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Extraterrestrial life
Given the size of the universe - there are at least 100 billion stars in our home galaxy alone and perhaps 100 billion galaxies of much the same size scattered throughout deep space - few scientists believe that the Earth is the only home of life. But until quite recently, the field of exobiology - the study of extraterrestrial life also known as astrobiology - was almost moribund. It could come up with some interesting speculations but that was about all.
The robot planetary explorers that swept through the solar system in the 1960s and 1970s found no trace of life, or even potential life-supporting environments. Exobiology's most adventurous experiment - when the 1976 Mars Viking Lander tried to find biological activity in the soil of Mars - yielded discouraging results.
The Mars disappointment was the nadir for the hopeful new science. With the exception of the Earth, the solar system appeared to be barren. As for life beyond the solar system, the colossal distances involved made it simply unreachable, and in any case, no one knew for sure if other stars had planets at all, far less living planets.
Since those bleak days, exobiology's prospects have brightened enormously. A whole succession of discoveries have vastly increased the probabilities that life exists elsewhere in the solar system - as well as our chances of actually finding it.
Some of these discoveries have come from recent space probes and careful astronomical observation. For example, in the last few years, scientists have found evidence for planets around more than 60 nearby stars. The Galileo spacecraft has found what is almost certainly a liquid salty ocean beneath the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. Mars most likely once had liquid water flowing on its surface. Scientists now believe that much of it is still there, locked beneath the surface.
The most vital 'exobiology' discoveries, though, were made right here on Earth. Biologists have learned that life is much more robust that most scientists believed 30 years ago. Earth micro-organisms have been found thriving in astonishingly hostile environments. Deep beneath the oceans, for example, near the volcanic vents known as black smokers, some microbes grow and multiply at temperatures above 110 degrees - according to some scientists, perhaps as high as 170 degrees.
Others thrive in acid conditions that would strip the skin from a human, while others still make a comfortable living in hot rocks kilometres below the ground. Some even prefer cold to heat: Antarctic life-forms can manage very well in what amounts to a permanent deep-freeze.
The existence of these so-called extremophile organisms radically changed our view of what might be called "the necessities of life". Extremophiles live happily without sunshine, without moderate warmth, without organic molecules to feed off and with no need for photosynthesis - many digest raw minerals and fuel themselves with basic chemical reactions.
Many share another fascinating characteristic, too. The genetic code of these creatures suggests that they are not recent adaptations that have moved away from 'mainstream life' into awkward niches shunned by their competitors. Instead, in evolutionary terms they are among the oldest living things on Earth - probably among the very first to appear.
The implications for life elsewhere in the solar system are huge. We know now that all life needs is liquid water - even a little dampness will serve - and some kind of energy source. Exobiology is back in business.
Mars remains the best candidate for the breakthough discovery of an extraterrestrial organism. In the early solar system four billion years ago, it may well have offered better prospects for life than the Earth. In 1998, NASA scientists found what may have been fossilised ancient Martian bacteria in a meteorite blasted from the planet's surface by a cosmic impact; the Mars rock drifted through space for millions of years before eventually crashing down in Antarctica.
Exobiology will be a major element in the Mars missions of the first half of the 21st century. ESA's Mars Express arrived in Martian orbit in December 2003; the Aurora Programme is looking at plans for a sample return mission and even a human visit. Some of Earth's Antarctic life-forms could probably live on Mars today. Perhaps below the Martian surface, the corresponding native organisms are just waiting to be discovered.
Europa, ten times more distant than Mars, is a more difficult proposition. But plans for Europa missions are on the drawing board, too. Exobiologists no longer restrict themselves to planetary environments. Comets, for example, are rich in organic material and certainly could be colonised by some kind of extremophile. Some theorists even think that life originated first in a cometary environment then reached Earth and, perhaps, other planets.


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John Pipkin, of Southwestern University and The University of Texas at Austin, discusses using the Herschel collection at the Ransom Center to conduct research for his forthcoming novel The Blind Astronomer's Atlas. Pipkin's research was funded by the C. P. Snow Memorial Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment.
The Ransom Center is now receiving applications for its 2011–2012 research fellowships in the humanities. The application deadline is February 1, 2011, but applicants are encouraged, if necessary, to request information from curators by January 1. About 50 fellowships are awarded annually by the Ransom Center to support scholarly research projects in all areas of the humanities. Applicants must demonstrate the need for substantial on-site use of the Center's collections.


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JACKSON - Kindergarten through 12th grade education is essentially leveled funded in the budget proposal unveiled Wednesday by Gov. Phil Bryant at a state Capitol news conference.
The Republican governor said his proposal provides level funding for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, which provides the state's share of the basics of operating local school districts, at $2.03 billion and provides an additional $21 million for "education priorities," such as continuing a pilot pre-kindergarten program, known as Building Blocks, that has been funded in recent years by private funds and enacting a pilot merit teacher pay program.
Overall, Bryant increases state funding by 4.7 percent or $259.8 million to $5.81 billion. That amount includes some deficit funding for the current year for Medicaid and Corrections and some one-time expenditures on such items as finishing the state's Wireless Integrated Network, that among other things ensures emergency responders can continue to communicate during natural disasters, such as hurricanes.
By law, Bryant is supposed to submit a budget recommendation to the Legislature in advance of the upcoming session. Legislative leaders will unveil their own plan next month.


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Since kicking off the official voting yesterday, we've already collected hundreds of votes for the upcoming Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards. And we're expecting even more ballots to flow in as we highlight the top minds and businesses in the Seattle startup community in the coming days, leading up to the big awards bash May 3rd at the Experience Music Project.
Today, we're showcasing a fun category: "Geek of the Year." Here's how we described this one during the nomination process: "If engineering is the 'kitchen' of startups and tech giants, geeks are the top chefs. Nominate the best developers, designers, makers and doers in local tech."
We've got a diverse group of finalists in this category, which is sponsored by Filter. And the competition is pretty tight based on the initial ballots. Vote here if you haven't already, and if you need help deciding, see more background on each finalist below the poll.
Buster Benson: The entrepreneur, author and mobile app developer previously worked at Amazon.com before creating Robot Co-op, Locavore, and most recently, Habit Labs, a new service designed to improve one's health and fitness. A constant chronicler of his daily routine and whereabouts, Benson's online exhibitionism has led him to post more than 25,500 items to the Internet since October 1999.
Jim Demonakos: The longtime Emerald City Comicon director (and past GeekWire Geek of the Week) is one-half of the Kirby Krackle nerd rock band, owner of the ComicStop comic-book store chain, and author of a best-selling graphic novel.
Oren Etzioni: This serial entrepreneur and University of Washington computer scientist — another former Geek of the Week — has made a habit of building businesses based on complex algorithms that help people make decisions, the latest being Decide.com, a startup that forecasts the price of consumer electronics and appliances.
Yoky Matsuoka: She's leaving the University of Washington, but this longtime Seattleite and specialist in robotics and human-machine interfaces is expanding into the consumer world as the vice president of technology for Nest, the Silicon Valley-based startup that develops and markets an intelligent learning thermostat.
Nathan Myhrvold: The former Microsoft technology chief, a lighting rod in the world of technology patents, also made his mark in the culinary world this past year with a six-volume scientific cookbook called Modernist Cuisine, cementing his geek cred. As if the dinosaur-hunting wasn't enough.
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- The U.S. secretary of state addresses reporters in Ankara, Turkey
- He talks about the crisis in Syria and ties that Turkey and Israel share with the U.S.
- "We want to see them work together to go beyond rhetoric," Kerry says of Israel and Turkey
- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the remark at a United Nations conference
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waded into the thicket of Mideast politics Friday, chiding the Turkish prime minister for a slam on Zionism while touting the ties the United States has with Turkey and Israel -- two once friendly nations now mired in antipathy.
Kerry said he and the Obama administration disagreed with Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remark equating Zionism with crimes against humanity, and he called it "objectionable."
He appeared to be making a reference to the remark in his praise of Mustafa Akarsu, the Turkish guard at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara who died in a February 1 suicide attack.
"Mustafa's tragic death reminds all of us of the common bond we share," Kerry told reporters in a joint news conference in Ankara with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. It "underscores the urgent need to promote a spirit of tolerance that includes all of the public statements made by all leaders."
Kerry said he mentioned Erdogan's speech to the foreign minister and plans to broach it with Erdogan.
"That said, Turkey and Israel are both vital allies," Kerry said. "We want to see them work together to go beyond rhetoric and take concrete steps to change their relationship. I believe it's possible."
The remarks overshadowed the key crisis in the region: the Syrian civil war. Kerry said the United States and Turkey share opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
He said that Turkey and the United States believe in a political solution in Syria and that both countries have worked to bring about tough sanctions to reduce money flowing to the Assad government. He cited the Patriot missiles placed on Turkey's border with Syria for security and the country's hosting of tens of thousands of Syrian refugees.
"Minister Davutoglu and I believe there is no legitimacy in a regime that creates atrocities against its own people," Kerry said.
Kerry attended a memorial service for the security guard killed at the embassy last month and described him as a "courageous Turk." The United States, he said, "stands strongly with Turkey, our NATO ally in the fight against terrorism."
The embassy was attacked last month by a man Turkish authorities say belonged to the Marxist Leninist organization known as the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party, or DHKP-C, which the U.S. government and others label a terrorist organization.
As for Erdogan's remarks, a senior State Department official earlier said the comment was "particularly offensive" and "complicates our ability to do all the things we want to do together when we have such a profound disagreement about such an important thing,"
Erdogan appeared at the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations, which works to defuse tensions and promote cooperation between the Muslim and Western worlds.
"It is necessary that we must consider -- just like Zionism, or anti-Semitism, or fascism -- Islamophobia as a crime against humanity," the Turkish prime minister said.
Zionism is the Jewish national liberation movement that led to Israel's founding and is the nation's underpinning. Erdogan's remarks drew a quick rebuke from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But many in the Muslim world harbor notions like Erdogan's about the movement.
"This is a dark and mendacious statement, the likes of which we thought had passed from the world," Netanyahu said.
Israel and Turkey are major U.S. allies in the Middle East. But the once extensive cooperation between Turkey and Israel on trade, tourism and military issues has broken down.
Turkey, a NATO member, has been affected by one of the world's most volatile conflicts -- the Syrian civil war -- and has been a staunch opponent of the Assad regime. Israel has been a longtime friend of the United States and is seen as a pro-U.S. bulwark in the region.
The falling out between Turkey and Israel was hastened by the Israeli commando attack on a ship in a Gaza-bound flotilla three years ago. Turkey has called for an apology for the incident, which resulted in the deaths of eight Turks and one American of Turkish origin.


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Baseball Video Games: Good, Bad, and Ugly
The game of baseball has been around since the 1800s but in the 1980s, a new way to play America's favorite game was invented. 1985 saw the release of the Nintendo Entertainment System, an 8-bit way for kids to have fun. Many games were released for the gaming console, the most famous probably being Super Mario Brothers.
After the NES there was the Sega Genesis, the Super Nintendo, the Playstation, the Nintendo 64, Playstation 2, Game Cube, and Xbox…and the list goes on and on and on.
With these new gaming systems came a broad variety of baseball games. There were some that were just so fun to play, others that were not as good, and some that were completely out of whack.
I have played quite a few of these baseball games as a kid growing up and I'd like to retell my experience as a gamer. Without any further ado, here are some the most memorable baseball video games:
Triple Play '99
This was the first baseball game I ever had for a gaming console and it was the first game I ever had for the Playstation.
Alex Rodriguez was the cover boy (of course as a member of the Seattle Mariners) and I have to say, the game wasn't bad. I enjoyed playing it as my first baseball game and it met the expectations for a Playstation game: decent graphics, easy controls, and good sound.
Triple Play '99 was made by EA Sports, who are synonymous with good sports games. After all, EA Sports are the makers of Madden, probably the best football game ever invented for a gaming system, so it's no surprise that their baseball games are also very good.
Buck Martinez and Jim Hughson call the action and they weren't a bad choice for this game. The game designers did a nice job of having them include a good amount of baseball jargon. For example, they mention a "can of corn" when a batter flies out.
They go on to tell you how the term originated–how it supposedly comes from a General Store clerk reaching up and dropping a can from a high shelf before catching it.
I don't get it either, but nonetheless it is a baseball term I learned from the game.
Along with the lingo used by the announcers, Triple Play '99 offers you the chance to play as all 30 teams, adding the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the baseball video gaming world. Both teams had never been in a video game before, so it was neat to see them make their gaming debut.
In addition to the new teams, you can use every Major League stadium aside from the Kingdome, which at the time was ready to be demolished. If you activate cheat codes, you can also play in Anytown U.S.A. (a ballpark designed to look like a regular old sandlot) Neo Vancouver (a stadium on the moon) and Ancient Rome (what could be better than playing baseball at the Coliseum?)
The Home Run Derby feature was also fun to use, especially with those secret stadiums. Can you imagine playing Home Derby on the moon? Doesn't get more epic than that!
Overall Triple Play '99 was a great way to begin a journey into baseball video games. If you have a Playstation, I highly recommend you check it out if you can get your hands on it.
My first game may have been Triple Play '99, but MLB '99 was the first baseball game I remember getting addicted to. My friends Joey and Tim lived across the street and (it seemed like) every day after school I would be over their house playing this game.
Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles was featured on the cover and 989 Sports developed the game. In fact, MLB '99 was the second game in a series of baseball games. The year before Bernie Williams graced the cover of MLB '98 and the line of games continued all the way up to MLB 2006.
I collected the entire series except for '98 and it had to be (in my opinion) the best line of baseball games ever, at least for its time. There was nothing like going over Joey and Tim's house to play this game and just mashing up the competition playing as the Yankees.
The controls were extremely basic and the game play was nearly perfect. If you were playing the field and the batter hit a high fly ball to the outfield, a shadow would appear so you would know where to be positioned to catch the ball and make the put-out.
It doesn't get simpler than that. On the other side when you are batting, you tap the X button to bat for average and the square to bat for power. It was easy enough for even the most inexperienced gamer.
As for announcing it is Vin Scully, the legendary voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers along with Dave Campbell, who played for the Detroit Tigers, the San Diego Padres, the St. Louis Cardinals, and the Houston Astros.
Both announcers were so much fun to listen to. They included fun facts about each team and sometimes made me laugh with what they said. For example, one time my friends and I traded all the best players to the Yankees. We took Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, and Ken Griffey Jr. and lined them up 1-5.
Each player proceeded to hit a solo home run. After the fourth homer, Campbell blurts out "This is starting to feel like a video game now."
"…Correct me if I'm wrong, but THIS IS a video game!" That was all I could say as I was laughing at that comment. We are playing a video game and the announcer in the video game is comparing a video game to a video game.
I could only muster one cheat code in the game and that was to create a player by the name of Scott Murray. If you created this player, no matter how big or how small you made him, he would always hit a home run measured at exactly 506 feet. I don't know where the developer came up with that name or number, but it worked every time.
This one time, I created a whole team of all Scott Murrays and eventually had to restart the game. I played as the away team and before the end of the first half-inning the score was 50-0. I had to bunt to make the three outs.
At any rate, the game is a classic in my view. It was great for its time and the rest of the games in the series were basically the same up until MLB 2004 (the only difference being roster moves). After 2003, the series was only released on Playstation 2 and after MLB 2006, 989 Sports turned the line of games over to Sony, who renamed it "MLB The Show."
If you ever see MLB '99 or any of the other classic MLB games for PS1, do yourself a favor and play them. I guarantee you will have a fun time.
MLB Slugfest 20-03
"Why did I buy this? Why?" — the words I uttered after the first few days I played this game. I thought this was going to be one of the best baseball games ever. Boy was I wrong! What a waste of time, money, and effort.
Midway developed Slugfest 20-03 for the Playstation 2 and I wish they hadn't. I wish they had just not done anything and never came up with the idea to make a baseball game. The Slugfest game line should just not exist.
A-Rod once again made the cover, this time as a member of the Texas Rangers. If I were him, I would have asked Midway to have my image removed from the cover because it was the most horrible baseball game in the history of the existence of this universe.
When I mention MLB Slugfest, I will gladly admit that I was suckered. The commercials and TV spots made this game look like the most unbelievable baseball game ever–good graphics, outstanding game play, and simplistic controls. But none of that was true. The graphics were terrible, the game play was abominable, and the controls were ridiculous.
I'll admit the Stadiums looked OK, but the players themselves were not even close. Derek Jeter looked like a raccoon run over by an 18-wheeler. It was pathetic! What a joke!
Speaking of jokes, the announcers for this game were just awful. They weren't even real people–Tim Kitrew and his partner Jim Shorts. I am not lying, his name was Jim Shorts. If the name wasn't bad enough, his comments were absolutely ridiculous and borderline offensive. Here is an excerpt from a conversation between the two announcers taken from the game:
Jim: "Hey Tim, there's a woman behind home plate lifting up her shirt. It's distracting the pitcher!"
Tim: "Yes! I see that, Jim. Except for one thing–it's a guy."
Are you serious? What would possess someone to say something like that in a video game or just in general? Tim also says things like, "Dive for that you sissy," after making a routine catch. It's like, why would I dive for a routine catch? Another one of my personal favorites: if you strike out looking Tim says,
"He is standing there like he's waiting for a pizza delivery guy. He's going to BE the pizza delivery guy if he doesn't swing the bat!"
If you didn't think it could get any worse than that, it does. You cannot trade players, you can't use more than three pitchers per team, and you can't create new players.
You can however punch and kick the other team's players. Yes, you heard right, you can literally stand there and punch and kick the other team's players. I guess trades, pitchers, and the create-a-player function were not important enough. Fighting was more logical.
It's so unrealistic it makes it laughable.
In terms of cheat codes, there are a wide variety of them. You can put in codes to make your players' heads look like horses or eagles, make the baseball bigger, maximize your speed and power, use a mace or a log as a bat, and unlock some secret stadiums.
I honestly haven't tried out all of the cheats because I didn't play this game enough times to utilize them. It has to be the worst baseball game ever. Stay away from it all costs!
Being a huge fan of the MLB series, I was very excited when the '06 game came out. This was the last MLB game 989 produced before handing the series over to Sony, so in my view '06 was historic.
It was only the third MLB game on Playstation 2 and Vladimir Guerrero of the Angels was our cover boy.
Unfortunately the game was not as good as I thought it would be. Sure the graphics were great on Playstation 2, the controls were once again easy to manage, and you could play as every team in the league. But there were so many things wrong with the game.
I can remember one night I was playing against the Pirates (of course as the Yankees) and I was on fire. I was winning 5-0 and tossing a perfect game with Shawn Chacon (remember him?!) I was on my way to the pitcher's dream, nothing was stopping me. I was going to do it. I had no doubt in my mind I was going to make video game history and be among the elite gamers who can say, "I pitched a perfect game in MLB '06."
Right as I was about to do it–I'm talking two outs in the ninth–the game froze. The game FROZE. You had never seen a person go from being on top of the world to the bottom of the underbelly of the universe so fast. I was outraged, I was really mad, and I almost cried.
In one deft move the game stole my livelihood away from me. What a selfish game.
It wasn't the first time it happened, either. In fact, it always happened. You could be halfway through a game and the whole thing would just stop working. It was one of the most annoying and frustrating things to ever happen to a gamer. 989 should have maybe, you know, tested the game before they released it.
Along with the freezing glitch, I hated the fact that you could not edit your players. For example, Johnny Damon was on the Red Sox at the time and I eventually had to trade him to the Yankees. In the game he had a huge beard and long hair and he had to stay that way; there was nothing I could do to change it.
Everybody knows the Yankees do not allow facial hair and long hair, so I was stuck playing with Damon as a caveman Yankee. It just didn't look right. They should have come up with better ways to edit the players and shouldn't have had the freezing problem–especially when you are about to accomplish something amazing.
Overall I think it was sad to see 989 screw up the last MLB game they compiled.
Baseball Stars
Awhile back I had wanted to play some of the classic Nintendo games. I downloaded a fascinating application to my computer known as Console Classix. This allowed me to play virtually every Nintendo game for the original system.
I checked out some baseball games and came across Baseball Stars. I wish I hadn't.
From what I read, the game garnered great critical success and some people have even gone as far as saying it was the best baseball game on Nintendo. My only question is, "What game were they playing?!"
The cover features some guy who today would probably be suspected of steroid usage wearing a red "Crushers" uniform wearing the number 7. No clue where they got that idea from.
Although it was not licensed by Major League Baseball, the players are so obviously named after actual major leaguers. There's Pete (after Pete Rose), Babe (do I even have to get into this one?) and Hank (of course after Hank Aaron).
When I first played it, I noticed that the teams' initials were abbreviated. I saw one team's initials were "L.L." and got curious so I picked them to play against my team, thinking it might be a team of "Little Leaguers" or something.
I was shocked to see that "L.L." stood for "Lovely Ladies" and the all-women team was dressed like the players from "A League of Their Own." I had to laugh but not soon after that I almost cried.
Playing as the "American Dreams" (with Pete, Babe, and Hank) I started to play the Lovely Ladies. Unable to figure out the controls on my computer, I proceeded to get massacred by a team of girls. They hit home run after home run and beat me 10-0 to the Mercy Rule.
No offense to any girls out there, but Pete Rose, Babe Ruth, and Hank Aaron lost to Geena Davis and Rosie O'Donnell. Now that's just sad.
I will say, the game at least provided me with a little comic relief, much like MLB Slugfest 20-03 did. And the controls were probably easier to manage playing from a regular Nintendo controller rather than a laptop. Feel free to check this game out, but if you're playing on the computer, good luck!
MLB '07 The Show
Believe it or not, this was the last baseball game I bought and it was the second game in the MLB series that was not produced by 989 sports. Sony handled everything with this game and they did not disappoint.
David Wright of the New York Mets made the cover of this game and let's just say they did this game the right way (pun intended).
You can choose to use classic controls or the new controls for base running, pitching, and hitting. You can easily trade players during a season mode without having to have the other team approve of it and best of all you can edit your players!
They finally decided to put the edit feature in. If a player gets traded you can edit their uniform number and position, a feature that was not included on any past edition of MLB. It was one thing that annoyed me for years and years.
For example, I had to trade David Justice to the Yankees from the Braves in MLB 2001. I couldn't edit his number so he wore 23 on the Yanks, the same number he wore on the Braves.
23 is Don Mattingly's number! Justice wore 28! So thankfully they put that option into the game because it was something that simply needed to be done.
Along with the editing feature, MLB '07 The Show offered a new "road to the show" mini-game. You can play as a minor leaguer and work your way up to the majors in what was an innovative and brilliant concept. I'm not sure if it was also offered in the 2006 version of The Show, but if it was, then it was a good idea to continue it.
In terms of cheats, there are only two that come to mind. First, you can unlock the Golden and Silver Era teams, consisting of classic legendary players from the past. The Golden Era team owns players like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Satchel Paige, Ty Cobb, and Rogers Hornsby.
The Silver Era team is made of more contemporary players like Reggie Jackson, Yogi Berra, Joe Morgan, and Don Drysdale. To have these teams available in the game was a great idea. There's nothing like playing with your favorite team and going up against a group of legends.
To go along with the renowned players are classic stadiums, the second cheat. Type in the code and you can play at the Polo Grounds, Forbes Field, and a number of other old-time ballparks. It really is a great code to include in the game; if you want to take a break from your season, wind down and play an exhibition or Home Run Derby at one of the old-time Stadiums.
Really the only gripe I have against the game is the create-a-player mode. You can create a player using the eye-toy, which is a neat feature if you want to create yourself, but you are only allowed a certain number of players to create.
I tried to create some of the players left out of the game and after awhile a message popped up telling me "You cannot create anymore players."
You'd think the amount of players you can create would be unlimited. Well, think again.
All in all, this is a great game and my favorite of the newer versions. Of course the '08 and '09 versions are out and maybe when I get the time I will pick up the latest edition of MLB The Show, which obviously is '10. But keep in mind, MLB The Show is basically the same game re-released every year, just with updated rosters.
However, I am curious to see how they made the new Yankee Stadium, so I will eventually buy '10 and see if it lives up to my expectations.


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Teachers of Promise team up Maryland teachers, students
Program helps recruit, mentor soon-to-be teachers
Maryland is trying to match some of its best and brightest teachers with those who are about the hit the job market.
The state is not hiring nearly as many teachers as it did a decade ago, in part due to the economy and more teaching veterans who are putting off retirement, but that has not stopped the state from going after thousands of potential new teachers.
A program called Teachers of Promise put Maryland teachers at the same table with students from 21 area colleges and universities who are about to graduate.
The opportunity matched the experienced with the enthusiastic. In all, more than 200 veteran teachers and those who are hoping to land a job in the classroom in Maryland this fall were teamed together.
"It's tremendously important to get off on the right footing and to say to our youngest people going into education, 'You have chosen the best profession, and we're going to be there for you to help you along the way,'" said Darla Strouse with the Maryland State Department of Education.
The workshop of sorts comes at a time when Maryland is hiring fewer teachers. Even so, the state is desperate to fill teaching jobs in critical subjects like math and science. But it didn't take long for students to benefit from those who are considered among the best.
"She has already given me some advice and tips on applying for jobs or her teaching experiences, so that's one of the big things I was excited about today," Loyola University student Kelly Maluccio said.
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What they have that past generations didn't, however, is Trevor Romain, an international children's author, advocate and entertainer who promotes social and emotional fitness of young students. The Trevor Romain Company currently is working with the military to create a DVD to address the special challenges of military kids.
"I'm really proud and happy to say that thanks to the USO and working with the Pentagon and various agencies," Romain said. "I've got so much input from the kids, and we're really going to be honest and give them some good tools to be able to help them deal with what's going on."
Romain, who uses humor as a tool to help teach coping methods to children, describes himself as "Monty Python meets Dr. Seuss at Jerry Seinfeld's house in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."
"I found ... that using humor has been something that's really helped me a lot in my life," he said during a recent Defense Department Joint Family Readiness Conference in Chicago. "Today [is] about ... how do we find those ways to engage families and engage kids?
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"I was at a school and this young girl came up to me after my talk and she was standing there and she was sort of wringing her shirt. She was probably 6 or 7 years old," he said. "She said to me, 'Mr. Romain, can I tell you something?'"
The girl's parents had divorced long ago, both were deployed and she'd been living with the mother's new boyfriend who was about to deploy. The boyfriend's grandmother had been looking after her, but had died two weeks earlier.
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While the little girl just needed to know it was alright to tell someone what was going on in her life, a boy in Aviano, Italy, needed a way to cope with his fear of making friends.
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"I said to him, 'Let's try something. I want you to take all that ... you're feeling inside, that shakiness, that scaredness, that tummy boiling' ? he said, 'Yeah, that's how I feel' ? and imagine there is a volcano inside of you.
"I want you to feel that volcano," Romain told him. "Take a deep breath, and if you can, push that volcano out the top of your head. Let it erupt."
It took two tries before the boy let his feelings "explode" out of him.
"All of the sudden he opened his eyes and there was this big smile on his face," Romain said. "I said, 'How do you feel?'" to which the boy replied, "confident!"
Romain also offered tangible visual aids to use in teaching kids how to deal with a number of circumstances.
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"She has unloaded. She feels much better. Now I'm walking around carrying [her] problems. I don't even know who she is!" he said. "What I have to do is I have to go to a school counselor, a therapist, a parent, or somebody that I trust and I need to go to them and I need to say, 'I have this problem. Can you help me with it?'"
This way, the child unloads the problem with someone who can handle it and who can help the person who passed it on in the first place.
For Romain and the children he talks to, a dollar bill represents their self-esteem, but the lesson is worth far more. To begin, he shows them a dollar bill and asks how much it's worth. Then he wads it up and steps on it, smoothes it out and asks the same questions again.
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"It's really interesting to see the children's eyes when they get it, that ... I might be trampled upon sometime. I might be crumpled. I might be stepped on," Romain said. "But inside, I am really me, and I can make a huge difference to my own life if I believe in myself."
A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Romain has a personal perspective on what children can endure. He was challenged with dyslexia, but at some point realized that if he translated what he was supposed to remember into a picture, he could easily recall it.
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Is It a Bad Time to Become a Professional Genealogist?
In response to Mel, genealogist Taco Goulooze had the following to say, "It IS probably a bad time to become a professional genealogist, though. Maybe the profession needs to change a bit from just providing a service to a more educating role (which in turn will benefit companies like Ancestry.com)."
You can read Taco's full quote from the link above. The basic gist of what he is saying, I believe, is that there is so much online now that the role of the professional genealogist is being diminished.
What do you think? Is the role of professional genealogists disappearing? Are their services no longer needed? Should they focus more on providing education services? Do you feel genealogists haven't focused on education enough? Is it time to pack our bags and go?
I want to hear what you have to say about this! Leave a comment here or write a post on your own blog, leaving your link in the comments.
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How about we look at it this way? The more records that are available online, the more people will become interested in researching their family history. The more people that are researching their family history the more they will realize that genealogy isn't easy. Voila - they will realize the need for professional genealogists.ReplyDelete
I do agree that if there is a huge surge of people starting to research their family history then there will be a much greater need for education. If someone doesn't educate them, the professionls will soon get very tired of doing it when explaining their services. Better an educated consumer who knows what he wants and needs than non-educated consumers and frustrated, time-strapped service providers.
As someone that would like to finally take that final step someday soon, I can only say that I hope it's not true.ReplyDelete
I'm all for as much being online/available as possible, but as far as I'm concerned there will always be brick walls and people that just don't want to do some of it themselves.
My comment should be seen in the context of the article, and especially the quote: "For example, one poster recently observed that genealogy was really easy and that he finished his in about four months. He observed that he might check back every 10 years or so to update things, but since he was "done", there was no reason to subscribe any more."ReplyDelete
I feel that interest in genealogy is growing, but respect for the profession is diminishing. That is because people get the idea it's easy, the way it's advertised by companies like Ancestry.com, and presented in programs like "Who do you think you are?". If that is going to be the popular sentiment concerning genealogy, then the professionals might be in trouble. Now is the time to start educating people who show interest that there's more to it than connecting a couple of census records.
I think it may be a bad time not just because of the amount of information but because of the economy as well. People have less spending money and are cutting down, which is why a lot of restaurants are having a horrible year this year. I can see people trying to find information online to save money rather than hiring a genealogist.ReplyDelete
I believe the increased availability of data on line can benefit professional and hobby genealogists alike, but more so professional because we know how to evaluate the data and do not as often make the error of leaping to the easiest answer. There is still, and I believe there always will be, a point at which people, even the best amateur researchers, get stuck and need a professional with access to local records, to "unstick" them.ReplyDelete
Also, even with the Ancestry leaf hints and other tools, the task of carrying one's ancestry back very far is still difficult. Only people with a passion for solving mysteries will stick with it after the initial excitement fades. Those who really want to learn their roots but don't have the time or patience to stay with it will still hire a pro.
For myself however, I believe that the role of a true genealogist, professional or otherwise, has always carried with it the obligation to help educate newcomers.
I pretty much agree with Taco's comment about the 'easy' bit and the incessant and sometimes wrong advertising that Ancestry, Inc. does. Even so, *not all* records will be available online. Even with so many companies getting into the business, some records are just impossible to digitize and some are just not available for online users.ReplyDelete
The educational outreach does need to be expanded, especially to counteract the misleading impressions given by those television shows. The celebrities aren't doing the research, the background people are, and the programs are not showing the truth there.
Professional genealogists advertise. I studied a lot of their ads several years ago and continue to spot check, but we do advertise within reason. Companies like Ancestry, though, overshadow all of our efforts by hogging the top of the search engine ad space, and that's not good. We can't afford to spend the kind of money to advertise alongside them and get an honest word in.
So yes, until the hype from television shows and incessant commercial advertising settles down or goes away, it is a bad time to become a professional. What we can do, though, is continue to, or increase the amount of, content on our own sites and blogs to move us up in the marketplace. Educational material, especially, with lots of 'keywords' in it.
Making an effort to increase the visibility of sites like GenealogyFreelancers and GenLighten might help, too.
@V A LaRobardier Thing is, people might not realize they're stuck because of the copy-paste attitude out there. I believe people will start making stuff up, just so they can connect to other peoples' trees that takes them all the way back to Charlemagne. Ancestry doesn't educate with the leaf, it just suggests connections other people made. The less educated people will not care and happily connect children to parents who were born 150 years before.ReplyDelete
@N.P. Maling Some of the hype might fade, but these are big companies, and they need customers and revenue to survive. The best way to do that is to lower thresholds and get as many as they can in. The leaf as it appears on Ancestry.com would be fine, if it would tell people also WHY certain records might be useful and what information can be taken from it, apart from the obvious. That's the educational part that's lacking right now.
As long as people lack the skill and patience to solve their genealogical problems, professional genealogists will be needed.ReplyDelete
I'm not quite sure who "they" are.
I'm assuming that you are speaking of professional genealogists, because the term "genealogist" includes an incredibly broad group, most of whom should not be in the educational role. Yes, I think that as a group, professional genealogists do a lot to educate the public. I would divide that public into two groups. Those that are interested in their heritage or will be when something in their lives gets them to the point where they actively seek information, and those who could care less. My mom cared; my dad can't believe I get paid; my middle child does not want to discuss it, but panics when she thinks that I'm not working on my lines (and I have time to do that??), and the other two children don't want to hear about it. (Guess who gets all those family heirlooms?) This is more or less a picture of the public or any family. Some people get it and some don't. Some people love golf and some people think it's absolutely ridiculous to hit a little ball into a hole. Yet golf is a major pastime and Ancestry is broadcasting WDYTYA (and employing a lot of professionals). So the guy who thought he had completed his family history (an incredibly bold assumption in and of itself) in four months didn't really want to learn about his family or learn--period. The guy who went on Ancestry and wanted to know about his family and realized that it would take a lot of time and there were so many records that he didn't know where to start--hired me.
This whole discussion began by linking our profession with Wall Street. Yet, we have had many recessions and bubbles burst in my lifetime and interest in genealogy continues to grow--not diminish. There are more sites, not less. There is more access, not less.
There is a huge jobless population out there, but many of the people who have lost their jobs take that opportunity and give birth to new careers. I know of at least two professional genealogists who did.
Big picture:
1. More younger people are interested in genealogy as a profession than, say 20 years ago.
2. The gigantic baby boom generation is retiring, giving them time (and sometimes money) to pursue their passion. Read: they've downsized and aren't funding college tuition any more.
3. The biggest problem is getting education to an audience who wants to learn, but cannot travel to big venues and do not live near cities with large, active societies. These folks need access via the Internet to educational programs that go beyond simple methodology. The tipping point will be when the majority finally understand that if they want to learn advanced methods they have have to pony up. This includes professional and intermediate genealogist who will spend a thousand to go to Samford or SLIG, but won't spend ten, twelve, or fifteen dollars for a webinar presented by an expert.
I agree that so many people think genealogy is "easy" and "all online" so if they can do it in a couple months and be "done" why not. But that isn't reality.ReplyDelete
I officially opened my professional genealogy business last summer and only since June this year have I really started to pick up more clients. Who are they? People who have hit a brick wall. People who live states away from where the records are and want them researched in a timely fashion rather than writing to libraries and archives and waiting for weeks or months for a reply. People who want to do their family history but have no time. People who have a lot of family stories and want to build the tree to go with that and write a book for their kids so those stories won't be lost.
I agree we need to continue educating people. One thing I constantly remind some clients is the fact that not everything is online. Want to get to the bottom of something? Visit the archives and libraries to find the documents to help answer the questions.
I think this is a good time to be a professional genealogist. As long as we remember to educate while we are working and building our reputations, doing quality work, and continuing our own educations as we go.
So, I figured I'd chime in with another post on the topic, following your lead, and with a link back here. I get wordy, so here it is: http://mnemosynesmagicmirror.blogspot.com/2011/10/working-in-garden-of-genealogy-farmers.htmlReplyDelete
The skeptic in me continues to think that things are tough out there, especially if client work isn't generating twice minimum wage times 40 hrs. a week.
Well I agree the internet may make this a bad time to become a professional genealogist. I have been doing research for our local genealogical society for 13 years, and the number of queries has gone down since I started. I used to spend a day every week in the courthouse, now I seldom go to the courthouse. I realize a lot of the records I used to look up are online today, but as a few have said a lot of the records are not online and while they are digitizing them it is a slow process due to finances. So even though there are many more genealogists, many never leave the internet.ReplyDelete
Interesting conversation. Thanks to all for sharing. Might I say, that it is easy to change a tire, and every car comes with the equipment, but AAA and other Roadside Services are still profitable. We all know how to make a hamburger but yet we spend money to buy one all ready made from a restaurant or fast food joint (ok...may not vegetarians like myself). But, why? The same client needs will feed your genealogy business: Non-professionals need assistance and others have more money than time.ReplyDelete
Carve your niche, refine your business plan, and stay away from saturated markets. At least that's what I learned from Business 101, and its been very fruitful. I must add, that every 6-12 months I do take another look and analyze the books and once again refine the business plan.
If you are trying to make a living out of ancestry.com, or consider them your major competitor you really don't have a business. Jen has some great tips (above).
All excellent insights, but what is the definition of a professional genealogist? Is there any room in what most would call the traditional definition of the term for alternate definitions?ReplyDelete
Personally, I think many professional genealogists look at what they do as professionals a certain way while ignoring fundamentals of most successful business models.
Most have the attitude that "this" is what a professional genealogist does and looks like and they do things in their business the way it's always been done.
Please tell me what business has ever survived with that kind of attitude over the long term? Realistic diversification is important in growing your business.
Additionally, just because you want to be what is known as a traditional professional genealogist doesn't mean you will be successful at it while ignoring the basic tenet of business, supply and demand. Is there a demand for what you are providing? Have you done adequate market research to determine the demand?
Instead of everyone putting down Ancestry.com's business model and their marketing campaigns, perhaps those same naysayers ought to figure out what is making Ancestry.com so successful and figure out how to adapt their business models in such a way to capitalize on their success, but do it in such a way that basic fundamentals of genealogy are not compromised.
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Very thoughtful post, and I appreciate the discussion, thanks! I took it in a slightly different direction at my blog. http://www.justfolks.us/archives/488ReplyDelete
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I agree with most of the comments. The recession could be hurting genealogists, but those baby boomers are retiring leave jobs for others, while having time and some money themselves. Right now I am just a "hobby genealogist" and I don't feel qualified to charge for any help I provide. I hope that in about 5 years when my kids are in school I can become a professional genealogist and offer some services. Living in a small town, I don't know how many clients I'll be able to get, so I am thinking of doing another service with genealogy.ReplyDelete
- Nigel GreavesOctober 4, 2011 at 9:14 AM
I think that being a professional genealogist requires that you adapt to the market place as it changes in just the same way as any other profession.ReplyDelete
Does that include being an educator? Maybe, maybe not, that's for you to decide. But consider this; If you educate them you can help make your potential clients aware of not only the shortcomings of online genealogy but also the real possibilities.
Once people see what can be done many will want to go further. If you've educated them sufficiently well they are most likely to seek your assistance going forward. Result, more business.
By educating the general public about genealogy you also raise your profile and with it your professional credibility. Result, more business.
Agreed, it may not be the type of professional genealogy you first envisaged but is that important? Only you can decide but before deciding let's look at a similar situation one hundred years ago. Back then you could have had a very profitable coach & horses operation but what would have happened to that if you hadn't moved with the times?
It's a fabulous time for me to be a genealogist. I'm turning away work.ReplyDelete
It's great that more people are researching their family histories. It's great that all these records are online. It brings people into genealogy.
Once they get stuck, I'm ready to assist them using the research skills I acquired through schooling and on-the-job experience.
The Internet is not my competitor. It is merely a multi-purpose tool that I use in my profession.
I see most professional genealogists comment how great it is to BE a professional genealogist right now, that they have loads of work at the moment, but that is not what I was questioning, and neither was this post. I know you guys do a fabulous job, and that some of you are front runners when it comes to educating this new wave of enthusiasts through your blogs and websites. Let's just hope that it's enough, and the profession is secure for generations to come.ReplyDelete
I am an octogenarian non-professional. At my age, I'll never become a pro, but I admire the standards and try to aim for them.ReplyDelete
One-half of a retired couple, we may never have the money to hire a professional (we may need to live with those brick walls; but I know enough to recommend one to people who come to the local society library asking what next.
Teach me more so that I can better direct other hobby searchers into better techniques. (And in your teaching you might remember that there are many county genealogical and historical societies that can help the searchers far away from the bigger cities.)
Thanks for being there for my side of the community.
Thanks Marian for starting the conversation, I posted my own thoughts at www.thearmchairgenealogist.comReplyDelete
This discussion reminds me of a similar discussion going on in my profession...i.e. we have Google and e-books so why do we need librarians?ReplyDelete
We need genealogists for the same reason we need librarians. Just because people have access to mass quantities of information doesn't mean they know how to organize or interpret it. Great quote from author Neil Gaiman "Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian (or a genealogist) can bring you back the right one."
It's true that there's a great deal of genealogical information and services available online nowadays. But I don't think broader accessibility is going to make the analysis/synthesis cycle any easier to perform! Sure, some non-professionals who are doggedly persistent and enjoy the hard work will no longer turn to professionals, but most folks interested in researching their lineage accurately will still need a lot of help.ReplyDelete
Also, since the Internet greatly facilitates the dissemination and diffusion of the type of work you do, I say take advantage of that fact, and leverage all that's available online as a means of pushing your field in new directions never considered before. (e.g., Search engine optimization and social web strategies geared toward genealogical research and publishing -- now, that sounds like a fruitful new area looking for trailblazers -- IMHO, anyway! :-)
I don't think it's a bad time to be a professional genealogist. I can easily see the profession continuing for years to come. Even with the growing availability of records, there are a lot not yet online. I don't remember the exact number but I read an article a while back that said only a small percentage of records are currently online.ReplyDelete
Those that reach the limits of what is available from the computer will have to move offline. If they can't do it themselves, they'll turn to someone who has the time and expertise to seek out the other records that can only be found in archives, libraries and courthouses.
Personally, I'm nearing the limit of what I can do on my own tree from my home computer and will soon be moving towards on-site research to continue my lines. I enjoy the research so I'll do it myself if possible, but there may come a point when I have to turn to someone else to keep going (probably my husband's line because it involves foreign travel and a language I don't speak).
Even if everything was available from your home computer, there will still be some people that don't know how to research or aren't interested in doing the work themselves. Two of my friends were interested in their family history. The first wasn't remotely interested in research; she just wanted the results. I've been working on her tree in my spare time to help her out and gain some experience in researching a different area.
The other wanted to do it herself, but didn't know how. I showed her what she needed to do and pointed her in the direction of records to check. Since she doesn't have access to some of the databases I do, she asked me to research too. We meet once a week to compare notes and I offer advice if she gets stuck.
I see this question in the context of my own profession: Archives. While there is a contraction in available funds for Archives and their supporting services, there are a glut of Library Schools with 'new' programs for Archivists, who are not able to find jobs. Add the 'Antiques Roadshow' effect, that the 'junk' in your attic is valuable and someone will pay for it, which reduces the number of reliable donations to repositories, and there is this perfect storm of challenges.ReplyDelete
However, that does not preclude us from going about our business, and even expanding it. As technology grows, so can we, both as Archivists and Genealogists. I do agree that the slant toward education makes sense; a professional Genealogist can provide refined research capabilities an amateur simply doesn't have. It is up to professionals to 'sell' this concept. We can no longer sit back and wait for clients to come to us, we must actively market ourselves and the services that we provide.
as a strictly amateur genealogist, I will always need professionals for inspiration and assistance. I've referred many friends to Ancestry, but without a certain amount of intuition and an understanding of context, they don't get very far.ReplyDelete
Thanks for this discussion. I'm a historian (an out-of-work historian) working my way toward being able to call myself a professional genealogist. One of the (several) things that I'm learning from this discussion is that several of you agree with my thinking - that one of my strategies needs to be putting myself near where the original records are located, because that's one of the things that will bring me work.ReplyDelete
I got into genealogy in the 1980's, before Ancestry.com, but if they can generate enthusiasm for your field and the same for "Who Do You Think You Are" then I think the do it your selfer's (which I am) will eventually run into a brick wall or like Jen said above people will want answers from courthouses quicker from other states and will hire genealogist to do that.ReplyDelete
I've personally only hired one genealogist because my ancestor came from Denmark and he is a brick wall. But, I have another ancestor that Ancestry.com member trees show up to 3 different fathers. And since this family is in the 1790 census I can't figure it out. So, I'm going to have to hire another genealogist probably.
So you see, if Ancestry.com can bring new people out of the woodwork to at least get their foot in the door, it might generate business for the freelance genealogist.
The number of big jobs I do for family historians has decreased slightly, no doubt due to the economic situation, but it has had no effect on (1) requests from law firms seeking beneficiaries of deceased estates, and (2) smaller requests for copies of specific documents at record offices. Probably only 5% of the records in Archives will ever be online. If we can teach people that, we will continue to get work! My Web site has 51,000 names from Archives sources I have indexed, and (for a small fee) I visit the Archives and obtain copies. Many of my clients start with that, and if my report suggests other sources to try, they often ask me to do that work too. I have been doing paid research since 1986, and I have never had to pay for an advertisement. I get all the work I can handle just from word-of-mouth referrals and my Web site. If you are struggling to get enough work, I think you will find that things improve if you (1) create indexes to sources with genealogical value, and provide a copying service; (2) have a Web site or blog with lots of advice about your area of expertise; and (3) offer advice on Rootsweb mailing lists, message boards etc, with a link to your site/blog.ReplyDelete


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PARIS (AP) — With one lab suspended and its replacement unfinished, Brazil won't be able to handle drug testing for the 2014 World Cup alone and is looking overseas for help.
The executive director of the country's anti-doping authority told The Associated Press on Thursday the new lab in Rio de Janeiro should be running a year before the 2016 Olympics. But, Marco Aurelio Klein added, the lab won't be ready for the World Cup next June and July.
The existing Rio lab that Brazil was expecting to use was stripped of its accreditation last month by the World Anti-Doping Agency. WADA cited "repeated failures" by the facility. Without accreditation, the lab isn't authorized to do WADA-recognized anti-doping activities.
Klein called the lab's loss of accreditation a "disaster."
"Actually, it's a problem of the new building. The new building will be completed, will be ready, at the end of April, beginning of May of 2014. Of course, it's no time for the World Cup because you need to move the equipment, the people," he said. "But we have no problem for the Olympic Games."
Klein said Brazil was proposing that accredited labs elsewhere set up branches in the country to oversee the testing of World Cup blood and urine samples. Under the proposal, the testing would still be done using Brazilian equipment and facilities but would be overseen by WADA-accredited labs overseas.
He suggested the WADA lab in Lausanne, Switzerland, could oversee the testing of blood samples. Brazil could turn to labs from Europe or the United States for help with the urine sampling, he added.
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In all, Klein said he expects FIFA will conduct about 900 tests for the World Cup, both before and during the competition.
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FIFA and WADA are discussing the World Cup testing effort, he said.
"That will obviously not include the laboratory in Rio because it hasn't got accreditation," Howman said. "We're confident an outcome can be reached."
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Uruguay international Edinson Cavani put his travel nightmares behind him as he came off the bench to score a brace in a 5-3 win over Torino that sent SSC Napoli back into second place in Serie A on Saturday.
Leaders Juventus had earlier taken their lead over Napoli to 12 points after a comfortable 2-1 win over Inter at the San Siro in Milan, dropping the Nerazzurri to sixth place.
AC Milan then provisionally jumped up into second thanks to a 1-0 win away to 10-man AC Chievo Verona.
However, Napoli overcame a patchy first half to see Swiss midfielder Blerim Dzemaili score a sensational hat-trick, before Cavani's late double sealed the victory in the closing stages.
Juvenus are now nine points ahead of Napoli, with Milan a further two points adrift and ACF Fiorentina, despite a 2-1 reverse away to Cagliari, fourth, one point ahead of SS Lazio, who beat Catania 2-1.
Despite most pundits claiming Juve have one hand on the title, coach Antonio Conte said nothing is won yet.
"It's another step in the right direction, but Napoli and Milan won't wait for us if we slip up, so we have to keep on winning," said Conte, who led Juventus to the title last year in his first season in charge.
Napoli started with star striker Cavani on the bench after the Uruguayan's midweek arrival from South America following World Cup qualifying was delayed due to problems with his flight.
However, the visitors opened the scoring in sensational fashion after just 10 minutes when Dzemaili met Lorenzo Insigne's low corner with a first-time drive that gave Jean-Francois Gillet no chance.
Torino leveled against the run of play on the half hour.
A corner caused confusion in the Napoli box and when the ball broke free to the left of goal, Brazilian Vitor Barretto pounced to score his first Serie A goal since November 2010.
Napoli then spurned the chance to take the lead when Marek Hamsik missed from the penalty spot.
However, the visitors were soon back in front when Dzemaili scored his second with a sliding shot from the edge of the area.
Torino then leveled at 2-2 in the 74th minute thanks to Brazilian Jonathas' penalty after the ball had come off the hand of Cavani and they took a shock lead four minutes later through Riccardo Meggiorini.
Only two minutes later, though, Dzemail put Napoli level when Juan Zuniga's cutback was left untouched until the Swiss hit another first-time shot that Gillet could not save.
Cavani, who had replaced Insigne just after the hour, then gave Napoli the lead with a superbly hit free-kick which sneaked inside Gillet's post four minutes later.
Serie A's top scorer sealed the win with a 22nd league goal of the season when he rose to meet Pablo Armero's cross to beat Gillet with a looping header on the stroke of fulltime.
Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri was happy with the points, but said: "We've grown as a team compared with last year, but a more mature team would have held onto it's 2-0 lead until the end."
"Instead, we have to make life difficult for ourselves," he added.
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Dr. Donald Liu died trying to save two boys from riptides and rough waves.
A surgeon plunged into Lake Michigan's waters roiled by rip tides and rough waves to save two young boys, but died despite his wife's frantic efforts to revive him with mouth to mouth resuscitation, police and his wife said today.
Dr. Donald Liu, chief of pediatric surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine's Comer Children's Hospital, saw the two boys, who were friends of the family, swept up in the water. Despite protests from his own children, who were scared about the dangerous conditions, Liu went in to save them.
"You couldn't stop him," Liu's wife, Dr. Dana Suskind, told ABCNews.com today. "He always did the right thing."
The two boys made it back to the shore near Cherry Beach in Chikaming, but Liu, 50, did not survive the 6-foot swells and treacherous currents.
"After he saved those boys and I couldn't see him, they finally found him and they pulled him from the water. I tried to do mouth-to-mouth, but I knew. And it was so painful," Suskind said between sobs.
The Coast Guard was responding to a call in a nearby area when they received the call to rescue Liu and were unable to get to him in time.
Conditions were ripe for a dangerous rip tide, said Erik Leuenberger, chief of response for the Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan. The wind Sunday was 18 knots, which Leuenberger said was about 21 mph.
"When we see a pretty strong wind come from the northwest, it's going to create a strong rip current condition in the southeast part of the lake," Leuenberger said.
Three people drowned on Lake Michigan Sunday, Leuenberger said.
"Everything [Liu] did, everything he talked about was always for the children," said Jeffrey Matthews, chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine. "And so the tragedy is that he died, of course, as a hero doing what he did every day, which was saving children."
Suskind, crying at times, gave the emotional interview the day after her husband drowned because she wanted her three children to read about how great their father was.
"He wore scrubs all the time. He would've gotten married in his scrubs if he could. He was so understated, but really such a huge stature," Suskind said.
Despite long days in the office, Liu would always come home ready to play with his children Genevieve, 13, Asher, 10, and Amelie, 7. He especially loved throwing the baseball around, a pastime that meant a lot to Asher.
"I'm really sad that my dad died because every time he would come home from work at 5 o'clock, even though he didn't have to, he would play baseball with me and we would go in the backyard," Asher said. "We would always watch the White Sox together."
Asher said he hoped to continue the legacy of watching White Sox games with his family, in honor of his dad.
Liu was a passionate man and when he knew something was right, he didn't hesitate. Suskind said Liu told her he loved her on their second date and they were engaged three months later.
"It was actually meant to be," Suskind said.
They were married for more than 17 years, having met during their residencies at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992. Both Liu and Suskind worked at the University of Chicago Medicine since 2001.
"He was known as a selfless individual who was completely devoted to children," Matthews said.
"People will tell you that he's the heart and soul of our pediatric programs," Matthews said. "And always going the extra mile. He was tireless. You know, the kind of guy would operate all day and all night and say, 'Where do we have to go next?' And he would do whatever the children needed."
Chikaming Township's Assistant Police Chief Todd Taylor said, "It was a unique circumstance because this was a brave guy going out to try to help some kids."
Suskind wants to create a foundation to honor her husband. Those wishing to contribute can donate to the Dr. Don Liu Memorial Fund at the University of Chicago. Checks should be made payable to the University of Chicago at
The Dr. Don Liu Memorial Fund The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences Development Attention: Abbe Temkin 130 East Randolph St., Suite 1400 Chicago, IL 60601
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