Canadian football! - Health, Fitness, and Sports

Yes, there are two kinds of 'gridiron' football, that being the American and Canadian kind.

I have to ask now, which do you like?

I like both, actually. Both actually feature some dynamic action, in the American kind, you have a smaller field, and a mix of passing and running (with emphasis on the latter). In the CFL, you have a passing game dominant with one less down and a larger field.

Aah, how I wish there was more coverage for the CFL here in America....

(I am a BC Lions fan, BTW!)
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Reports: US regulators move closer to suing Google

(AP) ? Federal regulators are moving closer to suing Google over allegations that the company has abused its dominance of Internet search to stifle competition and drive up online advertising prices, news reports said Friday.

Several news outlets reported that staff members at the Federal Trade Commission are preparing to recommend that the agency file an antitrust lawsuit against the search giant. A majority of the five FTC commissioners would have to approve a suit before legal action could proceed.

The reports from The New York Times, Bloomberg News and Reuters cited unnamed people briefed on the FTC's investigation.

FTC spokesman Peter Kaplan declined to comment.

The agency has been investigating Google's business practices. The probe was triggered by complaints that Google Inc. has been highlighting its peripheral services in its influential search results and relegating offerings from its rivals to the back pages.

The FTC also has been looking into whether Google has rigged its results in a way that has prodded websites to pay more to promote their services through Google's advertising network.

In a statement Friday, Google said, "We are happy to answer any questions that regulators have about our business."

Google is based in Mountain View, Calif.

Associated Press

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Making 'The Science Of Good Cooking' Look Easy

Want a better-tasting gazpacho? Don't toss out the tomato seeds. Enlarge Carl Tremblay Photography/America's Test Kitchen

Want a better-tasting gazpacho? Don't toss out the tomato seeds.

Carl Tremblay Photography/America's Test Kitchen

Want a better-tasting gazpacho? Don't toss out the tomato seeds.

Ever wondered why you're not supposed to bake with cold eggs or whether marinating really tenderizes meat? Read on.

America's Test Kitchen host Chris Kimball "whisks away" some cooking myths as he talks with Morning Edition host Renee Montagne about the book he wrote, The Science of Good Cooking, with fellow Cook's Illustrated magazine editors. Being the science and cooking geeks that we are, we tuned in.

If you've ever looked up a meat recipe online, chances are it calls for a marinade. But marinating doesn't really tenderize meat. "This is your awakening," Kimball tells Montagne.

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"The problem is, marinades contain acids, usually vinegar, and those break down meat but only to about a quarter of an inch of thickness. And when they break it down, they turn it to mush. They don't really tenderize it," he says.

"What does work is salting," Kimball says. "Salt gets in, it allows the protein molecules to absorb water, it loosens up the protein fibers so it retains that water and it's easier to chew." So brining meats in a mixture of salt and water and sometimes sugar is what produces a juicier meat. (Remember that, as you get ready for Turkey Day next month.)

Another myth Kimball busts is about seeding tomatoes. A lot of soup recipes call for the tedious process of ripping the seeds out of tomatoes for a smooth soup or gazpacho.

While you may get a smoother soup, you won't get one that's as tasty as it could be. "It turns out the seed in [the tomato] jelly ... has three times more flavor compounds called glutamates than the flesh, so when you seed the tomato... you're actually throwing out most of the flavor," Kimball explains.

Glutamates are what give tomatoes that meaty, umami mouthfeel. They also give MSG its flavor, but that's for another day.

Kimball tells Montagne it's totally fine to bake with cold eggs straight from the fridge most of the time, despite the fact that many baking recipes call for room-temperature ingredients.

"For years I've made cakes with cold eggs and they come out OK. It does make a difference when you're making a cake that's heavily dependent on egg whites ... like angel food cakes," he says. (According to The Science of Good Cooking, that's because cold eggs don't whip as well as room-temperature eggs, and when Kimball and crew tested them, those "finicky" cakes didn't rise right and became too dense.)

But Montagne is skeptical about whether Kimball has fully embraced this idea.

"Your recipe [for fluffy yellow layer cake] includes, I quote, 'bring all the ingredients to room temperature before beginning this recipe,'" she says.

"There's an old expression, do as I say and not as I do," Kimball says, laughing. "I am mature enough to recognize that we've held onto these myths in the kitchen.... We can grow. We can learn, too," he says.

"A little bit of science goes a long way in the kitchen, and it can make a big difference."

For more science tips and tricks from Chris Kimball, listen to the entire Morning Edition interview.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/10/12/161883093/making-the-science-of-good-cooking-look-easy?ft=1&f=1007

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Debunked: Biden Claims HHS Mandate Not an Assault on Religious ...

When the vice presidential debate last night turned to the issue of religious liberty and Obamacare?s Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate, the discussion didn?t get all the facts straight.

Vice President Joe Biden explained his view of the mandate, saying:

With regard to the assault on the Catholic church, let me make it absolutely clear, no religious institution, Catholic or otherwise, including Catholic Social Services, Georgetown Hospital, Mercy Hospital, any hospital, none has to either refer contraception, none has to pay for contraception, none has to be a vehicle to get contraception in any insurance policy they provide. That is a fact.

That is actually false.

The real ?fact? about the anti-conscience mandate is that it applies to almost all employers?including many religious organizations such as hospitals and social service providers. It requires them to provide coverage that pays for abortion drugs, contraception, and sterilization regardless of moral or religious objections.

The mandate affords the narrowest religious exemption in federal law, effectively covering only formal houses of worship. As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops explained in a statement today:

The HHS mandate contains a narrow, four-part exemption for certain ?religious employers.? That exemption was made final in February and does not extend to ?Catholic social services,Georgetownhospital, Mercy hospital, any hospital,? or any other religious charity that offers its services to all, regardless of the faith of those served.

If the Obama Administration had adequately protected the freedom of so many religious employers, one might ask?as Representative Paul Ryan (R?WI) did in last night?s debate??why would they keep suing you??

In fact, over 100 individuals and organizations have been forced to file 33 lawsuits against the Obama Administration to demand respect of their religious liberty. The choice before these employers is untenable: either violate their conscience or refuse to comply with the anti-conscience mandate and face burdensome fines.

These individuals, organizations, and businesses contribute mightily to civil society by providing education, health care, and countless social services. Heritage has profiled a few of the many victims of Obamacare?s coercive disregard for religious freedom. From charities faced with hefty fines for practicing what they preach to business owners told that their religious freedom stops at the door to colleges forced to end student health plans because of Obamacare?s costly provisions and threat to conscience, the health care law jeopardizes the work of countless institutions.

Sadly, last night wasn?t the first time Biden has distorted the facts on the mandate?s serious assault on religious freedom. Contrary to what the Obama Administration would have Americans believe, there is no so-called ?accommodation? for religious employers not covered by the mandate?s narrow religious exemption. The Administration?s press conference promises and bureaucratic announcements of a supposed ?accommodation? neither changed the coercive mandate currently in effect nor provided any workable or adequate solutions to the mandate?s trampling on religious liberty. They are nothing more than a smokescreen to hide the mandate?s unconstitutional assault on a basic freedom.

Policymakers and national leaders should understand the primacy of religious freedom in the American constitutional order and work to protect that freedom, not undermine it. A first step towards the greater protection of religious freedom is rescinding the anti-conscience mandate and repealing Obamacare with all of its liberty-crushing provisions.

RESOURCES:

Heritage?s Jennifer Marshall recently spoke about the threat to religious liberty posed by the HHS mandate on the Colson Center?s Two-Minute Warning. Listen to that segment here.

Fact Sheet: Obamacare Anti-Conscience Mandate: An Assault on the Constitution

Fact Sheet: Let Religious Freedom Ring: Stop the Assault on Our First Freedom

Obamacare?s Fine on Faith: Trampling on Religious Liberty

Obamacare?s Many Victims

Source: http://blog.heritage.org/2012/10/12/debunked-biden-claims-hhs-mandate-not-an-assault-on-religious-liberty/

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IMF says Brazil might have to raise rates as recovery takes hold

TOKYO (Reuters) - Brazil might have to raise interest rates to keep a lid on inflation expectations as economic growth rebounds, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday.

The Brazilian central bank cut rates to a record-low of 7.25 percent on Wednesday and analysts and officials are divided over whether hikes will be needed next year.

The IMF expects growth to bounce back in 2013 and reach 4 percent, while inflation is forecast at 5.1 percent in 2013, above the 4.5 percent centre of the central bank's target range of 2.5 percent to 6.5 percent.

"As the recovery strengthens, timely unwinding of policy stimulus may be required to anchor inflation expectations more firmly in some countries (e.g., Brazil and Uruguay)," the IMF said in its latest regional report on Latin America.

Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega has said there is no need to raise rates next year.

But a central bank official said in September that it would not hesitate to raise interest rates if inflation were to rise above the 6.5 percent ceiling of the target range.

Inflation was 5.28 percent in September and interest rate futures pricing suggests investors expect a 50-basis-point rate hike in July 2013.

Uruguay raised its benchmark rate to 9 percent last month.

The IMF's latest forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean cut the region's 2012 growth projection to 3.2 percent, citing falling commodity prices and dwindling global demand that hit Brazil the hardest.

The Fund flagged the U.S. "fiscal cliff" of automatic spending cuts and tax increases as a potential threat to the region in 2013, but said it still expected it to grow 3.9 percent on the assumption that the U.S. will change its policy.

"We are confident that a full materialization of the 'fiscal cliff' will not occur," Gian Maria Milesi Ferretti, deputy director of the IMF's Western Hemisphere Department, told a news conference.

Officials also downplayed concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest round of bond purchases, or quantitative easing known as "QE3", would have a negative impact on other economies, after Mantega complained on Thursday that the policy destabilizes currencies and may have more of a negative than positive impact.

"If those policies have an impact on the probability of the U.S. falling into recession that would be positive for both the U.S. and therefore all other countries. There is no country that would benefit from the U.S. being weak," said Miguel Savastano, another deputy director of the department.

Savastano also said Brazil's weak growth of just 2.7 percent last year, compared to Mexico's 3.9 percent, was not a concern because its medium-term growth potential was still strong.

"If you go back 10 years, when both economies started to have low inflation and stable growth... Brazil has grown 4.5 percent (on average) while Mexico is at 3.5 percent," Savastano said.

"In the short term the cyclical position of Mexico is better than Brazil but over the long term the position is reversed."

(Additional reporting by Krista Hughes: Editing by Neil Fullick)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/imf-says-brazil-might-raise-rates-recovery-takes-122929061--business.html

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Windows 8 prices set, pre-orders begin

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Microsoft?opened its Windows 8 operating system for pre-orders on Friday, setting the price for an upgrade to the full version of the software at $70 for a DVD pack.

Users can also wait for launch on Oct. 26 to download the system onto their computers for $40, an offer price that will expire at the end of January. PCs running Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 will be able to upgrade to Windows 8.

Shoppers can reserve the software pack at Microsoft's own stores, Amazon.com, Best Buy, Staples and elsewhere. Microsoft has not yet announced the price of the full software to install from scratch, as opposed to the upgrade. The current price for a comparable version of Windows 7 is $200.

Any customer who buys, or already bought, a Windows 7 PC between June 2 and the end of January 2013 will be able to get an upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $15, a move designed to prevent a drop-off in PC sales before the launch of Windows 8.

Microsoft also said PC makers such as Acer, Asustek, Dell, HP, Samsung and Sony were also now taking pre-orders for machines with Windows 8 pre-installed.

The world's largest software company did not mention its own Surface tablet PC, which is expected on the market at the same time as Windows 8. Microsoft has not revealed the price of the product it hopes will challenge Apple's iPad.

?(Reporting By Bill Rigby; Editing by Bernard Orr)?

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Carrefour sales rise 2.1 percent to $29 billion - Washington Examiner

PARIS (AP) ? Big box retailer Carrefour SA says revenue was up modestly in third quarter, driven by strong sales in its convenience stores and booming regions like Asia and Latin America.

The world's second-largest retailer after Wal-Mart said Thursday that sales rose 2.1 percent to ?22.6 billion ($29 billion) in the July to September quarter.

Recessions in Spain and Italy weighed on the company's performance in Europe, where sales slipped 2.2 percent.

But Asia and Latin America picked up the slack, growing 12.3 percent and 5.2 percent respectively.

Carrefour recently appointed a new CEO who is trying to turn around the company, particularly its core hypermarket business. Sales at hypermarkets are down 2.4 percent so far this year. In contrast, its smaller stores have grown 6.6 percent.

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New critical care unit to open at Providence - The Business Blog ...

ROLF BOONE | Staff writer ? Published October 10, 2012 Modified October 10, 2012

Providence St. Peter Hospital is set to unveil a new critical care unit, a nearly $12 million project that took five years of planning and a year of construction.

The new unit opens Monday on the second floor of the hospital?s 12-story tower, the centerpiece of the Providence campus on Lilly Road.

The existing critical care unit, which is on the first floor, eventually will have eight beds, down from 24. The new unit on the second floor expands it with another 21 beds.

The new, 21,200-square-foot area of the hospital was designed with efficiency in mind, everything from mobile equipment that can be easily accessed by nurses and doctors to voice-recognition software so doctors can leave notes and instructions about patients.

Each room is about 50 percent larger than the rooms in the older unit, said Paul Wilkinson, chief operating officer of the hospital.

The rooms have family areas and accessible bathrooms with showers so large a bed can be rolled into them.

Equipment also can be easily moved around the patient beds, including mobile computer stations with patient information and overhead booms that act as power sources for a variety of equipment. Two of the rooms are fitted with equipment to help lift heavier patients, and those same two rooms have a ?reverse air? feature to prevent the spread of disease, such as tuberculosis.

Severe stroke, heart surgery, cardiac arrest, hypothermia, sepsis, respiratory failure and renal failure are some of the medical conditions that would be addressed in the new unit, said Tamara Timmons-Sandquist, clinical nurse manager of the new unit.

More than 2,000 patients received care in the critical care unit last year, including 421 transferred from other hospitals, according to Providence data.

?The more we can provide locally is great for our community,? said Ken Anderson, a member of the Providence St. Peter Hospital Foundation board.

Money for the critical care unit was raised from more than 600 donors, including more than 100 employees.

The hospital foundation contributed $1.25 million, and organizations sponsored each of the new rooms, investing $40,000 per suite, Wilkinson said.

Nearly half of the 21 rooms were sponsored by local medical groups, as well as companies such as Heritage Bank, Olympia Federal Savings and Olympia Sheet Metal.

?They saw the importance of this,? he said.

Other features of the new unit include a locker room for 100 nurses, which is expected to grow to 110; a sleeping room for the doctor on call; and a consultation room for doctors and patients. And the new unit overlooks two new gardens.

Although the locker room can accommodate 100 nurses, about 50 to 60 nurses, doctors and other staff will work in the unit during a 24-hour period, Timmons-Sandquist said.

If you go

Providence plans an open house for its new critical care unit from 2-5:30 p.m. Friday. The unit is on the second floor of the hospital at 413 Lilly Road NE.

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Brian White recounts success story | Old Gold & Black

Life rarely goes as?planned, and nobody understands this better than Brian White.

On Oct. 9th, Brian White, actor, entrepreneur, youth activist and former athlete, spoke to a receptive student body as the latest installment of the Journeys to Success speaker series.

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Currently traveling the nation as an inspirational speaker and as the founder of Black Carpenter, a youth philanthropic initiative, White impressed with his incredibly eclectic background, warm personality and sound words of advice.

The son of former NBA star Jo Jo White, White graduated from Dartmouth University in 1997, where he double-majored in Political Science and Philosophy while playing football and lacrosse. Despite signing contracts with both the New England Patriots of the NFL and the Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League, White?s athletic career was cut short by a hamstring injury.

However, rather than allowing this injury to end his ambition as well as his pro-athlete career, White took a 48-hour break at his parent?s house before travelling to Wall Street to try his hand in stock brokerage. His plan paid dividends as he quickly restored his financial stability, in conjunction with his foray into Hollywood acting.

White has played roles in both television shows and films, most notable for his roles in Stomp the Yard, Men of a Certain Age, Mr. 3000 and The Cabin in the Woods.

White?s triumph despite tribulations provides the foundation for his most important message to the audience.

?There is no end game in life,? White said. ?Life is all about the journey.?

White argued that while the definitions of success vary, success is never truly achieved because no one should ever finish improving.

Indeed, despite his undeniable accomplishments, White applies this philosophy to his own life. ?I am still not a success,? he said.

In stressing continuous self-improvement, White implored students to ?never take anything at face value? and emphasized that ?learning does not just take place inside the classroom.?

Students marveled at White?s eloquence and sense of humor.

Sophomore Femi-Ann Balogun noted, ?He was very inspiring and I love the fact that he?s humble about his background and can still relate to students.?

Sophomore Alexis Moore agreed. ?His story about success from failure encourages us to stay focused, especially at Wake Forest where many of us experience our first failures.?

If?university?students learn to handle adversity as well as Brian White has, they?re undoubtedly bound for success, if not a career as diverse and unpredictable as his has been.

Source: http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=23411

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