Trouble In Jharkhand To woo Mittal Steel, the Jharkhand government showcased its famous Chiria mines. Problem: SAIL already owns rights to the mines.

The problem began almost soon after the chopper flew off. InSeptember last year, Jharkhand Chief Minister, Arjun Munda, took L.N.Mittal, Chairman and CEO of the world's biggest steel company, MittalSteel, on a guided aerial tour of the iron ore-rich Chiria mines.Munda was wooing Mittal to set up a steel plant in the state. Mittalwas impressed with what he saw and heard. The Chiria mines, withestimated reserves of 2.5 billion tonnes of iron ore, aren't just thelargest in Asia, but also have the highest iron content of 65 percent. So, within six weeks, Mittal signed an MoU with the stategovernment to set up a 12-million-tonne per annum steel factory at alikely investment of $9.3 …

Maybe this time...

BTL EDITORIAL

Maybe it will happen this time. Maybe the new state government installed in Lansing in January 2011 will pass anti-bullying legislation. Maybe they will listen this time to the young people who have endured bullying at their schools, the ones who quit school to get away from the pressure, and the parents and friends of young people who could not take it any more and ended their young lives.

Michigan is only one of five states with no anti-bullying legislation of some sort - a dismal reflection of the anti-LGBT environment that has dominated Lansing for years. The four other states - Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana - have a combined population …

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Rising Iraqi violence forces U.S. to increase Baghdad patrols

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. troops have stepped up patrols in Baghdad by45 percent since the spike in sectarian violence, a U.S. general saidThursday, raising questions about the capabilities of Iraqi forces. Acar bomb killed least 15 people in a Shiite area of the capital.

At least 21 other people, including an American soldier and sevenmembers of a Sunni family, were killed Thursday.

With sectarian violence on the rise in Baghdad, the U.S. commandboosted the number of armed patrols in the capital from 12,000 inFebruary to 20,000 since the beginning of March, …

More light on the paradox: Part two of a three-part series on the redeeming characteristics of the servant leadership approach

[HEADNOTE]

PART TWO OF A THREE-PART SERIES ON THE REDEEMING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SERVANT LEADERSHIP APPROACH

The paradoxical notion of "leader as servant" by US essayist and consultant Robert Greenleaf is based on the belief that service to others is essential to human nature. Servant-leaders exist anywhere in organizations. The key is to live this approach within your sphere of influence. In April 2002 ("A paradox illuminated"), we looked at the listening, empathy and healing characteristics of servant-leadership. Here we will examine three other characteristics: persuasion, awareness and foresight.

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5 suspended Mexican players pass 2nd doping test

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican football authorities say the five players dropped from its Gold Cup squad after testing positive for clenbuterol have now tested negative for the banned substance.

The Mexican football federation said Tuesday that results from a University of Los Angeles, California laboratory test performed on June 10 are negative for all five, including goalkeeper …

Domenech steps up France team training

France defender William Gallas trained normally on Monday as coach Raymond Domenech put his players through some endurance and sprint exercises.

Arsenal center back Gallas, who is trying to prove his fitness to Domenech following a recent calf problem, suffered minor injuries to his left hand on Sunday after rolling his dune buggy on its side during some down time at the squad's pre-World Cup training base in Tignes.

Gallas joined strikers Andre-Pierre Gignac, Nicolas Anelka and Djibril Cisse as they trained apart from the rest of the …

Teacher saves her job after flap over gay story

WOODBURN, Ind. -- A high school teacher who faced terminationover a student newspaper column advocating tolerance of gays reacheda settlement with school officials Thursday that allows her tocontinue teaching, although at another school.

Under the settlement with East Allen County Schools, Amy Sorrell,30, agreed to be transferred, said her attorney, …

Gymboree agrees to $1.8 billion buyout by Bain

NEW YORK (AP) — Children's clothing retailer Gymboree Corp. has agreed to be bought by asset management firm Bain Capital for $1.8 billion in what would be the sixth-largest private equity deal of the year.

Gymboree said Monday that the deal is for $65.40 per share, a 24 percent premium to Gymboree's Friday closing stock price of $52.95. The retailer, based in San Francisco, currently has about 27.3 million shares outstanding.

Gymboree stock surged 23 percent in afternoon trading on the news.

The news did not come as a surprise, as speculation about a potential acquisition had been brewing for a few weeks. Last week a report from The New York Post said Gymboree was …

Faeroe Islands appoint Olsen to replace Kerr

TORSHAVN, Faeroe Islands (AP) — The Faeroe Islands' football federation says former Denmark international Lars Olsen will replace Brian Kerr as coach of the national team.

Federation chairman Christian Andreasen says 50-year-old Olsen will sign a two-year contract Wednesday.

Kerr, who took over in 2009, stepped down last …

While making ratatouille

FAMILY TIES

"Are you going to use hot peppers?" my husband asked as I chopped and saut�ed zucchini, onions and eggplant for ratatouille. Inwardly I winced at the suggestion. Wouldn't the spicy pepper overtake the gentler flavours of thyme, oregano and basil? I murmured a noncommittal reply. "I hope so," he added before departing the kitchen, leaving me to my musings.

The kitchens of our childhoodbustling production centres of sturdy Pennsylvania Dutch meals-never created ratatouille. I'm pretty sure I never saw an eggplant in my mother's kitchen. My fondness for this French stew began a few years ago when an abundance of zucchini and peppers appeared in our farm co-op bin. I …

Teams Make Final Preparations for Opener

A day ahead of most other teams, the Washington Nationals opened their new ballpark with a little help from President Bush.

The former Texas Rangers owner, wearing a bright red team jacket, threw the ceremonial first pitch _ high and to the third-base side of the plate _ to Nationals manager Manny Acta before Washington inaugurated National Ballpark against Atlanta before a sellout crowd of about 41,000 on Sunday night.

There was a mixture of boos and cheers for Bush. Those in the upper deck of the $611 million ballpark could see the Capitol and the Washington Monument. The cherry blossoms planted beyond the left-field bleachers weren't yet in bloom.

…

Filipino rebels turn to Malaysia to advance talks

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Muslim rebels in the Philippines say they will wait for a Malaysian facilitator to try to narrow the gap between them and the Philippine government before resuming peace talks.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said Tuesday that the positions of the two sides are so far apart that instead of meeting for another round of talks they want the facilitator from Malaysia to step in.

Iqbal said the government has proposed Sept. 13 for their next meeting in Kuala Lumpur and is waiting for the rebels to respond.

At their latest talks last month, the rebels turned down a government proposal to grant them autonomy without constitutional changes. The rebels say they want a substate that may require amendments to the charter.

Stevens vows to appeal convictions

A defiant Sen. Ted Stevens returned to his home state Wednesday a convicted felon, telling cheering supporters at an airport that bears his name that he's innocent and vowing he will be vindicated.

It was the 84-year-old lawmaker's first stop in Alaska since a federal court jury in Washington convicted him Monday of seven counts of lying on Senate disclosure forms to conceal hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from a wealthy businessman. He will be sentenced early next year.

Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, has brushed aside calls from GOP leaders to resign. He is seeking his seventh full term in next Tuesday's election, facing Democrat Mark Begich.

"I'm running for re-election because I love this land and its people," he told a standing-room only crowd at a hangar at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

Stevens was greeted by hundreds of cheering supporters who chanted, "We need Ted!" and "We love you, Ted!"

He told them: "I will appeal Monday's verdict, and we will win that appeal."

Stevens blamed his legal problems on his former friend Bill Allen, the founder and former chairman of VECO Corp., an oil field services company. Allen was the government's star witness.

"I naively trusted someone who I thought was a trusted friend, who was neither honest nor a friend," Stevens said.

Even though a convicted felon, Stevens remains popular in home state, where he was named "Alaskan of the Century."

The feisty rhetoric resonated with supporter Phil Isley, 53, an Anchorage airplane mechanic.

Isley said he appreciates Stevens for the money and jobs that he has brought to this state, and what occurred in the Washington courtroom should be a lesson for every American.

"If you take one of the most powerful men in America and he can't get a fair trial, how can the rest of us expect a fair trial?"

Earlier Wednesday, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, joined a growing list of Republicans urging Stevens to step down.

"Sen. Stevens should do the right thing and resign," he told MSNBC.

Among other Republicans calling for Stevens' resignation are GOP presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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Associated Press Writer Matthew Daly contributed to this report from Washington.

(This version CORRECTS supporter's name Isley, not Ifley.)

First Koreas Train Crossing Since 1950

SEOUL, South Korea - It was New Year's Eve in 1950. Koreans were fleeing the Chinese advance in the North when American soldiers halted their train at the South Korean border - shooting bullets into its steam tank to prevent it from ever running again.

That ill-fated train was the last to try to cross the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, which has remained in a state of conflict since the 1953 cease-fire that ended the Korean War. On Thursday, two trains are expected to cross the border again in a highly symbolic test-run seen as another step toward healing the wounds between the North and South.

"It's a historic day. I hope that from today the two Koreas will wash away the pain of tension and open the future of hope," Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said as he arrived Thursday to lead the South Korean delegation on the ride into the North.

The train test will be the latest hole punched through the DMZ since the two Koreas embarked on an unprecedented reconciliation with their first summit in June 2000. Roads have also been restored since 2005, and thousands of South Koreans cross annually to visit Diamond Mountain as tourists or to work in the joint Korean industrial zone in Kaesong.

For South Korea, restoration of rail travel would help end its virtual island status, given that the only land route out is through North Korea. A rail link could reduce delivery costs for its export-driven economy.

Two rail lines have been restored across the border. On the western side, 17 miles of track have been laid between the South's Munsan and Kaesong in the North. The new eastern line links North Korea's Diamond Mountain with Jejin in the South across 16 miles of track.

About a dozen South Koreans whose relatives have allegedly been abducted by North Korea staged a protest outside the Munsan train station, demanding the Seoul government do more to bring their loved ones home.

"I wish the train would come back with my son if he is still alive," said Lee Kan-shim, 72, bursting into tears as police kept her from the site.

Seoul wants to connect to Russia's Trans-Siberian railroad. That will be difficult, but the opening of rail service on the two short routes just across the border could be possible "if the South gives a lot to the North in return," said Park June-young, an expert on North Korea at Ewha Women's University.

The tests are scheduled to begin around midday Thursday with 150 people aboard two five-car trains- one departing from the North and another from the South. Both trains will return later Thursday after spending a few hours on the opposite side.

The rail test has been beset by delays, mainly due to the objections of North Korea's military. But it now appears to finally be set after North Korean officers signed off on the plan last week.

The test comes with a price. The North agreed only after South Korea said last month that it would provide raw materials for making clothes, shoes and soap to North Korea - a project that Seoul refused to start last year when the rail tests were called off by the North. The South will get the rights to explore mineral resources in the North in return.

The goods North Korea received in return for the test run are worth $86.5 million, said Nam Sung-wook, a North Korea expert at Korea University. And for agreeing to begin regular service, he added, the North would make "much bigger demands."

North Korea's communist government is also extremely reluctant to allow many foreign influences into the country as it seeks to maintain its grasp on power.

"It's still very early to tell whether we can take (the rail test) as a sign of North Korea opening up to the outside world, but it's certainly a change," the unification minister told reporters Wednesday.

Analysts said the South Korean government appears eager to have the rail test go forward to claim a success in its policy of engagement with the North, which has been dogged by setbacks due to the international standoff over its nuclear weapons program.

Trains still crossed between the North and South even after the division of the peninsula at the end of World War II. It was not until after the North invaded, starting the Korean War in 1950, that U.S. forces destroyed the tracks at the border, as well as the North's rail and road connections to China, to try to prevent infiltration by hostile forces, Korea Railroad Museum director Sohn Gil-shin said.

Sohn expressed hopes the test would presage a new regional network linking Russia and China to the entire Korean peninsula.

A model of the last train that tried to cross stands at the museum outside Seoul. A plaque bears the slogan that has become associated with its halted journey: "The iron horse wants to run."

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Associated Press reporter Jae-soon Chang contributed to this report.

Denney, Coughlin announce they will skate together

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Soap operas have nothing on the U.S. pairs teams.

Two weeks after Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin, who won this year's U.S. title and finished sixth at the world championships, announced their split, Coughlin said Tuesday he is now skating with Caydee Denney. Denney won the 2010 U.S. title with Jeremy Barrett, but that partnership ended in February.

"We're excited to start this new chapter in our careers. The partnership felt right from the start, and we were immediately comfortable on the ice together," Denney and Coughlin said in a statement from U.S. Figure Skating. "While we are grateful for the success we have enjoyed in the past, we look forward to the opportunity that lies ahead."

Denney has moved from Florida to Colorado Springs, where they will train with Dalilah Sappenfield, who coached Coughlin and Yankowskas. Yankowskas has said she plans to continue skating and is looking for a new partner. Barrett has retired.

While dropping old partners and finding new ones is nothing unusual in figure skating, U.S. pairs have been particularly fickle lately and that instability has contributed to the Americans' struggles internationally. Including Yankowskas and Coughlin, none of the teams that won the last four U.S. titles is still together. In the last seven years, only one pairs team, Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker, who have since split, managed to defend its U.S. title.

Yankowskas and Coughlin's sixth-place finish at worlds was the best by a U.S. pair in a non-Olympic year since 1997. The only world medal by a U.S. team in the last 12 years was Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman's bronze in 2002 — against a watered-down, post-Olympic field.

No Americans have been on the Olympic podium since Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard won bronze in 1988.

"We realize we have a lot of work ahead of us, but we will lean on our experience as pairs skaters," Coughlin said. "We have high standards and will do whatever it takes to establish ourselves and set ourselves apart as a strong team."

Lawmaker says cash-for-clunkers car sales will be honored Friday; beyond ...

Lawmaker says cash-for-clunkers car sales will be honored Friday; beyond that is uncertain.

Audit Committees: A Guide for Directors, Management, and Consultants

Audit Committees: A Guide for Directors, Management, and Consultants by Frank M. Burke, J. D., CPA and Dan M. Guy, Ph.D., CPA Published by Aspen Law & Business 310 pages $120

This informative guide presents the history, responsibilities, and operating procedures of audit committees. The guide also features expert knowledge of external and internal auditor standards and the latest requirements from the NYSE, NASD, AMEX, and sec. Focusing primarily on publicly held companies, the book does contain a short chapter about audit committees for not-for-profit and public-sector entities.

To order, contact Aspen Publishers at (800) 638-8437 or visit its website at www.aspenpublishers.com.

How Are You Doing, Rudolph Ming?

How Are You Doing, Rudolph Ming?

Dir. Roberts Rubins

myspace.com/video/juris-podnieksstudio/how-are-you-doing-rudolfming/63179784

Rudolph Ming is a pre-teen boy in Latvia who is passionate about his own style of filmmaking, which involves drawing images on long strips of parchment paper, running it through a projector and enthusiastically narrating these tiny horror films. This documentary looks at the value of art and creativity and introduces us to a boy with an amazing (and enviable) imagination. (Lindsay Gibb)

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Umpires_Home, Gary Darling; First, Derryl Cousins; Second, Bob Davidson; Third, Adrian Johnson.

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World Cup Bobsled Results

IGLS, Austria (AP) — Results Sunday from a bobsled World Cup race on the Olympia track (run times in parentheses):

Men
Four-man

1. Russia I (Alexsandr Zubkov, Philipp Egorov, Dmitry Trunenkov and Nikolay Hrenkov), 1 minute, 43.05 seconds (51.56-51.49).

2. United States I (Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen, Steven Langton, Curt Tomasevicz), 1:43.11 (51.65-51.46).

3. Germany I (Thomas Florschuetz, Martin Rostig, Kevin Kuske, Thomas Blaschek, 1:43.41 (51.77-51.64).

4. Russia II, 1:43.43 (51.77-51.66).

5. Latvia I, 1:43.49 (51.84-51.65).

6. Germany III, 1:43.53 (51.79-51.74).

7. Germany II, 1:43.60 (51.95-51.65).

8. Latvia II, 1:43.70 (51.92-51.78).

9. Switzerland I, 1:43.83 (51.85-51.98).

10. Canada II, 1:43.86 (52.12-51.74).

World Cup Four-Man Standings
(After 1 of 8 races)

1. Alexsandr Zubkov, Russia, 225 points.

2. Steven Holcomb, United States, 210.

3. Thomas Florschuetz, Germany, 200.

4. Alexander Kasjanov, Russia, 192.

5. Edgars Maskalans, Latvia, 184.

Guide for the Auditors of Registered Electoral District Associations

Issued by the CICA Elections Task Force

Under amendments made to the Canada Elections Act, which were assented to on June 19, 2003, and effective as of January 1, 2004, federal electoral district associations are permitted to register with Elections Canada. Although registration is not mandatory, unregistered associations can only receive transfers from their registered party. They cannot accept contributions, provide goods or services, or transfer funds to election candidates, the registered party, or another registered association of that party; and they cannot accept funds from a candidate, leadership contestant, or nomination contestant.

Upon registration, a registered electoral district association has to appoint both a financial agent and an auditor. The application for registration must include their consent to so act. Chartered accountants who are considering accepting the appointment as financial agents should refer to the Registered Association Handbook issued by Elections Canada (www.elections.ca), which identifies the eligibility requirements for financial agents, as well as their responsibilities (including a checklist). With respect to the responsibilities of the auditor, the CICA's Elections Task Force has issued a Guide, which is posted on the CICA website at www.cica.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/25636/ la_id/1.htm.

Within five months of the end of a fiscal (calendar) year, the financial agent of the registered association must submit to the Chief Electoral Officer a Financial Transactions Return, which includes a declaration by the financial agent that the information contained in the Return is correct. An audit of the Return is only required if the registered association has, in a fiscal period, accepted contributions or incurred expenses of $5,000 or more in total. In such instances, the auditor is to report to the financial agent on the Financial Transactions Return, and shall, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, make any examination that will enable the auditor to give an opinion in the report as to whether it presents fairly the information contained in the financial records on which it is based. If such is not the case, or if it appears that proper accounting records have not been kept, the auditor should indicate that such is the case in the auditor's report.

The Financial Transactions Return comprises four parts: Part 1 comprises a declaration by the financial agent; Part 2 comprises several statements relating to contributions received, for which the legislative requirements are similar to those relating to contributions received by federal election candidates; Part 3 comprises a statement of transfers made by the association and a statement of unpaid claims; and Part 4 comprises the association's financial statements-a Statement of Assets and Liabilities, including any surplus or deficit, and a Statement of Revenues and Expenses, both of which must be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

The Guide issued by the CICA's Elections Task Force sets out the eligibility requirements for the auditor; these are identical to those for the auditor of a candidate in a federal election. It also comments on a number of issues that the auditor is likely to face, including but not restricted to: auditor independence and objectivity; audit of opening balances (in the context that audits are only required for certain, and not all, fiscal periods); contributions received (the audit issues are similar to those for the audit of a federal election candidate); and the GAAP requirement for the association's financial statements. Samples of consent, engagement, and representation letters are also included in the Guide, along with an auditor's report that is considered appropriate for this type of engagement.

Staff Contact: Andr�e Lavigne, CA, principal, research studies: andree.lavigne@cica.ca

Gazprom's 4Q net profit slides 84 percent

Russia's state-owned natural gas company Gazprom said Wednesday that its full-year net profit rose by 13 percent to 743 billion rubles ($22.2 billion) in a year that saw gas and oil prices soar, then fall. But the recession appeared to hit its earnings hard at the end of the year.

The full-year figures, subtracting already published nine-month earnings, imply a net profit in the fourth quarter of only 37.5 billion rubles ($1.1 billion), a plunge of 84 percent from 232 billion rubles the previous year as the company battled with sliding demand for its exports and the fall in the ruble against other currencies.

The company admitted that 2009 would be a difficult year. Gas exports have dropped dramatically in the first quarter, with analysts estimating they fell by as much as 57 percent.

"The negative macroeconomic background characterized by the slump in global oil prices in the second half of 2008 and an ongoing decrease in demand for fuel in export and domestic markets will have a significant impact on the group's financial results in 2009," said Gazprom in a statement.

Yearly sales advanced to 3.8 trillion rubles ($114 billion) in 2008, a 45 percent increase on the previous year.

As of Dec. 31, net debt stood at 1.37 trillion rubles ($41 billion), making it the country's biggest debtor. It recently raised $2.25 billion in a eurobond issue, suggesting some initial easing on international debt markets. Gazprom said it planned to take tighter control over its debt situation, and rely on internal resources to make sure it is able to finance priority projects.

These include the massive Shtokman field in the Arctic and the Nord Stream pipeline, which will pipe Russian gas to Germany and eventually to Britain.

Gazprom insisted that it has no plans to delay key projects despite the drop in earnings and the difficult financing climate because of the crisis hitting the world's banks.

"In view of the expected medium-term revival of world economy and restored demand for hydrocarbons, this approach will give the group a competitive advantage over those oil and gas companies which will have to significantly delay their strategic projects," Gazprom said.

Gazprom is the world's largest producer of gas, but it has been hard hit by sliding demand for gas at the same time as competing liquefied natural gas carried by ship floods European markets. Gazprom relies on pipelines and long-term pricing agreements.

Analysts have said the gas giant must trim its ambitious spending plans if it is to ride out the global economic downturn.

Former teacher, administrator

Who: Paul Vega.

What: Named to the key post of associate superintendent forschool reform implementation by School Supt. Ted D. Kimbrough.

Job experience: A former vice president of Malcolm X College andformer administrator at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Taughtbusiness law for the City Colleges of Chicago. Currently a staffattorney for the City Council Finance Committee who maintains aprivate law practice.

Education: Graduate of Chicago's Jefferson Elementary School andCrane High School. Bachelor of science degree in education fromNorthern Illinois University, law degree from DePaul University, anddoctorate in education administration from Northwestern University.

Personal stats: Age 47. Lives in Beverly. A Mexican-Americanwith roots in the Little Village neighborhood and its communitygroups. Engaged to be married; no children.

Flatman joins Bell on sidelines

Bath's David Flatman has joined fellow England prop the unluckyDuncan Bell on the sidelines until well into the new year afterundergoing a second bout of shoulder surgery.

Flatman, who needed a shoulder operation last season, had to gounder the knife again to repair an 'anchor' inserted in his leftshoulder.

And Bell, who was expected to make his comeback from knee surgeryagainst Cardiff last Friday, has had surgery to repair a severedbicep tendon, delaying his return for at least another six weeks.

Bath head coach Steve Meehan said: "David Flatman will be out fora while longer because he had to have the anchor which surgeons putin his shoulder to repair damage done last season came away.

"He took a hefty hit in the match at Sale and then complainedthat there was crunching in his shoulder and a subsequent trip to aspecialist resulted in him having an operation to sort that out.

"Duncan Bell is entitled to feel hugely frustrated because he hassuffered what is a freak injury for any athlete in any sport.

"And it came at a time when he was right there in terms ofgetting back into first-team action.

"Now, he's looking at another six weeks on the sidelines."

Flatman and Bell's returns to The Rec casualty list saw them joinlock Rob Fidler and Ryan Davis, who have both started their rehabfrom knee reconstruction surgery.

On a more positive note, club vice-captain Alex Crockett (knee)and Andrew Higgins (hamstring) are expected to be in the mix forBath's return date with Albi at The Rec on Saturday week.

And England and Lions lock Danny Grewcock is expected to bechallenging for a recall against Leeds Carnegie at The Rec onSaturday, December 15.

Lufthansa mulls bid for Austrian Airlines stake

Deutsche Lufthansa AG has made a nonbinding offer for a stake in rival Austrian Airlines, a Lufthansa spokesman said Monday.

The deadline for nonbinding offers was Sunday, Lufthansa spokesman Andreas Bartels said, but did not provide further financial or other details.

The Austrian government decided in early August to privatize the airline with the condition that 25 percent remains in Austrian hands. The government holds about 43 percent of the airline.

Austrian Airlines expects a loss of between euro70 million and euro90 million (US$103 million and US$132.3 million) in 2008.

Austrian Airlines has been an important partner of Lufthansa for years, with its main hub of Vienna. It has been part of the Star Alliance since 2000. Air France-KLM is among the other airlines to express an interest in the Austrian flag carrier.

Interested parties can look at Austrian's books, and will be able to make binding offers and hold sale negotiations later.

Shares of Lufthansa were up 0.2 percent at euro14.47 (US$21.27) in Frankfurt morning trading.

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On the Net:

http://www.lufthansa.com

http://www.austrianairlines.com

US Dollar Mixed, Gold Up

LONDON - The U.S. dollar was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Monday morning. Gold rose.

The euro traded at $1.4410, down from $1.4416 late Friday in New York.

Other dollar rates:

-114.47 Japanese yen, up from 114.11

-1.1632 Swiss francs, down from 1.1639

-0.9597 Canadian dollars, down from 0.9617

The British pound was quoted at $2.0590, up from $2.0549.

Gold traded in London at $791.50 per troy ounce, up from $777.80 late Friday.

Gold opened at $788.05 an ounce in Hong Kong, up from Friday's close of $776.15.

In Zurich, gold traded at $790.80, up from $777.80.

Silver opened in London at $14.35, up from $14.17.

Georgia delays execution of inmate for 1 day

JACKSON, Georgia (AP) — Georgia prison officials have delayed the execution of a death row inmate who would have been the subject of the nation's first videotaped execution in nearly two decades.

The state corrections department said Wednesday the execution of Andrew Grant DeYoung would be rescheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m.

Attorney General Sam Olens would not say why the execution was rescheduled.

The Georgia Supreme Court earlier upheld a request by another death row inmate to videotape DeYoung's execution as part of his challenge to the state's execution procedure.

Experts say it would be the first known recording of an execution since 1992. In that California case, the state's method of execution using lethal gas was being challenged. The tape was later destroyed.

MAKING IT: Michael Collins

42, CEO and Founder

Big Idea Group in Manchester

ON LEADERSHIP: Collins knows first-hand what it's like to be a struggling inventor and entrepreneur. His company, the Manchester-based Big Idea Group (BIG), bridges the gap between emerging innovators and consumer companies in search of the next big thing. Collins and his staff travel the globe, recruiting inventors with ideas that solve a specific problem. A select group of innovators become part of the Inventor Network and are assigned by BIG to tackle specific jobs for some of the world's most well-known, influential retail companies. "An innovator can lose objectivity when it comes to their idea," Collins says. "My job is to guide them through the process. I ask them a series of questions, and based on the viability of their idea, help them decide what to do with it."

THE RESUME: Collins earned a degree in engineering from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. At the age of 35, he started his first company. Kid Galaxy. the specialty toy company that spawned Bendos, a line of poseable action figures. Collins founded Big Idea Group in 2000. which has helped develop products for companies such as Avon, Staples. Sunbeam, Target, and Toys "R" Us.

ON THE JOB: Like the name suggests, Collins and his team have a mission: to find the next big idea. He regularly holds "Idea Hunts," which are specific, highly organized searches for innovations or technologies in a particular industry. The hunts are usually conducted with members of BIG's Inventor Network and lasts a short but intense period of time. His panel of judges gives innovators an opportunity to pitch their idea, explain its usefulness find potential market, and even show off a prototype. Currently, he is on the lookout for innovators in the food and beverage market and is hoping to find some new ideas for the personal communications market.

6.30 DONCASTER RACECOURSE SPONSORSHIP CLUB APPRENTICE [Derived headline]

6.30 DONCASTER RACECOURSE SPONSORSHIP CLUB APPRENTICE HANDICAP(Class 6) Pounds 4,000 added 4YO PLUS 2m 110yds Penalty Value Pounds2,730

1__5201/4__Spring Breeze (10) (D) M Dods 7 9 10__J Cavanagh (5)

2__320211__Bijou Dan (4) G M Moore 7 9 9(6ex)__P Donaghy

3__-00435__Let It Be (7) (D) K G Reveley 7 9 1__Frederik Tylicki(5)

4__23/65-__That Look (J53) D Cantillon 5 8 10__Rosie Jessop (5)

5__100/04__Fair Spin (36) (D) Micky Hammond 8 8 9__G Bartley

6__5204/0__Restart (IRE) (41) Lucinda Featherstone 7 8 9__BillyCray (3)

7__200/00__Lodgician (IRE) (33) K G Reveley 6 8 9__B McHugh (3)

8__00004/__Euro Route (IRE) (1003) G Smith 7 8 5__Stacey Renwick

9__6-5F03__Dance Sauvage (10) C Thornton 5 8 5__L Betts (3)

10__035-30__Jenny Soba (52) Lucinda Featherstone 5 8 5__DProbert

11__00-P00__Bobansheil (IRE) (J13) J Wainwright 4 8 5__J Rogers(5)

12__100-00__Fadansil (16) J Wade 5 8 5__W A Carson

13__450-00__Lawyer To World (J30) Mrs C Dunnett 4 8 5__Amy Baker

14__00-500__Foxxy (33) J R Norton 4 8 5__M Coumbe

15__06-006__Compton Commander (14) E W Tuer 10 8 5__Jamie Kyne(5)

15 declared

BETTING: 11-4 That Look, 4-1 Bijou Dan, 6-1 Let It Be, 7-1 DanceSauvage, 8-1 Spring Breeze, 10-1 Fair Spin, 14-1 Jenny Soba, 25-1others.

7.00 DIBCO PRECISION ENGINEERING HANDICAP (Class 4) Pounds 8,000added 3YO PLUS 1m 4f Penalty Value Pounds 5,181

1__041314__Cotton Eyed Joe (IRE) (15) (CD) G A Swinbank 7 10 0__PJ McDonald (3)

2__0-3035__Celtic Change (IRE) (12) M Dods 4 10 0__P Mulrennan

3__1-3100__Boz (40) (D) L Cumani 4 9 13__J P Spencer

4__10-500__Dzesmin (POL) (33) (D) R C Guest 6 9 13__R L Moore

5__0-0660__Vicious Warrior (15) (C) R Whitaker 9 9 12__D McKeown

6__05342-__Heathyards Pride (245) (D) R Hollinshead 8 9 11__NCallan

7__0600-5__Clueless (15) (D) A J McCabe 6 9 11__J Doyle

8__-01201__Amanda Carter (6) (CD) R Fahey 4 9 9(6ex)__FrederikTylicki (7)

9__-34625__Sporting Gesture (13) (CD) M W Easterby 11 9 4__BRoper (7)

10__2-100__The Oil Magnate (12) (C) M Dods 3 9 0__T Hamilton

10 declared

BETTING: 11-4 Amanda Carter, 4-1 Cotton Eyed Joe, 6-1 Clueless, 8-1 Celtic Change, Boz, Heathyards Pride, 12-1 Dzesmin, SportingGesture, 16-1 others.

7.35 WILLIAMS FASTENERS NOVICE FILLIES' STAKES (Class 4) Pounds6,500 added 2YO only 5f Penalty Value Pounds 4,209

1__1__Crystal Moments (50) (D) E Dunlop 9 3__R L Moore

2__1__Maggie Lou (IRE) (75) (D) K Ryan 9 3__N Callan

3__410__Skruton (IRE) (12) M G Quinlan 9 3__J O'Dwyer (3)

4__1__Excellerator (IRE) (32) (D) George Baker 9 0__J P Spencer

5__5351__Rosabee (IRE) (2) Miss V Haigh 8 10__E Creighton

6__612__Simple Rhythm (7) (D) M G Quinlan 8 10__D Fox (3)

7__Soviet Rhythm G M Moore 8 6__A Elliott

7 declared

BETTING: 11-4 Crystal Moments, 3-1 Maggie Lou, 7-2 Excellerator,11-2 Skruton, 8-1 Simple Rhythm, 10-1 Rosabee, 20-1 Soviet Rhythm.

8.05 BARIS GROUP FILLIES' HANDICAP (STR) (Class 4) Pounds 8,000added 3YO PLUS 1m Penalty Value Pounds 5,459

1__364-10__Summer Gold (IRE) (15) E Alston 4 10 0__D Allan

2__-60411__Flying Valentino (10) (D) G A Swinbank 4 9 6(6ex)__P JMcDonald (3)

3__320146__Oat Cuisine (12) (D) (BF) M Bell 4 9 5__J P Spencer

4__0-02__Lambda (USA) (25) Sir M Stoute 3 9 4__R L Moore

5__32-021__Luck Will Come (IRE) (18) (D) H Collingridge 4 90__Kirsty Milczarek (3)

6__5136-6__Destinys Dream (IRE) (15) D Barker 3 8 12__T Hamilton

7__425103__Shosolosa (IRE) (18) (CD) R C Guest 6 8 9__StaceyRenwick (7)

8__20-001__Slip Star (12) (C) T Etherington 5 8 9__G Fairley

8 declared

BETTING: 9-4 Flying Valentino, 3-1 Lambda, 9-2 Oat Cuisine, 11-2Luck Will Come, 14-1 Summer Gold, Slip Star, 16-1 Destinys Dream,Shosolosa.

8.40 MOLLART COX MAIDEN STAKES (Class 5) Pounds 5,500 added 3YOPLUS 6f Penalty Value Pounds 3,753

1__Haamesh (IRE) J Wainwright 4 9 9__P Aspell

2__4-5__Royal Encore (13) J Fanshawe 4 9 4__J P Spencer

3__04__Billy Bowmore (8) M Dods 3 9 3__T Hamilton

4__Chosen Forever G Oldroyd 3 9 3__S De Sousa

5__Top Tribute T Tate 3 9 3__M Fenton

6__0-050__Ma Vie En Rose (IRE) (15) A Balding 3 8 12__N Callan

7__00__Summer Rose (12) R Cowell 3 8 12__F Lynch

8__0-__Tara's Force (IRE) (448) J J Quinn 3 8 12__J Moriarty (3)

8 declared

BETTING: 7-4 Royal Encore, 4-1 Top Tribute, Ma Vie En Rose, 13-2Billy Bowmore, 10-1 Tara's Force, 16-1 Haamesh, Chosen Forever, 25-1 Summer Rose.

9.10 HAF POWER TOOLS HANDICAP (Class 5) Pounds 5,500 added 3YOPLUS 5f Penalty Value Pounds 3,562

1__242131__Misaro (GER) (11) (D) R Harris 7 10 2(6ex)__H Frost(5)

2__-44406__Charles Parnell (IRE) (5) (D) M Dods 5 9 12__F Lynch

3__431124__Best One (19) (D) R Harris 4 9 12__K Ghunowa (3)

4__006100__Steelcut (16) (D) R Fahey 4 9 12__J Moriarty (3)

5__01350-__Haajes (300) (D) S Parr 4 9 11__Darren Williams

6__500036__Yungaburra (IRE) (6) (D) S Parr 4 9 7__K Gundowry (7)

7__001423__The Bear (13) (D) R Johnson 5 9 7__P J McDonald (3)

8__00/0-0__Jonny Ebeneezer (5) (D) D Flood 9 9 4__Robbie Egan (7)

9__11-042__Nomoreblondes (6) (D) P Midgley 4 9 4__M Fenton

10__544222__Comptonspirit (16) (D) B Baugh 4 9 4__P Mulrennan

11__303025__Colorus (IRE) (6) (D) W J H Ratcliffe 5 9 2__N Callan

12__26-503__Brandywell Boy (IRE) (16) (D) D Ffrench Davis 5 92__R Thomas

13__41114-__Making Music (287) (D) T Easterby 5 9 1__D Allan

14__004__Braille (13) T Walford 3 8 13__T Hamilton

15__00-062__Never Without Me (21) (D) J Coupland 8 8 12__SCreighton (5)

16__230065__Hawaii Prince (9) (D) S T Mason 4 8 9__S De Sousa

17__06000-__She's Our Dream (245) R C Guest 3 8 2__P Mathers

17 declared

BETTING: 7-2 Misaro, 9-2 Best One, 7-1 The Bear, 8-1Nomoreblondes, 10-1 Comptonspirit, .

6.30 DONCASTER RACECOURSE SPONSORSHIP CLUB APPRENTICE [Derived headline]

6.30 DONCASTER RACECOURSE SPONSORSHIP CLUB APPRENTICE HANDICAP(Class 6) Pounds 4,000 added 4YO PLUS 2m 110yds Penalty Value Pounds2,730

1__5201/4__Spring Breeze (10) (D) M Dods 7 9 10__J Cavanagh (5)

2__320211__Bijou Dan (4) G M Moore 7 9 9(6ex)__P Donaghy

3__-00435__Let It Be (7) (D) K G Reveley 7 9 1__Frederik Tylicki(5)

4__23/65-__That Look (J53) D Cantillon 5 8 10__Rosie Jessop (5)

5__100/04__Fair Spin (36) (D) Micky Hammond 8 8 9__G Bartley

6__5204/0__Restart (IRE) (41) Lucinda Featherstone 7 8 9__BillyCray (3)

7__200/00__Lodgician (IRE) (33) K G Reveley 6 8 9__B McHugh (3)

8__00004/__Euro Route (IRE) (1003) G Smith 7 8 5__Stacey Renwick

9__6-5F03__Dance Sauvage (10) C Thornton 5 8 5__L Betts (3)

10__035-30__Jenny Soba (52) Lucinda Featherstone 5 8 5__DProbert

11__00-P00__Bobansheil (IRE) (J13) J Wainwright 4 8 5__J Rogers(5)

12__100-00__Fadansil (16) J Wade 5 8 5__W A Carson

13__450-00__Lawyer To World (J30) Mrs C Dunnett 4 8 5__Amy Baker

14__00-500__Foxxy (33) J R Norton 4 8 5__M Coumbe

15__06-006__Compton Commander (14) E W Tuer 10 8 5__Jamie Kyne(5)

15 declared

BETTING: 11-4 That Look, 4-1 Bijou Dan, 6-1 Let It Be, 7-1 DanceSauvage, 8-1 Spring Breeze, 10-1 Fair Spin, 14-1 Jenny Soba, 25-1others.

7.00 DIBCO PRECISION ENGINEERING HANDICAP (Class 4) Pounds 8,000added 3YO PLUS 1m 4f Penalty Value Pounds 5,181

1__041314__Cotton Eyed Joe (IRE) (15) (CD) G A Swinbank 7 10 0__PJ McDonald (3)

2__0-3035__Celtic Change (IRE) (12) M Dods 4 10 0__P Mulrennan

3__1-3100__Boz (40) (D) L Cumani 4 9 13__J P Spencer

4__10-500__Dzesmin (POL) (33) (D) R C Guest 6 9 13__R L Moore

5__0-0660__Vicious Warrior (15) (C) R Whitaker 9 9 12__D McKeown

6__05342-__Heathyards Pride (245) (D) R Hollinshead 8 9 11__NCallan

7__0600-5__Clueless (15) (D) A J McCabe 6 9 11__J Doyle

8__-01201__Amanda Carter (6) (CD) R Fahey 4 9 9(6ex)__FrederikTylicki (7)

9__-34625__Sporting Gesture (13) (CD) M W Easterby 11 9 4__BRoper (7)

10__2-100__The Oil Magnate (12) (C) M Dods 3 9 0__T Hamilton

10 declared

BETTING: 11-4 Amanda Carter, 4-1 Cotton Eyed Joe, 6-1 Clueless, 8-1 Celtic Change, Boz, Heathyards Pride, 12-1 Dzesmin, SportingGesture, 16-1 others.

7.35 WILLIAMS FASTENERS NOVICE FILLIES' STAKES (Class 4) Pounds6,500 added 2YO only 5f Penalty Value Pounds 4,209

1__1__Crystal Moments (50) (D) E Dunlop 9 3__R L Moore

2__1__Maggie Lou (IRE) (75) (D) K Ryan 9 3__N Callan

3__410__Skruton (IRE) (12) M G Quinlan 9 3__J O'Dwyer (3)

4__1__Excellerator (IRE) (32) (D) George Baker 9 0__J P Spencer

5__5351__Rosabee (IRE) (2) Miss V Haigh 8 10__E Creighton

6__612__Simple Rhythm (7) (D) M G Quinlan 8 10__D Fox (3)

7__Soviet Rhythm G M Moore 8 6__A Elliott

7 declared

BETTING: 11-4 Crystal Moments, 3-1 Maggie Lou, 7-2 Excellerator,11-2 Skruton, 8-1 Simple Rhythm, 10-1 Rosabee, 20-1 Soviet Rhythm.

8.05 BARIS GROUP FILLIES' HANDICAP (STR) (Class 4) Pounds 8,000added 3YO PLUS 1m Penalty Value Pounds 5,459

1__364-10__Summer Gold (IRE) (15) E Alston 4 10 0__D Allan

2__-60411__Flying Valentino (10) (D) G A Swinbank 4 9 6(6ex)__P JMcDonald (3)

3__320146__Oat Cuisine (12) (D) (BF) M Bell 4 9 5__J P Spencer

4__0-02__Lambda (USA) (25) Sir M Stoute 3 9 4__R L Moore

5__32-021__Luck Will Come (IRE) (18) (D) H Collingridge 4 90__Kirsty Milczarek (3)

6__5136-6__Destinys Dream (IRE) (15) D Barker 3 8 12__T Hamilton

7__425103__Shosolosa (IRE) (18) (CD) R C Guest 6 8 9__StaceyRenwick (7)

8__20-001__Slip Star (12) (C) T Etherington 5 8 9__G Fairley

8 declared

BETTING: 9-4 Flying Valentino, 3-1 Lambda, 9-2 Oat Cuisine, 11-2Luck Will Come, 14-1 Summer Gold, Slip Star, 16-1 Destinys Dream,Shosolosa.

8.40 MOLLART COX MAIDEN STAKES (Class 5) Pounds 5,500 added 3YOPLUS 6f Penalty Value Pounds 3,753

1__Haamesh (IRE) J Wainwright 4 9 9__P Aspell

2__4-5__Royal Encore (13) J Fanshawe 4 9 4__J P Spencer

3__04__Billy Bowmore (8) M Dods 3 9 3__T Hamilton

4__Chosen Forever G Oldroyd 3 9 3__S De Sousa

5__Top Tribute T Tate 3 9 3__M Fenton

6__0-050__Ma Vie En Rose (IRE) (15) A Balding 3 8 12__N Callan

7__00__Summer Rose (12) R Cowell 3 8 12__F Lynch

8__0-__Tara's Force (IRE) (448) J J Quinn 3 8 12__J Moriarty (3)

8 declared

BETTING: 7-4 Royal Encore, 4-1 Top Tribute, Ma Vie En Rose, 13-2Billy Bowmore, 10-1 Tara's Force, 16-1 Haamesh, Chosen Forever, 25-1 Summer Rose.

9.10 HAF POWER TOOLS HANDICAP (Class 5) Pounds 5,500 added 3YOPLUS 5f Penalty Value Pounds 3,562

1__242131__Misaro (GER) (11) (D) R Harris 7 10 2(6ex)__H Frost(5)

2__-44406__Charles Parnell (IRE) (5) (D) M Dods 5 9 12__F Lynch

3__431124__Best One (19) (D) R Harris 4 9 12__K Ghunowa (3)

4__006100__Steelcut (16) (D) R Fahey 4 9 12__J Moriarty (3)

5__01350-__Haajes (300) (D) S Parr 4 9 11__Darren Williams

6__500036__Yungaburra (IRE) (6) (D) S Parr 4 9 7__K Gundowry (7)

7__001423__The Bear (13) (D) R Johnson 5 9 7__P J McDonald (3)

8__00/0-0__Jonny Ebeneezer (5) (D) D Flood 9 9 4__Robbie Egan (7)

9__11-042__Nomoreblondes (6) (D) P Midgley 4 9 4__M Fenton

10__544222__Comptonspirit (16) (D) B Baugh 4 9 4__P Mulrennan

11__303025__Colorus (IRE) (6) (D) W J H Ratcliffe 5 9 2__N Callan

12__26-503__Brandywell Boy (IRE) (16) (D) D Ffrench Davis 5 92__R Thomas

13__41114-__Making Music (287) (D) T Easterby 5 9 1__D Allan

14__004__Braille (13) T Walford 3 8 13__T Hamilton

15__00-062__Never Without Me (21) (D) J Coupland 8 8 12__SCreighton (5)

16__230065__Hawaii Prince (9) (D) S T Mason 4 8 9__S De Sousa

17__06000-__She's Our Dream (245) R C Guest 3 8 2__P Mathers

17 declared

BETTING: 7-2 Misaro, 9-2 Best One, 7-1 The Bear, 8-1Nomoreblondes, 10-1 Comptonspirit, .

6.30 DONCASTER RACECOURSE SPONSORSHIP CLUB APPRENTICE [Derived headline]

6.30 DONCASTER RACECOURSE SPONSORSHIP CLUB APPRENTICE HANDICAP(Class 6) Pounds 4,000 added 4YO PLUS 2m 110yds Penalty Value Pounds2,730

1__5201/4__Spring Breeze (10) (D) M Dods 7 9 10__J Cavanagh (5)

2__320211__Bijou Dan (4) G M Moore 7 9 9(6ex)__P Donaghy

3__-00435__Let It Be (7) (D) K G Reveley 7 9 1__Frederik Tylicki(5)

4__23/65-__That Look (J53) D Cantillon 5 8 10__Rosie Jessop (5)

5__100/04__Fair Spin (36) (D) Micky Hammond 8 8 9__G Bartley

6__5204/0__Restart (IRE) (41) Lucinda Featherstone 7 8 9__BillyCray (3)

7__200/00__Lodgician (IRE) (33) K G Reveley 6 8 9__B McHugh (3)

8__00004/__Euro Route (IRE) (1003) G Smith 7 8 5__Stacey Renwick

9__6-5F03__Dance Sauvage (10) C Thornton 5 8 5__L Betts (3)

10__035-30__Jenny Soba (52) Lucinda Featherstone 5 8 5__DProbert

11__00-P00__Bobansheil (IRE) (J13) J Wainwright 4 8 5__J Rogers(5)

12__100-00__Fadansil (16) J Wade 5 8 5__W A Carson

13__450-00__Lawyer To World (J30) Mrs C Dunnett 4 8 5__Amy Baker

14__00-500__Foxxy (33) J R Norton 4 8 5__M Coumbe

15__06-006__Compton Commander (14) E W Tuer 10 8 5__Jamie Kyne(5)

15 declared

BETTING: 11-4 That Look, 4-1 Bijou Dan, 6-1 Let It Be, 7-1 DanceSauvage, 8-1 Spring Breeze, 10-1 Fair Spin, 14-1 Jenny Soba, 25-1others.

7.00 DIBCO PRECISION ENGINEERING HANDICAP (Class 4) Pounds 8,000added 3YO PLUS 1m 4f Penalty Value Pounds 5,181

1__041314__Cotton Eyed Joe (IRE) (15) (CD) G A Swinbank 7 10 0__PJ McDonald (3)

2__0-3035__Celtic Change (IRE) (12) M Dods 4 10 0__P Mulrennan

3__1-3100__Boz (40) (D) L Cumani 4 9 13__J P Spencer

4__10-500__Dzesmin (POL) (33) (D) R C Guest 6 9 13__R L Moore

5__0-0660__Vicious Warrior (15) (C) R Whitaker 9 9 12__D McKeown

6__05342-__Heathyards Pride (245) (D) R Hollinshead 8 9 11__NCallan

7__0600-5__Clueless (15) (D) A J McCabe 6 9 11__J Doyle

8__-01201__Amanda Carter (6) (CD) R Fahey 4 9 9(6ex)__FrederikTylicki (7)

9__-34625__Sporting Gesture (13) (CD) M W Easterby 11 9 4__BRoper (7)

10__2-100__The Oil Magnate (12) (C) M Dods 3 9 0__T Hamilton

10 declared

BETTING: 11-4 Amanda Carter, 4-1 Cotton Eyed Joe, 6-1 Clueless, 8-1 Celtic Change, Boz, Heathyards Pride, 12-1 Dzesmin, SportingGesture, 16-1 others.

7.35 WILLIAMS FASTENERS NOVICE FILLIES' STAKES (Class 4) Pounds6,500 added 2YO only 5f Penalty Value Pounds 4,209

1__1__Crystal Moments (50) (D) E Dunlop 9 3__R L Moore

2__1__Maggie Lou (IRE) (75) (D) K Ryan 9 3__N Callan

3__410__Skruton (IRE) (12) M G Quinlan 9 3__J O'Dwyer (3)

4__1__Excellerator (IRE) (32) (D) George Baker 9 0__J P Spencer

5__5351__Rosabee (IRE) (2) Miss V Haigh 8 10__E Creighton

6__612__Simple Rhythm (7) (D) M G Quinlan 8 10__D Fox (3)

7__Soviet Rhythm G M Moore 8 6__A Elliott

7 declared

BETTING: 11-4 Crystal Moments, 3-1 Maggie Lou, 7-2 Excellerator,11-2 Skruton, 8-1 Simple Rhythm, 10-1 Rosabee, 20-1 Soviet Rhythm.

8.05 BARIS GROUP FILLIES' HANDICAP (STR) (Class 4) Pounds 8,000added 3YO PLUS 1m Penalty Value Pounds 5,459

1__364-10__Summer Gold (IRE) (15) E Alston 4 10 0__D Allan

2__-60411__Flying Valentino (10) (D) G A Swinbank 4 9 6(6ex)__P JMcDonald (3)

3__320146__Oat Cuisine (12) (D) (BF) M Bell 4 9 5__J P Spencer

4__0-02__Lambda (USA) (25) Sir M Stoute 3 9 4__R L Moore

5__32-021__Luck Will Come (IRE) (18) (D) H Collingridge 4 90__Kirsty Milczarek (3)

6__5136-6__Destinys Dream (IRE) (15) D Barker 3 8 12__T Hamilton

7__425103__Shosolosa (IRE) (18) (CD) R C Guest 6 8 9__StaceyRenwick (7)

8__20-001__Slip Star (12) (C) T Etherington 5 8 9__G Fairley

8 declared

BETTING: 9-4 Flying Valentino, 3-1 Lambda, 9-2 Oat Cuisine, 11-2Luck Will Come, 14-1 Summer Gold, Slip Star, 16-1 Destinys Dream,Shosolosa.

8.40 MOLLART COX MAIDEN STAKES (Class 5) Pounds 5,500 added 3YOPLUS 6f Penalty Value Pounds 3,753

1__Haamesh (IRE) J Wainwright 4 9 9__P Aspell

2__4-5__Royal Encore (13) J Fanshawe 4 9 4__J P Spencer

3__04__Billy Bowmore (8) M Dods 3 9 3__T Hamilton

4__Chosen Forever G Oldroyd 3 9 3__S De Sousa

5__Top Tribute T Tate 3 9 3__M Fenton

6__0-050__Ma Vie En Rose (IRE) (15) A Balding 3 8 12__N Callan

7__00__Summer Rose (12) R Cowell 3 8 12__F Lynch

8__0-__Tara's Force (IRE) (448) J J Quinn 3 8 12__J Moriarty (3)

8 declared

BETTING: 7-4 Royal Encore, 4-1 Top Tribute, Ma Vie En Rose, 13-2Billy Bowmore, 10-1 Tara's Force, 16-1 Haamesh, Chosen Forever, 25-1 Summer Rose.

9.10 HAF POWER TOOLS HANDICAP (Class 5) Pounds 5,500 added 3YOPLUS 5f Penalty Value Pounds 3,562

1__242131__Misaro (GER) (11) (D) R Harris 7 10 2(6ex)__H Frost(5)

2__-44406__Charles Parnell (IRE) (5) (D) M Dods 5 9 12__F Lynch

3__431124__Best One (19) (D) R Harris 4 9 12__K Ghunowa (3)

4__006100__Steelcut (16) (D) R Fahey 4 9 12__J Moriarty (3)

5__01350-__Haajes (300) (D) S Parr 4 9 11__Darren Williams

6__500036__Yungaburra (IRE) (6) (D) S Parr 4 9 7__K Gundowry (7)

7__001423__The Bear (13) (D) R Johnson 5 9 7__P J McDonald (3)

8__00/0-0__Jonny Ebeneezer (5) (D) D Flood 9 9 4__Robbie Egan (7)

9__11-042__Nomoreblondes (6) (D) P Midgley 4 9 4__M Fenton

10__544222__Comptonspirit (16) (D) B Baugh 4 9 4__P Mulrennan

11__303025__Colorus (IRE) (6) (D) W J H Ratcliffe 5 9 2__N Callan

12__26-503__Brandywell Boy (IRE) (16) (D) D Ffrench Davis 5 92__R Thomas

13__41114-__Making Music (287) (D) T Easterby 5 9 1__D Allan

14__004__Braille (13) T Walford 3 8 13__T Hamilton

15__00-062__Never Without Me (21) (D) J Coupland 8 8 12__SCreighton (5)

16__230065__Hawaii Prince (9) (D) S T Mason 4 8 9__S De Sousa

17__06000-__She's Our Dream (245) R C Guest 3 8 2__P Mathers

17 declared

BETTING: 7-2 Misaro, 9-2 Best One, 7-1 The Bear, 8-1Nomoreblondes, 10-1 Comptonspirit, .

The real problem is too few designated routes for cyclists

I am sorry Julie Trollope seems to have had such a bad experiencewith cyclists, but what a shame she did not appear to haveacknowledged the real problem, which is the lack of dedicated cycleroutes for keen cyclists and commuters such as myself.

There is far more concern for the amount of car accidents whichoccur every day, and people such as Julie ought to consider this,plus the effect car pollution is having on the environment.

If there were only sufficient dedicated cycle lanes I am surecyclists would not feel the need to ride on the pavement and wouldfeel much safer themselves.

Is this after all not what the Government is trying to achieve?

The councils need to take a leaf out of Copenhagen's book andintroduce more cycle lanes.

DAVID ROSE Bath

Hospital has always managed

With reference to Frenchay Hospital taking on A&E from Southmead,in my opinion, this is just a ploy to keep Frenchay open and jobssafe.

Southmead has been an A&E for many years now and managed allright. Now it seems it is being classed as sub-standard.

Jack Pearce, Horfield.

Kwan skates to gold medal

UNIONDALE, N.Y. One fall wasn't going to spoil Michelle Kwan'slast skate of the summer.

Kwan, looking forward to a vacation in Hawaii, took anunexpected detour Saturday night, falling to the ice on a triple-loopin the middle of her free program at the Goodwill Games.

She got right up like nothing had happened and skated away withthe gold medal.

"I felt great up to the loop and the fall shook me up," Kwansaid. "After the mistake, I knew what I had to do. In practice whenyou make a mistake, you always want to do the next thing great."

With many of the 10,558 fans waving signs of support, Kwanfinished her program flawlessly.

The judges …

Representatives of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International to collect information in southern Kyrgyzstan for report.

Representatives of such international organizations as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and others, who studied reasons of similar clashes in Yugoslavia, Georgia, Chechnya, will arrive in Kyrgyzstan to collect and document information, interview eyewitnesses of tragic events in Osh and Jalal-Abad oblasts, Burul Makenbaeva, Chief of …

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BAN UPHELD.(MAIN)

Byline: JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO -- Rebuffing the Bush administration, a federal appeals court Friday refused to reconsider its ruling that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional because of the words ``under God.''

The case could go next to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Attorney General John Ashcroft condemned the decision and said the Justice Department will ``spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.''

But he stopped short of saying the administration will appeal to the high court.

In June, a three-judge panel of the 9th …

Moshe Safdie-designed Springfield courthouse gets a builder.(ON THE DRAWING BOARD)

The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a $53.3 million contract to Holyoke, Mass.-based Daniel O'Connell's Sons to construct a 162,000-sf Federal courthouse in Springfield, Mass.

Designed by Moshe Safdie and Associates, Somerville, Mass., the crescent shaped facility features a colonnade entry pavilion that spirals around ancient Copper Beech, Linden, and Black Walnut trees. The entryway leads to a grand stair that ascends to the courtrooms on the building's third public level.

Public spaces are formed by a series of layers to satisfy …

Former 800 indoors world champ out of Comm. Games

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tamsyn Lewis, the 2008 world indoor 800-meter champion, has withdrawn from the Australian team for the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Lewis, a multiple Commonwealth Games gold medalist, said Thursday that she hadn't recovered from a long-term knee injury and didn't have the fitness to compete in the Oct. 3-14 event.

Australia's …

60 puppies killed in trailer fire

LOWELL, Mass. -- A trailer carrying dozens of puppies to Northeastpet stores caught fire just off an interstate, killing all of theestimated 60 dogs inside. …

Study findings from D. Chakrabarty et al provide new insights into agriculture.

According to recent research from Nadia, India, "A comprehensive trial was undertaken to assess the effect of various types of feed on biomass conversion rate as well as on gonad (ovarian) weight in Colisa fasciata, a dual-purpose fish for food and ornamental use. Three groups of juvenile fish (3.0 +/- 0.015 g; 10.00 +/- 0.75 mm) were fed with three different types of feed: dried earthworm feed, laboratory prepared feed (LPF) and market feed."

"The LPF made with dried earthworm powder, eggshell powder and plant rhizome (Commelina sp.) dusts proved to be the best and economical feed among the three feed tested. The LPF also increased gonad weight of the cultured fishes …

Volume gains, price hikes spur performance: 1995 prospects are almost as strong. (Adhesives & Sealants) (Cover Story) (Industry Overview)

Domestic adhesive and sealant makers can only dream about a replay of 1994, a year that is already shaping up to be a tough act to follow. The $5.6-billion industry, which usually grows faster than GDP, increased revenues by about 5%-6% in 1994, almost twice the historic rate. While all major end markets were vibrant, producers of specialty items such as pressure-sensitive adhesives had an exceptional year and report double-digit volume gains. Meanwhile, demand for solvent-based adhesives continues to decline, albeit modestly, replaced by hot melts and waterborne products.

An added sweetener for most manufacturers was their success in deferring or recovering from customers the bulk of last year's 7%-10% average increase in raw material prices, bolstering profit margins.

"Last year was a substantially above-average year for most. The industry prospered," buoyed by a strong economy, says Stephen Einhorn, president of Einhorn Associates (Milwaukee). "I don't think there will be many years as good as 1994," adds Ken Rittenhouse, marketing manager/adhesives and films for Elf Atochem North America (Philadelphia).

This year's worry, however, is higher interest rates, which probably will crimp sales of new homes, cars, and consumer …

FORMER TROY CITY MANAGER ON LEAVE FROM STATE AGENCY.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Tracey Tully

ALBANY -- David Grandeau, Troy's former city manager, has taken a leave of absence from his position as executive director of the Temporary State Commission on Lobbying.

Grandeau, whose aggressive management style was legendary in Troy, has served since November 1995 as head of the agency that for 22 years has withered under a ``temporary'' title.

In April, the commission granted Grandeau a leave of up to one year from the $92,000-a-year post to pursue a private business venture with Sage Networks in Albany, commission spokeswoman Jeannine Clemente said. The leave began in May, she said.

Grandeau could not be reached …

Wake Forest University Study: Moderate Weight Loss Takes Major Pressure Off Knee.

Byline: Wake Forest University

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Moderate weight loss substantially reduces pressure on the knees of overweight and obese adults suffering from osteoarthritis of the knee, according to new research from Wake Forest University published in the July issue of "Arthritis & Rheumatism."

Stephen Messier, professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest, was principal investigator for the study. His goal was to identify the specific correlation between weight loss and the amount of stress placed on the knee while walking.

One hundred and forty-two overweight and obese older adults with osteoarthritis …

Bush drops opposition to housing bill

President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to a broad housing package aimed at bolstering the sagging economy, despite his objections to including $3.9 billion for neighborhoods hit hardest by foreclosures. The House was expected to vote on the bill Wednesday, and it could become law as early as this week.

Under the bill, the government would help struggling homeowners get new, cheaper loans and would be allowed to offer troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a cash infusion.

The Bush administration and lawmakers in both parties teamed to negotiate the measure, which pairs Democrats' top priorities _ federal help for homeowners facing …

Career changes don't work for everyone

Q. I was inspired by the November issue of Fast Company magazinewith an article about a handful of people who "reinvented themselves"by totally changing their careers. Change worked for them. What hasbeen your experience with career-changing readers? H.J.W.

A. Not quite so cheery as the Fast Company article portrays. Thetwo biggest reasons why career changes fail are money and workissues. Despite a head of enthusiasm going in, the financial rewardsoften come up short of anticipations - the familiar house mortgage,two cars, kids and costly colleges kind of thing. And, the greenerpastures sometimes bleach out when something about the work isn'twhat the changer expected - …

Recalling the recalls of 2010: digest these prevention strategies gleaned from 2010's pharmaceutical and food processing recalls.(ProcessingProfile/Best Practices)

While no one industry is guiltier than another for recalling product, the food and pharmaceutical industries are not only the most notorious and memorable, but also the most wide-ranging and criticized. This year, as a matter of fact, the list ranges from shell eggs to pet feed to baby formula to black pepper to spinach to ice cream to Lipitor to Tylenol ... and that's not the half of it.

According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 76 million illnesses and 5,000 deaths occur annually in the United States as a result of food-borne illness, and these amounts continue to escalate, along with pharmaceutical-related recalls. One would think because these industries are becoming increasingly modernized with automation and sanitary technology that the problem of recalls would be waning. This is not the case ... So let's go through a couple of product categories that were hit especially hard this year by the dissemination of the news that product was contaminated, and unearth some ways in which these food and pharma snafus could have been prevented.

Food Contamination: The Wrongs of Wright County, SanGar & More

By Carrie Ellis, Editor

The connection between the two farms is that Wright County Egg supplied chickens and feed to Hillandale Farms, though samples of salmonella were found in the environment at both locations. Hillandale recalled approximately 170 million eggs, whereas Wright County recalled 380 million. After as many as 1,500 cases of salmonella poisoning reported, neither of the companies was permitted to sell shell eggs, unless they were sent to breaker facilities where the eggs could be pasteurized to kill any present salmonella.

As reported on KTLA.com, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors attributed the salmonella to:

* Live rodents and mice in laying houses at both farms.

* Structural damage and holes in many locations at both farms, allowing wildlife access.

* Escaped chickens tracking manure through the houses.

* Employees not changing clothing properly when moving from one location to another and not sanitizing equipment properly.

* "Live flies too numerous to count" on egg belts, in the feed and on the eggs themselves at Wright County Egg.

* Dead and live maggots "too numerous to count" on the manure pit floor in one location at Wright County Egg.

* Manure piled 4 to 8 feet high in five locations at Wright County Egg, leaning against and …

'THE GARDEN OF EDEN' HEMINGWAY BOOK CAN BE APPRECIATED.(Perspective)

Byline: Bettina Stoller

THE GARDEN OF EDEN, by Ernest Hemingway; Charles Scribner's Sons; 247 pages; $18.95.

"A story of love and obsession," begun in 1946 and published 25 years after his death, Ernest Hemingway's "The Garden of Eden" is as a book which even non-Hemingway lovers can appreciate. Although the work - whose theme its writer limned as "the happiness of the Garden that a man must lose"-was "not in finished form," it was "in every significant respect ... all the author's."

Hemingway, often praised for his painstaking writing and economy of style (detractors' translation: dry and simplistic) has created a lush prose and vivid dialogue …