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City: Lima, IL (6.81%)County: Adams County, ILEstimated zip code population in 2011: 263
Zip code population in 2010: 170
Zip code population in 2000: 255
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Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $33,000 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Salary/wage: $25,595 (reported on 82.4% of returns)
Taxable interest for individuals: $222 (reported on 35.3% of returns)
This zip code:$222Illinois:$2,101
Total tax: $3,889 (reported on 70.6% of returns)
Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 88.2%
Nearest zip codes: 62373, 62376, 62379, 62351, 62349, 62380.
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Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 3
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 113
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 55 (29 now married, 26 unmarried)
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Median gross rent in 2011: $442.
Detached houses: $88,802Here:$88,802State:$232,248
Mobile homes: $16,250Here:$16,250State:$56,501
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 71.9%
71 spouses, 62 children (56 natural, 4 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 7 5-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 2 2-persons
27 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (23 women).
98.1% of residents of 62348 zip code speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
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Business SIC classification: CRUSHED AND BROKEN LIMESTONE
Alternative names: WESTERN ILL STONE
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Population in 1990: 559. Population change in the 1990s: -304 (-54.4%).
82% of the 62348 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 84% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Illinois.
98% of the 62348 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% moved from this county.
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In 1904, the California-based Richardson Brothers Company and its subsidiary, Richardson Construction Company, established Compañia Constructora Richardson to handle its interests in Sonora, Mexico. W.E. Richardson, Davis Richardson, and H.A. Sibbet were ...
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Photographs of Laurence M. Huey
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Correspondence of John Baptiste Salpointe
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In the early 1970s, the husband and wife team of Marc and Marnie Gaede conceived an idea for a book that would approach the subject of Southwestern archaeology in a fresh, new way. Combining their degrees in anthropology with Marc's talent as a photo ...
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Collection of Mescalero Apache Records
Mr. Mehren, a historian, submitted his Master of Arts thesis on the Mescalero Apache to the Department of History at the University of Arizona in 1969. The papers in this collection include two subgroups: Records of the Mescalero Apache Reservation and Re ...
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Papers of Fay Jackson Smith
Fay Jackson Smith co-authored the book Father Kino in Arizona (Arizona Historical Foundation, 1966) with John Kessell and Frances J. Fox. She also wrote Captain of the Phantom Presidio: A History of the Presidio of Fronteras, Sonora, New Spain, 1686-1735, ...
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Papers of the Roman Hubbell Family
Roman Hubbell (1891-1957) was the second son of John Lorenzo Hubbell (1853-1930), noted pioneer Indian trader and founder of the J. L. Hubbell Trading Post at Ganado in Arizona Territory, 1876. The area surrounding the trading post eventually became par ...
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Papers of William Bedford Griffen
William B. Griffen was born January 30, 1928 in Los Angeles, California. He remained in southern California throughout his childhood and earned a BA in Political Science and Economics from Whittier College in 1951. Two years later, Griffen began graduat ...
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I m using BE2012 on W2008R2 server.
I have a one PowerVault 114T bay with 2 RD1000 Drives. RD1000 Drives are seen in Windows as 2 removable storage devices named ie I & J.
The biggest awailable RD1000 cartridges have 1.5Tb capacity. My full backups are exceeding 2Tb.
If I use one drive at a time I must swap 1.5Tb catridges on the fly - Not very convenient for the week end Full Backups.
I am looking for a solution to use I & J as one cartridge of 3T to avoid me from swapping cartridges on week ends.
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I am looking for a solution to use I & J as one cartridge of 3TB
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I recently ran into an acquaintance who has an opinion on everything from the price of vegetables to President Obama's approval ratings. Some of her insights can be amusing. Some would be better off if they were never aired in the open. After commenting on various crises the post post-modern world faces, she took up the topic of 'short fiction'. Not that this is as pressing a matter as the current state of lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh or the power cuts that make our days and nights a living hell in summer. Not that the country is spending sleepless nights over the fate of short fiction or the brave few who write it. As I mentioned, this acquaintance of mine enjoys commenting on all matters under the sun. Priorities be damned!
"The trouble with short fiction," she said, scrunching up her nose as if something was rotten in the café where we were sitting. "It's too short. You can't sink your teeth into a short story like you can into a novel"
"If you ask me…"
Nobody was asking, still she carried on. The airconditioner on the wall hissed at us like yet another critic of the short story. "Readers start with short stories and move on to novels as soon as they mature," smirked my acquaintance. "This is the truth."
The truth must prevail. Unless you are a fat cat industrialist or a convicted felon who contested and won the elections despite a hefty chargesheet.
"Once upon a time, they were great short fiction writers like Guy de Maupassant and Chekhov," she said, pausing for a second to catch her breath after mouthing their names. "Those guys had a fan following. People loved to read them."
"We have Alice Munro," I mumbled. I chant Munro's name like a mantra when people start blaming me for my fondness for writing short stories. "She won the Nobel Prize, didn't she?"
"Yes," my acquaintance rolled her eyes. "But her stories are really long. They don't stick to the measly word count of your typical short story."
"Don't they say that the world's attention span is getting shorter and shorter?" I asked, sipping on iced tea. The temperature outside soared; the sun burnt a nasty hole in the sky.
"The Internet is eating into peoples' concentration. TV too," my acquaintance smiled a sad smile. "It's the curse of our time…"
I jumped in to stop her from lecturing me on the many curses of our time. That conversation could wait. "In a world filled with people who are suffering from short attention spans, the short story should be king, no? It tells you a story in a few pages. It doesn't make the same demands on your time as a novel that runs into hundreds of pages."
"Short stories don't sell," my acquaintance said, taking on the brazen tone of a marketing whiz. "Everybody knows that."
"Maybe that's just a myth."
My acquaintance choked on a mouthful of iced tea. "Ask any marketing guy!" she screamed. "Short stories are their worst nightmare."
"What if they are getting it all wrong?"
My acquaintance glared at me like I was a raving loon. "The market is always right," she said, dismissing me with a wave.
I rest my case.
A collection of the author's short stories titled A Happy Place was published by Harper Collins in April 2014


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Brilliant day out for any age. Second world war memorabilia, sounds morbid but it is great, even a mess hut for lunches, very reasonable and good choice of food.Takes at least 2/3 hours to see all the huts, and the outside displays of aircraft etc. Approx £5.00 entrance fee but it was a couple of years ago that I went.Highly recommended.
The museum tells of the events of World War 2. Life has been recreated complete with the sounds and smells of the time. It is actually located in the huts of a former prisoner of war camp. It tells of the rise of Hitler, of life during this time and what life was like as a prisoner of war
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Atlanta -8 (POD)
The Hawks beat this team by 16 at home back in November, the Bucks then of course won at home back in January by about 8 points, the Bucks do come off a road loss to the Heat, but if this team was truly going to bounce-back they would have gotten some revenge on the Heat on the road after losing to them at home. Bell is listed as questionable for this game for the Bucks, every game in the East is critical for the Hawks for the playoffs, they come off a loss to an Eastern Conference foe in the Bulls on the road, they return home to face a Bucks team with revenge, off a loss to continue to competing for the playoffs. This is very similar to when the Hawks lost to the Rockets on the road and returned home to handle the Clips with ease. I need to be wary of going against the better teams in the league or against teams in a playoff hunt such as the Spurs yesterday with the Magic, but I have no qualms about going against the Bucks who are not headed to the playoffs this year and not the highest of quality teams on the road (although a a decent home team).
Bradley +6.5
Here is my reasoning behind Bradley. Keep in mind that both of these teams are ranked similarly - just above the top 90 cutoff. Bradley has defeated two teams that more difficult one in the Bearcats of Cincy from the Big East and the other of Ohio who are both top 100 teams. They face a Virginia team that has not looked sharp against ODU nor against Richmond , two teams in the top 140. However, I hate laying 3 units on 6.5 points - although Virginia has not covered either spread against two games barely winning them. I nearly took Bradley here for 1 unit on the moneyline +245, but decided to take the 6.5 points and lay the 3 units. I6.5 points is my cutoff and given how Virginia seems to be getting down at the half and closing the game in the 2nd half, I lean on Bradley for the first half, but nevertheless, I'll take the 3 unit wager for the full game. This is at my cutoff for points for an underdog in the ballgame, but Bradley has played a tougher road to get here, Virginia has not looked sharp against two teams outside the top 100, and their luck might be running out against Bradley who is within the top 100 and about 40 spots better than the 2 previous tams that UVA has not covered against in this tourney thus far.
Va Tech -8
I know the 8 points looks wonderful here for Ole Miss an SEC team, but Ole Miss has lost by this margin and more to teams like Alabama and LSU on the road and Virginia Tech is ranked about 50 spots higher than both of those teams. Virginia Tech is a young team, they love to ante up the score as they did against Morgan State and UAB and this teams feels slighted that they did not make it to the NIT and once again they are on ESPN2 and they area aware that teams across the nation as well as scouts will be watching them. I would not be surprised to see the Hokies, who play in a great atmosphere at Virginia Tech look to dominate an Ole Miss team at home and win by double-digits. I like the crowd behind Va Tech, they have played great thus far at home, Ole Miss now has to hit the road after 2 home wins in the tourney in the NIT, and face a Va Tech out tto prove that they should have made it to the NCAA tourney.
Raptors -1.5
Is this the strongest play of the day, absolutely not. However, the Raptors come off a very dissappointing loss to the Nuggets where they collapsed by 8 points at the half (trust me I know, I was on the Raps over the Nugs in that game). The Raptors do have Bosh back, this is a big game for them as a morale booster, with playoff atmosphere in Toronto, this team needs this win, they haven't beat the Pistons the last 3 games and lost by 14 on the road earlier this year. I look for the Raps at home to get a big win here as remember the Pistons have lost 3 of their last 4 on the road with the sole win on the road being over the Knicks. I'll take the home team here as they started out as the dog and now sit at the favorite despite 2/3rds of the public being on the Pistons
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15 Dime –
Take the points with Ole Miss tonight when they travel to take on Virginia Tech.
There's no doubt Virginia Tech is rolling right now. They are on a 9-0 ATS run, having gone 7-2 SU during that span. But the one thing that keeps me from jumping on their bandwagon tonight is the level of competition they've played up to this point. Alabama-Birmingham and Morgan State are not high caliber opponents, so the margin of victory in those two games isn't really an indicator of how good Virginia Tech is right now.
Mississippi, on the other hand, is a team that has some real value with this line. They knocked off Nebraska and UC-Santa Barbara in convincing fashion, and I feel like the Rebels are more than capable of hanging close tonight.
Sophomore guard David Huertas has been shooting well from the perimeter, which has opened up the inside for center Dwayne Curtis. If Huertas continues to shoot well tonight, not only will it allow Curtis to get good looks inside, it will help the Rebels on the offensive boards as well.
Take the points with Mississippi as they stay within the number tonight.
5 Dime –
Lay the points with the Hawks tonight when they host the Bucks.
The recent trend in this series has favored the home team, which has won and covered the last five meetings.
Atlanta is also vying for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, so look for them to give an inspired effort tonight.
Milwaukee, which lost at lowly Miami on Monday, has dropped 10 of its last 12 games SU. They are also 0-5 SUATS in the last five road games since the All-Star break.
Lay the points with the Hawks as they grab the home win and cover.
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Game: Minnesota Timberwolves at Houston Rockets
Prediction: Minnesota Timberwolves
Reason: Ai Simulator 3* graded play on Minnesota ? AiS shows a 70% probability that Minnesota will lose this game by 10 or fewer points. Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 43-16 ATS since 1996. Play against favorites of 10 or more points after a home game where both teams score 100 or more points and is a tired team playing 8 or more games in 14 days. No doubt that Houston is a good team and one of the things they do very well is rebound the basketball. Note, however, that Minnesota is 15-5 ATS in road games versus good rebounding teams that are outrebounding opponents by 3+ per game over the last 3 seasons. Houston is not in a good role for this game and for some reason are not passing the ball nearly as much as they had during the incredible winning streak. Note that Houston is 8-22 ATS in home games after 2 straight games with 19 or less assists over the last 3 seasons.
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New Orleans Hornets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
Pick: Cleveland Cavaliers
Ai Simulator 10* graded play on Cleveland – AiS shows an 87% probability that Cleveland will win this game by 4 or more points. Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 53-26 ATS for 67% since 2002. Play against all teams where the line is +3 to -3 after one or more consecutive overs and is a good offensive team scoring 98-102 PPG and is now facing an average offensive team scoring 92-98 PPG after 42+ games of the regular season. There are numerous angles running an avalanche of weaknesses against New Orleans – meaning that they support Cleveland or running against NO. Note that NO is 4-18 ATS when playing against a marginal winning team sporting a winning percentage of 51% to 60% when the game is taking place in the 2nd half of the season over the last 3 seasons. Cleveland has played it's best games on numerous occasions in the second half of the season and/or against strong clubs. Note that they are 13-3 ATS versus good shooting teams making >=46% of their shots this season; 10-1 ATS versus excellent ball handling teams that are committing <=12 turnovers/game in the 2nd half of the season over the last 2 seasons. Cleveland is also in a good role coming off three straight games installed as favorites. Note that Cleveland is 21-9 ATS in home games after playing 3 consecutive games as favorite over the last 3 seasons. Take the Cavaliers.
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Washington Wizards -7.0
One club in tonight's affair is still jockeying for playoff position, while the others season has been over for quite some time. Washington invades Seattle with its (36-34) SU mark good enough for the 5th seed in the Eastern Conference. They've posted a sub .500 mark on the road this season, (15-19), but they?ve been nothing but gold against the spread winning 21 of their 33 contests against the Vegas number. As for Seattle, it?s been a long season but it looks to be coming to an end very shortly. The Sonics have picked up 11 of their 17 wins this season at home, and they own a +.500 mark ATS at 17-16-1.
The Wizards last took the floor in Portland last night, and suffered a humiliating loss at the hands of the Trailblazers. Both LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy failed to play the entire game, yet the Wizards lost by a 102-82 final count. The 20-point defeat was embarrassing for the team, but not as embarrassing as it was for those that laid the 2-points with the ?Wizz?. The combined 184 points fell a couple points shy of the closing ?total? of 187. The loss snapped Washington?s 3-game SU winning streak, but they've been playing well of late and come into tonight's contest 7-3 SU and 5-5 ATS. Pointspread players take note: the Wizards are a poor 7-9 ATS on 0 days rest this season.
Seattle beat Portland on this same floor just two days ago to snap their 11-game SU losing streak. They dominated the Blazers in the second half outscoring them 48-31, and ended up cashing their backers tickets as 8-point home pups with ease. The victory was the Sonics first at home since February 22nd when they beat the same Blazers squad by a 99-87 final count. Seattle is 10-8 ATS at home vs. +.500 teams this season.
Washington pounded the Sonics in their lone meeting this season back in early January. The 108-86 final tally saw the Wizards easily cover the 8.5-points and the combined total stay under the closing number of 202.5. Seattle hasn?t fared well against Washington recently going 2-8 SU and 1-9 ATS their L/10 meetings. Along with their overall SU & ATS dominance over the Sonics, Washington has covered the spread in 5 of their L/6 visits to Seattle.
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Game: Washington Wizards vs. Seattle SuperSonics
Prediction: Seattle SuperSonics Reason: I'm taking the points with SEATTLE. The Wizards, who got crushed by 20 points late last night, are just 7-13 SU the last 20 times that they played the second of back to back games. A closer look shows that only three of those seven wins came by greater than seven points. Last night's loss came against a Portland team which these same Sonics had beaten easily here at Seattle the previous night. Now, playing the second of back to back road games, the Wizards are being asked to lay more than a touchdown against a rested and revenge-minded Seattle squad. I feel that's asking far too much. I successfully played on the Sonics in their win over the Blazers, stating at the time that they'd be happy to "take a step down in class" to see Portland. It wasn't that I didn't respect the Blazers, as I actually like their team these days. Rather, it was because Seattle's previous string of games had come against the Nuggest, Suns, Lakers and Jazz, three of which came on the road. While the Wizards have played well this season, given their circumstances, they're still not currently in the class of the four 'heavyweights' listed above. In fact, as we saw last night, they weren't even in the same class as the Blazers. The Wizards closed as slight favorites for last night's loss but they're also just 4-6 ATS the last 10 times that they were listed as road favorites in the -6.5 to -9 range though. During the same stretch, including Monday's victory, the Sonics were 9-5-1 ATS when listed as home underdogs in the +6.5 to +9 range. With the Sonics likely leaving town at the end of the season, the Seattle fans are starting to come out in full force. Off a big win, it'll be more of the same tonight. In Monday's game they chanted: "Save our Sonics..." any chance they could. As Kevin Durant commented: "I heard them and that's something I love. The crowd was into it tonight and that shows they're going to stick behind us." With the support of their loyal fans behind them, look for Durant and co. to build momentum off the win over the Blazers as they string together back to back strong efforts and improve to 5-1 ATS when playing a home game with an over/under line ranging from 200 to 204.5*Best Bet
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Game: Miami Heat vs. New York Knicks
Prediction: over Reason: I'm playing on the Heat and the Knicks to finsh OVER the number. I'm aware that the Heat are dealing with major injury issues and that they've really struggled to score points recently. That's already reflected in the line though, as tonight's over/under line is roughly 10 points lower than it was when these same two teams faced each other exactly two weeks ago. I feel that gives us excellent value with the OVER. A closer look at Miami's recent games show that they all came against teams that are/were still fighting for the playoffs, or at the very least, entertaining the idea. However, tonight they'll be facing a team that, like themselves, is completely out of the playoff race. I expect that to result in a lack of defense and a relatively high-scoring game. Since the meeting two weeks ago, the Knicks have faced five different opponents. All five of those games produced a minimum of 197 points and the two games which came against other teams which had no chance of the playoffs (Minnesota and Memphis) saw final combined scores of 226 and 207, respectively. Including those results, the Knicks have now seen the OVER go 16-9 their last 25 games. Note that the OVER is also 9-4 their last 13 games against teams from the Southeast. Meanwhile, we find the OVER at a perfect 7-0 on the season when the Heat have played a road game where the over/under line ranged from 185 to 189.5. With defense not being a high priority, I expect tonight's final combined score to finish above the relatively low number once again. *Blue Chip
UNDER Wild/Oilers
Game: Edmonton Oilers vs. Minnesota Wild
Prediction: under Reason: I'm playing on the Wild and Oilers to finish UNDER the total. These teams played a high-scoring game against each other at Edmonton a couple of nights ago but I'm expecting a much tighter and lower-scoring contest this evening. Yesterday, I successfully played on the Rangers and Flyers to finish UNDER the number. That game had some similarities to this evening's game as it was the also the second game of a home and home series. The Flyers and Rangers finished 'over' the total in the first game but the second was a defensive affair with only two goals scored in regulation. I've found that happens fairly regularly (first game is high-scoring, second is low-scoring) in these home and home matchups, particularly as the playoffs draw closer and the games become significantly more meaningful. A closer look at Monday's game shows that the Oilers scored three goals on their first four shots. That forced the Wild to somewhat abandon their gameplan and caused a much more wide-open game. Minnesota coach Jacques Lemaire was quoted as saying: "It didn't look good....We were not ready to play. Period. Not ready to play. We played a little bit in the third because some of the guys were upset and they had to do something." That being said, I don't expect the Oilers to score three goals on their first four shots again this evening. In fact, the Wild have limited opponents to just 2.4 goals on home ice this season and they allowed just one goal in their last two games here combined. Those games finished with scores of 2-0 and 3-1. Including those results, the Wild have scored three goals or less in eight straight home games. Look for another low-scoring affair. *northwest division total of the month
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This is a "Steam Play" that I just received and was informed that they are about to send the order out immediately...I have a vested interest on the side of this match-up and because I did a lot of work and made this the CBI GAME of the MONTH, I also felt that any Value definately was with the Under so when this call came in, I went ahead and made it a 1* Client Wager also....Best of Luck, VR


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A SoBo man, who had a kidney transplant some years ago, last month successfully underwent bariatric surgery to help control high sugar levels that could have affected his kidney all over again.
Aneesh Chougule, 47, was found to have kidney stones in 2004 and he underwent a transplant after the problem got serious. This stabilised his renal parameters.
But a couple of years later, he was diagnosed with diabetes. "In 2007, we found he was gradually gaining weight. He was diagnosed with diabetes and the creatinine levels started to bother him," said Dr Motwani,
Chougule required about 150 units of insulin daily. So, Dr MM Bahadur, consultant neprologist and kidney specialist at Jaslok hospital, advised that he undergo weight-loss surgery.
"It has been shown that obesity has a deteriorating impact on kidneys. But it's a challenge to operate on a kidney transplant patient for obesity, as even a little mistake could result in the loss of the kidney," Dr Motwani explained.
A month after the surgery, Chougule weighs 12 kilogrammes less. "His blood sugar levels are in control and he requires just 20 units of insulin a day. The creatinine level is also under control," said Dr Motwani. Doctors expect he could lose up to 30-40 kg in six months.
The successful procedure is significant in a country where about 14,000 people undergo weight-loss surgery annually to deal with obesity-related ailments like heart disease, type 2 diabetes and even certain cancers.
"India is the world capital of type 2 diabetes and will soon become the capital for obesity. If the government recognises obesity as a disease, pressure could be mounted on insurance firms to meet the costs of surgery," said Dr Muffazal Lakdawala, bariatric surgeon at Saifee hospital.
Dr Raman Goel, consulting bariatric surgeon at Bombay hospital, said that with the success of this procedure, more and more people were keen to undergo surgery. "Diabetes is successfully controlled by bariatric surgery, but the cost can be a deterrent." The cost of weight-loss surgery is estimated between Rs4 lakh and Rs6 lakh.


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Canyon Crest senior a standout after embracing field hockey
Just reloading: With an unusual number of seniors last year, it means defending section Division I champion Scripps Ranch has a lot of new faces. But the Falcons are still the team to beat.
Legendary: Longtime coaches Kathy Waite and Gail Petty have returned to coaching. Waite takes over for this season at Fallbrook after Kristin Mueller gave birth to daughter Trinity this summer. Petty, the ex-Vista coach, came out of retirement to take over at La Costa Canyon.
Centrally located: Serra and Scripps Ranch dominate field hockey in the city with 30 and 11 appearances, respectively, in the section finals. The last team in the city other than those two to win a title was Mira Mesa in 1989.
First one: While Serra and Scripps Ranch, along with San Pasqual and Torrey Pines, are regular section finalists, Santana (2004) is the only East County team to make it and Hilltop (1994-95) is the lone South Bay finalist.
Maddie Ashbrook (Fallbrook), Torie Berkel (San Pasqual), Katie Carlson (Canyon Crest), Cody Churchill (Serra), Madison Cohen (Torrey Pines), Sophia D'Amato (Serra), Kelsey DeJesus (Scripps Ranch), Gabby DePetro (Canyon Crest), Bryanna Flanagan (Vista), Makenna Grewe (Del Norte), Mara Gutierrez (San Pasqual), Anita Kelleher (Canyon Crest), Kelley Kramer (Rancho Buena Vista), Marissa Medici (Vista), Amanda Mosler (Serra), Peyton Mowery (Cathedral Catholic), Tatyana Nelson (Serra), Danielle Puplava (San Pasqual), Hannah Snider (Fallbrook), Shelby Strockbine (Del Norte), Ashley Watson (San Pasqual), Kira Williamson (Cathedral Catholic), Carli Wolfe (San Pasqual), Kate Young (Serra), Alie Zimmer (Torrey Pines).
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Cat Survives Owl Attack to Get Job at Auto Parts Store
Last summer, Richard and Monica Johnson went searching for the Rooster Cogburn of cats, one who could ruthlessly track and eliminate the mice who infested their Carlsbad, CA auto parts shop.
They adopted a scrawny, beat-up tabby who'd miraculously survived an owl attack. They named him "Auto", and he found a home.
Admittedly, Auto's not much of a mouser. But that's picking nits. The Johnsons, their employees and their customers can't imagine life without the tattered tabby.
"His story needs to be told," said employee Larry Entzminger, a self-described fomer cat-hater. "It's because of him that I (now) have a cat at home."
Entzminger has transitioned fully to "cat guy." When he discovered Auto stealing a drink from his water glass, he simply smiled and gave him a few loving pets.
But last summer, Auto's life was less than purrfect.
His former owners ---- the people who dropped him off at a vet's office and signed away their ownership rights because of the costly medical bills ---- told the vet that they had witnessed him being lifted into the air by an owl, said Laura Prindl of Mini Mutts N Meows Rescue in Temecula.
"They brought him in to the vet and they said, 'We saw the owl drop him,'" Prindl said. "It had to be a good-sized owl. He was at the vet for over a month. He was pretty beat up."
So beat up that the veterinarian initially doubted that he'd survive.
"When I saw him, he had holes on either side. It looked like the owl had tried to get at the lungs," Prindl said.
Once stabilized, Prindl brought the "owl kitty" home and began searching for someone who'd be willing to take the scroungy-looking cat. Her search was over when Monica Johnson walked into a Temecula pet store during one of Prindl's adoption days last summer.
Like many prospective adoptive parents, Johnson gravitated toward the cute kittens, but told Prindl that what she really needed was a "Catzilla" ---- a tough cat that could bully the mice out of her shop.
"I started laughing," Prindl recalled Thursday. "I said, 'I have got the cat for you. He's nothing to look at. He's never going to win a beauty contest.'"
Johnson said Prindl probably thought that "a cat that's going to live in an auto parts store didn't have to be perfect looking." She agreed to take the cat sight unseen.
Within days, Auto was comfortably established in his new digs.
"He thinks he runs the place," Monica Johnson said.
Indeed. He's treated like royalty. A nearby shop owner comes by twice a day to give him salmon and a regular customer has created a Web photo site album starring Auto. When the Johnsons' house cat died a couple of months ago, Monica Johnson tried to relocate Auto from the shop to her home, but was thwarted by employees and customers who'd miss their Auto fix.
They circulated a petition and wrote up a job description of all the tasks Auto performs at the shop, including greeting shoppers. Johnson had no choice but to capitulate and Auto stayed put.
Prindl said she's thrilled to hear that Auto has such a happy life, saying she wishes every pet she finds could be as lucky. She's now looking for a home for "Snacker" ---- a 3-pound Chihuahua who was half-eaten by another dog, but survived. He's a fun-loving, smart little guy, but he's a bit of a handful to manage, she said.
"He's just full of trouble, and he's only 3 pounds," she laughed.
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|NBA: New Orleans Hornets at Portland Blazers Preview & Picks
|Written by Anthony Rome
|Wednesday, 07 November 2007 10:00
Still Seeking Victory
The Hornets franchise wasn't even in existence the last time the Portland Trail Blazers lost their first four games. New Orleans, meanwhile, has won its first four for the second consecutive year.
The Hornets look to continue their hot start Wednesday night when they face the winless Trail Blazers in the season's first game at the Rose Garden.
Oddsmakers from Bodog have made New Orleans -3.5 point spread favorites (NBA Odds) for todays game, the over/under has been set at 203 total points (Matchup). Our public betting information shows that 89% of bets for this game have been placed on New Orleans -3.5 (View NBA Bet Percentages).
New Orleans (4-0) has matched the best start in franchise history, which it set last season. The most lopsided of this season's four wins was a 113-93 victory at home over the Blazers on Friday night in which the Hornets shot a season-best 56 percent (44-for-78) from the field.
That was the second of three straight losses to open this season for Portland (0-3), which is off to its worst start since dropping its first four games in 1986-87. The Hornets entered the league two years later as an expansion team in Charlotte.
New Orleans got two outstanding individual performances Tuesday night, as Peja Stojakovic made a franchise-record 10 3-pointers and Chris Paul established another team mark with 21 assists in a 118-104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Stojakovic went 10-for-13 from beyond the arc to surpass the Hornets record of eight 3-pointers, set by David Wesley in 2002. Stojakovic finished with 36 points to increase his team-best season average to 19.5.
Paul, meanwhile, enjoyed his third double-digit assist game of the season. The former club mark for assists was 19 by Muggsy Bogues in 1989.
"The way we played tonight on the offensive end, with Chris Paul moving the ball and spacing the court, it looked easy,'' Stojakovic said. "Securing the defensive boards and running was really important for us.
Paul is averaging 18.8 points, 12.5 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game. He led seven Hornets in double figures against Portland last week, recording 19 points to go with six assists.
Stojakovic, Paul and David West (17.5 PPG) pace a New Orleans team that is averaging 107.0 points and shooting better than 45 percent from 3-point range.
Portland, meanwhile, has yet to reach 100 points and is coming off its worst offensive effort of the young season. The Blazers shot 40 percent (31-for-76) from the field and committed 18 turnovers in an 89-80 loss to Houston on Saturday night.
They fell behind 25-12 in the first quarter against the Rockets after trailing by 10 through one quarter against the Hornets.
"We need to get off to a better start," said Blazers guard Brandon Roy, who scored 23 points to match his total from the season's first meeting with New Orleans. "We can't dig such a big hole."
Roy will have a new starting backcourt mate Wednesday, according to Portland's official Web site, with Steve Blake replacing Jarrett Jack in a move intended to help contain Paul on the defensive end of the floor.
The Hornets have won nine of 13 meetings between these clubs since the start of 2003-04.
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New Orleans, La. – The commission is releasing more details about pressure testing on cement work done by Halliburton, and how the results were handled. It says BP didn't consult with it own engineers about a test indicating cement problems. BP has blamed faulty cement for the April 20th well blowout. Halliburton blames BP's design. The commission's lead attorney says BP had concerns about Halliburton's cement work dating back to 2007. BP says it's now reviewing how contractors are supervised.
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For the vast majority of the requests I get to review or plug a product, the answer, I'm afraid, is no. Why?
1. Time. I have a very limited supply of time, and like everyone, that supply dwindles with each passing day. After family, and the day job, my main priority, as far as time goes, is my writing. My writing almost always eats up the remaining time I'd have to do things like reviews products. I won't review or plug something I haven't had the time to investigate thoroughly, and I rarely have the time do that these days.
2. I am not a product reviewer. Let's face it, my job is not reviewing products. I am a software developer by day, and writer and blogger by night. Strictly speaking, product reviewer is not in my job description.
For over a year, I had a book review column at InterGalactic Medicine Show, where I'd review a book per month on average. That was a paid writing gig, but I have it up because it was eating into my writing time too much. Bottom line: while I do write the occasional odd review, I don't particularly enjoy that work, and would prefer to spend my time writing other things.
3. But you do occasionally review products. On occasion, I'll review something here on the blog that I find interesting. Usually, it is something that I have been using myself long enough (and happily enough) that I think a review is worthwhile. These reviews are almost always written without a request. That is, no one is asking to write them. I'm writing them because I found something useful on my own. I can count on one hand the number of times over the last few years when I have reviewed something that someone asked me to reviews.
4. Ah, but what about Evernote, aren't you their paperless ambassador? Yes, I am. But if you go back through the history (all of which is documented here on the blog), I was writing about how I used Evernote on my own before Evernote approached me and asked me to join their ambassador program. I should also point out that being an Evernote ambassador is not paid gig. They give me complementary Evernote Business account and that is something I would be perfectly willing to pay for myself.
5. So then what does it take for you to review and/or plug a product? Most products I have reviewed have been things I have found on my own. They are things in which I see a clear and obvious benefit over my current way of doing things. Let me emphasize that the benefit is clear and obvious to me. In almost every case, the product simplifies or automates something I was doing manually before. Some examples:
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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® honored Internet pioneer and Revolution Chairman and CEO Steve Case along with U.S. Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) for their instrumental roles in supporting and advancing technology innovation at CEA's 11th annual Digital Patriots Dinner held Tuesday night, April 14 in Washington, D.C. The Digital Patriots Dinner kicked off a week of exciting technology policy events in D.C., aimed at showcasing the importance of innovation to members of Congress and the D.C. tech policy community. Other event highlights included CEA's Lobby Day to advocate for pro-innovation policies, and CES on the Hill, a technology exhibit that brought the excitement of the CEA-owned and produced International CES® to the nation's capital. Full Release
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today released its inaugural Innovation Scorecard, a first-of-its-kind innovation performance index based on ten criteria. The Scorecard evaluates all 50 states and Washington, D.C., according to the conduciveness of their legal, regulatory and overall business environments to welcome and encourage innovation in 2014. The Scorecard's inaugural Innovation Champions – those states that earned the highest grades – are Delaware, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. Full Release
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Bloomberg Backs China
Speaking in Hong Kong, New York? Mayor Michael Bloomberg strongly defended China's generous government subsidies supporting its domestic solar and wind companies.? ?It is very dangerous for us as a society ? I?m speaking of America ? to focus on blaming others, because what you do then is you don?t focus on your own practices,? the mayor said, reports the New York Times. He added: ?Let me get this straight… there is a country on the other side of the world that is taking their taxpayers? dollars and trying to sell, subsidize things so we can buy them cheaper and have better products, and we?re going to criticize that?? The mayor's comments came a little less than a month after the Obama administration announced it would investigate whether China violated World Trade Organization rules by subsidizing its exports of solar panels and wind turbines to the United States.? Continue reading The Alternative Agenda: Bloomberg Backs China; Ex-Im Closes Honduras Wind Financing; Siemens Predicts ?40 Billion in Wind, Solar Revenues


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Will stutterer clinch 'AI' singing title?
We've lost sustained interest in "American Idol" and thus no longer view it regularly, so we were surprised last week to see that the singing tilt was down to its final seven bets—and that five of them were women!
To make things even more surprising, one of the two remaining guys was voted off that night, so the competition now has only one male finalist (Lazaro Arbos) left as it barrels to its conclusion in only a few weeks' time.
The fact that female bets are trouncing the guys on "AI" isn't all that unusual a development on the program, which has featured standouts like Katharine McPhee, Jennifer Hudson and Carrie Underwood, but the weird thing is, when push comes to shove in the final-finals, the winner is usually a guy! That must be because the tilt's target audience is made up of female teens and tweens.
So, will Lazaro romp off with the title this year? Not if Amber, Kree, Angie and company have any say on the matter!
Speaking of Lazaro, he's one of the most unusual contestants to ever compete in the singing tilt, because he's got a huge stammering and stuttering problem that makes it very difficult for him to speak clearly.
But, wonder of wonders, the second he opens his mouth to sing, the impediment vanishes! —Which is why he's made it to the show's finals, with sympathetic viewers supporting him with their votes, even as the tilt's jurors point out his musical deficiencies and worry about his ability to "survive" from week to week.
—Well, they shouldn't fret, because Lazaro clearly has the support of millions of viewer-voters. Last week, even as the jurors put him in the competition's bottom two, it was revealed that he was in fact one of the top three!
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April 2, 2010---Continuing its road to self-sustainability, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls will host the 2010 Upper Midwest Association for Campus Sustainability (UMACS) Conference April 9-10 in the University Center. Students, faculty and staff are invited to learn and share ideas on how to develop more sustainable college campuses. Schools across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa will be in attendance.
This year's conference, "Nuts and Bolts and Stories of Success," emphasizes that "sustainability comes first with faculty, students, and active campuses--we're talking nuts and bolts," says Kelly Cain, director of the St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development at UWRF.
Topics covered during the conference include energy conservation, climate change action, food systems, energy efficiency, and carbon foot printing. Cain says the benefits to UWRF are numerous.
"It gives the campus a leadership role and an opportunity to showcase what it's done," he says. Indeed, River Falls has done a lot. When it comes to electricity efficiency, UWRF students are fully self-sustaining.
Cain hopes that the success of the conference comes not just from current action, but also from future discussion as well. "I hope this helps with conversation: what will emerge locally as a campus, and regionally as a group of communities," he said.
"Above all, this is all about student and faculty opportunities," says Cain. Participants at the conference will be able to share their own ideas, attend workshops, and hear from two keynote speakers.
Paul Rowland, executive director of the AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education), and Honor Earth Executive Director Winona LaDuke, will both present personal stories of sustainability success.
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Street Team is going to be at the Rockstars of Science event this Friday, March 27th, at Civic Space Park in Phoenix. This event, happening from 6pm - 10pm, combines local music performances with multimedia presentations by four different scientific speakers. Details, bands, speakers and more can be found at bookmans.com/events/rockstars-science.
Street Team will be at the KA-POW! Superhero Adventure Run on Saturday, March 28th! This is a costumed run fit for the whole family with fun and challenging obstacles.Wear a superhero costume and participate in a kid-friendly course with 20 playful obstacles including the Spiderman Tower, Thor Tires, Iron Man Crawl, Wonder Woman Wall, and back by popular demand, Aquaman's waterslide. Details and registration info are here.
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"Old Age" elicits so many probing questions. What is the nature of God? Does euthanasia come equipped with a soundtrack? If you constantly mumble into your collar when you sing and you don't wash your shirt often enough, will you develop an unsightly rash on your lips?
Blood Stereo
You might not think that a recording that simulates the experience of awaking at noon on your rooftop—birds singing, Notre Dame bell tolling, gremlins forcibly separating your siding from the exterior of your home—would be a strangely satisfying listen. But you would be so wrong.
Christina Kubisch
From what I've been able to discern, the Kubisch approach is to proceed from arctic-tundra whirr and escalate by degree into variably generative gnawing. Here she kneads Geiger-counter stipples, hospital-monitor bleeps, and minor-key wavelengths into a tense half-hour wraith that expands and contracts malevolently—convulsively bass-toned one minute, pregnant with Satanic insect seethe the next, never static despite the static strewn everywhere like ill omens.
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"Manali" bounces and jerks like a jury-rigged chassis, all strained-hinge squeal and spooked-mare neigh and quick-step beats. It's like your face is the melody and your skull is the rhythm, and Dang keeps trying to yank your skull through your face, except that somehow it doesn't hurt.
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LAKE ELSINORE: Council adopts $24 million balanced budget
Lake Elsinore's Public Safety Advisory Commission is back in the saddle again after the City Council on Tuesday approved a spending plan for the coming year that includes funding for the citizens' panel.
At Councilwoman Melissa Melendez's request, the council voted 5-0 to restore $6,000 for the commission among the city's $24.3 million general fund expenditures for the fiscal year starting Friday.
"Six thousand dollars doesn't seem to be an extraordinary cost to bring that group back together to address the concerns of the community," Melendez said.
Last year, in a controversial move protested by commission members, the council stripped the panel of funding to help offset the city's general fund deficit.
The general fund is the budget on which the city relies for day-to-day expenditures.
But in contrast to the last few years, the city anticipates receiving about $85,000 more in revenue than expenditures as a result of increased sales tax money, property taxes and development fees.
So, council members agreed to make good on their promise a year ago to re-establish the commission when the city's financial health improved. The five-member commission heard complaints from residents about issues such as safety around the the city's namesake lake and speeding on neighborhood streets.
The council acted after Commissioner Renee Cummings voiced her disappointment about what she perceived as a lack of interest in resurrecting the panel. It was not included in the staff's budget proposal.
"Here we are again at budget time and there is no budget line for PSAC," she said, adding she intended to quit fighting for the apparently defunct commission.
The estimated $6,000 cost of the panel's meetings on a monthly basis for a year did not include the city's costs for staffing the meeting with an administrator and attorney.
Council members agreed that, to save money, the commission could resume operation without having a legal adviser present, and urged commissioners to conduct business frugally.
Overall, the budget picture has brightened for the city, its financial director James Riley said in providing an overview.
The city anticipates receiving $24.36 million in general fund revenue for the 2011-12 fiscal year, about $50,000 more than the city received this year.
For the first time in several years, the city forecasts spending less in the coming year from the general fund ---- $24.27 million ---- than it will take in from revenue.
Going into the 2010-11 budget cycle, the city expected to spend a little more than $24 million and receive just $23.1 million in revenue.
However, midyear revisions indicated the city will wind up with about $24.3 million in revenue.
The city ended fiscal year 2009-10 having spent $23.9 million from the general fund, compared to $22.4 million in revenue.
Meanwhile, thanks to the improved revenue picture, the city is starting the year with solid reserves. The city expects to maintain its emergency fund, now called the catastrophic reserve, at $3.64 million, about 15 percent of general fund expenditures.
Also, the city's so-called rainy day fund, renamed the budget stabilization reserve, has $2.15 million, more than double a year ago when the council used it to plug some budget holes.


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MANILA—About 73 percent of national, provincial, city, municipal and barangay roads nationwide remain unpaved, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Despite this, the DPWH has noted a slight improvement in the quality of Philippine roads following the "adoption of new construction design specifications like the increase in concrete pavement thickness from 230 mm to 280 mm and outsourcing project inspection and quality control," among other measures.
In its midterm accomplishment report, the department said the country's roads were already "at par with Indonesia" and targeted to be comparable to those in China and Thailand by 2016.
Citing the latest Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, the DPWH reported that on a scale of 1 to 7—1 being extremely underdeveloped and 7 extensive and efficient by global standards— the Philippines scored a 3.4 for its road network in the 2012-2013 period.
That was an improvement of 0.3 from the 3.1 it scored in 2011-2012. The country's roads scored 2.8 in the 2010-2011 period.
Of 144 countries worldwide, the Philippines ranked 87th (from 114th during the previous WEF survey) for the overall state of its roads and bridges.
Other countries in the region garnered the following scores for the quality of their roads in the 2012-2013 period: Malaysia, 5.4; Thailand, 5: China, 4.4; Indonesia, 3.4; and Vietnam, 2.7.
Earlier, the DPWH said the government would look at Malaysia "as a benchmark in terms of quality of roads." With a road network of 98,720 km, more than 1,820 km of which are expressways, Malaysia's road infrastructure is one of the most developed in the Asean region.
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The United States has expressed strong interest in participating in India's tender for attack helicopter and heavy-lift helicopters despite the snub it received earlier this year in the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition, according to a top official.
In remarks to the Defense Trade Advisory Group, Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro said, "I have also advocated for our tenders in the Attack Helicopter and Heavy Lift Helicopter competitions. We are hopeful that both will be selected."
Earlier, the Indian Air Force was reported to have floated tenders for 22 combat and 15 heavy lift helicopters.
Among the U.S. contenders in the race would be Boeing's Apache, for combat, and the Chinook, for heavy-lift.
The reportedly $550 million-tender aims to replace India's ageing helicopter fleet and trials were said to be on in the hot, humid deserts of Rajasthan and the icy Himalayan heights of Ladakh and Leh.
Mr. Shapiro reflected upon his attendance on February last at the Aero India show, an event at which he said he advocated for U.S. defence sales.
"While India unfortunately did not down-select a U.S. aircraft for its MMRCA competition, I believe our relationship with India is much more than one sale," he said.
Suggesting that Indian acquisition of the U.S. defence equipment was woven into the fabric of a stronger U.S.-India strategic partnership, Mr. Shaprio said that recent evidence of the U.S. efforts in this regard was India's acquisition of 10 C-17 aircraft and a request for six more C-130J aircraft.
Keywords: MMRCA, combact helicopters, U.S. India relations, defence deal