing the numbers in a crowded world. Naturalism breaks under the weight of its own argument."
Evolution is merely a religion, its proponents worship the evolutionary god of time, chance and matter. Clarrence Darrow (1925 Scopes trial) stated "The idea that we should only teach one theory of Origins is the height of bigotry." The public should be aware that evolution is the only state sanctioned, court protected scientific theory in the history of the United States, forcibly taught in the nation's public education system, sponsored and approved by the federal courts. See Epperson v. Arkansas, 1968.
Evolution is a profound testimony to the hypocrisy of postmodern science.


If you love using Skype to communicate, you'll love that you can use your Alexa-enabled device to do it. Once you pair Alexa with Skype, Alexa will be able to use it to get hands-free access your Skype contacts and make voice or video calls, depending on what type of device you have.
The person you're calling through Skype doesn't have to have an Alexa-enabled device.
There are essentially three steps to make this process work. First, make sure you have a Skype account and you know your login credentials. Next, grant Alexa access to your Skype account. Finally, tell Alexa to make calls using Skype.
When you associate your Skype account with Alexa, you get 100 free minutes of Skype calls per month for two months.
Have your Skype credentials ready.
Skype is owned by Microsoft, so your credentials may be associated with a Microsoft account.
Make sure you're using the latest version.
In the upper-left corner, tap the hamburger (menu) icon.
From the menu, select Settings.
Scroll down and, under Alexa Preferences, select Communications.
Under Accounts, select Skype and, on the next screen, tap Sign In.
After you complete the sign-in process, tap Done.
You can use the same menu path later to unlink Alexa from Skype if you want.
The next screen will show you commands you can use with Alexa.
You can also receive calls via Skype. When you do, you'll hear the familiar Skype ringtone and notification of who is calling. With Alexa-enabled devices that have screens (such as Echo Show) you'll also see the person calling on the screen if they have video enabled. Say "Alexa, answer" to answer the call; then you'll be talking on Skype as you normally would.
What Are the Pros and Cons of a Skype Subscription Account?
How Does Alexa Control Lights?


We will be having a fellowship lunch in homes on 30 July. This is a great way to fellowship with a small group of people from our congregation in someone 's home.
Everyone who would like to be a part of this fellowship lunch will be placed in a group that will be assigned to a host home. The host of each group will let each family allocated to their group know how they can contribute to the lunch – ie; bring a main meal or desert to share.


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Q: optim function argument missing This is my code. The kum.loglik function returns negative loglikelihood and takes two arguments a and b. I need to find a and b that minimize this function using optim function. (n1,n2,n3 is pre-specified and passed to optim function.
kum.loglik = function(a, b, n1, n2, n3) {
  loglik = n1*log(b*beta(1+2/a,b)) + n2 * log(b*beta(1+2/a,b)-2*b*beta(1+1/a,b)+1) +
    n3 * log(b*beta(1+1/a,b)-b*beta(1+2/a,b))
  return(-loglik)
}
optim(par=c(1,1), kum.loglik, method="L-BFGS-B",
      n1=n1, n2=n2, n3=n3,
      control=list(ndeps=c(5e-4,5e-4)))

This code should work well but it gives error message
Error in b * beta(1 + 2/a, b) : 'b' is missing

What is wrong in this code?

A: The problem is (straight from the optim help):
fn: A function to be minimized (or maximized), with first
argument the vector of parameters over which minimization is
to take place.

Your kum.loglik function needs to take a vector v which you pull the parameters out of, e.g.:
kum.loglik=function(v) { a = v[1]; b = v[2]; ...}

A: I always use the following, it gives you the best results
p0 <- c(a,b) #example vector of starting values
m <- optim(p0, loglik, method="BFGS", control=list(fnscale=-1, trace=10),
hessian=TRUE, x=data.frame)
#for table of results
rbind(m$par, sqrt(diag(solve(-m$hessian))))

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In my state, if a storage facility violates a provision in our lien law, there is nobody there to enforce it. A few months ago I contacted our state's self storage association to inquire about this and they informed me that there is no government agency responsible for enforcement. I was told that my only recourse was to file a complaint with the state's attorney general's office or file a lawsuit. I contacted the attorney general's office and they didn't even bother investigating.
A storage facility's only incentive for honesty is the threat of a lawsuit from the delinquent tenant. But let's face it, storage facilities can afford legal challenges and people who can't even afford to pay for their storage aren't going to be able to afford an attorney, so the risk is minimal.
Re: What's the point of having lien laws if they aren't enforced?
That's why there's always shennanigans being played with these units at some facilities. Typically, the corporate chains will play by the rules, because their name in the press for breaking lien laws is much more harmful than the lawsuit settlement. For the privately owned facilities, there really is no punishment for breaking the law. The court of public opinion only lies in their hometown.. and soon enough, people will forget.
It's the same point as having a U.S. Constitution when the Commander-in-Chief doesn't follow it.
I'm sure anyone who is going to read this has read the book thread I started. I also commented on how my last locker purchase was an odd combo of items, from boxes of books to store displays. Since I've been going through my books and researching them, it has become obvious the locker was set up. The storage place in question was tied to another business, Gullys Garden Center, run by an old couple. Well the boxes of books had to have been theirs, because I've been finding their mail being used as bookmarks in a few cases. Some mail marked from as old as the 90's.
Now this wasnt a bad locker, I stand to make a grand at least off $200. But it still leaves a bad taste in your mouth, and unlike most people who may feel their locker has been set up, I actually have proof in the form of the owners mail! This most likely isn't so different than what Travis has been doing on VSA, but you still hate to think your just buying the owners old stuff! These old swindlers need to be called on their indiscretions and I'm going to explore the right avenues to do that.
This most likely isn't so different than what Travis has been doing on VSA, but you still hate to think your just buying the owners old stuff! These old swindlers need to be called on their indiscretions and I'm going to explore the right avenues to do that.
When it comes down to getting justice on something like this there's not much that will be done by any agency. This is at the worst a white-collar crime (though a dirty white collar) without too much loss (if any) on the part of the person who got stung.
District attorneys aren't going to explore something so small....even if was an on-going enterprise by a facility it would be difficult to prove multiple instances....many buyers wouldn't even know they got hit by a setup.
Several years ago a buyer bought a beautiful looking locker for $4,000. Turned out the new, brand-name cardboard tool boxes were ALL empty! He screamed enough that the got the $4k back and the facility got a bad rep which is only now coming back around due to new management.
But getting any government agency involved...IMO...it isn't going to happen with any ease or regularity....there are bigger fish to fry...violent crime, drugs, etc which will take priority. A car repair shop which is defrauding customers would be much easier to catch as an example.
I agree with pretty much everything you said Movieman, and wouldn't bother involving the police or DA or anything of the sort. My plan is to confront the owner directly with his small stack of mail and ask why it was scattered through out the books of my locker purchase.


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def whyrun_supported?
  true
end

action :add do
  unless ::File.exists?("/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/#{new_resource.key}")
    Chef::Log.info "Adding #{new_resource.key} GPG key to /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/"

    if node['platform_version'].to_i <= 5
      package 'gnupg'
    elsif node['platform_version'].to_i >= 6
      package 'gnupg2'
    end

    execute "import-rpm-gpg-key-#{new_resource.key}" do
      command "rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/#{new_resource.key}"
      action :nothing
      not_if <<-EOH
    function packagenames_for_keyfile() {
      local filename="$1"
      gpg \
        --with-fingerprint \
        --with-colons \
        --fixed-list-mode \
        "$filename" \
      | gawk -F: '/^pub/ { print tolower(sprintf("gpg-pubkey-%s-%x\\n", substr($5, length($5)-8+1), $6)) }'
    }

    for pkgname in $(packagenames_for_keyfile "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/#{new_resource.key}"); do
      if [[ $pkgname ]] && ! rpm -q $pkgname ; then
        exit 1;
      fi;
    done

    exit 0
    EOH
    end

    # download the file if necessary
    unless new_resource.url.nil?
      remote_file "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/#{new_resource.key}" do
        source new_resource.url
        mode '0644'
        notifies :run, "execute[import-rpm-gpg-key-#{new_resource.key}]", :immediately
      end
    end

  end
end

action :remove do
  if ::File.exists?("/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/#{new_resource.key}")
    Chef::Log.info "Removing #{new_resource.key} key from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/"
    file "/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/#{new_resource.key}" do
      action :delete
    end
    new_resource.updated_by_last_action(true)
  end
end

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Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Croatia Kamil Khasiyev has met with Mr. Tomislav Panenić, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Croatia.
Embassy of Azerbaijan to Zagreb informed that during the meeting the sides discussed topical issues of bilateral economic relations in a wide range of cooperation, as well as prospects for the development of relations in such areas as energy and gas industry.
The mutual interest in expanding economic ties with the activation of relations between the business circles of the two countries was also stressed during the meeting.


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Breaking Down Chemical Weapons, One Fact At A Time
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov announce a plan to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons arsenal from Geneva on Saturday.
Saturday, the U.S. and Russia announced an agreement on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. The country has a week to detail its chemical arsenal and has until the middle of 2014 to destroy its stockpile. The State Department has published a framework for the plan.
Amy Smithson, a senior fellow at the Monterey Institute's James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, gets back to the basics of chemical weapons — what they are, where they came from — with NPR's Jacki Lyden.
The Origin Of Syria's Chemical Weapons Capabilities
"Initially, the Syrian chemical weapons program was very dependent on outside expertise and materials coming in from the outside," Smithson says.
In the 1990s Syria appears to have received assistance from Iran and Russia in the form of the "precursor chemicals" (ingredients for the weapons) as well as technical support, she says, "and North Korea also came into the equation then with assistance on delivery systems."
"But quite some time ago, the program appears to have transitioned to one where Syria has the domestic capacity to do all this," Smithson says. "In other words, they have production facilities, apparently, for them that are capable of making chemical warfare agents."
What Counts As A Chemical Weapon?
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, or OPCW, defines chemical weapons as "any toxic chemical or its precursor that can cause death, injury, temporary incapacitation or sensory irritation through its chemical action."
The delivery devices for the chemicals, filled or unfilled, "are also considered chemical weapons themselves."
Smithson says there are two basic forms of chemical weapons: unitary and binary. Those classified as unitary are already mixed before being loaded into munitions.
With binary weapons, the last two precursor chemicals can be mixed at the last minute and then loaded into the munition. Or those chemicals can be stored separately inside of the munition, and on the way to the target, the membrane between the chemicals bursts, creating a deadly mixture.
In terms of making the weapons, Smithson refers to the saying, "A bozo can make it in a beaker."
"To make the chemical warfare agents, a chemist with fairly rudimentary experience is probably going to be able to synthesize a small quantity of these agents," she says. "But to scale up to large quantities, the types of things that militaries often have to have in order to use them on the battlefield, that's a whole other ballgame."
The Daily Beast published an article in August, a few days after the chemical attack in Syria, breaking down the types of chemical weapons that have been used historically.
How To Inspect, Destroy Chemical Weapons
When inspectors are sent into a country, they inspect production facilities and storage sites to first take inventory, Smithson says.
"So they're literally going to be in the field counting munitions and closing down production facilities. Out of that, there will be a determination made about what destruction processes would be best for this particular arsenal," she says.
One of their most important jobs, Smithson says, is watching the weapons being destroyed.
"They also go to commercial facilities that produce significant quantities of the chemicals that can feed into a chemical weapons program, but under legitimate circumstances are in the products that we make use of in our homes and lives every day," she says. (The OPCW goes into more detail about the issue of balancing these possible uses with their potential to harm.)
Libya's Moammar Gadhafi agreed to give up the country's chemical weapons in 2003, a process with lessons for future weapons dismantling.
Former U.N. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer discusses the challenges specific to Syria with Scott Simon, host of Weekend Edition Saturday.
How U.S. Position Has Evolved On Chemical Weapons
Modern chemical warfare is traced back to World War I. The Geneva Protocol, prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in war, was signed in 1925. But the U.S. didn't ratify it until 1975.
"And when it did, it reserved the right to retaliate in kind if chemical weapons were used against U.S. forces. That's largely because this was Cold War-era, and the Soviet Union had a large chemical weapons program," Smithson says.
The U.S. position changed again in 1991, when President George H.W. Bush publicly renounced the right to retaliate in kind.
The international Chemical Weapons Convention was adopted in 1992.


Radiosity in 3D scenes is usually computed using a discretization of the surfaces into patches. A discretization into voxels is possible, coupled with the use of discrete geometry. An algorithm for radiosity solving with voxels is introduced, lowering the theoretical complexity to an O(N log N) + O(N), where the O(N) is largely dominant in practice, so that the apparent complexity is linear for time and space, with respect to the number of voxels in the scene. The method also fits in RAM and does not need disk storage. Instead of 3D discrete line traversal, a new algorithm is described to perform visibility computation. The voxel-based radiosity equation assumes the ideal diffuse case and uses solid angles similarly to the hemicube.


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December 22, 2013 May 20, 2016 Peter Cox1 Comment on Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
The news team prepare for action!
There was a time, a time before Anchorman… But really, who wants to remember that time? Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's first movie about news-reading anarchy has enjoyed the kind of ripple-effect longevity that comedy filmmakers dream of. So it's easy to forget that, on release, the first Anchorman was not considered a success; the reviews were middling and this was reflected in its audience share… But then something started happening…
Word of mouth. Anchorman's quick-fire ad-libbed nonsense was so silly – and so quotable – that the film found a devoted audience, and that audience just kept growing. The internet played a big part in this. There are entire websites devoted to t-shirts that reference lines from the movie. And while McKay and Ferrell have gone on to bigger (but not really better) things, the prospect of a sequel never quite disappeared. Now, here it is.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has an unenviable task; following up one of the most beloved comedies of the last decade. I must admit that I wasn't there right away with the first movie, but I was one of the people caught up in its wake and now I'm a devotee as much as any other. I was nervous about this project. Was it necessary? Could it ever be as good?
Things start off tentatively. Like most sequels, Anchorman 2 has some busywork to do before it can set sail. It's now the 80's, Ron and Veronica (Christina Applegate) have moved to New York, where their husband-and-wife news team has been a success, but when Veronica is promoted and Ron isn't, he (inevitably) causes a scene and leaves. Working at Seaworld doesn't cut it, but an alluring offer at a burgeoning 24-hour news network inspires Ron to get the ol' team back together for one last hurrah.
McKay and Ferrell are right to get this done as quickly as possible. The early scenes don't quite hit with the instant buffoonery that we're accustomed to, and it almost seems as though Anchorman 2 might try to play out as – gasp! – a proper film, instead of the compendium of carnage we've been waiting for. Yet the stage must be set, and once Champ (David Koechner), Brian (Paul Rudd) and Brick (Steve Carell) are reunited, that ol' magic isn't far behind them.
That Anchorman 2 plays on some of the big laughs already established is to be expected. So there's jazz flute and Brian's cupboard of erotic aids, Ron's hazardous dependency on the autocue and, of course, Brick getting overwhelmed by, well, everything. And yet when these greatest hits are dusted off here they don't feel like crutches. More like fond returns. The nine-year gap between movies might've helped here – Anchorman 2 gets away with recycling a lot simply by nostalgia.
And yet, importantly, virtually all of it works. I'm pleased to report that the hit rate on gags here is more or less equal with Anchorman. When it comes to the comedy McKay hasn't strayed far from the original formula – get these guys in a room, shoot them saying and doing ridiculous things, cut your movie together from whatever works best. I've no doubt there was enough footage for at least two completely different films. But it's not all variations on familiar ground. Along the way they pleasingly try to expand their repertoire; a sequence at a lighthouse involving a shark is simply joyful lunacy, while Kristen Wiig's inclusion as Brick's equally hampered love interest allows for some endearing moments.
Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that, out of nowhere, Anchorman 2 suddenly has a point to make. A significant plot thread sees Ferrell and co delving into some rather pointed satire as their new boss – a thinly veiled Rupert Murdoch-type – pressures them to cut a story because it embarrasses a corporate partner. This (together with some less-than-subtle barbs at the dumbing-down of broadcast journalism) threatens to turn Anchorman 2 into an issues movie. Initially it feels a little odd – are they really doing this? – but as the film bloats (and it does), it soon seems there is ample room for a little social commentary.
Less successful is a return to Ron's awkwardness with social change. His new boss is not only a woman (shock!) but she's black (double shock!). Anchorman 2 just about gets away with what follows because it so thoroughly reminds the audience what an idiot Burgundy is, but it strays awfully, awfully close to derailing, particularly at a family dinner sequence which would've been best left on the cutting room floor.
Speaking of editing, the film overall feels a little too big. The unwritten rule-of-thumb is that 90 minutes is about right for a comedy movie. Anchorman 2 goes for the full two hours, and it occasionally feels heavy with material. However, the final act redeems these moments by brazenly upscaling the nonsense. There's a trump card; the news team battle. What follows is, quite simply, mayhem.
So it's a little bigger than it maybe needs to be, and there are a few longer gaps between the belly laughs because it's actually trying to say something… but Anchorman 2 largely nails it. Try to divorce yourself from comparing it to the first movie. They're different versions of the same thing, which is a remarkably successful and repeatedly funny piece of entertainment. A genuine hit comedy is incredibly rare and incredibly hard to pull off. As difficult as the genuinely scary horror film. These guys continue to make it look easy. Against all odds, the legend has continued.
By the hymen of Olivia Newton John, we just might have another classic on our hands. And even if not, this is by some distance the best film with Will Smith in it. Whammy.
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Wounded toll at 25,000 a month in Syria, medicines lacking, cholera feared: WHO
Image: A man with his clothes stained with blood walks at a site hit by what activists said was an airstrike by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Kafruma village in the southern province of Idlib, Syria September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) – About 25,000 people are wounded each month in escalating warfare in Syria and it getting harder to deliver medical supplies for civilians trapped in areas held by Islamic State insurgents, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
It said typhoid and diarrhea are on the rise due to the lack of clean water and with winter setting in, more acute respiratory infections are expected especially among children and the elderly. On top of that, there were concerns that deadly cholera could spread into Syria from Iraq.
About 250,000 Syrians have been killed in 4 1/2 years of civil war with 11.5 million driven from their homes. Violence has worsened since Russia intervened on the government's side on Sept. 30, launching heavy air strikes on rebel-held territory.
"The main concern is of course communicable diseases, but also trauma cases. We have more than 25,000 newly injured per month in Syria and the system is overburdened," Elizabeth Hoff, WHO representative in Syria, told a news briefing in Geneva.
"This conflict is happening in densely populated areas, that's why have you have so high a number of injured compared to many other wars."
Between the first and second quarters of 2015, there was a 30 percent rise in patients seeking treatment in Latakia hospital's emergency department, Hoff said, referring to a government-held coastal region where many displaced have fled.
The Syrian government has restricted delivery of surgical supplies to opposition-held areas, she said. "We have compensated by supplying surgical supplies cross-border from Jordan and also from Turkey, and many international NGOs are stepping up to this task but it is certainly not enough."
At least 60 percent of Syria's 113 public hospitals and 50 percent of the 1,783 primary health care centers have closed or been partially destroyed in the conflict since March 2011, according to the WHO's latest update.
Many hospitals lack generators or even blankets, Hoff said.
Vaccination coverage has dropped to only 60 percent among Syrian children under five, leaving them vulnerable to disease.
"What we are trying to advocate is a truce so we can go in and have proper vaccination across Syria," Hoff said.
The WHO has no contact with Islamic State forces controlling territory where an estimated 1.7 million Syrians live but has managed to deliver small amounts of medical supplies to a network of doctors there, she said.
There has been no confirmed case of cholera in Syria, but an epidemic in neighboring Iraq has infected 2,671 people since September and spread to Kuwait and Bahrain, according to WHO.
"Cholera is a high risk (in Syria), particularly after the outbreak that we have seen in Iraq … We are facing this by deploying rapid diagnostic tests into many of the areas but access is not easy," Hoff said.
Areas in Syria most vulnerable to a spread of cholera were primarily in the north and northeast including Deir al-Zor, al Hassakah, Raqqa, Aleppo and Idlib.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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The controversy born out of the proposed decision to change the name of Doon University to Maharishi Valmiki University has turned into a war of words between the supporters of the government decision and the students of the university who are protesting against it for last 10 days.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has stressed on collective efforts from followers of every religion towards taking the state on the path of development and prosperity.
On the fourth day of the ongoing annual function of Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Vice-Chancellor Prof Mahavir Aggarwal said, the youth needs to take the mantle of preserving and conserving the rich ancient heritage and culture.
While there is a scramble for ticket among BJP leaders for the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand, Congress leaders do not seem very enthusiastic about contesting the elections this time. The BJP leaders are vying with each other for the ticket as they sense victory due to a number of factors, including anti-incumbency, inflation and the popularity of party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Radha Raturi on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Chief Minister Harish Rawat on a complaint lodged by BJP senior leader Prakash Pant on behalf of the Uttarakhand BJP for the violation of model code conduct by using the Bijapur guest house.
Far from improving efficiency, the restructuring of the Uttarakhand Secretariat where-in promotions and 22 new sections were created has only added to the woes of the Secretariat staff and imposed financial burden on the government.
Residents of Thapaliakhera forest village under Sailanigoth gram panchayat in Tanakpur subdivision of Champawat district are hopeful that at least a few candidates would visit their village before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
A Dehradun-based NGO, Society of Pollution and Environmental Conservation Scientists (Specs), has expressed concern over useless burning of wood in the name of festival of Holi, terming it as a waste of wood wealth, which could have been used for some useful purpose instead.
Chief Minister Harish Rawat has revealed his agenda of governance saying the re-construction of the natural disaster-ravaged Uttarakhand was a big challenge for the government. He said his government planned to develop the state with the help of technology and stop migration from villages by improving agriculture avenues.
The Uttarakhand unit of the BJP has taken exception to Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar's announcement that the government will financially support senior citizens on their pilgrimage to Char Dhams and Piran Kaliyar.
In a major decision, Nainital High Court has questioned the very appointment of incumbent Chief Wildlife Warden (CWW) asserting that proper procedures towards creation of CWW's post were never followed in the state and thus directed for a fresh appointment.
Environmentalist, mountaineer and academician Harshvanti Bisht has bagged the coveted Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal for her contribution to environment and community work in the Gangotri region of the Garhwal Himalayas.
In view of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, political leaders from various parties have started visiting Kapkot villages in Bageshwar district after a gap of five years.
The Congress started its three-day statewide Jansampark padyatra from Haridwar today.
Dehradun Institute of Technology (DIT) University celebrated its first foundation day at the university campus, here today. Formerly known as Dehradun Institute of Technology, established in 1998 received the status of a university on March 12, 2013.
Manu Kochhar and Prashant V Mahadik have been elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Uttarakhand State Council for 2014-15.
A team of the Department of Food Safety today launched a food sample collection drive in the city.
Members from the Uttarakhand chapter of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) have submitted a memorandum to the state chief election officer regarding a five-point demand raised by them in wake of the forthcoming general elections in the state.
The municipal council of Mussoorie, sensing fraud, has cancelled the permission given to telecom operator for digging road for laying OFC cables on Mall Road in Mussoorie today.
The 92nd Founder Day's and reunion meet began at Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) here today. Distinguished alumni of the RIMC have started arriving at their alma mater.
An 80-year-old woman was shot at by unidentified assailants outside her house at Mehboob Colony, Brahamawala, in the Patel Nagar police station area last evening.
The Polykids organised the annual sports day here yesterday. In a play group race, Rabhya stood first, Kriti second and Avani third.
Chain-snatching incidents continue unabated in the city. A woman was robbed of her gold chain in the Prem Nagar area today.
A 21-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her house in the Raipur police station here this afternoon.
Meanwhile, the chairman of State Safai Karamchari Commision, Bhagwat Prasad Makwana, has written a letter to the governor and chief minister, claiming that the widespread opposition against the government's decision to change university's name in the name of Maharishi Valmiki is inappropriate and certain sections of society are misleading the university students on the issue.
He has mentioned in his letter addressed to both governor and chief minister that there are a number of educational institutions in the country, which are in the names of distinguished persons such as Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Swami Vivekanand, BR Ambedkar and Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna. So, why is there so much opposition against the name of Maharishi Valmiki, who wrote a great epic like Ramayana, he wrote in his letter. He also demanded that the government should not succumb to any pressure and the decision to change the name of the university must be followed.
On the other hand, the students are still boycotting the classes and are saying that they will not attend them till Cabinet rolls back the decision.
"The allegation being put on the students of being discriminatory is not right and we honour Maharishi Valmiki and we are aware the he was a great Hindu saint and represents the great Indian culture. Our point of view is that the identity of the university should not be changed and changing the name of the university will not benefit the community," said one of the protesting students.
The CM expressed this opinion while talking to a delegation of minorities that met him today and included religious scholars and gurus from Muslim, Sikh, Christian, Jain and Buddhist communities. Chief Minister Harish Rawat said a feeling of camaraderie between followers of various religions was very necessary to take the state and nation forward.
He also said that Uttarakhand had always given a message of communal amity and asserted the minority community members were actively contributing in relief and rehabilitation works in Uttarakhand in the aftermath of last year's rain disaster in the state.
Deoband Darul Ulom's Mufti Habibur Rehman appreciated Uttarakhand Chief Minister's efforts towards ensuring communal harmony in the state. He lauded Harish Rawat's secular credentials. Jain religious guru Alok Muni, Singh Sabha president Rajendra Singh Rajan and Sewa Singh, Father SK Singh from St James Church, Buddhist Tibetan community's Khempo Rangdale were prominent among those, who were part of the delegation.
Syed Mohammad Kasim, who coordinated the event thanked the chief minister for his continuous concern towards minority welfare issues in the state. He assured all support from minorities in the rebuilding efforts in the disaster-torn Uttarakhand.
After the Saraswati Vandana, the intellectual round commenced, where various events were held such as Sanskrit-based quiz, elocution, Sanskrit verses recitation and chorus.
More than six Sanskrit educational colleges are participating in these events, the result of which would be announced on March 13, the concluding day of the six day annual function.
V-C Aggarwal said while Mackaulay led western education-based educational institutes are lagging behind in imparting moral, culture, value-based education, Sanskrit language-based schools and colleges that are still carrying forward the Vedic education mode, keeping alive the Indian culture.
Sanskrit literati Dr Veena Shastri, member of the management committee Sati Kund, Mahila Maha Vidyalya, Kankhal, said, "Sanskrit language needs to be popularised, as it's the mother of all language and flag bearer of Indian civilization." Dr Veena said only in Sanskrit there is both science and ayurveda, which have been aptly depicted in the verses written by Kali Das.
Host Shri Bhagwan Das Adarsh Sanskrit Maha Vidyalya principal Dr Bhola Jha said the youth has a pivotal role to play in conserving Sanskrit language and mooted for Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi's suggestion of providing free Sanskrit language classes by Sanskrit educational institutions, for taking the ancient language to the masses.
Three former Chief Ministers BC Khanduri, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Bhagat Singh Koshiyari are serious contenders for the party ticket from the Pauri Garhwal, Haridwar and Nainital Lok Sabha seats, respectively. The fight for the ticket is so intense that it has led to a near rebellion by two senior party leaders, who are reportedly not being considered for the elections. Though the central party leadership is yet to announce the names of the candidates from the five seats, Bacchi Singh Rawat, a former Union minister and senior leader, has resigned from party posts after his name was not included in the list of probable candidates from the Nainital seat sent by the Uttarakhand BJP to the central parliamentary board.
Munna Singh Chauhan, another senior party leader, was a contender for the ticket from Tehri Garhwal. He had publicly criticized sitting BJP parliamentarian Mala Raj Luxmi Shah. Hectic lobbying is also on for the ticket from the Almora (reserved) Lok Sabha seat. Ajya Tamta, who suffered defeat in the 2009 parliamentary elections, Rekha Arya and Chanar Ram are trying for the party ticket from Almora.
On the other hand, though the Congress has four sitting MPs, enthusiasm for the party ticket among the leaders is missing. The party is in a dilemma to choose the candidates for the Haridwar and Tehri Garhwal seats. Harish Rawat was elected from the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat in 2009. He became Chief Minister recently but the party was yet to decide the candidate for the elections from the constituency. Harish Rawat's daughter Anupama Rawat has been nursing the Haridwar parliamentary constituency for the past several years. It would be interesting to see whether he prefers his daughter or asks for ticket for his wife Renuka Rawat from Haridwar.
Similarly, former Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna and his son Saket Bahuguna are unclear about who would fight from the Tehri Garhwal. Vijay Bahuguna had won the Tehri seat in the 2007 byelection following the death of Maharaja Manvendra Shah. He again won the seat in the 2009 General Elections. However, after his elevation as Chief Minister in 2012, the Congress gave the ticket to his son Saket Bahuguna to fight the Tehri byelection but he lost to Mala Raj Luxmi Shah, daughter-in law of Manvendra Shah.
Vijay Bahuguna during his tenure as Chief Minister nursed the Tehri Garhwal parliamentary constituency very well and Saket had been preparing for the Lok Sabha poll since long. However, as a tough electoral battle is expected, it is unclear whether Vijay Bahuguna would contest the elections or ask for the ticket for Saket. Congress sources say Vijay Bahuguna will be in a better position to give a fight to the sitting MP than his son. Meanwhile, Vijay Bahuguna had announced that he would not contest the elections.
According to the sources, even sitting Nainital parliamentarian KC Singh Baba is not very keen to contest the elections this time. A sitting MP from Nainital since 2004, KC Singh Baba is reportedly reluctant to contest the forthcoming elections. Satpal Maharaj, MP from Pauri Garhwal, will also face a tough fight from a formidable challenger, BC Khanduri of the BJP.
In the notice addressed to the Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, the CEO has said that according to the model code of conduct, the Bijapur guest house cannot be used for more than 48 hours by an individual. She has demanded explanation on the issue.
The District Magistrate and district election officer of Dehradun BVRC Purushottam has ordered for the deposit of all the licensed arms with the district administration till the general elections get over. He also said that the sale and purchase of the arms in the district would not be allowed in between to ensure peaceful elections in the district.
It is to be noted that guards with banks having arms will be exempted from depositing the arms. Meanwhile, the arms of the license holders will be given back to them once the counting of the votes will be over.
While the restructuring has led to the addition of 22 new sections and promotion of 151 secretariat staff, it has not translated into improved and efficient functioning. Out of the 22 new sections, four continue to be without staff.
Further without the designated offices, the staff is yet to begin functioning fully. Most of the time they are either working from borrowed space or are forced to miss on important work.
A total of 151 promotions were also affected at the level of section officers (72), under secretary (49), deputy secretary (21), joint secretary (8) and additional secretary (1). These additional posts were created for 22 sections, out of which four continue to be vacant. These include disaster management, forest and environment, home, industrial development sections. There are a total of 128 sections in the Secretariat.
In keeping with the creation of the new departments such the Right to Information ( RTI), Right to Service and Samadhan (Suraj and eradication of corruption), the creation of new sections at the Secretariat was long overdue. So, in right earnest, 22 new departments were created and the restructuring of the secretariat staff structure was also carried, after it was approved by the erstwhile Vijay Bahuguna government.
The restructuring was to take load off the excessively burdened sections comprising irrigation, urban development, culture and tourism, transportation, environment and forest, rural development, panchayati raj, agriculture, social welfare, disaster management and rehabilitation, home, education, medical education, law, technical education, industrial development, finance and secretariat (administration).
While lack of designated space continues to be a major concern, the creation of additional posts to run the new sections which are expected to be around 215 at the level of review officers, 29 at the level of clerical staff, 19 at the level of personal secretaries and nine at the level of additional secretaries are expected to add to the non-Plan expenditure of the state. According to one estimate, the government would be spending around Rs 5 crore per person per month.
The villagers claim not a single MP visited the area in the last 53 years, since they settled in this forest land in 1960. "We are expecting some local leaders to visit this time," said Mohan Singh, a senior citizen from the village.
According to the villagers, being a forest village, they are bereft of any civic facilities provided by the government. "After great efforts, we got voting rights in 1999 and have regularly cast our votes thereafter. Due to lack of proper routes to Tanakpur market, we are bound to cross into Nepal to enter into our village," said Mohan Singh.
The villagers said over 150 voters demanded revenue status for the village, before casting their vote in favour of any candidate.
"For us, the ideology of a political party does not count. What counts is its commitment to get us revenue village status so that we can get all facilities being given under several developmental programmes of the central and state governments," said another villager.
The villagers have also demanded a polling booth in their village for the coming Lok Sabha elections as they have to travel up to 8 kilometres to exercise their right.
"We also want construction of a road from the village to the main market as we are surrounded by Nepali territory from the north and the eastern side and by the Sharda river on the southern side. The western side that connects the village with the mainland, remains waterlogged during monsoon that cuts off the village from civilization for four months," said the villagers.
Addressing a press conference in Dehradun today, Brij Mohan Sharma, Secretary, Society of Pollution & Environmental Conservation, revealed that as per their survey in Dehradun, around 529 holikas are set to be lit in the name of Holi. ''It will waste around 500 to 1000 kg of wood per holika. Thus a total of 3,96,750 kg of wood will be burnt, which means Rs 19, 80,750 will be wasted in the name of the tradition,'' Sharma, said adding that this wood could be used for some other useful purpose.
''An average village family in Uttarakhand uses around 4 kg wood per day to make their food. It means 15,493 families can make food with the fuel which is wasted in a few hours,'' Sharma pointed out.
Similarly, he said on an average a family member uses approximately 4 buckets of water after Holi for bathing, washing floors and washing clothes. It means around 100 litres water will be consumed. ''If 70 per cent residents will play Holi, then around 40,61,1750 litres of potable water with harmful colors will drain and pollute the eco system,'' he said.
Like previous years, Specs this year too collected 100 samples of various Holi colours from Dhamawala, Paltan Bazaar,Hanuman Chowk,Moti Bazaar, Karanpur,Dakra , Kanwali Road and other market areas of Dehradun.
''Tests in our laboratory show that there are a lot of harmful metals in these colours, which include mercury sulphite in red colour , copper sulphate in green colour, chromium Iodide in purple colour, aluminium bromide in silver colour, lead oxide in black colour,'' he said. ''These colours are toxic and can cause skin cancer, eye allergy, temporary blindness, bronchial asthma and allergies,'' he added.
Specs also collected 25 samples of mava in which 18 samples were found adulterated with harmful substances. Out of 18 adulterated samples 7 were totally synthetic which contain chemicals like urea, detergent, arrarot powder and refined oil. Specs this year also checked the so-called natural organic colours available in the market and astonishingly found that 52 per cent of these colours are adulterated.
The Chief Minister said this while addressing large gatherings during the Holi Milan programmes at Lohaghat and Danya yesterday. He admitted that poverty was on the rise in the state after it was carved out of Uttar Pradesh. "We have decided to start Chakbandi by establishing demonstration units at every block in the state. The number of units will be increased if the experiment is successful," he said at a meeting at Lohaghat town in Champawat district last evening.
Harish Rawat emphasized on opening the Char Dham route before the yatra begins this year. He said his government had a vision to promote cultural tourism on priority. "We are trying especially to clear the Char Dham yatra route," he said.
The Chief Minister, while addressing Congress workers at Danya in the Jageshwar Assembly segment of Almora district, said he was worried that villagers were leaving their traditional villages as agriculture had become uneconomical. "We have decided to promote traditional agriculture in hill villages and equip the villagers with the modern technology so that they could get better returns," he said.
The Chief Minister added his government had decided to invest Rs 100 crore in the name of freedom fighter Munshi Hari Ram Tamta to promote traditional crafts in the state.
Former Speaker and senior BJP leader Prakash Pant, along with other leaders, met Chief Electoral Officer Radha Raturi yesterday and urged her to restrain bureaucrats from making such announcements when the model code of conduct is in place. "The government is using bureaucrats to make such announcements, which is against the poll code," alleged Pant.
During the meeting, the BJP leaders also sought clarification on the issue of tender allotment and the minimum amount of cash that could be carried in private vehicles.
Later, while talking to mediapersons after the meeting with Radha Raturi, Pant said, "According to the poll code, works under the old tenders will continue but the government will have to seek prior permission while inviting fresh tenders. Besides, vehicles carrying cash worth Rs 10 lakh will not be impounded, provided the money is not meant for the election purpose. And such vehicles will be allowed to go only after providing necessary information to the Income Tax Department," said Pant.
Further, according to the new guidelines of the Election Commission, each candidate would be allowed to spend Rs 70 lakh on his election expenditure. Earlier, the ceiling was Rs 50 lakh.
The court's ruling came on a petition filed by People For Animals, Uttarakhand member secretary Gauri Maulekhi, in Nainital High Court.
"Nainital High Court today directed for fresh appointment of the CWW after creation of the post according to due procedure," Gauri Maulekhi told The Tribune.
As per the information received under Right To Information Act in 2013, it was revealed that the state Forest Department had no government order regarding the appointment of the CWW. "After this was revealed, the department had issued a GO appointing SS Sharma as the CWW on backdate," Maulekhi observed.
The award presentation ceremony will be held at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) headquarters in Kathmandu on March 17.
Harshvanti, an accomplished mountaineer, along with Rekha Sharma and Chandra Prabha Aitwal were the first three women to summit the main peak of Nanda Devi (7,816 m) in 1981. She was also a member of the Indian expedition to Mt. Everest in 1984. However, the Hillary medal is awarded for philanthropic achievements and not for mountaineering. Harshvanti is credited with undertaking the first successful bhojpatra plantation in the Indian Himalayas for eco-restoration of the Gangotri-Gaumukh region.
Harshvanti, who hails from Uttarkashi district, has been engaged in the birch (bhojpatra) plantation since 1992 in the fragile Gangotri region. She has very successfully nurtured a birch nursery at Chirbasa and planted as many as 12,500 saplings at Bhojbasa.
Significantly, she along with the Mountain Legacy is currently initiating a project to promote the establishment of a network of women mountaineering clubs at universities throughout the Himalayan region.
The coveted award is given in the memory of Sir Edmund Hillary who along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was the first to scale Mount Everest in 1953. Peter Hillary, who represents the Hillary family on the Hillary Medal Selection Committee, is the son of Sir Edmund Hillary and is himself an avid mountaineer. He climbed Mt Everest in 1990 and 2002.
The Hillary medal is a project of the Mountain Legacy, a Nepalese NGO. The Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal Selection Committee chaired by Dr Beau Beza of the Environment and Planning Programme selects the Hillary medal recipients at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University.
Harshvanti, also an Arjuna awardee, is at present a faculty member at Government Postgraduate Degree College at Doiwala in Dehradun. She expressed happiness over her selection for the coveted medal that too instituted in the memory of Sir Edmund Hillary.
However, villagers said they would boycott the elections if their problems were not solved. "With the elections nearing, politicians have started visiting the villages to garner support. They did not come once in the past five years. No leader even took stock of the situation post the natural disaster last year," said Prakash Tamta, a resident of Kharahi Patti, Bageshwar. Residents of Kharahi, Nakuri, Bohala Patties and Kanda subdivisions of the district said they were fed up with "false" assurances of politicians in the past 12 years.
Leaders had promised to sanction funds for the roads, bridges and drinking water schemes in the area. They had also assured them of recruiting doctors and other medical staff in primary health and sub-centres.
However, nothing had been done so far.
"Now after our boycott threat, politicians have started visiting the area fearing defeat. The local MP and some MLAs also recently visited the area and assured the villagers of fulfilling their demands if they were voted to power," said Mohan Singh Gasyal, a resident of Rithagar village. Congress MLA from Kapkot Lalit Farswan said several villages in the Kapkot area were being linked with roads and the budget had already been sanctioned for the same.
Chief Minister Harish Rawat and state Congress president Yashpal Arya took part in the padyatra.
In his brief address, the Chief Minster said the Congress had a history of sacrifices. "Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi laid down their lives for the unity of the nation," he added. He said the Congress would win all five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand.
Yashpal Arya said the Congress had always worked for the welfare of the Dalits, the Muslims and other deprived sections of society.
The foundation day began with the 'Havan' organised at the central lawn of the university campus in which all faculty and staff members of the university participated, followed by an inauguration ceremony and lightening of the lamp.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Krishna Kumar outlined the progress of the university and highlighted some of the achievements of the students. Sharing the vision of the university, he also presented the challenge of innovation before its community of scholars and called upon them to create and disseminate knowledge in newer, different and superior ways.
The day was filled with fervour with students from various departments showcased the best of music, dance and cultural presentations. The celebrations concluded with a certificate award and distribution ceremony for the winning participants from among the faculty and students who took part in a number of state and national level events, held last year.
At present, Kochhar is Joint MD, Unique Hotels and Restaurants Pvt Ltd (Hotel Madhuban) and Director, Madhuban Academy of Hotel Administration and Research.
He joined the family business of hotels and restaurants in Dehradun and took active interest in the expansion of Hotel Madhuban. He also launched the city's first exclusive Chinese Restaurant in 1984.
He also took up the construction of a luxury hotel in Mussoorie in 2008.
Kochhar served on the Board of Governors of the Institute of Hotel Management, Dehradun. He is involved in several cultural activities with social institutions in Dehradun.
Mahadik is Chief Manager (Haridwar complex) at ITC Limited. He is a mechanical engineer and also holds diplomas in business management and information systems management. He started his career with Godfrey Phillips India Limited and worked in various functions like production, engineering and projects. His last assignment at the GPI was handling international projects on technology transfer. After spending 26 years at the GPI, Mahadik joined ITC Limited. At present, he heads the Haridwar complex of the ITC comprising three business divisions, foods division, personal care product division and packaging and printing division.
The team, led by designate officer of the Food Safety Authority, Dehradun, Anoj Thapliyal, collected eight samples of edible oil , ghee, bread from Motherawala and Chander Nagar in view of the coming Holi festival.
The samples would be sent to the Rudrapur laboratory for analysis. "The drive will continue till Holi, so that shopkeepers could be dissuaded from selling adulterated material," said Thapliyal.
The suggestions put by the members included: provision of one vehicle per constituency for the transport of publicity material in wake of the tough geographical terrain, as per the model code of conduct a strict check on the money being spent by the leading political parties in the campaigning, a complete stop on the money and liquor distribution during the campaigning by the political parties, strict action against the anti-social elements for threatening the voters or forcing them to vote for a particular party/candidate.
Dr Marg Perrott and Dr Tajinder Singh, physiotherapists from Kilmore Physiotherapy Centre, Australia, delivered an enlightening lecture and demonstrated recent skills utilised in the examination and treatment of shoulder ailments.
The lecture was attended by the final year and postgraduates students of the department of physiotherapy. Speakers highlighted the need of evaluation of shoulder dysfunction in the light of new trends and developments in the field of physiotherapy.
Dr Maneesh Arora, head, department of physiotherapy, proposed a vote of thanks.
The telecom operator Reliance GO was given the permission to dig the Mall Road to lay down the OFC cables by digging the road by MC a few months back, but the telecom operator, misusing the permission given to it, entered into a fraudulent arrangement with two other private telecom companies and was caught laying down their cables at the same cost without seeking any prior permission from the council.
The municipal council executive officer Azhar Ali after learning about the incident has cancelled the permission and served a show-cause notice to the said company here.
The executive officer Azhar Ali, when contacted, said that Reliance GO was given permission at the cost of around Rs 63 lakh to lay down its own cables but it had entered into an arrangement with two other telecom companies illegally and was found laying the their cables on the same dug up road which was against the municipal laws, resulting in cancellation of the permission to continue the work further. An explanation has also been sought for indulging in such fraudulent act by the telecom operator, said Ali.
The residents who have been complaining about the substandard work done by the telecom operator also said that the granting of only one permission at the cost of two others to the telecom operators was uncalled for and the council should take legal course to punish the guilty. The residents also alleged that the whole matter was in the knowledge of the previous executive officer who granted the permission to the said company and turned a blind eye to the cables of other two companies being laid down here.
Meanwhile, the SDO, BSNL, Ganesh Kothari, also said that the private telecom operators while laying down their own cables had damaged BSNL cables rendering around 200 phones and broadband connections out of order. He also sought punitive action against the erring contractors of the private telecom operator here.
The MC president Manmohan Singh Mall when contacted said that he has directed the officials to conduct a thorough investigation in the matter and initiate strict action thereafter.
On the first day of the reunion meet, a special hockey match was organised between the present cadets and the old students. The present cadets won the match 4-3.
Meanwhile, the Shivaji section won the finals of the Inter-Section Boxing Competition defeating the Pratap section 26-25. The Ranjit section stood third with 25 points while the Chandragupta section got the fourth position with 13 points.
A special horse show will be held tomorrow followed by a cricket match between the old boys and the cadets.
The Doon Tusker team defeated Graphic Era University (GEU) in a match during the 62nd Dehradun District Cricket League here on Wednesday.
After losing the toss and being put into bat first, Doon Tusker showcased brilliant batting performance and made 182 runs.
Hider scored 61 runs and Harry made 51 runs for Doon Tusker.
In reply, the Graphic university team had a bad start with both openers getting out without scoring much runs.
The entire team was out at 157 runs. It lost the match by 25 runs.
The victim, Fulmizra, was alone in the house when some persons knocked the door and called her son's name. When Fulmizra went to open the door, the assailants opened fire on her. She has been admitted to Himalayan Hospital. The police said the attackers might have come to kill Fulmirza's son, Imran, who is a realtor. The exact number of the assailants is yet to be ascertained.
The police are questioning Imran if he has professional enmity with anyone or someone has threatened him before over some issue.
In a race for nursery boys, Prateek, Naman and Kavay bagged the top three positions, respectively. In the nursery girls' group, Nehal, Ahana and Shivaski were the winners.
The victim, Deepa, was on her way back home after picking her children from school when two motorcycle-borne persons came from behind and snatched her gold chain.
Naresh Rathore, in charage of the Premnagar police post, said the incident took place near the Mohanpur tea estate, which was a secluded stretch.
A case has been registered in this regard. Police have started the investigations.
The body was first noticed by her parents.
No suicide note was found in the room. The victim was a student of MCom.
The police have started investigations into the case.


Voters target small issues | City A.M.
PEOPLE are more worried about potholes in the road than violent crime, according to a new survey by O2 and Populus.
While the election was fought on macro issues – including David Cameron's "big society" campaign – voters are far more concerned with minor annoyances like uneven roads and slow internet connections.
Out of the 2,040 responses, 41 per cent said they find slow internet connections their biggest daily frustration, well ahead of the 14 per cent of people who said NHS waiting times. Around 36 per cent said unfriendly customer support was their biggest gripe compared to the 26 per cent who mentioned crime and the 18 per cent who are most worried about job cuts.
O2 says it wants to help stamp out unreliable broadband connections with its new Niggles and Narks campaign.


When it comes to home remodeling, there are a few classics that have always stood the tests of time. Like the white kitchen, which will always be around, the black and white bathroom has earned it's place in the line of classics.
Black has always been associated with sleek, sophisticated lines. In the hands of a professional, the bold contrast of black and white can make a small space appear larger, or a oversized room seem more sleek.
We are going to share some insider tips with you to allow you to get the most dramatic, yet understated look for this most important room in your home.
The bold color will "wow" guests, but you want a focal point that draws the eye and brings your room to life. The most obvious choice for a focal point is a lovely modern sink, or vessel. Modern sinks and vessels are not the sinks of yesteryear. They are beautiful and come in a wide variety of shapes, hues, and designs.
In a black and white bathroom, you want to soften the room with a few neutral pieces, You might want a neutral shower, or some candles or accessories.
Whatever you use to soften or enhance the bathroom, it is important that it has a purpose. Resist the urge to just place something because the color matches and you see a space. This give the impression that you are trying to hard. It takes away from your aesthetics.
If you are a soon-to-be newlywed and are just redecorating your new nest, make sure to have a long-term plan in place. You can go for a registry that will help you plan out your future bathroom with the right things, such as Bed Bath & Beyond bridal registry by Blueprint Registry.
When working with black and white, you should utilize some texture to make the room more comfortable. But, be careful not to go too far. A shower curtain is perfect for a spot of texture. Creative tiles, window treatments, even hand towels are great for texture. But choose one or two, not all of these options. Too much destroys the balance and harmony. At the end of the day, the room needs to feel inviting and relaxing.
Mix and match is the trend. You can easily use different pieces and with a few finishing touches pull them all together. Adding pieces of tile to the border of the vanity, Incorporate a wood vanity, or chrome handles to the cabinets. Mix and match is the easiest way to make your bathroom your own.
I know we are talking about black and white, but do not be afraid to add a splash of color. Many designers will add some gold, or red to the room. Consider painting an accent wall.
Wait until the end of your project to design your accent wall. This will give you the best idea of how much or how little you need to accent the room.
You cannot go wrong with a black and white bathroom, with lovely Euro-style cabinets. Your room will look in style and chic for years to come. There are so many options to enhance a black and white bathroom, that you can change it up with little effort and minimal expense in the future.


Andhra Pradesh, a territory of India, situated in the southeastern piece of the subcontinent. It is limited by the Indian conditions of Tamil Nadu toward the south, Karnataka toward the southwest and west, Telangana toward the northwest and north, and Odisha toward the upper east. The eastern limit is a 600-mile (970-km) coastline along the Bay of Bengal. Telangana was a district inside Andhra Pradesh for right around six decades, yet in 2014 it was cut off to shape a different state. The capital of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in Hyderabad, in west-focal Telangana.
The state draws its name from the Andhra individuals, who have possessed the region since vestige and built up their own dialect, Telugu. Andhra Pradesh appeared in its present frame in 1956 because of the interest of the Andhra for a different state. Despite the fact that it is basically farming, the state makes them mine movement and a lot of industry.
Telugu is the official dialect and is talked by most of the people. In any case, most instructed individuals will likewise have the capacity to communicate in Hindi and English.
Like most South Indians, Telugu individuals will react more promptly to English than to Hindi. The special case is Hyderabad, where Hindi and Deccani Urdu are all the more usually talked.
English is generally talked in Hyderabad and other significant urban areas. Aside from Telugu, the real dialects talked in Hyderabad are Hindi and Urdu, Tamil in the south and Kannada in the west. Least learning of Telugu will be amazingly valuable. Carnatic music – Carnatic music is born in the rich Telugu language and Kuchipudi dance – one of the world famous classical dance forms of India.
The valley is home to various tribal people, spread over a region of 36 sq. km, Araku is a flawless visitor goal with a wonderful atmosphere, rich greenery, cascades, and streams. Araku makes them intrigue spots to visit including Borra holes, Tyda, Katiki Falls, Tribal Museum and Padmapuram Botanical Gardens. Additionally, these the espresso ranches are an absolute necessity visit for the individuals who need to entertain themselves with the kinds of nature. The voyagers can see inborn people move like Dhimsa and Mayuri.
The Anantagiri Reserved Forest and Sunkarimetta Reserved Forest are a piece of the Araku Valley. A valley is likewise an ideal place for trekking and it offers a few fascinating trails. Vizag air terminal is the closest airplane terminal, which is around 107 km from Araku. It is associated through both rail and street to the city of Visakhapatnam. Normally it takes 1-2 days to visit every one of the spots in and around Araku Valley.
Srisailam is renowned for Srisailam Dam & Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple which is devoted to Lord Shiva. The temple treasures Lord Mallikarjuna in the form of a linga secure by a three-hooded cobra. This ancient temple constructed in the Dravidian style with lofty strongholds and extensive courtyards is one of the best examples of Vijayanagara structural design. However, the exact backgrounds of the temple are not known. The Kakatiyas and the Vijayanagara kings have made several donations here.
Srisailam is a seamless amalgamation of temples and attractive spots. Srisailam Dam constructed over River Krishna is one of the biggest dams in South India. The best time to visit Srisailam is from September to March while the pinnacle season is September to December and February to May. For the most part, it takes 1-2 days to visit premier places in Srisailam.
It is a religious city in Chittoor district. It is often mentioned as a synonym to Tirumala (called as Tirumala Tirupati), which is a holy temple town well-known for Sri Venkateswara Temple also recognized as Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple.
Tirupati is also famous for its carnivals and festivals. The major festival nevertheless is Tirumala temple Brahmotsavam, the Vijayanagara Festival held at Chandragiri Fort and the Rayalaseema Food and Dance Festival are some other fascinations of the temple town. The Gangamma Jatra held for a week in May is another significant festival here. It is held at the Tataiah Gunta Gangamma temple in Tirupati and is known for its uncommon ceremonies.
Renigunta is the adjacent airport (15 km Tirupati), The ideal time to visit Tirupati is from October to March through the Peak Season is April to May & September to December. Generally, it takes 1-2 days to visit foremost places in and around Tirupati.
Lepakshi is a small township which lies 14 km east of Hindupur in Anantapur region of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the significant heritage places in Andhra Pradesh prominence the heritage of Vijayanagara Empire. One of the well-known Tourist places in Andhra Pradesh and also one of the prevalent one-day trips from Bangalore.
It is the midpoint of some of the best temple architecture and paintings and comprises of three vital shrines devoted to Shiva, Vishnu, and Veerabhadra, of which Veerabhadra temple is the most significant place to visit in Lepakshi. The crafted works of Lepakshi are additionally very prominent among ladies everywhere throughout the nation. Bangalore Airport, around 100 km from Lepakshi, is all around associated via air.
The best time to visit Lepakshi is from October to March while the Peak Season is January & April to May. Temple Timings are 6 AM – 7 PM.
Also known as Manchale or Mantralaya is located in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. This is where the Vaishnava holy person Sri Guru Raghavendra took Jeeva Samadhi (tomb) and is additionally one of the popular Places to visit in Andhra. Mantralayam is located near the border of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh along the banks of River Tungabhadra, a chief stream of River Krishna. The male followers who want to perform Pooja themselves have to wear a dhoti. While male devotees paying normal visit have to remove their shirt and female devotees have to wear Sarees or other traditional clothes.
The nearest airport, 236 km from Mantralayam is Hyderabad airport.
The first name of for this hill range was 'Papidi Kondalu'. It is said that the place was visited by Lord Rama and goddess Sita during their exile Apart from enjoying the view of the hills, valley, and waterfalls, tourists can engage in activities like camping and trekking. There are numerous wonders that fall on the way like Perantallapalli, Gandipochamma Temple and Pattiseema. A few ancestral networks have made their abodes on these slopes whose fundamental occupation is agribusiness, angling and making painstaking work. There is a cascade at Munivaatam that is a prominent vacation destination.
The Rajahmundry Airport at Madhurapudi (70 km away) has constrained household administrations from Chennai, Madurai, Vijayawada, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. Rajahmundry is all around associated with other neighboring urban areas of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana by street and rail.
Vijayawada, also recognized as Bezawada, is the second biggest city in Andhra Pradesh State and also one of the top Places to explore in Andhra Pradesh. It is situated on the banks of the Krishna River to the South, Budameru River on the north and the Indrakiladri Hills on the west.
It is believed that Goddess Durga rested in this holy place after finishing a Rakshasa and ever since then the name 'Land of Victory' or Vijayawada came into existence. The Krishna Pushkaram is a popular festival here that is held once every twelve years. The other common festivals celebrated here includes Diwali, Dussehra and Makara Sankranthi. The ideal time to visit Vijayawada is from November to February although the peak season is from November to February.
The base camp of Visakhapatnam region and Naval base for the Indian Navy. Vizag is likewise one of the highest spots to investigate Andhra Pradesh.
The city is home for a few shorelines along the Bay of Bengal drift, grand slopes, valleys, and hollows.
Vizag airplane terminal is the closest air terminal, which is around 10 km from the city. Visakhapatnam is arranged on the Kolkata-Chennai primary railroad line and is associated with the urban communities.
The best time to visit Vizag is from November to February. Generally, it takes 2-3 days to visit every one of the spots in and around Vizag.
Weather is hot throughout the year with high moisture along the coast and comparatively dry in the interior areas. The monsoons in June and the return monsoons in October offer suitable rainfall for the rain-dependent agriculture in the state. The ideal time to visit is November through February when it's comparatively cooler. The hottest months here are April, May, and June.
The only place in South India which receives snowfall is Lambasingi in Visakhapatnam district is since of its location as at 1,000 m (3,300 Ft.) above the sea level. It is also named as the Kashmir of Andhra Pradesh and the temperature varies from 0 °C to 10 °C.
Like almost every other state in India, Andhra Pradesh has a rich variety of cuisines and changes widely from region to region. Telugu cuisine, The cuisine of Andhra, is based mostly on regional variation, its rich cultural heritage, and the influence of the royal recipes from the Nawabs. The cuisine of Andhra Pradesh is a mix between the eating habits of the Hindus and Muslims style of eating. Keep in mind that Andra has a reputation for fiery food and your definition of spicy may vary from the definition given by the restaurant, so tread lightly.
Andhra Pradesh is well linked to the air, rail and road network. The IT hub is effortlessly reachable and visited by a huge amount of relaxation and corporate visitors every year. A widespread and well placed out air, rail and road network connects Andhra Pradesh to other parts of the country.
Well associated to other parts of the world through the international airport at Hyderabad– the capital city. Also, Tirupati, Vishakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, and Vijaywada are the other airport in Andhra that connects the state to other parts of the country.
About 5,085 kilometers of the railways' route covering the state of Andhra Pradesh, how to reach Andhra Pradesh can certainly not be a problem.
Andhra Pradesh is extremely associated with other parts of the country through the road network. Around 4, 104 km of the National Highways network permit through the state of Andhra Pradesh.


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GOOD NUTRITION HELPS PATIENTS FIGHT DISEASE
DEBORAH S. HARTZFood EditorSUN-SENTINEL
Nutrition is one of the best weapons in the battle against disease. Besides benefits to the body, eating well also helps patients feel they have a hand in their destiny.
"I stress to my patients that nutrition is the only area where they are in control," says Janet Perez, a Miami dietitian. "The doctor controls their medications, insurance companies control finances, but the patient is the one who has to carry out a diet plan. This empowers the patients - they look forward to working with a dietitian."
A good diet is of utmost importance to those afflicted with the HIV virus. A diet will not cure AIDS, but will increase the ability of the body's immune system to fight infections and improve the quality of life, Perez says.
That's important to the more than 7,000 people in Broward, 14,000 in Dade and 4,000 people in Palm Beach who have AIDS (figures from the State Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services Health Office Monthly Surveillance Report for May 1995).
It's also important for people undergoing cancer treatment and those with diseases that attack the immune system who would benefit from a similar diet.
Dietitians begin by recommending a diet high in protein, calories and carbohydrates but low in fats.
They suggest eating less fat - even though it is a good source of calories - because it can cause diarrhea. They offer starchy foods such as potatoes, breads and pasta as better sources of calories.
Many also recommend a multiple vitamin. And eating at least three to four times a day - more if possible, says Karen Kurowski, a clinical dietitian at Imperial Point Hospital in Fort Lauderdale.
Although this may sound easy, there are a lot of factors working against an AIDS patient eating a good diet in large enough quantities to keep up his or her weight.
For example, the secondary infections such as Kaposi's sarcoma, candidiasis or parasites in the intestine can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, mouth and throat pain, and diarrhea that make eating difficult and weight gain well near impossible.
What's more, the disease, as well as the symptoms of opportune infections, can decrease the amount of nutrients the body absorbs.
Then, there are the medications used to combat AIDS that have similar side effects.
"It's a double whammy," says Chris Rosenbloom, spokesperson for the American Dietetics Association, who is also an associate professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta.
At the same time, the AIDS virus and the opportune infections seem to speed the metabolism, so the person needs to eat more calories just to maintain weight, says Sandra Frank, a registered dietitian who counsels AIDS patients at the Colonnade Medical Center in Lauderdale Lakes.
That's part of the reason so many AIDS patients waste away. In fact, 60 percent to 80 percent of AIDS deaths are because of malnutrition, C. Wayne Callaway writes in Survival with Aids (Little Brown, 1991).
As the disease progresses and other infections take hold, the dietitian might alter the diet to help alleviate symptoms. For example, the person with thrush - a painful growth in the mouth - might be put on a diet of soft foods served with a liquid nutrition supplement - everything from Carnation Instant Breakfast to Ensure.
Someone suffering nausea is told, in part, to avoid greasy or spicy foods and eat soft, bland foods such as mashed potatoes, oatmeal or canned fruit.
People with AIDS also may become intolerant of dairy products; eating them will cause diarrhea. At that point, milk, cream, cheese and similar items are removed from the diet.
Although dietitians stress the importance of a good, varied diet, they don't rule out alternative therapies such as herbal teas or garlic.
"I go over alternative therapies with my patients and if they psychologically make a person feel better and do not have harmful side effects, I say 'do it.'" Perez says.
She stresses, however, alternative therapies should only be used in conjunction with more mainstream treatments such as medication and a nutritious diet under the supervision of a doctor and dietitian.
But just being given a nutritious diet plan doesn't mean success unless the patient can get good food on the table.
Lark Lands, author of the monograph Dietary Guidelines for People Living With AIDS (Feb. 1994), suggests choosing fresh whole foods with as little processing as possible.
"What you put into your mouth creates every cell in your body," Lands writes. "So, as I'm fond of saying, if you want a body made out of Twinkies ... but, trust me on this one, it won't be a healthy, disease resistant body."
Then there's food safety. "Food poisoning can spiral into a lot of different opportunistic infections," says Kurowski, who recommends staying away from raw bars, sushi, steak tartar and raw eggs.
Dietitians also recommend eating only food that is at its peak. For example, some food banks do a terrific job of supplying ingredients. But food that is donated to a food bank may be outdated and should not be consumed.
You also need to be careful about what you drink. Dietitians suggest drinking heat-purified water or boiling water before drinking it because it can contain cryptosporidium.
In healthy adults, such microbes can cause 10 days of diarrhea; in people with AIDS, they can be fatal. And they are not killed by chlorine, which is commonly used to purify water.
When it comes to eating and drinking, Perez offers this rule: "Peel it, wash it, cook it or forget it."
And Frank says: "[AIDS patients) who eat a nutritious diet, carefully handle their food, take their medications and have a positive attitude toward their treatment are winning the battle against AIDS."
Diets and Dieting
Diseases and Illnesses
HIV - AIDS