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Men's College Basketball-Florida at Tennessee, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Duke at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Nebraska at Illinois, Noon (Big 10 Network); Washington at Utah, 1 p.m. (FXSP); Kansas at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. (ESPNU); Ohio State at Iowa, 2 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Florida State at Clemson, 3 p.m. (ESPN2); Washington State at Colorado, 3 p.m. (FXSP); Notre Dame at Louisville, 3 p.m. (ESPNU); Miami at Virginia, 5 p.m. (ESPNU); Bemidji State at Augustana, 6 p.m. (Midco Sports Net); Murray State at Austin Peay, 7 p.m. (ESPNU)
High School Football-All-Star Game, All-American Bowl, Noon (NBC)
College Football-BBVA Compass Bowl, Southern Methodist vs. Pittsburgh, Noon (ESPN); NCAA FCS Playoffs, championship game, Sam Houston St. vs. North Dakota St., Noon (ESPN2)
Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Penn State, 1 p.m. (CBS); Connecticut at Notre Dame, 3 p.m. (CBS); Bemidji State at Augustana, 4 p.m. (Midco Sports Net); UCLA at Arizona State, 5 p.m. (FXSP)
NFL Football-Playoffs, Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans, 3:30 p.m. (NBC); Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints, 7 p.m. (NBC)
High School Basketball-Simeon (Ill.) vs. Miller Grove (Ga.), 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
NHL Hockey-Minnesota Wild at Calgary Flames, 9 p.m. (FXSP)
Motorsports-Dakar Rally, at Copiapo, Chile, delayed tape, 12:30 a.m. (NBCSP)
Men's College Basketball-Indiana at Penn State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); Wisconsin at Michigan, 12:30 p.m. (CBS); Minnesota State Moorhead at Northern State, 4 p.m. (Midco Sports Net); Arizona at Southern California, 4:30 p.m. (FXSP); Maryland at North Carolina State, 5 p.m. (ESPNU); Purdue at Minnesota, 5 p.m. (Big 10 Network); California at Oregon, 6:30 p.m. (FXSP)
NFL Football-Playoffs, Atlanta Falcons at New York Giants, Noon (FOX); Pittsburgh Steelers at Denver Broncos, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)
NBA Basketball-Minnesota Timberwolves at Washington Wizards, Noon (FXSP)
Rodeo-PBR Madison Square Garden Invitational, same-day tape, 1:30 p.m. (NBC)
Women's College Basketball-Minnesota State Moorhead at Northern State, 2 p.m. (Midco Sports Net); Oklahoma at Texas A&M, 3 p.m. (FXSP)
NHL Hockey-Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSP)
College Football-GoDaddy.com Bowl, Arkansas State vs. Northern Illinois, 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Aberdeen Central at Bismarck, N.D., Rotary Tournament, 10 a.m.
Aberdeen Roncalli at Miller/Highmore-Harrold Tournament at Miller, 10 a.m.
Brandon Valley Tournament
Lyman Tournament
Milbank Tournament
North Dakota
Central Cass Tournament
Hettinger Tournament
Northern State at National Duals in Chicago
Aberdeen Cougars at Fargo, N.D., Tournament
Aberdeen Cougars at Eden Prairie, Minn., Tournament
Aberdeen Wings at Coulee Region, 7 p.m.
Aberdeen Central at Patty Jorgenson Invitational in Brookings, 11 a.m.
South Dakota
Chamberlain at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte
Dupree at Philip
Estelline vs. Hamlin at Hayti
Hoven-Edmunds Central at Warner
Ipswich vs. Herreid-Selby Area at Selby
James Valley Christian at Sully Buttes
Mobridge-Pollock at Groton
Timber Lake at Gettysburg
Wakpala at McIntosh
Redfield State Farm Classic
Deubrook vs. Hitchcock-Tulare, noon
Langford vs. Stanley County, 1:30 p.m.
Aberdeen Roncalli vs. St. Thomas More, 3 p.m.
Northwestern vs. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 4:30 p.m.
Bon Homme vs. Redfield-Doland, 6 p.m.
North Dakota
Barnes County North at Oakes
South Dakota
Bison at Dupree
Castlewood at Britton-Hecla
Chamberlain at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte
Estelline vs. Hamlin at Hayti
Hoven-Edmunds Central at Warner
Ipswich vs. Herreid-Selby Area at Selby
James Valley Christian at Sully Buttes
Milbank at Lennox
Mobridge-Pollock at Groton
Timber Lake at Gettysburg
Wakpala at McIntosh
North Dakota
Ellendale at Strasburg-Zeeland
Northern State vs. Minnesota-Crookston, Wachs Arena, 4 p.m.
Concordia-St. Paul at Winona State
Minnesota State, Moorhead at Mary
Minnesota-Duluth at Wayne State
St. Cloud State at Upper Iowa
Bemidji State at Augustana
Minnesota State, Mankato at Southwest Minnesota State
Valley City State at Sioux Falls
Crown at Central (Iowa)
Jamestown at Oglala Lakota
Dakota State at Midland Lutheran
Dakota Wesleyan at Nebraska Wesleyan
South Dakota State at Oral Roberts
South Dakota at Missouri-Kansas City
North Dakota State at Southern Utah
Trinity Bible at MCAC/NIAC Crossover Tourney, Bemidji, Minn.
Northern State vs. Minnesota-Crookston, Wachs Arena, 6 p.m.
Concordia-St. Paul at Winona State
Minnesota State, Moorhead at Mary
Minnesota-Duluth at Wayne State
St. Cloud State at Upper Iowa
Bemidji State at Augustana
Minnesota State, Mankato at Southwest Minnesota State
Valley City State at Sioux Falls
Crown at Central (Iowa)
Briercrest (Sask.) at Dickinson State
Mayville State at South Dakota Tech
Jamestown at Oglala Lakota
Dakota State at Midland Lutheran
Dakota Wesleyan at Nebraska Wesleyan
South Dakota State at Oral Roberts
South Dakota at Missouri-Kansas City
North Dakota State at Southern Utah
North Dakota at New Mexico
Trinity Bible at MCAC/NIAC Crossover Tourney, Bemidji, Minn.
High School Girls
Aberdeen Central 60, Yankton 56
Aberdeen Christian 43, Hoven/Edmunds Central 35
Brandon Valley 51, Pierre 25
Campbell County, Wyo. 91, Little Wound 35
Centerville 67, Canistota 50
Clark/Willow Lake 42, Hamlin 29
Crow Creek 72, McLaughlin 47
Ethan 71, Iroquois 22
Faith 63, Dupree 59
Groton Area 47, Deuel 29
Herreid/Selby Area 68, Faulkton 28
Hill City 46, Bennett County 43
Hitchcock-Tulare 56, Leola/Frederick 28
Irene-Wakonda 47, Gayville-Volin 16
Kimball/White Lake 50, Plankinton 26
Langford 44, Ipswich 33
Lemmon 40, Newell 34
Menno 56, Marion 45
Miller 54, Mobridge-Pollock 47
Mitchell 53, Watertown 38
Parkston 54, Vermillion 50
Pine Ridge 71, Custer 41
Platte-Geddes 67, Colome 41
Rapid City Stevens 66, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 56
Red Cloud 59, St. Francis Indian 49
Sioux Falls Lincoln 64, Marshall, Minn. 59
Sioux Falls O'Gorman 57, Rapid City Central 52
Sisseton 69, Webster 29
Spearfish 58, Hot Springs 44
St. Thomas More 64, Redfield/Doland 26
Benson County 74, St. John 27
Bismarck Century 83, Turtle Mountain 35
Bismarck St. Mary's 86, Williston 49
Cavalier 55, Midway-Minto 39
Ellendale 70, Pingree/Buchanan-Kensal 46
Fargo Shanley 67, Fargo South 45
Grant County 70, Glen Ullin-Hebron 39
Grenora/Westby 58, Brockton, Mont. 32
Harvey-Wells County 62, Des Lacs-Burlington 51
Hatton-Northwood 60, Hillsboro 31
Jamestown 73, Dickinson 41
Kenmare 69, Tioga 42
Lewis and Clark-Berthold 51, Sawyer 48
Mandan 63, Minot 54
Minot Bishop Ryan 93, Dunseith 43
Napoleon 71, South Border 39
North Border 59, Larimore 53
North Shore 57, Surrey 27
Rugby 61, Drake/Anamoose 37
Trenton 51, Powers Lake 41
Valley City 44, Wahpeton 43
Westhope-Newburg 50, Stanley 38
Lake Region Tourney
Consolation Semifinal
Drayton/Valley-Edinburg 54, Starkweather-Munich 44
North Star 68, Four Winds 59
Devils Lake JV 55, Dakota Prairie 53
Lakota/Adams-Edmore 61, Carrington JV 48
McLean County Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Garrison 47, Mandaree 31
Max 71, White Shield 20
Turtle Lake-Mercer 56, Wilton-Wing 34
Washburn 45, Underwood 16
Shiloh Christian New Year Invitational
Dickinson Trinity 58, Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 54
High School Boys
Aberdeen Central 57, Yankton 44
Aberdeen Christian 61, Hoven/Edmunds Central 19
Aberdeen Roncalli 61, Britton-Hecla 59
Arlington 63, Lake Preston 39
Avon 46, Dakota Christian 41
Bridgewater-Emery 69, Freeman 59
Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley, Minn. 54, Wilmot 52
Crow Creek 64, McLaughlin 60
Deubrook 76, Colman-Egan 51
Deuel 62, Groton Area 51
Elkton-Lake Benton 65, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 49
Estelline 53, DeSmet 40
Ethan 82, Iroquois 11
Harding County 57, Bowman County, N.D. 52
Irene-Wakonda 80, Gayville-Volin 32
Jones County 67, Philip 51
Kimball/White Lake 53, Plankinton 29
Leola/Frederick 45, Hitchcock-Tulare 42
Mitchell 64, Watertown 56
Mobridge-Pollock 65, Miller 63
Newell 63, Lemmon 33
Pierre 61, Brandon Valley 48
Platte-Geddes 53, Harrisburg 32
Rosholt 45, Waverly-South Shore 37
Sioux Falls O'Gorman 53, Rapid City Central 46
Sioux Falls Roosevelt 61, Rapid City Stevens 41
Spearfish 73, Hot Springs 30
Sully Buttes 74, Highmore-Harrold 49
Summit 55, Waubay 33
Tiospaye Topa 56, Wakpala 40
Vermillion 60, Parkston 34
Wagner 49, Bon Homme 26
Winner 74, Bennett County 41
Big East Conference Tournament
Flandreau 81, Howard 28
Garretson 67, Baltic 47
Consolation Semifinals
McCook Central/Montrose 53, Chester 24
Championship Semifinals
Sioux Valley 41, Parker 37
Big Sioux Conference Tournament
Consolation Semifinals
Canton 57, Elk Point-Jefferson 55
Tea Area 53, Beresford 39
Championship Semifinals
Dell Rapids 70, Tri-Valley 58
Sioux Falls Christian 61, Dakota Valley 45
Beach 68, Watford City 56
Bismarck Century 72, Turtle Mountain 49
Bismarck St. Mary's 86, Williston 49
Central Cass 75, Enderlin 43
Edgeley-Kulm 43, Central Prairie 42
Fargo Davies 61, Grand Forks Central 50
Fargo Shanley 72, Fargo South 70
Grenora/Westby 57, Brockton, Mont. 46
Hatton-Northwood 59, Hillsboro 55
Hazen 66, Beulah 63
Jamestown 64, Dickinson 48
Kindred 56, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page 34
Lidgerwood 54, Hankinson 45
Lisbon 60, Sargent Central 58
Milnor 76, Campbell-Tintah-Fairmount 51
New England 66, New Town 48
New Salem 58, Underwood 48
North Sargent 70, Oakes 47
Park River/Fordville Lankin 56, May Port CG 33
Powers Lake 59, Trenton 57
Richland 61, Northern Cass 52
Sacred Heart, Minn. 39, Central Valley 38
Stanley 64, Westhope-Newburg 61
Velva 52, Towner-Granville-Upham 45
Wahpeton 56, Valley City 52, OT
Washburn 57, Grant County 55
Shiloh Christian New Year Invitational
Dickinson Trinity 81, Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran 42
College Women
Jamestown 56, South Dakota Mines 51
College Men
Jamestown 77, South Dakota Mines 70
Mayville State 99, Oglala Lakota 82
St. Scholastica 82, North Central 73
High School
Webster 51
Groton 15
Northeast Conference
Thursday at Groton
106, Logan Richie, W, def. Kelby Hawkins, 5-1; 113, Nolan Richie, W, pinned Rayce Harder, 1:08; 120, Austin Grout, W, pinned Darrick Lone, 3:50; 126, Tyler Wagner, W, pinned Lucas Merkel, :39;
132, Spencer Rausch, W, def. Brook Anderson, 12-2; 138, Jeric Albrecht, G, pinned Rob Wiley, 1:04; 145, Nathan Duerre, W, pinned Parker Kroll, 5:20; 152, Corey Schlotte, W, def. Grayson McCranie, 13-5; 160, Bryce Sichmeller, W, pinned Sunday Htoo, 2:31;
170, Jared McClurg, W, def. Connor Blumhardt, 10-3; 182, Matt Thorson, G, pinned Mark Meland, :47; 195, no match; 220, Chad Sjurson, W, pinned Trenton Duncan, 4:58; Hwt., Dalton Locke, G, def. Dyllan Knutson, 10-3.
Groton 52
Langford 18
Northeast Conference
Thursday at Groton
106, Kelby Hawkins, G, pinned Ben Boyko, 3:31; 113, Nathan Jones, B-H/L, pinned Rayce Harder, 1:15; 120, Darrick Lone, G, won by forfeit; 126, Lucas Merkel, G, won by forfeit;
132, Brook Anderson, G, won by forfeit; 138, Jeric Albrecht, G, pinned Garret McIntosh, 3:14; 145, Lorne McIntosh, B-H/L, pinned Parker Kroll, 5:33; 152, Grayson McCranie, G, pinned Jason Hanson, 5:11; 160, Jaron Stiegelmeier, B-H/L, pinned Sunday Htoo, 2:39;
170, Connor Blumhardt, G, def. Drew Freeman, 9-0; 182, no match; 195, Matt Thorson, G, def. Jade Hoisington, 6-3; 220, Trent Duncan, G, def. Matt Muth, NA; Hwt., Dalton Locke, G, won by forfeit.
Webster 66
Langford 9
Northeast Conference
Thursday at Groton
106, Logan Richie, W, pinned Ben Boyko, :58; 113, Nolan Richie, W, pinned Nathan Jones, 4:10; 120, Austin Grout, W, won by forfeit; 126, Tyler Wagner, W, won by forfeit;
132, Spencer Rausch, W, won by forfeit; 138, Garrett McIntosh, B-H/L, pinned Rob Wiley, 1:11; 145, Nathan Duerre, W, def. Lorne McIntosh, 6-4; 152, Corey Schlotte, W, pinned Jason Hanson, 1:23; 160, Bryce Sichmeller, W, won by forfeit;
170, Jared McClurg, W, def. Jaron Stiegelmeier, 9-4; 182, Mark Meland, W, pinned Drew Freeman, 2:38; 195, Jade Hoisington, B-H/L, def. Chad Sjurson, 8-3; 220, Kyle Zimmerman, W, pinned Matt Muth, 1:24; Hwt., Dyllan Knutson, W, won by forfeit.
Standings: Circus Bar & Grill 31, Bain Installation 25, Pierson Ford 24, Gardner Locksmithing 24, B&H Masonry 23 , Steven Lust Auto 20, Aberdeen Clean All 19 , Rohly's 16, Rick's Heating & Air Conditioning 16, Crady's Radiator 16, Hub City 14, Bank-Rupt 12, Earl's Mowing Service 11, Wolves 0.
High Games: Brandon Kakwitch 289-232, Gary Schaunaman 268, Dale Mork 258-206-201, Ron Greer 257-219-204, Drew Vande Kamp 256-220, Ken Jacobson 255-248-226, Terry Ford 249-238, Chris Robey 247-203, Jason Schaunaman 245-226-223, Cliff Kuckelburg 245-202, Lee Bohling 242, Dave Lenling 236-213, Brandon Bartolo 236, Brad Gardner 233, Matt Bain 232-214, Troy Woehl 229-226, Mitch Grieben 229-225, Derrick Pfitzer 229-200, Adam Malsam 227, Brian Humann 224-201, Rich Strudle 216-205, DB Garber 216, Josh Phillips 215, Daryle Hein 215, Chad Gardner 213, Owen Swanson 212-209, Dean Schaunaman 210-206, Bryan Pence 210, Karl Alberts 209-203, Don Peck 208, Chuck Witte 208, Tyler Pomplun 203-200, Bob Zimmerman 202, Patrick Schaeffer 200.
High Series: Ken Jacobson 729, Brandon Kakwitch 702, Jason Schaunaman 694, Ron Greer 680, Terry Ford 672, Drew Vande Kamp 671, Dale Mork 665 Cliff Kuckelburg 641, Dave Lenling 635, Chris Robey 632, Mitch Grieben 631, Troy Woehl 623, Brandon Bartolo 621, Rich Strudle 614, Dean Schaunaman 608, Brian Humann 605, Matt Bain 601.
Standings: Aberdeen Federal Credit Union 17, Primrose Inc. 16, Hart Farms 16, Preston Home Improvement 15 , Circus 15, CK's 15, Lager's Inn 13 , Daddy's 13, Insurance Plus 13, House of Glass 12, Karst Auto 11, Clear Blue Retreat 10 , Shenanigan's 8 , Meidinger Auto 7, Rotary Club 6, Great Western Bank 3.
High Games: Ryan Hardy 278-212, Larry Anderson 256-227-217, John Sundberg 248-237, Tom Sieben 248-214-203, Jason Reinke 247-204-204, Doug Thompson 244-201, Chip Fuhrman 237-221, Pat Preston 236-222-209, Daryle Hein 236-201, Scott Meier 234-223-208, Kerry Jacobson 232-220, George Dell 228-211-206, Bob Chamberlain 227-214, Randy Hagen 226-202, Allen Waltman 225-216, Greg Vande Kamp 224, Jon Murdy 223, Ambrose Mitzel 219, Bruce Hart 215-207, John Meier 215, Dick Schweitzer 208, Pat Rohl 207, Herb Crowther 204, Aaron Rempher 203, Randy Grote 203, Dirk Swanson 203, Owen Swanson 203, Brad Pinkman 203, Dan Fritz 202.
High Series: Larry Anderson 700, John Sundberg 680, Pat Preston 667, Tom Sieben 665, Scott Meier 665, Ryan Hardy 660, Jason Reinke 655, George Dell 645, Doug Thompson 638, Chip Fuhrman 634, Kerry Jacobson 634, Bob Chamberlain 630, Allen Waltman 626, Randy Hagen 616, Daryle Hein 607.
Standings: Cabinets Dakota 8, Janitor Supply 8, Firehouse Lounge 7, AFCU 7, Claremont State Bank 5, South C 4, Specialty Trailers 3, CLU 1, Baddabing Boys 0.
High Games: Randy Hagen 279-225, Russ Swanson 245-232-225, Garet Mohr 238-225-209, Dave Lenling 238-201, Gregg Cramer 237, Justin Weig 236-213-210, John Weig 235, Doug Thompson 233-225-224, Brandon Kakwitch 226-209, Mark Krogstrand 225, Jeff Stohr 224-211, Herb Crowther 221, Darrin Ghost 214, Pat Hanson 213-205-200, Earl Phelps 210-202, John Buchanan 210, Tyler Pomplun 209, Dick Kraft 206, Carl Knott 205, Gaylon Morgan 201.
High Series: Russ Swanson 702, Doug Thompson 682, Randy Hagen 673, Garet Mohr 672, Justin Weig 659, Pat Hanson 618, Brandon Kakwitch 617, Gregg Cramer 616, Jeff Stohr 614, John Weig 605.
Standings: NFL Leftovers 11, Fargo Follies 11, Bunko Trio 10, Village Bowl 7, Five Alive 3, Sander's Sew N Vac 3, Gems 3, No Name Team 0.
High Games: Amber Lutz 225-221-197, Julie Wilson 174, Phyllis Gab 170, Myrna Chamberlain 170.
High Series: Amber Lutz 623, Julie Wilson 485, Natalie Neuharth 478.
Standings: Bowling Babes 38, Go Girls 33, Afternoon Delight 29 , Pick Ups 29, Pin Ups 29, Alley Cats 29, Resets 28, Gutter Gals 24 .
High Games: Lisa Carlsen 207, Lora Jundt 192, Linda Schuh 186.
High Series: Lora Jundt 531, Linda Schuh 513, Darlene Mohr 493.
Standings: Flame No. 2 9, Team Dumas 8, V.F.W. 7, Sneaqualizers 7, Schwan's No. 4 6, Lager's No. 3 6, Rohly's Time Bandits 5, Schwan's No. 1 5, Schwan's No. 2 5, Flame No. 1 4, Silver Dollar 2, Da Busboyz 2, Lager's No. 2 2, Rohly's Front 2.
High Shooters: Mitch Wilson 29, Jerald Traversie 25, Nick Cadotte 25.
ERO: Eric Duven, Guy Trenhaile.
10-0 Game: Gary Nelson, Bev Bieber, Mitch Wilson.
Aberdeen 4, Coulee Region 3, shootout
Traverse City 4, Michigan 3
Amarillo 10, Corpus Christi 3
Springfield 3, Kalamazoo 2
Janesville 4, Chicago 2
Topeka 4, St. Louis 0
Bismarck 3, Austin 2
Odessa 2, Texas 1
Friday's Game
At Arlington, Texas
Arkansas 29, Kansas State 16
Today's Game
BBVA Compass Bowl
At Birmingham, Ala.
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Sunday's Game
GoDaddy.com Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday's Game
BCS National Championship
At New Orleans
LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Today's Game
At Pizza Hut Park
Frisco, Texas
Sam Houston State (14-0) vs. North Dakota State (13-1), Noon
Today's Games
Cincinnati at Houston, 3:30 p.m.
Detroit at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Atlanta at New York Giants, Noon
Pittsburgh at Denver, 3:30 p.m.
Injury Report
NEW YORK (AP) - The updated National Football League injury report, as provided by the league:
DETROIT LIONS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS - LIONS: DOUBTFUL: S Chris Harris (back). PROBABLE: DE Cliff Avril (back), CB Aaron Berry (shoulder), S Louis Delmas (knee), DT Nick Fairley (foot), CB Chris Houston (hand, knee), WR Calvin Johnson (Achilles), CB Alphonso Smith (foot), RB Kevin Smith (ankle, knee), DT Corey Williams (hip), DE Willie Young (ankle). SAINTS: OUT: LB Jonathan Casillas (knee), TE John Gilmore (toe), WR Lance Moore (hamstring). PROBABLE: S Jonathon Amaya (shoulder), S Malcolm Jenkins (neck), WR Robert Meachem (knee), LB Jonathan Vilma (knee).
CINCINNATI BENGALS at HOUSTON TEXANS - BENGALS: DOUBTFUL: S Taylor Mays (hamstring), LB Dontay Moch (illness). PROBABLE: DT Geno Atkins (Achilles), RB Cedric Benson (foot), C Kyle Cook (foot), S Chris Crocker (knee), QB Andy Dalton (illness), DE Jonathan Fanene (not injury related), DE Frostee Rucker (shoulder). TEXANS: QUESTIONABLE: CB Jason Allen (back), LB Bryan Braman (neck), S Troy Nolan (ankle). PROBABLE: G Mike Brisiel (ankle), G Antoine Caldwell (ankle), RB James Casey (knee), NT Shaun Cody (knee), TE Owen Daniels (knee), TE Joel Dreessen (knee), RB Arian Foster (knee), WR Andre Johnson (hamstring), WR Bryant Johnson (thigh), CB Johnathan Joseph (Achilles), CB Sherrick McManis (ankle), C Chris Myers (knee), T Derek Newton (hip), S Glover Quin (ankle, elbow), T Eric Winston (calf), QB T.J. Yates (left shoulder).
ATLANTA FALCONS at NEW YORK GIANTS - FALCONS: DOUBTFUL: LB Stephen Nicholas (toe). QUESTIONABLE: CB Brent Grimes (knee). PROBABLE: DE John Abraham (not injury related), DT Jonathan Babineaux (hamstring), RB Mike Cox (finger), WR Harry Douglas (groin), TE Tony Gonzalez (not injury related), DT Peria Jerry (calf), WR Julio Jones (thumb), TE Reggie Kelly (back), LB Curtis Lofton (ankle), C Todd McClure (not injury related), WR Kerry Meier (groin), S William Moore (groin), CB Christopher Owens (hand), TE Michael Palmer (knee), RB Jason Snelling (groin), RB Michael Turner (groin), LB Sean Weatherspoon (head), WR Roddy White (hip). GIANTS: OUT: LB Mark Herzlich (ankle). PROBABLE: TE Jake Ballard (knee), RB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot), RB Da'Rel Scott (knee), DE Justin Tuck (shoulder), T Tony Ugoh (ankle), DE Osi Umenyiora (ankle, knee), CB Corey Webster (hamstring).
PITTSBURGH STEELERS at DENVER BRONCOS - STEELERS: OUT: CB Cortez Allen (shoulder), RB Mewelde Moore (knee). QUESTIONABLE: C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle). PROBABLE: LB James Harrison (toe), DE Brett Keisel (groin), G Doug Legursky (shoulder), S Troy Polamalu (calf), QB Ben Roethlisberger (ankle), T Jonathan Scott (back), LB LaMarr Woodley (hamstring). BRONCOS: OUT: S Brian Dawkins (neck). DOUBTFUL: RB Spencer Larsen (knee). QUESTIONABLE: S David Bruton (Achilles), CB Jonathan Wilhite (illness). PROBABLE: LB Von Miller (thumb), WR Eddie Royal (toe).
Thursday's Late Games
Sacramento 103, Milwaukee 100
Portland 107, L.A. Lakers 96
Friday's Games
Atlanta 102, Charlotte 96, OT
New Jersey 97, Toronto 85
New York 99, Washington 96
Philadelphia 96, Detroit 73
Indiana 87, Boston 74
Oklahoma City 109, Houston 94
Denver 96 New Orleans 88
Cleveland 98, Minnesota 87
Chicago 97, Orlando 83
Utah 94, Memphis 85
Golden State at L.A. Lakers, N
Portland at Phoenix, N
Today's Games
Chicago at Atlanta, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Indiana, 6 p.m.
Miami at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.
New York at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Houston, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Denver at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Utah at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Minnesota at Washington, Noon
Orlando at Sacramento, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Portland, 8 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday's Late Games
Los Angeles 1, Phoenix 0, OT
San Jose 2, Columbus 1
Friday's Games
New Jersey 5, Florida 2
N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1
Carolina 4, Buffalo 2
Colorado 4, Chicago 0
N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, N
Today's Games
Vancouver at Boston, Noon
Ottawa at Philadelphia, Noon
Edmonton at Dallas, 1 p.m.
Columbus at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
Winnipeg at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 6 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Montreal, 6 p.m.
New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Washington at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Philadelphia at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.
Columbus at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Free Agent
NEW YORK (AP) - The 75 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources. For players with minor league contracts, letter agreements for major league contracts are in parentheses:
BALTIMORE (1) - Signed Endy Chavez, of, Texas, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.
BOSTON (3) - Announced David Ortiz, dh, has accepted salary arbitration; signed Kelly Shoppach, c, Tampa Bay, to a $1.35 million, one-year contract; signed Nick Punto, inf, St. Louis, to a $3 million, two-year contract.
CLEVELAND (2) - Re-signed Grady Sizemore, of, to a $5 million, one-year contract; signed Jose Lopez, 3b, Miami, to a minor league contract.
DETROIT (3) - Signed Gerald Laird, c, St. Louis, to a $1 million, one-year contract; re-signed Ramon Santiago, ss, to a $4.2 million, two-year contract; signed Octavio Dotel, rhp, St. Louis, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract.
KANSAS CITY (3) - Re-signed Bruce Chen, lhp, to a $9 million, two-year contract; signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Yuniesky Betancourt, ss, Milwaukee, to a $2 million, one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (3) - Signed Albert Pujols, 1b, St. Louis, to a $240 million, 10-year contract; signed C.J. Wilson, lhp, Texas, to a $77.5 million, five-year contract; signed LaTroy Hawkins, rhp, Milwaukee, to a $3 million, one-year contract.
MINNESOTA (5) - Signed Jamey Carroll, of, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $6.5 million, two-year contract; signed Ryan Doumit, c, Pittsburgh, to a $3 million, one-year contract; re-signed Matt Capps, rhp, to a $4.75 million, one-year contract; signed Josh Willingham, of, Oakland, to a $21 million, three-year contract; signed Jason Marquis, rhp, Arizona, to a $3 million, one-year contract.
NEW YORK (1) - Re-signed Freddy Garcia, rhp, to a $4 million, one-year contract.
OAKLAND (1) - Re-signed Coco Crisp, of, to a $14 million, two-year contract.
SEATTLE (1) - Signed George Sherrill, lhp, Atlanta, to a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY (2) - Signed Jose Molina, c, Toronto, to a $1.8 million, one-year contract; signed Fernando Rodney, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $2 million, one-year contract.
TEXAS (1) - Signed Joe Nathan, rhp, Minnesota, to a $14.5 million, two-year contract.
TORONTO (1) - Announced Kelly Johnson, 2b, has accepted salary arbitration.
ARIZONA (7) - Re-signed John McDonald, inf, to a $3 million, two-year contract; re-signed Henry Blanco, c, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; re-signed Willie Bloomquist, inf, to a $3.8 million, two-year contract; re-signed Aaron Hill, 2b, to an $11 million, two-year contract; re-signed Lyle Overbay, 1b, to a $1 million, one-year contract; signed Takashi Saito, rhp, Milwaukee, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract; signed Jason Kubel, of, Minnesota, to a $15.5 million, two-year contract.
CHICAGO (2) - Signed David DeJesus, of, Oakland, to a $10 million, two-year contract; re-signed Reed Johnson, of, to a $1.15 million, one-year contract.
CINCINNATI (1) - Signed Andrew Brackman, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $500,000, one-year contract.
COLORADO (3) - Signed Ramon Hernandez, c, Cincinnati, to a $6.4 million, two-year contract; signed Michael Cuddyer, of, Minnesota, to a $31.5 million, three-year contract; signed Casey Blake, 3b, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $2 million, one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES (8) - Re-signed Juan Rivera, of, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract; signed Adam Kennedy, 2b, Seattle, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Chris Capuano, lhp, New York Mets, to a $10 million, two-year contract; signed Jerry Hairston Jr., inf-of, Milwaukee, to a $6 million, two-year contract; signed Aaron Harang, rhp, San Diego, to a $12 million, two-year contract; signed Josh Bard, c, Seattle, to a minor league contract ($775,000); signed John Grabow, lhp, Chicago Cubs, to a minor league contract ($800,000); re-signed Mike MacDougal, rhp, to a $1 million, one-year contract.
MIAMI (3) - Signed Heath Bell, rhp, San Diego, to a $27 million, three-year contract; signed Jose Reyes, ss, New York Mets, to a $106 million, six-year contract; signed Mark Buehrle, lhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $58 million, four-year contract.
MILWAUKEE (4) - Announced Francisco Rodriguez, rhp, has accepted salary arbitration; signed Alex Gonzalez, ss, Atlanta, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Aramis Ramirez, 3b, Chicago Cubs, to a $36 million, three-year contract; signed Cesar Izturis, ss, Baltimore, to a minor league contract ($875,000).
NEW YORK (2) - Signed Jon Rauch, rhp, Toronto, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract; signed Frank Francisco, rhp, Toronto, to a $12 million, two-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA (6) - Signed Jim Thome, 1b, Cleveland, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract; signed Jonathan Papelbon, rhp, Boston, to a $50,000,058, four-year contract; re-signed Brian Schneider, c, to an $800,000, one-year contract; signed Laynce Nix, of; Washington, to a $2.5 million, one-year contract; signed Dontrelle Willis, lhp, Cincinnati, to an $850,000, one-year contract; re-signed Jimmy Rollins, ss, to a $33 million, three-year contract.
PITTBURGH (4) - Signed Rod Barajas, c, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $4 million, one-year contract; signed Clint Barmes, ss, Houston, to a $10.5 million, two-year contract; signed Nate McLouth, of, Atlanta, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract; signed Erik Bedard, lhp, Boston, to a $4.5 million, one-year contract.
ST. LOUIS (3) - Re-signed Rafael Furcal, ss, to a $14 million, two-year contract; signed J.C. Romero, lhp, Colorado, to a $750,000, one-year contract; signed Carlos Beltran, of, San Francisco, to a $26 million, two-year contract.
SAN DIEGO (1) - Signed Mark Kotsay, of, Milwaukee, to a $1.25 million, one-year contract.
WASHINGTON (3) - Re-signed Chien-Ming Wang, rhp, to a $4 million, one-year contractl; signed Jason Michaels, of, Houston, to a minor league contract ($800,000); signed Mark DeRosa, 1b, San Francisco, to an $800,000, one-year contract.
SOFTBANK HAWKS (1) - Signed OF Wily Mo Pena, of, Seattle to a $4.05 million, two-year contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS-Promoted Jeff Desjardins to lead assistant athletic trainer. Named Michael Salazar assistant athletic trainer.


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In July 2011, FDA approved indacaterol, Novartis's new once-daily long-acting beta agonist, for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In contrast to its European counterpart (EMA), which approved indacaterol there at doses up to 300 mcg, FDA only approved indacaterol in the 75 mcg daily dose. The FDA's Badrul Chowdhury explains why in the December 2011 New England Journal:
- The initial criteria FDA gave Novartis stipulated that the approved dose of indacaterol would have to beat both tiotropium and formoterol on the measures of 24-hour trough FEV1, and FEV1 area-under-the-curve from 1 to 4 hours after a dose. In response, Novartis rationally pushed for higher doses of the drug (150 and 300 mcg) to be tested, so as to maximize the likelihood of meeting the efficacy criteria, Chowdhury believes.
- However, FDA's interpretation of the dose response curves was that the 75, 150, and 300 mcg doses were all on a plateau — there was no added benefit of bronchodilation with doses higher than 75 mcg.
- The FDA was worried about adverse events in people with asthma getting this new LABA off-label or as treatment for misdiagnosed COPD. There was a small numerical increase in adverse respiratory events and death among people with asthma who took indacaterol at 300 or 600 mcg doses in the preapproval trials.
- The 75 and 150 mcg doses were never compared head-to-head, but in the separately conducted trials, FDA did not see a clinically meaningful benefit of the higher 150 mcg dose.
There have been 23 trials on indacaterol in over 11,700 subjects. FDA's analysis concluded there was no signal there of a serious risk from either the 75 or 150 mcg dose.
There is a business backstory here, too, one not mentioned in the genteel NEJM. According to a 2011 Reuters story, Novartis had a strong financial interest in the approval of the 150 mcg dose, because they would have been able to more quickly roll out QVA149, a once-daily combination inhaler containing indacaterol and a long-acting antimuscarinic. Novartis is rushing to beat GlaxoSmithKline to be first to market with such a product. Having to reformulate the QVA149 combination product for the 75 mcg indacaterol dose may push Novartis back a year, reducing QVA149′s market share.
Clinical Takeaway: In the end, it sounds like FDA was not really concerned about the safety of 150 mcg of indacaterol, but they didn't see any clinical benefit either, and made the most conservative decision. That's understandable, given their ongoing postmarketing experience with LABAs for asthma (the most recent major development there: FDA's commissioning of Big Pharma to conduct 5 huge trials to assess LABAs' safety in people with asthma; results are expected in 2017).
Chowdhury BA et al. The Risks and Benefits of Indacaterol — The FDA's Review. N Engl J Med 2011;365:2247-2249. FREE FULL TEXT
Other articles we've reviewed on indacaterol:
Indacaterol vs. tiotropium for once-daily COPD Rx (RCT, Eur Resp J)
Indacaterol's benefit keeps going at least through year 1
Once-daily indacaterol as effective as salmeterol bid for COPD
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Alpine and Rock Garden team blog
The Alpine and Rock Garden team looks after a fantastic range of plants from the world's mountain ranges. This blog includes stories about individual plants, growing techniques and trips to see alpine plants in the wild. You can visit plants from Kew's collection of alpines in the Davies Alpine House, the Rock Garden and Woodland Garden and read this blog to find out how the team gets to grips with cultivating them.
Summer Lilies
By: Richard Wilford - 25 Jul 2013- 2 likes
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Lilies are the classic summer bulb, with different species flowering from early summer to the first days of autumn. Their flowers range from small colourful 'Turk's caps', with reflexed petals, to gleaming trumpets with a heady fragrance, like the glorious Lilium regale, from China.
Lilium regale
A bewildering variety of lily hybrids have been raised, some with upward-facing blooms that are grown for cut flowers or for pots. But the wild species are ideally suited to a woodland garden in moist, humus-rich soil and dappled shade. Many come from parts of the world with a monsoon climate and are used to wet summers. The bulbs are made up of a cluster of scales and should be planted 15 to 20 cm deep from autumn to early spring.
Lily bulbs ready for planting in late autumn
Lilies with flowers that have recurved petals are often called Turk's caps and they include the Chinese species Lilium henryi and L. davidii. Both have nodding, orange flowers with darker spots towards the centre and anthers held out on long filaments. They are lime tolerant and ideal for a partially shaded border.
Lilium davidii in the Woodland Garden at Kew
From Europe comes one of the easiest lilies for the garden, Lilium martagon. The leaves are held in whorls on a stem that reaches over a metre tall and carries up to fifty small Turk's cap flowers. Colours range from deep plum purple to pale lilac and white.
A dark form of Lilium martagon
If you would like to learn more about bulbs in any season, Growing Garden Bulbs, published by Kew, can be bought for only £5 from the Kew shop and online from Kewbooks.com.
- Richard -
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Come and see Kew's glorious giant Himalayan lilies
By: Richard Wilford - 05 Jul 2013- 4 likes
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The glistening white trumpets of the giant Himalayan lily (Cardiocrinum giganteum) are held in a loose cluster at the top of leafy stems that can reach over two metres tall. The lily grows wild in the Himalayan Mountains at altitudes up to 3600 metres. At Kew it can be seen in the shady Woodland Garden, at grid reference M8 on our handy garden map (pdf).
Cardiocrinum giganteum in the Woodland Garden (Photo: Richard Wilford)
Growing from a huge bulb, Cardiocrinum giganteum can take 7 years or more to reach flowering size from seed. The main bulb then dies but small bulb offsets are produced and can be separated and replanted for flowers in years to come. It is well worth the long wait to see these amazing blooms.
The white trumpets of the giant Himalayan lily (Photo: Richard Wilford)
The bulbs of these mighty plants are scattered through the Woodland Garden and at the moment there is a particularly good display of flowering sized plants. Some of the smaller specimens that have only grown wide, glossy green leaves will flower in the next year or two.
Cardiocrinum giganteum is scattered throughout the Woodland Garden (Photo: Richard Wilford)
If you want to read more about how to propagate this plant, read a previous post, Dramatic display of giant Himalayan lily seedheads, written in the autumn when the seed heads make another eye-catching display.
But right now, come to Kew and enjoy these wonderful flowers in their glory!
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Rock and water
By: Richard Wilford - 20 Jun 2013- 5 likes
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Streamside plants
The photo below shows part of the Asian section of Kew's Rock Garden.
A stream and waterfall in the Asian Section of Kew's Rock Garden
The orange flowers belong to Primula bulleyana, a Chinese primrose named after Arthur Kilpin Bulley, who set up Ness Gardens in Liverpool and the seed firm Bees Ltd at the beginning of the 20th century. He employed collectors, such as George Forrest, to find new plants and send back seeds. Forrest found this primula in north-west Yunnan in 1904. It first flowered in cultivation in 1909.
Primula bulleyana
The plumes of creamy-white flowers below, are those of Rodgersia podophylla, an herbaceous perennial from Japan and Korea. The leaves are attractive on their own, reaching over 30cm wide and divided into 5 or 6 deeply veined leaflets.
Rodgersia podophylla
Many irises do well in damp soil including the Siberian irises, such as Iris sibirica and I. sanguinea. Iris chrysographes has flowers in shades of deep velvety purple, with delicate golden yellow lines on the lower petals.
Iris chrysographes
A word of warning!
The huge leaves on the left of the first photo belong to Lysichiton camtschatcense, an Asian version of the American skunk cabbage, L. americanum. The white spathes appear in early spring near ground level but the leaves soon follow and they are massive. This is worth remembering if you intend to plant this next to your garden pond! The other plants mentioned here do not need such boggy ground to grow in. They do best in moist soil and can also be grown in the lightly dappled shade of a woodland garden.
Lysichiton camtschatcense
Wild water
The waterfalls and streams on a rock garden replicate the conditions found in the wild, where melt water from glaciers and high altitude snow fields rushes down the mountainsides, dropping into steep-sided valleys and forming raging torrents through rocky meadows and woodland. Here you can find plants that grow in permanently moist soil. The water features in a rock garden mimic this habitat.
A river in the Pyrenees, near Pont D'Espagne
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The last tulip
By: Richard Wilford - 10 Jun 2013- 7 likes
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This last tulip to flower is Tulipa sprengeri, a strikingly beautiful species. It is well-known in gardens as the tulip that marks the end of spring, but it is sadly thought to be extinct in the wild. If you hurry, you can still see this late-flowering beauty at Kew.
The bright scarlet flowers of Tulipa sprengeri
Where to see it
There is huge variety in tulips and some are very hard to tell apart, especially some of the species that grow wild in an area stretching from south-west Europe to Central Asia. Tulipa sprengeri is one of the more distinct, partly due to its late flowering. The scarlet blooms have pointed petals that form a funnel-shaped flower with six yellow anthers inside. The outer three petals are stained with buff on the outside. It makes an eye-catching display and can be seen now in the Woodland Garden and Rock Garden at Kew. Print out our handy Garden map (pdf): the Woodland Garden is at Map reference M8, the Rock Garden is at O8.
Tulipa sprengeri in the Woodland Garden
Turkish origins
Tulipa sprengeri was first collected from north-central Turkey in 1892 but since the late nineteenth century it has never been found in the wild again. Remarkably it has survived in cultivation for all those years, mainly due to the fact that it produces copious amounts of seed. If left to fall the seed will germinate and new seedlings will grow up around the parent plants.
Flowering on the Rock Garden
Tulipa sprengeri grows best in soil that doesn't dry out too much in summer. It can even do well in dappled shade or in grass, unlike most tulips, which prefer well-drained soil and full sun. Bulbs can be bought but they don't like to be moved around too much and may not always establish well, so the best way to introduce it to other parts of your garden is to collect seed and sow it directly where you want it to grow. Thin, grass-like, seedling leaves will appear first and these eventually grow into flowering plants in 3 or 4 years. Learn more about this plant in Kew's species profile.
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The Woodland Garden dons its winter coat
By: Katie Price - 27 Nov 2012- 17 likes
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A 20-tonne heap of organic 'stuff' has appeared under the black walnut, Juglans nigra, in the Woodland Garden. The size of this pile of composted bracken could seem intimidating, but to us lucky ones who have to spread it on the beds, it's an annual task that pays big dividends.
Bracken mulch to be spread over the woodland garden beds
Why mulch?
In nature, autumn delivers a deep mulch of leaves to the woody and herbaceous plants growing on the forest floor. The fallen leaves insulate the ground and gradually decompose. Soil organisms work them into the ground where they deliver micro-nutrients and act as fantastic soil conditioners. It's a perfect circle.
But here at Kew, we have to pick up the fallen leaves – to protect our turf and keep the paths accessible (and to prevent homicidal impulses from the Rock Garden team, who rightly object to the arrival of leaves on their beautifully kept beds).
So to make up for robbing the Woodland Garden of its leaves, in mid-November we mulch! Kew produces a 'soft mulch' using composted plant material from on site mixed with horse manure, but this has quite a high pH and high nitrogen levels, neither of which are suitable for the majority of woodlanders.
Why bracken mulch?
Bracken mulch (Pteridium aquilinum, composted for two years) is low in nitrogen and has a neutral-to-acid pH. It is a good soil conditioner too, increasing the soil's ability to hold water and nutrients (Kew has a very free-draining soil, so we have to work hard to keep it in good health).
How and when
We mulch in November when the soil still has some warmth from the past season and before the spring-flowering bulbs start to emerge. We cut back the herbaceous plants, and weed and remove the majority of the leaves on the bed so that we can see exactly where to put the mulch.
Using wooden boardwalks to drive our loaded barrows onto the beds, we spread the bracken mulch in a layer 6-8 cm thick. We take care not to smother rosettes – like Meconopsis and Primula species, and we leave a good bare circle around the base of smaller shrubs (it is easy to over-mulch woody plants, effectively choking them).
Job satisfaction
It's rewarding work, because the beds look beautiful with their rich, red-brown duvet... at least for a few hours, before the oaks chuck down another layer of crispy golden leaves. These we collect and put aside to make leaf mould (but that's a story for a future blog).
And even now, plants are stirring under ground. The Trillium buds are just visible, gathering pace for spring which, despite the evidence to the contrary, is just around the corner.
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Well, I agree with a grant on Nuclear technology as it has been proven. I don't agree with grants for unproven technologies. At the end of the day, the US will waste money. It is just a simple fact. Rather it wasted here than in the ME.
Would you care to share the study that supports this position? Not doubting you just that there are a thousand different theories which provide conclusive projections. Hubert's theory wrote that our last drop would have been consumed by 2006, a theory that was a platform for crude pricing yet here we are today, planes still fly and smog-o-saurus SUV's continue to pollute the LA freeways. For a change I am inclined to believe the IEA analysis that these predictions are not solely on oil volumes but the addition of alternative energies that compliment the production of crude. http://www.bloomberg.com/video/u-s-...deast-oil-by-2015-z4ZE8dnQSFicW1KLf4b7cQ.html Natural gas is HUGE which is why I brought in T-Boone. Boone is all about natural gas and his rights to water propel his platform. Fracking will continue to grow until environmentalist complain enough about man made earth quakes. Offsetting crude with other energies is key to ridding ourselves from OPEC's reign. We can become energy independent and have more of a say in the cost for the global demand.
Not quite that many, but yes you can plug many variables into the formula. But it is conclusive that oil production at the scale we enjoy today will drop off steeply and very soon. All the studies depict this. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/apr/21/oilandpetrol.news Actually Hubert's Peak Oil curve did not say "every drop gone in 2006". It said that oil production was a bell curve with a peak in the 1970s, followed by a steep drop then a flattening at extremely low production. Long before the oil is gone, it will become unaffordable. Actual production figures have proven to be very faithful to Hubert. The 5 million barrels per day we produce now will be less than 500,000 barrels per day in 60 years. Not "gone" in absolute terms (we will have low-level production) but gone in the sense of how the world uses oil today. And prices will skyrocket because the demand curve is staggering. Alternate energy sources are important, but cannot replace oil in most circumstances. Natural Gas is indeed huge, but it is also a resource with a depletion curve. It has great potential to replace coal, but far less to replace oil. If we cannot get past fossil fuels in the next century with a scientific breakthrough, human lifestyles will change dramatically, especially with the scary population increases now happening. OPEC does not set prices. Oil is a global commodity and the prices are set by supply and demand. We pay just as much for domestic oil as we do for foreign oil. Becoming "self-sufficient" means that we will spend less money overseas, but not less money. And this comfort is ephemeral. By being self-sufficent, we will deplete domestic reserves much more rapidly and end up sending far more money overseas in 50-100 years to buy remaining foreign reserves at vastly inflated prices. For many countries (including the US) it may be much cheaper to invade Venezuela and take the oil than to buy it. Saudi Arabia greatly fears that day, which is the only reason that they are steadfast US allies. They can't defend their own oil fields from their third-world neighbors, much less Russia or China.
Also from your link: Colin Campbell is not a company man without an agenda? lol Can't be reports like these are designed to keep the panic button breathing so that prices stay up? I mean, God forbid somebody says Oil will last another 100 years, I mean prices will fall back to black and white film prices all while common folk fly across our oceans and express freedom. I am not beating up your source, I am beating up ALL sources from those that are respected industry experts. Serious? OPEC is an Arab ran cartel. They set production quotas to keep production down and prices up. Saddam Hussein used the "oil for food" platform to circumvent OPEC's imposed quotas. Aside from gassing his own people and those in Iran, he hung hardest for this. OPEC will NOT stand for any nation fuggin with their set quotas. OPEC says jump and we say "how high".
OPEC is indeed a cartel who sets production quotas that can affect supply and demand, but they do not set global prices. Nor are they the only petroleum exporting country. The United States is one and so is Russia, China, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil . . . six of the top 10 that are NOT in OPEC. OPEC can affect prices but they cannot control them. Not at all. OPEC notoriously doesn't get along with each other. Saudi Arabia has many times increased oil production at the request of the US to help lower prices during crises, to the distress of their enemies Iraq and Iran. In 1973, to express their displeasure at the western support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War, OPEC tried to use "The Oil Weapon" and embargoed oil to the west. Initially alarming to us, it turned out to be a huge blunder for OPEC. First of all, they quickly discovered that they were addicted to oil income which plummeted and severely impacted their own economies. If it was a weapon, it was a double-edged sword. Worse, it forced America and Europe to do three things that have stymied OPEC dreams of controlling the worlds oil ever since . . . we initiated energy conservation measures that worked, exploited new reserves in Russia and the North Sea, and increased domestic production to the point that OPEC could not impact us that way again. Thirdly they discovered that they could not agree on production quotas and they all began undercutting each other . . . eventually luring us back with cheap oil and lots of it.
Correct. So why then did we invade Iraq...the second time? Cheney still refuses to answer that one...although we know OPEC has partners in on those fields. My position is oil is oil, regardless of OPEC's partners. Look at Brazil and Venezuela. Chavez is dead and BP now wants 40% share of Petrobras. It is all relative when it comes to oil and who produces it. OPEC or not, they are all partners, Petrobras for BP consideration is proof. I never thought Brazil would sell out.
Not BP, but the 40% went too: http://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/122361/Petrobras_Sells_Stake_in_BS4_Block Just happened Monday. OGX is a Brazil company which has partnered with BP for deep-well technology. Circles back to my point that oil is oil. The fleecing never stops.
Because the Neocons were profoundly incompetent. Dub wanted to accomplish something his father didn't and none of them realized the limitations of our military power. After the Gulf War, we were feared as a Superpower that could go anywhere and do anything. Bush/Cheney exposed our weakness against guerilla war and we will pay for that for many years. OK. But what does that have to do with the validity of Peak Oil and the rapidly impending depletion?


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Ortiz lifts Red Sox over Astros
Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz, right, watches his solo home run in front of Houston Astros' Jason Castro in the third inning of a baseball game in Boston, Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) |
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BOSTON (AP) — A week into his comeback from a long layoff, David Ortiz looks like his old self.
Ortiz went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, boosting his batting average over .500 as the Boston Red Sox beat the Astros 7-2 Thursday night to win their eighth straight series opener.
"It's remarkable the timing that he's displayed, particularly after the layoff that he's had," Boston manager John Farrell said. "I think even guys in the dugout are marveling at what he's been able to do, as far as not only contact but driving the baseball."
Ortiz, who also scored three runs, is 11 for 20 (.550) with five RBIs since returning last weekend. He missed 71 of last year's final 72 games and most of the first three weeks this season because of a heel injury.
"I've been working, just like to stay short and quick to the ball, not trying to do too much," Ortiz said. "And I always tell you guys, I'm old enough to know what it takes for me to be what I want to be."
Boston has won 10 of its last 13 and taken the first eight series openers of a season for the first time in team history.
Clay Buchholz (5-0) allowed two runs and six hits in 7 2-3 innings with 10 strikeouts and two walks. His ERA rose from 0.90 to 1.19.
The 28-year old right-hander became the first Boston pitcher to win his opening five starts since Josh Beckett in 2007 — when the Red Sox went on to win the World Series.
"Last couple of years I've been a slow starter, so it feels good to be out there and have a little bit of confidence early on, and that helps a lot," he said. "Guys are playing well behind me. Things are going right."
Pitching one year and four days after his perfect game for the Chicago White Sox against Seattle, Philip Humber (0-5) gave up seven runs, 10 hits and three walks in 4 2-3 innings. Humber, 2-3 with and 8.36 ERA in five career starts against the Red Sox, has allowed 12 first-inning runs in his last two starts, including four against Boston.
"I'm just not making good pitches. It's not fun to go out there and get hit around like that," he said. "Like I said, if I had an answer, I would have done something different. Give credit to their hitters, they've got good hitters and didn't miss the pitches they should hit. It was pathetic. I didn't give our team a chance to win."
Houston dropped to 7-15, the Astros' worst start since opening with the identical record in 1975, according to STATS.
"It's definitely not fun," manager Bo Porter said. "It's hard when you fall behind early in a game against one of the better pitchers in our league. You're on the road, and you're fighting an up hill battle."
Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia hit run-scoring singles in the first, when Mike Carp added a two-out RBI double and scored on Jarrod Saltalamacchia's single.
Houston closed to 4-2 on run-scoring singles by Fernando Martinez in the second and Jason Castro in the third.
Ortiz homered into the center-field bleachers in the third, his first since July 13 against Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson and his first at Fenway Park since June 27 off Toronto's Jesse Chavez.
Saltalamacchia hit a run-scoring single in the fifth and scored on a double by Will Middlebrooks, Humber's final batter.
NOTES: Boston is 11-0 when scoring first. ... Farrell expects RHP John Lackey, on the 15-day DL with a strained right biceps, will start Sunday. ... Red Sox OF Shane Victorino, who left Wednesday's game with a stiff lower back, didn't play. ... The Astros are on their second trip to Fenway. They were swept in a three-game series in June of 2003. ... Boston recalled C Ryan Lavarnway from Triple-A Pawtucket , filling the spot that opened when RHP Alfredo Aceves was optioned to Triple-A following Wednesday's game. Lavarnway is expected to go back to the minors when Lackey returns Sunday. ... The Red Sox gave out nearly 6,200 free tickets to fans that had tickets to Tuesday's game, played in a steady drizzle with a game-time temperature of 42. ... Boston closer Joel Hanrahan, on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring, is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Pawtucket on Friday.
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LINCOLN — The City of Omaha's taxpayers "and others" could be asked to contribute about $10�million toward the $76.3 million cost of a UNO hockey and basketball arena, according to a proposal seeking the NU Board of Regents' approval next week.
Bill Conley, vice chancellor of business and finance at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, said the majority of the $10 million figure reflects the cost of infrastructure, such as streets, sewers and the like.
He emphasized that the cost estimates remain preliminary and will be further refined as the project comes closer to reality. He also did not identify who the "others" might be. They could include the university or other public or private entities, he said.
UNO officials are asking the regents for the green light during the NU governing board's meeting Friday in Lincoln.
The regents will be asked to authorize University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken to sign a letter of intent with an as-yet unnamed private developer that would construct and help finance the facility.
The arrangement would allow the project to take advantage of "financing vehicles and tax strategies available only to private owners." One example would be tax-increment financing, or TIF, in which a portion of property tax revenues resulting from new construction are used to pay for infrastructure. If the project were strictly university-led, it would not qualify for TIF, Omaha City Planning Director Rick Cunningham said.
UNO eventually would take ownership of the new building through a lease-purchase agreement.
As described in the proposal to the regents, the arena would have about 7,500 seats. It would feature two sheets of ice to allow an array of activities — hockey, men's and women's basketball, volleyball and events such as graduations and concerts — with a minimum of conflicts.
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UNO Chancellor John Christensen said the regents' approval is required before UNO can develop more detailed cost estimates. The figures given are to provide a general idea of how the deal would be structured.
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HDR has already briefed Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle about the arena project and its costs, Conley said. Aida Amoura, Suttle's spokeswoman, said that the Mayor's Office has discussed the arena project with UNO officials but that no requests for city financial assistance have been made.
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Still, After Lady MF Glitta's won Kelly Kline's Drag Survivor, it seems realness has its limits. Facebook quickly lit up with comments disparaging the judge's call. Maybe Glitta turned it during the competition, maybe her lip sync was on point. But she wasn't supposed to win a drag competition. After all, Lady MF Glitta is a cisgender woman. Without illusion, the comments argued, where was the drag? Where was the challenge in being who you are?
Kelly Kline, the host and co-creator of the competition, seemed surprised at the hubbub. Inclusivity was advertised since the beginning. "I wanted to create a safe place for everyone, regardless of looks, age, race, and sexual orientation to showcase their talents. All contestants must sign a contract that states the competition is open to any gender. As entertainers, we all know we have to go above and beyond to entertain our audience, but the contest is judged 100% on lip-sync ability."
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Practice makes perfect, but drag's type of gender performance really has nothing to do with the roles that culture pins on assigned sex. Drag is a fiction. Dolly Parton performs drag with her exaggerated womanhood. The "Castro Clones" of the Seventies performed drag by emphasizing the superficial tokens of masculinity. Drag also often creates space between gender poles. Even RuPaul's Drag Race, though restricting participation to anatomy, tends to be heading in a new direction. "Fishy" queens dominated the competition in its first couple of seasons. But the last two winners, Raja and Sharon Needles, rarely bother with "passing."
Drag also has never been rigidly defined. The ball culture of the Eighties and Nineties, as shown in Jennie Livingston's Paris is Burning, included categories that allowed men to dress as butch archetypes. Leigh Bowery's drag often presented gender outside the binary. And many legendary drag troupes opened their doors to cis women from the start. Jessica Kitty Buick, one of Austin's most well-known faux queens, offers some historical perspective.
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They unanimously recognised the urgent need for increased political will and resources to support this sector. The British Secretary of State for International Development, Mr. Hilary Benn, paid glowing tribute to the work undertaken by UN-HABITAT in urban areas.
Ms. Sally Keeble, Labour Member for North Northampton, secured the debate after hearing an appraisal of global urbanisation trends by UN-HABITAT's Executive Director Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka last year to the All Part Group on Africa chaired by Mr. Hugh Bayley, the Labour MP for the City of York.
From Mrs. Tibaijuka's address, Ms. Keeble said that it had became clear that urbanisation had slipped down the political agenda and that this debate aimed to partly redress the balance and pressing needs of the world's 1 billion slum dwellers. She pointed out that the scale of the population shifts now taking place were outstripping anything that had been seen in the past. Ms. Keeble said urbanisation was fastest in the developing countries in the south and that it was greatest in countries that are the least equipped to deal with it by virtue of the weakness of their economies and the fragility of the systems of governance.
"Previously, 75 percent of the world's dollar-a-day poor lived in rural areas, which is perhaps why so much development assistance has focused on rural communities," she said adding that the picture was changing and that the world was seeing the urbanisation of poverty.
Ms. Keeble urged Mr. Benn to give priority to the promotion of security of tenure for slum dwellers accompanied by better urban governance. She also asked that financial instruments for slum upgrading be prioritized so that they could tap the considerable financial resources of the urban poor. Finally, she called for support of UN-HABITAT's Slum Upgrading Facility, which would require financing to the tune of $250 million a year for five years.
"Above all what is required, and what the debate is intended to achieve, is a high priority for urbanization on the international development agenda," she said in conclusion.
Mr. Bayley, the MP for York, quoted the 2003 UN-HABITAT report, The Challenge of Slums which said that slum dwellers constituted 72 percent of people living in urban areas in Africa, 58 percent on the Indian subcontinent, and 32 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean.
He emphasized the urgent need to improve the capacities of local authorities in cities across Africa mentioning the possibilities offered by twinning cities and also by the excellent work being done by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum. He also highlighted the appalling crime statistics in most slums and presented a case for working towards safer cities. Finally, he called upon the Secretary of State for International Development to ensure that this debate on urbanization would be seen as part of the consultation process of a new White Paper recently been published by Department for International Development (DfID).
"Without strong local government in developing countries, they will not rise to the challenge of creating decent conditions in which people can live and prosper in the growing cities of the developing world," Mr. Bayley said.
Mr. John Barrett, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, told the House "Our aid efforts often seem to focus on farmers and rural challenges when the biggest challenges are perhaps in the urban cities and townships. All too often, donor agencies prioritize investment in rural areas and it not does not reach the majority of the poor."
Mr. Barrett highlighted grim statistics for water and sanitation in the slums of the developing world pointing out that most cities in Africa have less than 10 percent of their urban populations connected to sewers. The results of the lack of such facilities is that, in slums, one in every four children dies before their fifth birthday. Citing the impressive research done by the International Institute for Environment and Development, he said there were many best practices around the world showing that with good governance and well targeted investment, it was possible to turn cities around and make them sustainable.
Mr. Andrew Mitchell, the Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield, opened his remarks by saying how much political parties in the United Kingdom were in agreement on the urbanisation crisis. On many international development issues, he said there was no longer a Labour, Conservative or Liberal Democrat Agenda – but simply a British one.
Mr. Mitchell asked how the private sector could contribute to the delivery of essential services such as water. He also an important way to empower the urban poor was to strengthen and formalize property rights, stating that the poor suffered most where property rights are weak. He asked Mr. Benn how the Government would incorporate concerns raised in debate in the work of DfID.
In his response, Mr. Benn said he agreed with much that was said by the MPs from across all parties. He also said he was equally concerned about the fact that since the 1970s there had been greater investment in rural poverty than urban poverty, and that it was important to tackle the problem in a much more well rounded way.
He said the British government pledged to continue working UN-HABITAT and other partners in its pace setting slum upgrading work. He said the government had already given 11 million US dollars for slum upgrading work the agency was undertaking in Ghana, Tanzania and Sri Lanka, and that additional funding would depend on the outcome of the pilot projects.
"The biggest challenge, if good governance and local government are secured, is the cash to make things happen. The way in which we finance the work, and developing countries raise the necessary resources to finance the improvements in their towns and cities that the people who live in them, above all, want, is our big challenge for the coming months and years," Mr. Benn said.


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The central principle of free government is the principle of equality. But many people today misunderstand or confuse this principle. It is not the leveling spirit of an administrative state that tries to make all people the same in their material possessions. It is, rather, the simple recognition that all human beings, whatever their differences in appearance, or talent, or education, possess the same human nature, with a free will and reason to direct it. No man is so superior as to be a god among men, or so inferior as to be ruled over without his consent, the way we govern our pets without asking them first. In other words, every human being is equally human. And it is because we are all equally human that we are, by right, equally free.
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Immediately after Lincoln's election in November 1860, some Southerners began a movement for secession from the Union. In Apostles of Disunion, historian Charles Dew reviews the speeches of "secession commissioners" as they traveled throughout the South during the winter of 1860-61, trying to persuade fellow Southerners to leave the Union. In this critical moment, with nothing less than the future of the United States and constitutional government at stake, the defense of secession had little to do with the old sectional squabbles over tariffs or banks. The turning of the tide toward disunion and civil war rested squarely on the question of race and slavery. Leroy Pope Walker, Alabama's commissioner dispatched to Tennessee, and later the first Confederate secretary of war, predicted that if the South did not secede immediately, everything it valued would be lost: "First our property," then "our liberties," and finally the greatest Southern treasure of all, "the sacred purity of our daughters" would be lost to "pollution and violation to gratify the lust of half-civilized Africans."
This is the ugly truth of the American South on the eve of the Civil War. No one reading the literature of the antebellum period can honestly deny that slavery and race were at the heart of the Southern resolve to make war on the Union rather than accept Lincoln's election. It is why, on the eve of the Civil War, Lincoln wrote to Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens that "the only substantial difference between us" is that "you think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it wrong and ought to be restricted."
When citizens of eleven states rejected his constitutional election as president and attempted to secede, Lincoln faced the awful choice of allowing the only union in history based on equality to crumble, or drawing blood to preserve it. In the midst of the Civil War, Lincoln penned his famous letter to Horace Greeley, stating that his first priority was saving the Union, not destroying slavery. But for Lincoln, saving the Union was tantamount to solving the problem of slavery: In a constitutional government where the principle of equality was safe, slavery was not. When he wrote to Greeley, Lincoln had already announced to his Cabinet his plan for the Emancipation Proclamation. The Union Lincoln was trying to save was a Union where slavery was about to be dealt a lethal blow. It is the essence of American tragedy that in order for a government of consent and equal rights to survive, civil war had to come, and many young men would give the last full measure of their devotion.
The story of Lincoln provides a window for us to see clearly the principles of freedom and the obligations they impose on those who would defend them. We should continue to remember Lincoln and discuss him, not to prattle on about the past, but to learn the immutable principles according to which free people govern themselves. In this decisive respect, we learn that Lincoln's fight is our fight as well.


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