Warning: Tiger may bite

''You don't want to know my thoughts,'' Tiger Woods said.

He just had shot a 2-under-par 70 in the third round Saturday, putting him at 4 under and tied for 10th place heading into the final round today.

''You don't want to know my thoughts,'' Woods repeated.

That he said it twice means you probably didn't want to know. Without ear censors, that is.

Standing next to him, you wondered whether his big-toothed smile was propped open with fish hooks -- and whether he would snap your finger off like a boiled shrimp if it got too close to those pearly whites.

Later, as Woods walked up the path toward the clubhouse, agent Mark Steinberg muttered, ''What was your problem?''

''Who the [bleep] knows?'' Woods hissed.

If you haven't noticed Woods has been in a foul mood this week, you haven't been paying attention to the 73rd Masters.

It's not that he has played horribly; it's just that the four-time Masters champion with the surgically repaired left knee has played without consistency, flair or that Tiger-like genius we have come to expect.

Being 4 under after 54 holes isn't a terrible thing at Augusta National. It's just that co-leaders Angel Cabrera and Kenny Perry are 11 under and Chad Campbell is 9 under. Fellows such as Jim Furyk, Rory Sabbatini and Tim Clark are ahead of Woods, too.

NON-SUNNY DISPOSITION

It would be one thing if those guys were little kids or unconscious duffers high on dogwood pixie dust. But Cabrera won the 2007 U.S. Open, Perry has 13 PGA Tour victories, Furyk twice has finished fourth in the Masters, Sabbatini tied for second in 2007 and Clark finished second in 2006.

Every time Woods has had a chance to soar, he has dipped a wing and sputtered.

He especially wanted to get off to a good start Saturday. And what did he do? On No. 1, he clanked a drive into the woods, left his chip short, then three-putted for a double bogey.

''Just put myself right behind the eight ball,'' Tiger said.

But if there was some redemption for him, it came on the 18th. He analyzed his second shot forever, tossed grass into the air, switched clubs twice, then hit long and off the green. He chipped onto the putting surface and sank a seven-foot putt to save par.

That got a mini-fist pump from Woods, whose ill humor has been about the only non-sunny thing here this week.

It is an amazing and tantalizing coincidence that Woods and his anointed chaser, Phil Mickelson, who also is at 4 under, will be in the same twosome for the final round. The two haven't been paired in the final round of a major since the Masters in 2001, when young Eldrick was out of control and won with a 16-under 272. That was also the final victory of his now-named ''Tiger Slam'' -- four major championships in a row, but not in the same calendar year.

'WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF?'

Mickelson has been inconsistent this week, too. But he has settled some in his last 24 holes, shooting 6 under par during that stretch while chasing his third Masters green jacket.

If the 48-year-old Perry wins today, he will become the oldest player to win a major.

''Forty-eight's just a number,'' said Perry, who was born Aug. 10, 1960. ''You need to test yourself. You need to see what's inside yourself.''

That's a coincidental statement, considering there is a billboard on Washington Road, not far from the entrance to Augusta National, of Woods promoting Tag Heuer watches. Next to an image of his face are the shiny guts of an open watch.

''What Are You Made Of?'' the sign asks.

About a half-mile from that is another billboard, this one with a photo of Mickelson swinging a driver, promoting his timepiece of choice, Rolex.

''Phil Always Connects,'' the sign says.

All these statements are interesting, philosophical, even trite.

We'll find out today if they mean anything.

Photo:timothy A. Clary, Getty Images / Tiger Woods hits out of the trees on the eighth hole Saturday at the Masters. ;

Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies from Jay Gould to Bill Gates

Monopolies in America: Empire Builders and Their Enemies from Jay Gould to Bill Gates. By Charles R. Geisst. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. x + 300 pp. Bibliography, index, notes, and illustrations. $30.00. ISBN 0195123018.

Having earlier surveyed two centuries of Wall Street history in 367 pages, Charles R. Geisst requires even less space here to cover 130 years of "the constant tug-of-war ... between Washington and corporate America" (p. ix). The format closely resembles that of his Wall Street (1997). Following an introduction that attempts with only partial success to define "monopoly," Geisst organizes his eight chapters around a straight chronological survey of the rise of big business and the dogged attempts to curb its power. The emphasis throughout tends to be less on monopoly than on its alter ego, the antitrust efforts. Biographical sketches of key players are scattered throughout the story to enliven and humanize the narrative.

The result is a kind of tourist's guide to the subject, a basic map of the terrain with the prominent sites noted and given brief explanatory markers but no depth of analysis or detail. The road signs take the form of pivotal Supreme Court cases, which help connect an otherwise rambling narrative that tends to highlight points of interest rather than explore their meaning. Experienced travelers will find little new or informative here; casual tourists may come away confused by the lack of a clear sense of destination. Nor does it help that some important sites are given short shrift or ignored altogether.

As many earlier writers have shown, the history of antitrust is a complex one with roots deep within the eras that have debated the subject. Clear understanding of those debates requires careful definition of terms and close analysis that interprets events within their specific contexts and then connects them around a meaningful theme. Little of that occurs here. Geisst is mostly content to stay on the surface of things. He argues that "The entire period of American capitalism since the Industrial Revolution has been an unrelenting trend toward consolidation" (p. 4). This trend bred monopoly, which in turn provoked antimonopoly reactions of different kinds at different times. Tracing this pattern from the early railroad imbroglios down through the ongoing Microsoft suit, he concludes that "Monopoly is the logical outcome of free market economic organization" (p. 319), and that "The history of monopoly in the United States ... still relies upon a watchful government to keep big business in check" (pp. 319-20).

These are hardly revelatory observations. What is lacking above all is a clear sense of context that might impart meaning to the discussion of the many issues, people, and decisions that parade through the book. The terms "monopoly" and "trust" are handled loosely, as are many of the episodes in which they appear. The role of the railroads is stressed as an important precedent but described in a simplistic manner that ignores early pooling efforts, barely scratches the surface of the crucial Northern Securities case (which first applied the Sherman Act to railroads), and fails even to mention the severing of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems in 1912. The pivotal role of J. P Morgan in the "monopoly" movement is emphasized, but often it is unclear whether a given reference is to father, son, or firm. The problematic segue of the Great Crash into a major depression is reduced to the observation that "Toward the end of the decade, many American businesses appeared to have expanded too rapidly... the overcapacity came crashing down with the stock market in 1929, creating unemployment-and with it a banking crisis-faster than anyone would have imagined" (p. 118).

One explanation for the lack of depth and insight can be found in a bibliography that is missing such basic works as those by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Julius Grodinsky, Naomi R. Lamoreaux, Ralph L. Nelson, and Hans B. Thorelli, to name but a few of the absentees. Numerous small but nagging errors of fact lend a dimension of carelessness to the text. Senator Nelson Aldrich is twice assigned to Georgia instead of Rhode Island; the publication date for Matthew Josephson's The Robber Barons is given as 1932 instead of 1934. These and other bloopers would scarcely matter if the narrative had more shape and substance. Nor do the biographical sketches offer much help; too often they come across as mere digressions rather than an integral part of the discussion.

The covering of this formidable subject-at once so dense and elusive-in a single volume is a daunting task. That Geisst's attempt falls short is hardly surprising, but business historian and general reader alike will be disappointed that it did not at least come closer to the mark.

[Author Affiliation]

Maury Klein is a professor of history at the University of Rhode Island and the author of numerous books and articles on railroads and other areas of business history. He has recently published a biography of E. H. Harriman and is presently working on a study of the stock market crash of 1929.

From Hollywood with love (and money) ; America's biggest studios are shaking and stirring the Indian market with exclusive releases and local co-productions.

Do I look like I give a damn?

James Bond (Daniel Craig) to a bartender who asks him if he wantshis Martini shaken or stirred, in Casino Royale.

Agent 007 is changing. right from the early Bond flicks, one ofthe evergreen lines on most occasions mouthed by Bond has been:

A vodka Martini...shaken, not stirred , or a variation of it.Until Casino Royale two years ago, when Bond breaks the mould anddisplays his disinterest in what was once his favourite tipple. Inthe latest Bond caper, Quantum of Solace, Agent 007 doesn't evenhave his favourite introductory line:

Bond. James Bond . Not around any more too are the gadgets(exploding attache cases, bowler hats with a metal disc et al), and'Q,' who would equip Bond with those outrageous gizmos.

Bond has changed. He may not give a damn about his Martinis anylonger, but he sure gives a damn about his Indian fans. So much sothat Sony Pictures is bringing Commander Bond in Quantum of Solaceto India on November 7, a week before the film debuts in NorthAmerica. Who knows, the line,Oh the things I do for England , fromYou Only Live Twice, may well be replaced byOh the things I do forIndia , in Bond flicks to come.

If Indian audiences get to witness Bond's latest hijinks beforetheir American counterparts (the British still get the first glimpseof their home-grown secret agent, on October 31), it's with goodreason. Hollywood studios are embarking on emerging markets forhigher growth. Not only have they begun to release filmssimultaneously in India and the US (or, as in the case ofQuantum..., first in India), they're also looking to co-producefilms in India in local languages as well as with Hollywood stars,studios, technicians, directors and producers. Cross-culturalcasting coups, like Naseeruddin Shah and Sadie Frost in Shoot onSight, a film by Arun Govil, have become the order of the day.Hollywood films may still make up only 5-6 per cent of total boxoffice revenues, but clearly the country's demographic profile,increasing consumption and rising aspirations make India a marketripe for western entertainment fare (which can be localised andscreened in the country's burgeoning multiplex chains). Says VijaySingh, CEO, Fox Star Studios, a joint venture between STAR TV andFox Studios:

There are huge opportunities in the Indian film space. Revenuesare likely to double from the current $2.2 to $4.4 billion (Rs10,780-21,560 crore) by 2011.

Adds Farokh Balsara, Partner and Head of Media and EntertainmentPractice at Ernst&Young:

Hollywood is taking note of the fact that India and China aremarkets for the future. It is a deliberate growth strategy forHollywood Studios to look at expansion beyond their home markets. Areverse crossover is taking place.

Indeed, the spotlight on India was cast much before the shadow ofrecession loomed over the US in the wake of the subprime crisis. AsSanford Panitch, President, Fox International Productions, pointsout, Hollywood may not feel the brunt of declining consumerspending.

"It's the entertainment and movie business that tends to do wellin difficult times," says Panitch. It's expectations of brighterprospects in markets like India that persuaded Rupert Murdoch'sTwentieth Century Fox to finally flag off its Asian operation,called Fox Star Studios, to produce and co-produce Asian languageand Bollywood films in October. The Mumbai headquartered jointventure between two News Corp.-owned companies has announced amultipicture deal with one of Bollywood's ace Producer-DirectorVipul Shah. To begin with there are two projects: A contemporaryromantic comedy, and a visual effects-driven fantasy action movie.

Fox is a relatively late entrant into India. But the likes ofSony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) India, The Walt Disney Company andWarner Bros. Pictures India, who began by distributing Hollywoodfilms, have steadily moved into production as well. SPE India wasthe first to tap Bollywood with the extravagant co-production,Saawariya. Although that film didn't set the cash registers ringing,SPE India has plans to co-invest in a clutch of Hindi films, inalliance with Eros International, an integrated Indian Media companyinvolved in the production, acquisition and distribution of filmedentertainment content across all platforms.

Warner Bros. Pictures India, which has partnered with RameshSippy Entertainment and Orion Pictures, is readying to release itsfirst co-production, Chandni Chowk to China. Warner has also forayedinto the animation genre with an untitled film directed by JyotinGoel and produced by Geol Screencraft. The Walt Disney CompanyIndia's first Indian animation film Roadside Romeo, a co-productionwith Yash Raj Films, is awaiting release. As Siddharth Roy Kapur,CEO, UTV Motion Pictures, puts it:

"Typically, Hollywood Studios have been present in India foryears as distributors of their own films. But now to survive, thesestudios have to grow their pie in markets outside of the US."

To grow that pie, Hollywood is pretty clear that it has to marrywith Bollywood.

"For any international studios to participate in India's filmentertainment growth story, you have to make Indian films," explainsPanitch."

We are committed to building relationships in Bollywood and hopeto add value to the creative production process. However, we willtake a cautious but a committed approach to the business in Indiaand across Asia," he adds. To be sure, it's not just Bollywood.

read Hindi films.

that is luring the big studios. Warner Bros. Pictures India isthe first Hollywood house to announce its plans to co-produce filmsin the south with superstar Rajinikanth's daughter SoundaryaRajinikanth's company Ocher Studios. Three projects have alreadybeen finalised.

"Given Soundarya and Ocher Studios' creative skills and deepunderstanding of the Southern film market and our marketing anddistribution network, this is a perfect synergy," says BlaiseFernandes, Country Head for Warner Bros. Pictures India. Any bets onBond turning teetotaller and learning to brew the best South Indiancoffee in the years to come?

Sony pictures entertainment Has co-produced Saawariya with SanjayLeela Bhansali and has announced an alliance with Eros Internationalto co-invest in Hindi films.

Warner Bros. Pictures Recently distributed and released its firstHindi film Saas Bahu Aur Sensex. It is currently co-producing itsfirst Hindi film Chandni Chowk to China with Ramesh SippyProductions and Orion Pictures. Has entered into an exclusive, multi-picture deal with Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Studios forproduction and distribution of films in Tamil, Telugu and otherSouth Indian languages.

The Walt Disney company Set to release the first of threeanimation co-productions with Yash Raj Films, called Roadside Romeo.Also planning a quartet of live-action features under its localbanner, Walt Disney Pictures India. The first project is The 19thStep, which revolves around the ancient Indian martial arts formKalaripayattu and stars leading South Indian actor Kamal Haasan. Thesecond film, Zokkomon, is a children's tale.

Twentieth Century Fox Has set up a joint venture with Star TV inAsia, called Fox Star Studios, to produce and co-produce Asianlanguage and Bollywood films. Has signed a multi-film deal withleading Bollywood producer Vipul Shah. Through Fox Search Lights ithas partnered UTV in India for Hollywood films such as The Namesakeand I Think I Love My Wife and with Fox for Night Shyamalan's TheHappening.

Trio Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - U.S. citizens Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and Briton Sir Martin J. Evans won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a technique for manipulating mouse genes.

The widely used process has helped scientists use mice to study heart disease, diabetes, cancer, cystic fibrosis and other diseases.

Capecchi, 70, who was born in Italy, is at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Smithies, 82, born in Britain, is at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Evans is at Cardiff University in England.

They were honored for a technique called gene targeting, which lets scientists inactivate or modify particular genes in mice. That in turn lets them study how those genes affect health and disease.

The first mice with genes manipulated in this way were announced in 1989. More than 10,000 different genes in mice have been studied in this way, the Nobel committee said. That's about half the genes the rodents have.

"Gene targeting has pervaded all fields of biomedicine. Its impact on the understanding of gene function and its benefits to mankind will continue to increase over many years to come," the award citation said.

Capecchi's work has uncovered the roles of genes involved in organ development in mammals, the committee said. Evans has developed strains of gene-altered mice to study cystic fibrosis, and Smithies has created strains to study such conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease.

The medicine prize was the first of the six prestigious awards to be announced this year. The others are chemistry, physics, literature, peace and economics.

The prizes are handed out every year on Dec. 10, the anniversary of award founder Alfred Nobel's death in 1896.

Last year, the Nobel Prize in medicine went to Americans Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello for discovering RNA interference, a process that can silence specific genes.

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On the Net:

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Filipino rebels slam commander for anti-US threats

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group has criticized a breakaway commander for threatening U.S. troops in the country's south.

The criticism of Ameril Umbra Kato was posted Sunday on the Moro Islamic Liberation Front's website. Officials are concerned that continued infighting among the guerrillas may threaten peace talks.

Kato recently broke away from the main rebel group with about 200 fighters. He has warned that his former comrades, Philippine troops and U.S. soldiers will be targeted if they attack his mountain stronghold.

U.S. troops are barred from direct involvement in combat in the Philippines.

US government scientists: 2007 looks to be among the warmest years on record

Preliminary data released Thursday by U.S. government scientists predict the annual average temperature for 2007 across the contiguous United States at near 54.3 degrees Fahrenheit (12.3 Celsius) _ making the year the eighth warmest since records were first kept in 1895. Worldwide, the average temperature for the year, expected to be near 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.4 Celsius), is on pace to be the fifth warmest ever, said the report by the National Climatic Data Center.

"Within the last 30 years, the rate of warming is about three times greater than the rate of warming since 1900," said Jay Lawrimore, chief of the climate monitoring branch at the center. "The annual temperatures continue to be either near-record or at record levels year in and year out."

In the United States, the months of March and August were the second warmest in more than 100 years.

Globally, seven of the eighth warmest years on record have occurred since 2001, and the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 1997, said the report.

"When you see these numbers, it's screaming out at you, 'This is global warming,'" said climate scientist Andrew Weaver of the University of Victoria in Canada. "It's the beginning and it's unequivocal."

Weaver said previous warm weather records probably would have been broken this year were it not for some cooling toward the end of the year because of La Nina _ a cooling of the mid-Pacific equatorial region.

At a U.N. climate conference on Bali this week, delegates from nearly 190 nations, including the United States, have been trying to hammer out a road map for negotiations for a new global warming pact that would take effect in 2012 after the current one expires. Former vice president and Nobel laureate Al Gore told delegates Thursday that the United States was "principally responsible" for blocking progress toward an agreement on launching negotiations to replace the Kyoto Protocol.

Gore won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for helping alert the world to the danger of climate change.

As the world warms, scientists fear an increase in disease, killer weather and the extinction of vast numbers of species.

Globally, the greatest warming took place in high altitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere, the report said. The impact of that can be seen in the large reductions in Arctic sea ice, which is melting so rapidly that some scientists have predicted it could disappear entirely by the summer of 2040. The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center in September estimated the surface area of the Arctic sea ice nearly 23 percent below the previous record set in 2005.

The center is part of the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration and will update its data in early January to reflect the last few weeks of December.

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Associated Press writer Seth Borenstein contributed to this report.

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On the Net:

National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration: http://www.noaa.gov

New book teaches that anyone can be beautiful, if they choose

WASHINGTON, DC. - You are beautiful no matter what others say. Anyone can be beautiful if they choose to be, but in order to achieve that, you have to be beautiful deep inside as well.

This is the lesson that author Aleysha R. Proctor wishes to share with all readers as Xlibris proudly releases her touching new book With Style & Amazing Grace: Style & Beauty Really Does Start on the Inside and Is Seen On the Outside.

The text tackles the many aspects of beauty and offers suggestions as to how anyone can obtain it. It emphasizes that beauty and style are internal qualities that show up on the outside. Whether or not we think someone is beautiful should be determined by the "real them" and that is what's going on inside of them, not what we see on the exterior. Aside from that, readers will learn that being beautiful is also a matter of making choices that shape and affect our inner-being. Once people have gotten their selves together on the inside (including their thinking, being patient and giving thanks), then they can start fixing up their exterior.

Richly-layered and inspirational, With Style & Amazing Grace is an exceptional look at beauty that truly challenges the mainstream definition of the term, especially since many people worldwide adore celebrities and objects purely on the outside without ever trying to find out what they actually look like inside. This book will teach readers to get to know people in a deeper fashion and at the same time avoid judging others by their looks.

With Style & Amazing Grace is a makeover for the soul. Make a difference and achieve a new sense of beauty by ordering a copy of this book today!

Aleysha Proctor is a professional, certified image consultant. She studied with Color Me Beautiful, Beauty for All Seasons and Brenda York's Image Management. She also has a bachelor's degree in Management & Leadership and an MBA in Marketing. The author is an Independent Consultant with Warm Spirit, Inc., the self-care & wellness company. She won the company's 2006 Top Living to Your Potential award and the 2006 Cornerstone of Success award.

She also leads a very productive team in the company's No. 1 state for sales (Maryland). For more information visit: www.WithStyleandAmazingGrace.com or www.AleyshaProctor.com

With Style & Amazing Grace Style & Beauty Really Does Start on the Inside and Is Seen On the Outside - by Aleysha R. Proctor Release Date: June 26, 2007.