2009 Grey Cup heading to Calgary
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Grey Cup Festival
Download the official 2006 Winnipeg Grey Cup song from Pushing Daisies
Grey Cup 2006 - Winnipeg Download Link
Download the Official Grey Cup song, C’Mon C’Mon. I like it. It’s get you in the spirit. Great music all week as well. We’ll be doing reports here about football stuff and then music promos and reviews over at our other site just launched in beta, but live.
Check the Event Schedule link in the other post today for all the music, concerts and socials. An awesome week of entertainment ahead!
It’s A Jam Packed Grey Cup in Winnipeg Events Schedule
Blue Bombers Blogger is getting ready to mingle over the next 6 days. Here’s a link to a jam packed event schedule.
Great job by the festival committee and the Bombers. I like the music and football combination. All right folks, I’ll try not to talk too much about the season that could have been. I’ll be looking for Brendan and Doug Berry to hear what’s in their mind to improve the Bombers. Enjoy the week’s festivities!
And an announcement. Watch for more Canadian Football Weblogs next year from our expanding RG Media Network.
A Guy Who Like A Beer or Two Himself Asks Why Didn’t I Learn This In School
My comment: Remember beer is only good for you if you can see your shoes instead of a protruding belly, and you keep it real and legal when drinking. Hmmm. I’m thinking though…It’s Grey Cup week here in Winnipeg and the parties are well undeway. I’m a conspiracy theorist sometimes. Did the beer co’s get to Jones and the paper?
originally seen in the Winnipeg Free Press online edition, November 15, 2006
Beer brews up real health benefits
Wed Nov 15 2006
The Doctor Game/W. Gifford-Jones MD.
WHAT’S in a bottle of beer?
I’m guessing that 99.9 per cent of my beer-drinking friends didn’t realize that beer contains health benefits.
A Canadian brewer agreed that distributing information about the
contents of this popular drink in beer cases would be beneficial. He
also agreed that it must be stressed that excessive alcohol consumption
causes serious health problems. But he soon learned the government
forbids beer companies from claiming any health benefits of any kind.
It’s an asinine law. The government allows food companies to
promote all sorts of junk foods that trigger a variety of degenerative
diseases. It does nothing to stop pharmaceutical companies from
advertising medications that are often not needed and that can kill.
I agree that excessive alcohol can destroy lives. But so can
driving a car at excessive speeds. Does the government ban cars or
curtail advertising to sell them? This is another example of political
hypocrisy and double standards.
Moderate beer drinking is not an unhealthy habit. Consider the
millions of people killed over the centuries by drinking contaminated
water! Beer is 93 per cent water, but 100 per cent safe to drink.
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Beer, unlike many foods, does not contribute to heart disease, the
nation’s No. 1 killer. It contains no fat, cholesterol or
triglycerides. Its moderate alcohol content increases the good
cholesterol that removes excess bad cholesterol from the blood.The alcohol in beer helps to lubricate the blood circulation by
decreasing the level of fibrinogen, part of the blood-clotting
mechanism. The less fibrinogen, the less chance of heart attack. Beer
also greases platelets, making them less likely to stick together to
form a fatal blood clot.
Beer contains no sugar, a huge benefit to people and our
sweets-loving society. Excessive calories are causing an epidemic of
obesity, resulting in needless disease and stress on our health-care
system. Conversely, packaged foods and soft drinks are loaded with
sugar.
Hypertension is another major health problem often due to
excessive intake of sodium. But beer contains 25 milligrams (mg) of
sodium. Compare this amount to the 900 mg in a can of soup, 1,100 mg in
a quarter-pound hamburger with cheese, 1,420 mg in a chicken pot pie
and 3,270 mg in a Reuben sandwich. In addition, most packaged foods are
loaded with salt. All we need is 1,500 mg of sodium daily, but most
people consume 4,000 mg.
Important minerals are present in beer. Magnesium regulates the
heart’s beat and relaxes coronary arteries. Potassium fights high blood
pressure and calcium fortifies bone.
There are a number of essential vitamins in beer such as folic
acid, niacin and vitamins B3, B2 and B6. And let’s not forget the
relaxing effect of beer on both the mind and blood vessels.
A study by the American Cancer Society of 500,000 Americans showed that
one alcoholic drink a day in middle life decreased the risk of
premature death by 20 per cent.
Other studies show that moderate drinking reduces the risk of macular
degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in those over 65 years
of age.
Aristotle was right generations ago when he
praised the virtues of moderation. Today the best way to save our
health-care system is for everyone to act moderately in drinking and
eating. This along with exercise will help fight the epidemic of
obesity that triggers diabetes, heart attack, hypertension and other
degenerative diseases.
To prohibit this health message in beer cases is nonsensical and a
Puritan reaction that refuses to accept 20 world studies that show
moderate drinkers outlive teetotalers and excessive drinkers.
This health message would be an additional way to reach women who drink
excessively during pregnancy. The result? Brain-damaged children who
may become wards of the state at huge expense.
Will the truth about beer ever be allowed on beer cartons? I
doubt the Health Department will ever overcome its horror of the word
“alcohol.” But it should remove its blinkers and compare the content of
beer with any number of popular soft drinks and prepared foods, readily
available in every corner store.
This is what they are playing for!…and some coin
Grey Cup 2006 - Winnipeg Last Minute Push To Get The Event To Sell Out
Grey Cup Fever Continues To BuildWINNIPEG, MB – Grey Cup fever continues to build in Winnipeg and across the country.
Grey Cup organizers announced earlier today that only 1,200 tickets remain for this year’s big game, to be played Nov. 19 at Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg.
Blue Bombers’ President and CEO Lyle Bauer said tickets have been selling quickly since the game’s participants were determined in last weekend’s Scotiabank East and West Championships.
“This is good news for both the Winnipeg Football Club and the CFL,†Bauer said. “It’s a strong indicator of the interest in the league both here in Winnipeg and across the country.â€Â
Tickets for the 94th annual Grey Cup can be purchased on-line at www.ticketmaster.ca or by calling Ticketmaster at (204) 780-3333.
