A strapping bay son of Elusive Quality topped the second session of the three-day Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale at the sale company’s Newtown Paddocks near Lexington.

Kevin Smokler: Fearless Thinkers: Ideas Festival 2006 
“I used to live in a room full of mirrors All I could see was me Then I take my spirit and I smash my mirrors And now the whole world is here for me to see” -Jimi Hendrix. Mr. Hendrix would have loved the Idea Festival which went down this last weekend in Louisville, KY and not because he used to live above a tobacco shop. Festival Organizers would have plugged his guitar into a

Cover Feature: askSam = software that fights rigid rules 
AskSam is a software company that grew out of a professor’s dislike of the rigid form of database software of the mid-1980s. The result is a program that allows askSam users to define how it is used.

Illegal immigration on EU leaders’ agenda today 
The problems faced by Malta and other EU southern member states related to illegal immigration are expected to be raised briefly today during a one-day informal EU summit meeting in Lahti, Finland, hosted by the current EU presidency.

Getaways & Deals 
The Painted Place of Walla Walla offers a two-night package featuring a hands-on cooking class taught by local chefs, a guided river-fishing tour and dinners at the Creektown Cafe and 26brix restaurant.