| Hot work: Sunday’s Race for Life event JONATHAN BECKER
WOMEN taking part in the Race for Life in Carlisle have criticised organisers for failing to provide water at the end of the course. Four thousand women made their way around the Sheepmount and Bitts Park on Sunday in 30C sweltering temperatures but found there was no free water at the end – just a complimentary carton of cranberry juice. Runners were asked to take their own water to Sunday's event or pay £1 for a bottle at the end of the course. Moyra Fisher, who works for Cumbria County Council, said: “I think there should have been a water station at least half way round on such a hot day and at the end. “They always used to give out water after finishing the race. “Cranberry juice leaves the mouth a bit dry and you can't really pour it over your head to cool down." Participant Kate Stark, of Carlisle, said: “I think given that it was so hot they should have had a water station half way round and at the end.
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Thyssen Krupp May Build American Steelworks If Dofasco Deal Dies
Dofasco is controlled by Arcelor, the company taken over by Indian steel baron Lakshmi Mittal to form the world's biggest steel group. Thyssen Krupp, which seeks to expand in North America, asserts it has a binding contract to buy Dofasco. A spokesman said opportunities to build a new mill were being reviewed and declined comment on remarks by Arcelor chief financial officer Gonzalo Urquijo that a sale of Dofasco to Thyssen Krupp was no longer possible. In Luxembourg, Urquijo told reporters, "We'll keep Dofasco, because it can't be sold." Dofasco's shares are controlled by a Dutch trust. Mittal Steel's chief financial officer Aditya Mittal, son of the baron, added that Mittal has no obligations to Thyssen Krupp. 2006 DPA .
Economist Louis Winnick Dies at 85
Louis Winnick, an economist who helped guide the investments of the Ford Foundation and promoted low-income home ownership, has died. He was 85. Winnick died Saturday at a hospice in Manhasset, on Long Island. The cause of death was mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer that his daughter Pamela Winnick attributed to exposure to asbestos when he worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II. Winnick was born in Romania and came to Brooklyn when he was 1. He graduated from Brooklyn College and earned a graduate degree in economics at Columbia University. He worked for the New York City Planning Commission and the Housing and Redevelopment Board before joining the Ford Foundation in 1962. He served as deputy vice president in the national affairs division from 1968 to 1986.
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