Myanmar to evict AIDS victims from Suu Kyi shelter

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's health ministry has ordered the eviction of 82 HIV/AIDS patients from a shelter run by supporters of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi because the center is not hygienic, state media said Wednesday.

An official at the facility said the patients have refused to move, setting the stage for a showdown with authorities who said they must vacate by Thursday.

Local authorities last week ordered the HIV/AIDS victims to leave following a visit by the newly freed Suu Kyi, who promised to help provide badly needed medicine.

Health officials inspected the shelter in July and August and found it unhygienic with patients susceptible to infections …

Lawson shares fall on weak forecast, acquisition

Shares of Lawson Software Inc. dropped Friday after the company offered a financial outlook that disappointed investors and said it would spend $160 million to acquire Healthvision Solutions Inc.

The stock fell 60 cents, or 8.6 percent, to $6.39 in morning trading. Shares have traded from $3.40 to $7.51 over the past year.

Lawson said late Thursday that it expects adjusted earnings of 7 cents to 9 cents per share on revenue of $174 million to $178 million for the quarter ending in February.

On average, analysts were looking for 10 cents per share and sales of $175 …

`Dawson' star heads deep in heart of Texas

Poor little Dawson is really up the creek.

As you read this, teen dreamboat James Van Der Beek is beingshipped off to Calgary, Canada, where he will be stripped of everyshred of his pampered movie star existence.

To prep for the upcoming film "Texas Rangers," the "Dawson'sCreek" hottie will do a week of boot camp with equally hunky co-starDylan McDermott ("The Practice") and taskmaster/ director SteveMiner."I've got to butch these guys up a bit," said Miner during a phoneinterview from the Skywalker Ranch, where he is editing his summerfilm. "I'm going to make James and Dylan hunt for food. They willdig in the earth for grub. And whether it's rain or shine, …

America's Cup signs marketing aces

VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — America's Cup organizers have signed two marketing managers credited with playing a major role in transforming the hugely successful UEFA Champions League.

America's Cup Event Authority says it has contracted Switzerland's Richard Worth, 54, as chairman with responsibility for commercial and media aspects. American Craig Thompson, 61, has …

Treasury bond prices dip slightly

Treasury prices fell slightly on Wednesday after stocks soared and a government report indicated the number of private sector jobs increased last month.

Early Wednesday, the ADP National Employment Report showed a 9,000 increase in July's private sector employment. The data was seen as an auspicious sign ahead of Friday's July employment report from the Labor Department. Bonds tend to sell off when economic data is positive.

Also weighing on bond prices early in the day, the Treasury Department said it will auction $17 billion in new 10-year notes and $10 billion in new 30-year bonds, increasing the supply of fixed-income investments in the market.

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Will we take opportunities?

As we have seen the end of an old year and the beginning of a newone, people use the time to take stock of what has happened (ordid not happen).

One is reminded of all this in end-of-year TV programmes and manynewspaper items covering events that occurred at various placesaround the world.

Many end-of-year accounts cover opportunities that 'knocked'during the old year - but how many opportunities that knocked werenot taken?

This end of an old year and beginning of a new one presents …

BIOCYCLE WEST COAST CONFERENCE WILL STRESS RENEWABLE, COMPOSTABLE, SUSTAINABLE THEMES IN MARCH, 2006

The agenda for the BioCycle West Coast Conference to be held March 20-22, 2006 in Portland, Oregon is coming together extremely well, as major themes will stress composting breakthroughs, producing renewable power from biomass, and building sustainable cities, communities and enterprises. We are working closely with key people in the Northwest, and will report specific topics in the next issue of BioCycle. This letter from Peter Moulton of Climate Solutions illustrates the vitality underway: "Oregon is a great model for digester funding. Oregon NRCS (Natural Resource Conservation Service, USDA) has agreed to put $250,000 toward Oregon digesters in 2006. Up to $80,000 is available …

1st Vietnamese-American elected to US Congress

The first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress doesn't have a long list of policy beliefs. Aside from one major issue, Republican moderate Joe Cao says he's open on everything else.

"The only thing I am certain of is that I am anti-abortion," Cao said Sunday morning after defeating Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson in a race that marked a major shift in New Orleans politics by ending a 30-year stand for Jefferson, dogged by corruption allegations.

The victory for a 41-year-old immigration attorney who is the child of Vietnam War refugees was greeted with amazement and drew parallels to last year's election of Gov. Bobby Jindal, an …

CUBS NOTES

Manager Gene Michael, who has only one left-handed bat (LeonDurham) in his lineup, has considered adding lefties when the Cubsface right-handed pitchers, but decided against it on a regularbasis.

"I can't get 16 homers (Gary Matthews' total) from (Thad) Bosleyor (Jerry) Mumphrey," Michael said. "And if we put Mumphrey incenterfield, we lose a little on defense. I just don't think theleft-handed hitters would help us score more runs."

Pitching coach Billy Connors worked with Rick Sutcliffe beforethe game. "We think he's rushing or his stride is too long," Michaelsaid. "His velocity is fine, but he's getting the ball up too much."

Braves' manager Chuck …

N.C. Beach House Fire Kills 7 Students

COLUMBIA, S.C. - All that was left Monday of a home where college students had gathered to enjoy fleeting beach weather was a charred shell, leaving family and friends to question how a weekend of fun turned into a fire that killed seven.

The home erupted into a storm of fire and smoke Sunday morning in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Six of the seven students killed attended the University of South Carolina; the other attended Clemson University. Six other South Carolina students in the house survived.

"These are young people in the prime of their life," University of South Carolina President Andrew Sorensen said at a news conference Sunday. "They had so much to look forward to, …

Big wave of Pa. jobless exhausts benefits checks

Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians are joining the growing ranks of people around the country who are exhausting unemployment benefits, as some experts worry about another blow to a stumbling economy.

Gov. Ed Rendell said 17,800 Pennsylvanians exhausted their jobless benefits in the week that ended Saturday, the first big wave of Pennsylvanians to do so. He urged legislators to pass a bill to extend the benefits.

Around the country, the number of people exhausting their benefits is piling up. By the end of September, more than 500,000 people will exhaust their benefits checks, with the biggest groups in Pennsylvania, California and Texas, according to estimates by the …

Girl's diary reveals murder plot

Girl's diary reveals murder plot

The most compelling testimony that would link 14-year-old Jevette Walters to her mother's death came from a diary recovered in her bedroom closet.

According to Schaumburg Police Department Detective Robert Czerniak's testimony Thursday, Jevette outlined the attack in her journal, just less than a week before she allegedly committed the attack.

Jevette faces two counts of first degree murder for the brutal slaying of her 34-year-old mother JeTaun Walters last fall. She escaped being charged as an adult at the discretion of the State's Attorney's office.

Czerniak read excerpts from the teen's diary which gave details of how she would carry out the murder of her mother. The Schaumburg detective attempted to piece together the young teen's writing as she described how she would hide in the hallway of their new Schaumburg apartment and wait for her mother to arrive. She then said that upon her entrance, she would "stab her in the back until she dies."

Jevette allegedly wrote that after she stabbed her mother, she would return inside her home and notify her grandmother of the tragedy.

"Come back in the house, call grandma, tell her my mom said she she was going out to the car to get something [but] that was like twenty minutes ago," the teen allegedly plotted in her diary, Czerniak said, still struggling through her sentences.

He continued reading passages written in Jevette's journal and recited how she planned to tell her grandmother that she was going to look for her mother. The journal defined how she would contact her grandmother and alert her of the gruesome discovery.

"Oh Mama, Oh Mama, Mama dead, Grandma, help, somebody!" the detective read from Jevette's diary. She would allegedly stage the whole event and plead for help to anyone nearby.

The diary's description is different from the actual account, but the State attempted to prove that she anticipated killing her mother and by stabbing her to death.

Cook County Medical Examiners Dr. Phamrong Chira also testified. Chira, who performed Walters' autopsy, told jurors that he uncovered at least 214 injuries to her body. Chira said she sustained 89 deep stab wounds, 123 incisions and punctures and two abrasion wounds.

Jevette, then 13-year-old, allegedly used three knives, including a butter knife, to fatally stab her mother September 2, 2000.

According to Schaumburg officials, the teen initially said she found her mother bleeding in their Schaumburg apartment complex parking lot but after a 12-hour interview, Jevette gave a videotaped confession revealing her guilt at 2:30 a.m. She allegedly confessed to detectives, telling them that she committed the crime because "her mother had an attitude."

If Jevette is convicted, she faces a prison time until she is 21-years-old. She has also been entered into an Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction Prosecution (EJJ) which states that if Jevette violates the agreement between the time she is convicted up until her 21st birthday, she could face an adult prison sentence which could be as much as 60 years.

Jevette's trial will reconvene today at the Cook County Juvenile Courthouse under presiding Judge Edward N. Pietrucha.

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Report says more kids drowning in pools, spas

A month before summer begins, a government report shows an increase in the number of children who drown in pools and spas.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated 319 children under age 5 died in pool and spa incidents in 2005, the latest year for which the agency had death certificate details from coroners and medical examiners. That is 74 more deaths than in the year before, according to the report released Wednesday.

Children between age 1 and 2 account for the majority of deaths, and drowning occurred most often when children were in the water without an adult's knowledge.

The report also showed that fewer children were treated in emergency rooms for pool and spa injuries. About 2,200 children went to the hospital for such injuries in 2007, compared with 3,900 in 2006.

Deaths and injuries also resulted when a drain's suction pulls down a child's body or a limb or hair becomes entangled in the drain. The report comes five months after President Bush signed into law a ban on the manufacture, sale or distribution of drain covers that don't meet anti-entrapment safety standards.

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WVU MENS BASKETBALL * Wednesday: vs. Notre Dame, 9 p.m. *Saturday: vs. Louisville, noon WOMENS BASKETBALL * Feb. 12: at NotreDame, 3:30 p.m. * Feb. 15: vs. Rutgers, 7 p.m.

Marshall MENS BASKETBALL * Wednesday: at UCF, 7 p.m. * Saturday:vs. East Carolina, 7 p.m. WOMENS BASKETBALL * Thursday: at UTEP, 9p.m. * Feb. 12: at East Carolina, 2 p.m.

Charleston MENS BASKETBALL * Saturday: at Glenville State, 4 p.m.* Feb. 16: vs. Fairmont State, 8 p.m. WOMENS BASKETBALL * Saturday:at Glenville State, 2 p.m. * Feb. 16: vs. Fairmont State, 6 p.m.W.Va. State MENS BASKETBALL * Today: at Fairmont State, 7:30 p.m. *Saturday: at Bluefield State, 4 p.m. WOMENS BASKETBALL * Today: atFairmont State, 5:30 p.m. * Saturday: at Bluefield State, 2 p.m.

WVU Tech MENS BASKETBALL * Thursday: at Lindsey Wilson, 9 p.m. *Saturday: at Cumberlands, 4 p.m. WOMENS BASKETBALL * Thursday: atLindsey Wilson, 6 p.m. * Saturday: at Cumberlands, 2 p.m.

U.S. beats Belarus 5-0 to reach Fed Cup playoff Venus Williamsreturns from five-month layoff; Serena wins singles

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WORCESTER, Mass. Venus Williams returned from a five-monthlayoff and Serena Williams and Christina McHale won singles matchesSunday, sending the United States past Belarus 5-0 in the firstround of the Fed Cup. By blanking Belarus in World Group II, theAmericans head to a playoff in April in hopes of playing their wayback into the top tier of Fed Cup after getting bounced last year.Venus Williams and Liezel Huber completed the shutout with a doublesvictory, defeating Darya Kustova and Anastasiya Yakimova 6-1, 6-2.This was Williams first sanctioned match since the opening round ofthe U.S. Open. She had been diagnosed with Sjogrens Syndrome, anautoimmune disease that can cause fatigue and joint pain and forcedher to withdraw from the Open. McHale won in straight sets for thesecond consecutive day, beating Darya Kustova 6-0, 6-1 to put theU.S. up 4-0. Serena Williams had already guaranteed a U.S. victoryearlier in the day by defeating Anastasiya Yakimova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.Serena blew a 4-1 lead in the opening set and slammed her racket onthe court after one point, then returned to form in the next twosets. She didnt allow a point in two straight games of the finalset, which she closed with an overhead slam. That just goes to showyou how frustrate I was out there today, she said. I havent donethat in a match in a long time. Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka ofBelarus, the Australian Open champion, sat out all four singlesmatches with a back injury. Venus Williams victory almostovershadowed the team victory, which the U.S. players celebratedwith a quick parade around the court with the American flag. In thefirst round of World Group play, Russia beat visiting Spain 3-2;Serbia won 3-2 at Belgium; Italy downed visiting Ukraine 3-2; andthe Czech Republic won 4-1 at Germany. Although a U.S. victory wasassured after the first singles, most of the 2,279 fans atWorcesters DCU Center stuck around through another round of singlesto see Venus play. It was barely two hours before Super Bowl kickoffand for those fans, Venus comeback trumped seeing the start of theNew England Patriots game against the New York Giants.

Yellow Jackets visits Fairmont State tonight

West Virginia State's basketball teams continue their WestVirginia Conference road stretch tonight, visiting Fairmont Statefor a women's and men's doubleheader at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.respectively.

The men's foes are in need of a win. The seventh-place YellowJackets (10-10, 8-8) have lost three in a row and are coming off a31-point spanking Saturday at Alderson-Broaddus. The Falcons (7-12,5-10) have dropped six of eight and are mired in 13th place in the15-team league.

Fairmont's women (12-7, 9-6) are in eighth place, and have theWVC scoring leader in former Sissonville High All-State pick KaitlinSnyder, at 22.0-points per game. The WVSU women (9-11, 6-10) arecoming off a 75-61 Saturday win at A-B, but remain in 12th place.

The University of Charleston's basketball teams are off untilSaturday, when they visit Glenville State in WVC play.

UAB women defeat Marshall

Karisma Chapman (12), LaShaunda Pratt (11) and Kelsie Weynand(10) combined for 33 points to lead UAB to a 50-45 Conference USAvictory over Marshall (13-9, 4-5 C-USA) at the Cam Henderson Centeron Sunday.

A Shay Weaver 3-pointer gave Marshall a 3-0 lead 1:14 into thegame, but Pratt's 3-pointer at the 12:29 mark gave UAB (16-5, 7-2)the lead for good.

Rashedah Henriques had 10 points and six rebounds to lead theHerd, which is off until Thursday when it visits UTEP (20-2, 9-0),the conference's top team, in a 9:05 p.m. contest.

University of Charleston softball team splits

FLORENCE, S.C. - The University of Charleston women's softballteam dropped its first game of the season, falling to Francis MarionCollege 5-4 in the nightcap of a doubleheader at Florence, S.C. onSunday.

The Golden Eagles (3-1) swept Virginia State on Saturday anddefeated Chowan before losing to the Patriots.

UC is off until Feb. 18 when it hosts Virginia-Wise in adoubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Feb. 18

National sports

Goodell criticizes quality of Pro Bowl

INDIANAPOLIS - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he isdisappointed in the quality of last week's Pro Bowl and changes mustbe considered, perhaps even dropping the game.

Speaking on ESPN Radio, Goodell says this year's Pro Bowl wasn't"the kind of football we want to be demonstrating to our fans, andyou heard it from the fans, the fans were actively booing in thestands."

Goodell made his remarks on Sunday, hours before the start of theSuper Bowl.

Goodell has spoken to the NFL Players Association about hisdisappointment, adding, "We are going to either have to improve thequality of what we are doing in the Pro Bowl or consider otherchanges, or even consider eliminating the game if that is the kindof quality of game we are going to provide."

The AFC won the game 59-41.

Documents: Seattle working to bring NBA back

SEATTLE - The city of Seattle has been working behind the scenesthe past eight months with a hedge-fund manager to bring an NBA teamback to town - possibly as early as next fall if the SacramentoKings fail to get a satisfactory deal for a new arena, newlyreleased documents show.

The city turned over the documents to The Seattle Times on Fridayunder a public records request. The documents included the agendafor a meeting between the parties on Dec. 13, with topics including"Review of Basic Deal Structure," "City Debt Capacity" and"Financing Issues."

COMPILED FROM STAFF REPORTS

Nurse says 'fit like' to residents A Nurse whose parents died before their 60th birthdays is helping people to get fit.

A Nurse whose parents died before their 60th birthdays is helpingpeople to get fit.

Mary Abdessadek, pictured, was born and brought up in Seaton.

And now the health worker is heading up a team of nurses carryingout free health checks in the area.

Mary works on the Aberdeen pilot project Fit Like Seaton whereresidents can take advantage of a "body MOT" at a number oflocations.

Mum-of-two Mary said: "Both of my parents died under the age of60.

"My mum had a massive heart attack and my dad had a stroke due toill health.

"So this project really means a lot to me. I am generally acommunity nurse and when the chance came up to work with the scheme Iwent for it."

Mary, along with a band of nurses, checks patients for diabetes,takes waist measurements to calculate the risk of heart disease and measures lung capacity.

The team also check for potential dental and eye problems. Fundingwas secured for the NHS Grampian scheme which targets one of thecity's regeneration areas and aims to uncover why Seaton residentsare put off using health services.

Mary, 44, said: "There were two people I saw last week who hadn'tbeen to the doctor for nearly five years. They could have hadsomething underlying which they never knew about."

And the co-ordinator Helen Clarke is urging more people to takeadvantage. She said: "Everyone who has been along has been verypositive about the project and we urge people to use it."

Health checks are available at Seaton Health Clinic, the Starcommunity flat, Seaton chemists and at home if required.

The project runs to the start of August and a free check can bebooked by calling 0500 202030.

lkernan@ajl.co.uk

Glacier Bancorp pays three-for-two stock split

Glacier Bancorp Inc., Kalispell, Mont., has announced its board of directors has approved a three-for-two stock split of its common stock. The split was paid Dec. 14 to shareholders of record Dec. 11. Fractional shares were paid in cash.

Ron Copher has been named chief financial officer for Glacier Bancorp Inc., effective Dec. 18. He replaces James Strosahl, who is retiring effective April 1, after nearly 14 years with the Glader organization.

Gopher was most recently chief financial officer of Oak Hill Financial Inc., Jackson, Ohio.

1988

Peace Now celebrates 10th year

TEL AVIV, April 4 - The Peace Now movement, which began in 1978 as a counterforce to nationalist demands that Israel permanently retain all of the Arab territories it captured in 1967, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week, at a time when Israelis are sharply divided over the situation in the territories and their future status.

In 1978, 348 Israel Defense Force reserve officers, the nucleus of the movement, signed a letter to then Premier Menachem Begin warning him that the "Eretz Yisrael" (Greater Israel) movement could not bring peace.

In an advertisement published in Israeli newspapers today, Peace Now called for the acceptance of the "land for peace" formula.

Larouche organization fields 16 candidates

NEW YORK, April 5 - Sixteen members of the Lyndon Larouche organization have filed petitions to run on the Democratic ticket in the June 7 Iowa primary for state legislative and U.S. congressional seats.

Racist discourse and anti-Zionist statements and literature are often included in LaRouche campaign rhetoric.

Bonn may resume aid to Syria

BONN, April 6 - West Germany's minister for economic cooperation, Hans Klein, was scheduled to fly today to Syria to discuss the resumption of Bonn's financial assistance to Damascus. The assistance was frozen in 1986.

Bonn continues to ignore calls, especially from abroad, to pressure Damascus to extradite Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner, accused of sending thousands of Jews and others to concentration camps during World War II.

Genocide law coming

WASHINGTON, April 6 The long effort to make genocide a crime in the United States may finally be realized if Congress, as expected, adopts legislation implementing the United Nations convention against genocide this month.

Woman born in camps denied a pension

BONN, April 7 - Miriam Turgeman-Lewald, 44, an Israeli born in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, has again been denied a pension as reparation for her suffering.

District Court judges in the West German town of Celle, site of the camp, ruled that Turgeman-Lewald, who is disabled and seriously ill, could not be said to have lived in Germany since one cannot consider a concentration camp a lasting residence." Thus as a stateless person, she is not eligible for a permanent pension.

[Sidebar]

New York City Mayor Edward Koch told reporters April 1 that Jews would be "crazy" to vote for Jesse Jackson, because of the Democratic presidential hopeful's support of PLO leader Yasir Arafat.

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"1988" contains excerpts from Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports selected by, and appearing exclusively in, the Jewish Star.

A commanding voice of Verdi // Leo Nucci excels in composer's roles

Leo Nucci is in his element, singing Iago for the first time inconcert performances of Verdi's "Otello," which Georg Solti preparedfor his farewell to Chicago last week and his New York appearanceslater this week. Nucci defines the character convincingly, and themusic fits his voice extremely well.

If the scheduled recording of the New York shows occurs, it willadd another memorable Solti-Nucci collaboration to the opera catalog.

"This is an unusual Verdi baritone role," Nucci said. "There isthe Credo and a big duet, but the part lies fairly low. It is mostlyrecitative. The big job is to make the character real. I cannotrecall a Verdi baritone role that is more acting than singing. But Ilove it. It's a wonderful opportunity."

Earlier this year, if one looked down the list of recent operarecordings competing for Grammy Award nominations, Nucci's name keptcatching the eye. He sang the title role in Solti's La Scala, Milan,version of Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra," and was back at Scala withLuciano Pavarotti in "Aida." He also sung a new version of Rossini's"The Barber of Seville."

Last autumn, he kept Lyric Opera audiences at attention with acommanding performance in the title role of still another Verdiscore, "Rigoletto." Many see him as the successor to Lyric'sgreatest baritone of the past, Tito Gobbi. He would regard that as ahigh honor. Nucci offstage does not play the role of aninternational opera star. He's a charming Italian who loves to tellstories but obviously takes his work seriously.

"I am a Verdi dependent," he said with a laugh. "Verdiunderstood my kind of voice perfectly and wrote for it so well. Ihave looked to him for my greatest roles and my finest opportunitiesto show what I can do as a singer.

"What I notice as I go around the theaters of the world is thataudiences are aware of the problems Verdi faced in his times withcensors and theater managers, and wish whenever possible to return tohis purest ideas. This is especially true in operas like `Don Carlo'where there are several versions. Verdi resigned himself tocircumstances and made changes in order to get productions in theItalian theaters of his day. In the case of `Don Carlo,' hesacrificed the entire first act of the opera, a huge cut that createsreal dramatic problems in the rest of the work. If you have notheard the scene with Carlo and Elisabeta in the original Act I, thereis too much that is mysterious in the new first act that follows."

Does Nucci feel that opera audiences are more serious in theirapproach to the music?

"Absolutely," he said. "Things are better all over the world.In the 19th century, opera was often frivolous entertainment for thearistocracy. There is nothing frivolous about it today. Theaudience is well-educated. It knows the music well. It paysattention, and it demands fidelity to the composer.

"For the singers, it is very demanding, but if you accept thechallenge, if you want to do your best every night you are on thestage, it is very stimulating as well."

Herbert E. Kubitscek; helped on 1st nuclear chain reaction

Herbert E. Kubitscek, 69, a biologist with Argonne Laboratory whohelped usher in the atomic age, died Tuesday in his Hinsdale home.

As a University of Chicago physics student, Mr. Kubitscek workedunder Enrico Fermi and helped produce the first self-sustainingnuclear chain reaction on Dec. 2, 1942.

After graduation, he worked for the Metallurgical Laboratory ofthe University of Chicago, a predecessor of Argonne, and joinedArgonne in 1951. During the 1950s, Mr. Kubitscek's interests turnedto biology. He studied cell growth, repair of genetic damage and DNAreplication in cells.

Mr. Kubitscek retired from the biological medical researchdivision in 1987, but continued to do research work at Argonne. Hewas adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago from1972 to 1980 and held a similar post at Northern Illinois Universityuntil his death.

He authored or co-authored more than 100 articles in scientificjournals and wrote a book, Introduction to Continuous Cultures, whichtold how to grow cultures of bacteria.

"One of Herb's characteristics was that he was good with thestudents," said Myrick Peak, a scientist. "He leaves a big void."

Survivors include his wife, Jenny; two daughters, Carolyn andWendy Zorns; two sons, Craig and Warren, and two grandchildren.

Services will held at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at Union Church ofHinsdale, 137 S. Garfield in the suburb. Burial will be private.

CLEANING UP THE AIR WITH A COW MANURE DIGESTER

Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

High quality carbon offsets provider NativeEnergy helped facilitate installation of a farm methane project at Brubaker Farms in Mount Joy, with grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and U.S. Department of Agriculture. "Investing in construction of renewable energy projects is a powerful step in the fight against global warming that more people can support through carbon offsets," says Tom Boucher, NativeEnergy president. This family of dairy farmers has taken environmental stewardship to the next level while stimulating the local economy. With its new anaerobic digester, the 1,500 acre family farm produces enough energy to power and heat most of its operations.

NativeEnergy leverages market demand for carbon offsets, offering third party verified renewable energy credits. Through its approach of bringing upfront payments for estimated future carbon offsets, the company enables its clients to help directly finance the construction of renewable energy projects.

Ore. economists say Intel plan will help, a little

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Intel Corp.'s plan to expand its Oregon operations is a shot of good news for the state on the jobs front. But economists say it also shows how far the state has to go.

Intel said Tuesday it will spend up to $8 billion building a semiconductor factory in Hillsboro employing up to 1,000 people. The plan also calls for upgrading two Hillsboro plants and two Arizona plants.

Intel is Oregon's largest private employer.

University of Oregon economist Tim Duy (doo-ee) says that if the state had an announcement like that once a month for the next decade, that still wouldn't restore all the jobs lost in Oregon during the Great Recession.

Still, Duy and others say Intel's announcement is good news for the added jobs and the less tangible benefits such as solidifying Intel's role in Oregon.

HOWARD DODSON: A Helmsman for the Cultural Legacy

AFTER I COMPLETED MY BOOK THE HARLEMM Reader (Three Rivers Press, May 2003), there was the additional task of getting Howard Dodson to write the Foreword. At first, I was reluctant to even ask him, given his busy schedule. But the worst he could say was no, which would have crushed me. Fortunately, he agreed to do it, and I was able to exhale. That exhalation became jubilation once it was submitted and I discovered how finely wrought it was.

The world knows Dodson as the chief curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a role he has filled more than adequately tor a score of years. What they are gradually learning is that he is also a raconteur with a wicked sense of humor, a historian of great breadth and immense talent, and a writer who knows how to dispense large dollops of complicated black culture with panache and ease.

Dodson, 66, began to acquire this finesse and facility with black history and culture as a child coming of age in his hometown of Chester, Pennsylvania. He has often remarked of his keen interest in hearing the stories from elders who regaled him and other youths with memories of bygone days, particularly tales of prominent African Americans who overcame great obstacles to achieve fame and fortune.

"It is from those who have gone before and often made supreme sacrifices that I've gathered an understanding of black history," Dodson related one night outside of Chicago as we celebrated his induction into the International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent While it is rewarding to hear Dodson's eloquence from the podium, it is equally instructive to catch him in relaxed moments when he is free to release the full complement of knowledge at his disposal.

A Career of Distinction

That evening witnessed a wide-ranging discussion, and many of us were hearing for the first time about his academic career and intellectual background that began when he was a student activist at Villanova University, from which he would earn his masters degree in history and political science in 1963. He regaled us with snippets of moments during his years with the Peace Corps and later his five-year (1974-1979) stint at the Institute of the Black World (IBW) in Atlanta. "This was perhaps the first real black think tank in the country since the demise of the American Negro Academy back in the last century," Dodson explained.

During his stay at the IBW, where he was a resident scholar, Dodson was also teaching at Emory University. In 1979, he became a consultant at the National Endowment of the Humanities, while retaining his affiliation as a program director at the IBW. Five years later, he was appointed chief curator at the Schomburg, a position that has brought him global acclaim, particularly for his expertise in the African Diaspora.

Since his arrival at the Schomburg, Dodson, who lives in Harlem, has become one of the most recognized authorities on the history of black New Yorkers. Of the first Africans to arrive in the city, he told Linda Tarrant-Reid of the Daily News, "The impact has been far more than those initial people who came. I would say that the position that people of African descent in United States have in virtually every form of literature, music, art, theater and dance has been, in some respects, either fashioned here in New York or given voice and presence here in New York. New York's own, if you will, identity has been in many respects shaped by the cultural creativity of the production of people in the Harlem community, specifically, and New York, in general...dating back to the 19th century."

Any occasion is an opportunity for Dodson to sing the praises of the Schomburg and the primacy of black New Yorkers in world culture, and in all of his books, essays, introductions and prefaces, this is a theme that he addresses with passion and conviction.

Here is an example of Dodson's eloquence from the Foreword to Tlie Harlem Reader as the talks about some of the entries: "They reflect the ever-changing, ever-evolving public consciousness of Harlem as a community, a center of cultural creativity, and an icon of the best and worst that urban black America has produced."

If Harlem is the living microcosm of black America, past and present, and the Schomburg its potent center, then Dodson is the helmsman who oversees the five million pieces of information that are so invaluable to our scholarship and research. "It is an awesome task, and I am proud to have this important position, to have the responsibility as the guardian of this veritable treasure trove," Dodson told a reporter.

For more information, visit the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY10037-1801; call212-491-2200, or logon to: http://wmv.nypLorg/research/sc/sc.html H.B.

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Ruby's remount sparked debate

To remount or not to remount - that is this week's burning issue.

Some people got very hot under the collar following events atExeter on Monday when Arkle Chase favourite Kauto Star's warm-up racedidn't go according to plan.

The Paul Nicholls-trained horse was cantering to victory beforetripping over his own feet at the second-last fence and depositingjockey Ruby Walsh on the turf.

Ruby got up quickly, grabbed the reins and got back on board, onlyfailing by the narrowest margin to reel in the eventual winner afterclearing the final obstacle many lengths in arrears.

This remarkable riding display prompted renewed calls by the RSPCAfor the Jockey Club to outlaw the remounting of a horse during arace, while Best Mate's handler Henrietta Knight and former toptrainer David Nicholson both said they always forbade jockeys to doit.

Plainly it's a very touchy subject and is one of those grey areasin the sport.

I have never told someone riding for me not to remount should hefall, believing it a decision best made by the jockey at the time. No-one would attempt to carry on in a race aboard a horse that wasinjured or merely stunned.

However, I would have no problem if a rule was brought in banningthe practice.

I can well remember from my own riding career being unseated frommy father-in-law Richard Holder's The Thirsty Farmer at the second-last fence of a three-runner event at Fontwell.

I ran two-and-a-half furlongs to retrieve the horse, remounted itand went back to the place where we had parted company beforefinishing the race long after the other two runners had returned tothe unsaddling enclosure.

My efforts rewarded the owners with GBP1,500 in prize money, aconsiderable amount at that time, and I can assure you they were veryhappy with my decision.

The other big talking point this week was the voiding of a race onthe all-weather at Lingfield after the winner's stall opened afraction early.

I can understand from a betting point of view why this was done asit could be argued that the first past the post, Cargo, had gained anunfair advantage by forcing open his gate.

However, I doubt that the result was affected and I feel theconnections of all those finishing 'in the money' should have beenpaid out.

At the very least the expenses of all those concerned should havebeen covered by the racecourse.

l The performance of Martin Pipe's Well Chief in winning theVictor Chandler Chase at Cheltenham last Saturday was the best I haveseen this jumps season. For a six-year-old to give a lot of weightaway and win a high-class race in impressive fashion underlines thehorse's glowing future.

Last year's Arkle Chase victor is now a real threat to MoscowFlyer and Azertyuiop in next month's Queen Mother Champion Chase atthe Festival.

Yanks' Bug Spray Among MLB Auction Items

Start the bidding on Yankees bug spray. Who could forget New York rookie Joba Chamberlain getting doused with pest repellant during the American League playoffs last month? Well, here's your chance to own an authentic bottle.

A can of bug spray used in the Yankees' dugout when those tiny midges swarmed Cleveland's Jacobs Field will be among the items up for bid in a Major League Baseball auction of memorabilia from the 2007 postseason.

Surely, it's the perfect gift this holiday season.

Also available: A base and ball signed by Manny Ramirez, autographed Jason Varitek jerseys, and hand warmers used in the Boston Red Sox dugout during frigid Game 3 of the World Series at Colorado.

But the most unique catch could be that can of bug spray.

Distracted by the bugs (called midges) crawling all over his neck and face, Chamberlain threw two wild pitches in Game 2 of the division series, allowing the Indians to score the tying run in the eighth inning. The Yankees lost 2-1 in 11 innings and fell behind 2-0 in the best-of-five series, which they lost in four games.

The auction, featuring more than 50 autographed and game-used items, runs from Nov. 23 to Dec. 7. Fans can bid online at MLB.com.

Diana's Butler refuses to divulge secret he shared with princess

Princess Diana's former butler injected an element of mystery into the inquest into her death Monday, refusing to publicly disclose which member of the royal family had warned her about surveillance and what secret he shared with her.

Paul Burrell lapsed into silence at times as attorney Michael Mansfield pressed him to disclose private papers and diaries Burrell was keeping in his home in England. The papers formed the basis of Burrell's book, "A Royal Duty," published in 2003.

The coroner, Lord Justice Scott Baker, also pressed Burrell to turn over the materials on the basis that he would review them first to determine if they have any relevance to the inquest into the death of Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, on Aug. 31, 1997.

When he was asked which member of the royal family had warned Diana about surveillance, Burrell wrote the name and then handed it to Baker, who said he believed it had no relevance to the inquiry.

As for the secret he shared with the princess _ a secret he referred to in "A Royal Duty" _ he first refused to say what it was, and then said he did not remember. Regardless, he said it had nothing to do with Fayed.

Burrell, Diana's confidante for a decade, said the princess gave no indication that she intended to marry Fayed and made no arrangements to announce an engagement before she died as Fayed's father claims.

Burrell described Diana's romance with Fayed as a "30-day relationship," saying she was still recovering from the end of a secret two-year relationship with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan. In an interview published in British newspapers Sunday, Khan declined to discuss the reasons for the end of his relationship with Diana.

"The princess had just finished a long-term relationship with someone she cared deeply about," Burrell said. "I know that, because I was there. I saw it."

Burrell described Diana as being "on the rebound from that relationship when she met someone who was very kind and attentive and generous."

Under pressure from Baker, Burrell reluctantly disclosed a harsh conversation between Diana and her mother, the late Frances Shand-Kydd.

Burrell said Diana invited him to listen in on the call, and he heard the mother say Diana was "a whore" who was messing around with Muslim men.

"She said some very nasty things," Burrell said.

Burrell has previously disputed claims by Fayed's father, Mohamed Al Fayed, that Diana was pregnant with Fayed's child and that the couple were on the brink of announcing their engagement when they died after their car slammed into a pillar in the Pont d'Alma tunnel in Paris.

"'I want another marriage like I want a bad rash,'" Burrell quoted Diana as saying in a telephone conversation when she was with Fayed in France.

Al Fayed has also claimed that his son and Diana were the targets of a conspiracy directed by Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

Burrell said he had seen correspondence between Diana and Philip in 1992, when efforts were being made to save her marriage to Prince Charles.

Diana's friend, self-described "energy healer" Simone Simmons, testified last week that she had seen two letters from Philip that were "derogatory" and cruel, and upsetting to the princess.

"Yes, they were sharp," Burrell said of the letters he saw. "Prince Philip doesn't mince his words; he says it as it is, but he is not a nasty man."

He added that Diana "didn't particularly like sometimes what she was told, but Prince Philip was always frank."

"The princess fired off equally as robust words to Prince Philip," Burrell said.

Burrell has said that after Diana's death, the queen warned him to be careful and told him, "There are powers at work in this country of which we have no knowledge."

He testified that he was unsure whether she referred to the media, the "Establishment," or the secret services.

"One doesn't ask the queen what she means by something," Burrell said.

"I just think it was a general 'be careful' warning over many issues."

Rangers' Hamilton confirms alcohol relapse

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton said Friday that he had a relapse that started with "three or four" drinks in a bar this week, apologizing to fans for a "weak moment."

The 30-year-old Hamilton said his actions "are mine that hurt a lot of people very close to me."

Hamilton was suspended for more than three years for drug and alcohol use while in the Tampa Bay organization. The former No. 1 overall draft pick missed the entire 2004 and 2005 seasons, but has since become one of the best players in baseball on a team that has won the past two American League pennants. He was the AL MVP in 2010.

But Hamilton this week had his second known alcohol-related relapse in three years. Both came during the offseason.

In January 2009, he drank to excess in a bar in Tempe, Arizona Before that, Hamilton said he had been sober since Oct. 6, 2005.

Without being specific, Hamilton said his weak moment Monday came for "personal reasons" with a family member. He said he walked to a restaurant to have dinner and ended up ordering "three or four drinks."

Hamilton said he has not taken any drugs, and had no thoughts of doing so. He said he has been tested for drugs twice this week, part of his normal routine. He said he expects to meet soon with Major League Baseball doctors and counselors in New York for an evaluation in his continued recovery.

"My life in general is based on making the right choices, everything as far as my recovery, as far as my baseball goes, it's all based around my relationship with the Lord," Hamilton said. "You all know how hard I play on the field and I give it everything I absolutely have. When I don't do that off the field, I leave myself open for a weak moment."

After having a few drinks with dinner, Hamilton called Ian Kinsler to come hang out with him.

Hamilton said Kinsler didn't know he had been drinking, and that he never had a drink in front of his teammate, even when they left before the restaurant closed and went to another place nearby for 25-30 minutes. Then Kinsler drove him back to where he was staying not far away.

Though Hamilton told Kinsler he was not going anywhere else, Hamilton said he later returned to the place they had left had had more drinks.

"Things happened that me, personally, I'm not proud of after I drank, and they are personal and are being handled as that," he said. "Knowing this was going to get out in social media, Twitter, people get excited. There was no pictures taken of me having a beer with somebody or anything like that, but I did take pictures with people."

Months after the 2009 incident, a dozen or so pictures were posted online showing Hamilton taking shots off the bar, and dancing and hugging several young women. He publicly apologized then.

In Twitter posts Friday, Hamilton's wife, Katie, wrote: "Truly appreciate all the encouraging & supportive tweets we've been getting. God is Faithful and forgives- so thankful that you all are ... Showing us such love and encouragement during this time."

When the Rangers acquired him from the Cincinnati Reds in December 2007, they were aware of Hamilton's off-the-field problems. He is tested for drug use three times a week and has had an accountability partner to support him in his recovery — though that job is now vacant.

Assistant hitting coach Johnny Narron's primary role was to support the former No. 1 overall draft pick, but Narron left the Rangers in November for Milwaukee.

The Rangers announced last month that Hamilton's father-in-law had been hired as a staff special assistant to be the accountability partner, but Michael Dean Chadwick has since decided against accepting that position because of "family considerations."

General manager Jon Daniels said the team was close to hiring someone for the job, a process that was already in the final stages before the latest incident. He said an announcement could come next week.

Indians Lead Red Sox 7-0 After 5 Innings

CLEVELAND - Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run home run after Cleveland tagged knuckleballer Tim Wakefield for three runs in the fifth and the Indians surged to a 7-0 lead over the Boston Red Sox through five innings in Game 4 of the AL championship series on Tuesday night.

Casey Blake led off the fifth with a solo homer to break a scoreless tie and Asdrubal Cabrera and Victor Martinez followed with run-scoring singles to chase Wakefield.

Wakefield, pitching for the first time in 17 days, baffled the Indians over the first four innings while striking out six.

He allowed a single after Blake's homer, then hit a batter before first baseman Kevin Youkilis kept Cabrera's at-bat alive by bobbling a popup in foul territory. Moments later, Cabrera ripped a comebacker off the tip of Wakefield's glove that could have led to an inning-ending double play.

Wakefield was chased with two runners on and two outs in the fifth, and reliever Manny Delcarmen came in and allowed Peralta's homer before Blake's shallow fly ball fell just out of the reach of a diving Coco Crisp to score Kenny Lofton.

The Indians led the series 2-1 after winning 4-2 on Monday night. After a day off Wednesday, Josh Beckett is scheduled to pitch Game 5 for Boston against Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia in a rematch of the opening-game starters.

Wakefield had been left off the AL division series roster with a back injury. The 41-year-old was 17-12 with a 4.76 ERA but had four consecutive bad starts before pitching well in his last regular-season game.

Paul Byrd pitched for the first time since starting the Indians' victory on Oct. 8 that clinched the AL division series. The 36-year-old allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings as Cleveland beat the Yankees 6-4 to advance to the ALCS.

Boston threatened after Byrd retired the first two batters in the third. Dustin Pedroia singled through the hole between first and second base and took second when Youkilis lined a single to left.

Byrd ended the rally by getting David Ortiz to ground the ball to the right of second base where shortstop Peralta, overshifting against the lefty hitter, scooped it up and stepped on second for the forceout.

Byrd retired the side in order in the first, ending the inning by getting Ortiz to swing and miss at a 90 mph fastball, unusually fast for Byrd.

Wakefield started the first by walking Grady Sizemore, then struck out the next two batters on swinging strikes - Cabrera on a 60 mph knuckler and Travis Hafner on a 63 mph pitch. Then Martinez flied out to right fielder J.D. Drew.

In the second, Byrd allowed a leadoff single to Manny Ramirez, who took second when Mike Lowell grounded out to first. Then Byrd struck the next two batters - Drew swinging at a 91 mph pitch and Crisp.

Wakefield made quick work of the Indians in the bottom of the second. Peralta struck out swinging, Lofton grounded to first baseman and Blake looked at a 66 mph third strike.

Lofton struck a key blow in the second inning of Game 3, a two-run homer that gave the Indians a 2-0 lead against Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Astronauts Allowed Extra Hour of Sleep

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With their hardest tasks behind them, space shuttle Atlantis' six astronauts got time to relax Saturday after almost a week of nonstop work adding a new 17 1/2-ton addition with wing-like solar power panels to the international space station.

NASA even let the crew sleep an extra hour before waking them with Jimmy Buffett's beach song "Twelve Volt Man."

"We said good morning to them, then a little housekeeping and then left them alone, gave them a chance to enjoy their time on orbit and wind down from what has been a very, very busy series of days on the flight," said flight director Paul Dye.

The astronauts were grateful and echoed Dye's description.

"We've been very, very busy so the chance to sleep in was very much appreciated," rookie astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper said during a news conference from space.

Saturday was the last full day at the space station for Atlantis' crew. Besides relaxing and enjoying the view from 220 miles above Earth, they still had to unload supplies for the space station, including 90 pounds of oxygen.

The Atlantis astronauts were to say their goodbyes to the space station's three crew members and undock early Sunday. Once undocked, the crew planned to fly around the space station to get the first complete view of the orbiting space lab in several years.

"We're leaving it in an entirely different configuration than it was when we arrived," said Atlantis pilot Chris Ferguson. "So it would be very good ... to get a good look at the overall configuration and condition of the station."

The Atlantis crew delivered to the space station a 17 1/2-ton addition and, during three spacewalks, hooked up the new segment and prepared it so the 240-foot solar energy arrays could be opened up. The solar arrays will provide a quarter of the space station's electricity when it is finished in 2010.

It was the first shuttle mission devoted to space station construction since December 2002. The Columbia accident in early 2003 halted all construction while NASA worked to fix problems with the shuttles' external fuel tanks.

Contrary to appearances, this past week's spacewalks were difficult, said astronaut Joe Tanner, who went on two of the mission's three spacewalks with Piper.

"I want to squash that bug right now," said Tanner when told by CBS News that he made the spacewalks look easy. "These (spacewalks) were not easy."

Also not easy was getting used to zero gravity for Atlantis' rookies, Ferguson and Piper, who said they kept banging into things.

"I feel really clumsy in space," Piper said. "Because you think ... you're going to make it from point A to point B, and you kind of go to point C, D, and E, getting to point B."

Even Tanner, 56, who had been on three previous space flights, said getting used to zero gravity again was more difficult than when he was younger.

However, despite their initial wobbliness in orbit, the crew earned high praise from the mission's flight director.

"I rate this crew 110 percent. They've done an outstanding job up to this point," Dye said. "We're not going to lose our focus until we get on the ground so we'll keep our game face on. But I suspect everything's going to keep going pretty darn well."

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On the Net:

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* SIBA National Championship finals (West Lothian)

Men's Championship semi-finals

Pairs Arbroath (R & D Burnett) bt Auchinleck (J Leitch & SRankin) 23-19, East Lothian (J Higgins & D Oliver) bt Inverclyde (MMcAlees & S Wotherspoon) 26-7; Final Arbroath bt East Lothian 21-15

TriplesBlantyre (C & B Irvine, I McLean) bt Tweedbank (RNicholson, N NcNally, A White) 19-15, Stonehaven (D Colvin, DBaillie, P Hay) bt Cumbernauld (G Brooks, E & R Reid) 18-16; FinalBlantyre bt Stonehaven 23-13

Fours West Lothian (B Cooper, J Speirs, T Mann, N Speirs) btBlantyre (G Walker, G Sullivan, B Irvine, I McLean) 21-20 (Afterextra end); East Lothian (M Johnston, M Higgenbotham, J Higgins, DOliver) bt Elgin (G Donaldson, N & A Barker, M Stepney) 22-13; FinalWest Lothian bt East Lothian 22-11;

Taylor Bowls Women's Championships

Pairs Balbardie (S Leitch & L Malloy) bt Turriff (F Thomson & NRobertson) 28-7, *Holders East Fife (J Sword & L Stein) btAuchinleck (C Cowie & C Johnston) 21-7

Final Balbardie bt East Fife 17-16 (After an extra end)

Triples East Fife (L Gordon, K McAndrew,

C Smith) bt Turriff (K Gordon, V Wade, E Fraser) 19-17, Blantyre(M Archibald, C Brown, M Letham) bt Auchinleck (E Reid, E Magorian,

J Williamson) 19-4

Final East Fife bt Blantyre 17-9

Fours Whiteinch (A Cameron, AM Taggart, I Brown, L Cameron) btElgin (V Cruickshank, I Smith, I Laing, M Cruickshank) 23-16; EastFife (L Gordon, C Bain, K McAndrew, C Smith) bt Abbeyview (K Hume, LLees, V McGreggor, A Bernard) 31-1

Final Whiteinch bt East Fife 20-13:

* siba Premier League Indoor Bowls Championship draw for season2011/2012 Jack High Insurance National Men's Indoor League. Sectiona West Lothian, Paisley, Prestwick, East Lothian, Blantyre, Alloa BLanarkshire, Midlothian, Auchinleck, Aberdeen, Turriff, Falkirk

Greengauge Women's National Indoor League. Section A Aberdeen,Turriff, East Fife, Falkirk, Coatbridge, Blantyre B Auchinleck,Galleon, West of Scotland, Midlothian, Arbroath, Abbeyview

badminton

* Bank of Scotland Under-23 Championship, Meadowbank, Edinburgh.Finals

Under-23 Men's singles G Hoggan (Dunfermline) bt M Carder (SouthQueensferry) 21-12 21-13 Women V Tsvetanova (Glasgow) bt KirstenGeals Mauchline) 21-13 21-19

Men's doubles M Campbell (Edinburgh) and P MacHugh (Kinross) bt DLeinster (Glasgow) S Stewart (Bonhill) 21-17 25-23 Women's doublesTsvetanova and E Cook (Mauchline) bt G and F Archibald (Larkhall)Mixed doubles Stewart and Archibald bt Leinster and Tsvetanova 21-423-21

Under-17 Boys' singles J Neil (Prestwick) bt J Gilvear (Falkirk)21-11 21-16 Girls R Findlay (Erskine) bt M Richardson (Haddington)21-16 21-16 Boys' doubles Gilvear and B Torrance (Prestwick) bt AHall (Mauchline) and S Mann (Glasgow) 21-13 21-18 Girls' doublesRichardson and H Laing (Haddington) bt Findlay and H Campbell(Glasgow) 21-9 21-10 Mixed doubles Neil and Findlay bt Gilvear andLucy Nelvin (Duns) 21-3 21-5

Under-13 Boys' singles A Dunn (Motherwell) bt M Duguid(Stonehaven) 21-13 21-14 Girls' singles H Newall (Mauchline) bt EO'Donnell (Beith) 21-12 21-14 Boys' doubles C Grimley and M Grimley(both Glasgow) bt Dunn and S Dyce (Mauchline) 21-17 22-20 Girls'doubles Newall and C McCulloch (Catrine) bt S Whillans (Longniddry)and G Wright (Edinburgh) 21-9 21-17 Mixed doubles Dunn and Newall btC Grimley and Biatrice Gabell (Dalry) 22-20 21-13

Cricket

* Scotland U19 Tour of India

Scotland U19 309-6 (R McLean 115, F Coleman 103, P Ross 38no; RParasanjeet 3-47) Ashimanyu Academy 215-8 (C Chandela 100no; PSadler 2-9, N Farrar 2-44). Scotland won by 47 runs (D/L method)

Scotland U19 188-9 (A Bailwal 49, F Coleman 36; S Shubham 5-22)Himalayan Doon Academy 107 (N Farrar 5-18) Scotland won by 81 runs.

FOOTBALL.

* UEFA 2011 European Women's Under-19 Championship, SecondQualifying Round, Austria. Group 6 Scotland 1 Spain 2; Austria 5Poland 0; Austria 3 Scotland 3; Spain 3 Poland 0.

* South of Scotland League Creetown 1 Mid Annandale 0; DalbeattieStar 4 Crichton 1; Heston Rovers v Abbey Vale P; Newton Stewart 0 StCuthbert Wanderers 3; Threave Rovers 2 Stranraer 1; Wigtown &Bladnoch 4 Nithsdale Wanderers 3.

hockey

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Men

Div 1 AMN Hillhead 3 Inverleith 4, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4 VWSDundee Wands 1, Grange 3 Grove Menzieshill 3, Western Wildcats 3Greaves Clydesdale 1

Yesterday Aberdeen Asset Management 3 AMN Hillhead 6, Grange 4Western Wildcats 4, Grove Menzieshill 3 Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 6,VWS Dundee Wands 0 Inverleith 1

Div 2 Alpha Data Carnegie 1 Falkirk GHG 7, Chapman Motherwell 5Watsonians 6, Mango Optical Uddingston 4 Granite City Wands 1,Stepps 1 CALA Edinburgh 5, Waverley Inveresk Trinity 1 Harris AcadFP 1

Yesterday Alpha Data Carnegie 7 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 2, CALAEdinburgh 4 Granite City Wands 1, Stepps 2 20-20 Renewables Greenock0, Watsonians 6 Harris Acad FP 2

Div 3 Aberdeen GS 3 Stirling Wands 1, Ayr 2 Erskine StewartsMelville 1, Dundee Uni 2 Perthshire 3, FMGM Monarchs 2 Highland 9Yesterday Dundee Uni 2 Erskine Stewarts Melville 6

* Scottish Hockey Regional Leagues

Central Div 1 Alpha Data Carnegie A 2 Watsonians A 1, EdinburghUni A 2 AMN Hillhead A 3, Grange A 8 Greaves Clydesdale A 3,Kelburne A 2 Western Wildcats A 1

Div 2 Deloitte Team Strathclyde 10 GHK 0, Livingston West Lothian0 CALA Edinburgh A 1, Stepps A 1 EK Avondale 5, Western Wildcats B 5Mango Optical Uddingston A 1

North Div Grove Menzieshill A 5 AAM Gordonians B 0, Harris AcadFP A 0 VWS Dundee Wands A 4

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians A 7Greaves Clydesdale A 3, Anchor 4 Fidra Lions 4 (Findra won 4-3 onpens), Grange A 3 Granite City Wands A 2, Kelburne A 2 WesternWildcats A 4

* Activcity District Plate. Quarter-finals Harris Acad FP A 1Watsonians A 3, Rottenrow 1 Dunfermline City 2, Inverleith A 6Strathclyde Uni A 4, Reivers 2 EK Avondale 2 (Reivers won 5-4 onpens)

* Activcity Reserve Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians B 7Inverleith B 1, AMN Hillhead B 5 Grange VI 1, Grange Development 3Erskine Stewarts Melville A 5, Kelburne B 1 VWS Dundee Wands B 4

* Activcity Reserve Plate. Quarter-finals AMN Hillhead V 2Western Wildcats C 4, Grange B 0 Alpha Data Carnegie B 2, GraniteCity Wands B 2 Western Wildcats B 3, Greaves Clydesdale B 3 AberdeenGS A 5

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Women

Div 1 Giffnock 5 CALA Edinburgh 1, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4Hillhead 1, Grange EL 0 Grove Menzieshill 6, Western Wildcats 1 VWSDundee Wands 8 (Yesterday) Grange EL 4 VWS Dundee Wands 4

Div 2 Borders Fjordhus 5 Alpha Data Dunfermline 0, Granite CityWands 2 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 0, Highland 1 GHK 2, Watsonians 1George Heriots 2

Div 3 Dundee Uni 2 Ayr 0, Glasgow Accies 3 Stirling Wands 2,Haddington 5 Bon Accord MBC 0, Team Strathclyde 0 Inverleith 7(Yesterday) Ayr 1 Glasgow Accies 3

* Scottish Hockey Reserve League

Grove Menzieshill A 0 Milne Craig Orange Sox 6, Hillhead A 1Giffnock A 4, Milne Craig Blue Sox 3 CALA Edinburgh Whites 0, GrangeEL A 4 Watsonians A 2, Kelburne A 5 VWS Dundee Wands A 0

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals Giffnock A 4 Hillhead A1, Greaves Clydesdale Navy Sox 1 CALA Edinburgh A 2, Kelburne A 3Clydesdale Western 6, Perthshire 0 Orkney 5

* Activcity District Plate Quarter-finals Aberdeen GS 0Watsonians A 1, Aberdeen 2 East Kilbride B 1, Erskine StewartsMelville A 2 Grange EL A 0, Watsonians IV 5 Aberdeen GS A 2

ice hockey

* Elite league play-off, semi-finals (at Nottingham) SheffieldSteelers 3, Nottingham Panthers 4 (after overtime); Cardiff Devils4, Belfast Giants 1

* Scottish National League Dundee Tigers 3, Paisley Pirates 5

motorsport

* British Touring Car Ch'ship, Brands Hatch

Leading final positions after Race 2 1 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 19mins50.198secs, 2 M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 19:50.387, 3 PO'Neill (Gbr)Chevrolet 19:54.011, 4 G Shedden (Gbr) Honda 19:56.800, 5 J Plato(Gbr) Chevrolet 19:57.348, 6 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 19:57.521, 7 RCollard (Gbr) Ford 19:58.126, 8 T Chilton (Gbr) Ford 19:58.505, 9 AMacDowall (Gbr) Chevrolet 19:59.108, 10 T Gilham (Gbr) Vauxhall20:01.962

Driver Championship standings 1 J Plato (Gbr) Chevrolet 38pts, 2M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 30, 3 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 26, 4 G Shedden(Gbr) Honda 25, 5 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 23, 6 P O'Neill (Gbr) Chevrolet20

netball

* Glasgow Wildcats remain bottom of the UK Superleague afterlosing their ninth successive match - 62-29 at Surrey Storm.

speedway

* Premier League Berwick Bandits 48, Redcar Bears 44

* Premier Shield, second-leg Newcastle Diamonds 48, EdinburghMonarchs 45 (agg: 94-89) Newcastle: Rene Bach 11, Derek Sneddon 6,Lubos Tomicek 2, Stuart Robson 14, Mark Lemon 9, Kyle Newman 4,Richie Worrall 2. Edinburgh: Kevin Wolbert 7, Matthew Wethers 5,Andrew Tully 10, Craig Cook 6, Kalle Katajisto 9, Ashley Morris 3,Robert Branford (guest) 5

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* SIBA National Championship finals (West Lothian)

Men's Championship semi-finals

Pairs Arbroath (R & D Burnett) bt Auchinleck (J Leitch & SRankin) 23-19, East Lothian (J Higgins & D Oliver) bt Inverclyde (MMcAlees & S Wotherspoon) 26-7; Final Arbroath bt East Lothian 21-15

TriplesBlantyre (C & B Irvine, I McLean) bt Tweedbank (RNicholson, N NcNally, A White) 19-15, Stonehaven (D Colvin, DBaillie, P Hay) bt Cumbernauld (G Brooks, E & R Reid) 18-16; FinalBlantyre bt Stonehaven 23-13

Fours West Lothian (B Cooper, J Speirs, T Mann, N Speirs) btBlantyre (G Walker, G Sullivan, B Irvine, I McLean) 21-20 (Afterextra end); East Lothian (M Johnston, M Higgenbotham, J Higgins, DOliver) bt Elgin (G Donaldson, N & A Barker, M Stepney) 22-13; FinalWest Lothian bt East Lothian 22-11;

Taylor Bowls Women's Championships

Pairs Balbardie (S Leitch & L Malloy) bt Turriff (F Thomson & NRobertson) 28-7, *Holders East Fife (J Sword & L Stein) btAuchinleck (C Cowie & C Johnston) 21-7

Final Balbardie bt East Fife 17-16 (After an extra end)

Triples East Fife (L Gordon, K McAndrew,

C Smith) bt Turriff (K Gordon, V Wade, E Fraser) 19-17, Blantyre(M Archibald, C Brown, M Letham) bt Auchinleck (E Reid, E Magorian,

J Williamson) 19-4

Final East Fife bt Blantyre 17-9

Fours Whiteinch (A Cameron, AM Taggart, I Brown, L Cameron) btElgin (V Cruickshank, I Smith, I Laing, M Cruickshank) 23-16; EastFife (L Gordon, C Bain, K McAndrew, C Smith) bt Abbeyview (K Hume, LLees, V McGreggor, A Bernard) 31-1

Final Whiteinch bt East Fife 20-13:

* siba Premier League Indoor Bowls Championship draw for season2011/2012 Jack High Insurance National Men's Indoor League. Sectiona West Lothian, Paisley, Prestwick, East Lothian, Blantyre, Alloa BLanarkshire, Midlothian, Auchinleck, Aberdeen, Turriff, Falkirk

Greengauge Women's National Indoor League. Section A Aberdeen,Turriff, East Fife, Falkirk, Coatbridge, Blantyre B Auchinleck,Galleon, West of Scotland, Midlothian, Arbroath, Abbeyview

badminton

* Bank of Scotland Under-23 Championship, Meadowbank, Edinburgh.Finals

Under-23 Men's singles G Hoggan (Dunfermline) bt M Carder (SouthQueensferry) 21-12 21-13 Women V Tsvetanova (Glasgow) bt KirstenGeals Mauchline) 21-13 21-19

Men's doubles M Campbell (Edinburgh) and P MacHugh (Kinross) bt DLeinster (Glasgow) S Stewart (Bonhill) 21-17 25-23 Women's doublesTsvetanova and E Cook (Mauchline) bt G and F Archibald (Larkhall)Mixed doubles Stewart and Archibald bt Leinster and Tsvetanova 21-423-21

Under-17 Boys' singles J Neil (Prestwick) bt J Gilvear (Falkirk)21-11 21-16 Girls R Findlay (Erskine) bt M Richardson (Haddington)21-16 21-16 Boys' doubles Gilvear and B Torrance (Prestwick) bt AHall (Mauchline) and S Mann (Glasgow) 21-13 21-18 Girls' doublesRichardson and H Laing (Haddington) bt Findlay and H Campbell(Glasgow) 21-9 21-10 Mixed doubles Neil and Findlay bt Gilvear andLucy Nelvin (Duns) 21-3 21-5

Under-13 Boys' singles A Dunn (Motherwell) bt M Duguid(Stonehaven) 21-13 21-14 Girls' singles H Newall (Mauchline) bt EO'Donnell (Beith) 21-12 21-14 Boys' doubles C Grimley and M Grimley(both Glasgow) bt Dunn and S Dyce (Mauchline) 21-17 22-20 Girls'doubles Newall and C McCulloch (Catrine) bt S Whillans (Longniddry)and G Wright (Edinburgh) 21-9 21-17 Mixed doubles Dunn and Newall btC Grimley and Biatrice Gabell (Dalry) 22-20 21-13

Cricket

* Scotland U19 Tour of India

Scotland U19 309-6 (R McLean 115, F Coleman 103, P Ross 38no; RParasanjeet 3-47) Ashimanyu Academy 215-8 (C Chandela 100no; PSadler 2-9, N Farrar 2-44). Scotland won by 47 runs (D/L method)

Scotland U19 188-9 (A Bailwal 49, F Coleman 36; S Shubham 5-22)Himalayan Doon Academy 107 (N Farrar 5-18) Scotland won by 81 runs.

FOOTBALL.

* UEFA 2011 European Women's Under-19 Championship, SecondQualifying Round, Austria. Group 6 Scotland 1 Spain 2; Austria 5Poland 0; Austria 3 Scotland 3; Spain 3 Poland 0.

* South of Scotland League Creetown 1 Mid Annandale 0; DalbeattieStar 4 Crichton 1; Heston Rovers v Abbey Vale P; Newton Stewart 0 StCuthbert Wanderers 3; Threave Rovers 2 Stranraer 1; Wigtown &Bladnoch 4 Nithsdale Wanderers 3.

hockey

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Men

Div 1 AMN Hillhead 3 Inverleith 4, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4 VWSDundee Wands 1, Grange 3 Grove Menzieshill 3, Western Wildcats 3Greaves Clydesdale 1

Yesterday Aberdeen Asset Management 3 AMN Hillhead 6, Grange 4Western Wildcats 4, Grove Menzieshill 3 Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 6,VWS Dundee Wands 0 Inverleith 1

Div 2 Alpha Data Carnegie 1 Falkirk GHG 7, Chapman Motherwell 5Watsonians 6, Mango Optical Uddingston 4 Granite City Wands 1,Stepps 1 CALA Edinburgh 5, Waverley Inveresk Trinity 1 Harris AcadFP 1

Yesterday Alpha Data Carnegie 7 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 2, CALAEdinburgh 4 Granite City Wands 1, Stepps 2 20-20 Renewables Greenock0, Watsonians 6 Harris Acad FP 2

Div 3 Aberdeen GS 3 Stirling Wands 1, Ayr 2 Erskine StewartsMelville 1, Dundee Uni 2 Perthshire 3, FMGM Monarchs 2 Highland 9Yesterday Dundee Uni 2 Erskine Stewarts Melville 6

* Scottish Hockey Regional Leagues

Central Div 1 Alpha Data Carnegie A 2 Watsonians A 1, EdinburghUni A 2 AMN Hillhead A 3, Grange A 8 Greaves Clydesdale A 3,Kelburne A 2 Western Wildcats A 1

Div 2 Deloitte Team Strathclyde 10 GHK 0, Livingston West Lothian0 CALA Edinburgh A 1, Stepps A 1 EK Avondale 5, Western Wildcats B 5Mango Optical Uddingston A 1

North Div Grove Menzieshill A 5 AAM Gordonians B 0, Harris AcadFP A 0 VWS Dundee Wands A 4

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians A 7Greaves Clydesdale A 3, Anchor 4 Fidra Lions 4 (Findra won 4-3 onpens), Grange A 3 Granite City Wands A 2, Kelburne A 2 WesternWildcats A 4

* Activcity District Plate. Quarter-finals Harris Acad FP A 1Watsonians A 3, Rottenrow 1 Dunfermline City 2, Inverleith A 6Strathclyde Uni A 4, Reivers 2 EK Avondale 2 (Reivers won 5-4 onpens)

* Activcity Reserve Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians B 7Inverleith B 1, AMN Hillhead B 5 Grange VI 1, Grange Development 3Erskine Stewarts Melville A 5, Kelburne B 1 VWS Dundee Wands B 4

* Activcity Reserve Plate. Quarter-finals AMN Hillhead V 2Western Wildcats C 4, Grange B 0 Alpha Data Carnegie B 2, GraniteCity Wands B 2 Western Wildcats B 3, Greaves Clydesdale B 3 AberdeenGS A 5

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Women

Div 1 Giffnock 5 CALA Edinburgh 1, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4Hillhead 1, Grange EL 0 Grove Menzieshill 6, Western Wildcats 1 VWSDundee Wands 8 (Yesterday) Grange EL 4 VWS Dundee Wands 4

Div 2 Borders Fjordhus 5 Alpha Data Dunfermline 0, Granite CityWands 2 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 0, Highland 1 GHK 2, Watsonians 1George Heriots 2

Div 3 Dundee Uni 2 Ayr 0, Glasgow Accies 3 Stirling Wands 2,Haddington 5 Bon Accord MBC 0, Team Strathclyde 0 Inverleith 7(Yesterday) Ayr 1 Glasgow Accies 3

* Scottish Hockey Reserve League

Grove Menzieshill A 0 Milne Craig Orange Sox 6, Hillhead A 1Giffnock A 4, Milne Craig Blue Sox 3 CALA Edinburgh Whites 0, GrangeEL A 4 Watsonians A 2, Kelburne A 5 VWS Dundee Wands A 0

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals Giffnock A 4 Hillhead A1, Greaves Clydesdale Navy Sox 1 CALA Edinburgh A 2, Kelburne A 3Clydesdale Western 6, Perthshire 0 Orkney 5

* Activcity District Plate Quarter-finals Aberdeen GS 0Watsonians A 1, Aberdeen 2 East Kilbride B 1, Erskine StewartsMelville A 2 Grange EL A 0, Watsonians IV 5 Aberdeen GS A 2

ice hockey

* Elite league play-off, semi-finals (at Nottingham) SheffieldSteelers 3, Nottingham Panthers 4 (after overtime); Cardiff Devils4, Belfast Giants 1

* Scottish National League Dundee Tigers 3, Paisley Pirates 5

motorsport

* British Touring Car Ch'ship, Brands Hatch

Leading final positions after Race 2 1 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 19mins50.198secs, 2 M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 19:50.387, 3 PO'Neill (Gbr)Chevrolet 19:54.011, 4 G Shedden (Gbr) Honda 19:56.800, 5 J Plato(Gbr) Chevrolet 19:57.348, 6 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 19:57.521, 7 RCollard (Gbr) Ford 19:58.126, 8 T Chilton (Gbr) Ford 19:58.505, 9 AMacDowall (Gbr) Chevrolet 19:59.108, 10 T Gilham (Gbr) Vauxhall20:01.962

Driver Championship standings 1 J Plato (Gbr) Chevrolet 38pts, 2M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 30, 3 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 26, 4 G Shedden(Gbr) Honda 25, 5 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 23, 6 P O'Neill (Gbr) Chevrolet20

netball

* Glasgow Wildcats remain bottom of the UK Superleague afterlosing their ninth successive match - 62-29 at Surrey Storm.

speedway

* Premier League Berwick Bandits 48, Redcar Bears 44

* Premier Shield, second-leg Newcastle Diamonds 48, EdinburghMonarchs 45 (agg: 94-89) Newcastle: Rene Bach 11, Derek Sneddon 6,Lubos Tomicek 2, Stuart Robson 14, Mark Lemon 9, Kyle Newman 4,Richie Worrall 2. Edinburgh: Kevin Wolbert 7, Matthew Wethers 5,Andrew Tully 10, Craig Cook 6, Kalle Katajisto 9, Ashley Morris 3,Robert Branford (guest) 5

Russian émigré sentenced in NY for illegal trades

NEW YORK (AP) — A former executive director at UBS Securities has been sentenced in New York to 22 months in prison for his role in an insider trading scheme with a fellow Russian émigré.

Igor Poteroba (POH-tur-oh-bah) was sentenced Monday by Judge Paul Crotty (KRAW'-tee) in federal court in Manhattan. The judge also ordered the Darien, Conn., resident to forfeit $465,000 in proceeds from the crime and to pay a …

Shooting Suspect's Brother Sentenced

PHOENIX - The brother of a man accused in a serial killing case was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in prison for stabbing a homeless man.

Jeff Hausner, 40, received the sentence for his guilty plea to aggravated assault. Under terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors, an attempted murder charge was dropped.

"I made a very bad spur-of-the-moment decision," Hausner said at a court hearing. "I'm not some kind of monster."

Hausner is the brother of one of two men charged in a 14-month Phoenix shooting spree that wounded at least 17 people and left seven others dead, according to police.

His brother, Dale, is charged with seven counts of murder. Jeff Hausner's former roommate, Samuel Dieteman, is charged with two of the killings.

Police say Jeff Hausner was with Dieteman on April 14, 2006, when he attacked a homeless man outside a supermarket. When the man asked Hausner for money, Jeff Hausner turned around and stabbed him in the stomach, authorities said.

The man has since recovered from his injuries.

Judge Andrew Klein could have sentenced Hausner to almost nine years in prison. But the judge said that family members who asked for mercy and Hausner's lack of a violent criminal history persuaded him to impose a shorter sentence.

Family members said that Jeff Hausner was known for bringing vagrants and stray dogs into his home. One of those people was Dieteman, who lived with him for several months in 2005 and 2006.

Police initially said that the stabbing Jeff Hausner was charged with committing was linked to the same string of attacks, but prosecutors later decided he was acting alone.

An Evaluation of the Ontario Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System

ABSTRACT

Background: The Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) is an ongoing population health survey conducted by a collaborating group of Ontario public health units. This formative evaluation examined the process effectiveness, collaboration, utility and cost-effectiveness of RRFSS during its first year of operation.

Methods: An Evaluation Framework was developed with reference to guidelines for evaluation of surveillance systems developed by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study focussed on evaluable performance areas in a young surveillance system and on information needed to inform stakeholder decisions …

Fitch raises Italian Acea outlook to "stable".

(ADPnews) - Jan 28, 2011 - Italian utility Acea SpA (BIT:ACE) said that Fitch announced on Friday it had raised the rating on the company to A with a "stable" outlook from A with a "negative" outlook.

The reasons for the …

Dexter leaps to the top spot.(Sports)

Byline: FELLICIA SMITH Staff Writer

BURNT HILLS - It's not hard to high jump, but it is hard to do it well.

Brittany Dexter learned that the hard way.

The Burnt Hills junior went from jumping 3-foot-6 as a seventh-grader to 4-10 the next season. She was leaping her way to the top until she began losing ground and stalled at 4-6.

"I was so frustrated," Dexter recalled. "At that point and time is when most people are done. I was like, `I've got to stick with it. You can't give it up.' Once I got past that, I was happy I chose to stay."

Now Dexter is the state's top-ranked high jumper.

She is one of many top-ranked athletes …

Pros and cons: Some students look forward to graduation ceremony; others prefer to not attend.

Byline: Chloe Morrison

May 7--Area colleges are in the midst of graduation season, but not every graduate will attend commencement. For some college students, commencement is the symbolic light at the end of a tunnel, marking the end of an undergraduate career. For others, the ceremony is an unnecessary ritual. Students weighing in on the pros and cons of commencement said everything from family expectations to the cost of a cap and gown can influence a decision on whether or not to attend graduation. Some are swayed by the choice of speakers or the chance to watch their friends walk across the stage. Communication major Billy Smith, 25, was scheduled to graduate Saturday from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Mr. Smith said last week that he was excited …