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China's recent Beidu GPS launches were mere firecrackers compared to its space ambitions for the next five years. These have been laid out in a 17-page government document, which fortunately reduces down to just a few key points once you filter out the abstract bluster. Top of the list is a pledge to prepare for the construction of more "space stations" -- plural -- to complement the Tiangong module and allow for "medium term" human habitation. Officials and scientists will also find time to plan for a "human lunar landing" as well as surveying the moon with rovers. Lastly, it seems that China wants to fix its nasty reputation as a space litterer, by moving "aging GEO satellites out of orbit" and "fully deactivating" used Long March rockets to reduce the risk of them exploding and scattering debris in the busiest lanes. Regardless of how these lofty goals pan out, the juxtaposition with America's own dwindling dream is obvious.

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The NFL announced Sunday night the schedule of sites, dates and times for the wild card and divisional playoff rounds:

NFL WILD CARD WEEKEND

Saturday, January 7

AFC: 4:30 PM (ET) Cincinnati at Houston (NBC)

NFC: 8:00 PM (ET) Detroit at New Orleans (NBC)

Sunday, January 8

NFC: 1:00 PM (ET) Atlanta at N.Y. Giants (FOX)

AFC: 4:30 PM (ET) Pittsburgh at Denver (CBS)

NFL DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS

Saturday, January 14

NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) New Orleans/Dallas-N.Y. Giants/Atlanta at San Francisco (FOX)

AFC: 8:00 PM (ET) Denver/Pittsburgh/Cincinnati at New England (CBS)

Sunday, January 15

AFC: 1:00 PM (ET) Houston/Denver/Pittsburgh at Baltimore (CBS)

NFC: 4:30 PM (ET) Dallas-N.Y. Giants/Atlanta/Detroit at Green Bay (FOX)

In the Divisional Playoffs, the division champion with the best record in each conference will host the lowest

seeded Wild Card survivor. Once teams are seeded for the playoffs, positions do not change:

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1. New England (13-3, AFC East champion) 1. Green Bay (15-1, NFC North champion)

2. Baltimore (12-4, AFC North champion) 2. San Francisco (13-3, NFC West champion)

3. Houston (10-6, AFC South champion) 3. New Orleans (13-3, NFC South champion)

4. Denver (8-8, AFC West champion) 4. Dallas (8-7)/NY Giants (8-7) (NFC East champion)

5. Pittsburgh (12-4)

5. Atlanta (10-6)

6. Cincinnati (9-7)

6. Detroit (10-6)

The AFC (CBS, 3:00 PM ET) and NFC (FOX, 6:30 PM ET) Championship Games will be played on Sunday, January 22.

The 2012 Pro Bowl (NBC, 7:00 PM ET) will be played on Sunday, January 29 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, one week before Super Bowl XLVI takes place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Sunday, February 5 (NBC, 6:30 PM ET).

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December 30, 2011

Construction project owners undertake important work in energy conservation

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Hope is a commodity that is pretty scarce in much of our troubled world.

Pick up a paper just about any day and you read of the euro crisis, riot and revolution in the Arab world, partisan political bickering in the United States. It makes one wonder if there is any hope left in the world.

There is, of course, but for the most part it?s not on front pages. Hope is blossoming, a bit here, a bit there, and if you put positive events together, the result is impressive.

While politicians fight their political feuds, researchers are making immense strides in medicine, people are waging war to get improved mental health care, businesses and local governments are finding innovative ways to fund projects. People are quietly taking steps to conserve energy while developing sources of clean energy. They?re working toward a sustainable future.

Important work is being done in the construction field, driven by owners who are demanding more sustainable buildings.

Three things popped in my e-mail this week that illustrate this.

The U.S. Green Building Council has done a large survey and found that the majority of green building projects in the parts of the world that use LEED criteria are not new buildings; they?re retrofits.

They range from small buildings all the way up to Tapiei 101, which is billed (for the moment) as the world?s largest building. The Empire State Building in New York City is getting an efficiency upgrade that will provide a return on investment in just three years.

This is a positive development. Putting up a new building merely adds to our building stock. Efficiency upgrades cost less, and improve not only the owner?s bottom line, but the environment, as well. And the money goes further, since each upgrade costs substantially less than a new building would.

This week brought news that the TD Bank has just renovated a branch in London, Ontario, to make it a net-zero building. That means it will produce as much energy as it uses. That project follows construction of a new branch in Florida that is also net-zero. That one, says the bank, is the first net-zero building of its size in the retail world.

The London project is interesting for a number of reasons.

First of all, the building doesn?t face south, something that is preferred for net-zero projects. That means solar panels couldn?t be placed on the roof, and space had to be found for them elsewhere on the property. The work also included installation of LED lighting, and upgraded control systems for heating and cooling. As well, the bank is using land surrounding the branch to create a ?green energy park? that will include a modest amphitheater for use by the community. It is even planning a charging station for customers needing to recharge the batteries of their electric cars.

And in Ottawa, a holiday greeting card from the folks at the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute contained the news that the construction sector has begun moving faster to embrace lifecycle assessment, or LCA.

LCA is a scientific method for measuring the environmental footprint of materials, products and services over their entire lifetime. Is an analysis of the energy embodied in a product ? making and transporting it, what inputs and waste will occur in using it during its life, and what will happen to it at the end of its life. Athena has developed a tool called Impact Estimator, to aid in the calculations.

There are a couple of interesting case studies on the Athena Sustainable Materials Institute?s website ? one on a Canadian project, one American.

So while politicians bicker, ordinary people, ordinary companies, are quietly beavering away, trying to build a better, more sustainable world. And that?s good news to greet the new year.

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Boston Red Sox OF Ryan Kalish likely to miss start of 2012

Boston probably knew this when they grabbed Ryan Sweeney as a throw-in in their recent trade for Andrew Bailey, which cost them outfielder Josh Reddick.

A healthy Kalish would've been the favorite for the right-field job, but he's recovering from November surgery that fixed a torn labrum in his left (throwing) shoulder; this came after a September procedure to repair a bulging disc in his neck, a consequence of putting off the labrum patch-up in a lost 2011. He could be out until May or June, per a speculated timetable.

Kalish flashed a handy contact bat and a power-speed combo during two months of 2010 MLB work, filling in for a then-injured Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron, who was traded away at the non-waiver deadline. If you can get away with stashing the soon-to-be 24-year-old in ALs for a reasonable price, he could be a late-season boon. No bother considering him for mixed drafts, but he's worth a pre-emptive tuck-away - especially in deep leagues - if his rehab goes smoothly, say, around April.

In this roster picture, Kalish's delay boosts the playing-time potential of lefty-hitting, BA-friendly Sweeney, who can play all three outfield spots. Boston could also try internal names like Darnell McDonald, Mike Aviles, pop prospect Juan Carlos Linares (depending on recovery from ankle surgery) and stolen-base product Che-Hsuan Lin - if they don't explore external pieces, which is not a smart wager.

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