| Thompson bemoans threadbare squad
Devizes Town manager Paul Thompson has bemoaned his threadbare squad ahead of a hectic month which could make or break their season. The Nursteed Road outfit have ten games in the next 30 days and Thompson will be without Steve Campbell, Josh Digby and the suspended Dan Sloan for Saturday's match at Bishop Sutton. They then travel to Calne Town on Tuesday for their rearranged Wiltshire Senior Cup quarter-final tie before hosting the Lilywhites in the Toolstation League Premier Division next Saturday. Games against Welton, Chard, Corsham, Truro, Odd Down, Brislington and Bitton follow but Thompson won't be able to rotate his side. "We are missing key players and we haven't got the strength in depth in our reserves," he said. "We have got some good future youngsters but they are not ready quite yet.
Friday Updates
As I blogged about here earlier today, it's a big day in the fight against breast cancer. We just learned that Genentech's Avastin drug, already used to fight some cancers, has now been approved, by the FDA, to treat breast cancer. Breast cancer advocates are very happy about the decision, which helps to clear the way for another weapon in the battle against breast cancer and also puts money into the pockets of Genentech (DNA) investors. Already a big moneymaker for the company, Avastin now has another big market to try and conquer. There's still a ways to go before Avastin can prove that it's a sure-shot way to beat breast cancer, but today's FDA ruling means it's well on its way. We'll keep you posted as the Bay Area's biggest biotech company continues to do well, by doing good.
Loan Scandal Escalates
Asked about Lehmann running its financial aid office while being paid by a lender, Silber said, "I don’t know if it raises concerns" for the university. As the loan scandal has grown in the last two weeks, more and more institutions have become involved. Cuomo started off with a series of information requests and then agreements with colleges to stop taking payments from lenders based on the business the companies gained from being on recommended lender lists maintained by the colleges. Many of the colleges also agreed to repay these funds, which Cuomo called "kickbacks," but many colleges defended as a means of obtaining funds for student aid. Many of those agreements were with Education Finance Partners, whose CEO is also scheduled to appear at the Key West conference on protecting institutions from questions about inducements.
Berkeley Boycott Over Marine Disrespect
This is a rush transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor," February 28, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch "The O'Reilly Factor" weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the "Radio Factor!" BILL O'REILLY, HOST: "Factor follow-up" segment tonight, you may remember that on January 29th, the Berkeley, California City Council told the Marines to get out of town, totally disrespectful. That outraged millions of Americans. And this commercial was produced. • Video: Watch O'Reilly's interview (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On January 29th, the Berkeley City Council told Marine recruiters they were uninvited and unwelcome intruders and called upon citizens to impede the work of those Marines.
Bill Conlin: Phillies' Utley, Howard, Rollins among best all-time at ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. - In late April 2002, the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter were in their tightest alignment of about a 180-year period. By early May, Venus, Saturn and Mars were in as straight a rank as a celestial color guard. There were few hints during those evenings when thousands of amateur astronomers locked their telescopes on the western sky that the Phillies were headed for a similar alignment of stars five seasons down the baseball road. As the turbulent 2002 season entered its second month, shortstop and leadoff hitter Jimmy Rollins was in his second season. He would hit a disappointing .245 with an on-base percentage of .306 that many baseball men deemed unacceptable. He walked just 54 times and scored what so far is a career-low 82 runs. But J-Roll was the least of GM Ed Wade and manager Larry Bowa's problems.
'Juno' wins Indie Spirit top honor
Cody won the award for best first screenplay and is up for original screenplay at the Oscars. "This is the coolest award in the coolest category. There is nothing like writing a first screenplay," Cody said. Reitman missed out on the directing award, which went to Julian Schnabel for "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," based on the memoir of French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a paralyzing stroke. The film also won the cinematography prize for Janusz Kaminski. Both Reitman and Schnabel are nominated for best director at the Oscars. Most key Spirit Award recipients had Oscar nominations. "Juno" producer Russell Smith said he felt Cody was the Oscar front-runner for original screenplay. As for the film's other nominees: "The rest of us are just happy to be in the big house," Smith said.
Electronic censorship
THE WEB site Wikileaks is a true product of the Internet age. Started in 2006 to let whistle-blowers anonymously publicize secret information exposing what they see as malfeasance, it has put up 1.2 million documents, including a handbook for the administration of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. But as of last week, Wikileaks.org was no longer accessible. It had been shut down by a court that seems to have forgotten something important the First Amendment to the Constitution. What got the site in trouble was its posting of records from Julius Baer Bank and Trust of the Cayman Islands. These documents, according to Wikileaks, "allegedly reveal Julius Baer trust structures used for asset hiding, money laundering and tax evasion." The bank said a disgruntled former employee had illegally made use of stolen information.
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