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By Jane Lenel
Too bad most of us probably didn't hear 100-year-old Virginia Pleasants' harpsichord concerts on her tours throughout Europe in the 1950s. Even at her debut in Essen, Germany, a critic noted that the response was "staggering," and later another called her playing "sovereign." In Munich it was reported that she received seven curtain calls.
This was remarkable since performing on the harpsichord — as well as the clavichord and fortepiano of the 15th to 18th centuries — was a new venture for her after a considerable career in New York as a pianist. Though all are keyboard instruments, they required renewed technical study.
The clavichord is very small with sound only loud enough for intimate chambers and minimal (or no) dynamic contrasts. It uses brass blades ("tangents") attached to the ends of the keys to strike its short strings into vibration, and those vibrations are snuffed out by a damping cloth.
The harpsichord, larger and shaped like a grand piano, has plucked longer strings that produce somewhat greater range and volume. It also sometimes has stops similar to those of organs that allow greater musical expression.
The fortepiano of the 18th century foreshadowed today's piano with its use of hammers and its ability to produce subtler gradations and sound colors worthy, for example, of Beethoven's music. However, it doesn't fill large concert halls, as today's pianos can.
(A two-harpsichord concert in honor of Virginia Pleasants' 100th birthday was presented on Sunday, May 8, 3 p.m., at Cathedral Village in Upper Roxborough. Performing music by Bach and Couperin were Scott Anthony, Katelyn Bouska, Abigail LaVecchia, Joyce Lindorff and Silvanio Reis.)
Virginia had studied piano since she was a child (following her forays, as she said, "pounding on the family piano"), first with a teacher in Urbana, Ohio, then at the Cincinnati College of Music (an independent school at the time), and thereafter in New York under the tutelage of the famous accompanist Frank LaForge (1879-1953), noted for bringing Lawrence Tibbett and Richard Crooks to fame.
She had earned her living and reputation in New York as a freelance pianist playing at the Three Arts Club, in ensembles and in the enviable position of vocal accompanist. To get known, she said, "I played everywhere possible," adding, "The more I played, the more I learned."
Eventually, she moved into the world of contemporary composers, which she thought would work out well because "I could sight-read easily and could play their difficult music without hours of practice."
That new door was opened for her by Henry Pleasants, a music critic for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin from 1930 to 1942, whom she married in 1940 (having been given a grand piano instead of an engagement ring).
In 1939 he introduced her to Tibor Serly, a well-known composer and violin/violist in the NBC Symphony under Toscanini who invited her to preview his newly composed ("very difficult") violin sonata for a group of composers and music critics at a gathering in his studio. That she did, though at the end Henry said, "Now you've gotten over your nerves; why not play it again?" Which she did, evidently successfully.
It isn't quite clear why Henry fostered this new-music avenue for Virginia, since he was noted for decrying contemporary music (aside from jazz) in the many books he wrote. In his "The Agony of Modern Music," he stated his point of view in no uncertain terms: "What we know as modern music is the noise made by deluded speculators picking through the slag pile." (Quoted in Wikipedia encyclopedia).
Actually, it was Henry who in 1950 helped Virginia decide to turn from the piano to old instruments. This suggestion was evidently based on his feeling that her keyboard touch didn't suit the necessary strength and "drama" required for the modern piano. The change away from new music may also have been determined by the reasoning of both of them that the prevalent public nay-saying about "all that dissonance" was not good for the pocketbook.
So after some time in England concertizing on the piano throughout Europe, Virginia studied how to transform her fingers for the new touch, and took off on her career performing on the harpsichord and teaching about old instruments for 20 years as an Adjunct Professor at the London Royal College of Music. She also purchased a valued Dolmetsch clavichord, a harpsichord built by David Rubio, and a fortepiano of her own, on which she performed for many years to come.
The couple's New York life ended when they found a small house on Camac Street in Philadelphia, where they lived until 1942 when Henry went off to the Army, and they were separated until the end of the war. Virginia decided to go to business school and became a legal stenographer. ("It made sense with my fingers.")
With that trade in hand she moved to Washington and worked for the Office of War Information, and when the office opened a London branch, she went with it. In 1948, Henry re-entered the military as a liaison officer with the Austrian government and in 1950, because of his knowledge of German, as well as Russian and other languages, he was recruited by the CIA as an intelligence officer working in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where Virginia met his musical acquaintances and concertized.
In 1964 Henry retired and settled in with Virginia in London, where he continued writing articles on European musical events for the New York Times and in 1967 became London music critic for the International Herald Tribune.
Virginia has also written numerous articles on music and has made a recording of Quincy Porter's 1959 Harpsichord Concerto, and four discs for the Haydn Society under HC Robbins Landon, an American musicologist who worked in Europe.
In 2004, after Henry's death in 1999, Virginia decided to move back to Philadelphia. It was of course unthinkable to leave her instruments behind, so she underwent a major packing job and shipped them off to her prospective new home in Cathedral Village retirement community in Upper Roxborough.
There, at 95 and 96 — by any standard a retirement age but clearly not Virginia's — she gave one concert on the harpsichord and another on the fortepiano. Recently, however, she decided her prized old instruments needed new, younger parents, and after a long search she found them (though the destiny of her fortepiano still remains unsettled). She donated her clavichord to the London Royal College of Music and her harpsichord to Skidmore College.
Now, at age 100, despite the departure of her old instrument companions, Virginia Pleasants should surely never retire from looking back on her long and successful involvement with them.


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Mentor Graphics Delivers Emulation Solutions for the Verification of PCI Express Gen3 Products
WILSONVILLE, Ore., November 1, 2012—Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in advanced system verification solutions, today announced hardware and software solutions to accelerate the verification of PCI Express Generation 3 products. These new solutions, when connected to a Veloce® emulator, enable designers to test the new generation PCI Express devices on their System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, and to develop and test their software drivers and firmware prior to silicon being available.
The iSolve™ PCI Express Gen3, which has a 'plug-and-play' hardware interface to the Veloce family of hardware emulators, provides a cost-effective and efficient solution to verify PCI Express Gen3 devices on a SoC design. The Gen3 product is also fully compatible with older Gen1 and Gen2 speed devices. This new solution adds to the existing iSolve family of products for the accelerated verification of applications such as multimedia, networking, embedded systems, wireless, and storage devices.
Complementing the iSolve product is a new Veloce PCI Express Gen3 Transactor, which delivers an accelerated simulation environment for the verification of PCI Express Gen3-compliant devices. It generates the appropriate stimuli for the Design-Under-Test (DUT), passing packets, or transactions, of protocol data for tests. The transactor also provides a high-level Application Programming Interface (API) to allow use with multiple test-bench environments, such as SystemVerilog/UVM and SystemC, and provides example test environments that can exercise the emulated PCI Express Gen3 device.
Increased bandwidth and performance requirements of modern PCs and servers, especially those involving high-speed graphics, have made PCI Express an industry standard. As a result, PCI Express motherboards and associated peripherals, such as multi-gigabit Ethernet cards and RAID controllers, have become widespread and popular. With such a prevalence of new products for PCI Express applications, the need for a solution that allows the verification of these products and applications has become more critical and is in high demand. The latest generation of PCI Express, Gen3, increases this need further.
"The growth in PCI Express products has been increasing rapidly, and is especially important to those in the server, gaming and entertainment sectors where increased data throughput and high-speed graphics are mandatory for the operation of applications," said Eric Selosse, vice president and general manager, Mentor Emulation Division. "The challenges faced by the creators of such systems are complex, and require high-performance verification solutions to detect flaws early in the development cycle and to reduce risks. To solve these challenges, we created both hardware and software solutions for the verification of PCI Express Gen3 products. These solutions provide more flexibility and ease-of-use, and the configurable test models that our customers require for pre-and post-silicon testing."
The new PCI Express Gen3 products deliver use modes with traditional in-circuit emulation (ICE) or high-performance transaction-based acceleration. Combined with Veloce2, the latest-generation emulator from Mentor®, these PCI Express solutions deliver high-performance, and an easy-to-use system verification environment to develop new SoCs containing PCI Express Gen3 devices, without compromising delivery schedules.
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The 2008 TNA No Surrender PPV opened with one of the company's signature video pieces pushing the talents involved in the Four Way main event. We went right into Mike Tenay and Don West welcoming everyone to the show and pushing the TNA title bouts. As of this afternoon, there was at least one title changed planned. No mention of Booker T not appearing yet.
Sting's music hit and out he came, mic in hand. No baseball bat. Sting played to the crowd like a babyface. The crowd chanted "TNA", so from a live standpoint, it's going to be an easy crowd to get over with. Sting said that it feels "too good to be back in Canada." Every shot of the Arena looked packed. The crowd chanted, "You're a legend." Sting announced he would face the winner of tonight's Four-Way at Bound for Glory next month. Sting said tonight fans will see some of the greatest talent the world has to offer and if you were in the ring tonight, you have talent. He said that if you have talent, that doesn't mean you are at the top of your game or the best of life. He said that a friend once told him that you have to walk the walk and talk the talk, and possess pride, honor, dignity and respect. Sting said that the most important thing that separates the men from the boys is respect. He said on the other side of the curtain there are some men, but also some snot nosed brats. Sting said that he brought his cause to Canada because ten years ago, Bret Hart fought for the same ideals. Big pop for Bret's name, but TNA shouldn't use it if they aren't going to deliver an appearance. Sting said he is fighting for respect and he isn't going to retire until wrestlers like AJ Styles and Samoa Joe understand respect. He told them that tonight is "Showtime!" The promo was decent, but the crowd was turning on it until Bret's name was brought up.
They showed footage of Christian Cage arriving at the venue earlier today, noting he'll be challenging for the World title just an hour from where he grew up.
Mike Tenay and Don West announced that Booker T would not appear due to the effects of Hurricane Ike. Tenay said that TNA did everything in their power to ensure Booker would appear, but they were not able to make it happen. Tenay sent TNA's best wishes to everyone in the Gulf Coast area.
The Prince Justice Brotherhood vs. The Rock N' Rave Infection & Christy Hemme
Super Eric and Jimmy Rave started early doing some comedy spots. Rave bumped out of the ring and Eric hit a running plancha to the floor. Eric hit a missile dropkick into the ring on Rave. Young avoided a Rock and Rave double clothesline and tagged in Shark Boy. Sharky is caught with a knee by Rock, but was able to backdrop Rave when he tagged into the ring. Sharky stomped a shark hole in the corner on Rave. Curry Man tagged in and pulled Rave into a position where he tagged Christy in. Christy grabbed him in a headlock, which Curry was thrilled about because he was in her bosom. Shark Boy tagged in but was backdropped out of the ring to the floor. Rock whipped Sharky into the guard rail on the floor.
They used a flapjack on Sharky, Rock slammed Hemme onto Shark Boy. Shark tagged in Curry Man, who cleaned house on the heels. Curry hit a Tokyo Dangerous backbreaker on Rave. Hemme tried to wrestle Curry Man, who kissed her. Rock dropped Curry down with a slam and Hemme did a split off the ropes, dropping a leg on him for a two count. That was different. Super Eric and Shark Boy hit the ring. Shark Boy hit the stunner on Hemme but was nailed with a big boot. Eric whipped Rock into Rave in the corner, then nails a Death Valley Driver on both at once. Curry pinned Hemme.
Your winners, The Prince Justice Brotherhood!
It was your typical opening style match. Some silliness, a few highspots and OK wrestling. You could see the crowd is hot, but I get the feeling that they didn't properly mic the venue to show that off.
ODB vs. Awesome Kong - Falls Count Anywhere
ODB took a beer from a fan at ringside and chugged it. Raessa Saied attacked ODB at ringside. Kong went right after her, throwing ODB into the ring. Kong clotheslined ODB down, but missed a big splash. ODB went to the outside and pulled out a table. She brought it into the ring and dropped it across Kong. ODB set up the table in the corner. She tried to whip Kong into it but Kong stopped her with a slap and a clothesline. They brawled to the crowd. ODB nailed Kong with a rubber trash can, but Kong nailed an elbow to regain control. Kong tosses ODB onto the entrance ramp, then slammed her atop of it.
King began dragging ODB towards the ring. ODB began fighting back but Kong cut her off and shoved her into the ringpost. Kong missed a running charge and hit the post. Kong hit a Thesz Press off the ring steps to the floor for a two count. ODB wedged a chair between two turnbuckles as Kong recovered. Kong returned to the ring and ODB maneuvered her into charging into the chair, then rolled her up for a two count.
ODB set up the table inside the ring and tried to pick up Kong, but was maneuvered into a powerbomb. ODB landed on her feet but was clotheslined. Kong called for a chair while standing on the ropes. ODB grabbed her and nailed a powerbomb off the ropes onto the table. Something went wrong as they looked lost for a second. ODB covered Kong for a two. Saed pulled ODB to the floor and attacked her, but was sent into the guard rail. ODB caught Kong with an inside cradle for a two count.
Kong hit a running splash in the corner, then nailed the back fist. ODB crumpled to the mat. Saed pulled another table from under the ring. As Kong set up the table in the corner, ODB drank from her flask, then spit it in Kong's face. ODB goes for a Thesz Press but Kong caught her and ran her into the table, scoring the pin.
Your winner, Awesome Kong!
An OK brawl but nothing great.
Lauren interviewed Christian Cage. The story was that Cage is the only person with his eye on the title. He said that this isn't an episode of the Hills but TNA. Cage said that he is a wrestler and sacrificed everything for this business. He said that one hour away is where he grew up and everything he has that is good in his life is due to wrestling. Cage said that he was the kid who had the dream of being a wrestler and everyone laughed at him, but he proved them wrong. He said when he became a wrestler, he was told he'd never make it to the top, but he's a two-time World champ. Cage said when he won the title for the first time, all the long drives and all the nights he slept on a hard floor and ate a can of tuna because he couldn't afford anything more made it all worth it. Cage said the first time he held the title he thought it would never get any better than this...until tonight. Cage promised that in front of his family and friends in his home country, his dreams were going to come true again. Cage said there's No Surrender tonight or ever "for this Canadian." The best Cage promo in many, many months. Good stuff!
Team 3D vs. Abyss & Matt Morgan
Brother Ray and Abyss start off. They battle in a collar and elbow lockup. Devon grabbed Abyss' hair and when he was distracted, Ray pounced. Abyss reversed an Irish whip and caught him with a big boot. Abyss charged in the corner but was hit with an elbow for a two count. Devon tagged in and shoulderblocked Abyss for another two count. 3D teased walking out after being overpowered by Morgan and Abyss. They were attacked in the aisle and all four brawled towards the ring. As they returned to the ring, Ray clipped Abyss' knee from behind. Devon worked over Abyss' leg. Ray tagged in and he and Abyss hit a double clothesline.
Matt Morgan rallied the crowd as Abyss made the hot tag. The crowd booed as they had been calling for tables. He cleaned house on both former Dudleys. He splashed Devon from behind in the corner, then nailed a big legdrop. Morgan walked the ropes, leaping over Ray into a Devon bodypress. Abyss and Ray brawled on the floor.
Morgan nailed a big boot on Devon for a two count but Ray pulled the referee out of the ring. Morgan called for the Hellevator but Johnny Devine hit the ring and nailed Morgan with a chair to the back. Devon covered Morgan, who kicked up at the last second. Team 3D hit a double reverse neckbreaker (incorrectly called a 3D) but Morgan got his shoulder up. Morgan came back with a double clothesline and tagged in Abyss. Devine tried to nail Abyss with a chair but was caught and nailed with Shock Treatment.
Abyss worked over Devon in the corner with punches. Ray came from behind and pulled Abyss on his shoulders. Devon came off the ropes with a clothesline for a two count. Ray and Morgan brawled on the floor. Abyss chokeslammed Devon for a two count. Morgan hit a big boot on the floor. Abyss grabbed a chair but hesitated, allowing Ray to attack him from behind. Morgan pulled Ray out of the ring. Devon went to use the chair but Morgan swung him around the punched the chair into Devon. Abyss hit the Black Hole Slam for a pin.
Your winners, Matt Morgan & Abyss!
Ray lowblowed Abyss, then nailed Morgan with it. Ray put the chair in Abyss' hands, trying to plant the seeds that Abyss had turned on Morgan. The crowd chanted for tables as 3D left. Morgan and Abyss faced off but nothing physical happened.
I don't know what it is about the show so far, but everything feels off so far.
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LITTLE ROCK — The House and Senate gave final legislative approval Thursday to legislation intended to toughen Arkansas' human trafficking laws and offer new protections to victims.
House Bill 1203 by Rep. David Meeks, R-Conway, passed the Senate 35-0 after passing the House last week with no opposition. An identical Senate version, Senate Bill 242 by Sen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, passed in the House 93-0 after having passed in the Senate last week without opposition. The bills were delivered to the governor.
The legislation would expand the definition of human trafficking and make it a Class Y felony, punishable by 10 to 40 years or life in prison. Human trafficking is currently a Class A felony, punishable by six to 30 years in prison and up to a $15,000 fine.
The measure also would allow victims to collect restitution; make it a felony for a person to knowingly patronize a prostitute who is a human trafficking victim; allow a person accused of prostitution to claim as a defense that the prostitution was the result of being a victim of human trafficking; and authorize the attorney general to create a task force on human trafficking.
Meeks, who was in the Senate chamber when the House bill passed, told a reporter later he was pleased.
"It's exciting, it really is," he said. "It sends a message that Arkansas is serious about combating human trafficking. I'm proud of my colleagues in the House and Senate for putting all the work in it and getting the job done.
"Now we've got to take the next step," he said, "and make sure we can get help to the victims and make sure the prosecutors have the tools that they need, in addition to the law, the resources, to enable them to prosecute the people that will do this."
Also Thursday, the Senate passed SB 93 by Sen. Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock, which would require a legislative study of the readiness and capabilities of public schools to prevent and respond to acts of violence and require lawmakers to recommend best practices.
The bill passed 35-0, after the Senate endorsed an amendment which clarified that the study would be done by the House and Senate education committees.
The bill now goes to the governor.
Elsewhere Thursday, the House Education Committee endorsed HB 1017 by Rep. Denny Altes, R-Fort Smith, which would allow school districts to adopt curriculum standards for a course on academic study of the Bible.
The state attorney general's office opposes the bill.
"School districts may currently offer academic studies of religions, and this bill would unnecessarily inject the state into a process that districts may engage in on their own," Aaron Sadler, spokesman for Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, said after the hearing.
A version of the bill that Altes filed in 2011 passed in the House but died in the Senate Education Committee.
The House Judiciary Committee endorsed SB 237 by Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, which would establish procedures for carrying out executions in the state. The bill is a response to a state Supreme Court ruling last year that struck down the state's lethal injection law because it gave too much discretion to the state Department of Correction.
The bill goes to the House.
The same committee also endorsed:
—SB 131 by Sen. Bruce Holland, R-Greenwood, which would make the names and zip codes of holders of permits to carry concealed handguns exempt from the state Freedom of Information Act. The bill goes to the House.
—SB 92 by Sen. Jimmy Hickey, R-Texarkana, which would eliminate the statute of limitations for certain sex crimes committed against minors. The bill goes to the House.
—SB 150 by Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, which would give the state Parole Board discretion to deny parole to any sex offender. Currently, the board can deny parole only to eligible inmates convicted of certain types of sex crimes. The bill goes to the House.


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UK ISPs Agree to Antipiracy Deal
May 9, 2014 10:03 AM PT
As part of a deal with entertainment industry bodies, large UK Internet service providers will send letters to customers suspected of partaking in illegal downloads.
The deal was hashed out by the BPI, the body representing the British music industry, and the Motion Picture Association, the body representing film.
The final deal is lacking some key provisions for which the BPI and MPA previously had lobbied. For example, the groups had sought access to a database of illegal downloaders, and they wanted the letters from the ISPs to warn repeat offenders about punitive measures. Alas, neither of those nuggets is incorporated.
Oh, and the letters -- which are "educational" in tone and aim at "promoting an increase in awareness" -- aren't expected to hit mailboxes before 2015.
Still, the rights holders see this as a step in the right direction. To that end, they have agreed to pay more than US$1.25 million to each ISP to set up this notification system, or 75 percent of the total cost (whichever sum is smaller). Also, more than $100,000 will be paid each year to the ISPs to cover admin costs.
A handful of ISPs will be taking part, with more expecting to join down the road.
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Nintendo to Launch Gaming System for Emerging Markets
Making like a smartphone manufacturer, Nintendo announced plans to introduce a new gaming system targeted at emerging markets, perhaps as soon as 2015.
Nintendo is looking to buoy sales as its flagship console, the Wii U, continues to disappoint. Indeed, Nintendo has booked a loss for three straight years as Sony and Microsoft -- makers of the PlayStation and Xbox, respectively -- continue to gobble up market share.
Nintendo believes it would be difficult to enter emerging markets without creating an entirely new system.
"You need to provide something that most of the middle class can afford," said Chief Executive Satoru Iwata.
Nintendo is mum about the specs of its new device, as well as the nations in which it plans to launch it -- save China, which already has been pegged as a target market.
Indeed, China could be a boon to all gaming companies now that the country has lifted its 14-year ban on foreign manufacturers' videogame consoles, allowing their sale in the Shanghai free trade zone.
Nintendo reported a $452 million loss for the year ended March.
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Adult Film Performers: 'Pay for Your Porn'
Performers in the adult film industry have launched a campaign designed to coax lovers of their artistic work to pay for pornography rather than indulge in pirated content.
The "Pay for Your Porn" campaign stresses that piracy is hurting the industry. Purchasing content, the campaign claims, ensures better quality and "fosters the creation of new adult content." Pirated porn, on the other hand, "hurts everyone."
Piracy is "a violation of personal consent and ethics," said adult film performer Jessica Drake.
[Source: The Guardian]
Some Chinese Miffed About Foreign Ownership of Alibaba
Users of Chinese microblogs have taken issue with the fact that Japanese and American companies own more than half of Alibaba, the Middle Kingdom's preeminent e-commerce site, which recently filed for an initial public offering in the U.S.
Japanese telecom SoftBank holds a 34.4 percent stake in Alibaba, while Yahoo has a 22.6 percent stake.
This is nothing new -- SoftBank and Yahoo bought in years ago -- but now that the company is increasingly in the spotlight, more questions and criticism are being lofted at Alibaba and its lead founder, Jack Ma.
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Local American Red Cross continues to provide vital services in Warren County
The United Fund of Warren County recently kicked off its Torchlight Campaign for 2013, and the Times Observer will support the efffort by publishing stories about each member agency. Today we take a look at the Red Cross, Hospice and The Salvation Army.
As a 24/7 response organization, the American Red Cross is always available to those in need of its vital services. At any given time of day whether weekday, weekend or holiday Red Cross volunteers may be on the ground, offering assistance to a neighbor in need after a disaster, providing preparedness training to an organization or community group, or following up with a military family after providing communication services during a personal emergency.
The Warren Chapter of the Red Cross is constantly working toward being a beacon of hope for community members during their darkest hours. On a daily basis, the organization provides immediate relief to disaster victims, assists military members and their families, trains the community in lifesaving skills and collects half of the nation's blood supply. Through this work, the Red Cross strives toward accomplishing its humanitarian mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies.
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The study, the fifth annual GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test, found 20.1% of licensed Americans — roughly 41 million drivers — would not pass a 20-question standard DMV written drivers test exam if taken today. And those numbers of knowledge of basic road rules have been decreasing with each year the survey is given, with this year's test scores lower than last year's (76.6 percent vs. 78.1 percent).
State-by-state, Idaho and Wisconsin drivers tied for first in the nation, with an average test score of 80.6%; New York drivers ranked last, with an average score of 70.5%. Figures. Don't think this is an anomaly — it's the second time Idaho ranked first and the second time New York has ranked last in the survey's five-year history.
As you'd also expect from those numbers, the lowest average test scores geographically occurred in the Northeast, while the states in the Midwest held the highest averages.
When comparing genders, men are still more likely to pass the test than women, but the gap is considerably smaller in 2009 (81 percent of males versus 79 percent of females) than in 2008 (87 percent of males versus 80 percent of females).
Want to take the test yourself? Head on over to the website of GMAC Insurance and see how you score. Let us know in the comments below. Let's see if Jalopnik readers can beat Idaho.
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1. 'Feisty … Angry' Quarterback
Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen made an unexpected return against Texas A&M last Saturday, playing two weeks after suffering a sprained shoulder.
Don't count Arkansas coach Bret Bielema among the surprised Allen played despite revealing the initial timeline for the sophomore's return was three or four weeks.
"I know he's been around the game a lot," Bielema said. "I know he's a tough kid. When I saw (Allen's father) Bobby (Allen that) Sunday I said, 'What do you think?' He said 'He's pretty sore coach.' But he said, 'My son's a quick healer.'
"So you just get a feel around certain kids, what they're going to do."
Allen completed 17 of 36 passes for 282 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions in the 45-33 loss. His return provided a much-needed spark for the Razorbacks' passing attack, which put together a season-high effort.
He did make a costly mistake, throwing an interception that was returned for a touchdown on the first series of the third quarter. Allen also struggled in the fourth quarter, completing just 2 of 10 passes for 32 yards with another interception.
Bielema said Saturday he thought fatigue factored into the fourth quarter completion percentage. But he said Allen wasn't too sore after the game and should be "full go" for practice this week as the Razorbacks prepare for No. 18 Florida.
"I've only known him through the games that we've played," Bielema said about Allen and his performance after the shoulder injury. "But I saw a feisty, aggressive, angry, competitive young man Saturday night that can win a lot of football games."
2. Down Goes Bielema
Bielema knew what was coming when he noticed the camera phones Saturday.
The coach, wearing his pregame suit and tie, slipped on the slick pavement and fell to his knees during Arkansas' Hog Walk before the 45-33 loss to Texas A&M. So after getting back to his feet, Bielema had no doubt the moment would go viral.
"As soon as I got up, and I saw those phones, I said, 'Oh, this is going to be an instant YouTube phenomenon. Especially for the haters out there," Bielema said. "I knew they'd have some fun with that."
One video post of Bielema's stumble had been viewed 95,860 times on YouTube as of Monday afternoon. The stumble also found its way to websites of national publications like USA Today, Yahoo!, The Sporting News.
"I was enjoying my own business," Bielema said of the fall. "I think I showed my athleticism. I think a lesser athlete probably would have been down for the count."
Bielema added he wasn't the only one that slipped on the rainy day. Two players fell as well on the wet pavement. So Bielema said Arkansas will look into finding ways to ensure there is more traction on the Hog Walk to avoid similar stumbles again.
But Bielema had no trouble laughing about it Monday.
"I'm glad I didn't have any bleeps and also recovered pretty well, I thought," Bielema said. "My wife came home, she said, 'Did you fall?' I was like 'Yeah, let's not talk about it.' I think our players were having some fun with it (Sunday). Nobody said anything to me, but I could tell. The elephant in the room."
3. Settle Down
Arkansas defensive lineman Deatrich Wise earned the first start of his career against Texas A&M, lining up on the interior in a scheme intended to get more athleticism up front to combat quarterback Johnny Manziel's talents.
Wise finished with six tackles for a ½ sack. But he gained more attention for his over-exuberance after being in on two tackles. Wise danced after combining with Chris Smith for a sack, which could've subjected him to a penalty. The redshirt freshman also celebrated after limiting Manziel to a short gain on a scramble.
Arkansas' coaching staff noticed Wise's antics and spoke to him about it.
"I wish I had seen that (Saturday) night," defensive line coach Charlie Partridge said. "I would have handled that right away. Disappointed in that reaction. I'm all for fun, but don't want to do things that draw attention to them as an individual."
Said Bielema: "I would be surprised if you see that out of (No.) 48 again."
Bielema wants spirit and energy on defense, but also needs players to divert their attention to something else after a play – especially against a no-huddle offense.
"We made a point to our defense, I want them to make a play, scramble around, make a play, and then everybody should look their eyes on the sideline," Bielema said. "We're just not getting the calls to them … We're trying to, but their eyes aren't disciplined. They've just never had to do it, so we've got to force it."
4. Extra Points
Arkansas plans to get RB Korliss Marshall more involved on offense after the freshman rushed for 16 yards on his only carry Saturday. Marshall — who started the season at safety — also will continue his work on kick returns after averaging 24.7 yards on three attempts. … Bielema said CB Tevin Mitchel will be limited during today's practice after suffering a head injury against Texas A&M. Mitchel left the game after a helmet-to-helmet collision with teammate Braylon Mitchell. Bielema was optimistic Mitchel, who is fifth on the team in tackles (25), will be ready for Florida. … Kickoff time for Arkansas' game against South Carolina on Oct. 12 has been set for 11:21 a.m. It will be televised by the SEC Network and carried by KATV in Central Arkansas and KHBS in Northwest Arkansas.
— Robbie Neiswanger • Arkansas News Bureau


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DENVER, July 23 (UPI) -- Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen has relinquished control of the team after revealing that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Bowlen, 70, purchased the Broncos in 1984 and has help guide them to two Super Bowl wins during his 30 years as team owner. The team appeared in the big game last season, but they were defeated by the Seattle Seahawks.
Team president Joe Ellis will assume control of the Broncos.
"It's a really, really sad day," Ellis told the Denver Post. "It's sad for his family, his wife and his seven children. It's sad for everyone in the organization. And it's sad for all the Bronco fans who know what Pat Bowlen meant to them as an owner. It's a day nobody wanted to see happen."
Bowlen's ownership of the team will be controlled by non-family members after being transferred to the Pat Bowlen Trust.
The longtime owner told the Post in 2009 that he was dealing with short-term memory loss, but Tuesday was the first time he revealed that he was battling Alzheimer's.
"As many in the Denver community and around the National Football League have speculated, my husband, Pat, has very bravely and quietly battled Alzheimer's disease for the last few years," Annabel Bowlen said in a statement. "He has elected to keep his condition private because he has strongly believed, and often said, 'It's not about me.'"
Best wishes to Pat Bowlen and his family as he battles Alzheimer's.— Peter King (@SI_PeterKing) July 23, 2014
Pat Bowlen steps down as Broncos' owner due to Alzheimer's, per the Denver Post. Bowlen is one of best owners in all of sports.— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 23, 2014
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Uncyclopedia:Anniversaries/December 12
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December 12: Unfunny Joke Day (US) Wooly Animal Molestation Day (Wales)
- 1594 - Pickle loaf first made with dill dough.
- 1806 - Napoleon keeps his armies up his sleevies - a French word for chocolates.
- 1862 - Three baby seals walk into a club.
- 1900 - A minister, a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar.
- 1901 - Not learning their lesson, the same minister, priest and rabbi walk into a bar, knocking their heads. .
- 1929 - As a year, was really long and hard. That's what she said.
- 1933 - Hitler ties his shoes with little Nazis.
- 1945 - Joshua Ben Cohen discovers that finding half a worm in an apple is actually preferable to being a prisoner in Auschwitz.
- 1957 - Farmer Frank Peters in Kentuckistan leaves his gate open long enough for one of his chickens to cross the road.
- 1962 - Larry, a dog from Indiana, loses his nose when it is attacked by some drunk teenagers. Disgusted by his dog's hideous injury and not having enough money to pay a vet, the owner releases the injured dog into a forest on the other side of the state. After a few days of being fly-blown and delirous with pain, the dog begins to smell badly.
- 1964 - Researchers for the American Horror Book Readers Organization discover that many "Ghost Writers" are employed to write tales that involve ghosts. There is much laughter all round at the irony of this fact.
- 1965 - A boy takes a ruler with him to bed to see how long he slept. When he awakes, Leonid Breznev, the General secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, hits his stopwatch and informs him that he slept for 9 hours and 35 minutes. He also tells the boy that there are easier ways of finding out these facts and to please not call him again.
- 1966 - Not learning his lesson, the boy takes a saddle to bed, in case he has nightmares. He is sent to a gulag.
- 1981 - AIDS is unleashed upon the world by Jesus.
- 1984 - A baker robs a bank because he needed the dough - which he was able to steal from the lunch room which had its own bread maker, owned by a number of staff members who loved to eat fresh bread at lunch time.
- 1986 - So this guy comes into a bar, AW CRAP, sorry I said that wrong, it was suppose to be a donkey.....So this guy comes into a Donkey.
- 1987 - 3 men walk into a bar, one of them is a little bit stupid, and the whole joke plays out with a tedious inevitability
- 2002 - I hold a bukkake party, but nobody comes.
- 2003 - A man has the left side of his body amputated. He's alright now.
- 2004 - A clown is removed from a swing by hitting him in the face with an axe.
- 2005 - Uncyclopedia is created.
- 2005 the Third - In Soviet Russia, unfunny jokes don't laugh at YOU.
- 2012 - The month, year and day are the same number for the last time in the century.


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Salomondrin has some news about the Blackberry Atlas, a yet to be released device that is apparently part of the Bold family. Originally it was believed that this device was to be a CDMA device. However the biggest surprises about this device is that it will actually be a GSM device and as stated before is another Bold.
These are some other known specs/ features about this some what mysterious device:
-It says BOLD on the Back above the battery door next to the camera
-The keyboard is the same as that found on the Curve 8900, which was codenamed Javelin
-This is a NON 3G device, strictly EDGE
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Watch out Tony Stark. NASA is developing its own version of the Iron Man suit.
NASA, with help from the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, has created the X1 robotic exoskeleton, a 57-pound device worn over the body, according to a NASA press release.
Worn over the legs with a backpack harness that reaches up over the shoulders, the X1 would allow astronauts in space to exercise by providing resistance training, the release said.
Here on Earth, the X1 could be developed into an assistive walking device for paraplegics and a rehabilitation device for those with leg injuries.
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Hashtag on Facebook May Be Possible in Future
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According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook might be adding the hashtag function -- best known for being used in Twitter -- into its own stable of services. This gives users the ability to search for terms about topics that have been indexed by the hashtag function. Wall Street Journal's personal sources said that Facebook is currently working on the feature, and it would not be released anytime soon.
Facebook is testing whether to follow Twitter's lead and allow users to click on a hashtag to pull up all posts about similar topics or events so it can quickly index conversations around trending topics and build those conversations up, giving users more reason to stay logged in and see more ads. Instagram, which Facebook acquired last year, already uses hashtags, allowing users to sort photos by the symbol.
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Psalm 42:1-6 As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God...
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Imagine this: it's a scorching hot summer day (sounds nice right about now!) and you're outside doing yard work or sitting at a baseball game, maybe you're playing a round of golf. You haven't had anything to drink and you're getting thirsty. Now at first it's not so bad, but the longer you go without something to drink, the stronger your desire and need for it grows and eventually getting a drink becomes vital and urgent.
When I read Psalm 42:1-2 where the psalmist talks about longing and thirsting for God, what I asked you to imagine above is the image that comes to my mind. This is particularly powerful for me because I've had heat stroke a couple of times when I didn't take in enough water. It wasn't a pleasant experience and the same thing is true when our relationship with God becomes distant.
So here are a couple of things to consider. Does Psalm 42:1-2 describe your relationship with God? And, what does your soul panting after, and thirsting for, God look like (or what do you want it to look like)? Tami
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There's a new strain of ragweed lurking in Canada, and herbicides don't stand a chance with it.
Scientists at the University of Guelph have confirmed that a strain of ragweed resistant to glyphosate, the most effective herbicide for ragweed, has been found in Ontario.
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For the second straight game the Reds used the long ball to power their way past the Cubs. Jeff Samardzija was on the wrong end of the power surge today giving up three home runs on the way to his 11th loss of the season. Shark lasted five innings in game one of the double-header giving up four runs on six hits while striking out five, his ERA climbed to 4.17 on the season. Early on it looked like the Cubs were going to provide a formidable challenge to Cy Young contender Johnny Cueto, but the good feeling didn't last too long. Alfonso Soriano launched his 22nd home run of the season in the first inning to give the Cubs a 2-0 lead, it was Soriano's 1,000th career RBI, quite the accomplishment. Soriano was basically it for the Cubs offense as they could only manage five hits on the day and Soriano had two of them. The Cubs made things interesting in the ninth inning as they were able to push across a run against Reds closer Aroldis Chapman. Unfortunately Chapman took it to another level against Joe Mather with the tying runs on base, striking him out to end the threat and the game. Welington Castillo also had a solid day at the plate going 2-for-4 with an RBI in the loss. Brooks Raley was officially called up before game two as he will get the start in the night-cap.
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A new Revoltech figure of Z.O.E. character Anubis went on sale in Japan. Website Moeyo got up and close with the figure, manhandling the box and taking some snaps of the figure.
Zone of the Enders is a mecha game from Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. A sequel is long overdue and not coming anytime soon.
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WENATCHEE, Wash. — Spotted wing drosophila may have made a huge increase in Central Washington in 2013, but it is difficult to know how much because trapping changed.
The Asian fruit fly was first detected in the U.S. in California strawberries in 2008. It moved into berries in the western parts of Oregon and Washington and later into Central Washington cherries in 2010.
It has been kept under control with early detection and pesticides. But it was a bigger challenge for cherry growers near Washington's Tri-Cities and berry growers in the western sides of Oregon and Washington in 2013 because of increased numbers and
multiple rains and winds making it hard to spray pesticides and keep them on,
, said Elizabeth Beers, entomologist at the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee.
She said it was the toughest year of four in battling the pest in Central Washington. More were caught in peaches, nectarines and apricots than cherries, she said, but cherries is the larger crop.
Trap counts exploded from 61,722 flies caught in 2012 to 791,408 in 2013, Beers said. The number was skewed, she said, because of a change in traps and doubling of the apple cider vinegar bait in half of them. How much of the increase is attributable to increased population versus better trapping is unknown, she said. She believes both were factors. The number of traps was about the same at 359, she said.
The count was 60,381 in 2010, the first year of trapping. It dropped to 13,807 in 2011. Beers believes that most likely was due to a pre-Thanksgiving Day freeze in 2010.
Beers and her colleague, Doug Walsh, WSU entomologist in Prosser, used the Haviland trap in 2012 only. They had to devise shields for the tops to keep rain and irrigation water out, but wind occasionally caught the shields and dumped trap contents, Beers said. Bait also seemed to evaporate and they didn't think they were getting accurate counts.
Beers and her team designed and used a new trap, dubbed the PBJ trap, in 2013. It was larger, had more evaporative area and a better top.
But aside from better trapping, spotted wing drosophila did increase in 2013 because of a relatively mild winter, she said.
"We're seeing the effects of establishment," she said, "but I don't expect the trajectory to continue ad infinitum. I think it will fluctuate in a somewhat predictable manner due to weather."
Freezing temperatures of early December hopefully will knock the population back in 2014, she said. "It may only take one big freeze. We had three to four days. I'm guessing that's enough for a good kill," she said.
There's still substantial population in the Orondo area north of Wenatchee but most of the numbers were near the Tri-Cities where growers battled wind and rain in trying apply pesticides, Beers said.
Delegate and Entrust have the longest residual effect, diazinon and Sevin are intermediate and malathion has the shortest effect so can be used closest to harvest, she said. Rotation of pesticides is best to decrease pest resistance, she said.
"If weather cooperates, our control programs are adequate to control this pest," she said.
Cherries were damaged by rain and it's difficult to know how much was lost to spotted wing drosophila, she said.
There's greater market tolerance for spotted wing drosophila than cherry fruit fly but spotted wing is much more prolific with up to 13 generations in a season compared to one for cherry fruit fly, she said.


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It took 69 days before the Chileans famously trapped in a mine were rescued last month, but only 26 days for the first movie about the event to be sold.
The sale of "The 33 of San Jose" took place at the ongoing American Film Market, an annual entertainment industry deal fest held in Santa Monica. The film, made by Antonio Recio, went into pre-production three weeks before the rescue that captivated the world took place. The American Video Films company has already sold theatrical, TV and DVD rights to the film to two foreign distributors and says they are talking with studios in the U.S., the U.K. and Japan, among others, about additional sales.
A trailer for "The 33" was shown at AFM for the first time. It features the 32 Chilean actors and one Bolivian actor in footage taken not far from where the real miners were trapped. "You've seen the outside," the trailer intones. "Now take a glimpse of what it was like inside."
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In real life, some of the miners have been on media blitzes of their own. The breakout star so far has been Edison Pena who, last week, charmed David Letterman and yesterday ran the New York Marathon in five hours and 40 minutes.
News of the casting of "The 33 of San Jose" should assuage the fears of those that worried this story would get the Hollywood treatment. Those concerns were addressed in a brilliant YouTube video parodying Tinseltown's talent for packing every story with as many A-list (or B or C-list) stars as possible.
For now it looks like neither Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise or any of the other 30 Hollywood heavies featured in that clip will star in "The 33 of San Jose." That makes the swiftness of the film's sale even more remarkable.
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One of my prize possessions is a marvelous photo of Pilchuck Julia that adorns my den wall. The date of her birth is unknown and one source said she lived to be 104 years of age and another said she died in her 80's. She passed away April 24,1923, and is buried in the GAR Cemetery west of Snohomish beside her husband and son. Historians often refer to her as "The Last of the Pilchucks." She lived her entire life on the banks of the Pilchuck River.
Just think of all the changes she saw in her lifetime. There were only Native Americans in the area, the forests were primeval and beautiful, the Pilchuck River was narrow and deep and could be travelled by canoe, and there were millions of salmon and steelhead.
And where are we today? Chinook salmon of the Pilchuck are few and far between and steelhead are scarce, but I remember when the Pilchuck was a steelhead paradise. Once upon a time, I couldn't wait for opening day in December and we often caught the daily limit of three steelhead. Some were very large and a few "cleaned our clock" so to speak. Some of the early December giants were more than 20 pounds.
As the long time secretary-treasurer of the Snohomish Sportsmen's Club, (54 years) I have amassed considerable historical angling information on the Pilchuck and knew and fished with several great steelheaders, Brick Peacor and Les McCulloch of Machias and Vic Mathison of Snohomish, for example.
Let me quote from the Game Department Bulletin of January 1950. "The second step is the opening of habitat by the removal or surmounting of man-made or natural obstructions. As an example, within the last two years 30 dams and log jams have been removed. A number of barriers have been surmounted with fish ladders, the most notable being the Pilchuck dam located on the Pilchuck River, tributary of the Snohomish River."
Hey! Wait a minute, you can't do that! We put logs in the streams now to recover fish. Old timers remember the Corp of Engineers' snag boat the W. T. Preston removing logs from area rivers — and we enjoyed the golden age of steelheading.
In 1997 I wrote "Researching the Pilchuck Winter Steelhead" as input on the "Wild Salmonid Policy" and sent it to the Game Commission. The document shows the Pilchuck was planted with winter steelhead smolts 119 times from 1958 thru 1997 and many other times since 1915. Some early steelhead fry plants in lakes draining to the Pilchuck were as follows: Lake Stevens — 50,000 in 1920 and 25,000 in 1923. Menzel Lakes — 5,000 in 1915 and 12,000 in 1923. Swartz Lake (Waites Mill Pond) — 5,000 in 1916 and 12,000 fry in 1923. The Pilchuck River was also planted in 1922 with 114,000 steelhead fry.
In the days before the Game Department came into being in 1932, the county ran the show and a steelhead hatchery was located on a small tributary of the South Fork of the Stillaguamish River. It later became Otto Brenner's Trout Farm.
Among the Snohomish Sportsmen's Club's prize possessions are our minutes from the 1930's. In the early 1930's, the Game Department had a trap just downstream from the Pilchuck Dam. The steelhead were trapped and their fingerlings planted in other rivers. On page 66 of my book "Snohomish, My Beloved County — An Angler's Anthology," I quote from our minutes of May 11, 1936: "Butch Schmelzer, chairman of the fish committee, recommending 80 percent of the spawn taken from the traps in the Pilchuck be returned to that stream." I fired steam engines for Butch Schmelzer from the time I was 18 years old and he knew a great deal about the early Pilchuck. The sportsmen were worried that too much Pilchuck spawn was being taken to other rivers. (The same thing was true on Woods Creek near Monroe where the Woods Creek steelhead were widely distributed in 1934.) Another little bit of Pilchuck history is recorded in our minutes of March 21, 1938: "Frank Barrett reported a run of smelt had gone up the Pilchuck River."
Do hatchery fish spawn? Of course and steelheaders have caught and released numerous spawned-out winter steelhead on the Pilchuck through the years, but now the Pilchuck is no longer planted with winter steelhead smolts. Enter the dark ages on the Pilchuck. The Pilchuck River is mismanaged from the mouth to the Pilchuck Dam. And what have we lost? In the winter of 1953-1954, the Pilchuck produced a catch of 2,637 winter steelhead in 85 days of fishing, an average of 31 fish a day for the anglers. Thank God for hatchery fish and Clarence Pautzke who ushered in the golden age of steelheading!
Some years ago, our chinook, coho and steelhead were planted in Michigan. Today, they enjoy an angling bonanza on naturally spawning hatchery fish with a generous daily limit. Of course, they have no commercial netting and sea lions to contend with.
In conclusion, can the Pilchuck be returned to it's former glory? Yes it can but not by the present methods. As my friend, former State Senator Cliff Bailey said: "Bob, I'm a farmer! If I'm going to grow corn, I plant corn, and if I'm going to grow beans, I plant beans, and if you are going to grow fish you plant fish because the habitat gets worse with each passing day."
So one of our great treasures, the Pilchuck River, lies fallow, waiting for a resurgence of winter steelhead that will never come without hatchery fish. I haven't seen a steelheader be disappointed after catching a fish that fights the same, tastes the same and is a direct descendent of a "native" fish. Tackle dealers would be most happy and their businesses would improve.
Bob Heirman is the longtime secretary-treasurer of The Snohomish Sportsmen's Club.
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Clap Hanz' Hot Shots Golf series and Sony game system launches go hand in hand, and for most gamers they serve as a nice launch title, holding them over until something bigger and better comes along. But, if you're a fellow golf game freak, Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational is your 'bigger and better' game. In fact, as far as golf games go, this one is probably the best.
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational might come on a tiny little cartridge, but it's a huge game. There's a large singe-player portion with challenge and stroke modes, Ad Hoc play for up to eight players, Infrastructure play for 30 people, and a really great Internet mode that puts you up against everyone else in the world on the same course. With tons of courses, characters, items, and play style options, this launch game is likely to stay in your Vita for a very long time. If you're anything like me, I'd recommend getting the digital version to always have it at the ready.
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational (PlayStation Vita)
Developer: Clap Hanz Limited
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Released: February 15, 2012
The game's main single-player mode takes you through the ranks from rookie to pro, putting you through various 9- and 18-hole course challenges to earn stars, which are then used to unlock head-to-head duels in a sort of boss battle. Beating these silly golfers will let players graduate to the next player level, opening up more difficult courses and opponents. The game starts you off easy, but quickly piles on the difficulty, working you up to courses where putting the ball in the hole is so difficult that it will have you stress-testing the integrity of your Vita's build. Some of the course designs are just cruel. Succeeding in the later levels (and in online matches) requires patience. Fortunately, HSG:WI gives you all the tools you'll need to make a proper shot -- you'll just need to be sure to use them properly.
I'm addicted to the daily tournaments, which have you going up against everyone else online to try to top the leaderboards. Given that the gameplay is asynchronous, the Vita's 3G connection can be used for this mode. Each day the game's servers generate three course challenges, and you'll only get a single chance at each to earn your best score. Completing one of these 9- or 18-hole challenges will give you your round score, and then rank you out of everyone that has played that same course on that day. Beyond this, your overall performance on these daily tournaments is tracked in a bar graph, and you're also given an overall world rank. It's fun to see where you stand compared to everyone else, and even more fun to try topping a daily board.
On the surface, not much has changed in the gameplay department. The swing mechanic is still based around the three-point method the series has been using for years where the first button press starts the swing, the next sets the power of your swing, and the last determines the accuracy. World Invitational lets you pick which swing meter you'd like to use from five available choices, ranging from the classic horizontal bar to the new bar-less one from PS3 game Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. It's nice to have choices, but you'll have to play the game for a bit to unlock all of them.
The change here is that the Vita's front and back touch panels and gyro sensors supplement the standard button control with options to do things like position your character or the camera. One of the best features lets you drag your finger along the back touch panel from the player to the hole to see real-time measurements for distance and incline. Other features are more gimmicky; tilting the system around to pan the camera and view surroundings is neat once or twice, but isn't really useful for gameplay purposes.
This game is packed with unlockable items, and through play and earned points from victories, you can spend to unlock characters, clubs, and balls to directly impact gameplay. The optional costumes for characters, caddies, and music selections are just as rewarding to spend your hard-earned points on. Clubs and balls can even be leveled up, further increasing their benefits.
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational is a great-looking game, sporting a level of high-resolution polish that you'd expect from a full console title. Its nicely animated characters and highly detailed backdrops puts it on par with its PS3 predecessor as far as looks go. It's too bad that the dull, chime-y music will have you zoned out after only a few holes. The strange quotes and noises from the golfers and caddies will snap you out if it, though. One of the female characters' aroused moans happen so often that you can't help but giggle.
World Invitational continues that tradition of a really nice blend of arcade-ish accessibility and sim seriousness. If you want to kick back and relax, fine -- but you can also dig in, get deep with strategy and complex swing tricks, and feel rewarded when you master them all. With its massive array of play options, courses, unlockables, and online challenges, not to mention its portability and always-on 3G connectivity, this is easily the biggest and best Hot Shots Golf game yet.
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Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational reviewed by Dale North
A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won't cause massive damage.
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MUTEK [AR] + DEL JARDIN LATINO present:
GUSTAVO LAMAS (live)
KALABRESE (ZUKUNFT-ZURICH) (dj set)
CARLA TINTORÉ (dj set)
Friday 26 November midnight at Cocoliche
Kalabrese is one of the more glittering characters in Zurich's music scene, hovering at the frontline as dj, producer and as club owner of the ZUKUNFT club in Zurich. He caused a stir outside of Switzerland through his very unique style as a producer, with his debut album «Rumpelzirkus». His organic funk and song-oriented tunes have received great reviews in the independent dance-scene all around the world.
For the last two years, Kalabrese and his Rumpelorchestra have toured through clubs and festivals all around the world (Sonar 08 and Mutek 07, transmediale berlin, electrowave florence, bukarest). At the moment, Kalabrese continues to focus on touring, as well as on album production.
He's produced some remixes for artists and labels such as Tosca, Crosstown Rebels, dOP, Drumpoet Community, Filewhile, Luke Solomon and the excellent «elleli» witch was licensed for the famous house label Innervision and found its way into many many DJs' crates and charts.
Thee night will be hosted by legendary Argentinean artists Gustavo Lamas, performing live, and techno DJ mistress Carla Tintoré.
Tickets: AR$50
Date: Friday 26 November, 2010
Location: Cocoliche – Rivadavia 878, Buenos Aires, Argentina
More information: Event Facebook page
Please arrive early as capacity is limited to 250!
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November 26, 2010 23:30 - November 27, 2010 07:00
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Rivadavia 878. Capital Federal
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I love squash. I love all kinds of squash. Butternut is one of my recent favorites. I had been roasting it in some EVOO, salt & pepper, until I saw on various food blogs…..butternut squash fries!! Holy YUM!! Why didn't I think of that? I make sweet potato fries all the time, why not butternut squash fries?
Making fries out of butternut squash is simple. I don't even peel the squash! I wash it and cut the bottom off. Then, I cut into fry-like shapes (or as close as I can get to fry-like). Toss in extra-virgin olive oil or spray with Pam and season as you like. I just use sea salt & fresh ground pepper, but cayenne, chili powder & cumin would be tasty, too.
Toss into your preheated oven (375 or 400). Bake for 20-40 minutes, flipping once & keeping a close eye on. I showed pics of how they look going into the oven. I didn't get an "after" shot. They went into my belly way too fast! 😉
Super healthy & delicious with burgers, chicken or fish. I also like leftovers over a salad with other roasted veggies.
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There are some images that really intrigue me.
I think these impossible images are so fascinating that I could stare them for several minutes. I always wonder who creates them.
Here are some examples:
And there are many others.
There are many other types of optical illusions. But paradoxes really intrigue me.
I don't know who create them. But, to me they are design genius.
If someday I have a company. Its logo would be a paradox.
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