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Tales From the Backlog - Lair Is An Unplayable Piece Of Crap, And NES Games
Adrian Leigh Gordon
on 07.04.2013
tldr - I hate Lair or something
With a relative dearth of games I'm interested in lately, and just new games in general I, like many others have been raiding their back catalog's in order to squeeze a few more drops of fun-juice out of games we might otherwise never play again (or at all if you're anything like me).
Completely unable to make such an important and complex decision as "What to play?", I rely mostly on a random game generator at the moment although I've been focusing on trying to clear my NES collection. So I'm gonna talk briefly some of what I've played in the last month or so and whether or not I could recommend them to anybody:
Bart vs The Space Mutants - NES
Status: Completed
Frustrating controls, terrible and repetitive music, unclear and outright bizarre puzzles at times and sub-par basic platforming make this game one to be avoided. Yeah, most people know this game is terrible anyway but like a couple others on this list, I wanted it out of the way. Only play this if you're a masochist, game historian, nutjob, idiot, or the world's biggest Simpsons fan and you've literally run out of Simpson's games to play. The worst part about this, is there there are in fact worse Simpson's games...
Recommended? Absolutely not.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - NES
Status: Completed
Another absolutely terrible NES game. Again, purely wanted to tick it off the list. I did end up having a small amount of fun with this game though, just because of how ridiculous it is, a few pints made playing this a laugh. Awful controls, abysmal level design, broken and buggy enemies, fucking bizarre bosses and shit music.
Recommended? Yes. But only for the sheer spectacle of it. You have to see some of it to believe it.
My expression for most of the game
The Battle of Olympus - NES
Status: Incomplete
This one is actually pretty decent. It's got mildly awkward controls that take a bit of getting used to, but once you start to upgrade your equipment by meeting the various gods you're able to pretty easily take down most enemies and bosses, provided you figure out a few tricks here and there. It's got reasonable graphics for an NES game and pretty varied locations, enemies and bosses. It gets frustrating in areas but overall I had a lot of fun with it so far, I'm on the home stretch but don't have access to my PC just yet having just moved. Yes, I'm playing these on emulator despite owning the carts. It's a solid action-adventure with some RPG elements.
Recommended? Yeah, just don't expect Zelda or Contra levels of quality.
Limbo - XBLA
Status: Complete
What a beautiful game. I was a little skeptical at first simply because I was worried the core gameplay might be too simple and a little boring, but there are some fiendishly clever puzzles and only a tiny amount of frustration to be had. The controls work well, nothing special but they get the job done, there's not too much need to high levels of precision. The world itself is gorgeous, creepy and uninviting, and the HUD-less gameplay helped with immersion, I feel we don't see enough HUD-less games.
I was reminded of a lot of similar classic games, Heart of Darkness, Another World, Flashback and even of the cult British kids TV show, Trapdoor.
Recommended? Absolutely.
Perfect Dark HD - XBLA
Status: Incomplete
I didn't like this when it was originally released on the Nintendo 64, but rather like Metal Gear Solid 2 I think as I've changed a lot personally since I was what, 14 or 15 when this released? I've done somewhat of a switcheroo of opinion.
I've been really enjoying playing it fresh, the HD version looks crisp and nice, there's some varied and interesting levels and while I can forgive some of the slightly frustrating aspects of it given it's age I do wish they'd made more of an effort to re-do the controls for the re-release. I'm currently shooting for the achievements so I'm only about halfway through it on Perfect Agent difficulty and it's really starting to kick my arse.
Solid shooting action, some interesting puzzles and objectives scattered throughout a nicely varied set of locations. Great game.
Recommended? Highly.
The Last of Us - PS3
Status: Completed
I don't need to say too much about this, I wrote a lengthy blog about it a little while ago. I didn't talk too much about the game itself though but I will say I had my issues with it. But most of them were issues of potential, there was a lot of things I wanted The Last of Us to be (Survival Horror, for one) which it just wasn't. But I can't bring myself to let that nitpicking get in the way for once. Which is rare for me.
Highly polished stealth action with some really unique twists and turns in both gameplay and the exceedingly high quality plot.
Recommended? Abso-fucking-lutely. The Last of Us is great and while I feel a slew of 10/10's might be a little too much, you should still definitely play it.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 3DS
Status: Incomplete
Only a couple worlds in, I got it free with my new 3DS and have been playing it while waiting for Project X Zone to arrive. This is the second game in this blog to surprise me. I did not like NSMB1 very much and so imagine my surprise when I had a big childish grin on my face as I stomped my way through the first world. It's got solid platforming controls that perhaps don't quite come close to the classic Mario Bros, Mario Bros 3 or Super Mario World, but are still responsive and slick enough to guide you through the games interesting and entertaining levels, a lot of the old nostalgic enemies are back (as well as some of the more bizarre and less interesting ones) and are just as fun to stomp on. There's a somewhat bizarre emphasis on collecting coins, though, and it seems too easy for the most part so far. But that's ok.
Recommended? I wouldn't pay £35 for it, but yes.
Status: A piece of shit.
I thought Bart vs The Space Mutants and Home Alone 2 were bad. Holy fuck they look like retro classics compared to LAIR. I believe LAIR was a launch PS3 game (although I'm not sure about the US, as EU PS3 launch was delayed 6 months) and I remember it being heavily criticised for it's fucking awful Sixaxis control scheme.
"Oh don't worry, they updated it to use traditional flying controls. It's fine now." a fan of the game advised me as I picked it up for something like £4. The controls are fucking unusable, the game is borderline unplayable. You control a dragon rider who's job is usually to perform some bullshit tasks on a large battlefield, such as taking out enemy dragons or large units, protecting barge's as they move slowly down a river, etc.
This fish is less slippery than the controls in LAIR
It's got some interesting set pieces and locations, but as a launch game both the framerate and graphics are pretty abysmal, even for a launch game. There's next to nothing to be found here in terms of plot or story at least as far as I got into the game.
The game uses somewhat standard flight controls, you've got a boost button and an airbrake, as well as looking around to determine your direction. But the dragon turns and sways like a fucking zeppelin caught in an updraft. It's nearly impossible to maneuver precisely enough to initiate combat with enemy dragon riders, and when you do it becomes a clusterfuck of unresponsive sixaxis bullshit and an asinine combat minigame that has you pressing buttons to block the enemy dragons attack and counter-attack, but it's usually more effective to just mash on the "Breath fire" button.
Lair is an unplayable piece of shit.
Not even if somebody offers it to you for free.
That's the highlights, I also played some other NES games and attempted (and failed) to get into Advance Wars again. My random game selector this time, moving away from the NES stuff for a bit, has given me Croc: Legend of the Gobbos to play through. Which should be interesting because I know one of the developers, and remember hating it as a child.
What have you been playing? How are your back catalog's looking? Do you have a lot to play or just a handful of things? I want to hear what you've all been playing and what you thought of it.
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Students seeking this degree must also complete one additional formal upper-level Geosciences course at Potsdam University during their year abroad. Recommended are courses that focus on computer-based visualization of geoscience data, using GIS or other visualization platforms. Along with the formal Geoscience course work completed at UM and abroad, students earning this degree must complete a minimum of 27 credits in cognate sciences classes, including the following: PHSX 205N/206N-207N/208N or PHSX 215N/216N - 217N/218N; CHMY 121N/123N or CHMY 141N/143N; M 162/274 OR M 171/172; three credits in Computer Science (modeling or programming), or GIS or Statistics. Also required is one year of college German, GRMN 101/102 or one year of college-level Gaelic (ENIR/IRSH 101 and ENIR/IRSH 102) and completion of general education requirements relevant to German and Irish culture and history.
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This option is designed specifically for students who seek to combine a rigorous education in the Geosciences with a year-long international geosciences experience and an emphasis on field-based learning. It requires attending classes and living overseas. Students demonstrating a high level of performance at the University will be eligible for partial financial support as funds are available. Although most of the course work completed during the year abroad will take place at University Potsdam in Germany, additional course work is required at the University College Cork in Ireland. For students who satisfy all degree requirements, a B.S. degree in International Field Geosciences will be awarded by The University of Montana and a second B.S. degree in International Field Geosciences will be awarded by Potsdam University. The following UM Geoscience courses are required to earn this degree: GEO 101N ; GEO 102N ; GEO 211 ; GEO 225 ; GEO 228, GEO 231 ; GEO 326 ; and GEO 429 . Also required are a minimum of 15 credits in upper division UM Geoscience courses selected from among the following: GEO 305, 310, 311, 315, 320, 327, 420, 433, 438, 443, 437, 442, 460, 491 .
In addition to Geoscience coursework completed at UM, the following overseas field-based Geoscience courses are required: BP15 (Field course France, run by Potsdam) or BW01 (Field course-Norway, run by Potsdam) or BW02 (Field course-Alps, run by Potsdam); plus one of the following courses offered by University College Cork; GL 2016 (Easter Field Course-Dingle Peninsula), GL3019 (Easter Field Course-Western Scotland), ER3002 (Easter Field Course-North Clare), GL4008 (Easter Field Course-Central Greece) or another equivalent-level field course run by UCC and approved a priori by their Potsdam and UM advisors. Students seeking this degree must also complete any four of the following courses offered by Potsdam University: Regional Geology; Paleoclimate & Quaternary Geology; Analysis of Geologic maps; Analytic Geochemistry; Natural Hazards; Tectonophysics & Rheology; Seismology; Seismics; Geoelectrics; Sedimentary systems & stratigr. Geomorphology; Tectonics and geodynamics.
Along with the formal Geoscience course work, students earning this degree must complete a minimum of 27 credits in cognate sciences classes, including the following: PHSX 205N/206N-207N/208N or PHSX 215N/216N - 217N/218N; CHMY 121N/123N or CHMY 141N/143N; M 162/274 or M 171/172; three credits in Computer Science (modeling or programming), or GIS or Statistics. While overseas, the students must complete two additional cognate science courses at Potsdam University. Also required is one year of college German GRMN 101/102 and completion of general education requirements relevant to German and Irish culture and history.
Option in Earth Science Education
Major Teaching Field of Earth Science: A student must complete GEO 101N, 102N, 105N or 108N, 211, 228, 226, 231, 304, 311, 3 additional credits from any geosciences course numbered 300 or above. Also required are, ASTR 131N, M 151, STAT 216, CHMY 121N, CHMY 123N, 485, PHSX 205N/206N, PHSX 207N/208N and EDU 497. For endorsement to teach earth science, a student also must gain admission to the Teacher Education Program and meet the requirements for teaching licensure (see the College of Education section of this catalog). Students must complete the requirements for the required second teaching endorsement (major or minor). Students should develop their course of study with an Education advisor.
Students enter our degree program from a number of different directions. Yet, our general advising remains the same. Students should plan on starting their math and chemistry sequences as freshman and beginning the physics sequence as sophomores. The following is provided as a planning guideline for the B.S. Geosciences degree option and assumes adequate high-school preparation in mathematics, chemistry and physics. If more preparation is needed in those disciplines, the student should develop a course of study with a Geosciences Department advisor. Students pursuing either of the International Field Geosciences B.S. degree programs (IFG-dual or IFG-joint) should see the IFG advisor to develop a course of study that meets those requirements because they are substantially different than the Geosciences B.S. degree program.
First Year |
CHMY 141N (CHEM 161N) College Chemistry I |
5 |
- |
CHMY 143N (CHEM 162N) College Chemistry II |
- |
5 |
M 171 (MATH 152) Calculus I |
4 |
- |
M 172 (MATH 153) Calculus II |
- |
4 |
GEO 101N/102N (GEOS 100N/101N) Intro to Physical Geology |
4 |
- |
GEO 211 (GEOS 200) Earth History and Evolution |
- |
2 |
General Education & WRIT 101 (ENEX 101) College Writing (as needed) |
3 |
4 |
Total |
16 |
15 |
Second Year |
GEO 225 Earth Materials |
4 |
- |
GEO 228 (GEOS 228) Earth Surface Processes |
- |
2 |
GEO 231 (GEOS 230) Geosciences Field Methods | - | 2 |
PHSX 215 & 216 (PHYS211N/213N) Fundamentals of Physics with Calc I & Lab | 5 | - |
PHSX 217N/218N (PHYS 212N/214N) Fundamentals of Physics with Calc II & Lab II | - | 5 |
Electives and General Education |
6 |
6 |
Total |
15 |
15 |
Third Year |
GEO at 300 level or above |
6/8 |
- |
GEO at 300 level or above |
- |
6/8 |
GIS/Computer Science/Statistics |
3/4 |
- |
Electives and General Education |
3/6 |
7/9 |
Total |
15 |
15 |
Fourth Year |
GEO at 300 level or above1 |
3/4 |
3/4 |
Upper Division Writing Course or Senior Thesis3 (GEO 320 or 499) |
3 |
3 |
Additional cognate science or Independent Research2* |
3/2 |
3/2 |
Electives and General Education |
6 |
6 |
Total |
15 |
15 |
1. A total of 30 additional science credits are required. See special degree requirements. 2. GEO 429 (6 cr), Field Geology can also be taken in the summer to meet upper division Geosciences course requirements. 3. A Senior Thesis must be approved and mentored by a Geosciences faculty member and should be started no later than the fall of the student's senior year and completed by the end of spring semester.
To earn a minor in Geosciences the student must complete at least 18 credits in Geoscience courses. A typical sequence is, GEO 101N (or 105N or 108N), and GEO 102N, 211, 226, 228 and 231; plus 300-400 level Geoscience courses for a total of 18 credits or more. However, any sequence of Geoscience courses is acceptable with the consent of a Geoscience advisor. All courses must be taken for a traditional letter grade, and meet the minimum university grade requirements for major and minor course work (C-).
R- before the course description indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum indicated after the R. Credits beyond this maximum do not count toward a degree.
Geology (GEO) - Course Descriptions
Marc S. Hendrix, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1992
Nancy W. Hinman, Ph.D., University of California (San Diego), 1987
Johnnie N. Moore, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles), 1976
James W. Sears, Ph.D., Queen's University, 1979
Steven D. Sheriff, Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1981
George D. Stanley, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1977
James R. Staub, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1985
William W. Woessner, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison), 1978
Julia A. Baldwin, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003
Rebecca O. Bendick, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2000
Joel T. Harper, Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1997
Andrew C. Wilcox, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2005
Marco P. Maneta, Ph.D., University of Extremadura (Spain), 2006
David Alt, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1961
Donald W. Hyndman, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1964
Ian M. Lange, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1968
Raymond C. Murray, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1955
Graham R. Thompson, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve, 1971
John P. Wehrenberg, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1956
Donald Winston, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1963


text: by David F. Salisbury Two monumental fang-toothed masks, elaborate jade ritual objects and a stone monolith engraved with the portrait of a king found in the 2,500-year-old ruins of a neglected archaeological site deep in the Guatemalan jungle are shedding new light on the early development of the Maya civilization in Central America. These discoveries were made by Francisco Estrada-Belli, assistant professor of archeology at Vanderbilt, at a site called Cival in the Petén region of northern Guatemala, about 20 miles east of the well-known ruins of Tikal and were announced by the National Geographic Society, which funds his research. Estrada-Belli is featured in a National Geographic special Dawn of the Maya that premiered on PBS May 12. Archaeologists generally divide the Maya civilization into three main time periods: Preclassic from about 2000 B.C. to A.D. 250; Classic from A.D. 250 to A.D. 900; and Postclassic from A.D. 900 to A.D. 1521. During the Preclassic period, the Maya are characterized as having an unsophisticated, farming culture organized into tribes and headed by chieftains. The classic period is dated from the advent of Maya writing and is characterized by the development of priest-kings who presided over city-states with hundreds of thousands of inhabitants. During this time the total Maya population may have topped one million. Internecine warfare among the city states finally led to the civilizations collapse. Although certain power centers like Chichén Itzá survived the collapse, Maya cities were in general decline when the Spanish arrived and ultimately brought the native civilization to a violent end. The discoveries at Cival indicate that the Maya had developed the sophisticated culture and many of the features, including priest-kings and city-states, attributed to the Classic period at least 500 years earlier than previously thought. We are witnessing the development of dynastic rituals at an unexpectedly early date, said Estrada-Belli. One of the most convincing pieces of evidence is the discovery of a stone monolith, or stela, at Cival bearing the portrait of a king. Such stelae are fairly common during the Classic period, but Estrada-Bellis team has dated the pillar to at least 300 B.C., making it the first monolith of the type that has been discovered in the Preclassic. The development of priest-kings was important because they used their god-like powers to build major metropolises, control the large populations that inhabited them and commission large construction projects, including pyramids and large stone temple complexes. So the evidence for the early development of the priest-king system goes hand-in-hand with Estrada-Bellis determination that Cival was much larger than previously thought. Cival is located deep in the tropical rainforest, making it difficult to get to and to study. When Harvard archaeologist Ian Graham first mapped the site in the 1980s, the jungle concealed all but a few of the largest stone buildings and pyramids so he categorized it as a minor site. Estrada-Belli, however, was able to get a more accurate survey of the site using satellite imagery. The aerial images revealed that the ruins sprawl over an area of four square miles and gave the archaeologists exact coordinates for individual structures that they have been able to locate using GPS navigation technology. These techniques have allowed them to determine that the city originally had five pyramids and three large plazas and to estimate that at its height in 150 B.C. the city supported a population of about 10,000. Satellite navigation also allowed the archaeologists to determine that the citys central, ceremonial complex had an important astronomical orientation. The central axis of the main plaza points directly at the location on the eastern horizon where the sun rises at the equinox. Lines drawn from the western pyramid to two of the other buildings also line up with sunrise at winter and summer solstice. The city was abandoned in mysterious circumstances shortly after A.D. 100 and never reoccupied. That means the older structures and artifacts are much easier for the archaeologists to find and study. Because the Maya had a habit of putting new buildings directly on top of older structures, Preclassic remains are few and far between at sites like Homul and Tikal that were occupied during the Classic period. The El Mirador site, also in Guatemala, is a Preclassic site similar to Cival, but even bigger. El Mirador boasts of a pyramid that rivals in size those in Egypt and once held an estimated population of 100,000. Excavations there have also found evidence of a highly developed culture. In the past El Mirador has been largely dismissed as an anomaly, said Estrada-Belli. But, when combined with what we have found at Cival, it seems clear that an entire network of city-states existed at this time and they were probably competing with each other in the same way that the city-states did during the Classic and Postclassic periods. In fact, the label of preclassic may turn out to be a misnomer for the period of 500 B.C. to 200 A.D., he adds. Cival has yielded other indications of a sophisticated hierarchy and complex religious practices comparable to those practiced during the Classic Maya period, Estrada-Belli reports. At the foot of one of the pyramids, the archaeologists found a depression in the shape of a cross that contained five smashed jars, one in each arm and one in the center. Under the central jar, they found 120 pieces of jade: Most were polished round pebbles, but five were jade axes, which may date back to 500 B.C. Because the Maya believed that their kings embodied the maize god on Earth, the archaeologists consider this one of the earliest examples of public rituals associated with accession of power in the Maya world. These appear to be part of a solar ritual associated with the Maya agricultural cycle, said Estrada-Belli. The jars are an offering of water. The green and blue jade symbolize maize, or corn. The upright jade axes symbolize sprouting maize plants. This is a cosmic offering. The cruciform is the shape of the Maya cosmos. Most recently, Estrada-Belli and his students have discovered a pair of monumental stucco masks of Maya deities that they think originally flanked a staircase on one of the pyramids. The masks are giant 15- by 9-foot faces and are in a remarkable state of preservation. Its almost as if someone made this yesterday, he said. The masks eyes are L-shaped, their eyes are adorned with corn husks, suggesting the Maya maize deity, the ears are marked with four dots and the squared-off mouth has snakes fangs in its center. Ceramics associated with the masks date them to about 150 B.C. Because the pyramid has a second level, According to Estrada-Belli, there is room for a second pair of masks that he hopes to also unearth. In addition to their striking appearance, the giant masks have important archaeological significance. Not only do they have a number of features common in Maya sculpture, but they also have some features that are also found on jade sculptures carved by the Olmecs, who lived from about 1300 B.C. to 400 B.C. in the Eastern Lowlands of Mexico. The Olmecs also made cruciform offerings similar to those found at Cival. The traditional view is that the Olmec developed a number of sophisticated cultural practices, including mathematics, astronomy, writing, irrigated agricultural and kingship, which the Maya borrowed from them. These practices are thought to have spread first to the Maya who lived in the temperate highlands region of Guatemala and then filtered down to the lowland Maya. But Cival casts new doubt on this theory. It looks as if these cultural practices were being developed in parallel in lowland cities like Cival at the same time as they were in the highlands and coastal regions, said Estrada-Belli. It is also looking more likely that the cultural exchange between the Maya and Olmec was a two-way street. It didnt just go one way. The team also found what may be an important clue to the final fate of Cival. They have found a defensive wall that was constructed hastily. According to Estrada-Belli, the six-foot-high wall appears to have been a desperate attempt to close off the inner core of the site. This suggests that Cival met the same fate as many other Maya city-states: conquest by a more powerful neighbor. For more information, please visit the Exploration web site at http://exploration.vanderbilt.edu/news/features/maya_origins/news_maya_origins.htm. Posted 6/9/04


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The Significance of International Tax Rules for Sourcing Income: The Relationship Between Income Taxes and Trade Taxes
This paper examines how rules to determine the source of income internationally for tax purposes can have important effects on the form in which taxable income is reported and on the location of economic activity. In the case of U.S. law, two provisions are significant: allowing a portion of export income to be regarded as foreign source and treating royalties received as foreign source. These source rules have become increasingly important due to tax policy changes adopted in the 1980s and to the growing role in U.S. production and trade of goods that require intangible intellectual property. In addition, very similar transactions can be carried out as trade in goods, trade in services or production by a foreign affiliate, and tax incentives can influence that choice. How the source rules operate and the incentives they create are demonstrated in a set of stylized calculations to determine after-tax returns under various assumptions about relevant income and withholding tax rates, tariffs, and the importance of tangible and intangible capital in production. An assessment of the empirical importance of these provisions is based on recent studies of the determinants of trade and investment by U.S. multinational corporations. The treatment of royalty income appears to encourage royalty payments from high-tax countries and to promote real economic activity there.Download Info
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Patricia A. Butenis was nominated by President Barack Obama as the U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives on May 27, 2009. She was confirmed by the Senate on August 4, 2009 and sworn in on August 19, 2009. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, rank of Career Minister. Prior to this assignment, Ambassador Butenis served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad from 2007-2009. From 2006-2007, she served as Ambassador to Bangladesh and from 2004-2006 as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad.
Ambassador Butenis joined the Foreign Service in 1980. She has served consular tours in Karachi, Pakistan, in San Salvador, El Salvador, in New Delhi, India, and in Bogotá, Colombia. She attended the National War College, served in the Visa Office of the Consular Affairs Bureau, and as Consul General in Warsaw, Poland and Bogotá, Colombia.
Ambassador Butenis received the Baker-Wilkins Award as the Outstanding Deputy Chief of Mission for her service in Iraq (2008). She received the Presidential Rank Award (2007), the Senior Foreign Service Performance Award (five times), the State Department's Superior Honor Award (twice), and the Meritorious Honor Award (twice).
Raised in New Jersey, Ambassador Butenis received a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude and an M.A. in International Relations from Columbia University. Ambassador Butenis supports animal welfare organizations and activities wherever possible.


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Son House's place, not only in the history of Delta blues, but in the overall history of the music, is a very high one indeed. He was a major innovator of the Delta style, along with his playing partners Charley Patton and Willie Brown. Few listening experiences in the blues are as intense as hearing one of Son House's original 1930s recordings for the Paramount label. Entombed in a hailstorm of surface noise and scratches, one can still be awestruck by the emotional fervor House puts into his singing and slide playing. Little wonder then that the man became more than just an influence on some white English kid with a big amp; he was the main source of inspiration to both Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson, and it doesn't get much more pivotal than that. Even after his rediscovery in the mid-'60s, House was such a potent musical force that what would have been a normally genteel performance by any other bluesmen in a "folk" setting turned into a night in the nastiest juke joint you could imagine, scaring the daylights out of young white enthusiasts expecting something far more prosaic and comfortable. Not out of Son House, no sir. When the man hit the downbeat on his National steel-bodied guitar and you saw his eyes disappear into the back of his head, you knew you were going to hear some blues. And when he wasn't shouting the blues, he was singing spirituals, a cappella. Right up to the end, no bluesman was torn between the sacred and the profane more than Son House.
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This casual puzzler isn't bad, but we'd rather vacation in the forest than the ocean.
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We've been covering the Zenses series from Game Factory since its initial unveiling, and now that both Ocean and Rainforest have made their release for the holiday season– and we've taken both through their respective paces– we've returned to not only tell you if one (or both) of the games are winners in their respective"casual puzzle"genre, but also to a give you the lowdown on which of the two we personally enjoy more. First up on the list is Zenses: Ocean Edition. Packaged with six casual games, all of which are touch-only in design, Game Factory is out to appeal to the casual, female demographic and deliver a design with a tranquil oceanic theme, both in sound and visual design. What it really comes down to though are the six puzzles. Some of which are pretty entertaining, while others are a bit on the– dare we say it–"shallow"side.Right off the bat we need to be specific in stating that Zenses (both Ocean and Rainforest) aren't hardcore games, so this review is geared more towards the casual user. If you've got a mom, sister, or younger family member or friend that's into DS, but might even consider games like Super Princess Peach or even Brain Age as a bit too complex, Zenses is the way to go, as it's very straightforward, score takes a backseat to just relaxing and playing a few rounds of one of the games, and the achievements that can be unlocked are purely optional, as everything in the package is unlocked from the get-go.What it really comes down to though, are the games. Zenses Ocean has a few winners, and a few letdowns as far as we're concerned. All of these, by the way, can be seen in greater detail in our hands-on of Zenses, found byclicking here.Some of the games, including the two shown above, are pretty fun. Others, though, are a little too simple.
To kick things off, Zen-Stones is a bit too basic for us, based mainly on matching like stones and then having them cascade down into a pile again. With a little practice players can learn the patters of the falling stones, but more than likely the casual crowd is just going to match a few that they recognize, and the rest will be left to luck. On the flipside, Pearl Diver is a pretty interesting one, made up of random sets of colored pearls where you need to connect them in a triangle to eliminate as many pearls as possible. Since only like-colored ones can be highlighted at once, it becomes a battle to try and surround as many pearls as you can with huge three-point shapes, eliminating more pearls at once which yield greater scores. The only real downside to this one is that a few of the pearls look nearly identical in color, so if you aren't paying close attention you might count on a color being purple, when really it's dark pink. All in all though, Pearl Diver is a winner.Turtle Turn is another decent one, though it's very simple in concept. Pick a shell to flip, and all neighboring ones flip along with it. With shape patterns to create on the top screen, it's a mind game that requires you to plan ahead and execute multiple moves in advance. Hot Spot is also an interesting one, and one of the only games in the pack that have a real art style to it. Based on creating fluorescent sea critters out of pieces on the bottom screen, this character creator has a very Electroplankton feel to it, and it's simple fun. Shell Twirl isn't so impressive though, with the goal of grabbing objects and setting them in shadowed areas that correspond with shape. There's a bit more depth that than, but al in all it's pretty simple. The final offering though, Wave Breaker, is a challenging little memory game that can be really fun, and has a simple design to it. Look at the objects on the bottom screen, a wave comes in and covers them up, and then you need to find the requested object again to move onto the next level. Simple, but fun.The audio/visual offering in Zenses also follows that same"simple but fun"design, with animations and transitional effects applied only where needed, keeping the development of the game down while still wakling the line between"elaborate flash game"and"simple DS offering."The music is made up of simple, trance orchestrals, and fits the mood of the title very well. Even the interface, while very simple and touch-only in design, fits well with the Zenses philosophy. It's a polished, but as basic as possible to keep things inviting and easy to use.


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The Fairview High School Quarterback Club will have a fishing tournament Saturday at Smith Lake Park. Fishing will begin at safe light and conclude at 3 p.m. If two flights are necessary, then one weigh-in will be at 3 p.m. and another at 3:15 p.m.
The cost to enter is $110 per boat, with $10 of that fee going toward the prizes for big fish (largemouth bass and spotted bass). The payback will be determined based on the number of boats registered. One place will be paid for every 10 boats entered. First-place is guaranteed $1,000.
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A nose job may have fixed her deviated septum, but it has rendered Ashley Tisdale (even more) unrecognizable. Who's that girl? Mira Sorvino?! Sarah Michelle Gellar?!
Known mostly as the chick from "High School Musical" who isn't dating Zac Efron, Ash showed off her new beak on Wednesday, after canceling concerts last weekend due to her surgery. Tisdale may have recovered from rhinoplasty, but will her career?! Ashlee Simpson's never did!
In the early '90s, "Dirty Dancing" star Jennifer Grey's face-altering nose job went so well -- she barely worked again!
She's a pretty young woman who had some facial surgery to feel better about herself..good for her! At least she didn't inflate her breasts or lips to stupid ginormous proportions. You look mahvelous, Ashley..now go and put on some mascara!
She can breathe better now, big deal. That doesn't change her looks! The bleached out hair did that.
She's not wearing makeup! When you ussually wear a ton, and thenyou wear none, your gonna look diffrerent. Also her hair is a diffrerent color. Good grief, I think she looks great, dont really notice the difference.
I don't get this High School Musical crap. I had to turn the channel after about 10 minutes... but this girl looks much better with her new nose. I don't know. She looks quite pretty, and much more approachable, like the girl next door. Before, I got annoyed with her "I'm hot, and I know it" face. And she wasn't.
I thinks it the hair color and lack of makeup that is throwing people off more than the nose. Give her some time to heal and she'll get back to normal.
Let's be realistic, if the media had not blown this story way out of proportion, no one would have noticed the difference in Ashley's new nose.
Jennifer Grey's looks were dramatically changed after her nose job.
BTW, what is up with TMZ's new makeover?????
She should've never had plastic surgery. I think she looked A LOT better with her old nose. Now she looks like so many of the other young hollywood starlets. She looks plain. At least her old nose gave her a unique look.
Whoa, she looked way better before. Now I wouldn't look twice at her.
"Flaws" add character. They are what makes people beautiful and unique.
..............It ISN'T JUST the NOSE!!!!.............Look at her!!!!............WHAT ELSE WAS DONE, BESIDES ENHANCING HER SKI SLOPE NOSE?!!!!!!!!
NOT an improvement. She could've had the "deviated septum" fixed without cutting half her nose off. You know, some of these ladies go get parts of their bodies cut off that were only helping their appeal in the first place. Some people think are larger nose is pretty on a lady. I am an ears person myself. Love GIGANTIC ears........can't help it, born that way. Now these people that go and get their ears pinned back or pared down - not for me.
The angle of the pictures are different. She isnt wearing any eye make up. I think that contributes to her looking different.


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rogerd - 2:29 am on Oct 22, 2004 (gmt 0)
Most forums are labors of love for someone, or a group of people. Forums attached to business sites, though, have to be evaluated carefully to see if they will benefit the site's overall mission. Sorry to hear about the demise of that forum, though. Perhaps they should have tried to spin it off to some of the major enthusiasts. Even though the forum may have been a financial loser, one would hate to compound the problem by creating a bunch of ill will by shutting it down without notice.
Maintaining a forum can be a huge workload - ask any admin of a busy forum!


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