| Preparing for a storm
Monday starts Severe Weather Preparedness Week, a statewide effort to bring the attention of Hoosiers to threats posed by tornadoes and thunderstorms.The goal of the week, which ends Friday, is to better educate people about the hazards of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, and to help everyone be prepared should severe weather occur.So families can practice their severe weather safety plans, the National Weather Service will conduct a statewide test of communication systems on Wednesday between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. and between 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. If weather postpones Wednesday's drill, a make-up drill will be conducted at the same times on Friday.For additional information on preparedness for severe weather and other emergencies, go to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security Web site at www.in.gov/dhs/3638.htmBefore the storm Develop a plan for you and your family for home, work school and when outdoors.
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A bone chip from a pre-existing condition from high school led to a November surgery that ended Vilma's season and effectively ended his Jets career. He only started jogging recently, but hopes to be running at full speed within a month. Vilma is in the last year of his contract.
-- John Clayton, ESPN.com Rams part ways with WR Bruce
Wide receiver Isaac Bruce, the last remaining player from the team's 1995 move from Los Angeles to St. Louis, was released after each side failed to reach a lower salary number. Bruce, 36, was scheduled to make $5 million this year, including a $2 million roster bonus due Friday. A year ago, Bruce was cut but then was re-signed by the Rams. This time, St. Louis decided to part ways, leaving the Rams with Torry Holt and Drew Bennett as their top two receivers.
Love at First Puff
In recent years, Punjabi and Bollywood singers have often been invited to the fair by offering them huge amounts, besides inviting cultural troupes from other parts of the country. It has more or less become a modern festival, especially for the young people to have fun and enjoy themselves. Local cultural troupes that have been trying hard to preserve the tribal culture get little attention and less money for their performances. The traditional items by local artistes are staged at odd times when the audience is thin. They are treated as fillers to keep the rhythm going during the carnival time, especially for shoppers in the stalls. The volume of trade over the years has increased manifold but the availability of traditional items like pashmina wool, cheegu (mountain goat), found in parts of Tibet and upper Kinnaur, kalazira, chilgoza and other dry fruit is declining with each passing year.
Top 10 scams: Fraud schemes harder to track
The schemes are becoming more varied with the increased use of the Internet, cell phones and e-mail, Deery said.Despite numerous complaints about scams, it is difficult to catch the perpetrators, who work throughout the world and use technology to mask themselves.Victims are often people who need money in today's tough economic times, she said. And they often have no recourse. "It's the people who are in those desperate situations or are in huge debt who are falling for these scams," Deery said, and "It's hard to find out who is really behind it and who is really accountable."Bozeman Police Lt. Rich McLane said the department receives several calls about scams a month, although people are not falling for them."We're not getting as many calls of people actually getting scammed," McLane said.
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