| Advantage to Weir in first round
MOBILE, Ala. -- Colt Brennan has much to prove to NFL teams no matter how remarkable his college numbers. Besides the normal quarterback indicators like accuracy, arm strength and decision-making, Brennan also must show he can operate a prostyle offense and master the often overlooked task of collecting snaps under center. The record-setting Hawaii quarterback will help lead the South team in today's Senior Bowl, capping a weeklong audition for NFL coaches, scouts and executives. The high-pressure circumstances would seem likely to make Brennan jittery. Instead, he was the guy often seen in the players' hotel, chatting on a cell phone or talking with reporters. Typically with a smile on his face. "This is a great experience for me, because I'm kind of the big question mark as far as the quarterbacks in the draft," Brennan said.
siren call from Canada writes: Dion's actual statement, as reported by ...
'Dion hinted NATO could take action in Pakistan, which has a porous border with Afghanistan, if the Pakistani government doesn't move to track terrorists.
'We are going to have to discuss that very actively if they (the Pakistanis) are not able to deal with it on their own. We could consider that option with the NATO forces in order to help Pakistan help us pacify Afghanistan,' said Dion in Quebec City, commenting after his two-day trip to Afghanistan last weekend. 'As long as we don't solve the problem in Pakistan, I don't see how we can solve it in Afghanistan.'
Officials from Dion's office later stressed the Liberal leader meant diplomatic, not military intervention, was needed in Pakistan.' Posted 26/01/08 at 1:25 AM EST | Link to Comment .
Virginian finds local ties to family
What he has come up with this time is his second book, basically started in 1978, of one aspect of his father's family: the story of Belden Leslie Winters (1878-1928) and his wife, Anna Ora Eaton (1875-1956) If one were building a genealogical tree, this couple would be the ancestors of his grandmother, Estill Winters Fox, who was born in Coal Grove. Estill grew up in Lawrence County, married in 1919 and moved to Newport News, Va., in the 1930s where she spent the rest of her life. .
Bottled Water Boycotts: Back-to-the-Tap Movement Gains Momentum
From San Francisco to New York to Paris, city governments, high-class restaurants, schools, and religious groups are ditching bottled water in favor of what comes out of the faucet. With people no longer content to pay 1,000 times as much for bottled water, a product no better than water from the tap, a backlash against bottled water is growing. The U.S. Conference of Mayors, which represents some 1,100 American cities, discussed at its June 2007 meeting the irony of purchasing bottled water for city employees and for city functions while at the same time touting the quality of municipal water. The group passed a resolution sponsored by Mayors Gavin Newsom of San Francisco, Rocky Anderson of Salt Lake City, and R. T. Rybak of Minneapolis that called for the examination of bottled water's environmental impact.
Bear Bets Wrong
The documents also cast serious doubt on the funds' supposedly strong performance before their July bankruptcies. More than 60% of their net worth was tied up in exotic securities whose reported value was estimated by Cioffi's own team--something the funds' auditor, Deloitte & Touche, warned investors of in its 2006 report, released in May, 2007. What emerges from the records is a portrait of a cash-starved portfolio piled high with debt and managers all too eager to add to the heap. The revelations shed new light on the murky dealings inside the booming $1.3 trillion hedge fund industry, which now accounts for up to a third of all daily trading on Wall Street. They seem to underscore critics' biggest complaint: that many hedge funds use astonishing amounts of leverage, or borrowed money, in sometimes reckless ways.
Legislator seeking accounting of kids’ meds
More children are on psychiatric medications than ever, according to state and national data, and Arizona taxpayers last year paid more than $26 million for these drugs to treat kids in publicly funded health programs. Citing concerns about overmedicated foster children, a Mesa legislator wants to require state health officials to report annually on the amount of psychotropic drugs prescribed to kids in the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and rein in their use. Mental health advocates, physicians and parents worry the bill is a misguided effort to slash desperately needed care for the most vulnerable children and adolescents while furthering the stigma of mental illness. While it may produce some numbers, they say the figures will be meaningless and misused without a deeper understanding of the children, their circumstances and their nondrug therapies.
Pfizer Arrests Sought in Nigeria
The three are also accused of defying a summons to appear in court last month.Pfizer is accused of killing 11 children and injuring 181 others when an antibiotic called Trovan was tested on them during a meningitis epidemic. But Pfizer denies the claims, saying they were victims of the outbreak which killed 12,000 children in six months. The northern state of Kano is suing Pfizer for $2bn in damages and pressing criminal charges over the test. But the company, as well as denying any wrongdoing, has challenged the jurisdiction of the Kano state court. Presiding judge Shehu Atiku said the three accused, all residents in Nigeria, had been served summonses to appear before the court on 6 November. "But up till this moment none of them has appeared before this court either out of neglect, disrespect or contempt," the judge said before issuing the arrest warrant.
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