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      <description><![CDATA[The 12 Bar is in business under its new owner. Please come along and support us this Sunday (11th December) With BILLYJON (Full Band), GAVIN BUTLER (Vocalist of THE BLACKOUT), JIM LOCKEY &amp; THE SOLEMN SUN + RHIANNON ELLIOTT.

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      <description><![CDATA[PEORIA, Ariz. White Sox Gordon Beckham Jersey . - Erik Bedard, a native of Naven, Ont,. passed his first brief test in his comeback from shoulder surgery, allowing only a groundball single during a scoreless inning in an intrasquad game Tuesday. He then declared himself healthy and ready to pitch Friday in an exhibition game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bedard threw 12 pitches, six to Bryan LaHair before he struck out the reserve first baseman to end his short morning. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;It was pretty good,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; Bedard said of his first work against hitters since surgery Sept. 26 to remove a cyst from his pitching shoulder and cut away some tissue. Bedard is one month ahead of the typical, six-month recovery time from that procedure. Asked if he felt healthy, Bedard said, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;Yep.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; The left-hander went 6-4 with a 3.67 ERA in 15 starts last season before the surgery. He didnt make a start after July 4. A year ago, the Mariners traded five top prospects - including George Sherrill, a closer they could now use - to the Baltimore Orioles for Bedard. He and the Mariners agreed last month on a $7.75 million, one-year contract that gave Bedard a raise of $750,000 and avoided salary arbitration. He is eligible for free agency after this season. Bedards raise could total more than $1.3 million if he stays healthy in 2009. He can make $600,000 in performance bonuses: $75,000 for 150 innings, $100,000 for 165 innings, $150,000 for 180 innings, $125,000 for 195 innings and $150,000 for 205 innings. That all looks possible - so far. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;He said it was great. Everythings good,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said of Bedards outing Tuesday. Bedard began throwing during the second week of December in his garage at his home near Navan off his portable plastic mound. By the first of the year, Bedard said the scar tissue had loosened and he felt pain-free, as he has since. He said his shoulder troubles are completely out of his mind. Asked this month what the difference is between now and last year, he said simply: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;It just doesnt hurt.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; Notes: 3B Adrian Beltre said he was still undecided on whether hell play in the World Baseball Classic for the Dominican Republic. The Mariners are leaving the choice up to him, but they advised the two-time Gold Glove winner not to play following September surgery on his thumb and non-throwing shoulder. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;We discouraged him,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; Wakamatsu said, relaying information from a meeting general manager Jack Zduriencik had with Beltre the day before. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;He feels awfully good. Hes judging whether he should go. ... I would prefer he stays in camp.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; ... RHP Brandon Morrow started opposite Bedard in the intrasquad game and got two outs. He allowed three hits, one walk and two unearned runs. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;Hes got such a good arm. Overall, I was real happy,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; Wakamatsu said. The Mariners are leaving Morrow as a starter, after converting him from reliever last summer. ... Wakamatsu keeps saying how impressed he is with the hitting of 1B Mike Carp, who arrived as a Double-A player from the Mets in the three-team trade that sent reliever J.J. Putz to New York. ... With 2B Jose Lopez leaving next week to play for Venezuela in the WBC and SS Yuniesky Betancourt still nursing a sore hamstring, former Cubs starter Ronny Cedeno will get plenty of playing time in the first exhibition games. Those start Wednesday against Jake Peavy and the San Diego Padres. Premier Green Bay Packers Jersey . Price, the first overall pick in the 2007 draft, enters tonights tilt tied with New Yorks Andy Pettitte and Bostons Clay Buchholz for the AL lead in wins. The first overall pick of the 2007 draft was denied his eighth win in his last trip to the hill Friday against Chicago, as he had a four-start win streak stopped and fell to 7-2 after giving up three runs and four hits in seven innings. Washington Redskins Trent Williams Jersey . Vettels time of one minute 23.919 seconds around the Albert Park circuit dashed the hopes of local fans cheering for Webber. But the front-row monopoly of the grid put Red Bull in a good position to make amends for missing out on a win in Bahrain earlier this month. Chris Ivory Jersey . Texas came through with a 4-3 victory in Mondays opener and now owns a 3 1/2- game advantage on the three-time defending division champion Angels in the standings, with Oakland two games back in second place. All four of Texas runs came in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Nelson Cruzs two-RBI double off Angels starter Scott Kazmir capping the outburst. Authentic Wes Welker Jersey . Ils pr&eacute;senteront le prix final qui inclut un voyage pour assister &agrave; la Classique hivernale entre Capitals et Penguins le 1er janvier, au Heinz Field de Pittsburgh. Crosby, Ovechkin et Roenick se joindront &agrave; lanimateur Drew Carey pour d&eacute;voiler un prix final qui comprend des billets pour le match &agrave; lext&eacute;rieur, des laissez-passer VIP et un acc&egrave;s au niveau de la glace lors des entra?nements, le 31 d&eacute;cembre, en plus dun v&eacute;hicule hybride. Replica Jerod Mayo Jersey . Moore went a perfect 11-of-11 at the foul line and he also had eight boards and five steals, as UCI (8-10, 2-3 BWC) snapped a two-game slide. Eric Wise registered a double-double of 13 points and 12 rebounds, while Mike Wilder chipped in with 11 points. Cliff Lee Jersey . The Flyers and Sabres are tied at two games apiece in this best-of-seven series and both of Philadelphias losses came in 1-0 setbacks in Games 1 and 4. However, the second-seeded Flyers did combine for nine goals over the second and third games of this series and would like to regain that scoring touch in tonights home game. LaDainian Tomlinson Jersey . [Agencies] LJUBLJANA: If your drawers are packed with the ghosts of Christmases past in the shape of unwanted gifts, a new Slovenian shop may be just the thing for you this year. Titans Jersey . Theyll try to snap another one when the New Jersey Devils, the NHLs hottest team, come to the St. Pete Times Forum for one of nine games on Fridays schedule.San Jose, CA (Sports Network) - San Jose centre Joe Thornton left Saturdays 4-2 win against the Vancouver Canucks with an apparent leg injury. Thornton left the game with 4:37 to play in the second period after was pushed into the boards by Alexander Edler and fell awkwardly. He stayed on the ice for several minutes then was helped into the lockker room, favoring his right leg. Bill Melton Jersey. . No penalty was called on the play. On the season, he has 19 goals and 66 assists in 75 games. Manny Malhotra also left the game in the final minute of play after he was hit in the face with the puck. He skated right off the ice under his own power with blood dripping down his face. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[BEIJING - For China, from ordinary citizens to top policy makers, the phrase real estate brings a mixture of feelings. Buffalo Bills C.J. Spiller Jersey . Strong investment in the sector has helped China recover quickly from the global financial crisis, but has also complicated Chinas economic future. In the past year, investment has contributed eight percent to the nations economic growth, compared with 4.6 percent from consumption and negative growth of 3.9 percent from exports, official data showed. Fueled by a record bank lending and favorable tax breaks, home prices have surged since June last year, going beyond many peoples reach and spurring fears of a bubble. In an online survey about the most important issues to be discussed at the upcoming annual legislative, advisory sessions conducted by Xinhuanet.com, the web site run by Xinhua News Agency, 26,415 votes, or 69.8 percent went to housing prices as of 5 p.m. Sunday. Related readings: Chinas house prices up by 1.5% in 2009: report Local governments vow to house average people House prices up 7.8% in 70 major cities Soaring house prices, headache for single Chinese The two sessions, or annual sessions of the National Peoples Congress (NPC), the top legislature, and the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), are due to begin in Beijing this week, focusing on the governments work programs for the year. PRESSURE ON CITIZENS In the first eleven months of 2009, Chinas average home prices reached 4600 yuan (about 673.5 USdollars) per square meter, up 27.8 percent from the same period in 2008. With such crazy conditions, owning a house can change your life. You can lose the one you love, or win her over but only to become a mortgage slave, said Zhou Jiantao, a white-collar worker in Shanghai. Searching for a new flat for himself and his fiancee for more than a half year, he has become dismayed by the skyrocketing home prices in the city. A popular TV drama called Dwelling Narrowness has gained much popularity in China, depicting modern-day young people struggling with the problem of high housing prices. Even Premier Wen Jiabao mentioned the show during his an online chat with netizens Saturday. Wen said he connected with the characters in Dwelling Narrowness as his five-member family once lived in a nine square meters room for quite a long time when he was a child. I really understand the complaints as housing prices in some cities have risen too fast, Wen said. He expressed his determination to rein in this wild-horse and keep property prices at a reasonable level during his term as premier. According to Wen, the government would step up efforts to increase the supply of affordable houses, encourage reasonable house buying while curbing speculative demand, and punish developers that hoard land and completed houses in anticipation of price increases. MORE COURAGE NEEDED However, there is still a long way to go as Chinas local governments rely much on commercial housing and land sales, their biggest source of revenue in recent times. The revenue from land transfers in Chinas 70 large and medium-sized cities totaled 1.08 trillion yuan (about 158.82 billion US dollars) in 2009, up 140 percent from a year earlier, according to China Index Academy, a real-estate research institute. To ask local governments to build more affordable houses and suppress housing price rises is really asking them to cut off their biggest source of revenue, as housing sales account for about 40 to 60 percent of total revenue, says Bao Zonghua, former chief of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Developments policy research center. Courage is needed to delink local economic growth from the booming real estate sector, but no matter the bubble has to be stopped sooner or later, said Peng Zhenqiu, Shanghai city counselor who has taken part in research on urban housing. For the traditional Chinese people, owning a house or a flat means security, not simply a financial investment, he said. Peng forecast that deputies and advisors at the upcoming two sessions would put forward good proposals to make housing more affordable in the future. Allan Trammell Authentic Jersey . Oswalt and three relievers combined on a four-hitter and the Philadelphia Phillies won 3-0 Thursday night against the San Diego Padres, who have been shut out a major league-leading five times in 19 games. Cleveland Browns Colt McCoy Jersey . First there was debate about language, hockey was involved, provincial politicians piled in, separatists squared off with federalists and, finally, the Prime Ministers Office has waded into this made-in-Canada melee. San Diego Chargers Antonio Cromartie Jersey . After he found out his trade to the Magic was official, he ended his workout, grabbed a pair of shoes, said his goodbyes and caught the first flight to Orlando. Ryan Braun Jersey . Ryan Spilborghs hit a two-run homer and scored twice for the Rockies, who avoided a three-game sweep. Jimenez (13-1) yielded eight hits and a single run while walking two with four strikeouts. Saints Bush Jersey . Smith finished serving a two-game suspension Monday for playing in a summer league that wasnt sanctioned by the NCAA. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot;Ive been anxious to get back out there. I was ready to make plays. Coming back, we were all energized. Kyle [Singler] and Jon [Scheyer] were telling me how happy they were to have me back. Premier Tom Brady Jersey . The 38-year-old Montreal Alouettes slotback is not the quickest receiver and at five foot nine is certainly not the biggest target. But persistence, avoiding major injuries and perhaps the surest pair of hands in the league has put him close to making CFL history. St. Louis Rams Jersey .68 million yuan ($2.1 million) worth of pirated goods sold online following a five-month clampdown campaign. Dolphins Chad Pennington Jersey . Chen Fei of China performs performs on the floor.Cheng won the gold medal in the individual floor apparatus gold medal in the 15th Asian Games in Doha December 6, 2006. [Xinhua] Yang, winner of three events at last Octobers world championships in Aarhus, Denmark, shared the parallel bars title with South Korean Kim Dae Eun with 16.Forward Matt Moulson has agreed to terms on a three-year contract with the New York Islanders, the team announced on Thursday. Newsday reported that the deal is worth $9.4 million. The 27-year-old North York, Ontario native, a product of Cornell University, is currently in his second season with the Isles. Moulson has 17 goals andd 12 assists so far this season, and last year led the team in goals with 30. Washington Redskins Torain Jersey. . He has also played 131 straight games and has never missed one as a member of the Isles. The 61, 210-pound left winger was originally selected 263rd overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the ninth round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers take aim at a three-game sweep this afternoon when they wrap up a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays at Comerica Park. Jose Valverde Authentic Jersey . After Mondays 6-3 victory the Tigers made it three straight wins on Tuesday, as Alex Avila hit a pair of homers, including the go-ahead, two-run blast in the bottom of the eighth inning, boosting Detroit to a 7-6 win. Avila belted a solo homer to right off Wade Davis in the sixth inning, getting the Tigers within a run. Then in the eighth, Matt Joyce caught Andy Dirks fly ball tight to the line in right. Jhonny Peralta walked to set up Avila. Cesar Ramos (0-1) came in to replace Joel Peralta and served up Avilas homer over the wall in left. Miguel Cabrera also crushed a three-run homer for the Tigers, who overcame four errors to nail down the win. It was a good game for us. We really battled hard, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. Joyce had three hits, including a two-run homer, but the Rays lost for the fifth time in six contests. Tigers starter Justin Verlander, who is unbeaten in his last five starts, got off the hook after yielding nine hits and six runs over six frames. Davis allowed eight hits and five runs -- four earned -- over six innings. They just came up with some really big hits when they needed to, Joyce said. The last week has been a little rough. Al Alburquerque (1-1) picked up his first major league win. Joaquin Benoit gave up a two-out single to Johnny Damon, but then retired Evan Longoria on a force play at second to end the game to lock down his first save of the year. Heading to the hill for the Tigers this afternoon will be right-hander Brad Penny, who will be trying to bounce back after having a three-start winning streak stopped his last time out. Penny was defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, as he was hit for five runs and six hits in 5 2/3 frames. He also walked five batters and fell to 4-4 on the year to go along with a 4.45 ERA. Too many walks, Penny said after the loss. Penny has faced the Rays seven times (six starts) and is 2-4 against them with a 5.45 ERA. Opposing him will be right-hander Andy Sonnanstine, who will be making his fourth start of the year. Sonnanstine, filling in because of injuries, is 0-1 in nine outings this season and has pitched to a 4.21 ERA. Sonnanstine, who is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in two starts versus the Tigers, lasted five innings on Friday against Florida and allowed three runs and seven hits. However, he did not factor into the decision of his teams 5-3 loss. Tampa won six of its seven matchups with the Tigers a year ago. Michael Young Jersey . - Undefeated super-middleweight Lucian Bute erased all doubts Saturday night by knocking out the usually iron-jawed Librado Andrade at 2:57 of the fourth round, retaining his IBF world championship. Authentic Ryan Mathews Jersey . The Bobcats took the opener of the quick residency on Thursday when D.J. Augustin poured in a career-high 31 points, including 25 in the first half, as Charlotte snapped a two-game skid against Philadelphia, topping the 76ers 100-97 at Time Warner Cable Arena. Cardinals Matt Holliday Jersey . Pitching in a driving rain storm in Colorado on Friday, Romero was charged with the loss after surrendering four runs and seven hits in five innings to fall to 5-3 while having his earned run average raised to 3.29. Jordy Nelson Jersey . Also discussed were the effect a returning Jordan Staal would have on game preparations and the significance of the Winter Classic relative to its place in the standings. Q.  Can you tell us who is starting for you tonight in goal? COACH BOUDREAU:  Varly. Q.  Are you looking at this stage of the season for someone to emerge and say I want this job, and they both played well and they both maybe had some bumps? COACH BOUDREAU:  Well, I think they both want this job. Redskins Brian Orakpo Jersey . Kansas City was able to pull a game ahead of cellar-dwelling Cleveland with last nights 2-1 win in the series opener. Wilson Betemit made it all possible with the go-ahead home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, while Yuniesky Betancourt also went deep for the Royals, winners of two straight and three of four games. Replica Chris Johnson Jersey . Li Peiying, 60, former board chairman and general manager of the CAH, was sentenced to death by Jinan Intermediate Peoples Court on February 10 for taking bribes of 26.61 million yuan ($3. Rick Ankiel Jersey . President Akio Toyoda appeared before US Congress on Wednesday to apologize about the defects in his companys vehicles that have led to the recall of millions of cars, and to explain what the company will do in the future to prevent problems from becoming crises. Replica Jahvid Best Jersey .\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\&quot; A Giant misspelling resulted in outfielder Eugenio Velez wearing a weird jersey Wednesday.Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Kevin Millwood went the distance for the second straight time and Milton Bradley drove in a run to lead the Texas Rangers in a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the middle installment of a three-game set. Millwood (8-7) gave up a run on nine hits while fanning a pair without issuing a walk over his time on the mound. Joaquin Arias and Brandon Boggs both scored for the Rangers, who have won their last two. KC starter Zack Greinke lasted six frames and gave up an unearned run on four hits while fanning five and walking just one. Ramon Ramirez (2-2) absorbed the loss as he was touched for another unearned run on three hits in two innings of work. Miguel Olivo went 3-for-4 and knocked in the lone run for the Royals, who have dropped two in a row and nine of their last 10. The Rangers jumped on top foor good in the eighth. White Sox Buehrle Jersey. Bradley led off with a walk, but was replaced on the base path by pinch-runner Boggs. Hank Blalock then reached on an infield single and botched the throw to first, allowing the runner to score and Blalock to move to second. Texas assumed an early 1-0 lead as Arias led the game off by reaching on a throwing error by Mike Aviles. Michael Young singled and Josh Hamilton grounded out to move both runners into scoring position. Bradley then offered a sac fly to left to plate Arias. KC knotted the contest up in the fifth frame. Billy Butler singled and two batters later Olivo doubled to left to bring him around and make it 1-1. Game Notes The Royals are a season-worst 20 games under .500..Time of game was 2:31..Texas has won six of eight from the Royals this season..KC committed two errors. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[EDMONTON -- The Edmonton Oilers keep finding new and devastating ways to lose. Milwaukee Brewers Rickie Weeks Jersey . James Neals goal with just 22.2 seconds remaining helped the Dallas Stars snap a 10-game road losing trip, defeating the struggling Oilers 4-3 on Friday night. Down 3-2 late in the third, the Oilers looked like they were sending the game to overtime after sustained pressure in the Stars zone as Sam Gagner was credited with his second goal of the game after Mike Modano inadvertently kicked it into his own goal with 1:02 to play. But less than a minute later the Stars scored to take the game as Jason Strudwicks clearing attempt went straight to Neals stick and he put his 20th of the season past Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk. Gagner had a pair of goals and Ryan Potulny scored the other for the Oilers (16-28-6) who are mired in a disastrous 10-game losing streak and have just one win in their last 18 outings. Its Edmontons worst losing streak since a 12-game skid from Feb. 25-March 21, 2007. Oilers head coach Pat Quinn said this loss was one of the hardest to take of the entire season. &quot;That was a bad way to finish, for sure,&quot; he said. &quot;Its disappointing. I hate it. I cant stand it. Tonight should have been a better feeling. It makes me sick to think of how we give games up. &quot;This started 13 or 14 games into the season, where we started finding ways not to win. They worked very hard to have a good result and thats what makes this one so distasteful and so disappointing. &quot;I knew in my heart when we scored that late goal that we were going to win that hockey game. Unfortunately it didnt grab my heart, it grabbed my guts. We still havent found a way to stop losing.&quot; Jamie Benn, Trevor Daley and Modano also scored for the Stars (22-18-11) who have won three of their last four. &quot;That game came down to the last shot,&quot; said Stars head coach Marc Crawford. &quot;We got a little bit of a bounce but I thought we worked hard for that bounce. I liked the way our players dug in tonight. It was a step in the right direction and to get a road win was a real positive. Its huge for us. We have been a little fragile in our road games. We found a way to get the victory tonight and its something we can build on.&quot; &quot;We hadnt won on the road in I dont know how many games,&quot; added Stars forward Steve Ott. &quot;It was getting ugly.&quot; Dallas started the scoring exactly six minutes in as Daley got all of a hard shot coming in from the point to put his third of the season past Dubnyk. The Oilers got themselves in all kinds of penalty trouble midway through the first and finally paid for it on their fourth consecutive kill, when a Mike Modano point shot got past Dubnyk with Steve Ott providing a screen on the doorstep. At that point in the game the Stars were outshooting Edmonton 17-2. The Oilers responded with a power-play goal of their own less than a minute later, however, as Potulny showed a solid second effort in front of the net to put in his own rebound past Stars starter Marty Turco. The shot clock favoured Dallas 18-11 at the end of the first. The Stars went ahead 3-1 midway through the second period, as Ott made a nice pass to send Benn in on a partial break and he made the most of it, scoring his ninth. The Oilers made it a one-goal game again with just 19 seconds left, shortly after Lubomir Visnovsky rattled a shot at a wide-open net off the post, as Tom Gilbert found Gagner at the side of the net and he was quick on the trigger to net his 11th goal of the season. Edmonton outshot Dallas 14-5 in the second and led 25-23 after 40 minutes. The Oilers had a good opportunity to tie the game up about seven minutes into the third as Dustin Penner raced for a loose puck deep in the Dallas zone but Turco came way out of his net and slid into Penner, taking away the chance. Edmonton continued to press hard in the third for the equalizer and finally tied the game up with just over a minute to go on when Modano booted the puck into his own net giving Gagner credit for his second goal of the game. But the Stars quickly shook off the gaffe. &quot;First time Ive ever done that,&quot; Modano said. &quot;Couldnt have been any more solid. Tried to get it down to my stick and get it out. Kind of sums up two teams that have had a run of bad breaks and we finally won one.&quot; Turco said there was a real range of emotions in the final minute of the game. &quot;When (Modanos own goal) went in, I was thinking why here, why now?&quot; he said. &quot;Im sure it felt like a punch in the gut to the guys on our bench but to get out of our streak of losing on the road with the late goal . . . thats a huge emotional lift.&quot; The Stars wrap up a three-game trip in Colorado on Sunday while the Oilers are off until Tuesday when they will play host to Chicago. Notes: It was the third meeting between the two teams this season with Edmonton winning the first two in shootouts. . . The Stars lead the league in games going past regulation with 16 games going to either overtime or a shootout. Thats 40 per cent of their games. . . With defenceman Steve Staios and Ladislav Smid both out with concussions, the Oilers recalled defender Taylor Chorney from Springfield for the game. Edmonton was also without forward Gilbert Brule, still suffering from the flu. . . Stars captain Brenden Morrow missed a third straight game because of an upper-body injury, while forward Tom Wandell was out again after leaving Thursdays contest in the third period with a lower- body ailment that has him day-to-day. . . Oilers leading scorer Penner (43 points) entered the match having scored only three points in his last 13 games, but had two assists on Friday. . . Dubnyk made his sixth career NHL start and the fourth in the last five games for the Oilers. Cristian Guzman Authentic Jersey .J. Ford made 14-of-21 field goals and matched a career high with 34 points, as the Indiana Pacers topped the Milwaukee Bucks, 107-99, at Conseco Fieldhouse. Premier Chiefs Jersey . Louis, MO (Sports Network) - Sam Bradford tossed a touchdown and picked up his first career win in the St. Magglio Ordonez Jersey . The contest will be made up Sunday as part of a doubleheader starting at 1:35 p.m. (et). The second game will start about 30 minutes after the completion of the first. Premier Darren Sproles Jersey . The incident occurred during the first period of their game in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. Cooke was assessed a five-minute major penalty for charging and subsequently picked up a second major for fighting Derick Brassard in the ensuing scrum. Pujols Jersey . Smith had 22 points and 10 rebounds, while Horford totaled 21 points and 15 boards. Joe Johnson chipped in 16 points and eight assists for the Hawks, who have won four of five overall. Mike Bibby ended with 15 points. We had to do it against a team like this, Smith said of Atlantas dominant inside play. Reggie White Jersey . Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the call in an instruction for a video conference on the film industry. Jonathan Papelbon Jersey . Nick Markakis drove in a run and scored for Baltimore, which has won two in a row following a five-game slide. Ty Wigginton knocked in the other run in the win. Jeremy Guthrie (8-12) got the win to snap a five-game winless streak after tossing seven innings and giving up a run on six hits. St. Louis Rams Holt Jersey . Pete Times Forum. The Bolts began a three-game road trip with a victory over the Rangers last Sunday for their third triumph in a row, but have since dropped consecutive 2-1 decisions to the Devils and Bruins. It marked the first time Tampa Bay has lost back-to-back games in regulation since Jan.CALGARY - Denny Morrison overcame a cold to win the 1,500-metre race at the Intact 2009 Finale long-track speed skating competition Friday. The Fort St. John, B.C., native, finished in one minute 42.84 seconds, off his personal best time of 1:42.01. Yelllowknifes Michael Gildday finished eighth in 1:49. Premier Clay Matthews Jersey. 01, while fellow short-track skater Tyler Derraugh of Winnipeg was ninth in 1:50.16. It was fun, but it was difficult, said Gilday. I was happy with my time. I havent done this before so I was pretty happy with how I did. ' ' ']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Justin Hurtt scored 22 points to lead the Tulsa Golden Hurricane to a 67-57 triumph over the Rice Owls in Conference USA play. Albert Pujols Jersey . Jordan Clarkson tallied 12 points for Tulsa (17-12, 10-5 C-USA). Lucas Kuipers scored 14 points in defeat for Rice (12-17, 4-11), which received 13 points from Tamir Jackson and 11 points from Arsalan Kazemi. Tulsa led 30-29 at intermission on the strength of a 14-5 first-half spurt. An 8-0 run midway through the second half enabled the Golden Hurricane to seal the win. Tulsa earned a 45-32 rebounding advantage in the clash and held Rice to 32 percent field goal efficiency in the tilt. Premier Charles Woodson Jersey .8 in the first quarter of this year, from a three-year high of 138 in the last quarter of 2010, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday. The retreat signals increasing concerns about the countrys monetary tightening policy and interest rate rises. Dan Marino Jersey . The first opening in northwest Moscow will be followed by another downtown on Monday. Related readings: A burger or fried chicken with a side of diabetes? Burger King steps up pace with six more outlets in Beijing Now thats tasty burger Burger King ad angers ambassador US man chews through 15-lb. Ryan Mathews Jersey . Vettels time of one minute 23.919 seconds around the Albert Park circuit dashed the hopes of local fans cheering for Webber. But the front-row monopoly of the grid put Red Bull in a good position to make amends for missing out on a win in Bahrain earlier this month. Bills Jersey . The Brentwood native appeared in two of Nashvilles first three preseason games, his first NHL games with his hometown team, and will start his rookie professional career in the same state where he won the 2010 Hobey Baker Award and played four seasons with the University of Wisconsin. Harold Baines Jersey .J. (AP) -The energy is gone, so Jacques Lemaire is walking away from coaching. Replicas St.Louis Cardinals Jersey . Mike Cazzola and Greg McKegg also scored for the Otters (28-23-7) while former 67s netminder Adam Courchaine made 44 saves to beat his old team for the second time this season. Cardinals Tim McCarver Jersey . Roy Oswalt (2-2) was efficient through seven innings, yielding three runs -- two earned -- on four hits and a walk for the Astros, who have won six of their last eight after a dreadful 0-8 start to the season. &quot;I wanted to get into the eighth or ninth and try to keep the bullpen out of this,&quot; said Oswalt. Rangers Jersey . The top-seeded world No. 5 Soderling dismantled helpless Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-0, 6-1, while the third-seeded world No. 7 Berdych handled Uzbekistans Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-3 on the indoor hardcourts at Putra Stadium. Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Alex Gonzalez went 2-for-3 and drove in four runs as Atlanta blitzed Los Angeles, 13-1, in the third installment of a four- game set from Turner Field. Troy Glaus hit a three-run homer and also knocked in four runs for the Braves, who have taken two of three in the series and four of five overall. Omar Infante collected three hits, scored three times and knocked in a run while Melky Cabrera and Brooks Conrad added two hits and an RBI each for Atlanta, which maintained its two-game lead over Philadelphia in the NL East. The Phillies beat the Mets later Sunday. Jair Jurrjens (5-4) went seven innings and scattered six hits with one run, fanning seven and walking one. Its always good when you have runs. You can go out and just throw strikes, Jurrjens said of his manner on the mound. You dont need to make intense pitches all the time. When the game is close, every pitch means something and can be the game. With a big score like that, you go out and throw, and try to work with a pitch count. Ryan Theriot picked up two hits for the Dodgers, who have dropped four of five. Vicente Padilla (6-4) was torched in defeat for eight hits and tied a career high by allowing eight earned runs over 4 1/3 innings. Atlanta exploded for four runs in the third and provided all the support Jurrjens needed. Conrad led off with a single then scored when Cabrera followed with a double. Jurrjens laid down a sacrifice bunt thhen Infante stroked an RBI single. Javier Arenas Jersey. Rick Ankiel kept the rally going with another single to put runners on the corners before Gonzalez knocked in two with a triple. In the fifth, a Brian McCann sac fly preceded a three-run blast from Glaus for an 8-0 game, and a Gonzalez sac fly with the bases loaded in the sixth made it a nine-run bulge. Brad Ausmus double-play grounder in the seventh put the Dodgers on the board, then Gonzalez, Glaus and Eric Hinske and Conrad added run-scoring hits in the eighth to cap the scoring at 13-1. Its hard to shake this one off. I think its very frustrating. Were all trying to achieve a goal. Were just trying to get back into the race in our division, said Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier of LAs performance Sunday. We didnt come out and perform like a team in the race. Its just embarrassing when youre trying to make a push to the playoffs. GAME NOTES:Atlanta boosted its major-league-best home record to 41-16...Braves outfielder Jason Heyward was kept out of the lineup with an injured knee suffered earlier this week in Houston...Padilla fell to 6-9 lifetime against the Braves...The Dodgers surrendered a season-high in runs, with the previous most being 12, last done by Arizona on July 2...For the Braves, this was the most runs scored in a game since an Opening Day 16-5 thrashing of the Cubs...Following the game, the Braves announced that pitcher Kris Medlen will have elbow reconstruction surgery next week. ' ' ']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chief Executive of Chinas Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Donald Tsang Yan-Kuen voiced their support on Tuesday for the development of more direct links between Russia and Hong Kong. Replica Brian Cushing Jersey . Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets with Donald Tsang Yam-Kuen, chief executive of Chinas Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, in Moscow, Aug. 31, 2010. [PhotoXinhua] Tsang arrived in Moscow by the first ever direct commercial flight run by a Hong Kong airline. Tsang noted that after the lifting of visa restrictions in July 2009, two-way travels between Russia and Hong Kong rose by 100 percent. I am certain this flow will be increasing further, he was quoted as saying by local news agencies. The updating of the relevant listing rules in June this year would facilitate the listing of (Russian) mining and resource companies in Hong Kong, said Tsang. He also encouraged Russian companies to issue RMB bonds in Hong Kong, and welcomed Russian banks to set up branches in Hong Kong and make use of the RMB clearing and settlement system. Tsang was accompanied by 30 Hong Kong businessmen who were interested in cooperation with Russia. I hope that your meeting here in Moscow, including with members of the business community, will be useful, said Medvedev. The Russian president also invited Tsang to discuss the further advancement of bilateral cooperation as well as some key international issues. They both saw great room for cooperation in terms of academic and cultural exchanges, information technology and environmental engineering. Prior to his arrival, Tsang had said Hong Kong was the ideal place to sell the stock packages of Russian companies. I am sure many of our businessmen will seek possibilities to take part in privatization of Russian state assets as they have already done it in the Chinese mainland, said Tsang. They have money, so they will follow with attention which assets Russia offers for sale, he said. In current conditions our market is better than that in London, Tsang said. Russian aluminum giant RusAl held IPO in Hong Kong in early 2010. Twenty more Russian companies were considering the option of IPO in Hong Kong. Josh Beckett Jersey . Sweed was placed on injured reserve Monday with a non-football related illness. Coach Mike Tomlin would not reveal any details of Sweeds condition Tuesday. Giants Ahmad Bradshaw Jersey . Tommy Freeman scored 16 points for the Bobcats (8-8, 1-1 MAC). D,J.Coopper added 13 points and eight rebounds, along with a career-high 15 assists. DeVaughn Washington contributed 11 points. Dustin Keller Jersey . Mike Moore added 25 points and eight boards, while David Imes finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Quinn McDowell scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Tribe (7-19, 3-13) who have lost four straight contests and seven of eight. Julian Boatner added 16 points in the loss. William &amp; Mary led 34-26 at halftime after shooting 11-of-25 from the floor in the opening half. Cardinals Bob Gibson Jersey . The Dow Jones industrial average rose 266 points. Crude oil prices sank $2.54 to $122.19 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, extending their two-week-long retreat from record highs above $147. The prospect of lower energy costs for US consumers, along with a modest uptick in the Conference Boards July index of consumer confidence to 51. DeSean Jackson Jersey . While only the first round is done, this is the third day of play, as rain and lightning have caused numerous delays and suspensions on both Thursday and Friday. Jets Shonn Greene Jersey . Toronto selected Holzer in the fourth round, No. 111 overall, in the 2006 NHL entry draft. The 22-year-old native of Munich played 52 games with the DEG Metro Stars of the German Elite League. LaRon Landry Jersey . Feliz hit his second grand slam of the season and seventh of his career for the Phillies, whose magic number to clinch the NL East was reduced to one after the Braves had their seven-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday. Fred Taylor Jersey . Numbers Game looks at the Giants addition of Edgar Renteria. The Giants Get: SS Edgar Renteria. Renteria, 33, is coming off his worst season since 2001, hitting . CHICAGO (AP) -A kid too young to know whether it was true stood outside the Madhouse on Madison an hour before the game wearing a T-shirt that read, Hockey Never Left Chicago. No, but it sure seemed that way for the better part of the last decade, not to mention the first 15 minutes of Sundays game against San Jose in the Western Conference finals. Yet in much the same way theyve done throughout the playoffs, the Blackhawks found their stride with enough time to pull away from the Sharks, sweep the series, and book a place in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1992. In truth, that effort was years in the making. Feels likes weve been together a long time, a handful of guys that have been here since the dark days, center Patrick Sharp said after Chicago scored four unanswered goals in a 4-2 win. A group of kids that were drafted together, played in Norfolk and Rockford together. Its fun to be a part of this team on and off the ice. Guys get along so well. I think that really carries over into our play. Just as the revival of one of the NHLs Original Six franchises took some time, so it was with this team Sunday. Chicago fell behind 2-0 just past the midway point in the second period, thanks to a short-handed goal by the Sharks that began when a loose puck smacked Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith in the face, knocked out seven teeth, and led to a 3-on-2 break. I told him its kind of a blessing in disguise because now hes going to get some nice fake teeth, Sharp laughed. Hes going to have a great smile in a couple weeks. Thats playoff hockey. ... A guy takes one in the face, picking out his teeth in the locker room, comes back. Hes walking around, skating around the ice, talking to us before the power play, mumbling what we were supposed to do. I dont think anybody understood, Sharp chuckled, what he was talking about. But Keith proved actions are sometimes louder than words, taking a hit late in the same period inside the San Jose blue line and sending the puck back behind the net. There, Dave Bolland grabbed it, whirled around the other side of the net and tied it at 2. The outcome was barely in doubt after that. This year, Patrick Kane said, its almost like we feel we shouldnt lose a game, to be honest with you. Kane, the NHLs Rookie of the Year in 2008, is still only 21 and struggling to grow a playoff beard. The best thing about being that young is not just missing the really bad times, but barely remembering the days when beating any team was an accomplishment. The Blackhawks began climbing back toward the top coming out of the lockout in 2005, when former player and then-general manager Dale Tallon quit pursuing draft picks and free agents with wide bodies and narrow skill sets, instead choosing future All-Stars and Olympians Jonathan Toews in 2006 and Kane in 2007. By then the Hawks already had surrendered the NHLs longest consecutive playoff streak - making 28 appearances in a row, until 1997 - and failed to make the postseason in nine of the 10 previous campaigns. But Toews and Kane gave the Hawks more than energy. Teaming up with a few of the smart choices Tallon made in the draft earlier in the decade - notably their rugged linemate, Dustin Byfuglien, and attacking defensemen Keith and Brent Seabrook, both also Olympians - they gave Chicago one of the most potent offenses in the league. White Sox Jersey. The problem is few people noticed, at least here. The Hawks last won a Stanley Cup in 1961, but a town that packed old Chicago Stadium to the rafters year-in and year-out, cheering a steady succession of greats like Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, finally took out its frustration on tightfisted owner William Dollar Bill Wirtz and stayed away. Early on, few people in town knew there was a revival under way on Madison Street because Wirtz stubbornly kept the Blackhawks games off TV and the Madhouse was a third-full on some nights, giving the joint the feel of a suburban mall near closing time. Then Wirtz died in September 2007 following a brief battle with cancer. Yet the locals were still so bitter with his stewardship that a month later, during a moment of silence for Wirtz at the home opener, the crowd responded by booing instead. Yet those same people, and plenty more who grudgingly went into self-exile, returned to the stadium in droves and cheered nearly everything that followed. The Hawks hired marketing director John McDonough away from the Cubs, and he proved just as adept at selling a winning team as one whose losing skid stretched back a century and more. Along with management, McDonough helped welcome back the past greats who built the Blackhawks tradition or sustained it. A reminder came late in Sundays game when Hull, Mikita and goalkeeping great Tony Esposito popped up on the giant video board looking on from a skybox. The place went bonkers. The last two pieces of the puzzle fell into place when Joel Quenneville, who was hired as a scout, took over from Denis Savard four games into last season and led the Hawks to the conference final; then when goalie Antti Niemi came into his own. Niemi signed as a free agent in 2008 and was viewed as insurance for frontliner Cristobal Huet. But he won the job in March and its been tough to get a pillow mint past him since, let alone a puck. San Jose outshot the Blackhawks in every game of the series but the last one, yet managed just seven goals and only three when the teams were at full strength. Hes a very relaxed guy, very comfortable, confident ... he just moves ahead to the next shot, Quenneville said. I think that attitude helps the focus of what the goaltenders bring at this time of year. He just goes about it like, Hey, Im just trying to stop the next puck and do my job. That calm, confident attitude seems to be part of the franchise these days, bubbling up from the fans in the seats to the very top of the organization. In the closing seconds, Rocky Wirtz, Bills son and the man who took over control of the franchise on the death of his father, was glimpsed on the video board wearing a wide grin. This time, the crowd roared itself all the way to the final buzzer. --- Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke(at)ap.org \\\' \\\' \\\']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Manchester Uniteds Mexican forward, Javier Hernndez (right), scores the third goal during the Carling Cup fourth-round match against Wolves at Old Trafford in Manchester, north-west England, on Tuesday. Joshua Cribbs Jersey . [PhotoAgencies] LONDON - Mexican substitute Javier Hernandez scored a last-minute winner to send holders Manchester United into the League Cup quarter-finals with a 3-2 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford on Tuesday. After a scrappy and goalless first half, the visitors twice came back from a goal down against a youthful United side before Little Pea Hernandez skipped past defenders to settle the tie in the 90th minute. When he came on, you just know that if he gets a chance he is going to take it, United manager Alex Ferguson, who replaced his entire starting line-up from the weekend, said. Premier League West Bromwich Albion roared through to the last eight with a thumping 4-1 victory at former England manager Sven-Goran Erikssons Championship (second division) side Leicester City. United, with a team Ferguson described as a glimpse into the future, was lackluster in the first half before coming alive. It was a very open game in the second half, both teams played very well, said Ferguson. The Scot praised Hernandez, who scored twice at Stoke City as a stand-in for the injured Wayne Rooney on Sunday, for his attitude and commitment. We tend to build up heroes very quickly here, but the boys justifying the praise at the moment, he said of the 22-year-old striker who had come on only nine minutes before his goal. Hes such a great professional, the kid. Hes first in and last out of the training ground every day and his goalscoring is quite rightly getting him a lot of credit and praise now. Portuguese striker Bebe, making his first start for United, had opened the scoring with a strike deflected in by George Elokobi who then equalized with a header. Park Ji-sung made it 2-1 in the 70th but Wolves, who had not scored at Old Trafford since 1980, refused to lie down and Kevin Foley again levelled with a low shot in the 76th. United also brought on 17-year-old Ravel Morrison, tipped as a big talent for the future, as a substitute in the dying seconds. Reuters   Cardinals Albert Pujols Jersey . 3 UBC Thunderbirds for the 2009 Canadian interuniversity sport mens basketball championship after the Ravens defeated the Western Ontario Mustangs 66-65 in a thrilling semifinal Saturday. Chris Davis Jersey . - Louis Domingue made 22 saves for Quebec as the Remparts shut out the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 1-0 in the only game in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Tuesday. Boston Red Sox Jersey . An offseason trade acquisition from Kansas City, Greinkes National League debut was delayed by a non-baseball injury in the spring, and he was 0-1 after dropping an 8-0 decision at Atlanta in his initial appearance with the Brewers on May 4. Grey Buster Posey Jersey . Pete Times Forum. The Bolts began a three-game road trip with a victory over the Rangers last Sunday for their third triumph in a row, but have since dropped consecutive 2-1 decisions to the Devils and Bruins. It marked the first time Tampa Bay has lost back-to-back games in regulation since Jan. New Orleans Saints Bush Jersey . That doesnt stop countless people from e-mailing me to extoll the virtues of heart, chemistry and teamwork. While Im not going to go so far as to say this is a way to find the players who play that heart-and-soul, body-sacrificing game. Premier Aaron Rodgers Jersey . Newman turned in a lap around the 1.5-mile oval at 188.475 m.p.h. in his No.39 Chevrolet. &quot;The Rocketman&quot; recorded his first pole since April 2008 at Phoenix and the 44th of his Sprint Cup Series career. New England Patriots Jersey . There was a lot to celebrate - the Orlando Magics first victory in Dallas since 1997, and a win they probably had no business pulling off. The Magic were down by as many as 15 and by 11 early in the fourth quarter. Cardinals Fitzgerald Jersey . A billboard displaying Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang in Shanghai. American doctors have told Liu that he needs surgery on the tendon injury that forced him out of the Olympics, but Chinas star hurdler has yet to decide whether to go under the knife.PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Portland Trail Blazers, granted a hardship exception by the NBA because of numerous injuries, have signed centre Chris Johnson to a 10-day contract. Johnson is averaging 17.2 points, 9.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 3.07 blocked shots with the Dakota Wizards of the NBAs Developmental Leaague. Hamilton Jersey. The six-foot-11 Johnson brings the Blazers roster to 16 players. Portland has struggled with injuries this season. Veteran centre Marcus Camby, the latest casualty, required arthroscopic knee surgery last Thursday and is expected to be sidelined for at least three weeks. ' ' ']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Owings Mills, MD (Sports Network) - The Baltimore Ravens signed kicker Billy Cundiff on Wednesday one day after waiving kicker Steve Hauschka. Jackson Jersey . Cundiff played five games this season for the Cleveland Browns after Phil Dawson was injured and has accounted for 22 of the teams 78 points this season. The 29-year-old Cundiff was out of football in 2007 and 2008 after spending 2002-05 with the Cowboys and part of 2006 with the Saints. He is 66-for-89 in field goal attempts and 104-of-105 in extra point attempts over his career. Hauschka was just 9-of-13 on field goal attempts this season for Baltimore and had missed a 36-yard attempt and an extra point in Mondays win over the Browns. He also missed a potential game-winning 44-yard attempt with time expiring in a Week 6 loss to Minnesota and missed a 38-yard try in the Ravens Week 9 loss to Cincinnati.   World Series Giants Jersey . Eurocontrol, the air traffic agency in Brussels, said less than one-third of flights in Europe were taking off Monday — between 8,000 and 9,000 of the continents 28,000 scheduled flights. Some smaller airports reopened Monday but authorities in Britain, France, Germany, and the Netherlands — home to four of Europes five largest airports — said their air space was still closed. Kansas City Chiefs Joe Montana Jersey . A Seahawks spokesman confirmed Saturday night that team CEO Tod Leiweke will fly to Los Angeles on Sunday to interview Carroll for the coaching position and that the talks could last into Monday morning. Red Sox David Ortiz Jersey ., not only were recycled, they became a meal for goats to munch on. Premier Charles Woodson Jersey . The speedboat, Dolphin, was carrying 33 people, including 24 Chinese. The rescued passenger was sent to a local hospital for treatment, a secretary of the embassy surnamed Zang told China Daily. Antonio Cromartie Jersey . No one is enjoying the good times more. Nashs third goal of the game came on a rebound 3:27 into overtime to give the Blue Jackets a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night. New York Jets Edwards Jersey . A 5-seat sedan carrying three men and four women suddenly veered off a road in Fuyang City and rushed into the river at about 3:50 pm Thursday, traffic police of Fuyang said. Washington Redskins Art Monk Jersey . A survey of more than 500 students at five US universities found that students living in co-ed housing were 2.5 times more likely than those in all-male or all-female dorms to admit to binge-drinking on a weekly basis. Premier Tom Brady Jersey .  In addition to defending champion Farjestads BK upending Skelleftea AIK by a 3-2 score, HV 71 Jonkoping embarrassed Linkopings HC on its home ice, 6-2. Chinas Ministry of Finance announced Friday it would issue two batches of book-entry treasury bonds with a face value of 25 billion yuan ($3.66 billion) next week. Related readings:  China cuts US Treasury holdings in June  China to issue $4b treasury bonds, 9th in 09  China to issue $3.22b treasury bonds, 5th in 09  China announces treasury bond issues for May 7-25 The ministry said one batch, with a face value of 10 billion yuan would have a term of 911 days, with an issue price set at 99. Washington Redskins Haynesworth Jersey. 71 yuan after bidding for a face value of 100 yuan. The annual interest rate would be 1.19 percent. The other batch, with a face value of 15 billion yuan, will have a term of 273 days, and an issue price set at 98.992 yuan for 100 yuan, with an annual interests of 1.37 percent. The T-bonds will begin three-day sales on September 7, with interest calculated on the same day. They will become tradable on September 11. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries) \\\\\\\' \\\\\\\' \\\\\\\']]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Chinas pension system is at treacherous crossroads. Jeremy Shockey Jersey . It has a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) social security system, which covers less than 30 percent of the countrys workers and is financed by a 28 percent tax on the payroll of participating firms. Recent studies show non-funded liability of the pension system ranges from 120 percent to 140 percent of GDP. As the population is aging, such a funding problem will make things worse for Chinas future retirees and seriously damage the long-term growth prospects of the economy. To deal with the problem, the country should set up a fully funded and egalitarian personal security system (PSS), which allocates all investments to a global index fund and relies on the World Bank, the IMF and the Asian Development Bank to serve as joint third-party custodians of all account assets. The system would provide the public free access to the global capital market, and gradually transform retirement account balances into inflation-protected pensions - pensions that can be accessed by retirees from ATMs anywhere in the world. Related readings: Pension fund ups stake in Datang China to raise pension from 2010 Pension rules proposed to help those near retirement China pension fund to raise overseas investment cap This will yield a pension system that is simple, fair, efficient, transparent, reasonably safe, internationally diversified and cheap to operate. The PSS would work as follows. The government would have to freeze the existing system, including the minimum social benefit, so no additional benefits would be accrued on the margin. It would have to use general revenue to hand over todays retirees their current benefits on an ongoing basis and pay current workers in old age only those pension benefits accrued on the date of enactment of the PSS reform. Thus, the current system with its unaffordable costs would be retired over time. The PSS would continue to compel saving. Indeed, it will require each worker to contribute 8 percent of his earnings to his personal security account, but with one big exception. Spouses would have half their 8 percent contribution allocated to their partners account. This means that low-earning partners in a marriage, typically wives, would have the same size PSS account as their high-earning partner, typically husbands. The government would have to make matching contributions on behalf of the poor, the unemployed and the physically challenged. The PSS contributions would be managed at no cost to contributors by third-party trustees. PSS contributions would be required to be invested in a global market-weighted index fund of stocks, bonds (including government bonds) and real estate investment trusts. The independent trustees would then set up a computer system (with lots of backups) to invest electronically. Since the fund would be market weighted, the only decision to be made by the trustees would be which financial markets to include in the index. For example, the trustees may conclude that a certain countrys stock market is too underdeveloped to be included in the index. But since the share of the PSS portfolio to be invested in any particular security would equal the share of that security in the world financial markets total valuation, most of the PSS investments would be made in securities issued by firms and governments in developed countries and major developing countries, including China. The account of each worker between the age of 57 and 67 would be gradually sold off, through the independent trustees computer, on a daily basis at no cost to the PSS participant and used to purchase shares of a cohort-specific longevity mutual insurance fund, managed at no cost by the trustees and invested in a global, market-weighted index of inflation-protected bonds. Thus, each day over the 10-year period, a bit of ones portfolio would be sold off and used to purchase a small annuity. These annuities would start paying out when the worker turns 62, and by age 67 the retired worker would be getting his annuity in full. Workers who die before reaching the age of 67 would be able to bequeath their PSS balances to their heirs. It has to be noted that stock brokerages and other financial firms play no role in either the investment of PSS assets or their eventual annuitization. The PSS plan is, thus, very different from the typical social security privatization proposal that forces each participant to choose hisher asset allocation, and permits the financial sector to charge huge fees for investing the asset (which often consists of buying just government bonds) and then to impose huge additional fees for transforming hisher account balances into annuities when heshe retires. What about investment risk? As indicated, the PSS balances would be invested in the global financial market, including bonds, real estate trusts as well as stocks. In addition, the transformation of PSS balances would be very gradual. If one cohort has a bad history of global returns, the government could add to the PSS annuity of that cohort so that it could earn some amount. What about currency risk? This risk appears to be negative because when the Chinese economy is doing poorly, the value of its currency is likely to fall, leading to a capital gain on foreign asset holdings. The opposite would apply when the economy does well. Hence, investing abroad is a way for Chinese workers to hedge the risk they face. What about longevity risk? The annuitization of PSS balances would be done on a cohort-specific basis with returns paid out each year based on the cohorts updated survival probabilities. Hence, if a cohort survives longer than expected, it will receive smaller annuity payments than would otherwise occur. Again, if the Chinese government determines that this aggregate shock needs to be pooled across generations, it can easily do so by raising general taxes and using the proceeds to increase the annuities of retired cohorts. Business as usual is not going to fix Chinas pension problem. The PSS can. If China adopts the PSS system, it would inspire other countries to update their social security schemes to make them more transparent and socially inclusive, as well as cheaper to manage. Laurence J. 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Tyrel Reed added 12 points for the Jayhawks (28-2, 13-2 Big 12), who have won four in a row to clinch at least a share of their seventh straight regular- season conference title. Kansas is a game ahead of Texas and finishes up at Missouri on Saturday. David Loubeau scored 14 points and B.J. Holmes added 10 to lead the Aggies (22-7, 9-6), who have dropped back-to-back games after losing to Baylor on Saturday. The Jayhawks have won 11 Big 12 titles and 54 league titles overall -- the most in NCAA Division I history. Their seven consecutive regular-season titles are second on the nations active list, behind only Gonzagas 11 in the West Coast Conference. \&quot;Its not outright, but hopefully it can be Saturday,\&quot; said Kansas head coach Bill Self, who said the team didnt celebrate after the win. This one was still close late into the second half before Kansas, on the strength of a couple of short bursts, pulled away. 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Reed opened the game with a three-pointer and Texas A&amp;M never led, but Kansas only built a 29-24 advantage at intermission after both teams shot around 38 percent. Game Notes The Jayhawks out-shot Texas A&amp;M 45-40 percent...Kansas leads the all-time series, 17-1, and has won five straight games against the Aggies...Texas A&amp;M finishes the regular season at home against Texas Tech on Saturday...Kansas Tyshawn Taylor scored nine points in his first game back from a suspension that lasted two games. \' \' \']]></description>
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