| Health Advice For Game Day: Keep Your Cool
The German doctors looked at 4,279 residents of the region around Munich who suffered cardiac emergencies from June 9 to July 9, 2006, when Germany played seven games and hosted the FIFA World Cup. Incidence of heart troubles for Germans was 2.66 times as frequent on game days as on days when Germany didn't play. Men were at greater risk, suffering heart attacks or cardiac arrhythmia 3.26 times as frequently, while the rate for women was 1.82 times as great. In arriving at their numbers, the researchers made adjustments for other factors that can raise heart rates and blood pressure -- such as hot weather and air pollution. They found a major spike in incidents during the quarterfinal, when Germany beat Argentina 1-1 after a dramatic penalty shoot-out. Germany finished the championships in third place.
Salmond to be brought before MSPs to explain actions over Trump plan
The Tories say they will move tomorrow to have the Scottish Government's actions over the Trump plan examined by a Holyrood committee, with Mr Salmond called to give evidence. Labour and the Liberal Democrats are backing that idea.The First Minister last night welcomed the move as an opportunity to explain he had done nothing wrong.But Mr Trump is said to be increasingly annoyed at the "meddling" of politicians, warning the "malicious attacks" could scupper the project, in Aberdeenshire, once and for all. The First Minister and the Scottish Government have come under fire for holding meetings with Mr Trump's representatives just days before the US tycoon's application was "called in" by ministers.Last week, it emerged that not only Mr Salmond but also the Scottish Government's chief planner, Jim McKinnon, had met representatives of the Trump organisation.
That's Danny Billions to you
The problem with Danny Williams is that he just doesn't act like a Have-Not. Not when he's having an argument, not when he's playing hockey, not when he's disagreeing with one of his fellow Canadian politicians. Williams, ninth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, was even publicly and calculatingly rude to the Prime Minister, dismissing Stephen Harper as a small man who preys on the weak. And Williams certainly does not go cap in hand to the oil companies that will decide whether his province's future is prosperity or poverty. No, he talks sarcastically about Big Oila leftist label, not a Conservative oneand he singles out ExxonMobil, the biggest of the Big Oil fraternity, for the roughest body checks. He told them that if they did not want to play by Danny Williams's rules, they could take a hike.
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