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Food was sometimes scarce, disease brought on by Fenland dampness was rife, sanitation was minimal and work extremely hard. Largely self-educated, he read Dickens and Mark Twain to his bright, pretty daughter, proudly seeing her through to Ramsey Grammar School.Her close-knit family, still largely isolated, like other “Fen-Tigers”, from the rest of the world, was always an enormous influence on Sybil Marshall, who later poured story after story about it into her autobiography A Pride of Tigers (1992). Her writings played a vital role in the liberalising of the primary school curriculum during the 1960s and beyond. If her message about children’s inherent creativity is somewhat buried today under an overload of educational tests and targets, its time will surely come again when teachers are allowed once more the space to bring out the astonishing best that too often lies hidden in the pupils they teach.
Born and brought up in the depths of the Fens, Marshall was the daughter of a smallholder who had left school at the age of nine, when he was considered quite big and strong enough to start working in the fields. Schoolteacher, academic, novelist, social historian, broadcaster, folklorist, story-teller and quilt-maker, Sybil Marshall excelled at everything she did. Sybil Marshall, writer and educationist: born 26 November 1913; Head Teacher, Kingston County Primary School, Cambridgeshire 1942-60; Lecturer in Primary Education, Sheffield University 1962-67; Reader in Primary Education, Sussex University 1967-76; twice married (one daughter); died 29 August 2005.

Some parents have invented false addresses or undergone “damascene conversions” to whatever faith is necessary to get into the best-performing schools.On faith schools, the pamphlet warns of the dangers inherent in the Government’s declared intention of encouraging independent faith schools, particularly Muslim ones, to “opt in” to the state system.”If [faith schools'] admission arrangements are to be inclusive of all elements of the population in their area, the argument for requiring all schools to follow the good practice in the code becomes even more compelling,” he says.His comments are supported by Barry Sheerman, Labour chairman of the Commons Education Select Committee, which has expressed concern that the balance of power is “slipping away” from parents choosing schools to schools choosing the children they want to admit.Sins of Admission by Chris Waterman is published by the Institute for Research in Integrated Strategies, an independent think-tank.. Mr Waterman says that schools that failed to follow the good practice outlined by the Government “will probably be those that can see some advantage in not doing so”.”Presumably this advantage must be in terms of being able to select a better cohort of pupils – with better being defined as a combination of nicer, brighter and better off,” he adds.He said this undermined parental confidence in school admissions and encouraged “parental dishonesty”. It accuses “rogue” schools of “undermining the integrity of the admissions process” by insisting on interviewing parents before agreeing to take pupils.It comes as more than half a million parents are preparing for their children to start secondary school.The Government’s proposed code, while labelling this as “poor practice”, would only offer guidance as to how schools should operate. Ministers are at present consulting over a proposed new code of practice on school admissions to be published this autumn.The report says they must bring in binding regulations to avoid widening the performance gap between the children of the better-off and the deprived. They are using parental interviews to covertly select children from better-off families in the hope that they will boost their exam league table rankings.
The report also argues that stringent new regulations are necessary to stop many faith schools offering a segregated education to youngsters.It follows an Independent survey which revealed that up to 70,000 parents failed to get their children into their first-choice secondary school this year. The report, by Chris Waterman, chief executive of ConfEd, which represents local education authority leaders, says that the best-performing schools are closing their doors to the children of less well-off families. Tough new regulations must be brought in to stop “rogue” state schools only admitting the children of wealthier parents, according to a report to be published today.

His half-moon spectacles give the impression of an impatient head teacher overseeing disappointing results.. The buffoonish persona makes it easy to underestimate his knowledge of the game. A unique cricketing career began as part of the successful Lancashire team of the 1960s and 1970s, moving through an umpiring stint and coaching England to their last one-day trophy, in Sharjah in 1997.Bob Willis, SkyOverexposure to Willis can bring you to question why you liked cricket in the first place.Cynical and negative, prone to dismissing whole careers with a sentence (“he can’t possibly get picked again”), Willis’s relentless moaning may have been appropriate during the dark days of the Nineties, but now sounds distinctly out of touch. One of few men under the age of 70 to use the word “crikey” without a hint of irony.David Lloyd, SkyThere is a whiff of old-time music hall about “Bumble” Lloyd, acting in part as comic relief to counter the miserablism of Bob Willis in the Sky box. A likeable screen presence, just the right side of smarmy, his genuine enthusiasm is infectious, and he has a strong grasp of the game’s history.

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whereas I’m the opposite, I’m crude, I’m more about dynamics and excitement I suppose we complement each other. Together we write something that I couldn’t do on my own and he couldn’t do on his own.” Had he and Banks ever taken a swing at each other? “Oh yeah,” says Rutherford “We disagree most of the time about things. But also, of course, what I miss is just him, a very dear friend.”Ahhh. The Genesis chaps are legendary in rock circles for their frightfully English decency and lack of rancour about each other’s little displays of egomania Peter Gabriel remains close to Rutherford and Banks.

They all have gorgeous old manor houses in the same village in Sussex They record at the studio down the road. We jam along for half an hour, an hour maybe, tape it, play it back and listen. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, you create a moment when you know you’ve got something special Phil used to keep notes. He was brilliant at knowing what was being played when, which bit was when.” Noting my incredulity that the rough-diamond Collins could be such a librarian, Rutherford laughed “It’s true, he was really organised. And in the first week, when I tried to do it myself, I completely messed it up. “The way we work, I never say, here’s a song, here’s the chords, here’s a riff, even an idea We just go to the studio, plug in and take a risk.

Collins’s departure from the band last year was not an acrimonious split. In fact, it seems, to all concerned, to have been long overdue. Collins’s wildly successful and lucrative solo career made his determination to stick around with Rutherford and Banks slightly embarrassing, like a million-quid transfer footballer insisting on coming back and playing with his old team every Saturday.What did he miss most about life with Phil? “Actually the hardest thing in the first week or so was doing without his cataloguing skill,” says Rutherford, dead-pan. I was occupied mentally with getting a new singer integrated. Breaking in a new drummer, too…”Both of which used to be, of course, Phil Collins.

But the Mechanics stuff and the Genesis stuff, they don’t fight for mastery of my soul or anything They are both projects of different kinds. When I’ve finished one project, I start thinking about the next. I don’t have unfinished material hanging over from one session waiting to fit into the next. It’s all fresh starts.” But only a very deaf person could listen to the new Genesis record and not notice how the classic Genesis sound has been invaded by the idiom of the Mechanics – songs, with hooks and choruses driven by chugging guitars and drums.”It’s true the album is a bit darker than people might expect from us, a bit rockier, but it seems to be going down well,” says Rutherford “People think we’re finding our roots again But I – we – didn’t set out with a plan about a new sound. The Mechanics played pub-rock songs, with rough edges and choruses They were precious close to (dare one mention the word?).. “Pop,” says Rutherford “Of course it was pop. All ages, rich and poor.” Poor? “Sure,” said Rutherford breezily. “If you’ve got just two horses, you can get out there and do it…” Only two, eh?Rutherford is also the Mike of Mike and the Mechanics, the band he started in the mid-Eighties, as a way of keeping sane after years of Genesis and the sonic pools.

The only problem is that – well, over the years I’ve broken legs, smashed all my front teeth. Now, when we’re starting a tour, I’m not allowed to play for a month before rehearsals. No point in having a guitarist with his arm in a sling.” Didn’t he have to consort with some awfully chinless people? “No, the polo world’s a nice mix of people, who don’t talk about work. The only note that hints at his vast riches is struck when he mentions his favourite sport “I’m completely hooked on polo Very serious about it It’s an incredible adrenalin thing.

Brown and Sam Cassell were added last year picking up Stephon Marbury and Miki Moore.Marbury who hadn’t played a game in over a year hasn’t seemed to get back in his groove yet but it’s coming.Miki Moore who wasn’t getting much playing time in Sacramento has been a great pickup for Boston as he can help fill the gap left by KG. When being shot on, it keeps the second leg farther away and therefore makes it easier to keep your balance and avoid being taken down.Secondly, this stance keeps you from being directly square to your opponent and therefore makes you a harder target to hit. By drafting Monroe, who I believe is the top Tackle in the draft, they are solving a huge problem. The software suite includes a standards basedSession Initiation Protocol(SIP) signaling stack, Broadcom’s high fidelitySmartAudio(R) voice enhancement technology,multimedia and video telephonymodules, provisioning and security software, along with other key componentsrequired to build Ethernet IP phone products.PhonexChange also includesbuilt-in support for Broadcom’s industry-leading Bluetooth(R) and Wi-Fi(R)connectivity products, allowing OEMs to add best-in-class wirelesstechnologies to expand functionality for next generation products.SmartAudio is Broadcom’s innovative audio clarity technology thatsignificantly improves audio quality over IP networks. To join our Growth Partnership,please visit http:// SOURCEFrost & SullivanJake Wengroff of Frost & Sullivan, +1-210-247-3806, . He’s gonna make it, Dale Jarrett is going to win the Daytona 500!!!! Alright!!! Oh look at Martha, oh dear, she’s…oh can you believe it? Oh man!”1998: Following a frustrating defeat in his 19th try at the 500 (when he flipped down the backstretch but proceeded to remarkably finish the race with a battered Chevy), the #3 Chevy was once again at the front of the pack in one of the fastest 500s of all time.

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Its most popular brands of chocolate bar are Gersy and Sando, while another is called Munny.Bim Bim controls 13 per cent of the Middle Eastern confectionery market. Cadbury already has an Egyptian business but was keen to strengthen its position in a region of more than 120 million people.”Ian Johnstone, managing director of Cadbury Schweppes said: “Bim Bim, in conjunction with Cadbury Egypt, will give us market leadership in both Egypt and the region and put us in a very strong position to benefit from further growth.”The move comes a day after Cadbury Schweppes, under its new chief executive John Sunderland, confirmed it had completed the pounds 623m sale of its joint venture Coca-Cola bottling plants.In a separate move yesterday Cadbury Schweppes announced that it was to market to British consumers a line in quality continental European chocolate bars made by Poulain of France. It has launched three bars from Poulain – in dark, plain and vanilla-flavoured white chocolate – aimed at the serious chocolate lover.”Consumers have become more accustomed to continental tastes and have consequently developed a more sophisticated palate,” Cadbury said.Cadbury shares closed 3.5p lower at 478.5p.. British Telecom’s drive to obtain approval in the US for its pounds 12bn takeover of long-distance operator MCI was given a significant boost yesterday by Don Cruickshank, the UK industry regulator, writes Chris Godsmark. In a speech in Washington last night he comprehensively demolished the attack on the merger launched by AT&T, arguing that Britain offered competitive opportunities for new telephone companies which were “equal to any in the world, if not better”.
The comments came as merger documents filed in the US showed the two top MCI executives will receive a $130m (pounds 80m) bonanza of share options if the deal succeeds.Without naming BT or AT&T directly, Mr Cruickshank attacked claims from the US that it was difficult for rival operators to gain access to the British market. The US regulator, the Federal Communications Commission, has said it will only approve the merger if it can be demonstrated that US carriers have as much chance of breaking into the UK market as British operators will have in America.AT&T, which is expanding its UK operations, claims it has been hampered by the UK’s “indirect access” system, where its customers have to dial a three-digit code to get access to the company’s long-distance services.

The US carrier argues that BT’s dominance of local residential phone lines means rival operators will always face a competitive disadvantage. In the US long-distance carriers enjoy direct access to customers, a system known as dialling parity.However, Mr Cruickshank said the indirect access policy was the only way to encourage the cable companies to build local phone networks. He said: “This is perhaps the difference between our two regulatory frameworks which it is hardest for Americans to understand … For the UK dialling parity is not the linchpin of market opening. Far from it.”Though the comments were also a clear defence of Mr Cruickshank’s own record, they were welcomed by BT sources. An AT&T spokesman declined to comment, though the speech is likely to be viewed by the group as a significant setback..

Gulf Canada has given up hope of gaining the support of Clyde Petroleum’s largest shareholder as its pounds 500m bid for the British oil explorer approaches a nail-biting climax, writes Tom Stevenson. Schroders, which holds 19 per cent of Clyde’s shares, is understood to see more value in the company than Gulf’s final 120p-a-share offer which closes next Tuesday, and is expected to stand by the incumbent management.
Schroders’ decision could be enough to swing the bid in Clyde’s favour after PDFM, its second-largest shareholder, sold its 14.6 per cent stake earlier this week. That gave Gulf just under 29.9 per cent of Clyde, the limit imposed by Takeover Panel rules, and appeared to put the Canadian company in a commanding position.Gulf is focusing its efforts on securing the 20 per cent it needs from holders of the 50 per cent of shares not held by itself or Schroders.Schroders would not comment yesterday on its decision, except to say that it had not yet made up its mind. Gulf has meetings scheduled for today and tomorrow with undecided shareholders, including Schroders, at which it will attempt to gain the support of the remaining floating voters.In a final exchange of letters yesterday the two sides wrote to shareholders with their final arguments. Gulf focused on the potential for a fall in Clyde’s share price, if it escapes the bid..

British Gas paved the way for the demerger of its Centrica gas production to distribution business yesterday with an overwhelming show of support from shareholders at an extraordinary meeting in Birmingham. But investors could be in for a bumpy ride when the new shares start trading separately from the British Gas rump, to be imaginatively renamed BG, on Monday. Already the grey market, which started at the beginning of the week ahead of official dealings, is pointing the way. Last week a Centrica warrant launched by Barclays de Zoete Wedd was putting an implied price of around 50p on the shares. Yet in grey market trading yesterday the price was up another 5p to 75.5p. Meanwhile, the rump BG has steadily slid from a 186p opening to 163.5p, down 3.75p yesterday.
Although grey market dealings are notoriously unreliable in predicting the level at which real trading eventually settles down, the trend is supported by those reading the runes. Analysts reckon Centrica has more going for it than BG, over which the cloud of the gas regulator’s proposals last year to slash 20 per cent from its revenues still hangs.The old management team which locked Centrica into buying gas at way above market prices has gone while, paradoxically, the spot price has been going up again this winter.

Even when working at his father’s gas station when he was a boy, Baz Luhrmann had an eye for great stories.

More than 1,200 child asylum-seekers – some as young as eight – have been taken into care by Kent social services after arriving in Britain without a parent or guardian.
The influx of unaccompanied minors has spiralled over the last two years. According to the Department of Health, local authorities across England are looking after 6,000 children, compared with 2,500 in 1999.The problem is most acute in Kent, where figures reveal a stream of more than 100 children arriving every month. Most have been brought from Middle Eastern or Eastern European countries by gangs of professional traffickers.Some of the children have been sent by parents in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, who have paid between £5,000 and £8,000 to smugglers so their children can have “a better life”. Others began their lives in villages destroyed during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.The children, mainly boys, are found at the roadside after being dumped or are uncovered during routine vehicle searches at ports of entry.Peter Gilroy, Kent’s director of social services, said the majority of children had “spent many weeks or even months” travelling to the UK. “Some who arrive are as young as eight, while more than 60 per cent are aged 16 or 17, or claim to be so. Many have personally suffered or witnessed persecution and might be bereaved or anxious about their families,” he said.Younger children are placed with foster parents and teenagers are put into shared lodgings where they are supported by social workers.Kent’s costs of £15m a year are paid by the taxpayer.

But council leaders criticised the system yesterday claiming that children were “left in limbo” for years before being told whether they have a right to stay.Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, the leader of the Tory-controlled council, said rulings on asylum claims from minors were often delayed until they were 18, so their status remained unresolved and Kent could not settle them into the community. He said: “The Government should be dealing with their appeals [urgently]. But increasingly, their cases are deferred.”Mr Gilroy added: “It cannot be right to leave those who already feel vulnerable awaiting decisions, sometimes for years, about their right to stay here, or face having to be sent back to their country of origin.”. The Northern Ireland peace process was in deepening crisis today as the Ulster Unionists and the nationalist SDLP withheld full endorsement of the Anglo-Irish proposals to try and save the Good Friday Agreement. The Northern Ireland peace process was in deepening crisis today as the Ulster Unionists and the nationalist SDLP withheld full endorsement of the Anglo–Irish proposals to try and save the Good Friday Agreement.
Unless the IRA begin to start disarming within the next 48 hours, Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid is almost certain to be forced to suspend the Stormont Assembly, unionists warned.The provisionals faced new demands to dump their weapons after unionist MPs and the party’s assembly members met for two hours in Belfast to discuss the package of proposals prepared by Prime Minister Tony Blair and the republic’s Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.Afterwards David Trimble, the unionist leader who resigned as First Minister six weeks ago, said Dr Reid would have to make a decision on the future of the Assembly by Thursday.He bitterly attacked the SDLP for failing to sign up to the new policing arrangements.Unionists are to have talks later today with General John de Chastelain, head of the international commission on decommissioning who claimed the IRA had started a process to put their weapons beyond use.But his assessment and the British and Irish blueprint failed to persuade Mr Trimble and his parliamentary colleagues.He said: “It was only if that package (the Anglo–Irish proposals) succeeded in providing movement from the republicans and nationalists that the situation would arise.

We have seen a step by republicans, but of course it falls far short of what we need which is to see the decommissioning actually begin.”The Government has until midnight on Saturday to re–appoint a new First Minister and Deputy First Minister – otherwise the Assembly will have to go into suspension. If members are to be recalled to Stormont, then arrangements have to get under way by Thursday at the very latest.The SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon admitted the timetable was tight.He said: “The last posting time on Wednesday is going to be required to be met if the Assembly is to be re–called on Friday. The last post on Thursday is going to be required if the Assembly is going to be recalled on Saturday.”. Thousands of illicit weapons are at large in Northern Ireland and hidden in the Irish Republic, as well as more than 100,000 legally-held guns which together make the island of Ireland one of the most heavily-armed areas of Western Europe.

Thousands of illicit weapons are at large in Northern Ireland and hidden in the Irish Republic, as well as more than 100,000 legally-held guns which together make the island of Ireland one of the most heavily-armed areas of Western Europe.Most of the illegal guns and heavier weaponry are in the hands of the IRA, but others are scattered over a range of organisations.The RepublicansThe IRA: The best-equipped equipped of either Republican or Loyalist groups. Its stock includes rifles, handguns and much heavier weapons.Intelligence estimates: 1,700 weapons. More than 1,000 rifles, half of which are modern Kalashnikovs supplied by Libya; more than 500 handguns; 50 heavy and general-purpose machine guns. Also SAM anti-aircraft missiles, RPG-7 rockets, sub-machine guns, grenades and grenade-launchers.Plus more than two tons of Semtex plastic explosives which can be used in booby-trap bombs, home-made rockets and mortars, together with detonators and other material which can be combined to make bombs from fertiliser.The Real IRA: The breakaway group, which detonated a large bomb in west London last week, has taken Semtex explosives, some weaponry and bombing expertise from the mainstream organisation. Its main method of attack are large bombs such as those used in the attack on Omagh in 1998.It has some small numbers of home-made mortars, grenade launchers, rifles, machine guns, pistols, handguns and detonators.The continuity IRA: Relatively inactive this year, it mainly uses large fertiliser bombs. It has at least one M79 grenade launcher which it showed off on a video broadcast, together with limited amounts of rifles, pistols, Semtex and detonators.The Irish National Liberation Army: A small and now largely inactive group, it has small stocks of rifles and handguns and some explosives.The Loyalists Ulster Defence Association: Believed to hold 500 weapons, the majority of which are rifles. It also has a variety of home-made weaponry and reactivated guns.

May have a few RPG-7 rocket launchers.Ulster Volunteer force: The UVF has up to 500 weapons, most of which are rifles. It also holds sub-machine guns, revolvers and pistols and a small amount of Powergel explosive.Loyalist Volunteer Force: This group decommissioned some weapons, handing a dozen to the authorities several years ago But it has continued with its violent campaign. Its weapons are mainly handguns and pipebombs.Red hand Defenders, Orange Volunteers etc: Small splinters which mainly use pipebombs and have a small number of handguns. The security forces have, in more than three decades, recovered more than 11,000 firearms, more than million bullets, and more than 100,000 kilograms of explosives.Legally held firearms Apart from the illegal weaponry, Northern Ireland has many lawfully-held guns. These include more than 20,000 carried by the security forces; more than 130,000 weapons held by farmers and shooting enthusiasts and those issued with personal protection weapons.. The Balkans are full of minorities that spill across borders, as part of a troubled patchwork quilt.

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Sabathia, or some other proven starter.The pitching staff is perfectly fine without one of these big names, but 100 years since the last championship coupled with the hopes Cubs fans had last year would probably lead me to believe the organization should open up their pocketbooks and try buying a late October appearance. So, to sum everything up, 2008 was a fun season to watch.  2009 should be as well.  I just don’t think the Chicago Cubs have done enough this offseason to warrant any talk of a World Series appearance.And that, my friends, is the only thing the Cubs should be focused on.. Cleveland’s QB’s are dropping like flies as Derek Anderson and Brady Quinn are both out for the year. ELS has also hosted the USAC Carolina Ford Focus Midget Series and local INEX Legends Cars among its recent visiting groups ELS and Stanley are in southeast Lincoln County. This is true, but who do you think is responsible for that? Every starting running back who has played with Peyton Manning has at some point become a Pro Bowl player.Marshall Faulk, Edgerrin James, and Joseph Addai are all on that list. is ready to show his leadership on the court again after averaging 14 points per game last season.The BadLast year, Burrell and Mason did not have a very strong supporting cast and it showed. Burnett instead while pursuing other needs as well.If the Brewers are willing to invest at least twenty-million dollars on one player, why not spread that around? If they went out and signed Oliver Perez, they could also pursue Jon Garland, fortifying the bottom end of their rotation.

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If you like the Gates you probably won’t have to lay a ton of points in many of their games so that may be the way to go. 5 and the name “LIDSTROM” adorning it, the years played for the Red Wings listed below it, in red on a white band That much we know. Excuse me?know you can buy them on the web site or order the jersey I want but c’mon people. BP (BP.L)rose 2.1 percent and Total (TOTF.PA) added 2 percent. No further information about the identity of the suspects or the operation was available and a NATO spokesman said more details would be released on Saturday.(Reporting by Golnar Motevalli and Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Jerry Norton). Holmes also had a nice block on Mendenhall’s first carry which went for 27 yards.

The 2009 campaign was Alex Rodriguez’s way to say that he was now a team player.After admitting to using steroids in the past, while with the Texas Rangers, Alex Rodriguezbegan to preach the fact that he was now focused on winning more as a team than just for himself.A-Rod missed part of the beginning of the season  due to a hip injury When he returned he looked stronger than ever. If you are unable to connect using the toll-free numbers,please try the international dial-in number.US Dial-in Number: 1-888-723-3164 ISRAEL Dial-in Number: 03-918-0691CANADA Dial-in Number: 1-866-958-6867INTERNATIONAL Dial-in Number: +972-3-918-0691 At:10:00am Eastern Time, 7:00am Pacific Time, 5:00pm Israel TimeFor those unable to listen to the live call, a replay of the call will beavailable from the day after the call in the investor relations section ofIturan’s website, at: http:// IturanIturan provides location-based services, consisting predominantly ofstolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, as well as wirelesscommunications products used in connection with its location-based servicesand various other applications. “We’ve seen physical selling in Asia because the price hasgone up Thailand has been selling quite a lot lately,” hesaid Premiums for gold bars were unchanged at 50 U.S cents anounce to the spot London prices in Singapore. “Through this relationship, we will help address the shortage of high quality,silicon proven advanced interface IP available at leading process nodes,” saidDr.

From the VMAs to last night’s Brit Awards, here is a look back at some of Lady Gaga’s most interesting ensembles.

He was a man of the world, smart, suave, his irresistible sales pitch delivered in a cultured Viennese accent. Millions jostled in the vastly over-subscribed first offering of the phone company, and millions more came back for a second and third helping.Those who bought into Deutsche Telekom at its IPO in 1996 still have reason to smile They had paid the equivalent of 14.6 euros per share. Three years later, the price was 40 euros, and last summer 66 euros. For the virgins who joined the bandwagon on the last two stops, the Telekom journey has been a nightmare.

The stocks stand at around 28.5 euros.The German press is replete with harrowing stories of pensioners who put their life savings into Telekom shares. For the mathematician who deals with numbers far greater than the three or four zeros involved in individual sums, such tales of woe appear rather abstract. “I understand the anger of shareholders,” is all Mr Sommer would concede. But the overall figures must have caught his attention by now. The Telekom that went to the stock exchange last summer had a market value of 235bn euros Today it is worth about 80bn euros. Mr Sommer, the adding machine, has become an asset liquidator.Almost every telecommunication firm in the world has a similar riches-to-rags tale.

Stocks are in the doldrums; their executives are falling like ninepins. But even by the standards of an industry fresh out of fashion, Deutsche Telekom’s demise has been awe-inspiring. Mr Sommer is outperforming his market in the worst possible sense. Shares in his European competitors have fallen by 61 per cent, but Telekom stocks are down by more than 70 per cent. And none of the other bosses is facing a criminal investigation for misleading shareholders.For a man once thought to be blessed with a Midas touch, this has been a reversal of fortune. Born in Israel in 1949 to a Hungarian mother and Russian father, success oozed from Mr Sommer’s every footstep wherever he went.

Once Sarries settled they looked the more dangerous and they could have scored a try, when Ben Johnston knifed through the Tykes midfield, only for the move to falter with Iain Balshaw’s tackle on Dan Scarbrough.If that was a let-off for Leeds, another one followed shortly afterwards when Glen Jackson’s penalty struck the right upright. It is the tallest of tall orders.
With so much at stake, the opening sequences were wringing with anxiety. Though still 10 points adrift of Bath, Bristol and Newcastle and with 15 available from their last three matches, there remains a mathematical possibility the Tykes can avoid relegation, but they would have to win them all, pick up some bonus points, and hope other results go their way. Leeds revealed all their own failings in crashing to their 14th, and most significant, defeat of the season when they lost narrowly to a well-organised Saracens at Headingley last night. Had Saracens not made as many crucial mistakes when in try-scoring positions, they would have won much more comfortably.

But I’m sure we’ll have great racing again this year and long may it continue.”Race datesTomorrow Brands Hatch (Indy circuit)23 April Mondello Park14 May Oulton Park (Island circuit)4 June Thruxton16 July Croft30 July Donington Park13 August Snetterton3 September Knockhill24 September Brands Hatch (Indy)15 October Silverstone (National circuit). “Sometimes there is too much contact from certain individuals Plato spun me at 140 mph at Silverstone last year He did quite a few things that were out of order. But then BTCC drivers accept they are in the entertainment business and know they have to pass the screen test.”There is a fair bit of contact and that’s what the public wants to see,” Chilton acknowledged. It’s going to be really close between Giovanardi, Plato, Thompson, Neal and myself and I believe I can do it,” he added.The closer the racing, the more likely there will be collisions and recriminations. It’s a fantastic drive, so I can’t complain, can I? Now I have to make the most of this opportunity.

“Only 22 drivers can compete in Formula One, so tin-tops and sports cars are the way forward for me I’ve progressed well and now, at just 21, I’m with Vauxhall. There is a massive determination right through everyone in the team to do that The boys are hacked off, they didn’t finish first last year They’ve told me how much they want to win. I’ve told them not to jump on me, but they will put pressure on me and that’s fine. I love the challenge.”Chilton steered away from single-seaters and the lure of Grand Prix racing at an early age and has no regrets.”I’m happy I’ve gone the right route,” he said.

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J.D. Salinger, author of “The Catcher in the Rye” and other books, has died, according to his literary agent, Phyllis Westberg. He was 91.

Other good guidebooks include `Cuba’ (Lonely Planet, pounds 11.99), `Cuba Handbook’ (Footprint, pounds 10.99) and `Explorers’ Cuba’ (AA Publications, pounds 13.99). Mozart Songs

Joan Rodgers/John Mark Ainsley (Hyperion)
This marvellous compilation offers no fewer than 25 Mozart songs which genuinely redress this grossly neglected aspect of his output. No mention of “socialism or death”; instead, the meek hope “that generosity will triumph over selfishness”.Havana remains Cuba’s greatest gift to the visitor. “What you see is like a beautiful woman in the morning,” was how one proud citizen explained the heroic civic muddle. “There is no make-up but the beauty is so evident you can’t deny it.”Simon Calder is co-author, with Emily Hatchwell, of `Travellers’ Survival Kit: Cuba’ (Vacation Work, pounds 10.99) and `Cuba in Focus’ (Latin America Bureau, pounds 5.99). It will mark a century since the US began the military occupation that robbed Cuba of its chance to attain independence, and 40 years since the Revolution triumphed over the American- backed dictator Batista History has, Castro would claim, absolved him. Yet on television last Sunday he looked tired, and his rhetoric was subdued.

For anyone who was here in the Eighties, the present, to misquote L P Hartley, is a foreign country. They do things differently here.Yet the more things change, the more Fidel stays the same Dr Castro is looking forward to New Year’s Day. The November editions of two glossy magazines, Conde Nast Traveller and Food and Travel, feature elaborate spreads on the Cuban capital, looking gorgeous in her decrepitude. Portraits of a recent pair of guests, Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, adorn the walls of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, while Jack Nicholson passed through Havana last week. But the city has won back its sparkle, and the countryside beyond is blossoming as if recovered from some unnatural calamity.The island is trendy; too darn trendy. Given the pittance that the average Cuban was expected to survive on, this might seem an empty, contemptuous gesture, but it provided the necessary economic jolt.This week in Havana, the city felt it had somehow become electrified. The Cuban capital is in constant cacophony, from the growl of ancient limousines to the squawk of energised chatter and the squeaks of unfortunate piglets destined for dinner.More than 1,000 British visitors turn up each week, attracted by one side or the other of the utopian coin: the one remaining socialist paradise- on-earth, or the best beaches in the Caribbean at silly prices (air fares on the five direct flights from the UK to Cuba are at least as cheap as Aeroflot, and will fall further once BA starts flying to Havana in March).Old vices, almost eradicated under communism, have reappeared; prostitution is overt, theft is frequent.

After five straight years of cataclysmic financial decline, an already weak patient was on the verge of total collapse. It was tragic to see a country crumbling before your eyes.Two miracles happened, one slow and one fast, which combined to revive the corpse as effectively as a pair of heavy-duty defibrillators. The first was the magic wand of tourism: the falling cost of long-haul air travel, combined with rising prices for holidays in Europe, turned Cuba into a mass-market destination and provided an infusion of hard currency. Then, in the dark, angry days of August 1994, Fidel Castro allowed his people the freedom to possess dollars.

“There is no difference between us,” he said.He left school at 15 without any qualifications and, after a year as a commis chef and a waiter in local hotels in North Wales and Warrington, went to sea as a steward on Cunard liners. Dismissing as “Tory lies” reports of a split with Tony Blair over grouping school pupils by subject according to ability, Mr Prescott accused the Government of trying to turn back the clock to an education system which had marked him out as second class.
“A Labour government in which I serve will sing the praises of good comprehensive schools to the rafters,” Mr Prescott said. Life as an 11-plus failure was relived last night by John Prescott in a passionate defence of the comprehensive system at Ruskin College, Oxford, where he was given a “second chance” with his education. But the Government has stopped short of introducing a statutory right of interest, arguing that it would legitimise late payment.Instead, companies are now obliged to state what their policy on late payment is.. Late payment, he said, was part of the culture of British business.The Prime Minister, John Major, promised to look at ways of shaming late payers into settling debts on time.

“Dominant customers know full well they can get away with not paying their bills on time.”A survey by the Confederation of British Industry found late payment is a problem for almost half of small and medium-sized businesses.Almost a quarter have to wait up to 90 days before being paid, causing cash-flow problems, difficulties repaying bank loans and the collapse of up to 5,000 businesses a year.A Bill going through Parliament gives contractors greater protection. But Mr Page urged small firms to put their own house in order by improving credit management, to reduce the problem of late payment.He cited recent research that found less than one-fifth of smaller firms had a credit policy, two-fifths did not agree terms in writing before a sale and 83 per cent paid their suppliers late.The issue of late payment shot to the top of the political agenda earlier this year following remarks by Mr Heseltine that as a small businessman he had been “quite skilful at stringing along the creditors”. “It take a blind nerve to suggest small companies bring this on themselves,” said Dave Harrop. The Government yesterday angered small companies by claiming they were to blame for not getting paid on time.

Rejecting calls to introduce laws that would give firms the right to claim interest on overdue bills, Richard Page, the minister for small business, said: “Small companies are so delighted about winning an order they forget about getting paid.”
His remarks came as the Deputy Prime Minister, Michael Heseltine, unveiled a pounds 200m package of support for small and medium business in his third Competitiveness White Paper, including help for small firms to recover debts.Mr Page’s comments were condemned by the Forum of Private Business, which speaks for 24,000 members. Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, announced proposals to reform teacher training and promote self-improvement within schools.. Mr Prescott shouted “forging ahead” – the name of an earlier White Paper on competitiveness.Behind the White Paper, however, there are battles over the action needed to improve education and training, which promises to be a key battle ground at the election. It is the biggest vote of confidence we could have,” Mr Heseltine said.But there was laughter in the Commons when he said Britain’s relative position according to the OECD figures had gone from 15 to 16 over the past 17 years, not down to 18 in the league table. Between 1982 and 1993, Britain grew faster than any of the G7 countries apart from Japan.”We have the highest level of inward investment as a proportion of GDP of any developed country – we attract over a third of all the inward investment into Europe. The deputy leader of the Labour Party accused the Government of managing decline.Mr Heseltine put the best gloss on the report, insisting that it showed the decline in Britain’s position had been arrested after the Tories came to power in 1979.

He was privately advised against publishing some of the details, but yesterday his bullish performance did not seek to hide the fact that Britain still lags behind the rest of the world.Britain’s position would have been two places lower in the league, but Mr Heseltine insisted that Singapore and Hong Kong, who were higher, could not be included in the table of world competitiveness because although highly successful, they were not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.Mr Prescott said the 236-page document was “fatter, and has more pictures and more than a whiff of the forthcoming general election about it”. He told colleagues when he ordered the audit of Britain’s competitiveness that he would “take it on the chin”. Today Mr Redwood, leader of the Conservative 2000 Foundation, will challenge the Labour leader Tony Blair to co-sign a letter to the 10 worst-performing education authorities drawing their attention to the problems of numeracy and literacy.The White Paper – creating the enterprise centre of Europe – also contained proposals to cut red tape on business, and persuade firms to pay bills on time, but it took all Mr Heseltine’s presentational skills to avoid embarrassment in the Commons. The centrepiece was the proposal to boost education and training for those over-16, revealed last week in the Independent. Mr Heseltine promised a White Paper on self-government in schools with legislation on discipline in the autumn.
John Redwood, former Secretary of State for Wales and leading right-winger on the Tory backbenches, urged the Government to go further. He called for whole class teaching, more learning of tables, and a reversion to traditional methods of teaching. The 12 employees get 20 per cent of their salaries in the form of profit-related pay, control their work and even write their own job descriptions.Free ice-creams are available every day, though some staff have begun turning them down on grounds of weight gain, and Mr Stewart, whose clients are mainly charities, says the guiding rule is still “four hugs a day”..


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