4 north suburb nursing homes in receivership

Four financially strapped North suburban nursing homes wereplaced in receivership Thursday, averting a walkout by workers thatwould have left 1,000 patients without care.

Circuit Judge Robert L. Sklodowski placed the facilities intoreceivership at the urgent request of state Attorney General Neil F.Hartigan.

"We took emergency action on this matter because of our concernfor the welfare of the nursing home residents," Hartigan said. "Itwould have been intolerable for these residents to have been leftwithout care."

The financially troubled nursing homes placed into receivershipare Albany House and the Saratoga, both of Evanston, and the …

Wild sign new forward Darroll Powe for 3 years

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Wild have signed new forward Darroll Powe to a three-year contract.

The Wild made the announcement Tuesday, along with the signing of center Jeff Taffe (tayf) to a one-year, two-way contract and the appointment of John Torchetti as head coach of their AHL affiliate in Houston.

Powe was a restricted free agent, acquired last week in a trade with …

Spain looking to stay perfect in WCup qualifying

Spain will have to deal with injuries and absences against Bosnia on Wednesday to finish its World Cup qualifying campaign undefeated.

The European champions have already won Group 5 and will be missing several key players against Bosnia, including the injured Xavi Hernandez, Carlos Marchena, Daniel Guiza and David Villa. Also, Carles Puyol is suspended and Cesc Fabregas went home due to a family illness.

Midfielder Andres Iniesta is also a doubt with a leg injury, but striker Fernando Torres trained Monday after scans showed he hadn't sustained a groin injury in Saturday's 2-1 win over Armenia.

But despite only two losses in three years, Spain …

QB Favre reveals injury to ankle

GREEN BAY, Wis. Brett Favre, who has dealt with a host oftravails on and off the field this season, revealed Wednesday that hetore a ligament in his right ankle at Dallas last month.

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TCS shipment

As of July 3, Army Reserve soldiers on Temporary Duty orders to Europe in support of Operation Joint Guard are authorized shipment of a Temporary Change of Station weight allowance.

Soldiers on TDY orders with the ultimate destination of Hungary, Croatia or Bosnia are not authorized a TCS shipment.

A soldier's deployment/redeployment orders must include authorization for the TCS shipment. Soldiers currently deployed on TDY orders issued before July 3 must have the orders amended to authorize TCS shipment for redeployment. Soldiers who completed a TDY tour before July 3 are not eligible to apply for reimbursement of a TCS shipment paid out-of-pocket.

The TCS weight …

Darfur rebels face terrorism trial for attack

Sudan's justice minister on Monday said Darfur rebels accused of an attack near Khartoum last month will stand trial on charges of terrorism.

No one has been charged yet, but the minister, Abdel Basset Sabdarat, told The Associated Press the trials were due to begin this week. The prosecutor-general will determine who will be charged, he said.

Hundreds of fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement, which has emerged as one of the most powerful Darfur rebel groups, staged the bold attack on Khartoum's twin city, Omdurman in mid-May.

The rebels were repelled, but more than 200 people were killed in the fighting, according to Sudan's defense …

Loss to Rattlers eliminates Rush from playoff contention

RATTLERS 61, RUSH 42

PHOENIX -- Sherdrick Bonner threw seven touchdown passes to leadthe Arizona Rattlers to a 61-42 victory over the Rush on Saturdaynight.Bonner was 19-for-25 for 195 yards, and Randy Gatewood led …

New help, hope for chest pain sufferers

New help, hope for chest pain sufferers

by Annah Dumas-Mitchell

Heart disease patients who suffer from chronic chest pain may finally look forward to a temporary cure. A new study published in the November issue of Lancelot showed a catheter that delivered laser therapy and regular medication for chest pain associated with heart disease is more effective than medication alone.

Researchers from several medical centers tested the new procedure percutaneous transmyocardial laser revascularization (PTMR) to determine if in combination with medication, it was more effective than medication such as calcium channel blockers for treating chest pain.

Candidates for PTMR …

IAEA chief: Traces of uranium found at Syria site

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said Monday the agency needs more transparency from Syria and other nations to determine whether traces of uranium found at a site bombed by Israeli planes indicate Damascus was building a nuclear reactor there.

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei confirmed that the radioactive material was found at the site, but said the source was inconclusive.

"It's not highly enriched uranium. It could have come from so many different ways," he told reporters in Dubai. "That's why we're looking at so many different scenarios."

Uranium can be found naturally in low …

Axbridge are going for glory

Axbridge Town will be looking to kick the new year off in style -by getting their hands on some silverware.

The Weston-super-Mare & District League outfit will make theshort journey to Cheddar FC's Bowdens Park ground on Monday to faceBerrow Reserves in the Charity Cup final (11.15am).

Both sides play in …

Today in History - July 18

Today is Wednesday, July 18, the 199th day of 2007. There are 166 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On July 18, 1947, President Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

On this date:

In A.D. 64, the Great Fire of Rome began.

In 1792, American naval hero John Paul Jones died in Paris at age 45.

In 1927, Ty Cobb hit safely for the 4,000th time in his career.

In 1932, the United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.

In 1936, the …

Nepal's king to keep royal rights at Indian Hindu temple

Nepal's monarch may soon by reduced to a commoner _ but there is one place he will always be king.

Officials at the Jagannath Temple in eastern India, one of Hinduism's holiest sites, said Wednesday that political events in Nepal, where the country's soon-to-be communist rulers plan to abolish the monarchy, would have no bearing on King Gyanendra's special privileges at the shrine.

Tradition holds that Nepal's monarchs are reincarnations of the Hindu god Vishnu, and they have long been treated as divine at the Jagannath Temple, allowing them to perform rituals on the temple's sacred alter with the assistance of high-ranking priests.

That won't …

Washington tops Dunbar in boys' playoff opener

Sparked by a smothering second-half defense, Washington rolled to a 60-43 victory over Dunbar in a first-round Public League boys' playoff game Wednesday.

Washington, which reached the Public League championship game last season, now advances to second-round play which will take place Wednesday.

"One game at a time," Washington head coach Ken Crump said.

"Everyone talks about what we did last year. This is a new year."

The win improved Washington to 18-4 on the season while Dunbar fell to 13-12.

The game was tied at 27-27 at haltime before Washington went on a 13-1 run at the start of the third quarter to take control of the game.

"We had trouble dealing with their zone defense in the first half, but we were able to close it down in the second half," Crump added.

Paris Parrimore led the way for Washington with 25 points while DeAndre Liggins had 13 points and seven blocked shots. Wilie Jackson had 13 points for Dunbar.

"We just couldn't get anything going in the second half," Dunbar head coach Columbur Ball told the Defender. "We had trouble finding the basket."

After Washington took a 26-19 lead, Jackson sparked Dunbar on a 8-1 run to tie the score at 27-27 at the half.

However, Liggins, Parrimore and Michael Haynes sparked the Minutemen in their 13-1 second half run which put them in control for keeps.

"Our kids played well today, but we got to keep doing it," Crump stated.

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STATUS OF NUCLEAR PLANTS

(Numbers refer to reactors at each site)A. Braidwood 1: Down for refueling; return to service early June.

Braidwood 2: In service.B. Byron 1: In service.

Byron 2: In service.C. Dresden 2: Down for circuit breaker repair; return to serviceearly May.Dresden 3: Down for refueling; return to service early June.(Note: Dresden 1 is permanently mothballed.)D. LaSalle 1: Down for extensive repairs; return to service inOctober.LaSalle 2: Down for extensive repairs; return to service in late1997.E. Quad-Cities 1: Down for circuit breaker repair; back in servicein early May.Quad-Cities 2: Down for refueling; return to service in earlyJune.F. Zion 1: Down for extensive repairs; return to service in early1998.Zion 2: Down for extensive repairs; return to service in mid-Julyor later.SOURCE: Commonwealth Edison

BBC reporter ditches fiance and career for FBI agent

A FORMER BBC Bristol reporter has shocked colleagues by leavingher job and her fiance to marry an FBI agent she met while reportingin Iraq.

Jane O'Brien, who was the West of England correspondent for theBBC until she moved to the corporation's headquarters in London 12months ago, met her husband while she was covering the run-up to thewar.

She was sent to the Gulf on March 20 as part of the BBC's war teamand met the agent in Kuwait.

Ms O'Brien, who had a flat in Bristol which she has now sold,decided just hours before she was due to return to England, followingthe end of fighting, that she wasn't coming back.

Instead, she flew to the USA and they were married in a secretceremony in New York, leaving behind her former fiance, who is amember of the armed forces but was not serving in Iraq, as well asher GBP50,000 job.

A BBC source said: "One minute she was filing reports, the next wewere told she had met some guy and was jacking everything in to go toAmerica." Ms O'Brien, who started work on a small weekly paper inWest Wales, was considered one of the BBC's most up-and-comingreporters.

It is understood that her bosses were delighted with her hard-hitting reports from the Gulf.

A former colleague said: "She was always destined for big things.It is amazing she cast it aside for love." Ms O'Brien's parents, wholive in West Wales, refused to comment.

David Beckham wants 'to win something' this season with Los Angeles Galaxy

After an exasperating summer, David Beckham has one expectation for his first full season with the Los Angeles Galaxy.

"To win something," he said as the Galaxy opened training for the Major League Soccer season Monday.

Los Angeles finished fifth in the six-team Western Conference last season and missed the playoffs after losing to Chicago on the last day of the season.

"We can't afford to be in the position we were in, where we ended up chasing it," Beckham said. "That's not good for the players or for a team. We've got to get it right from the first game and carry on right through the season."

Beckham also experienced personal frustration. He arrived in Los Angeles in July with a sprained left ankle, then sprained his right knee about six weeks later.

He played in just eight MLS and tournament games, made four starts and finished with one goal and three assists.

"Hopefully, I'll stay a lot more fit than I was last year," said Beckham, who trained with Arsenal in London last month. "I'm just looking forward to this season. It's a fresh start for us; it's exciting."

The fresh start includes new coach Ruud Gullit, a former star player for AC Milan and the Dutch national team who coached in England and the Netherlands. He replaced Frank Yallop, who resigned to join the San Jose Earthquakes.

"Ruud brings an ability to deal with players in an equal way and get the most out of them, whether it's a young draft pick or the most famous player in the world," Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas said.

Landon Donovan and Carlos Ruiz are not training with the Galaxy. Donovan is with the U.S. national team, which plays Mexico in Houston on Wednesday. Ruiz is recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery.

"I feel I'm 80 percent," Ruiz said. "I don't feel any pain, just a little swelling. The team doctor wants to check me this week and after he checks me, we can decide whether I'm ready or not."

Los Angeles opened training camp without two of last year's starters, goalkeeper Joe Cannon and defender Chris Albright, both of whom were traded. Lalas said the team is not finished dealing while trying to remain under the salary cap.

Beckham, Donovan and Ruiz consume nearly half of the team's cap.

"There'll probably be some other moves we'll have to make to become competitive," Lalas said. "There are some difficult decisions still to be made."

The Galaxy signed former Newcastle United defender Celestine Babayaro, who trained Monday but will not play until he receives his work visa and his transfer papers clear.

Babayaro, 29, played for Nigeria in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups and in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. He helped Nigeria win the 1996 Olympic gold medal.

Supreme Court lifts final ban on Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif ...

Supreme Court lifts final ban on Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif running for office.

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Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially onone side of the body.

Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding.

Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.

Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or co-ordination.

Sudden severe headache with no known cause.

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Iran Meeting With IAEA Is Canceled

VIENNA, Austria - A meeting between a senior Iranian envoy and a top official of the International Atomic Energy Agency was abruptly canceled Monday, and diplomats faulted refusal by Iran to make good on a promise to provide answers about its past atomic activities.

The meeting, between Javeed Vaidi of Iran and deputy IAEA director general Olli Heinonen, had been billed as a test of Tehran's readiness to end years of stonewalling and provide answers on aspects of its nuclear program that could be used to develop weapons.

But a diplomat told The Associated Press that the meeting was canceled on short notice because of perceptions that Vaidi would bring "nothing substantial" to the meeting with Heinonen.

This is a breaking news update. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran sought to blunt international pressure over its nuclear defiance on Monday, dispatching a senior envoy for talks with EU and International Atomic Energy Agency officials that will test Tehran's offer to provide answers about past suspicious atomic activities.

The timing and venue of the meetings suggested that Iran was attempting to lessen criticism of its defiance of the U.N. Security Council, which has imposed two sets of sanctions on the Islamic republic for not heeding a demand to freeze its uranium enrichment program.

The talks, in Vienna, Austria, were taking place on the opening day of a meeting in the Austrian capital by the IAEA's 35-nation board. Because a main focus of the gathering is Iran, it will give the United States and other critics of Tehran's nuclear program a platform to pressure Tehran on enrichment and other issues.

Gregory L. Schulte, the chief U.S. delegate to the gathering, set the tone for countries pushing Iran ahead of the start of the board meeting.

"Iran's leaders (are) continuing to develop capabilities to enrich uranium and produce plutonium," in violation of the Security Council, Schulte told reporters. "These capabilities are not necessary to benefit peaceful nuclear technology but are necessary to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons."

He also took Tehran to task for "continuing to withdraw cooperation from the IAEA, causing a troubling deterioration of the agency's knowledge of Iran's nuclear capabilities."

A linked issue - years of Iranian stonewalling about troubling aspects of Tehran's past nuclear activities - was up for discussion in the EU-Iranian-IAEA talks outside the board meeting.

Iranian negotiator Javad Vaedi was meeting first with Robert Cooper, deputy to EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. The two were then scheduled to go into talks with Olli Heinonen, an IAEA deputy director general in charge of the agency's Iran investigation.

The talks are a spinoff of May 31 discussions in Madrid between EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator.

That meeting ended with Iran offering to divulge information long sought by IAEA experts trying to establish whether the Islamic republic's past nuclear activists were secretly aimed at trying to make weapons.

The offer fell short of the main purpose of the Solana-Larijani talks - finding a way to bridge an impasse over Iran's rejection of U.N. Security Council demands that it suspend uranium enrichment.

Still, any decision by Iran to fully cooperate on clearing up past activities would represent a major concession.

Amish columnist dies

When Elizabeth Coblentz, an Old Order Amish woman from Indiana, died in September, The New York Times published an extended obituary, complete with her recipe for "Nothings" (Sept. 22). Coblentz, 66, was a syndicated columnist whose weekly musings ran in 105 newspapers. She wrote at her kitchen table in a house that had no running water, electricity or telephone. Her themes ranged from horses to children's funerals, from religious faith to a typical day on the farm. But the constant theme was food. Coblentz started writing in 1952 for an Amish newspaper. Kevin Williams, editor at Oasis Newsfeatures, discovered her in 1991. While she refused to be photographed or taped, she had nothing against personal appearances. She was on a tour to promote a new book when she died of an aneurysm. The Amish Cook: Recipes and Recollections From an Old Order Amish Family is to be published in November by Ten Speed Press of California. Her earlier book, The Best of the Amish Cook, published by Oasis, is a collection of her columns. Coblentz' husband died in 2000; she is survived by 8 children and 35 grand-children.--From New York Times

Clinton condemns Iranian mob attack

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States strongly condemns an Iranian mob attack on British diplomatic compounds in Tehran.

Clinton says that the United States expects Iran's government to protect the lives and property of diplomats. She spoke Wednesday at a global aid development forum in South Korea.

She calls the attack an affront against the British people and the international community.

Hard-line Iranian protesters stormed the British compounds Tuesday. They hauled down the British flag, torched an embassy vehicle and pelted buildings with petrol bombs.

Sexy scuba divers in latex leggings at Lagerfeld

For his signature label's fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear collection Sunday, Chanel and Fendi designer Karl Lagerfeld went deep sea diving, layering high-necked coats in dense wools that resembled neoprene over latex leggings.

The tops were cut close to the body like scuba suits and had inserts of shiny vinyl panels. The models also wore wide vinyl headbands in their windswept bouffants. Even the evening looks, beaded dresses fitted with bodice belts, were worn with the vinyl leggings _ which fitted over glossy stiletto heels.

As per usual at Lagerfeld, the collection was mostly black on black, with a handful of looks in rich chocolate tones.

Highlights of the collection included a high-necked, cap-sleeved shirt worn with a black vinyl pencil skirt and leggings and a tunic in shimmery material with fancy origami folds at the neckline and a nipped waist.

Beth Ditto, singer of the U.S. band Gossip and a frequent guest at Lagerfeld's shows, called the collection "amazing," though she quickly added, "but I don't want to talk like someone who knows something about fashion because I really have no idea."

Christians Gather in D.C. to Protest War

WASHINGTON - Thousands of Christians prayed for peace at an anti-war service Friday night at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

Afterward, participants marched with battery-operated faux candles through snow and wind toward the White House, where police began arresting protesters shortly before midnight. Protest guidelines require demonstrators to continue moving while on the White House sidewalk.

"We gave them three warnings, and they broke the guidelines," said Lt. Scott Fear. "There's an area on the White House sidewalk where you have to keep moving."

About 100 people crossed the street from Lafayette Park - where thousands of protesters were gathered - to demonstrate on the White House sidewalk late Friday. Police began cuffing them and putting them on buses to be taken for processing.

Fear said 222 people had been arrested by Saturday morning. The first 100 were charged with disobeying a lawful order, and the others with crossing a police line. All of them were fined $100.

The windows of the executive mansion were dark, as the president was away for the weekend at Camp David in Maryland.

John Pattison, 29, said he and his wife flew in from Portland, Ore., to attend his first anti-war rally. He said his opposition to the war had developed over time.

"Quite literally on the night that shock and awe commenced, my friend and I toasted the military might of the United States," Pattison said. "We were quite proud and thought we were doing the right thing."

He said the way the war had progressed and U.S. foreign policy since then had forced him to question his beliefs.

"A lot of the rhetoric that we hear coming from Christians has been dominated by the religious right and has been strong advocacy for the war," Pattison said. "That's just not the way I read my Gospel."

The ecumenical coalition that organized the event, Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, distributed 3,200 tickets for the service in the cathedral, with two smaller churches hosting overflow crowds. The cathedral appeared to be packed, although sleet and snow prevented some from attending.

"This war, from a Christian point of view, is morally wrong - and was from the beginning," the Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners/Call to Renewal, one of the event's sponsors, said toward the end of the service to cheers and applause. "This war is ... an offense against God."

In his speech, the Rev. Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, lashed out at Congress for being "too morally inept to intervene" to stop the war, but even more harshly against President Bush.

"Mr. Bush, my Christian brother, we do need a surge in troops. We need a surge in the nonviolent army of the Lord," he said. "We need a surge in conscience and a surge in activism and a surge in truth-telling."

Celeste Zappala of Philadelphia recounted how she learned of the death of her son, Sgt. Sherwood Baker, who served in the National Guard. When a uniformed man came to her door asking if she was Baker's mother, she said yes.

"'Yes,' and then I fell to the ground and somewhere outside of myself I heard someone screaming and screaming," she said.

The Friday night events mark the beginning of what is planned as a weekend of protests ahead of Tuesday's anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion, which began on March 20, 2003.

On Saturday morning, a coalition of protest groups has a permit for up to 30,000 people to march from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial across the Potomac River to the Pentagon. Smaller demonstrations are planned in cities across the country.

Chef D's Kitchen: Chef's guide to stocking the pantry

Everyone should have, the ingredients on hand to make the foods that they enjoy. The benefit of taking the time to set-up your pantry is that it will enable you to get the most out of your favorite dishes, while allowing you to expand your repertoire once your interest or cooking skills increase.

People often ask me, what's in my pantry, so I am giving you and idea. The following is an outline of a basic approach to stocking your pantry. This is a general guide so clip and save this article. Take your own tastes into consideration when selecting your own pantry basics.

Pantry basics: Herbs and spices

Although those spice racks and turntables may be attractive and handy on your countertop, it is best to store all herbs and spices in a cool, dark place away from heat and light sources. You can purchase inexpensive turntables to fit inside your cabinet for easier accessibility. Although herbs and spices won't "go bad," per se, they will definitely lose their potency with age, and seeds such as poppy and sesame will get rancid. Most whole herbs and spices will retain their flavor about one year, while dried and ground versions are best used within six months.

Allspice, ground and whole

Arrowroot starch

Basil

Bay leaves

Chili powder

Cinnamon, ground and sticks

Cloves, ground and whole

Coriander, ground

Cream of tartar

Cumin, ground

Curry powder

Dill weed

Fennel seeds

Chinese Five-spice powder

Garlic powder

Ginger, ground

Mint, dried

Mustard, dried ground

Nutmeg

Onion powder

Oregano, dried

Paprika, Hungarian sweet

Pepper, cayenne, dried red flakes

Peppercorns, dried black

Poppy seeds

Rosemary, dried

Sage, dried and rubbed

Salt, table and Kosher

Sesame seeds

Tarragon, dried

Thyme, ground and dried

Turmeric

Pantry basics: Refrigerator and freezer foods

Check labels for expiration dates. Mark items with a purchase date and rotate your items.

Butter

Cheese: parmesan and Cheddar

Eggs

Fruits

Mayonnaise

Milk

Pantry Basics : Condiments

Be aware that many condiments will require refrigeration after opening. Check the labels.

Barbecue sauce

Capers

Chili paste and sauce

Hoisin sauce

Honey

Horseradish

Hot Sauce

Ketchup

Maple Syrup

Mushrooms: dried or canned

Mustards: Yellow and Course Ground

Oils: olive, canola, sesame, peanut

Olives: black and green

Pickles: sweet and dill

Soy Sauce

Teriyaki sauce

Tomatoes, sun-dried

Vinegars: balsamic, cider, red wine, white wine and rice

Worcestershire Sauce

Pantry Basics: Staples (standard kitchen supplies)

Most of the items on this list are shelf-stable. It's a good idea to mark items with a purchase date to make sure you use the oldest items first and get rid of any that hide in the back, of your cupboard too long. Some items will require refrigeration after opening or have expiration dates (such as yeast). Check labels. Vegetables like potatoes and onions should be kept in a cool, dark place. Citrus fruits can last for weeks in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator.

Baking powder

Baking soda

Beans, dried or canned: black, red kidney, white, great northern, lima, lentils, split pea, black, pinto and black-eyed.

Panko Bread crumbs

Broth, dried bouillon and canned: beef, vegetable, chicken

Cereal

Chocolate: unsweetened squares, semisweet chips, cocoa powder

Coffee: beans, ground, instant

Cooking spray

Cornmeal

Cornstarch

Crackers

Dried fruits: raisins, cranberries

Extracts: Vanilla, Orange, Almond and Lemon

Flour: All purpose, whole wheat, cake, bread

Fruit preserves: jam and jelly

Garlic, fresh

Gelatin: powdered, unflavored

Lemons, fresh

Limes, fresh

Milk: powdered and evaporated

Nuts: almonds, peanuts, walnuts, pecans, pine

Onions: red and yellow

Pasta, dried: spaghetti, linguini, angel hair, fettuccine, penne, noodles

Peanut butter

Potatoes, fresh

Rice: long-grain, wild, jasmine, Arborio and brown

Soup: canned and dry bouillon

Sugar: granulated, confectioner's, light and dark brown

Tea

Tomatoes: canned whole, crushed, chopped, puree, sauce, fresh

Tuna, canned

Yeast, dry active

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Iraq officials: Anbar bombings kill 19, injure 60

A series of bombings killed at least 19 people and wounded 60 Sunday in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, said police and hospital officials, a worrying sign that violence may be on the rise in this former hotbed of the insurgency.

The first explosion occurred in a parking lot in Ramadi, when a parked car exploded near the police headquarters for Anbar province and the provincial council building, said a local police official.

As police and bystanders rushed to the scene, a second car parked in the vicinity blew up, said the police official. According to the official, a third vehicle exploded about an hour later near the gates to the Ramadi hospital.

Multiple explosions timed to kill rescuers and security forces responding to an earlier bomb were a hallmark of Al-Qaida in Iraq forces during the height of the insurgency.

One bystander, Musaab Ali Mohammed, said he was buying cigarettes from a shop near the police headquarters when he heard a big explosion and saw smoke billowing out from the parking lot.

"I saw police cars and firefighters, and they started to carry out the wounded and dead. ... Minutes later, a second explosion took place," he said, adding that many of the injured in the second blast appeared to be firefighters. "After that, policemen started to fire in the air and called upon civilians to leave, fearing a third blast."

The police and hospital official both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

Anbar province was the scene of some of the most intense fighting by U.S. troops during the insurgency.

Violence tapered off significantly after local tribes decided to ally with U.S. forces, but bombings such as those Sunday are a worrying sign of the insurgency's resilience in the western province.

Aeefan Sadoun, a member of the Anbar provincial council, told The Associated Press that Sunday's attacks "represent a limited security breach that will be fixed soon."

He said the attacks do not signify a "big security deterioration in the province," but are rather a sign that insurgents are trying to attack "soft areas full of civilians" because they are unable to fight the Iraqi security forces.

Wright Puts on Show at Derby to Take Lead

PITTSBURGH - Third baseman David Wright of the Mets, with teammate Paul Lo Duca on the mound, put on a show in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night. Wright took the lead with 16 home runs, easily surpassing Marlins third baseman Miguel Cabrera's nine.

Wright, a righty, pounded shot after shot deep into the upper deck in left field. His 16 homers was the third most ever in the first round of a derby, behind Bobby Abreu and David Ortiz in 2005, with 24 and 17.

The 23-year-old Cabrera took the lead at the All-Star Home Run Derby by pounding nine first-round home runs on Monday night.

The third hitter, Cabrera easily bested Astros first baseman Lance Berkman and Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada, who hit three each.

Tejada, who hit 17 home runs in the first half, never got into a groove leading off.

Berkman, who hit 24 homers in the first half, hit the first ball into the Allegheny River, about 460 feet to right field. Berkman struggled to elevate the ball.

Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus, who was blanked in his last try at the Home Run Derby in 2001, hit a mammoth shot down the left field line for his first homer. Unfortunately, several of his other shots fell at the warning track and he finished with one. He was the first player eliminated.

The four top totals out of the eight contestants will advance to the second round.

A rule change for this year's derby may impact the result. This year, the home run total from the first round will carry over to the second round. The top two players after the first two rounds will advance to the championship round, and the slate will be wiped clean. Only home runs in that final round will determine the winner.

Phillies outfielder Bobby Abreu put on a show last year in Detroit, setting a Derby mark with 41 home runs total.

The contestants coming up are White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye; Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz; and Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard.

Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski, who hit the famous walk-off home run at Pittsburgh's old Forbes Field in the 1960 World Series, threw out the first pitch.

Deaths fewer than thought in Trade Center tragedy

Deaths fewer than thought in Trade Center tragedy

The death toll from the destruction of the World Trade Center is down from the original numbers believed to have exceeded 5,000, according to a recent report by the New York Times.

New York has been able to confirm 673 dead and 3,275 who are missing and presumed dead.

"Thank God, so many of these people are alive and well," said Charles Campisi, chief of the New York Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau.

The numbers fluctuated days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack with the death toll rising to almost 7,000. However, in the last weeks, the numbers have dramatically fallen. Analysts believe the the …

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Columbus 7 3 2 18 11 24
New York 8 0 5 17 16 24
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Former Wachovia researcher takes over CDO beat at Banc One.(Rusty Hurst, collateralized debt obligation)(Brief Article)

As previously reported by ASR, Rusty Hurst joined Banc One's Structured Debt Research Group as a Director and Senior Analyst this Monday, the company confirmed (See ASR 3/04/02, Whispers). Hurst will be based in Chicago and will focus his research on the CDO sector.

Hurst recently left his position as a researcher at Wachovia Securities in Charlotte, N.C., which he had held for just over two years.

He is the first senior analyst hired by the Banc One structured finance research group in almost five years, says Alex Roever, Banc One managing director and head of structured debt research, to whom …

Greeks and moderns: the search for culture in the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918.(Critical essay)

THE Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 provided Australians with an opportunity to assert the significance of their history to an international as well as a domestic audience. C.E.W. Bean, the architect, general editor and principal author of the twelve-volume history, believed that during the war 'the Australian nation, previously almost unknown to most other peoples, won the respect of the world. The task of the Australian war historian is to record that fact and the reason for it ...' (qtd. in Inglis 90). The various audiences imagined for the Official History raised concerns over the level of culture appropriate to the task, and debates over an appropriate literary style characterised its early production (Barker). Bean's response to these concerns selected and combined traditions of culture which were stratifying in Britain, Europe and the United States in ways which bear out Richard Waterhouse's argument that in Australia during this period 'the division between high and low culture remained less clear and defined' (133; see also Heyck, and Levine). The search for an appropriate level of address in the Official History invokes differing perceptions of the public available to Australian cultural production between the wars, and styles which were thought appropriate to them. In this essay I want to use the debate over style in the production of the first two published volumes of the Official History, Bean's Volume I, The Story of Anzac (1921) and H.S. Gullett's Volume VII The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine 1914-1918 (1923) to examine the attempts to balance journalistic colour, military spirit and classical decorum, and imagine a discursive form of vernacular masculinity appropriate to official commemoration, international reputation and the Australian public.

John F. Williams has described Bean 'as a journalist who used truth selectively, lied sometimes and was given to over-exaggeration', while acknowledging that this was the lot of the wartime correspondent (265). Bean's battlefield experiences of the horrors of modern warfare nevertheless inspired a determination to avoid the glorification of war and to tone down the romantic embellishments that were characteristic of the writing of peers such as the legendry Ellis Ashmead Bartlett. According to Bean, Bartlett achieved the true 'spirit' by describing incidents which did not actually occur and his own response 'was to describe battle in plain, simple and "Anglo-Saxon" prose, with a minimum of rhetorical flourish' (qtd. in Thomson 60; 61). The contrast with Bartlett was noted to his detriment in Australia, however, and both the Argus and the Age came close to discontinuing publication of his work because of its lack of an appropriate spirit (Thomson 62-63; Macleod 117).

During the war Bean, as correspondent, was caught up in the contrary demands of representing the soldier's experience of the horrors of modern warfare, the politician's expectations of stirring propaganda, and the press's desire for tales of glory (Thomson 63). According to the Bulletin, his dispatches did not 'serve the Australian who wanted the story of Australian arms to be written so that they could visualise it. The fact is that he's too small for the job. It demanded a man able to make images with the vocabulary of a literary man and the eye of a photographic lens, and it got--a reporter' (qtd. in Macleod 117). The situation must have stirred his thinking as to the best way to pitch an official commemorative history to an Australian public, even before the publisher George Robertson found fault with the initial drafts of his first volume. A statement in the preface to The Story of Anzac, Volume 1 suggests that his decision about the appropriate style was taken early. When writing about 'the men and officers of the Australian Imperial Force', he explained, 'the only memorial which could be worthy of them was the bare and uncoloured story of their part in the war. From the moment when, early in the war, he realised this, his duty became strangely simple--to record the plain and absolute truth so far as it was within his limited power to compass it' ('Preface' xxx).

The 'plain truth' which Bean says he is striving for replaced the abstract military jargon of the professional soldier, which characterised official works of military history at the time, with detailed description in simple language. This was done so that the general public could grapple with the action. This simple style also avoided the romantic associations and classical allusions that characterise separate British treatments of Gallipoli by John Masefield, Cecil Aspinall-Oglander and Sir Ian Hamilton (Macleod 76-77). According to Ken Inglis, Bean sought to replicate the language of authentic straightforwardness of the ordinary Australian soldier in his writing, and indicated a desire to communicate with an unlettered Australian public:

    No reader could have guessed from the prose that Bean had studied    classics at Oxford. But it was also at Oxford that he had decided    to write for the housemaid of average intelligence; and now he was    devoting the best part of his working life to writing about and for    unlettered Australians, born in severely unclassical localities and    acquainted hardly at all with the ancient history and folklore of    the eastern Mediterranean. (84) 

The publisher George Robertson's objections to the draft introduction and early chapters of Volume I, The Story of Anzac, and his insistence that T.G. Tucker be appointed to oversee the history, nevertheless suggest that the sparse style associated with the manly Australian infantryman and an unlettered Australian public was not at all acceptable to the publisher. Robertson was shocked by the 'slipshod journalistic talk' and threatened to withdraw his firm …

DORIS STAGG, 87.(CAPITAL REGION)

Doris Finer Stagg, 87, of Palmer Road, died Tuesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany after a brief illness.

Mrs. Stagg was born in Croyden, England. She lived in Voorheesville from 1958 until 1977 and had lived in East Greenbush for the past three years.

She was employed from 1954 until 1970 as a title searcher for the state Education Department in Albany.

Mrs. Stagg was a member of the Voorheesville American Legion ladies auxiliary; the Sunnyside Lodge of the Eastern Star in Castleton and the East Greenbush Senior Citizens.

She was the widow of Uberto K. Stagg Sr.

…

Four teams qualify for 2011 World Cup

Ireland, Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands qualified for the 2011 World Cup, and Afghanistan and Scotland achieved one-day international status for the next four years on Friday.

Kenya edged Afghanistan for the final World Cup spot on superior run rate during the qualifying tournament in South Africa, ending an unlikely charge by the war-torn country toward the tournament set to be staged in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The Afghans defeated Namibia by 21 runs Friday and will play Scotland in the playoff for fifth place at the weekend.

Spearheaded by captain Nowroz Mangal's 78 and Mohammad Shehzad's 73, Afghanistan scored 243-7 and then had …

*Dancing in the Dark

*Dancing in the Dark by Caryl Phillips Knopf, September 2005 $23.95, ISBN 1-400-04396-4

In this follow-up to his award-winning novel A Distant Shore, Caryl Phillips shows once again the depth of insight into personal and societal complexities that makes him one of the greatest novelists of our time. In this work of historical fiction, Phillips condenses the little-known story of Bert Williams (1874-1922), a Bahamian immigrant who became the first black entertainer in the United States to reach the highest levels of fame and fortune. The author portrays a man whose claim to fame was arguably a mockery of his own existence and that of his race. In Phillips's hands, Williams's story …

BioChem Pharma.(to buy 14.6% of CliniChem Development)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

BioChem Pharma is to buy 14.6% of shares in CliniChem Development from Glaxo Wellcome …

CITY SCHOOLS BRACE FOR CUTS.(Capital Region)

ALBANY -- City school districts have already begun a rough budget planning season that will force difficult decisions in preparation for cuts in state funding.

Layoffs, fewer field trips and elimination of nonessential spending are all being discussed in local districts as possible casualties of the Wall Street woes that have ravaged the state budget, school officials said.

Gov. David Paterson has said severe measures are needed to close the $1.5 billion gap in this year's budget, including cuts in education spending, when the state Legislature reconvenes Nov. 18. He has dismissed Senate Republicans' claims that they will block the school aid cuts as …

CHOOSE RIGHT CLEANER FOR LAMINATE FLOORING.(AT HOME)

Byline: GENE AUSTIN Knight Ridder

Q: I recently had some plastic-laminate flooring installed and have been having trouble cleaning it. I have tried several floor cleaners, and they leave streaks. What am I doing wrong?

A: Easy cleaning is one of the big selling points of plastic-laminate flooring such as Armstrong and Pergo.

I suspect that you have been using regular floor cleaners, which are not appropriate for laminates. Manufacturers generally give specific instructions for maintenance, and these should be followed, but here is some general information.

For routine cleaning, simply use a vacuum with hard-floor attachment or use a dust …

beauty and guile in the trenches.(Sports)

BYLINE: James Lawton

LONDON: In the sea of tributes now flowing over the enfant terrible of cricket who became its ruling genius, transcending all boundaries and all bias, there has to be an ultimate accolade.

It is that Shane Warne has shared with the greatest sportsmen of any age a truth about himself that has always shone like a diamond even when his life has been most chaotic and, let's be honest here, wretched. He has identified the best of himself. It has been to play his game, work his wiles so uniquely, at the bidding of the gods. He once put it with great poignancy. "One thing I know I can be true to," he said, "is the way I love cricket. Sometimes I think proving this is the least I can do."

Through all the personal mayhem, Warne's vocation has been to enhance the lives of all who have followed cricket and felt an undying surge of anticipation whenever he has approached the bowling crease. It is almost to limit his achievement to say Warne has been the greatest spin bowler in all of cricket history. That merely implies excellence of technique and talent. It misses out on the most thrilling ingredient of all: an imagination so fertile, so bottomless, it achieved nothing less than a redefining of the game.

For decades, fast men Dennis Lillee and Michael Holding dominated cricket. Warne said the game …

Land mine blast kills 5 police in Somali capital

A Somali police officer says five of his colleagues were killed when a remote-controlled land mine exploded in the Somali capital.

Ali Gab says another policeman was wounded during the Wednesday attack in southern Mogadishu neighborhood of Afisiyooni. He says the land mine was detonated near a police station and as …

Daredevil Washington Monument inspection starts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Engineers harnessed to ropes have begun an exterior inspection of the earthquake-damaged Washington Monument.

The team of two women and two men climbed to the top of the 555-foot (170-meter) monument Wednesday to start the daredevil work that will include them rappeling down for a close-up look at each stone. Each team member is using a digital camera, an iPad and a soft mallet for audio …

Digital video recorder forecast looks bright. (Upfront: latest news and insight).(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)

 Digital video recorder forecast looks bright                          2002   2003    2004    2005    2006    2007  Stand-alone              0.6    1.0     1.5     2.1     2.6     3.0 Integrated cable … 

Japan's IIJ announces release of IIJ FiberAccess/A Service.(JAPAN)

Japan-based Internet and network solutions provider Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ) has released the IIJ FiberAccess/A Service for optical fiber lines delivered by ACCA Networks Co. Ltd. IIJ FiberAccess/A Service would use the optical fiber lines of ACCA to provide top-quality Internet access, enabling transmission speeds of 10Mbps. IIJ has already been delivering Internet access via fiber-optic lines to its corporate users through the …

N.Y. TIMES HARDCOVER BEST-SELLERS.(BOOKS)

FICTION

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, by J.K. Rowling. (Levine/Scholastic, $17.95.) A British boy finds trouble when he returns to a witchcraft school. 225 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, by J.K. Rowling. (Levine/Scholastic, $19.95.) A British boy's life at a school for witchcraft is menaced when an infamous murderer escapes from prison. 111 HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, by J.K. Rowling. (Levine/Scholastic, $16.95.) A British boy finds his fortune attending a school of witchcraft. 350 TIMELINE, by Michael Crichton. (Knopf, $26.95.) Using the latest computer technology, a group of historians travels back to 14th-century feudal France. …

Primary duodenal carcinoma can show divergent growth patterns.

2003 SEP 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Primary duodenal carcinoma can show divergent growth patterns.

"Primary duodenal adenocarcinoma accounts for less than 0.5% of all gastrointestinal cancers," scientists in the United States report.

"We report a case of duodenal adenocarcinoma with highly divergent growth patterns consisting of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine carcinoma proven to arise as a single neoplasm of monoclonal origin, as demonstrated by microdissection-based mutational profiling," wrote O. Cheung and colleagues, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

"Multicomponent growth patterns, as seen in this case, can …

Now's the time to pay

Each year, when RRSP season rolls around, we are reminded that we must pay income tax and that, when all our taxes are combined, Canadians are among the most highly taxed people in the industrialized world. However, this year's RRSP campaign is a little different, since it is being played out against a backdrop of budget surpluses exceeding all expectations. One question that is bound to come up is whether this surplus proves we are, indeed, overtaxed.

Last September, Finance Minister Paul Martin surprised everyone when he announced the 1999-2000 surplus weighed in at $12.3 billion instead of the $3 billion anticipated - a discrepancy resulting from economic forecasts and …

New Breed Logistics wins 787 logistics support contract from Boeing in Charleston, SC.

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

New Breed Logistics Inc, a supply-chain and distribution centre operations company, said yesterday that it has won a logistics support contract from aircraft maker Boeing (NYSE:BA) in Charleston, South Carolina.

Under this contract New Breed Logistics will provide logistics support for the manufacture and final assembly of the 787 Dreamliner. The value of the contract was not disclosed.

New Breed already provides support for a number of other Boeing …

BETHLEHEM SHRINE CLOSED TO FAITHFUL.(MAIN)

Byline: IBRAHIM HAZBOUN Associated Press

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- On the first Sunday since Israel reoccupied Bethlehem, soldiers barred Christians from worshipping at the Church of the Nativity, one of Christianity's most sacred shrines. Soldiers in another part of the West Bank searched four mosques for suspected militants.

There were no signs that the Israelis were near an end to the operation in the biblical town, despite a State Department call for soldiers to leave as soon as possible, with Christmas just a month away. Christian tradition holds that Jesus was born in a grotto under the Bethlehem church.

Israeli forces rolled into Bethlehem, in …

Israeli doctors in Romania to help burnt newborns

Romanian officials say 10 Israeli doctors have arrived in Romania to treat seven premature babies who are in critical condition after a fire in an intensive care unit in a Bucharest hospital in which four other newborns died.

Romanian health official Raed Arafat says the Israeli doctors arrived Wednesday at the Grigore Alexandrescu …

Product Converts Moulding to Shadowbox.(Superior Picture Frame Products Inc. introduceds the "Rabbit Frame")(Brief Article)

RIVERSIDE, Calif.--Superior Picture Frame Products Inc. has introduced the "Rabbit Frame," which can be used to make any moulding into a shadowbox frame. Acrylic strips are attached to the back of Superior's bent-edge acrylic box …

N. CAROLINA, DUKE MAKE IT A FOURSOME TAR HEELS SURVIVE TEMPLE.(Sports)

Byline: Joe Layden Staff writer

It isn't easy wearing Carolina blue.

People expect things. Like the folks who write coach Dean Smith every year, wanting to know when the Tar Heels will be returning to the Final Four. And the supposed experts who, afer watching No.2 seed Syracuse fall to Richmond in the first roud, proclaimed North Carolina's path to Indianapolis the smoothest in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Well, it wasn't all that smooth, but the top-seeded Tar Heels have survived. With Sunday's 75-72 victory over No.10 seed Temple in the Eastern Regional final at Byrne Arena, they advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 1982.

"Personally, I'm very pleased," Smith said. "I'm happy for the team and I'm happy for the staff. It's an exciting time for the program."

"It's exciting," said senior point guard King Rice. "We've been close before, but we've never made …

Stockbrokers hit by market slump

KATHMANDU, May 26 -- A continuing slump in the stock market has left stockbrokers struggling to pay their bills. Asian Securities Limited of Bag Bazar, Kathmandu closed down its Birgunj branch which it had opened in 2010 after obtaining permission from the Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) to expand outside the capital.

According to Bijaya Kumar Khemka, chief of Asian Securities, opening branch offices only means enlarging the overheads. "At a time when the head offices of brokerage firms are having a hard time paying their office expenses, running a branch outside Kathmandu is out of the question," said Khemka.

In January 2010, Nepse had decided to allow stockbrokers to open branches outside the Kathmandu Valley where there is access to the internet through optical fibre. Brokers outside the capital operate through the remote work station platform provided by Nepse. However, services outside the valley are limited to placing buying and selling orders as they still have to rely on their head offices for clearance and settlement of transactions.

"With the prolonged downturn in the Nepse index, investors who entered the secondary market after we opened in their cities are currently regretting their decision," said Anjan Raj Poudel, president of the Stockbrokers Association of Nepal (SBAN). "So it is a difficult time for stockbrokers operating outside the Kathmandu Valley." Poudel is chief of Thrive Brokerage House which maintains a branch in Pokhara.

Stockbrokers have also blamed lack of awareness about the stock market among the general public outside Kathmandu for their reluctance to invest in shares. Poudel said that only four out of every 10 people coming to them had any knowledge about the capital market's fundamentals.

Nepse has issued permission to 11 stockbrokers to open branches in Biratnagar, Pokhara, Birgunj, Butwal and Narayangadh. Nepse had opened Nepalgunj to brokers too, but there were no takers.

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