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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Sports digest: Mark Teixeira withdraws from World Baseball Classic
Mark Teixeira's stay with the U.S. team at the World Baseball Classic didn't last long.
The Yankees slugger strained his right wrist while taking some light swings off a tee in the batting cage Tuesday, forcing him to withdraw from the tournament even before the Americans could play the Chicago White Sox in the first of their two scheduled exhibition games.
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday night in Tampa, Fla., that Teixeira would be out a minimum of 10 days. X-rays were negative and an MRI revealed the strain, U.S. manager Joe Torre said.
NFL
Safety Mike Mitchell, a second-round pick in 2009 and widely regarded as a reach by Raiders owner Al Davis, has apparently impressed
the current regime enough to be a possibility in 2013.Mitchell, scheduled for unrestricted free agency Tuesday, said his agent has had talks with the Raiders about a contract.
"It's good for me to know they want to bring me back and it's good for me to know they're talking to my agent trying to get a deal done," Mitchell said in a phone interview. "That's reassuring. I believe Coach (Dennis Allen) and Reggie McKenzie are men of their word. But it's still an extremely tough decision."
The NFL Network reported that the Raiders were scheduled to visit with defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins on Wednesday. Jenkins, 32, was released by the Philadelphia Eagles and reportedly visited the 49ers on Tuesday.
Jenkins played with Green Bay from 2003 through 2010, during which time McKenzie was a personnel executive with the Packers.
Golf
Rory McIlroy says he should have finished his second round at the Honda Classic, telling Sports Illustrated magazine that "it was not the right thing to do" to walk out after eight holes of his second round.
McIlroy was 7-over for the round and headed for another missed cut when he hit his second shot into the water on the 18th and withdrew without finishing the hole.
Media
Fox has an in-your-face challenge ESPN -- a 24-hour sports cable network called Fox Sports 1, set to launch Aug. 17.
The new network will be available to 90 million homes.
Staff writer Jerry McDonald contributed to this report.
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Processed Meat Raises Risk Of Dying From Cancer And Heart ...
Past studies on red and processed meat's potential health effects have been chalked up to "well, people who eat a lot of that stuff lead unhealthy lifestyles to begin with." Same thinking goes for vegetarians, who are known to live longer than meat-eaters, but who also generally lead healthier lifestyles.
But now, a new observational study is teasing out processed meat's effect in particular on health, and shows that not only is it the sort of person who eats a lot of processed meat that has the negative health risks, but the processed meat itself.
The study, published in the journal BMC Medicine and conducted by researchers from the University of Zurich, shows an association between processed meat and higher risks of dying from heart disease and cancer.
The results are based on an analysis of 448,568 men and women between ages 35 and 69, who did not have cancer and who had not suffered a stroke or heart attack when they entered the study. Researchers gathered information on their diets, exercise, body mass index and smoking status. The participants came from 10 countries.
Researchers found strong associations between unhealthy lifestyle choices and high consumption of processed meat; such lifestyle choices including eating little produce and being more likely to smoke (among men and women), and drinking higher amounts of alcohol (among men).
However, researchers were able to tease out processed meat consumption specifically to see how that affected risk of premature death. Even after taking into account other factors, processed meat consumption was still shown to raise risk of dying from heart disease and cancer.
"We estimated that 3.3 [percent] of deaths could be prevented if all participants had a processed meat consumption of less than 20 [grams] per day," the researchers wrote in the study. The Atlantic pointed out that 20 grams of processed meat is the equivalent of a "matchbook-sized portion" of sausage.
Meanwhile, researchers did not find an association between poultry consumption and increased risk of premature death.
But take heart, meat lovers, the study was not all bad news -- researchers also found a small benefit from still including a bit of red meat in the diet. The Atlantic explains:
Eating little or no red meat, like beef and pork, was actually associated with higher all-cause mortality than very moderate consumption, presumably because red meat does contain important vitamins and nutrients (protein, iron, zinc, vitamins A and B, essential fatty acids). This range, the authors also believe, most accurately reflects people who attempt to optimize their diet, whereas vegetarian diets may be poorly balanced.
BBC News pointed out that processed meat in the study was not just fresh meat that had been put through a grinder -- it was meat that had something added to it (whether it's salt, or something else).
"If you eat lots of processed meat, try to vary your diet with other protein choices such as chicken, fish, beans or lentils," heart health dietitian Tracy Parker, of the British Heart Foundation, told BBC News.
Previously, processed meat has been linked with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. A British Journal of Cancer study showed that people who eat an extra 50 grams of processed meat (the equivalent of a sausage) a day can raise the risk of the condition by 19 percent, and people who ate an extra 100 grams of processed meat a day can raise their risk by 38 percent.
Meanwhile, another study from Harvard researchers showed that regularly eating processed meat could actually affect your body's ability to use and produce insulin -- thereby raising risk of Type 2 diabetes.
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Asia markets suffer slight post-Dow hangover
BANGKOK (AP) ? Japan's Nikkei 225 index topped 12,000 for the first time in more than four years, but stock markets elsewhere in Asia flagged following Wall Street's eye-popping performance this week.
Investors shied away from stocks even though the Dow Jones industrial average reached a new high for a second day Wednesday and the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy grew in the first two months of the year.
The Nikkei in Tokyo rose 0.6 percent to 12,004.37 as investors waited for the Bank of Japan to wrap up a two-day meeting, the last to be headed by Masaaki Shirakawa, who steps down March 19. The incoming chief, Haruhiko Kuroda, is expected to ease monetary policy to support the policies of new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
A former vice minister of finance, Kuroda has long voiced his support for bolder central bank policies and for a weaker currency to help boost export manufacturers by making their products cheaper in overseas markets.
"The BOJ will remain under pressure to ease policy throughout 2013. The next round of substantive easing is likely to come in April at the earliest, after the new governor takes office," said analysts at DBS Bank Ltd. in Singapore.
Disappointing trade figures pulled Australian stocks down. Australia's trade deficit widened to 1.06 billion Australian dollars in January, official figures show. Economists had expected a deficit of about half that.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.4 percent to 5,097.30. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.1 percent at 22,793.80. South Korea's Kospi fell 0.8 percent to 2,004.50.
The Dow Jones industrial average rallied to new high Wednesday, blowing past the record set just the day before, after a Federal Reserve survey showed moderate expansion of the U.S. economy for the first two months of the year. The "Beige Book" survey noted that 10 of the Fed's 12 banking districts reported moderate or modest growth, while the Boston and Chicago districts reported slow growth.
The gains on Wall Street were also fueled by a positive jobs report. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that private employers added 198,000 jobs in February. The figure suggests that Friday's February employment report from the U.S. government may come in above economists' forecasts.
The Dow rose 0.3 percent to close at 14,296.24. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.1 percent to 1,541.46. The Nasdaq fell less than 0.1 percent to 3,222.36.
Benchmark oil contract for April delivery was up 2 cents to $90.45 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 39 cents to finish at $90.43 on the Nymex on Wednesday.
In currencies, the euro fell slightly to $1.2986 from $1.2994 late Wednesday in New York. The dollar fell to 93.99 yen from 94.06 yen.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/asia-markets-suffer-slight-post-dow-hangover-030220703--finance.html
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Monday, March 4, 2013
Jolla Wants To Build A Foursquare Phone, A Facebook Phone ? Whatever It Takes To Wake Smartphones From Their Android Slumber
Finnish startup Jolla is open for business. That?s the message CEO Marc Dillon was putting out, loud and clear, during two on stage appearances at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona last week. Not a bad amount of stage time for a first time MWC attendee and a mobile upstart that hasn't sold a single handset yet because it's still busy making its first phone.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9RY7txFOaBo/
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual failings
FILE - A Thursday Sept. 16, 2010 photo from files showing Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien speaking to the media in Edinburgh, Scotland. Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to marry and have children, Britain's most senior Catholic cleric said Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, said the requirement for priestly celibacy is "not of divine origin" and could be reconsidered. He told BBC Scotland that "the celibacy of the clergy, whether priests should marry _ Jesus didn't say that." (AP Photo/Scott Campbell, File)
FILE - A Thursday Sept. 16, 2010 photo from files showing Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien speaking to the media in Edinburgh, Scotland. Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to marry and have children, Britain's most senior Catholic cleric said Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, said the requirement for priestly celibacy is "not of divine origin" and could be reconsidered. He told BBC Scotland that "the celibacy of the clergy, whether priests should marry _ Jesus didn't say that." (AP Photo/Scott Campbell, File)
LONDON (AP) ? A Scottish cardinal on Sunday acknowledged having engaged in unspecified sexual misbehavior, apologized for his actions, and promised to stay out of the church's public life in a statement that comes at an awkward time for the Vatican.
Cardinal Keith O'Brien had been Britain's highest-ranking Catholic leader until he resigned Monday from his position as archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, a departure prompted by a newspaper report about unnamed priests' allegations that he acted inappropriately toward them.
O'Brien initially rejected the claims, saying he was resigning because he did not want to distract from the upcoming conclave of cardinals that is due to pick a successor to Benedict XVI, who resigned the papacy Thursday. O'Brien also became the first cardinal to recuse himself from the conclave because of personal scandal; other voting-age cardinals have in the past stayed home because of infirmity or because they were prevented by their governments from participating.
On Sunday, the Catholic church in Scotland issued a statement quoting O'Brien as saying that there had been times "that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me as a priest, archbishop and cardinal."
"To those I have offended, I apologize and ask forgiveness," the statement continued. "To the Catholic church and people of Scotland, I also apologize. I will now spend the rest of my life in retirement. I will play no further part in the public life of the Catholic church in Scotland."
O'Brien gave no clue as to what exactly his sexual misbehavior consisted of, but his statement is nonetheless another reminder of the church's struggle shake off a litany of sex scandals, including those involving pedophile priests.
The claims against O'Brien were first reported by The Observer newspaper.
In its Feb. 24 edition, the British newspaper reported that O'Brien was alleged to have made what it described as "an inappropriate approach" to a seminarian after night prayers.
The paper also said another priest had reported "inappropriate contact" with O'Brien following a visit to his parish, a second priest had reported "unwanted behavior" by the archbishop following a late-night drinking session, and that a third had reported being taken advantage of when he went to the archbishop for counseling.
All four, the paper said, had sent letter of complaint to nuncio Antonio Mennini, the Vatican's ambassador to Britain, early last month.
The paper did not cite a source for its reporting last week, but in this Sunday's edition it quoted the still-unnamed former seminarian as saying that the church had failed to respond quickly and appropriately to his complaint.
O'Brien has at times had a rocky tenure as a cardinal.
In 2003, as a condition of assuming that rank, he was forced to issue a public pledge to defend church teaching on homosexuality, celibacy and contraception. He was pressured to make the pledge after he had called for a "full and open discussion" on such matters.
At the time, O'Brien said he had been misunderstood and wanted to clarify his position. But statements made last week, before the scandal over his behavior broke, suggested he never really changed his mind.
In an interview with the BBC, O'Brien said celibacy should be reconsidered because it's not based on doctrine but rather church tradition and "is not of divine origin."
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Zabaleta appreciation society - Manchester City
A welcome appreciation of City favourite Pablo Zabaleta leads this morning?s media reports.
The Guardian?s David Conn enthuses over a player who has won back to back player of the month awards for the Blues. ?
He writes: ?Solid, dependable, consistent, excellent: these are not the descriptions applied most naturally to every stardust-sprinkled footballer in the modern?Manchester City?galaxy.
?Yet Pablo Zabaleta, even in this hangover season after last year's Premier League title, has garnered universal appreciation of precisely these qualities, from the fans in the stands at the Etihad Stadium, the otherwise angry manager pacing the technical area, to Zabaleta's team-mates and commentators.
?Asked about winning the Premier League, he recalls the fans' emotion, the stored up memories of support and frustration released by the first title for 44 years. ?I remember when we were on the [open top] bus the day after, a lot of people in Manchester, a lot of them just crying,? he says.
??That means a lot when you see that as a player, you feel great, because you know we are doing our job.??
There?s a crumb of transfer news to pick over this Saturday morning, with the Daily Mail reckoning that Paris Saint-Germain are keen to get their hands on Samir Nasri this summer.
?Paris Saint-Germain are set to pounce on the uncertainty surrounding Samir Nasri?s future with a big-money summer swoop.
?PSG?s riches mean they will have no problems matching Nasri?s current ?170,000-per-week wages, though City will want to recoup as much of the ?24million paid for the attacking midfielder as possible,? writes the paper?s Sami Mokbel.?
Remember, we?ll be the first to bring you any official transfer news on mcfc.co.uk!
And finally, Real Madrid are set to use the Etihad Stadium to train on Monday.
The Mirror?s David McDonnell reports: ?Manchester City are lending Real Madrid a helping hand in their bid to knock their local rivals Manchester United out of the Champions League.
?A baggage handlers' strike in Madrid means Jose Mourinho and his squad are flying to Manchester on Sunday - rather than on Monday afternoon as originally planned.
?But they are training at City's ground rather than at United in order to preserve the playing surface at Old Trafford, which has cut up on several occasions already this season.?
City, of course, are in action away to Aston Villa on Monday night.?
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