| Tending to cycling's emergencies
Slipstream's team doctor Prentice Steffen received his first race emergency call of the season early this year while at the Tour of Qatar. In the fifth stage, the team's lead-out train went down when Swede Magnus Backstedt clipped a wheel in the final kilometre and fell, taking down his team-mates Chris Sutton and Julian Dean. Steffen, who was in the second caravan car, was on the scene quickly, and was able to make sure the riders received the proper care. With his riders on the tarmac in agony, Steffen swiftly put the skills he's honed during his years of emergency medicine practice. "In part, it proved why it's good to have a team doctor at the race. If I hadn't been there, he'd have been hauled off to some local hospital and who knows how long it would have been before he was treated," Steffen said.
Stocks Climb On Firm Volume
Perfect World PWRD gapped up and gained 1.78, or 7%, to 27.24 in fast trade. The Chinese online gaming firm swung to a Q4 profit of 34 cents a share, beating views. It also regained it 50-day moving average. 9:15 a.m. Update Stocks Head For Lackluster Open By VINCENT MAO Stock futures pointed to a mostly flat open Monday, as investors await more news of a potential bailout for troubled bond insurer Ambac Financial. Nasdaq futures fell 2 points vs. fair value, S&P 500 futures slipped a fraction of a point and Dow futures lost 7 points. On Friday, stocks turned higher in the final minutes of trading after CNBC reported of a possible rescue plan for Ambac, which faces billions in losses from insuring repackaged subprime mortgages.
Public provides input on planning future
Documents went from 9 pages to 5 pages after some of the public and the neighborhood immediately involved protested this chicanery. Their "mitigation plan" is now the public input sessions/process for the city's GCW Linear Park. The city will then pick "the best of 3 plans". Can we trust the city/county based on their past actions? " .
Churchman unleashes furore with backing for sharia law in Britain
Christian and secular groups were last night swift to criticise Rowan Williams' comments with one branding them "madness". Stephen Green, national director of Christian Voice, said: "This is a Christian country with Christian laws. If Muslims want to live under sharia law, then they are free to emigrate to a country where sharia law is already in operation." .
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What about the proliferation of snacks and sugar drinks helping cause obesity. Fewer physical education classes at school? He so correctly states that our leaders "have underestimated both our vulnerability and the strategic smarts of our opponent." There might not be a need for a future invasion of the American homeland. The population will be sitting fat, dumb and happy, watching TV, surfing the internet and eating Cheetos. TERRY CAPPS Buda Boring but valid Re: Jan. 31 letter "Evolution too boring." I find the letter writer sorely lacking in common sense. Evolution is boring? To some, sure; to others, maybe not. But using that as a premise to decide if it should be taught? Unacceptable.
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