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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Review: 'W.E.L.D.E.R.' leads parade of iPad gems
(AP)? So you just got an iPad for Christmas. You already have all the essentials loaded ? Facebook, Twitter, iBooks, whatever news app you prefer.
Now it's time to get serious and start learning what the iPad was really built for: games.
There are more than 26,000 iPad games available from Apple's App Store, with something for every imaginable taste. And the prices are so low you can build an impressive library for less than the cost of a single Xbox game. Here are some of my favorites from the last few months.
?"W.E.L.D.E.R." (Highline Games, $3.99): For the record, it stands for "Word Examination Laboratory for Dynamic Extraction and Reassessment," but never mind the strained acronym. What "W.E.L.D.E.R." really stands for is the iPad's most addictive word game, a clever combination of "Bejeweled," ''Boggle" and "Scrabble." The object is to slide letter tiles around an 8-by-8 grid, forming words of four or more letters. However, you won't get far unless you figure out how to combine score-multiplying gold tiles with the limited number of moves you're given. If you're burned out on "Words With Friends," let this provide your new crossword puzzle fix.
?"Infinity Blade II" (Chair Entertainment, $6.99): If you want to show off your new toy, there are few better demonstrations than this sword-fighting epic. It's a series of one-on-one battles in which dodging, parrying and blocking attacks are just as important as slashing your foes. This sequel adds some role-playing elements and more alternate paths to the goal, but the core attraction remains the same: bone-crunching combat in breathtaking environments.
?"Chocolate Fix" (ThinkFun, $2.99): Take nine candies ? three shapes, each in three colors ? and arrange them in a 3-by-3 box. If you're a Sudoku maven, that probably sounds simple. But at the expert level, the clues to which candy goes where are more abstract, making this innocent-looking brainteaser devilishly challenging. It's another elegant treat from the creators of "Rush Hour."
?"Bag It!" (Hidden Variable Studios, $1.99): It's another adventure in food packaging! This time, you're a clerk cramming groceries into a paper bag. The goal is to fill each bag as tightly as possible without breaking anything; if you put a watermelon on top of a carton of eggs, you're asking for trouble. The groceries themselves are endearingly anthropomorphized, making "Bag It!" one of the cutest puzzle games around.
?"Blueprint 3D" (FDG Entertainment, 99 cents): Each screen in this game is a seemingly random assortment of lines floating in three dimensions. When you rotate the space, you can see how some lines might fit together. Eventually, they snap in place to create a 2-D image of a familiar object ? a house, perhaps, or the Eiffel Tower. The 200-plus puzzles here aren't terribly demanding, but they're undeniably satisfying.
Finally, some essential games from earlier in 2011:
?"Jetpack Joyride" (Halfbrick Studios, 99 cents): Keep your hero airborne while avoiding lasers, missiles and other obstacles in this breathless race from the creators of "Fruit Ninja."
?"Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP" (Capybara Games, $4.99): The old-school point-and-click adventure gets a postmodern makeover.
?"Where's My Water?" (Disney, 99 cents): Help an alligator take a bath in this adorably goofy physics puzzler.
?"Ticket to Ride" (Days of Wonder, $6.99): The best board-game translation on the iPad is this suspenseful race to build cross-country railroads.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
UFC 141 picks, Vegas-style: Timing is everything if you?re betting Lesnar vs. Overeem
LAS VEGAS - If you're batty for Brock Lesnar tonight against Alistair Overeem you may have missed your chance to get the former UFC heavyweight champ at his best betting number.
Lesnar has been a decent-sized underdog all week. Now that the casual fans are starting to fire on the main event at UFC 141, the fight has become a near even call.
Overeem was as high as minus-160 earlier this week. At the MGM, a few hours before the fight goes down, Overeem is now just minus-125 on the Las Vegas strip.
Listen here for picks on the top fights at UFC 141 with Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole, Frank Trigg and myself.
UFC 141 betting odds:
Best bets in bold
?Brock Lesnar (+105) vs. Alistair Overeem (-125) - Heavyweight
Alexander Gustafsson (-350) vs. Vladimir Matyushenko (+290) - Light heavyweight
Nate Diaz (+245) vs. Donald Cerrone (-290) - Lightweight
Jon Fitch (-240) vs. Johny Hendricks (+200) - Welterweight
Dong Hyun Kim(-400) vs. Sean Pierson (+325)
Nam Phan (-210) vs. Jim Hettes (+175) - Featherweight
Danny Castillo (-175) vs. Anthony Njokuani (+155) - Lightweight
Ross Pearson (-340) vs. Junior Assuncao (+280) - Lightweight
Efrain Escudero (+235) vs. Jacob Volkmann (-275) - Lightweight
Matthew Riddle (-155) vs. Luis Ramos (+135) - Welterweight
Manny Gamburyan (+225) vs. Diego Nunes (-275) - Featherweight
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Avastin disappoints against ovarian cancer
(AP)? Avastin, the blockbuster drug that just lost approval for treating breast cancer, now looks disappointing against ovarian cancer, too. Two studies found it did not improve survival for most of these patients and kept their disease from worsening for only a few months, with more side effects.
The Genentech drug won approval in Europe last week for advanced ovarian cancer. But its maker has no immediate plans to seek the same approval in the United States. After talking with the Food and Drug Administration, "we do not believe the data will support approval" although no final decision has been made, said Charlotte Arnold, a spokeswoman for Genentech, part of the Swiss company Roche.
Results of the studies are in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
In November, the FDA revoked Avastin's approval for breast cancer because it did not meaningfully extend life and can have serious side effects. Without approval, doctors can prescribe the drug but insurers may not pay. Treatment with it can cost $100,000 a year.
Avastin can still be sold for some colon, lung, kidney and brain cancers. The new research was aimed at adding ovarian cancer to the list.
One study, led by Dr. Robert Burger of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, involved nearly 1,900 women with advanced ovarian cancer given one of three treatment combinations. The time until the disease got worse was a median of 10 months in those given just chemotherapy; adding Avastin improved that by just one to four months for the other two groups.
Survival was similar among the groups, and side effects were higher among those on Avastin ? mostly high blood pressure but also some stomach and gut problems that needed treatment.
In the other study, led by researchers from England, more than 1,500 ovarian cancer patients were given chemo with or without Avastin. The drug kept cancer at bay just one to two months longer than chemo alone did, with more cases of high blood pressure. There was a trend toward improved survival for those on Avastin, but the difference was too small to say the drug was responsible.
Genentech helped pay for the studies and some of the researchers consult for the company.
Dr. Gary Lyman, a Duke University researcher who was on the FDA advisory panel that recommended revoking Avastin's approval for breast cancer, wrote in an email that he agreed with the company's decision not to seek approval for ovarian cancer.
"The situation is very similar" to the results in breast cancer, and approval is unlikely unless a biological marker or test can show which patients might benefit, he wrote.
About 220,000 new cases of ovarian cancer are diagnosed each year around the world, and it causes 140,000 deaths. In the United States, the National Cancer Institute estimates 22,000 new cases and 15,000 deaths each year.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Appeals court: Ark. can't stop desegregation funds
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ? Arkansas cannot cut off millions of dollars in funding for desegregation programs in Little Rock-area school districts until a challenge to the payments gets a separate federal court hearing, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The ruling from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes months after U.S. District Judge Brian Miller ordered an end to most of the payments, calling them counterproductive. He accused three school districts of delaying desegregation to continue getting state money and agreed with state lawmakers who argue the payments are wasteful.
The appeals court, which heard the case in September after the districts challenged the order, ruled Miller's conclusion may have merit but that he did not make "specific findings of fact" to support his decision.
Rather, Miller "stated in general terms that a carrot and stick approach would no longer work with 'these districts' because the districts 'are wise mules that have learned how to eat the carrot and sit down on the job,'" the appeals court wrote.
The court also said a formal hearing on the evidence must be held and notice issued before a court can end desegregation obligations.
Arkansas is required by a 1989 settlement to fund magnet schools, transfers between districts and other programs to support desegregation and keep a racial balance in the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County school districts. The state has been spending about $38 million a year to comply with the settlement, according to Wednesday's ruling.
Lawmakers have long wanted to end the payments, but the districts say they're still necessary.
Battles over school desegregation in Little Rock date back to 1957, when nine black children needed the protection of federal troops to integrate Central High School. Little Rock sued the state and its two neighboring districts in 1982. Two years later, a judge agreed the districts hadn't done enough to help the city schools desegregate.
In May, when Miller ordered an end to most of the state payments, he wrote that the change was necessary in order to avoid "an absurd outcome in which the districts are rewarded with extra money from the state if they fail to comply with their desegregation plans and they face having their funds cut by the state if they act in good faith and comply."
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Michael Lohan Approves of Daughter Lindsay's Playboy Spread (omg!)
While many fathers may cringe at the idea of their daughters stripping down for a magazine, Michael Lohan is looking on the bright side of things.
"If she's happy with it, I?m happy with it," Lohan said on Dr. Drew's The Lifechangers about daughter Lindsay Lohan's nude Playboy photos. "It's a move in a direction where she?s working?so as far as I'm concerned it's a good move."
PHOTOS: Lindsay's OMG moments
Lindsay, 25, earned an reported $1 million for her nude photos in Playboy's January/February 2012 issue, where she poses in a Marilyn Monroe-esque shoot on a red velvet background.
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And although Lindsay's parents, Michael, 51, and Dina Lohan, 49 make headlines for not getting along, she too seems to mirror Michael's remarks.
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"It was an opportunity for her. She's 25-years-old now, so it was her ultimate decision," Dina explained to The Insider in November. "It will be tastefully done."
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Big 12 a football power, everywhere but bowls
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Of the factors that shape football conferences reputation - NFL draft selections, individual awards and success in nonconference games and bowls - the Big 12 excels, right up until that last one.Its teams collectively own a losing record in bowls in the Big 12's 15-year history, and the league is 2-5 in games that decided the national championship in the BCS era.
Bowl games are fickle things. Some teams are motivated by the opportunity, others not so much. With little on the line in these glorified exhibitions, some look ahead to next season with playing decisions.
Teams have been known to empty the playbook, take risks that wouldn't happen during the regular season.
Players get healthy. Teams lose their coach and staff, which can inspire or deflate. Some teams practice in warmth, others with snow pushed aside or in a bubble. The zebras have been imported from neutral conferences and haven't seen the teams play.
Betting-line upsets have defined the handful of games played so far, and underdog uprisings are not unusual. Give a team a month to hear how it's not supposed to win a game and that's a powerful force.
These circumstances have worked against the Big 12, which begins its bowl schedule today with Missouri's Independence Bowl meeting with North Carolina.
Some theories for the mediocrity seem plausible. The Big 12 is a pass-first conference, and the month or so layoff disrupts passing-game rhythm and timing. Makes sense.
Also, a week often isn't enough for opponents' scout teams to simulate Big 12 offenses. But give a defensive coordinator a month or more to prepare and the most complicated offenses can be solved. The best example was Oklahoma after the 2008 season. The Sooners scored at least 60 on their final five regular-season opponents. Against Florida in the BCS title game, Oklahoma mustered two touchdowns.
Still, the top scoring and yard producing teams in the Big 12 typically win in the postseason. Since 2000, the team that that led the conference in scoring is 8-3 in bowl games. The total yards leader is 9-2 and even the passing leader is 7-4. Oklahoma State leads this league in scoring and passing, Baylor in total offense.
With Big 12 teams favored in six of eight games, starting with the Tigers today, the prospect for a leaguewide letdown again exists. The league has gone into the postseason with this kind of expectation before and has posted a winning record in bowl games six times.
Let's not overthink this. Yes, bowl games are different, and Big 12 is offensive-minded. But the record is poor primarily for three reasons.
One, Texas A&M has been a horrible bowl team. In its final football game as a Big 12 member, the Aggies will try to break a five-game losing bowl losing streak, and the setup couldn't be more ideal. A&M is playing in nearby Houston, against a Northwestern team with an even longer bowl drought. The Wildcats have lost eight straight, losing them all since winning in its first bowl appearance in 1948.
A&M is a 10-point favorite in its last game before heading to the Southeastern Conference.
And that's the Big 12's second postseason problem: the SEC.
The Big 12 owns a winning or break-even record against the four other BCS automatic qualifier conferences. Against the SEC, it's 9-19.
This year, the only meeting between the conferences comes in the Cotton Bowl, where Kansas State takes on Arkansas, and the Wildcats could have their hands full with a Razorbacks team that lost only to the teams, LSU and Alabama, playing for the national championship.
Finally, that 2-5 record in national championship games is a killer. But the way the SEC gobbles up titles, there's little left for anybody else. The Big 12 is the only other conference with multiple national championships in the BCS era, but the five losses lead the pack.
Financially, the record doesn't matter. Conferences are contracted with bowls, and the payout is the same, win or lose.
And in the Big 12's revolving door of membership - four out, two in after this year and stay tuned - what is conference pride, anyway?
So perhaps that will be the league's final irony. In a year when it lost two more members and was on the brink of extinction for a second time in two years, the Big 12 will become a postseason power, for the first time.
Source: http://www.islandpacket.com/2011/12/25/1907294/big-12-a-football-power-everywhere.html
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Chile daily must pay readers for exploding churros (AP)
SANTIAGO, Chile ? Chile's Supreme Court has ordered a newspaper to pay $125,000 to 13 people who suffered burns while trying out a published recipe for churros, a popular Latin American snack of dough fried in hot oil.
The publisher of La Tercera must pay individual damages to 11 women and two men ranging from as little as $279 to $48,000 for one woman whose burns were particularly severe.
The high court's ruling was announced Monday, seven years after the readers burned themselves while trying out the recipe.
Judges determined that the newspaper failed to fully test it before publication, and that if readers followed the recipe exactly, the churros had a good chance of exploding once the oil reached the suggested temperature. Grupo Copesa, which publishes the paper, said it will abide by the ruling.
Days after the recipe was published in the paper's "Woman" magazine in 2004, hospitals around the country began treating women for burns suffered when the dough boiling in oil suddenly shot out of kitchen pots.
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Monday, December 26, 2011
Football Island - The Christmas Edition - Dec 25,2011
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Cold-Weather Cities Top Retirement List (Free Money Finance)
When most people think of moving during retirement they think of going to Florida, Arizona, Texas or some other warm-weather climate. And who can blame them? After over a decade living in Michigan, I'm ready for a bit of heat myself!
Not so fast says US News. They list the top 10 US cities (based on research from Sperling's Best Places) with the highest quality of life for seniors based on health, economic, and other quality-of-life measures. In other words, the cities that are best at taking care of seniors. And guess what? Most of them are cold-weather towns. The list:
1. Minneapolis
2. Boston
3. Pittsburgh
4. Cleveland
5. Denver
6. Milwaukee
7. San Francisco
8. Portland, Ore.
9. Kansas City, Mo.
10. Newark, N.J.
I see a lot of cold-weather cites there. ;-)
I've been to every one of these places but haven't spent much time in most of them. Anyway, here's my take on the list:
1. Minneapolis -- I'm cold just thinking about this place, though I did almost move here once and my cousin lived there for years (and she loved it!)
2. Boston -- Very historical but too pricey for me.
3. Pittsburgh -- I lived here for five years and have family in the 'burgh. I'd move back with no problem, but I think I'd prefer a warmer (or at least sunnier) city.
4. Cleveland -- Do you know what people who live or have lived in Pittsburgh think of Cleveland? ;-) Seriously, we have friends and some family in Cleveland and they like it there.
5. Denver -- I haven't spent much time in Denver but have always heard good things about it.
6. Milwaukee -- I get to Milwaukee quite often on business. Looks like a decent place to be from and outsider's perspective.
7. San Francisco -- Great city, great weather, too expensive.
8. Portland, Ore. -- I have only been to Portland briefly, but again have heard great things about it.
9. Kansas City, Mo. -- I grew up in the Midwest, so moving back wouldn't be a problem for me. KC was a "big city" where I came from. ;-)
10. Newark, N.J. -- I've only been to the Newark airport, so I can't really comment on it.
I have no idea where we'll end up in retirement. We could remain living in Michigan, move to a place closer to our kids (depending on where they end up), or pick and entirely different location (Caribbean anyone?)
How about you? Does anyone like any of the places above? Or do you plan on moving at all when you retire?
Source: http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2011/12/cold-weather-cities-top-retirement-list.html
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Report: Government deeper in red (Politico)
The Treasury Department quietly released the balance of the U.S. government?s checkbook the Friday before Christmas, in a year-end report that showed the country diving deeper into the red with net liabilities of $14.8 trillion.
The government?s biggest liabilities for 2011 included $10.2 trillion in federal debt securities held by the public and $5.8 trillion owed to federal employees and veterans.
Continue ReadingThe government?s overall net liability is calculated by subtracting net assets from liabilities. In 2010, the figure was $13.5 trillion.
The Government Accountability Office?s auditor?s report stated that it could not express an opinion on the government?s annual financial statements, citing serious financial management problems at the Defense Department that made the department?s statements impossible to audit, the government?s ?inability to adequately account for and reconcile intragovernemtntal activity,? as well as its ?ineffective process for preparing the consolidated financial statements.?
?Restoring fiscal sustainability will require substantial additional changes, including tax reforms to increase revenue and changes to make our entitlement programs sustainable over time,? Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said in a messaging accompanying the report.
He added, ?But these reforms, if done in a broad-based and balanced way and phased in over time to give Americans a chance to plan and adjust, will not impose an unfair or excessive burden on the citizens of this country.?
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
Haiti: Minister attacked while visiting DomRep (AP)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? A presidential adviser in Haiti says that a government minister was attacked while visiting the neighboring Dominican Republic.
Presidential adviser Damian Merlo said late Friday that Minister of Haitians Living Abroad Daniel Supplice is doing fine but he had no other details.
The newspaper Le Matin reported that four members of the Dominican police force robbed Supplice and his family Thursday of his cell phone and valuables. The alleged incident happened in the city of Santiago while the minister was in the country for a wedding.
Supplice's Twitter account posted Friday night that he was "doing very well" and would speak to the press Monday.
Neither Supplice nor Dominican police could be reached for comment.
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American Standard Energy Corp to Present at the Pritchard Capital - Energize 2012 - Conference
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 23, 2011 --?
/PRNewswire/ -- American Standard Energy Corp (the "Company") (OTCBB:ASEN), announces today that it will present at the Pritchard Capital - Energize 2012 ? Conference in San Francisco on January 4th and 5th.
About American Standard Energy:
American Standard Energy Corp is an Oil and Gas exploration and production company based in Scottsdale, AZ. ASEN's primary focus is balanced between their controlling in the Permian and their non-op interest in the Bakken and Eagle Ford oil shale resource prospects in the continental United States. ASEN currently controls approximately 40,100 net acres in the following three primary prospect areas:
- 32,400 core net acres targeting the Bakken/Three Forks in North Dakota;
- 6,500 net acres targeting the Permian formation in West Texas;
- 1,200 net acres targeting a specific Eagle Ford prospect in South Texas
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Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results that are subject to the safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). ?All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this report regarding our financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, industry conditions, and indebtedness covenant compliance are forward-looking statements. ?When used in this report, forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by terms or phrases such as "estimate," "project," "predict," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "plan," "intend," "seek," "goal," "will," "should," "may" or other words and similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. ?Items contemplating or making assumptions about, actual or potential future sales, market size, collaborations, and trends or operating results also constitute such forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and important factors (many of which are beyond our Company's control) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including the following: oil and gas prices, our ability to raise capital, general economic or industry conditions nationally and/or in the communities in which our Company conducts business, changes in the interest rate environment, legislation or regulatory requirements, conditions of the securities markets, changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, financial or political instability, acts of war or terrorism, other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technical factors affecting our Company's operations, products, services and prices. ?
We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. ?
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Deal of the Day: Body Glove Icon Slide-On Case for HTC Rezound
The Dec. 22 ShopAndroid.com Deal of the Day is the Body Glove Icon Slide-On Case for HTC Rezound. Available in dark gray/black or red/black, it's a hard shell case with a metallic soft touch top and black soft touch bottom. Chrome accents complete the stylish look, and the slim hard shell offers durable protection from bumps and scratches. And best of all, it's avaliable today only for just $12.95. Get yours while supplies last!
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Norman Krim, Who Championed the Transistor, Dies at 98
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Working for Raytheon, Mr. Krim first put transistors into hearing aids. He later had a hand in the early growth of the RadioShack chain.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
The nation's weather (AP)
Weather Underground Forecast for Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011.
High pressure over most of the nation was expected to lead to dry and mild weather on Saturday. A ridge of high pressure built from the Rocky Mountains, over the Plains, and into the Eastern U.S. This system was expected to push moisture away, bringing sunny skies and dry conditions to most of the nation. Cool temperatures were expected to return to the East as the leading edge of this system pulled in cold air from Canada. Highs were expected to range in the 40s across the Mid-Atlantic states, while the Midwest was expected to see highs in the 30s. To the north, a trough of low pressure sweeping through central and eastern Canada was expected to push a trough of low pressure over the Great Lakes. This was expected to allow for light and scattered snow showers to develop across most of the Upper and Lower Great Lakes. Snowfall accumulation was expected to range around one to two inches. Significant snowfall was not expected.
Meanwhile in the West, a low pressure system spinning over southern California and Baja California was expected to continue strengthening on Saturday. The system was expected to slowly advance eastward and into the Southwestern U.S. At the same time, flow around this system was expected to pull moisture in from the Pacific and allow for showers to develop by evening. Light rain showers and high elevation snow showers were expected to spread into Arizona throughout the day. The rest of the western U.S will remain under high pressure with dry and mostly sunny conditions.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Friday ranged from a morning low of -6 degrees at Alamosa, Colo. to a high of 82 degrees at Crystal River, Fla.
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Ryan, Abraham lead Falcons to 41-14 rout of Jags
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White (84) celebrates his touchdown with Atlanta Falcons running back Jason Snelling (44) during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White (84) celebrates his touchdown with Atlanta Falcons running back Jason Snelling (44) during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Zach Potter celebrates his touchdown with Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Stephen Franklin (58) during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones (11) tries to break away from Jacksonville Jaguars defensive back Kevin Rutland (22) during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Corey Peters (91) runs a fumbled ball into the end zone during the second half of an NFL football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White (84) hits the turf after making a touchdown catch as Jacksonville Jaguars defensive back Kevin Rutland (22) looks on during the first half of an NFL football game Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
ATLANTA (AP) ? Ho hum, another winning season for the Atlanta Falcons.
That's not such a big deal anymore.
This team has much higher goals.
Putting together their most complete effort of the season, the Falcons clinched a fourth straight winning record with a 41-14 rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night. Matt Ryan had another big game, throwing three touchdown passes in less than three quarters of work, and John Abraham terrorized rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert with 3? sacks.
Atlanta (9-5) strengthened its hold on an NFC wild card, shrugging off the immediate accomplishment of another above-.500 finish.
"Our expectations are much higher than winning seasons," coach Mike Smith said. "I'm glad we've been able to accomplish that as an organization and a football team. But believe me, it's not one of those expectations we really want to talk about. If we're where we think we are as an organization and a football team, that's expected each and every year."
It wasn't so long ago that nine wins was a big deal. The Falcons went through the first 42 years of their existence without so much as back-to-back winning seasons. All that changed when Smith and general manager Thomas Dimitroff took over in 2008.
Since then, Atlanta has been to the playoff two times and is closing in on a third appearance.
"I can't speak to the people who came before, but I know since Thomas and I had the opportunity to be here, we've just kind of put our heads down and gone to work," Smith said. "When you do that, good things usually happen. We are not finished, believe me. Our expectations and internal goals are much higher than having a winning football season."
This one was over by halftime. Atlanta led 27-0 when the teams trotted to the locker room, Gabbert and the shellshocked Jaguars (4-10) saddled with a net passing total of minus-1 yard.
Atlanta stretched out its lead to 41-0 before Jacksonville scored on a blocked punt. Going back to the previous week, when the Falcons overcame a 16-point halftime deficit at Carolina, they ripped off 65 points in a row over five quarters.
Now that's more like it from a team that was projected as a Super Bowl contender but had not quite lived up to expectations.
"I feel like we've hit our stride," said Roddy White, who had 10 catches for 135 yards and became just the eighth receiver in NFL history with 80 receptions and 1,000 yards in five straight seasons.
Gabbert had one of his worst games in a miserable rookie season, coughing up the ball twice on hits by Abraham. Both fumbles led to Atlanta scores, with defensive tackle Corey Peters scooping up the second one and trotting to the end zone early in the third quarter for a touchdown that ended any thought of the Jaguars getting back in the game.
"It wasn't just me," said Abraham, who came into the game with only five sacks on the season. "The whole team was able to get to the quarterback."
Ryan was 19 of 26 for 224 yards and three touchdowns, with a season-high rating of 137.3. White caught two of the scoring passes, Julio Jones the other.
Gabbert was 12 of 22 for 141 yards, also throwing an interception during a truly awful night full of bad decisions when he wasn't running for his life. He was sacked five times and got most of his yards on a meaningless final drive, which resulted in the only offensive touchdown of the night: a 16-yard pass to Chastin West with 59 seconds remaining.
"It wasn't our best night," Gabbert said. "We've just got to learn from it, take the positives out of it and just get better."
The injury-riddled Jaguars, playing out the season with an interim coach and a new owner, were coming off their best performance, having scored 41 straight points in a 41-14 victory over Tampa Bay. But, playing for the third time in 11 days, they couldn't build any momentum for a strong finish.
Shahid Khan must have been wondering why he paid an estimated $760 million to buy the team from original Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver, a deal that was unanimously approved by NFL owners a day earlier.
"You've just got to keep fighting," Gabbert said. "Things didn't go our way early, but what can you do? It's football."
On the first snap of the game, Michael Turner burst off left guard for 15 yards, and the Falcons were off and running. Ryan capped the opening drive by stepping up to avoid the pressure, flipping a short pass to Jones, then watching the rookie turn on an impressive burst of speed for a 29-yard touchdown.
Gabbert got an idea of what he'd be up against on his first snap: Abraham shrugged off a blocker and threw the quarterback for a 10-yard loss. The rookie finally completed a pass on the final play of the opening quarter, but Sean Weatherspoon sniffed out the screen and slammed Marcedes Lewis for a 4-yard loss.
Matt Bryant kicked a 33-yard field goal that made it 10-0, then another brutal mistake by the Jaguars early in the second quarter helped turn this one into a rout. Jarrett Dillard let a punt slip right through his hands, and Weatherspoon fell on it at the Jacksonville 5. The next play, Turner rumbled into the end zone standing to make it 17-0.
The Falcons weren't done, not by a long shot. Ryan finished off a nine-play, 72-yard by hooking up with White in the back on the end zone on a 6-yard touchdown, a pass that Tony Gonzalez was nearly in position to catch as well.
Now down 24-0, the Jaguars couldn't even get off the field without turning it over again. Abraham popped the ball loose from Gabbert, and after a wild scramble Curtis Lofton finally fell on it at the Jacksonville 19. That set up Bryant's second field goal, a 31-yarder on the final play of the half.
"I've just got to get rid of the ball," Gabbert said. "I can't take those sacks and those fumbles. That's completely on me."
NOTES: Jacksonville had negative net yards passing most of the game and finished with just 91, actually lowering what was already the NFL's worst passing average. ... Jones finished with five catches for 85 yards. ... Jacksonville's Maurice Jones-Drew, the NFL's leading rusher, had 112 yards on 17 carries.
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