1.  Defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield said the Panthers seemed to know a lot more about the 49ers last season than the 49ers knew about them.

2.  Defensive tackle D'Marco Farr, like many of the Rams, didn't want to talk much about the game.

3.  Defensively, Atlanta is very good on the line of scrimmage and has the pass rushers to give Drew Bledsoe a lot to think about.

4.  Deputy Fire Chief Charles Blaich raised the issue last week in his remarks about emergency response at a conference at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

5.  Deputy U.S. Trade Rep. Jeffrey Lang will lead a U.S. delegation to Asia this month to "talk about their offers," Barshefsky said.

6.  Denise Gilley, vice president for Pac Bell's consumer markets group, will testify Wednesday about the company's firing of the unethical reps.

7.  Dennett said EMI's Bach reminded him of the pseudo-French spoken in Garrison Keillor's parody about the restaurant called Cafe Boeuf.

8.  Dennett was a skeptic until a publicized UFO sighting got him asking family members about UFOs.

9.  Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd was talking about peace, and being at peace.

10.  Dennis Borba, who lays claim to the Velcro concept, is not sentimental about fighting bulls; he considers them lucky.