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CHARLIE WILSON LOVED ISRAEL ALMOST as much as he loved the United States Marines.

It was early February 1982, and I was the legislative director of ALPAC when Charlie called me about a headline-making incident at the Beirut airport that upset him.

A contingent of Marines had been sent there as part of a multinational peacekeeping force after the Israeli army drove the PLO leadership out of Lebanon. The Marines felt the IDF was testing their authority by encroaching on their lines, and on February 2, 1983, a Marine officer drew his pistol and banged it on an IDF tank to tell it to stop trying to penetrate U.S. lines.

"Tell your friends to back off," Charlie told me. "I …

Ecuador president insists computers seized by Colombians at rebel camp prove 'nothing'

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on Wednesday insisted that documents on computers seized in a raid by Colombian authorities and allegedly linking him to Colombian rebels prove "absolutely nothing."

Speaking in Paris, the last stop of a three-nation European tour, Correa cast doubt on the authenticity of the computers, suggesting they may have been planted by the Colombians following their March 1 cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador.

Colombian officials have said the documents demonstrate links between the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and the leaders of neighboring Venezuela and Ecuador. Colombian President …

Hormones plus radiation found to help prostate Study says it boosts survival odds if cancer hasn't spread

Men with prostate cancer that doesn't appear to have spread havebetter survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatmentwith standard radiation, rather than radiation alone, a small studyfound.

Almost five years after treatment, six men in the radiation-onlystudy group died of prostate cancer; none of the men who got combinedtreatment died of prostate cancer. The study involved about 200 men.

Of the more than 200,000 U.S. men diagnosed each year with thedisease, nearly half have the kind cancer involved in the study: Anexam and imaging indicates it hasn't spread but other tests indicateit might have.

Treatment for such men often involves radiation …

MJ Status Uncertain For Tourney

Next week's Michael Jordan/ Ronald McDonald Celebrity GolfClassic might be played without Michael Jordan.

Organizers of the $250,000, nationally-televised tournamentstarting Tuesday at Seven Bridges in Woodridge had hoped to make an announcement on Jordan's status Thursday. Jordan remains inmourning following the recent shooting death of his father, James.

"We've talked to Michael," tournament director Betsy Westhoffsaid.

"His feeling is the tournament should go on as planned. Ours isto follow through."

Westhoff added David Robinson, Brett Hull, Randy Cross, GeorgeGervin and Kevin Dobson to the celebrity list Thursday and remainedhopeful about …

JMU puts Va Tech win behind them, begins CAA play

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — James Madison made national headlines earlier this season at Virginia Tech, becoming just the second FCS squad to knock off a Top 25 team.

Coach Mickey Matthews described the victory as the biggest of his career, but said Wednesday that the most important games for the Dukes (3-0) actually begin this weekend.

James Madison hosts Delaware in its Colonial Athletic Association opener, one of two top-10 showdowns in arguably the nation's best Football Championship Subdivision conference.

Villanova, the defending FCS champion, travels to William & Mary in the other. It's a rematch of last year's national semifinals.

In Harrisonburg, the Dukes …

Gerritsen settles for silver

A crash cost Dutch speedskater Annette Gerritsen a possible gold medal in the 500 meters. On Thursday, it was a fraction of a second which kept her from an Olympic title.

Over three days, Gerritsen went through the whole gamut of emotions at the Olympic Oval and left with some sorely bruised legs _ and a silver medal.

A blur of orange and black, her legs slid from under her and she smashed into the side cushions in Tuesday's 500, where she was a medal contender.

"She quickly turned the page. She can do it like no other," said he coach Jac Orie. "Annette is a killer."

Well, almost. Gerritsen came within .02 seconds …

Alliance bolsters party leaders' influence Yeltsin's political vital signs fading

MOSCOW Mintimer Shaimiev, president of the central Russianrepublic of Tatarstan, is one of the few politicians to haveoutsmarted Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

In the early 1990s, Shaimiev publicly toyed with the idea ofdeclaring independent his largely Muslim, oil-rich republic. But herelented and struck a favorable deal with the Kremlin instead. Whileremaining within the Russian Federation, Tatarstan wrested almostcomplete autonomy from Moscow.

This week, Shaimiev has played a similar game of brinkmanship withthe Kremlin and its outcome could prove even more momentous. Asleader of the All Russia group of regional governors, Shaimiev hasforged a political alliance …

Police: About 300 Occupy protesters arrested in Oakland demonstrations

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Police: About 300 Occupy …

Japan's Satto wins first gold in Youth Olympics

Japan's Yuka Sato has won the first gold medal in the inaugural Youth Olympics, racing to victory in the women's triathlon.

Sato, 18, edged out Australian Ellie Salthouse and American Kelly Whitley. The athletes swam 750 meters, cycled 20 kilometers and ran 5 kilometers Sunday through …

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PEOPLE: promotions, appointments and hires

BANKING/FINANCE

M&T Bank named Tobin Rote branch manager of its East Park branch in Swatara Township. He has nine years of financial-services experience and previously managed the Penbrook branch. He has a bachelor's degree from Shippensburg University. Samuel J. McNaughton was named branch manager of the East Chocolate Avenue branch in Derry Township. He has more than 17 years of financial experience, most recently as assistant manager of the West Chocolate Avenue branch. He has a bachelor's degree from Penn State University.

CONSTRUCTION

Advanced Building Systems Inc. of Muhlenberg Township named John M. Thorsen …

'King's Speech' writer has his own stutter story

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) — Telling the story of the stammering king, George VI, has been a lifetime ambition for David Seidler, ever since he subdued his own stutter almost 60 years ago.

Born seven months after George took the British throne in 1936, screenwriter Seidler grew up paralyzed by the same impediment he depicts the monarch struggling to overcome in "The King's Speech," the best-picture favorite at the Academy Awards.

From just before his third birthday to age 16, Seidler stumbled and sputtered over his syllables so badly that he lived in terror of speaking in class, talking to girls, even answering the phone.

"I had huge trouble with the 'H' sound, so …

Report: Iran plays down threat against Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Iranian foreign minister is playing down an earlier threat made against Turkey by an Iranian general.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency on Wednesday that Iranian general's threat last month that Tehran would target NATO's early warning radar in Turkey if the U.S. or Israel attacks the Islamic Republic do not reflect the official Iranian position.

Ankara agreed to host the radar in September as part of NATO's missile defense system, which is capable of countering ballistic missile threats from its neighbor, Iran which is suspected of trying to produce nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.

RMK Championships & the Cellular South Cup Results

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — Results Tuesday from the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, a $1,226,500 ATP Tour event, and Cellular South Cup, a $220,000 WTA Tour event, on hard courts at the Racquet Club of Memphis (seedings in parentheses):

Singles
Men
First Round

Mardy Fish (4), United States, def. Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-1, 7-5.

Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 6-0, 7-6 (7).

Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2.

James Blake, United States, def. Ricardo Mello, Brazil, 6-4, 6-3.

Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Rainer Schuettler, Germany, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Brian Dabul, Argentina, def. Michal Przysiezny, Poland, 7-5, 6-4.

Michael Russell, United States, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-1, 7-6 (1).

Andy Roddick (1), United States, def. Richard Berankis, Lithuania, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Sam Querrey (5), United States, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Women
Second Round

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

Ksenia Pervak, Russia, def. Renata Voracova (7), Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-1.

Alexa Glatch, United States, def. Michaella Krajicek, Netheralnds, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3.

Rules changes most significant since shot clock

Just when it seems Michael Jordan is seriously considering lacingup the sneakers again, the NBA implements a package of new rules thatcould keep him in dress shoes.

Then again, it might be argued that the impetus behind the newguidelines was the NBA's sagging popularity since Jordan retiredafter the 1997-98 season. If TV ratings and attendance figures areany indication, the game isn't "Fan-tastic" anymore, so a 12-memberpanel recommended a face-lift.

The changes, approved Thursday by at least 20 of the 29 teams,include the following:

Eliminating all existing illegal-defense guidelines.

Establishing a defensive three-second rule that will limit thetime a defensive player can remain in the lane unless he is closelyguarding someone.

Reducing from 10 seconds to eight seconds the amount of time ateam will have to advance the ball past midcourt.

Eliminating touch fouls by allowing brief contact initiated by adefensive player if it does not impede the progress of the playerwith the ball.

"Are we aware of TV ratings and attendance? Yes and yes," saidPhoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo, who chaired the committee thatrecommended the changes. "And we think these changes will bebeneficial in every sense.

"It's probably one of the most significant changes since the 24-second clock. That the league is willing to make this move shows it'sproactive about its game."

The Washington Wizards' vote was cast by majority owner AbePollin. Jordan, who is a Wizards minority owner and president ofbasketball operations, is on record as being against the changes.

"It eliminates the marquee players," Jordan said. "If you playVince Carter and Kobe (Bryant), Shaquille (O'Neal) and players likethose, you're going to zone them.

"One thing they want to eliminate is the isolation play.Isolation, in the past, always has been the flagship of wherecreativity has come from."

Imagine Jordan's last shot in the 1998 NBA Finals against Utah.After he loses Bryon Russell on the famous shake-and-bake, hand-check move, another defender playing a zone steps in to contest thejumper that secured the Bulls' sixth title.

"Great players will still be great," Colangelo countered.

But will their impact be reduced?

"Yes, the rules may hamper the superstars," Milwaukee Bucks coachGeorge Karl said. "You're going to see the peripheral players steptheir games up a bit because they will be left open more often.

"When you give us more tricks and more abilities to zone and tipup the game, we're going to be pretty good at letting the right guyget open."

So instead of "Hack-a-Shaq," it will be "Pack-a-Shaq," with onedefender in front of O'Neal, one behind and another roaming in hisvicinity.

"It's going to be tough for the post players," Bulls forward EltonBrand said. "The zone is for jump-shooters where you pack it down inthe middle with a lot of bodies.

"I'm trying to expand my game, regardless, so I'll just keepshooting those jumpers."

Colangelo reminds those concerned about zones of the new rule thatwill bar a defensive player from staying in the lane longer thanthree seconds if he is more than an arm's length away from his man. Aviolation will result in a technical foul.

"That will prevent an out-and-out zone from being played in thepure sense," Colangelo said. "There's going to be a lot more man-to-man defense than people think."

The eight-second rule is supposed to encourage teams to pressurethe ball in the backcourt, which could speed up the game. The changein the touch-foul rule is designed to put an end to the cheap foulsthat have resulted since the league banned hand-checking two yearsago.

Bulls coach Tim Floyd isn't convinced the changes will be thatdramatic. Floyd, in his third season with the Bulls, coached for 12seasons on the college level, and he said the zone is not the end-all defense.

"Only two teams have won the national championship in collegebasketball playing exclusively a zone defense: Villanova and MagicJohnson's Michigan State team," Floyd said. "Everybody else plays manbecause there's more ball pressure and you force more turnovers andcontest shots and get more defensive rebounds.

"I predict the team that wins the NBA championship next year willbe playing a lot more man than zone."

That team will have the athletes to play a man-to-man defense. Buta team such as the Bulls, which has a limited number of players whocan cover one-on-one, should benefit the most from the new rules.Bulls operations chief Jerry Krause, however, was against the rulechanges, according to league sources.

"Definitely, young teams won't be exposed as much with one-on-onemoves and guys going by us for buckets," Brand said.

So the days of Detroit's Jerry Stackhouse torching the Bulls for57 points, as he did April 3, could be over. Stackhouse figures tohave two guys hanging on his jersey at all times.

"That's why I don't understand it," Brand said. "If they're tryingto score more and make it more exciting, why put a zone in?"

Jordan may be asking the same question. And while the NBA can'tdevelop rules based on the possibility of one player returning, maybethe league should say these changes are "99.9 percent" final.

Colangelo said the league will test the new rules during summer-league play and make adjustments, if necessary.

DISCOVERING TORAH

THERE IS A WIDESPREAD JEWISH custom of studying the Ethics of Our Fathers during the period between Passover and Shavuot. Many continue this custom throughout the summer leading up to Rosh Hashanah.

Pirkei Avot (in English, Ethics of Our Fathers) contains - as its name indicates moral teachings, and this is one of the reasons why we read it during the summer time. As the temperature rises, so do our passions and temptations; thus, the need to strengthen ourselves with this guidance.

The first Mishnah in Pirkei Avot states:

"Moses received the Torah from Sinai, and he gave it to Joshua, and Joshua gave it to the Elders, and the Elders gave it to the Prophets, and the Prophets gave it to the Men of the Great Assembly.

"They [the Men of the Great Assembly] said three things:

'Be patient in judgment';

'Establish many students'; and

'Make a fence for the Torah."'

Many commentators are perplexed as to why the Mishnah states that Moses received the Torah from Mt. Sinai, and not from G-d Himself!

Truthfully, Moses did not receive the Torah from Mt. Sinai, but at Mt. Sinai.

Nevertheless, the Mishnah reports Moses receiving the Torah from Sinai. Why is G-d left out of the picture?

Imagine if someone bought you a gift, and when complimented on it by a friend you mentioned that you received it from Macy's. What a slap in the face to the person who gave it to you!

The basic contextual answer to this question is given by Rabbi Ovadyah Bertinoro (also rendered Bartinoro, c.1450-1509), considered to be the "starting point" for commentaries on Pirkei Avot.

He explains that "Sinai" refers not to the actual mountain but to "the One who revealed Himself at Sinai."

Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague, commonly referred to as the MAHARAL (an acronym for his name, Morenu HaRav Liva ben Betsalel, c. 1520-1609), further explains that G-d is not referred to directly, since it would be inappropriate to include the Creator in the list of human beings mentioned in the Mishnah.

Yet it is still relevant to ask this question: Since the purpose of Pirkei Avot is to teach ethics, what is the moral and ethical message behind the Mishnah's unusual word choice?

OUR SAGES TEACH us that before G-d gave the Torah, all the mountains gathered together, and they pleaded their cases before the Creator (Midrash TeMlim, S. Buber ed., 68:17; also see Babylonian Talmud Megillah 29a).

Each mountain flaunted its virtues, and requested that the Torah be given upon it. But G-d, so-to-say, was turned off by the arrogant claims of the various mountains.

As the Talmud tells us, G-d and an arrogant one are unable to dwell in the world together (Sotah 5a).

One mountain, however, did command special attention: Sinai.

Since it was the lowest of all the mountains, G-d decided that it was worthy of having the Torah given upon it.

Its lowness represented humility.

G-d's choice of Sinai teaches us that these qualities are prerequisites for properly "receiving" the Torah.

Just as "Moses received the Torah from Sinaf representing humility so too, must we "receive the Torah from Sinai."

Without humility, one cannot properly and completely receive the Torah.

Yet one may now question Sinai as the proper locale for G-d's revelation. If humility (as represented by the lowness of Sinai) is so important, why was the Torah not given in a valley?

From here we see a very important duality of Judaism. On the one hand, a person must be lowly and humble like Sinai; on the other hand, one must also be big and strong like a mountain.

Being humble should not lead to one being as low as a doormat. I need not view myself as G-d's gift to humankind, but I should also not allow myself to be taken advantage of and trampled on by others.

There are times when a person must be firm and resolute.

As the beginning of the Code of Jewish Law teaches us, "Do not be embarrassed in front of those who mock you."

We must know our way in Judaism and remain strong and firm in it. When something or someone attempts to hinder or prevent one's connection to Torah and Judaism, one must be strong like a mountain.

At other times, however, the proper attitude - we see this often in the conduct of our lives - is to be as humble as Sinai.

[Sidebar]

Walking between high and low

[Sidebar]

Ethics of the Fathers A Post-Passover custom

[Author Affiliation]

By SHAUL E. WERTHEIMER

TORAH COLUMNIST

Chiefs' Vrabel retires, takes Ohio St LB coach job

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former All-Pro linebacker Mike Vrabel is retiring from the Kansas City Chiefs and returning to his alma mater as an Ohio State assistant coach.

Vrabel confirmed Monday morning the end of his 14-year career and that he had taken the job as linebackers coach with the Buckeyes. The position was previously held by his college roommate and teammate, Luke Fickell, who was elevated to interim head coach when Jim Tressel resigned May 30.

Vrabel played for Pittsburgh and New England before closing out his career with the Chiefs. He announced his retirement in a statement issued through his agent.

Vrabel played eight seasons with the Patriots, winning three Super Bowl titles as a hybrid defender and a spot short-yardage and goal-line offensive player.

Hoff takes on Coughlin in 200 IM; Phelps favored in 200 fly at US Olympic trials

Nineteen-year-old Katie Hoff stole the show at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, winning two events about 45 minutes apart Wednesday _ and setting new American records in both.

Phelps reached the halfway point to setting his Beijing Games program, earning his third individual title of the trials in the 200-meter butterfly after also locking up a spot in at least one relay. The 23-year-old is on pace in his bid for eight wins in China to break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of seven golds.

And Hoff might be just as busy as her former teammate at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.

She added the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley to her growing list of trials wins _ rallying to beat Natalie Coughlin in the second of those, no less.

"I'm in great shape," Hoff said after pulling off swimming's version of the daily double. "I've trained to swim a lot of events in one night. I'm glad my training pulled through."

Hoff already won the 400 IM and 400 free, the latter giving her a spot in the 800 free relay. She's still got two more events to go, the 100 and 800 free, and a top four in the shorter race would get her on at least one more relay team.

For those who don't have a calculator handy, that's eight races _ likely as many as Phelps, who treats her like a little sister but might have to share some of his glaring Olympic spotlight.

In the 200 IM, Coughlin jumped way ahead on the butterfly and backstroke legs, but Hoff rallied on the breaststroke and freestyle to win in 2:09.71, improving on Coughlin's American record of 2:09.77 set less than a month ago.

Making the win even more impressive: Hoff already had won the 200 freestyle in 1:55.88, beating her own U.S. record of 1:56.08 in that event.

For the first time in four days, there were no world records at the trials. Six were set through the first three days of the meet.

But Brendan Hansen, the top semifinal qualifier in the 200 breast, positioned himself to go after Japanese rival Kosuke Kitajima's world record in Thursday's final.

Phelps pulled away after the final flip to win the 200 fly in 1:52.20 _ just 11-hundredths over the mark of 1:52.09 he set while winning seven gold medals at last year's world championships.

"My butterfly has felt better this year than it ever has," Phelps said. "I'm not sure if I was too conservative going out. The first 100 didn't feel like it normally does. I secured a spot on the team, and that's the most important thing."

Phelps was already on the team, of course. He was merely adding to the 400 IM and 200 free wins, the latter assuring him of a spot on the 800 free relay.

Phelps likely assured himself of a fifth Olympic race when he posted the second-fastest time in the morning preliminaries of the 100 free. He withdrew after that, confident he'd done enough to get on the 400 free relay.

If nothing else, Phelps eliminated the controversy that dogged his spot on the 400 free relay at the last Olympics. He didn't swim the 100 free at the 2004 trials but was still picked for the team that wound up taking only a bronze in Athens.

Phelps also finalized what races he'll do at the trials, withdrawing from the 200 backstroke that begins Thursday featuring world champion Ryan Lochte and defending Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol. Phelps will close the trials swimming the 200 IM _ he's the world recordholder _ and the 100 fly against rival Ian Crocker.

With Phelps out of the way, Jason Lezak set his second American record of the day in the semifinals of the 100 free, putting up a blistering 47.58. He broke the mark of 47.78 set in the morning preliminaries by Garrett Weber-Gale, who bested Lezak's 48.15 the heat before.

Lezak was just off the world record of 47.50, established in March by France's Alain Bernard, and the 47.52 put up by Australia's Eamon Sullivan.

DePaul adds Internet training program

DePaul University's Egan Urban Center has launched a 12-weekInternet training program for students aged 17 to 24. Those whosuccessfully complete the program will be capable of helping smallcompanies do business on the Web.

Dominican University has begun an $8 million makeover of its76,000-square-foot library center that will add classrooms withnetworked computers, a multimedia production room, a lower-lever"information arcade" and other facilities.

An open house on technical career opportunities in business andelectronics will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 18 at the DeVry Institute ofTechnology's Chicago campus, 3300 N. Campbell. The seminar willinclude a film on opportunities in technology-based fields as well asseveral discussion sessions during which DeVry representatives willanswer questions on career opportunities. For more information, call(773) 929-6550.

Robert Morris College is offering a new interior design programthat leads to an associate in applied science degree. The programbegins at the start of the fall semester on Sept. 24 at the college'sdowntown campus, 401 S. State. Besides the 15-month associate'sdegree in interior design, the college's Institute of Art and Designoffers a bachelor of applied science degree in graphic arts and mediaarts. Also at Robert Morris, a new fitness specialist program will beoffered this fall at the downtown campus. The 19-month associate'sdegree program is designed to prepare students for professionalcareers in designing and conducting comprehensive individual or groupfitness programs. For more information on either program, visitwww.rmcil.edu or call (800) 225-1520. Also at Robert Morris,construction is under way at the new 50,000-square-foot DuPage campusat 905 Meridian Lakes in west suburban Aurora.

Roosevelt University will continue--and may expand--itsexperimental exchange program that brings students from a small-towncollege to Chicago for a semester of study at Roosevelt. Last year,six students from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, came to Rooseveltto take sociology and litera- ture courses that focused on city andrural issues. The next group of Loras students will arrive inJanuary.

Elmhurst College and the College of DuPage have approved dualadmission to the two schools that provides a smooth transition forstudents pursuing a four-year degree. Also at Elmhurst College, HelgaNoice, an associate professor of psychology, has been awarded a$127,910, three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health toinvestigate how arts-related activities can improve cognitivefunctioning in older adults.

Governors State University is offering two new degree programs: abachelor of science degree and a master of science degree inmanagement information systems. For more information, call (708) 534-4930. Also at GSU, the university has received a $1,065,480 grant fora program that helps increase the graduation rate for first-generation, low-income or disabled students.

Artwork by faculty members returning from sabbatical leaves willbe displayed from Aug. 17 through Oct. 10 at the School of the ArtInstitute's Betty Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Dr.

Northeastern Illinois University art students recently created amural outside the Chicago Commons Emerson House building, 645 N.Wood. The building houses a social service agency that providesresources and services to community residents.

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Finding success with incentives

Benefits experts say an effective incentive program should befocused on a small number of goals, be clearly defined and not payout benefits if goals are missed even in tough economic times.

A survey by management consulting and outsourcing firm HewittAssociates finds employers expect to spend 10.3 percent of theirpayroll on variable pay awards. Although down from last year, it's upsignificantly from the 3.8 percent spent in 1991.

Employers typically haven't felt obligated to pay out incentivebonuses when targets are missed in tougher economic times, saidMaureen Tarantello, leader of the strategic-rewards practice at humanresources consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide. To do so would makethe programs less effective because employees would think of them asentitlements.

To be effective, incentives programs need to have clear andmeasurable goals, said Art Friedson, vice president of co-workerservices at Vernon Hills-based CDW Computer Centers Inc. It has longused incentives programs.

Communication is also key on exactly how the programs work, andupdates should be provided on a regular basis, experts said.

"People need to understand what drives the bonuses," saidFriedson. "What makes them successful [at CDW] is that people know onany given day exactly where they stand."

The plans shouldn't focus on too many variables.

"Focus on a couple of financial goals, not more than two or threeobjectives," said Kenan Abosch, business leader with managementconsulting and outsourcing firm Hewitt Associates LLC.

Goals should be realistic, he added, with "some stretch to them,but they shouldn't be impossible to achieve."

It's also important to think fun.

CDW's Friedson recalled, "In the third quarter, we had anaggressive sales goal, [CEO John Edwardson] told us if we made it, hewould shave his head."

The target was reached.

"It's not always about money," Friedson said.

No. 15 Miss. St. struggles against Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Mississippi State's recent struggles continued in a Southeastern Conference-opening 98-88 loss at Arkansas on Saturday night.

The Bulldogs (13-3, 0-1 SEC) fell behind by as many as 20 points to the Razorbacks in the second half on the way to their second loss in three games. In their only win during that stretch, they had to overcome a nine-point deficit to earn a 66-64 home win over Utah State on Dec. 31.

DeVille Smith scored a career-high 25 points, while Dee Bost added 21 and Rodney Hood 17, but the performances weren't enough to overcome an Arkansas team with only nine scholarship players — one that scored 23 points off 18 Mississippi State turnovers.

"Offensively, we couldn't contain their dribble, and they jumped up and made shots from everywhere, lots of different people," Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury said. "Then they sped us up offensively, and we just didn't do a very good job of handling their pressure."

Meanwhile, Arkansas (12-3, 1-0) first-year coach Mike Anderson promised a frenetic, pressing style when he took over the program in March. He delivered just that in his first signature win.

Julysses Nobles scored a career-high 24 points and freshman BJ Young added 24 to help Arkansas open SEC play with a win. The victory was the Razorbacks seventh straight and improved them to 12-0 in Bud Walton Arena this season.

A season-high crowd of 12,200 watched Arkansas earn its first signature win under Anderson, and it came in style. The Razorbacks, who have only made the NCAA Tournament three times since the 2000-01 season, scored a season-high 98 points and scored 23 points off 18 Bulldogs' turnovers.

It was a scene similar to the style made famous by Anderson's mentor, former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson, who guided the Razorbacks to the 1994 national championship with Anderson as an assistant.

"That was fun basketball for our fans to have a chance to watch and enjoy," Anderson said. "So, when you ask the question 'Is that the kind of basketball I envisioned,' yes."

Both Nobles and Young played like they had something to prove, and it was no coincidence that both have Mississippi ties. Nobles is a Jackson, Miss., native and Young's father from Starkville.

Nobles scored 15 in the first half as the Razorbacks forced 11 turnovers and opened a 43-37 halftime lead. The junior finished 4 of 7 on 3-pointers, and he did so after averaging only five points per game over his last seven games.

"(Nobles) got hot at the right time," Bost said. "That's all that matters. It doesn't matter if he had been shooting well lately or not. He got hot at the right time."

Nobles came off the bench in Arkansas' last game, but he returned to a starting role against the Bulldogs. He ignited the crowd in the first half with three 3-pointers, and his last trey of the half gave the Razorbacks a 39-29 lead.

"It was good, because like I said, I've been struggling and my team knows they need me," Nobles said. "That was a great game for me and my teammates. They keep me going every day."

Young, no stranger to big performances in big games this season, had his time in the spotlight in the second half. The freshman, who scored a career-high 28 points in an earlier loss at defending national champion Connecticut, came off the bench to help the Razorbacks push their lead to 19 early in the half.

He did so with his run of 10-straight points for Arkansas, including a pair of 3-pointers, as the Razorbacks took a 66-47 lead.

"It was kind of a personal game for me and Julysses," Young said. "So, I think it was a great total team win to show the world and our fans what we've really got and what we've been working on all summer and all season. It was good to have it all come together."

The Bulldogs closed the lead to 11 at 79-68 after a trio of free throws by Smith, but that was as close as they would get until the closing minute.

Arkansas shot 57 percent (35 of 62) and led by as many as 20 in the second half, and five players finished in double figures. Michael Sanchez and Mardracus Wade had 12 points apiece, while Ky Madden finished with 11.

Mississippi State also shot the ball well, finishing 27 of 52 (52 percent) from the field and hitting nine of 20 3-point attempts. However, the Bulldogs' troubles with the Razorbacks' pressure proved too much to overcome.

"I didn't think we could play any worse (than the first half)," Stansbury said. "But I found out we could."

Museum battle

ABERGWILI Primary schools have come out fighting to secure thelong-term future of the Carmarthen County Museum.

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Federal judge approves prosecutors' request to dismiss criminal charges against bin Laden

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal judge approves prosecutors' request to dismiss criminal charges against bin Laden

US shows speed, shooting in practice with China

Danny Granger scored 22 points as the United States sprinted past China 98-51 in a practice game on Saturday.

Eric Gordon strengthened his case for a spot on the world championship team with 15 points, while Kevin Durant added 14 and Derrick Rose had 12.

The teams played four 10-minute quarters, with the score reset at the beginning of each period. The Americans outscored the Chinese 35-8 in the third quarter, then lost the fourth 17-16 when Gordon was just short on a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.

In the Americans' first work against another team, coach Mike Krzyzewski likely showed who two of his cuts will be, not using Jeff Green or JaVale McGee.

Yi Jianlian of the Washington Wizards scored 13 for China.

Texas GOP Gov. Perry plans trip to South Carolina

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has added South Carolina to his summer travel schedule.

The Republican governor has added the trip — his first this year to an early presidential nominating state — as he moves closer to making a decision about a White House bid.

Perry will be speaking to a RedState conservative blogger conference on Aug. 13 in Charleston. The event is the same day as the influential Iowa straw poll, one of the earliest momentum-building contests in the 2012 presidential race.

Early contests in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are seen as key battlegrounds for the eventual nominee. The contests traditionally are won through frequent visits and courting the local officials.

Funerals held for 31 Muslim victims of Bosnia war

Thousands are attending funerals being held for 31 Muslim Bosniak civilians who were killed in Serb attacks during the 1992-95 war and buried in mass graves.

The victims were among the Muslim Bosniak population living in the northeast Bosnian town of Bratunac when it was overrun by Serb forces at the start of the war.

Some 603 of the town's residents were listed as missing after the attack, as many were killed or were forced to flee.

The remains of 203 people have been found so far, including the 31 being reburied Wednesday. Among them are the bodies of a 4-year-old girl and an 84-year-old woman.

The bodies have been identified mainly through DNA analysis.

More than 100,000 people died in Bosnia's bloody war.

Watch your (micro) garden grow

face=+Bold; Even condo dwellers can enjoy their favourite hobbyface=-Bold;

By Pedro Arrais

VICTORIA -- As more people give up larger homes with backyards for yardless condos, many are refusing to give up the pleasure of a garden.

Urban farmers are transforming their new surroundings -- often concrete and asphalt -- by growing food and flowers in container gardens.

Bev Worsley doesn't believe that giving up her rural property means she has to compromise on the quality of her food. "Just because I am moving into the city does not mean I want to give up on good, healthy eating," says Worsley. "I am not giving up on my lifestyle."

Her desire to keep her diet organic led her to specify the inclusion of a container garden in her new unit in the Lookout, a development in the Victoria suburb of Colwood.

She will have a number of 2.5-metre-long by 61-centimetre-wide raised beds, located just outside one of her upstairs bedrooms in her new 2,222-square-foot townhouse. Worsley plans to grow a variety of herbs and vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers and green onions. To extend her growing season, she plans to build a glass cover for one of her containers.

Worsley's garden is made possible by the inclusion of power and, more importantly, a water outlet on the deck.

"A water outlet on the deck is not that common," says Reuben Butterfield of Helios Landscaping. "By incorporating water and an electrical outlet into the design shows the development recognizes the importance of outdoor living."

He says with power and a supply of water, metered irrigation of the plants is possible. "Not only does it make gardening more convenient, it also opens up the ability to introduce water features and night lighting," Butterfield says.

Although retrofitting an electrical outlet to the deck of an existing condo might not be difficult, the same cannot be said of a water outlet, which usually requires extensive modification to the plumbing.

He says projects like the Lookout are responding to the trend of consumers adopting container gardening as an alternative when they downsize from properties with traditional backyard gardens.

"The flexibility of container gardening has given gardeners the ability to take their hobby with them as they move," Butterfield says.

Moving downtown meant a lot of change for Sandra Anderson. Apart from downsizing into a two-bedroom condo, she also sold her car and started a new garden -- a hobby she had always wanted to take up.

A new gardener, Anderson initially felt intimidated by the whole process. So she hired Anna Saunders, a landscape designer for GardenWorks, to plan it for her. "Now, I just enjoy the act of watering," Anderson says.

Her garden includes small shrubs in containers and smaller plants in pots light enough for her to easily move about her three-metre by 3.7-metre deck off her condo in Victoria's Fairfield neighbourhood.

Suzanne Wilson of GardenWorks says she has seen an increasing number of urban dwellers equipping their residences with micro gardens.

"We have seen the market grow 15 per cent in the last three years," says Wilson, a bedding manager for the Saanich branch of the plant and garden business. "It is all part of a general trend toward going green."

Although growing flowers is still more popular than vegetables, she says customers routinely report success growing tomatoes, cucumber, garlic and onions in containers. Cooks especially like to have a herb garden close at hand.

Container gardens are more prone to fungal diseases, but Wilson says keeping infections at bay is easier because urban gardens are smaller and problems are usually detected earlier. "In an urban garden, you are always up-close and personal with your plants."

Edible urban gardens are not new and some environmental advocates are relieved people are reconnecting with the food they eat.

"Forget pansies. Think edible landscaping," says Carolyn Herriott, a gardening expert who leads workshops and sells organic seeds online. "Not only is growing your own food better for you, but a healthy response to climate change."

Unlike supermarket vegetables that are transported hundreds of kilometres before they reach the dining room table, she says cooks can harvest organic plants steps away from the kitchen when they need them.

Herriott, who gives advice on her website The Garden Path, says Victoria's temperate climate allows gardeners to grow a wide variety of vegetables, including 50 types of winter vegetables.

She advises clients with container gardens to interpose plantings of flowers with their vegetables. "It's a great way to have beauty and eat your garden, too."

But gardeners looking to install roof-top gardens in existing buildings face a daunting number of hurdles.

"We seriously looked into it and found it would cost $36,000 to install a roof-top garden, or about $500 per unit," says Tony Stella, a resident building manager for a 72-unit downtown condominium. "Apart from the cost, the creation of a roof-top garden would require the approval of three-quarters of the residents."

Stella says the proposed cost would make it difficult to convince non-gardeners in the building to go along with an improvement that perhaps only a minority would enjoy.

Other major stumbling points included:

The cost to retain an engineer to guarantee the extra weight of dirt and containers will not exceed the carrying load of the roof structure.

A source of water for irrigation would need to be installed.

Some insurance companies might charge all the building residents a premium out of fear of an increased risk of water infiltration.

"� The cost for maintenance of the garden.

Green-thumb condo owners who plan to install simple balcony planters are more fortunate. Condo owners are allowed to have container gardens on balconies. The only proviso is usually that plants in pots have trays to capture excess water.

--Canwest News Service

Watch your (micro) garden grow

face=+Bold; Even condo dwellers can enjoy their favourite hobbyface=-Bold;

By Pedro Arrais

VICTORIA -- As more people give up larger homes with backyards for yardless condos, many are refusing to give up the pleasure of a garden.

Urban farmers are transforming their new surroundings -- often concrete and asphalt -- by growing food and flowers in container gardens.

Bev Worsley doesn't believe that giving up her rural property means she has to compromise on the quality of her food. "Just because I am moving into the city does not mean I want to give up on good, healthy eating," says Worsley. "I am not giving up on my lifestyle."

Her desire to keep her diet organic led her to specify the inclusion of a container garden in her new unit in the Lookout, a development in the Victoria suburb of Colwood.

She will have a number of 2.5-metre-long by 61-centimetre-wide raised beds, located just outside one of her upstairs bedrooms in her new 2,222-square-foot townhouse. Worsley plans to grow a variety of herbs and vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers and green onions. To extend her growing season, she plans to build a glass cover for one of her containers.

Worsley's garden is made possible by the inclusion of power and, more importantly, a water outlet on the deck.

"A water outlet on the deck is not that common," says Reuben Butterfield of Helios Landscaping. "By incorporating water and an electrical outlet into the design shows the development recognizes the importance of outdoor living."

He says with power and a supply of water, metered irrigation of the plants is possible. "Not only does it make gardening more convenient, it also opens up the ability to introduce water features and night lighting," Butterfield says.

Although retrofitting an electrical outlet to the deck of an existing condo might not be difficult, the same cannot be said of a water outlet, which usually requires extensive modification to the plumbing.

He says projects like the Lookout are responding to the trend of consumers adopting container gardening as an alternative when they downsize from properties with traditional backyard gardens.

"The flexibility of container gardening has given gardeners the ability to take their hobby with them as they move," Butterfield says.

Moving downtown meant a lot of change for Sandra Anderson. Apart from downsizing into a two-bedroom condo, she also sold her car and started a new garden -- a hobby she had always wanted to take up.

A new gardener, Anderson initially felt intimidated by the whole process. So she hired Anna Saunders, a landscape designer for GardenWorks, to plan it for her. "Now, I just enjoy the act of watering," Anderson says.

Her garden includes small shrubs in containers and smaller plants in pots light enough for her to easily move about her three-metre by 3.7-metre deck off her condo in Victoria's Fairfield neighbourhood.

Suzanne Wilson of GardenWorks says she has seen an increasing number of urban dwellers equipping their residences with micro gardens.

"We have seen the market grow 15 per cent in the last three years," says Wilson, a bedding manager for the Saanich branch of the plant and garden business. "It is all part of a general trend toward going green."

Although growing flowers is still more popular than vegetables, she says customers routinely report success growing tomatoes, cucumber, garlic and onions in containers. Cooks especially like to have a herb garden close at hand.

Container gardens are more prone to fungal diseases, but Wilson says keeping infections at bay is easier because urban gardens are smaller and problems are usually detected earlier. "In an urban garden, you are always up-close and personal with your plants."

Edible urban gardens are not new and some environmental advocates are relieved people are reconnecting with the food they eat.

"Forget pansies. Think edible landscaping," says Carolyn Herriott, a gardening expert who leads workshops and sells organic seeds online. "Not only is growing your own food better for you, but a healthy response to climate change."

Unlike supermarket vegetables that are transported hundreds of kilometres before they reach the dining room table, she says cooks can harvest organic plants steps away from the kitchen when they need them.

Herriott, who gives advice on her website The Garden Path, says Victoria's temperate climate allows gardeners to grow a wide variety of vegetables, including 50 types of winter vegetables.

She advises clients with container gardens to interpose plantings of flowers with their vegetables. "It's a great way to have beauty and eat your garden, too."

But gardeners looking to install roof-top gardens in existing buildings face a daunting number of hurdles.

"We seriously looked into it and found it would cost $36,000 to install a roof-top garden, or about $500 per unit," says Tony Stella, a resident building manager for a 72-unit downtown condominium. "Apart from the cost, the creation of a roof-top garden would require the approval of three-quarters of the residents."

Stella says the proposed cost would make it difficult to convince non-gardeners in the building to go along with an improvement that perhaps only a minority would enjoy.

Other major stumbling points included:

The cost to retain an engineer to guarantee the extra weight of dirt and containers will not exceed the carrying load of the roof structure.

A source of water for irrigation would need to be installed.

Some insurance companies might charge all the building residents a premium out of fear of an increased risk of water infiltration.

"� The cost for maintenance of the garden.

Green-thumb condo owners who plan to install simple balcony planters are more fortunate. Condo owners are allowed to have container gardens on balconies. The only proviso is usually that plants in pots have trays to capture excess water.

--Canwest News Service

Trackers find trail of missing US poet in Japan

A team of American trackers found the footprints Wednesday of an award-winning U.S. poet who went missing on a remote Japanese island while hiking up a volcano.

University of Wyoming assistant professor Craig Arnold, 41, was reported missing April 27 after he failed to return from a hike on the tiny island of Kuchinoerabu-jima, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) off the coast of Japan's southern Kyushu island.

Japanese authorities scaled down their search because their efforts yielded no clues for more than a week. But a four-person team of American trackers arrived in Japan on Tuesday and picked up Arnold's trail Wednesday, according to David Kovar, founder of …

Iraq: Surge of Suicide Blasts Kills 27

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber who penetrated layers of security blew himself up in the busy lobby of a leading Baghdad hotel on Monday, killing at least 12 people, including a U.S.-allied tribal sheik, police reported.

The attack, in which 21 others were wounded, was just one in a surge of five suicide and other bombings Monday that killed at least 32 people across Iraq.

In an equally deadly attack, a suicide truck bomber targeted an Iraqi police station shared with U.S. troops in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, killing nine people. Five American soldiers suffered minor wounds, the U.S. command said.

The bombing at the high-rise Mansour Hotel, on the west bank of …

Arby's deal insures franchise fee income.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

NEW YORK-A recently completed securitization deal by Triarc Cos. Inc. represents the flip side of insurance risk securitizations done in recent years, with capital market risk being transferred into the insurance markets. The deal involved securitizing intellectual property, in the form of franchise royalties and fees from current and future owners of Arby's fast-food restaurants in the United States and Canada. The Arby's chain is owned by New York-based Triarc. The $290 million note sale utilized a special-purpose vehicle structure, with the notes sold in a private placement through a Delaware-based business trust, Arby's Franchise Trust. Key to the deal was an insurance and reinsurance platform involving a financial guarantee insurance policy from Ambac Assurance …

Fayetteville Shale: will this be you?(Special Report)

One afternoon the phone rings and it's someone calling from an oil company wanting to lease your land. At this point, you are still trying to remember where the acreage is and whether or not you even own the mineral fights. The landman is excited about the prospects for the Fayetteville Shale Play and seems to have just the right answers to all of your questions.

Well, that would be a nice problem to have--an oil or gas company wanting to pay you money for something that didn't even remotely resemble an area for oil and gas exploration. Times change, and so does technology. The oil and gas have been inside the rock formation for a long time, but the way to get them …

PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS KIDS NEED TO BE BAD.(Living)

Byline: Scripps Howard News Service

The worst thing you can do for your children may be to teach them to be unfailingly, chronically good.

So says Peter Williamson, the child and adolescent psychologist who wrote "Good Kids, Bad Behavior: Helping Children Learn Self- Discipline" (Fireside/Simon & Schuster, $10.)

Williamson says he wrote the book to help parents gain a more positive attitude toward normal childhood misbehavior and their own roles as disciplinarians. The book also offers many tips about effective discipline, from giving children enough structure and routine to granting privileges as rewards to how parental emotions affect children. …

Stocks trade mixed as profit-taking sets in

Wall Street fluctuated Tuesday as investors reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks but also collected profits from the previous day's massive advance. The Dow Jones industrial average was modestly lower a day after its record 936-point jump.

Profit-taking started creeping into the market after the Dow surged more than 400 points at the opening, and it was expected that some investors would take some money out of the market after such a massive gain. Moreover, it was widely anticipated that Wall Street would continue to see volatility in the weeks and perhaps months ahead because of worries about the …

Effects to `revive' dead actor

The late Oliver Reed is to be brought back to life. The hard-drinking British actor was filming the epic adventure "TheGladiator," when he died in May.

Reed, who was 61, was cast in the key role of the warrior Proximoin the adventure story, set in ancient Rome, and he had alreadycompleted several of his scenes. The use of many extras and largespecially constructed sets made reshooting all of Reed's scenesimpossible.

When the option of recasting Reed's role was dismissed,animatronics and special-effects experts were brought in to find waysof superimposing his image on scenes he had not yet shot.

The technique has been used before. When Brandon Lee died …

BROKER GROWS.

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Regional insurance broker Palmer & Cay Inc. has been busy growing its business since the beginning of the year, acquiring a broker and two employee benefit units.

Last month, the Savannah, Ga.-based broker acquired Powell-Walton-Milward Inc. of Lexington, Ky. The consolidated Palmer & Cay will employ 560 people in 21 locations and will be ranked among the top 20 brokers in North America, John E. Cay III, Palmer & Cay's chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.

In 1998, Palmer & Cay ranked as the 23rd-largest broker of U.S. business, based on $43.3 million in revenue (BI, July 20, 1998).

In January, Palmer & Cay …

NEW RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB FOR AYLESBURY?

(WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10) RUGBY league could be on its way to Aylesbury after it emerged a new club is being set up in the town imminently.

Prestwood man David Stevens, whose son George has a scholarship with Harlequins, is heading a ten-strong committee hoping to finalise plans for the new club at a meeting later this month.

Rugby league, the exciting but less-poular sibling of rugby union in the south, is one of the fastest growing sports in England.

The club, yet to …

DEATH PENALTY WARNINGS.(MAIN)(Editorial)

When he was campaigning for governor eight years ago, then-candidate George Pataki struck a responsive chord with many New Yorkers in calling for a return to the death penalty. Since then, however, there have been good reasons for politicians everywhere, and the public, to pause.

One recent example: Last week, Ray Krone of Arizona became the nation's 12th death row inmate to be cleared by DNA testing, and the 100th inmate since 1973 either to be freed or granted a new trial after having been sentenced to death, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Those statistics are chilling. So is the grim fact that Mr. Krone had to spend 10 years in an Arizona prison …

NAACP GIVES $1,000 TO KICK OFF JESSIE DAVIS DEFENSE FUND.(Local)

Byline: Joe Mahoney Staff writer

NAACP officials announced Wednesday that the group has contributed $1,000 to the Jessie Davis Defense Fund and is trying to raise a total of $15,000 for a civil rights lawsuit by the Davis family against the city of Albany and its Police Department.

The plaintiff in the case, Louise Thornton of Albany, the sister of Jessie Davis and the administrator of his estate, is seeking $30 million in damages, contending that Albany police wrongfully killed her brother in July 1984. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in July 1987, said Albany attorney Lewis B. Oliver Jr., who prepared the lawsuit on behalf of Thornton.

…

Woman with .708 blood-alcohol level pleads guilty

A South Dakota woman who prosecutors say had a blood-alcohol level almost nine times the legal driving limit has pleaded guilty to two drunken driving charges. Authorities said 45-year-old Marguerite Engle was arrested Dec. 1 when she was found passed out behind the wheel of a stolen delivery van along Interstate 90, with a blood alcohol level at 0.708. The legal limit in South Dakota is 0.08. Officials have said Engle's blood alcohol level likely is a record …

9-11 Memorial Takes Shape at Pentagon

ARLINGTON, Va. - More than five years after their loved ones were killed at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11 attacks, relatives of the victims got a chance Friday to tour the construction site of a memorial park being built in their honor.

When it is completed next year, the park will stand just outside the Pentagon wall where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001, killing 184 people.

Seeing the park take shape brought tears to Abraham Scott's eyes.

"Now I can actually see and touch something and know that it's going to happen," said Scott, whose wife, Janice Marie, was killed three months before their 25th wedding anniversary. She was a civilian …

DOOR CURE.(Pease No Wick frame system)(Brief Article)

The No Wick frame system positions the jamb on top of the entry door's sill to resist wicking of water. The door also features dual-seal weather-stripping to …

Clifton Park's Murphy promoted to general.(Capital Region)

Byline: TERRY BROWN - Staff Writer

Patrick Murphy of Clifton Park was promoted to brigadier general while serving as director of the joint staff of the state Army National Guard's Element Joint Force Headquarters.

Murphy served as assistant chief of staff of National Guard Affairs of the Third Army at Army Central Command at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, from November 2004 to June 2007.

His military career began when he joined the Iowa Army National Guard as an enlisted soldier in 1977. He was commissioned a second lieutenant upon his completion of the Infantry Officer Basic Course in 1979.

Ater helicopter training at the Army Aviation Flight School, he was assigned as a helicopter pilot in 1983.

…

LEONARD A. SCHULTZ.(CAPITAL REGION)

CANTON, MI -- Leonard A. Schultz, 50, of Canton, MI, formerly of Clifton Park, died Sunday November 29, 1998. Born in Canada, he graduated from Shenendehowa High School in 1967. Mr. Schultz received his Associate Degree in Michigan. He was the son of Roy and Inez Weaver Schultz of Canada. He was an industrial electrician for Ford Motor Company for 31 years and a member of the UAW. He held a private pilots license. He held a special racing license for Top Fuel Dragsters and the Funny Cars. Mr. Schultz is survived by his …

2010 Wimbledon Champions

Men's Singles _ Rafael Nadal (2), Spain

Women's Singles _ Serena Williams (1), United States

Men's Doubles _ Jurgen Melzer, Austria, and Philipp Petzschner, Austria

Women's Doubles _ Vania King, United States, and Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan

Mixed Doubles _ Leander Paes, India, and Cara Black (2), Zimbabwe

Gentlemen's Invitational Doubles _ Donald Johnson and Jared Palmer, United States

Senior Gentlemen's Invitational Doubles _ Pat Cash and Mark Woodforde, Australia

…

OCC names McPherson deputy comptroller

James W. (Bill) McPherson has been named deputy comptroller for large banks in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). McPherson,-who has served as examiner-in-charge for Bank of America since January 1998, will report to Douglas W. …

Workplace dimension adaptation to worker as one of tools for increasing human work effectiveness.(Report)

1. INTRODUCTION

Adaptation of workplace dimensions to individual workers provides an opportunity to increase their work effectiveness. Programs available for applying this in the Slovak Republic don't respect specific data of employee population and Slovak legislation. This was the reason why we developed a method enabling to derive expected individual dimensions of workplace for the individual worker on the base of his anthropometric parameters.

2. THE METHOD DESCRIPTION

Expected workplace dimensions for individuals are derived from their anthropometric dimensions by simply mathematical procedures. Anthropometric dimensions used are defined as a direct distance of two anthropometric points (x<->y) or a distances between some of anthropometric points from some of reference planes (tab.1). Next methodical material used is standard ISO 11226:2000.

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED]

Explanatory notes to anthropometric points and plains: "b"-basis; "bs"--basis sedens; "ges"--anthropometric point over patella upper edge in the direction of skin projection prolonged front edge of tibia; "fe"--point femorale; "a"--point acromion; "ol"--point olecranon; "pop" point popliteale.

[FIGURE 2 OMITTED]

We derived data for two strategies of expected parameters of workplaces adjustment parameters (Fig.2): …

PRICE CONTROLS WON'T HURT DRUG FIRMS.(MAIN)

Byline: DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Drug companies turn all talk of cutting prices into visions of an apocalypse. ``Price controls have been tried numerous times over the past 4,000 years but have never worked,'' the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America reports. ``Instead, they produce shortages and black markets. Price controls on oil and natural gas in the 1970s led to widespread artificial shortages and long lines at the gasoline pump. Price controls on rental property led to housing shortages and the deterioration and neglect of existing housing.

``Price controls would discourage investment in drug research. ... Unless there is a possibility of a …

Reports: Russian nightclub fire toll rises to 131

Russian news agencies are reporting the death toll from last weekend's nightclub fire has risen to 131.

RIA Novosti and Interfax are quoting officials in the Perm region as saying three people died overnight. Three others died during the day Wednesday.

The blaze at the Ural Mountain city's Lame Horse nightclub broke out early Saturday when an …

Soldier killed, 3 wounded in Fallouja.

ANBAR / Aswat al-Iraq: Security sources reported today that an armed group attacked a military check point south of Fallouja city. The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the attack resulted in killing one soldier and wounding three in Amiriya …