TEACHER HOPES TRANSPLANT PERSUADES OTHERS TO HELP.(MAIN)

Eighth-grade science teacher Jane Smith said Monday she felt good about donating a kidney to one of her students, Michael Carter, as soon as she saw him smile after surgery.

``He was so vibrant and full of life and excitement,'' Smith recalled when she saw Carter Saturday, a day after surgeons removed her left kidney and put it in his right side. "Michael's happiness is all the affirmation I need." Recovering at UNC Hospitals, the 43-year-old Fayetteville, N.C., teacher talked to reporters for the …

In-house 'Grace.' (Carsey-Warner Co to distribute 'Grace Under Fire' for in-house syndication) (Brief Article)

Carsey-warner Co. will revive its syndication efforts by distributing its hit Grace Under Fire in-house if the show continues to perform strongly, company officials say. Grace, in its first season, likely will become available for syndication in fall 1998. The show, which follows number-one-rated Home Improvement on ABC, is ranked fifth …

Pakistani officials: Suspected US strike kills 8

A suspected U.S. missile attack killed eight militants including several foreigners Wednesday in the stronghold of Pakistan's top Taliban commander, intelligence officials said.

The strike came as President Barack Obama's administration prepares to unveil a new strategy to quell Islamist insurgents threatening nuclear-armed Pakistan as well as neighboring Afghanistan and to keep the pressure on al-Qaida leaders in the region.

American officials have indicated that attacks along Pakistan's un-policed western frontier, apparently carried out by unmanned CIA aircraft and stepped up since last year, will continue despite protests from the Pakistani …

INTEGRATION IMPERATIVE

Transforming live training through common standards

The Army "Leader Development Strategy for a 21st Century Army," released in November 2009, puts forth an imperative to "replicate the complexity of the operational environment in the classroom and at home station." GEN Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Army Chief of Staff, has stated that one of the important initiatives underway to ensure that we address this imperative is the Army Training Concept.

In his article "Driving Change Through a Campaign of Learning" in the October 2010 issue of Army Magazine, Dempsey, then Commanding General (CG) of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command …

Rhodia Takes Control of Slovak Affiliate.

Rhodia has acquired the 43% it does not own of nylon-6 producer Chemlon (Humene, Slovakia) from the Slovak government for an undisclosed sum. Rhodia's existing 57% stake is held via Rhne-Poulenc Holding (RPH; Amsterdam), a subsidiary of Rhodia and Nylstar--Rhodia's 50-50 jv with Snia (Milan).

Chemlon is the only nylon producer in the former Czechoslovakia. It has 45,000 m.t./year of capacity--about half industrial yarn and half textile yarn. It exports over 90% of its production, mainly to the Czech Republic and western Europe.

Rhodia says …

Fort Bliss soldiers try to get home for leave.

Byline: Mary Fortune

Aug. 4--Penny Arnold said she would go "to the ends of the Earth" to see her husband before he deploys to Iraq, and it is starting to look as though she might have to get going.

Soldiers with the Tennessee National Guard's 1/181st Field Artillery Battalion training at Fort Bliss, Texas, are scheduled to take a few days of leave at the end of August before they deploy to Iraq. But most of the 345 soldiers must provide their own transportation -- a prospect that is out of reach for many of their families.

"I'm upset that our military can't find our guys a way home," said Mrs. Arnold, a Cleveland, Tenn., resident whose husband is …

NEW QUESTIONING SET IN POWELL SIGHTINGS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MARK MCGUIRE AND DONNA LIQUORI Staff writers

KINDERHOOK Saratoga County Sheriff's Department investigators sent teams of investigators Saturday to re-question a woman who heard rumors that Mary Ann Powell, the pregnant woman missing for a month, was hiding out in Kinderhook.

Earlier in the day, State Police dismissed the report received late Friday night that Powell, the pregnant 22-year-old woman who will have been missing a month on Tuesday, was hiding out in Kinderhook.

Saratoga County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Edward Rooney said several investigators went to Columbia County to do another interview. ``We just need to button it …