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China's rocketing elderly population prompts a rethink on pensions
Darren Wee Guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 October 2012 China's one-child policy and growing social security deficit mean it is getting old before it gets rich Elderly Chinese men in Beijing play dominoes. Before 2009, only 30% of the population had a pension; … Continue reading
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Views divided on bid to revise pension system
2012-09-27 07:46 By He Dan (China Daily) Elderly residents take part in a cane aerobics competition in the Shizhong district in Zaozhuang, Shandong province, on Wednesday. About 6,000 senior citizens practice cane aerobics in the district. Ji Zhe/For China Daily Proposal … Continue reading
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Challenges for Asia as It Grows Old
NYT ALAN WHEATLEY March 28, 2011 BEIJING — If demography is destiny, as the French philosopher Auguste Comte put it, then Asia faces daunting challenges in the coming decades.
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How to cope with an old-age problem
CHINA DAILY CAI XIAO February 8, 2011 Behind two elderly people walking on a street in Nanjing, is the Chinese character "fu" (which means happiness) on a wall. Analysts say the number of Chinese people older than 60 will … Continue reading
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2013 Golden Goldys Gala Set for April 15 at TCF Bank Stadium
April 11, 2013
University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics will hold the seventh-annual Golden Goldys, a student-athlete awards gala, at TCF Bank Stadium, Monday night, April 15. Dinner is set for 6 p.m., with the awards beginning at 7 p.m. For the third-straight year, the Golden Goldys and the Scholar Athlete awards will be held in a joint ceremony.
The event, similar to ESPN's ESPYS, will feature the U of M student-athletes in formal/dress attire, where they walk down the 'maroon' carpet as early as 5:45 p.m. The voice of Golden Gopher football and men's basketball, Mike Grimm, will serve as the master of ceremonies.
During the ceremony, the athletics department will recognize student-athletes and their athletic and academic accomplishments throughout the season. Athletic awards will also be handed out, including the male and female athlete of the year, the male and female rookie of the year, male and female breakthrough performances, men's team coach of the year and women's team coach of the year. The voting includes spring sports of 2012 (baseball, men's and women's golf, rowing, softball, men's and women's outdoor track & field and men's and women's tennis) and the fall and winter sports of the 2012-13 athletic year. Along with the athletic accomplishments, the department will also honor and recognize the academic achievements of the department's 750 student-athletes.
Female Athlete of the Year
Male Athlete of the Year
Female Rookie of the Year
Male Rookie of the Year
Female Breakthrough Athlete of the Year
Male Breakthrough Athlete of the Year
Best Female Team
Best Male Team
Best Women's Team Coach
Best Men's Teach Coach
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Guide to Pike County, Georgia ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
|Pike County, Georgia
Location in the state of Georgia
|December 9, 1822
|County Seat
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PO Box 377
Zebulon, GA 30295-0377
Phone: 706.567.3406
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Pike County Courthouse
PO Box 377
Zebulon, GA 30295-0377
Phone: 706.567.3406
Clerk Superior Court has court and land records from 1823[1]
| 1823
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1822--Pike County was created 9 December 1822 from Monroe County. County seat: Zebulon [2]
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Regiments. Service men in Pike County, Georgia Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Pike County, Georgia Genealogy:
- - 3rd Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Confederate) , Company D
- - 13th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) (Confederate), Company A
- - 13th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A
- - 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G
- - 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G
- - 44th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
- - 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
- - Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project (other war's information is also given)
- Hill, W. 1900. Pike County, Georgia, confederate volunteers. San Antonio, Texas: Family Adventures. (entire book) 975.8453 M2h
- Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Pike County). 1963. Roster of Confederate soldiers, no. 1, 1861-1865. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah film 325832 item 1
- Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Pike County). 1963. Confederate pension rolls, 1865, 1890-1959. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. film 325832 item 2-6
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- Wills, Book A, 1823-1829 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
- Index to Will Book B, 1829-1844 Georgia Pioneers
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For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Georgia. See also How to order Georgia Vital Records
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- 1785 - 1950 Georgia County Marriages 1785-1950 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
- 1808 - 1967 Georgia Marriages 1808-1967 at FamilySearch.org — index
1828 - 1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry.com — index and images $ 1699 - 1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry.com— index $
- 1840-1872 - Pike County Marriage Index 1840-1872. Batch M713511 at FamilySearch - free.[4]
- 1873-1883 - Pike County Marriage Index 1873-1883. Batch M713512 at FamilySearch - free.[4]
- 1883-1900 - Pike County Marriage Books A and B Index 1883-1900. Batch M713513 at FamilySearch - free.[4]
- 1883-1900 - Pike County Marriage Books A and B Index 1883-1900. Batch M734972 at FamilySearch - free.[4]
- 1883-1900 - Pike County Marriage Books A and B Index 1883-1900. Batch M735538 at FamilySearch - free.[4]
Death Records
- 1933 - 1998 Georgia Death Index 1933-1998 at FamilySearch.org — index
- 1914 - 1927 Georgia Deaths 1914-1927 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
- 1928 - 1938 Georgia Deaths 1928-1938 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
1919 - 1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry.com — index $
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Pike County Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 700
Zebulon , GA 30295
Phone: 770-567-8534
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Warner Robins, GA 31099
Central Georgia Genealogical Society
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- Pike County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
- Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- FamilySearch Catalog
- Pike County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Pike County, Georgia. Page 159 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 49. At various libraries (WorldCat).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.
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Margaret A. Walls
The 14 million acres of state park lands across the United States provide enormous social and economic benefits. For many Americans, family vacations in state parks are some of their earliest memories of connections to nature and the outdoors. These parks continue to provide relatively easy and low-cost access to outdoor recreational experiences, and in some states, particularly in the East and Midwest, they provide outdoor experiences that are not available from national parks and other federal lands, which tend to be predominantly in the West. And yet it has become clear in recent years that state park systems, by and large, are struggling. The problem? Funding.
General fund revenues for state parks have declined precipitously since the 1990s, and the recent recession exacerbated an already difficult funding situation in many states. Since 1990, the share of total state park funding from general revenues has fallen from close to 60 percent to under 35 percent. This leaves states with tough questions on both the expenditure and revenue sides of the ledger.
In terms of expenditures, should they close some parks? Are there ways to lower costs without compromising the amenities and services that parks provide?
On the revenue side, lawmakers are pursuing alternatives to funding parks through general revenues, which are unlikely to be sufficient in most states to fully meet current state park financial requirements—much less the costs of expansion through new parks and acreage. Alternative options include user fees, various kinds of dedicated taxes and other revenue sources, voluntary contributions, corporate sponsorships, and partnership arrangements—with local governments, park conservancies and foundations, and private industry.
Which options hold the most promise? In truth, the diversity of park systems across the 50 states and variation in the degree of severity of their funding problems means that no single approach can be recommended. Each has advantages and disadvantages.
In most states, the current funding model is not working. Fresh approaches to financing and managing parks and open space are needed. As legislators examine their options, it will be helpful to also keep in mind that state park problems often go beyond money. Some park systems have not kept up with changing demographics and preferences, and management structures in some systems seem to stifle creativity and innovation. Improving the financial viability of state park systems is a necessary step, one that belongs in the context of wider-ranging reforms.
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Dec 9, 2013 Comments Off on Afghanistan Agrees To Pact With Iran Chuck Biscuits
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, stands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, before their meeting at Tehran's Saadabad Palace in Iran, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Karzai arrived in Tehran for a one-day visit on Sunday to discuss regional and international issues with Iranian officials. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Excerpted from FOX NEWS: Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed on a cooperation pact with Iran, despite continuing to resist signing a security agreement with the U.S., Reuters reported.
Karzai made the deal with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran Sunday.
"Afghanistan agreed on a long-term friendship and cooperation pact with Iran," Karzai's spokesman Aimal Faizi said, according to Reuters. "The pact will be for long-term political, security, economic and cultural cooperation, regional peace and security."
Afghanistan signed a cooperation pact with Iran in August covering mainly security issues, but Faizi said the proposed new agreement would have a broader scope.
Rouhani said Sunday his country opposes the presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan and the region, saying their presence generates tension, the official IRNA news agency reported.
IRNA quoted Rouhani as telling Karzai: "We believe that all foreign forces should leave the region and that the security of Afghanistan should be handed over to people of the country."
"We are concerned about tensions caused by foreign forces' presence in the region," Rouhani was quoted as saying. He also called for more cooperation between Tehran and Kabul.
Iran has long opposed a planned agreement to allow U.S. forces to remain stationed on its doorstep in neighboring Afghanistan. The two countries have about 580 miles of common borders.
Rouhani also said Iran opposes any foreign forces in the region, the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, where the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet has a base in the tiny kingdom of Bahrain.
On Saturday, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel laid out steps to beef up defense cooperation between states within the Gulf region, while at the same time insisting that America's military commitment to the Middle East will continue.
In a speech Saturday to Gulf leaders he also made it clear that the emerging global agreement that would limit Iran's nuclear program doesn't mean the security threat from the Islamic republic is over.
Iran's Defense Minister Gen. Hosein Dehghan called the remarks by his American counterpart "threatening" on Sunday, adding that they pave the ground for mistrust toward the U.S. while revealing the influence of Israel — Iran's arch enemy — on Washington.
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Joanne Blackmore, 68 of Carleton, died unexpectedly on Wednesday May 2, 2012 at Mercy Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. She fought a brave battle against cancer.
In accordance with her wishes cremation has been held. A memorial mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday May 11, 2012 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Monroe. Rev. Marc Gawronski, pastor will officiate. A luncheon will follow at St. Mary Parish Life Center in celebration of her life.
Born July 9, 1943 in Monroe she was the daughter of Hilton and Lena (Sottile) Harris. She married Owen Blackmore on November 26, 1960.
Joanne attended St. Mary Academy, St. Mary Catholic Church and St Patrick Catholic Church. She volunteered for St. Mary Christian Women Association and Public Television thru Target Volunteers. She also sewed dresses for Hope in Action with the little dresses going to Africa. She always offered support and love for those battling cancer and other illnesses.
She belonged to the Monroe Art League, Magic Brush Art Club and 4 Corners Extension Group.
Her love of travel led her to visit more then forty countries and she was happiest when cooking for and feeding others. She enjoyed spending time with her family and many friends. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Joanne was employed for twenty eight years by the J. L .Hudson Company in the Southland Mall in Taylor. Her outgoing personality was an asset to her sales.
She leaves to cherish her memory her husband of fifty two years Owen, daughters, Lori Blackmore, Lisa (Bill) Hollister and Lynne (Gerald) Potter, former son-in-laws, Daniel Savel and Billy Smith, grandchildren Nicholas (Tiffany) Hollister, Alexandria Hollister, Zachary Hollister, Daniel Savel II, Courtney Savel, Andrew Savel, Chelsey Smith, Spencer Smith and great granddaughter Madison ( Sebi), sister, Charlotte (Tom) Tussing, nephews Tom and Tim, sister, Gloria Harris and niece Kati (Chris) Wasner.
She was preceded in death by her nephew Kyle who gave her the nickname "Gigi" that she is known by today, her parents, mother and father-in-law Helen and Leonard Blackmore.
Memorials may be sent to God Works, St. Patrick Catholic Church and St. Mary Christian Women.
Online condolences may be sent through www.ruppfuneralhomeinc.com.


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Fishing & Boating Expo Hits Town
Now in its 21st year, the Florida Sportsman Expo comes to the Lee Civic Center in Fort Myers for the weekend of Feb. 2-3.
The Sportsman Channel serves as title sponsor for the Expos. Anglers, hunters and boaters will be treated to the latest "how-to" seminars as well as demonstrations, contests and free prize drawings each day inside the exhibition hall.
Seminars take place at five different stages around the huge civic center including the following presentations and demonstrations:
Capt. Daniel Andrews, Stalking Silver Kings
Capt. Rick Grassett, Making Tides Work For You
Capt. Dave Pomerleau, Snook Under the Lights
Capt. Mark Nichols, Advanced Flats Tactics
Lyle McCandless, Hunting With Airboats & Buggies
Capt. Chris O'Neill, Topwater Plugging
Capt. Larry Finch, Piers, Beaches & Bridges (Sat. only)
Conrad Lau, GPS & Depth Sounders From A to Z
Capt. Kevin Merritt, Finding & Fishing Shallow-Water Wrecks
Capt. Tony Bozzella, Turkey & Deer Strategies
Capt. Jon Fetter, Cobia & Tripletail
Capt. Rick Ryals, Snapper & Grouper (Sat. only)
Capt. Chris Oneill, "Top-Water Plugging"
Capt. Daniel Andrews, "Boca Grande Silver Kings"
Capt. Rick Ryals, "Snapper & Grouper"
Plus many more …
Also featured are free lessons at a 100-foot fly-casting pond, a separate Zebco kids' casting pond with free prizes and face painting, the popular hands-on rigging station and the Florida's Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission's 500-gallon saltwater tank.
Visitors will see the newest lineup of boats in all sizes at special show prices plus rows and rows of booths with the latest tackle, gear, electronics and gadgets. Attendees can hold a live Burmese python for picture taking, and the Sportsman Channel offers a free drawing (no catches or strings attached!) for a 42-inch flat-screen TV to be given away on both days.
Another favorite show attraction is the Riggin' it Right Academy. Anglers take turns sitting at learning stations with all supplies, tackle and baits provided for free while Florida Sportsman experts offer hands-on instruction on properly rigging baits and lures that work best from Charlotte Harbor to Chokoloskee.
A tricked-out swamp buggy and airboat at the Hunting Pavilion will keep the camera phones clicking. Hunting pros describe how to rattle up a buck or call a turkey.
In just five minutes anyone can learn how to throw a cast net at the cast net pit. The kayak stage features rigged kayaks and instruction on the many advantages of quiet, stealthy, non-combustion fishing.
Tickets at the Lee County Civic Center are $8 for adults and kids 12 and under with parents free. Show hours run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3. For more details and a discount coupon, visit www.FloridaSportsman.com/Expo.
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NCCU chancellor begins to settle in
DURHAM -- Debra Saunders-White, the new chancellor at N.C. Central University, told The Herald-Sun last week that the community has been supportive of her, as both a new chancellor and a new Bull City citizen.
She's met with the NCCU Foundation board, spoken with the Durham City Council and even participated in a Google Hangout with students. She's received supportive tweets on Twitter (@DSaundersWhite) and calls from NCCU alum.
"Right now, I'm in listening mode, in data-gathering mode," said Saunders-White, who has served in information technology roles at Hampton University and University of North Carolina Wilmington prior to her NCCU post.
Saunders-White said she has plans to get more students involved in university-wide governance activities. She also will attend monthly student leadership meetings and hold open office hours for students, faculty and staff.
She acknowledged that the "honeymoon's going to be cut short" when a North Carolina state budget is announced.
"We're going to see some level of cuts," Saunders-White said.
Local students make spring dean's lists
Lauren Nicole Blazing from Chapel Hill made the Arts & Sciences spring semester dean's list with distinction at Duke University. She is studying cultural anthropology and political science, was among 1,928 who achieved the honor. To make the Arts & Sciences dean's list with distinction, a student must rank in the top 10th of their college, according to the release.
Elizabeth Buckley of Durham also was named to the spring dean's list at Duke University. She is majoring in biomedical engineering.
Rebecca McMorrow from Durham has made the dean's list at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa. Her major is undeclared, and she maintained a minimum 3.5 grade-point average out of 4.0.
Three area students graduate from Dickinson
Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., announced the May graduation of three students from the area.
Hillary Ann Rosen of Chapel Hill graduated magna cum laude from Dickinson with a bachelor of arts in economics and German, and she is a graduate of Durham Academy.
Rachel Lauren Holly Weber of Chapel Hill graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts in art and art history, and she is a graduate of East Chapel Hill High School.
Kendall Kathleen Beals of Carrboro graduated with a bachelor of science in biology, and she is a graduate of Chapel Hill High School.
Three local students graduate from Tulane
Tulane University in New Orleans announced the May graduation of three local students.
Kirsten Fritz of Chapel Hill graduated from the A.B. Freeman School of Business with a bachelor of science, management degree.
Monika Lallinger of Chapel Hill graduated from the School of Liberal Arts with a bachelor of arts degree.
Lindsay Hale of Hillsborough graduated from the School of Continuing Studies with a master of liberal arts degree.
UNC institute partners with VGCC on early childhood education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is partnering with Vance-Granville Community College in Louisburg to better prepare early childhood educators who will work with young children with disabilities and in diverse classrooms.
Tracey Bennett, who serves as VGCC's early childhood education department chair, said in a statement that the partnership with Chapel Hill's Child Development Institute has allowed her team to examine their role in the community and revise some of VGCC's education courses, according to a UNC news release.
"We realized that programs in our area are serving a lot of young children whose families' first language isn't English, or they don't speak English at all," Bennett said. "These programs also serve children with different kinds of abilities."
UNC School of Nursing helps start new Snow Camp health center
A new nurse-managed health center opened this month at an Alamance County elementary school to offer primary care services in rural North Carolina.
The Sylvan Community Health Center, based out of Sylvan Elementary School in Snow Camp, held its ribbon cutting Thursday. The center is part of a collaboration between the UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing, the Alamance-Burlington School System and Piedmont Health, according to a UNC news release.
Snow Camp residents have few options for local health care and more than half commute long distances to work, according to Leslie Sharpe, the center's lead provider as well as a UNC clinical instructor and family nurse practitioner.
"I'm a big believer in increasing access to care for everybody," Sharpe said in a statement. "We're working to determine ways health centers located in schools, which are typically centers of their communities, will be sustainable models for providing primary care to small, rural communities."
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Estacada's Latest News
July 29, 2015
Clackamas County Commissioner Jim Bernard throws hat into chair…
Having served as a county commissioner for the past six and a half years, Jim Bernard believes he is the best person to take on the challenges of leading this diverse and growing county as…
July 23, 2015
Yolanda Lins quilts friendships and art
Yolanda Lins, this year's featured quilter in the Summer Celebration's Skip-A-Week Quilt Club Show, has been quilting for 39 years and has loved every minute of it. I walked in here (the…
July 23, 2015
Vortex 2.0: Dust off your tie dye
Milo McIver State Park will observe the 45th anniversary of the Vortex music festival with a groovy jamboree Saturday, Aug. 8, in the parks Vortex Meadows. The original Vortex festival ran from…
July 23, 2015
All aboard: Train mural gets an overhaul
This year Estacada wont get a new mural as part of the Summer Celebration, instead local artists will restore one of the first murals painted in town. John Freese, who designed the 1995 mural…
July 23, 2015
Behrman, Draper named school chiefs
Jennifer Behrman was named the new principal at River Mill Elementary School and Dan Draper was named vice principal at Estacada High School, the Estacada School District announced. Behrman…
July 23, 2015
Estacada News takes top honors in contest
The Estacada News received 11 awards for writing and photography, as well as one for General Excellence, in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Associations Better Newspaper Contest. Winners were…
July 23, 2015
Calling all young artists for Wade Park art show and sale
If you are an artist in kindergarten through high school, a new young artists' art fair and sale wants you. An art and craft show and sale featuring kid art will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.…
July 23, 2015
Schools lease new computers, swear in board members
The Estacada School Board swore in three new board members, elected new officers and approved the acquisition of 855 new computers at its meeting Wednesday, July 15. The new volunteer board…
July 20, 2015
Estacada Connect ties social services
The Estacada Community Center recently had a freezer full of donated salmon that it wouldnt be able to finish off and wished it could go to local hungry folks. The Estacada Area Food Bank had…
July 20, 2015
Milwaukie parade to honor Vietnam service, Moving Memorial Wall
On Saturday, July 25, American Legion Post 180 and the Milwaukie Rotary Club will help organize the city of Milwaukies Honoring Military Service & Sacrifice Parade that coincides with the 50th…
Jul 17, 2015
Drought prompts ODFW to restrict fishing on Clackamas,…
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has curtailed fishing hours on most of Oregons rivers to avoid additional stress on native fish already suffering from high water temperatures and low…
Jul 16, 2015
All-night walk raises money for cancer
Mikey Miltenberger was diagnosed with leukemia at 3 years-old in 2007 and endured nearly four years of debilitating, painful and frightening chemotherapy at Legacy Emanuel Childrens Hospital.…
Jul 16, 2015
Preschool gets new bike path
Thanks to donations of materials and labor, the Red Barn Co-op Preschool got a new tricycle lane around its playground. We always wanted a place to ride bikes, but we never had the money to…
Jul 16, 2015
Library to expand cultural passes
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The Gatlinburg (TN) Wastewater Treatment Plant will not face federal penalties for the collapse of a sewage basin wall last month that killed two workers and dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Little Pigeon River.
But the facility is not out of the clear. Two separate state agencies are still investigating the April 5 disaster, and the widow of one worker is already pursuing legal action in the case.
EPA: 'It's Their Call'
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, however, will not issue any fines or citations in the accident, regional EPA spokeswoman Dawn Harris-Young said Tuesday (May 10).
Harris-Young said the federal agency would defer enforcement decisions to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), the lead agency on the case for environmental issues, unless TDEC requested EPA's assistance.
"It's their call what they're going to pursue," Harris-Young said.
Veteran Employees Killed
The victims were John Eslinger, 53, and Don Storey, 44, employees of Veolia Water North America, a Chicago-based company that operates the Gatlinburg plant and more than 200 other wastewater facilities.
Eslinger and Storey were adjusting valves when the 40-foot-high concrete wall of a million-gallon wastewater equalization basin collapsed without warning and crushed them, authorities said. Their bodies were recovered about eight hours later.
Since the accident, Veolia has been filing daily reports with TDEC, detailing the repair and recommissioning efforts underway at the plant. The company is currently reviewing bids to demolish the rest of the basin, the reports show.
Tennessee's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is also investigating. That report is expected in about six weeks, a spokesman said Tuesday.
TOSHA did not inspect the 14-year-old plant prior to the accident, saying it conducts inspections only in response to an incident or complaint, and the plant had had neither.
TDEC Probe Continues
TDEC's Division of Water Pollution Control "continues to monitor the situation closely" and cannot say when its investigation will be complete, agency spokeswoman Meg Lockhart wrote in an email Tuesday.
After the accident, about four million gallons of sewage was "bypassed" into the Little Pigeon River for about 36 hours with TDEC's approval.
Current sampling "indicates that water quality standards for recreation are being met," and additional sampling is ongoing, Lockhart reported. Restoring plant operations "helped to improve water quality in a very short duration."
However, she added, "TDEC wishes to maintain the water quality advisories issued in April as a precautionary measure." She also noted that "the affected waters have been posted annually against body contact recreation during the summer months since 1993."
Construction Questioned
The city's own probe is also continuing. Days after the accident, Gatlinburg hired Construction Engineering Consultants of Knoxville, TN, to determine the cause of the accident.
The independent contractor's team includes structural, transportation and water resources engineers, and that report is expected this month.
However, the consultants have already suggested that the collapse may be related to a construction problem.
Hal Deatherage, of Construction Engineering Consultants, recently told The Knoxville News-Sentinel that Crowder Construction, which built the plant, "apparently did not follow design specifications." Crowder told The Associated Press that the company did not have enough information to respond to Deatherage's remarks.
Crowder studies structural failures, says Deatherage, a licensed professional engineer and structural professor in the civil engineering department of the University of Tennessee.
Lawsuit Likely
Litigation is also likely. Joe Napoltonia, a Nashville lawyer, notified Gatlinburg's city manager on April 16 that Eslinger's widow, Brenda, had retained him "to investigate the collapse." The letter requested that the city preserve all relevant print and digital records in the case.
The day of the accident, Brenda Eslinger told WVLT-TV that her husband, a lead operator, had said "years ago" that the basin "was cracked and that it was a danger." Eslinger, a 26-year employee of the plant, "was afraid some day this would happen," his wife said.
After the accident, Gatlinburg utilities manager Dale Phelps called the plant "a very good facility" but admitted that the tank that collapsed had failed its original inspection in 1997 because of a weakness in one wall. The wall was shored up and was not the same wall that collapsed April 5, Phelps said.
Veolia has several open cases with OSHA involving plants in California and Louisiana; it also has a half-dozen closed cases from a variety of plants dating to 2004.
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McFarlane Toys Says Hello to Halo Fest
Todd to Participate in Signing and Panel at Sold-Out Event
Thursday, August 11, 2011
You can't talk about the Halo brand without mentioning the cool Halo-centric products McFarlane Toys continues to release each year. So it only seems logical that both Todd and McFarlane Toys be there for this year's Halo Fest, commemorating the 10th Anniversary of Halo. 343 Industries and Microsoft are hosting this ultimate Halo fan celebration on Aug. 26-28, in PAX Prime at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA.
Fans will be able to get hands-on with "Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary," compete in tournaments for fantastic prizes, attend panels to hear developer insights about the past and future of "Halo," and much, much more.
At this year's event, McFarlane Toys will be showcasing their new Halo: Reach Series 4 and Anniversary figures lines, along with a first look at some of the upcoming Halo: Reach Series 5 figures due out this November. McFarlane Toys will also be debuting their "Making of a Halo Figure" video, highlighting the extensive process and detail that goes into making some of your favorite characters from the Halo series.
In addition, attendees can purchase Halo products from the Halo Fest merchandise store, including current Halo: Reach Series 4 products and the new Halo: Anniversary Series 1 line hitting stores October 2011!
And if that wasn't enough, Todd will chat with fans during an autograph session and panel on Saturday, August 27. Here are the details:
Autograph Session
Saturday, August 27th
PAX Prime (Halo Fest Commissary)
Have your Halo figure, poster, or program signed by Todd during an autograph session from noon to 1pm in the Halo Fest Commissary. You can even bring your favorite comic!
"Halo: Building a Universe of Toys and Collectibles" Panel
Saturday, August 27th
PAX Prime (Halo Fest Stage)
Todd will be taking part in a panel from 2-3 pm on the main Halo Fest stage. Fans will have an opportunity to hear from some of the biggest names in the toy and collectible industry, including fan favorites McFarlane Toys, MEGA Bloks, and NKOK. Fans will also get an exclusive first look at upcoming Halo products! An autograph session will immediately follow.
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The Big 5 Sporting Goods Black Friday 2013 ad has a packed 10 pages of deals that start when stores open at 5am on Nov. 29. Black Friday Early Bird Specials will only be good from 5am until 4pm, so hurry in for the best prices. Items will still be on sale all weekend but the price tag will be a little higher. There are deals in every department, from firearms to fitness equipment, including shoes for under $25 (pg. 3). Cover page Early Bird Specials include New Balance 610v2 running shoes for $39 and youth airbeds and sleeping bags for $10 (pg. 1).
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This weekend is an especially busy one in the Lowcountry.
Between the Family Circle Cup on Daniel Island, Flowertown Festival in Summerville and Lowcountry Cajun Festival at James Island County Park, there's something for everyone.
Arguably the biggest event, however, is the Cooper River Bridge Run. One of the premier 10K races in the country, it draws thousands of runners from all over the world.
In celebration of the event, we present our annual Cooper River Bridge Run Head2Head Trivia. Competing are current champ Greg Bradley and his opponent, Dana Mathis, who is a new mom.
1. What was the first year of the Bridge Run?
2. The first race was a 10K. True or false?
3. How many years has there been a tie for first place?
4. What talk show host raced using a pseudonym in 1994?
5. Runners from what country have dominated the race since the early '90s?
6. What was the first year that more than 10,000 runners participated?
7. What famous comedian fired the cannon and ran the event in 1996?
8. The 2006 race debuted what category as a competitive event?
9. What was special about the 2006 race?
10. Who won the design contest this year for the T-shirt?
1. 1983
2. True
3. Don't know. Once?
4. Guessing Oprah.
5. Kenya
6. 2005
7. Jim Carrey?
8. Race walking.
9. Took place in the rain.
10. Don't know.
1. Late '70s, like maybe '79.
2. Let's say false.
3. Um, one?
4. I've heard it was Oprah Winfrey.
5. Kenya
6. 1999
7. Bill Murray, because he lives here?
8. I'm thinking it was wheelchairs.
9. Isn't that the year the Ravenel Bridge was open?
10. Like the design, but don't know the name.
Dana wins her first round of Head2Head, becoming our new champ. She'll return next week to defend the title.
1. 1978
2. False. Police ordered the finish line moved about 150 yards, making the course short.
3. One. It was in 1980.
4. Oprah Winfrey
5. Kenya
6. 1995
7. Bill Murray
8. Wheelchair
9. It took place on the new Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge.
10. Mayela Lopez
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Our Ghana Mega Birding tour is specifically designed to cover the most crucial sites in the country, offering a fully comprehensive overview of Ghana's spectacular avifauna. Some of the sites visited on this exceptional adventure include the wonderful Kakum National Park, home to Africa's only rainforest canopy walkway and a variety of Upper Guinea endemics; the fantastic Kumasi and Atewa forests, where we will carefully work through the lower-storey bird waves that are typically filled with greenbuls, flycatchers, warblers and many more; plus the remote Kalakpa forest, where the rare Capuchin Babbler and stunning Red-cheeked Wattle-eye may be found. We will of course also take time to enjoy the primary target of our tour, the White-necked Rockfowl, and watching these bizarre birds coming in to their roost is likely to be one of the highlights of any birder's career! Further north, Mole National Park lies in a belt of broad-leaved Guinea woodlands where we will seek the beautiful Oriole Warbler, stunning Violet Turaco and numerous kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, sunbirds and starlings; while in the dry Sahelian savanna of the seldom-visited far north of the country we will look for some really special species, including the splendid Egyptian Plover and the Standard-winged Nightjar, one of the world's most uniquely adorned birds!
On our Comprehensive Ghana birdwatching tour we spend a number of days exploring the wonders of Kakum National Park, home to a variety of Upper Guinea bird endemics. Time at forests near Kumasi and Atewa gives us ample opportunity to work through the lower-storey bird waves, while several sessions on Africa's only rainforest canopy walkway will ensure up-close-and-personal experiences of a plethora of canopy dwellers, including an assemblage of turacos, bee-eaters, forest hornbills, barbets, bushshrikes and weavers. Further north, Mole National Park lies in a belt of broad-leafed Guinea woodlands where we will seek the beautiful Oriole Warbler, Violet Turaco and several species of kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers, sunbirds and starlings that create a riot of color! We will also not ignore the typical savanna mammals, and Mole Park boasts a healthy population of particularly well-habituated Elephants.
For our Ghana Highlights tour we have chosen only the very best birding sites of this fantastic country. Our days will be spent ambling along forested trails, scanning for canopy species from the fabulous Kakum canopy walkway and exploring vast tracts of deciduous woodland. Typical African families such as turacos, sunbirds and greenbuls are well represented, yielding a colorful and interesting bounty of species; and, to boot, we have the opportunity to see one of Africa's most sought-after species - the fabled White-necked Rockfowl! Further highlights of this fantastic African adventure include a visit to Ghana's most notorious edifice, the Cape Coast Castle, which once served as a major base for shipping slaves to the 'New World'.
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Why Does Indiana Wear Candy-Striped Pants?
March 5th, 2013| by Lost Lettermen
Of all the traditions at tradition-rich Indiana, none is as perpetually front-and-center as the Hoosiers' candy-striped warm-up pants.
Prior to each game, IU players take the court sporting these blasts from the past and wear them throughout their warm-ups and whenever they're on the bench until they're summoned to play. Of all the program's hallmarks, it is these pants that are listed first in the "Traditions" section of Indiana basketball's Wikipedia page.
And Indiana's reemergence as a national basketball power after lean years throughout the 2000s has put college hoops' most famous warm-ups back in the spotlight. But very few people have asked about the origin of the distinctive pants because they've been a part of Indiana hoops as far back as most people can remember.
"As well as I know Bob [Knight] and as many conversations as we've had, I've never thought to ask him the whys of the striped pants," said Bob Hammel – who co-wrote a new book with Knight called "The Power of Negative Thinking" – in an e-mail exchange with Lost Lettermen. "I just never thought about it, because they were … there. Not trying to parallel any roles here, now, but asking why seemed sort of like asking God why the sky is blue."
So what was the genesis of the pants?
Bobby Knight's 1971–1972 squad (below) was the first to play in Assembly Hall and the first team to rock the IU candy-striped warm-ups. There was nothing particularly loud about them in comparison to the fashion at the time, which was dominated by geometric-patterned attire most visibly – and famously – seen on glam rock musicians.
They were, however, unique in the college basketball world.
"I just liked them," Knight told Hammel earlier this week in classic Bob Knight fashion. "They were different."
The look was already familiar in the Hoosier State, as the IU basketball team had already turned striped tube socks into a fashion statement. But it should be noted that the pants themselves were not original. The Harlem Globetrotters made candy-striped shorts popular decades before Knight brought the pants version to Bloomington.
Whether Knight actually got the idea from the Globetrotters is unclear.
"The pants just happened," Hammel said. "This was before the rest of us got to know Bob Knight well enough to think how wildly out of character it was for a man so conservative and stodgy in his basketball styling."
Knight's opting for something different couldn't have been more perfectly timed. In 1971, college basketball was entering a new era where, for the first time, it was a viable television property. (The highly-rated "Game of the Century" between UCLA and Houston had taken place three seasons before.) For TV audiences, those candy striped warm-ups were a calling card.
"Indiana University has been on … more than any other Big Ten institution as far as being on CBS or ESPN on a nationwide basis," IU assistant director of event management Kit Klingelhoffer told the Tom Crean Show in 2011. "When people saw Indiana play, they recognized those candy-striped uniforms."
Soon, they became an iconic part of an Indiana program partially defined by fashion. While Oregon has left its impression of the college sports landscape with bold, fashion-forward choices, Indiana has always been happy with occupying a niche at the other end of the spectrum.
This is a program that has made minimal changes to its jerseys — famously lacking nameplates on the back — and led for many years by Knight, whose red knit sweater (one that wouldn't look out of place on your grandfather) became a part of his persona over the years.
Once Indiana settles on a look it likes and has success with that look, they stick with it. Fittingly, those who didn't embrace that tradition haven't lasted long with IU.
"The IU coaches who would have dared – and no doubt preferred—to change them have been moved on," Hammel said. "Tom Crean, who embraces every stitch of glory-days Hoosier tradition, wouldn't think of it."
Just consider how engrained the pants have become not only within the hoops program but throughout the university and the state of Indiana in general. Other Hoosiers athletics teams have also started sporting the warm-ups and they can now be found in campus stores after a change to Adidas' licensing agreement. Hammel adds that he's seen Indiana high schools sport their own versions of the candy-striped pants but with their school colors in place of IU's crimson and cream, as in-state recruits dream of wearing the originals one day.
This look from a bygone era in fashion isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It's now engrained in Indiana's identity as a basketball program. And now that the Hoosiers find themselves back near the top of the college basketball world, these candy-striped pants look as sweet as ever.
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- A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism (2010)
- Although autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have a substantial genetic basis, most of the known genetic risk has been traced to rare variants, principally copy number variants (CNVs). To identify common risk variation, the Autism Genome Project (AGP) Consortium genotyped 1558 rigorously defined ASD families for 1 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and analyzed these SNP genotypes for association with ASD. In one of four primary association analyses, the association signal for marker rs4141463, located within MACROD2, crossed the genome-wide association significance threshold of P < 5 3 10 exp -8. When a smaller replication sample was analyzed, the risk allele at rs4141463 was again over-transmitted; yet, consistent with the winner's curse, its effect size in the replication sample was much smaller; and, for the combined samples, the association signal barely fell below the P < 5 3 10 exp -8 threshold. Exploratory analyses of phenotypic subtypes yielded no significant associations after correction for multiple testing. They did, however, yield strong signals within several genes, KIAA0564, PLD5, POU6F2, ST8SIA2 and TAF1C.
- Genetics of autistic disorders: review and clinical implications (2010)
- Twin and family studies in autistic disorders (AD) have elucidated a high heritability of AD. In this literature review, we will present an overview on molecular genetic studies in AD and highlight the most recent findings of an increased rate of copy number variations in AD. An extensive literature search in the PubMed database was performed to obtain English published articles on genetic findings in autism. Results of linkage, (genome wide) association and cytogenetic studies are presented, and putative aetiopathological pathways are discussed. Implications of the different genetic findings for genetic counselling and genetic testing at present will be described. The article ends with a prospectus on future directions. Keywords: Autistic disorder , Linkage , Whole genome association , Copy number variation , Mutation
- Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorders (2012)
- While it is apparent that rare variation can play an important role in the genetic architecture of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the contribution of common variation to the risk of developing ASD is less clear. To produce a more comprehensive picture, we report Stage 2 of the Autism Genome Project genome-wide association study, adding 1301 ASD families and bringing the total to 2705 families analysed (Stages 1 and 2). In addition to evaluating the association of individual single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), we also sought evidence that common variants, en masse, might affect the risk. Despite genotyping over a million SNPs covering the genome, no single SNP shows significant association with ASD or selected phenotypes at a genome-wide level. The SNP that achieves the smallest P-value from secondary analyses is rs1718101. It falls in CNTNAP2, a gene previously implicated in susceptibility for ASD. This SNP also shows modest association with age of word/phrase acquisition in ASD subjects, of interest because features of language development are also associated with other variation in CNTNAP2. In contrast, allele scores derived from the transmission of common alleles to Stage 1 cases significantly predict case status in the independent Stage 2 sample. Despite being significant, the variance explained by these allele scores was small (Vm< 1%). Based on results from individual SNPs and their en masse effect on risk, as inferred from the allele score results, it is reasonable to conclude that common variants affect the risk for ASD but their individual effects are modest.
- A novel approach of homozygous haplotype sharing identifies candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder (2011)
- Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable disorder of complex and heterogeneous aetiology. It is primarily characterized by altered cognitive ability including impaired language and communication skills and fundamental deficits in social reciprocity. Despite some notable successes in neuropsychiatric genetics, overall, the high heritability of ASD (~90%) remains poorly explained by common genetic risk variants. However, recent studies suggest that rare genomic variation, in particular copy number variation, may account for a significant proportion of the genetic basis of ASD. We present a large scale analysis to identify candidate genes which may contain low-frequency recessive variation contributing to ASD while taking into account the potential contribution of population differences to the genetic heterogeneity of ASD. Our strategy, homozygous haplotype (HH) mapping, aims to detect homozygous segments of identical haplotype structure that are shared at a higher frequency amongst ASD patients compared to parental controls. The analysis was performed on 1,402 Autism Genome Project trios genotyped for 1 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We identified 25 known and 1,218 novel ASD candidate genes in the discovery analysis including CADM2, ABHD14A, CHRFAM7A, GRIK2, GRM3, EPHA3, FGF10, KCND2, PDZK1, IMMP2L and FOXP2. Furthermore, 10 of the previously reported ASD genes and 300 of the novel candidates identified in the discovery analysis were replicated in an independent sample of 1,182 trios. Our results demonstrate that regions of HH are significantly enriched for previously reported ASD candidate genes and the observed association is independent of gene size (odds ratio 2.10). Our findings highlight the applicability of HH mapping in complex disorders such as ASD and offer an alternative approach to the analysis of genome-wide association data.
- Convergence of genes and cellular pathways dysregulated in autism spectrum disorders (2014)
- Rare copy-number variation (CNV) is an important source of risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). We analyzed 2,446 ASD-affected families and confirmed an excess of genic deletions and duplications in affected versus control groups (1.41-fold, p = 1.0 × 10(-5)) and an increase in affected subjects carrying exonic pathogenic CNVs overlapping known loci associated with dominant or X-linked ASD and intellectual disability (odds ratio = 12.62, p = 2.7 × 10(-15), ∼3% of ASD subjects). Pathogenic CNVs, often showing variable expressivity, included rare de novo and inherited events at 36 loci, implicating ASD-associated genes (CHD2, HDAC4, and GDI1) previously linked to other neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as other genes such as SETD5, MIR137, and HDAC9. Consistent with hypothesized gender-specific modulators, females with ASD were more likely to have highly penetrant CNVs (p = 0.017) and were also overrepresented among subjects with fragile X syndrome protein targets (p = 0.02). Genes affected by de novo CNVs and/or loss-of-function single-nucleotide variants converged on networks related to neuronal signaling and development, synapse function, and chromatin regulation.
- Genetic and functional analyses of SHANK2 mutations suggest a multiple hit model of Autism spectrum disorders (2012)
- Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders with a complex inheritance pattern. While many rare variants in synaptic proteins have been identified in patients with ASD, little is known about their effects at the synapse and their interactions with other genetic variations. Here, following the discovery of two de novo SHANK2 deletions by the Autism Genome Project, we identified a novel 421 kb de novo SHANK2 deletion in a patient with autism. We then sequenced SHANK2 in 455 patients with ASD and 431 controls and integrated these results with those reported by Berkel et al. 2010 (n = 396 patients and n = 659 controls). We observed a significant enrichment of variants affecting conserved amino acids in 29 of 851 (3.4%) patients and in 16 of 1,090 (1.5%) controls (P = 0.004, OR = 2.37, 95% CI = 1.23-4.70). In neuronal cell cultures, the variants identified in patients were associated with a reduced synaptic density at dendrites compared to the variants only detected in controls (P = 0.0013). Interestingly, the three patients with de novo SHANK2 deletions also carried inherited CNVs at 15q11-q13 previously associated with neuropsychiatric disorders. In two cases, the nicotinic receptor CHRNA7 was duplicated and in one case the synaptic translation repressor CYFIP1 was deleted. These results strengthen the role of synaptic gene dysfunction in ASD but also highlight the presence of putative modifier genes, which is in keeping with the "multiple hit model" for ASD. A better knowledge of these genetic interactions will be necessary to understand the complex inheritance pattern of ASD.


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Playing for Real Madrid. His time at the Spanish giants has been an undoubted success. He has become the first player to score more than 40 goals in La Liga more than once. If it was not for Leo Messi, Ronaldo would be by far the best player in the world today, his remarkable talents showcased week by week on defences which simply can't handle him.
The Portuguese legend was pivotal last year as Madrid won La Liga, wresting the title from Barcelona for the first time in four years. Yet despite the success he has achieved at the Bernabeu, Ronaldo seems unhappy and seemingly set to depart Madrid unless something happens to change things and get him to sign a new contract.
It is this background which will be talked about when Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the Champions League this spring. He has never played since leaving United after the Champions League final of 2009. He was one of the greatest players to play in the Premier League and his time in England was remarkable, his skill and ability above his peers as he dominated the game whilst with United.
Could he be set for a return to the club with whom he built his reputation? It cannot be discounted altogether, as United know full well his value, although at the same time, they are keen to ensure that they sign players with resale value. Ronaldo would not fit into that philosophy, but then neither did Robin van Persie. You get the feeling that if Sir Alex Ferguson wants him, he will do everything he can to convince the club's owners to spend big on the Portuguese. And it could even be argued United already have their resale value on him. If they can re-sign the player for an amount that still means they have spent less on transfer fees for Ronaldo than they have recouped from him, they could consider that good value and worthwhile.
Lurking in the background however are the oil funded euros at Paris St Germain. The Qatari owned outfit can buy whoever they want, and Ronaldo certainly is not out of their range. Having broken the bank for Zlatan Ibrahimovic last season they would surely put out all of the stops to get Ronaldo from Real Madrid. The Qataris care about image and profile and in terms of global profile, is there a bigger player than Ronaldo?
Particularly if Paris St Germain bring in Jose Mourinho as their next coach, as has been often mooted, to replace the seemingly exit bound Carlo Ancelotti. It would be a new challenge in his career and one completely different from those he has had in Manchester and Madrid. Yet there is something more romantic about a return to Old Trafford. Maybe a visit for a Champions League night will convince him that is the move to make.


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This is relevant because Marvel Heroes is very clearly meant to be Diablo: Online With Superheroes Edition.
So I'm not fond of the design style. But I'm very fond of superheroes, and especially fond of the Marvel universe. A well-done Diablo-style game could have easily won me over and convinced me that while this wasn't the Marvel game I necessarily wanted, it was good enough. The trouble is that the game doesn't have the marriage of playstyle and source material that it needs; it wants to be Diablo with a superhero skin, and it misses both marks.
I started out with what honestly seemed like a pretty anemic initial selection, and from a glance in the cash shop, I could see this is sort of how it goes. There are 11 heroes available right now, and on the one hand that's a lot, since every single hero is essentially a completely different class. But on the other hand -- and this is the important element -- the entire point of the game's existing setup is that you can play the iconic hero you want instead of playing alongside that hero. Assuming, of course, that said iconic hero is one of the 11 on the list.
While I can understand that some of my strange niche favorites are unlikely to be on that list (odds were always low of having Chamber, Nightwatch, or MACH-1 in the initial outlay), there are some strange choices. The Punisher over Captain America? Black Panther over Namor? I like Deadpool, but why is he present in lieu of Cyclops, Silver Surfer, or freaking Spider-man?
Some of this is probably because this is a beta. (Heck, some of these characters are known to be available by launch.) But it's endemic of a problem with the game's very setup: Every new hero will have to be created from scratch, meaning that it can't possibly model everyone you might want to play. The game even tacitly acknowledges this by placing some heroes around as NPCs... except that some of these are people you might want to actually play further on down the line.
Actually, scratch that: If you're the sort of person who cares a lot about playing a specific character from comic books, you are probably also the sort of person who would pick someone obscure. I certainly am.
Moving along, I decided to run with Ms. Marvel, as I have a growing fondness for the character in light of a recent essay. (I don't think the analogy totally works, but to be fair, having a child travel back in time to impregnate his own mother is halfway to a Silver Age Superman story.) I was subsequently dumped into a lobby and told that HYDRA had assaulted a SHIELD prison, so I needed to go fly over there and beat up a bunch of criminals.
Then I went into the dungeon, and I started slaying demons on my way to face Diablo. Or something. I'll confess that this was about the part where I started to feel a sinking feeling; Ms. Marvel very quickly just turned into "tank class with ranged attacks." If someone had swapped the HYDRA soldiers for anything else, up to and including goat-headed devils, the practical difference would have been nil.
It's not about story here, although that's an issue. It's about the fact that the gameplay is not notably different from countless other games. There's nothing to make the game feel anything more like a superhero game. You level up, you collect loot dropped by enemies, you keep killing things along several corridors and hope that the next guy drops something even better. It's clever that the loot corresponds to parts of your costume, so I'm picking up new bodysuits and gloves for Ms. Marvel, but it doesn't make a tremendous amount of logical sense.
Not that wolves dropping broadswords makes a lot of sense either, but it's one of those elements we accept from years of games that work this way. The "doesn't make sense" part sticks out much worse.
The talent trees currently in the game are underdeveloped, but it's a known fact that this will be expanded in the future, so there's space to improve. I did notice that Ms. Marvel could lift and throw cars, which was cool. It's even advantageous to do so. I suspect I'd find the same thing if I played as Hawkeye, though, which is less cool.
After punching and blasting my way through the SHIELD facility, I came up against my first boss, the Living Laser. That made sense; the Living Laser is a chump villain among all chump villains. What made less sense is the following boss fight, which pitted me against the Green Goblin. Oh, his abilities make sense, but taking a highly iconic villain and offing him in the tutorial mission provokes a raised eyebrow or two. He also seemed a bit... undertuned at the moment. There were some parts of the fight that were more awkward than necessary, in other words.
Once he was back in his cell, I was informed that my next destination was Hell's Kitchen. For those of you unfamiliar with the Marvel universe, here's the deal: Hell's Kitchen is usually featured in stories with characters like Hawkeye or Daredevil. Its major threats come in the form of muggers with guns. Ms. Marvel is a nigh-indestructible, super-strong heroine who can fly and shoot blasts of energy from her hands. She generally does not punch her way through Hell's Kitchen for the same reason that an Army Ranger does not generally play dodgeball with seven-year-olds.
It's an iconic location, but it's an iconic location that makes sense only for certain characters in certain situations at certain times. There were some pretty good Cable stories in Hell's Kitchen, but they focused on him as a person instead of him as a superhero. It's part of a larger issue with the game's use of the IP. I'll save that for later.
Next, I was dropped on the roof with Misty Knight and Dagger, both of whom I would actually like to play and probably won't be able to, and then I was told to go downstairs and start looking for a subway entrance to go beat up another terminal chump villain, Shocker. I don't know where the entrance is. There's no indicator on my map where it is, and it becomes clear that I'm meant to just search around, roaming the streets and beating up thugs until I find the entrance.
And the thugs keep spawning, and I keep wandering, and I gain levels, and I'm still looking for the darn entrance, and I realized that this was the entire game. You know, exactly like the games that this one is taking its inspiration from. Go into an area, kill everything that moves, and search for an exit. Continue until you get bored, I suppose.
There are two problems that I see with this approach, and the first is that it's a game without much to recommend it. It's a Diablo clone in a time where Diablo III and Torchlight II are both readily available for purchase among countless others, and I can't for the life of me see anything it's offering that those other games don't do. Except for the fact that it's technically an MMO, if you ignore the fact that the social interface seemed rather clumsy from my (admittedly limited) groping about. The one distinguishing feature are the Marvel characters.
But that's the other problem: This isn't a Marvel game. Marvel has a big superheroic cast, to be sure, but Marvel has staked its reputation on the idea that these are superhumans first and foremost. Superman doesn't have a boss who hates him or a question of how he's going to eat for the week; Spider-man deals with that on a regular basis. The Avengers consist of several heroes who don't always agree about the best way to deal with villainous threats and often have deep-seated emotional issues. Deadpool is a wisecracking snark-machine, but that's an emotional wall he puts up to hide his state as a disfigured professional assassin of dubious morality.
None of this exists in Marvel Heroes. It's a coat of paint over a completely different skeleton, one that doesn't feel superheroic in the least. There are quests, but there's nothing to contribute to the sense of being a hero instead of someone in a suit beating up thugs.
Maybe the game just isn't for me. Maybe it's being aimed at people who have never picked up anything approaching an MMO before. But instead of getting the rush I get from a good issue of a comic book, I was mostly just bored. Even with all of the stuff that I know is going to be changed through development, I suspect that at its core, the game comprises two totally separate ideas melding into one space.
Right now, Marvel Heroes doesn't feel like a game about superheroes. It feels like a game that wants to be yet another riff on Diablo that's being built with a well-known IP to boost recognition. And I don't know how much further development will really fix that.


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Thomas Brasuell, vice president of community affairs for Major League Baseball, says the sport is painfully aware of the decline of the pool of black players. But he says MLB is doing all it can to reverse the trend.
Brasuell cites a program called Reviving Baseball in the Inner Cities (RBI) as having a positive impact on reigniting interest. "We're giving these kids an opportunity to learn the game," Brasuell says by phone from MLB's New York headquarters. Brasuell points out that Carl Crawford (Devil Rays), Coco Crisp (Red Sox), Luis Matos (Nationals), Jimmy Rollins (Phillies) and Dontrelle Willis (Marlins) are all products of RBI.
RBI took root in South Central Los Angeles in 1989, the brainchild of former Detroit Tiger John Young. Mathews-Dickey adopted RBI the following year, making St. Louis the second city to embrace the program. In 1991 Major League Baseball took over administration of the program.
Today, Brasuell says, teams in 203 cities worldwide participate, with 125,000 kids age thirteen through eighteen enrolled in the program. Last year MLB contributed $1 million to keep RBI running. Additional funding comes from individual big league teams. The Cardinals, for example, donate $50,000 a year to Mathews-Dickey. Townsend says that money covers the cost of uniforms, equipment and tournament travel. Still, it's a far cry from the tens of millions MLB pours into Latin America.
"Back when RBI first started here, we blossomed to 56 teams," recalls Tom Sullivan, vice president of operations at Mathews-Dickey. "Ozzie and McGee and Eric Davis were heavily involved. We had 1,000 kids playing in the early '90s. Now, we're down to 20 teams and maybe 300 kids."
Sullivan is quick to say that the Cardinals' front office is not to blame, and he's appreciative of the club's efforts in building new baseball diamonds in St. Louis through its Redbird Rookies program. "They've been great," says Sullivan. "We are getting great support from Ted Savage and the Cardinals. It's just that we don't get the support from the professional athletes anymore."
Savage concurs. "In the early years [of RBI], the professional players came in, coached and donated their time. You just don't see that anymore."
Townsend remembers his first year coaching at the Boys & Girls Club. "Seemed like everyone was playing then," he says. "But now, you know, kids aren't going to games. They're not seeing it. For me it's all about teaching them something and hoping they'll flourish. If they make it to the pros, that's great. But it's more important that they become solid citizens."
Last year MLB and RBI presented Townsend with the 2006 Baseball America Youth Coach of the Year Award. At a ceremony in New York, Hall of Famer Cal Ripken said, "Marcus Townsend is more than just a coach for the young people at Mathews-Dickey Girls & Boys Club of St. Louis. He's a mentor, a father figure, a strong hand to help these youngsters go down the right path."
Joyce Jones says that when she delivered the good news to Townsend, his first words were: "'Can this help our Boys Club with our baseball program in any way?' He's one of the most unselfish people there is."
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