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Whitecliff Vineyards: A hidden treasure in the Hudson River ValleyNovember 16,2012
Wine production in America has long been dominated by the West Coast. Ever since the 1976 Judgment of Paris, the wines of California have thrived on the international stage, and the wines of Oregon and Washington were quick to follow in their footsteps. Together, these three states have combined to produce a West Coast centric view of American wines, with the wines of New York State serving as the only evidence that quality wines could be produced on the East Coast. Sadly, faced with distribution challenges, small scale production, and myriad sources of competition in an American wine market that is becoming ever more globalized, most New York State wines have remained an undiscovered treasure for most wine consumers.
However, the exposure being afforded to New York wines has expanded rapidly in recent years. This development is not surprising, as Vitis vinifera vines were not planted in New York until the late 1950s, when Dr. Konstantin Frank demonstrated that Riesling, and subsequently other noble grape varietals, could be grown in New Yorks cold climate. Prior to that time, viticulture in New York had been largely limited to Vitis labrusca grapes (e.g. Concord and Catawba) which are native to the region. When compared to Californias viticultural history, where the growth of Vitis vinifera vines can be traced to the 1860s, it is easy to see why New Yorks evolution as a world class wine producing region has only recently begun to be recognized.
Much of the publicity surrounding New Yorks wines in recent years has focused on the Long Island and Finger Lakes regions. Lettie Teague, of the Wall Street Journal, and Eric Asimov, of the New York Times, have each written articles praising the emergence of both regions wines red and white. Although Riesling has historically been the signature grape of the Finger Lakes, and to an extent, of New York wines in general, other grape varietals, including Gewurztraminer, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, and Lemberger (Blaufrankisch), are rapidly emerging as New York varietals to take note of. Yet, with all the attention that has been focused on Long Island and the Finger Lakes, another historic New York region has been largely overlooked.
New Yorks Hudson River Valley is one of the four major wine regions in New York (Lake Erie is the other). It is home to the oldest vineyards in the state (planted by the French Huguenots in 1677), and to the oldest continually operating winery in the United States (Brotherhood Winery, established 1839). Yet due to the fact that the region doesnt receive a plethora of critical attention, on my first visit earlier this year, I had little idea what to expect.
A small family run estate, founded in 1979 by Michael Migliore and his wife, Yancey, Whitecliff Vineyards was far and away the most impressive wine tasting experience that we enjoyed on that trip. While I was taken with the winerys small family atmosphere, the stunning views of the nearby Shawangunk Cliffs that loom over the vineyards, and the overall tasting lineup, I was most impressed by the winerys 2010 Pinot Noir during my initial visit to Whitecliff. Given the relatively cool climate in the Hudson Valley, I was somewhat skeptical about the regions capability to produce quality Pinot Noir. Yet, as I put my nose to the glass, I was greeted with bright, vibrant aromas of red cherries, balanced by notions of earth and smoke. The wine was similarly impressive on the palate elegant, lithe, and light-bodied, with flavors of bing cherry, mineral notes, and good acidity. It could have easily been confused for a leaner red Burgundy from the Cote de Beaune, or a slightly more robust Cru Beaujolais.
I returned to Vermont that evening, toting a bottle of Whitecliff Pinot Noir that I planned to enjoy later that summer. We opened the bottle in September and it was every bit as delicious as it had been in the tasting room. As we sipped the wine, I wondered if the Pinot Noir had been produced from estate fruit - that is, grown on site at Whitecliffe, or if it had been sourced from a neighboring region, like Long Island, or the Finger Lakes. Pinot Noir is notoriously difficult to grow, and although I had read that top-quality Pinot Noir was emerging from New York, a small part of me wondered if the grape could thrive in a cold, northerly climate, without the moderating effects of a lake or ocean. Was the Hudson River Valley really capable of producing top-flight Pinot Noir? I wondered. I decided to contact the winery to find out.
After a few rounds of phone tag, and email exchanges, I was able to connect with Tristan Migliore, Whitecliffs Wine Club Manager, and son of owners, Michael and Yancey. Tristan wasnt sure of the percentage of the Pinot Noir that was estate grown, but he assured me that a good percentage of the grapes used in the wine were grown at the estate. Tristan told me that Whitecliff attempts to grow as many grapes on site as was possible, and then augments the estate grapes with grapes from a combination of vineyards that they manages in the Hudson Valley, the North Fork of Long Island, and the Fingerlakes. Tristan explained that the varied growing conditions with each vintage influenced the amount that could be grown on site.
The percentage of grapes grown on site varies year to year and from varietal to varietal and we always try to grow as much as we can on site, Tristan said. In general, Id say that anywhere from 40%-60% is grown on site.
We grow a large variety of different vines on site and plant more almost every year, Tristan continued, noting that Seyval Blanc, Traminitte, Noiret, Pinot Noir are the most widely planted varietals among the twenty-plus that are currently planted at Whitecliff.
The first three are hybrid grapes, which are common in cold climate wine growing regions, as they are bred to withstand the cold conditions. However, given the nature of Northeast winters, I was surprised and extremely impressed by the fact that significant estate plantings of Pinot Noir not only existed, but were thriving at Whitecliff. When determining what grapes to plant in the Hudson Valley climate, the Migliore familys decision is based in large part on trial and error.
We usually plant small portions of new varietals and see how they do in the winters and spring. If they can handle the weather, then we plant more! Tristan said enthusiastically.
Though not all the grapes are grown on site, a trip to the Whitecliff tasting room is ample evidence to conclude that significant winemaking expertise exists at the estate. In September, my girlfriend and I returned to the Whitecliff tasting room, to find that the 2011 vintage of the Pinot Noir had been released, and the 2010 Pinot Noir had sold out. The Pinot Noir was young, but showed the promise of its predecessor from 2010. In addition, a new wine, a Merlot-Malbec blend from the 2011 vintage, now graced the tasting room table. After one sip, my girlfriend and I looked at each other, and knew that wed found something special. Warm aromas of honeyed red fruit, and floral notes wafted from the glass, while vibrant flavors of fresh black cherry coated the palate. I grabbed a bottle of each to take home, as Whitecliff wines are not currently distributed in Vermont.
Until Whitecliff wines obtain broader distribution Tristan assured me it was something the winery was looking into my girlfriend and I will continue to be content to visit the tasting room on trips to New Paltz, and buy a few bottles to take home to Vermont. The drive from Burlington is only about 4 hours each way, making it two hours closer to Vermont than either the Finger Lakes, or Long Island. Those regions may get the lions share of publicity when it comes to wines from New York State, but the wines from Whitecliff present a compelling reason not to forget the Hudson Valley. In addition to their stellar reds, Whitecliff also produces a lineup of white wines which are definitely worth exploring, and include the winerys best selling wine, the Awosting White. A blend of Seyval Blanc and Vignoles, it is named after a lake and waterfall in the nearby Minnewaska State Park Preserve, home to fabulous scenery and hiking. Combining a hike at Minnewaska, followed by a tasting at Whitecliff, makes for a great day for any lover of great wine and natural beauty.MORE IN Food & DiningMy 16-month-old daughter has started identifying her favorite fruit, joyfully crying ba-NA-na! ... Full StoryAs a mom, I know theres no better gift on Mothers Day than being served breakfast in bed,... Full Story -
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An updated version of the original Reverse game (previously reviewed on JIG), Reverse 2 is a very simple point-to-move-the-block game where the basic rule is that the mouse input directions have been reversed, so pushing the mouse up pulls you down, and so forth.
Gear Puzzle is a simple puzzle game featured in our recent game design competition. As the game begins, a small blue character with big puppy-dog eyes catches sight of a pink character locked in a cage. The cage is chained to a gear suspended from the top of the screen. Pegs line the wall and various sized gears are scattered around. Helpless but heroic, the blue guy does the only thing he can to help: jumps on the gear across the room and starts spinning it. Your job is to arrange gears on the pegs to transfer the motion across the room to lower the cage.
Submachine Zero: Ancient Adventure is a spectacularly detailed Flash point-and-click puzzle game from one of the leading designers of the genre, Mateusz Skutnik. This competition entry also placed within a tight group of puzzles that resembled a photo-finish at the horse races. In other words, it was difficult to pass this entry by as a prize winner.
You've managed to make it to lunchtime. It's been a rough day but you are free for an hour and you'd love to spend it laying the smack down on some monsters RPG-style. However, it's going to be hard to install World of Warcraft on your puny work PC, and besides, you simply don't have time. What do you do? Fire up a game of DragonFable.
Monkey Kick Off is a stylish flash arcade game created by Niclas Åberg of Totebo Interactive. A monkey juggles a ball with his feet on the side of the screen. Wait for the right moment, then click the mouse to punt the ball as far as you can, sending it flying through forests, deserts, a Monkey Village and beyond. It's a classic game idea made fresh by creative design and a sharing feature that allow you to challenge your friends to beat your top score.
Another competition entry that was only narrowly edged out of an award, Jewel Drop by Nick Redmond consistently received high marks from each of the four reviewers. This ear-training, color-layering game features a clean and appealing interface and a luxuriously rich soundtrack that together create a unique and original game play experience.
Dona Room 2 is the second room escape game from Japanese flash designer Noaki Nakashima. The game is every bit as quirky and amusing as the original Dona Room and offers more great point-and-click gameplay. The entire game takes place in your kitchen where a note from your mother says you must find a snack before you can leave. Unfortunately the potato chips and cake are locked away, so you must find items and solve puzzles in order to get to them. The game has a little Japanese text but is completely playable without knowledge of the language.
Keys very nearly placed among the winners in our game design competition, and if we had but one additional prize, it would have. This mysterious and charming little puzzle game fit the theme perfectly by closely resembling a puzzle you might find in Click Drag Type. In fact, there weren't many other games that came this close to exactly what we were looking for.
Plasma Worm is a free (until September 15th) downloadable arcade action game for Windows, and it is an evolution of the traditional snake-eats-the-pellet games that have existed since time began. The game pays homage to Douglas Adams, and the storyline (such as it is) involves the piloting of a plasma worm through a tank within the Improbability Drive, eating stray probabilities that could gum up the engine.
Gateway is an impressive and delightful 3D puzzle game from Anders Gustafsson, awarded Honorable Mention and the coveted Audience Award in our first game design competition. The game has a very simple premise: guide a robot through a series of rooms; but you will have to solve a mini-puzzle within each room to advance.
Right on the heels of our first game design competition, the impetus for which was Simple Andy's brilliant collection of simple puzzle games known simply as Click Drag Type, comes another installment of the series that includes five (5) brand new puzzles!
Cyberpunk is a simple Flash puzzle game disguised as an arresting and involving hacking simulation. Armed with four programs and some intuition, you'll have to sneak into a remote computer guarded by obscure (and not-so-obscure) passwords, as well as by some nasty puzzles.
A flash design project by Phillip Reagan of Texas, USA, Thief weaves a cryptic atmosphere with captivating puzzles to pull you into a story you didn't even realize you were participating in. Thief is a well-deserving runner-up in our very first Casual Gameplay Design Competition.
At first glance the game appears to be a layout from a schematic diagram, which might easily scare you away if you're a non-technical type. And it will likely have you scratching your head wondering just what to do with it even if you are an electrical engineer. However, those adventurous souls that persevere, by poking around the surface to learn what is hiding underneath, will be nicely rewarded by what they find.
Liquid Webtoy is a Java-based application very similar to the Falling Sand games we're all so fond of. Rather than playing with solid elements, however, this game is focused on two things: liquid and color. Fill the screen with water, slosh it around with your mouse and add different shades to the mix. It can be as relaxing or chaotic as you like and is a great time-waster.
Mark Arenz has been designing games over at Ridiculopathy for years now and he has amassed an impressive selection with creative and original gameplay. He has recently released a sequel of sorts to a unique game concept he created about a year ago, and this one succeeds in improving the idea and taking it to the next level.
You know that dream, the one where you're walking down the streets of London listening to the frantic sounds of Gogol Bordello, when homicidal cartoons start spilling out of the scenery? Me neither, but thanks to Toon Crisis I know how to handle myself in just such a situation.
Skatefall is John Freeborn's tribute to one of the earliest platformers, the Atari 2600's Pitfall! With a bodacious new skateboard, online scoreboard, bonus items and powerups, 2D platforming has a new name: Skatefall Harry. As a homage, Skatefall is extremely effective and faithful; the graphics and sound are perfect and the difficulty, while formidable, is appropriate.
Three Degrees is a variation on a classic casual game, and it is played by clicking on groups of the same color to eliminate them from play. Of course, the larger the group the more points awarded. It is a very simple game to pick-up and play, a nice variation on a classic, and one that you will likely find yourself playing again and again.
Virtual Villagers is a downloadable real-time simulation game developed by Last Day of Work, the creators of Fish Tycoon and a number of other casual sim games. Take charge of a village of crash survivors and help them carve out a living on a jungle island. Teach them to farm, help them research scientific advancements and expand their population. It's a remarkably addictive game that's easy to play but impossible to stay away from!
Kodama is a quirky little ball-toss game that had me quickly hooked, and it wouldn't let me go until I had conquered its final challenge... with extreme prejudice. The gameplay is simple: you toss a little metal coin into a red or blue scoring area, while avoiding the black areas that will cost you one of your four lives.
Ray-Hound is a simple, well executed downloadable Windows shmup with a creative twist that sets it apart from other indie or commercial releases. Like Ohkubo's previous game, Warning Forever, Ray-Hound is a tiny download and absolutely free.
An adventure game in the classic sense of the genre, as well as in a more low-tech DHTML implementation, the Mystery of Castle Wildenburg combines original photography of Germany's deep woods with the cartoon drawings of artist Aurèle Mechler, which together produces a unique visual appeal to this engaging and compelling Web-based game by Jörg Jochims.
Ever watched Flipper and were jealous about all the tricks he could do? Now you, too, can have the charm of a sea-based mammal with Dolphin Olympics. This flash game by Alan Rawkins puts you in the role of a dolphin in an infinite blue ocean. Build speed, leap from the water and perform tricks to rack up a high score and boost your speed for the next jump. It's a surprisingly simple idea that borrows elements from a number of games yet feels fresh each time you play.
Created by Robert Kabwe of Montreal, Nimian Hunter makes use of an engine that creates the illusion of 3D in Flash, and it's very, very good. Play as a hunter on a mission to feed the beast that commands you. There is a narrative that unfolds as you play, with at least two different endings. Altogether a unique and unusual game.
A big warm shout-out to the folks over at Indie Superstar, a Web-based indie videocast all about indie games and the studios that create them, including in-person interviews with developers. Jayisgames is prominently featured in their latest episode, number 4, so be sure to pay them a visit and check it out!
Bullet Bill is a fan-made side-scrolling action game that borrows a couple of characters from the Super Mario Bros. games. The gameplay is pretty standard for a side-scroller. Use the arrow keys to navigate while trying to hit the breakable blocks, Goombas, and even occasional Mario or Luigi. The challenge is to avoid the green platforms that you may remember jumping on from the original SMB games.
Four Second Fury has been around a few months, and now a sequel to that game has just been released, called Four Second Frenzy. While both games feature the same fast-paced action and gameplay, the sequel offers even more mini-games than the original (50 total).
Lacking any sort of plot, Four Second Fury launches the player into a series of 20 randomly selected, four-second mini-games ranging from simple dodging games to "Simon says" type games. It doesn't try to be anything more than that: just a simple, quick Flash game when you have a few minutes to kill. And don't expect it to last longer than that.
Egg Way is another great release from Dofi Blog, creator of the World of Sand games (Hell of Sand, Sand Sand Sand) and the unique New Rolling Omusubi game. The goal is to guide a freshly liberated egg yolk down to a waiting frying pan. Gravity is not your friend in this game, and if the yolk takes too much punishment you'll have to start over. Using a pen that draws temporary platforms you must guide the delicate yolk to the goal as gently as possible. And then... breakfast time!
A very impressive Shockwave 3D action puzzler that incorporates physics and a variety of compelling contraptions as the basis for its gameplay. What sets Impulse apart from others in its class is its exceptional presentation and the precision of its underlying physics engine. From Taparo of Munich, Germany.
An action puzzle sorting game filled with bugs and grubs and leafy plants, Ant Tracks puts you in control of an army of ants on their way back to the nest after a successful foraging. This magnificently beautiful and enjoyable game is extremely well-polished from its photo-realistic graphics to its tranquilizing, almost Pikmin-like, soundtrack. Wonderful.
Added to the mysteriously vacant Flash flight sim category, Goggles Flight Sim dares to let you go places where you may only have heard about. Using information collected from Google's mapping service, Mark Caswell-Daniels has created this Flash application that allows you to fly around the world to destinations of your choosing. Casual fun.
One step beyond Shaolin Soccer, Lucky Eights throws poker into the already freaky mix of martial arts and organized sports. This Flash-based card game requires instantaneous reflexes and precision mouse clickage.
Tringo is an addictive puzzle game concocted by Nathan Keir in the beautiful bizzaro-world Second Life. The rules are a mixture of Tetris and Bingo. Arrange a series of shapes on a 5x5 grid and earn points by constructing blocks of 2x2 or greater, which are then eliminated.
We hosted our first Flash game design competition, and what an amazing event it was! 21 creative and original puzzle games were submitted from all over the world, and just about any one of them could have walked away with one of the prizes. You simply must play every one of these games and experience the amazing quality present in each of the entries. Cheers to everyone that participated, either by submitting an entry or by playing the games submitted!
Submachine 3 is a point-and-click game of exploration and puzzle solving created by Mateusz Skutnik. As the intro so cleverly notes, there are no items to collect, no diary to keep, no trash bin to check, and no spoon to, er, bend. It's just you, the machine, and an infinite metallic world to explore one screen at a time.
Horse Racing is the latest gameSheep effort, a Flash racing game that puts the player in control of one of three (3) different horses on a race to the finish line. Use the mouse for control in this easy-to-play game, running and jumping over hurdles and catching power-ups for some crazy horse shenanigans.
Artist/developer John Green, in a collaboration with Pinhead Games, has a demo out of his nearly finished Nearly Departed. This humorous graphic adventure game puts the player in control of a nearly cognizant zombie with amnesia that must attempt to unravel the mystery of his own demise. The full-featured, cross-platform compatible demo is a delight even by itself.
The summer of surreal surprises continues with this Flash adventure game from Slovakia. Haluz is a game of the point-and-click variety that contains several scenes and a variety of simple puzzles that must be solved to advance. What do you do when a very large bird makes off with your rooftop satellite dish? Well, use the resources around you to your best advantage and get it back.
Far, far from Skid Row, in a make-believe land (somewhere that's green,) lives a meat-eating plant in a terra-cotta pot. Now this plant is no ordinary meat-eating plant, for it can use its powerful jaws to grab ahold of ceiling or floor and pull itself along. Use the mouse to move the plant through 15 unique levels in Feed Me, a new platform game by Nitrome.
Hunt the Wumpus, by Gregory Yob, was one of the very first ever computer games back in the days of mainframes and punched cards. This version was created by Rod McFarland in Javascript and is based on Yob's original BASIC source. So it's time to relive this bit of early computer game history and play the classic, Hunt the Wumpus.
Timed Climb is yet another simple idea made into a unique and challenging Flash game. Using only a single button for platform jumping, the objective is to reach higher platforms to 'conquer' them. Timing is everything in this game, as the name suggests, with one bad jump often ending it all. An addictive game with a novel high score system.
Jussi and Marko, Flash game developers at OOPixel, borrow a little gameplay from several classics and wrap them all together into one nicely polished and addictive game. Asteroid Adventure is an arcade action game that will be both familiar and new to anyone that has played Asteroids before.
With almost 10 years in the making, Sanctum from Nioga is a very unique game. The best way to describe it would be to say it's like combining chess with Magic the Gathering in a miniature game board setting. It could be one of those classic board games we played as a child, except this game is all digital and played only online.
Geartaker is an arcade action game of skill in which the player jumps from wheel to wheel by clicking the mouse precisely. The author borrows the gameplay from another of his games, High Wheels, but strips it down to just jumping, plain and simple. A charming game with addictive gameplay from one of the best casual game designers there is, Tonypa.
Sand Sand Sand is another entry in the Falling Sand games from Dofi-Blog. This installment incorporates some of the best elements of World of Sand and Hell of Sand into one, allowing you to play with a variety of elements in even more ways than before.
Billed as a "candle-lit rendezvous between Erno Rubik, Dorothy Parker, and Milton Bradley," RSVP puts you in charge of arranging guests around a table such that each is surrounded by compatible people on either side.
A rather ominous and forboding title for a mysterious game that just popped up a few days ago. Tag this one under "riddle" as it is an HTML-based puzzle game for which answers to on-screen riddles are entered as URLs into the address bar of your browser to advance. But time is ticking.
Although you may have played similar games recently, such as Geometry Wars, Grid Wars, Rainbow Wars, and the like, this next one was very nicely done in Flash and requires no download other than the usual loading within a browser. Engaging from the second it starts, Neon is one of those rare games that just feels great to play.
Up next is a great pair of Java shmups (shoot-em-ups). Both are simple and small, and yet each offers an unusual idea; there are no run-of-the-mill 1942 or Gradius clones here. The miniscule Fuzetsu was Jos Hirth's entry in the Java 4k competition, and HIZ's Lash is a shmup with a defensive twist.
Gwen is a surprisingly gorgeous surrealistic adventure composed of richly detailed scenes filled with art, animation, sound and interactivity. With an over-arching narrative that borrows from the teachings and beliefs of Buddahism, this point-and-click game has more soul to reveal than most other games of its type. From Taiwan.
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Kudos is a turn-based life-simulation downloadable game recently released by Cliff Harris, otherwise known as Positech Studios, in the UK. It's a game in which how you spend each day, over time, defines who your character becomes: Does she prefer to stay at home and watch TV all day, go to evening classes to improve job prospects, or hang out with buddies down at the local boozer? Find out with Kudos.
One-Off is the latest escape-the-room creation by the Gotmail team. This time your task is to get a beautiful blue motorcycle out from the garage where it's kept. The motorcycle is locked, and so is the door to the garage. In order to open them, you'll have to search the garage for gadgets and clues and combine those with the environment at the appropiate places.
Another Web jewel from Australia's Game On initiative, Chiko: Accidental Alien is an exceptionally gorgeous and well-produced Flash adventure game that will keep you busy for hours. Help Chiko return to Earth after being swept away on a stray rocket shuttle found in a museum's basement. From there Chiko is taken to Squerx, the biggest fun park in the galaxy, where he embarks on a journey that spans three (3) delightful episodes.
Grow Nano is another fantastic release from On at Eyezmaze, creator of the unforgettable Grow series of flash games. Each installment uses a common theme of placing objects in a certain order to allow a sequence of events to play out. Grow Nano tweaks this idea and introduces timed gameplay. Instead of moving and placing items, all you have to do is click on certain hotspots as quickly as you can. It's a lot more difficult than it may sound, but strangely enough, almost as rewarding.
Cubic Exploding Goro is nearly as strange as the name suggests. This 3D action game from Japan puts you in the shoes of Goro, a grim angular anti-hero in a violent, polygonal Shockwave-powered world. Weird, fun and, with over 24 levels and a wide variety of enemies, quite challenging.
Developer Code is a series of six (6) point-and-click games of the escape-the-room variety, brought to us by IBM in China. The gameplay is the usual for this kind of game: For a reason unknown to you, you find yourself in a locked room with no apparent way out.
Nethack is a classic singl-player (randomly generated) dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of platforms, and yet each implementation uses the same game engine. But whether graphics or text-based, emphasis is on discovering dungeon detail rather than just killing everything in sight.
Another brilliantly intricate and well-designed puzzle game from Rob Allen, this one with similarities to classics Rogue and Lode Runner. Use the arrow keys for movement and navigate the player character (I) through each level to collect all of the gold (£) and then make it to the exit (E) safely. Complete with level editor to create your own level designs!
Chris Benjaminsen of Cosgames has come up with a simple and yet intensely effective multiplayer version of the classic arcade game, Asteroids, playable in any browser with the Flash plug-in. Each player (up to 16 in a room) pilots a ship in an all-out deathmatch, melee style, with the objective being to rack up more kills than deaths. Mad multiplayer mayhem, classic arcade style.
Panzo Invaders, like Gel Invaders before it, is a Shockwave arcade game similar in gameplay to a combination of Space Invaders and Breakout. Toss a steel ball up at floating enemies in the sky, but don't get hit by them when they fall to the ground! Grab coins for points and power-ups to extend play. Colorful and delightful.
Created by Bernd Mattiebe of Germany, Wogger is a multi-level, point-and-click surrealistic adventure in the same vein as the venerable Samorost. While much of the game is finding the correct click spot to move the story forward, there are a couple of puzzles that will pose a challenge for some.
L'expresso Empoisonné (The Poisoned Coffee) is a superb point-and-click mystery game created by Anode and Cathode, the authors of The Museum, The Casino and others. Paintings and other artwork have been stolen from a museum gallery. All of the evidence points to Damien Bestieu, one of the featured painters.
Monster Trucks Unleashed is an impressive 2D action driving game involving huge-wheeled monster trucks (of course), unlockable levels, and upgradable trucks. From the amazing Stimunation group of European Flash game developers.
Ryan Dewsbury of Toronto has created this multiplayer no-limit Texas Hold'em game, called gpokr, in Java using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT), which is a software development framework for Java developers to create AJAX applications. The latest version even has a Jayisgames table where many fun folks from here have been playing and carrying on. Come join in the fun! =)
A stylish Flash Breakout clone from GameDesign, Block Kuzusi demonstrates a great deal of respect for its roots while offering just enough originality to feel fresh. It is one of the better versions Breakout I've seen online, and well worth a look.
Daxo is an interactive portfolio created by musician and designer Hans Reichel. The style is similar to Blue Suburbia, another non-game we featured recently on JIG, and pulls together sound and image in a fusion of interactive multimedia.
Bonte Room 2 is the sequel to Bart Bonte's first room escape game we featured back in December. The game shares a lot with its predecessor, including simplistic art style, room layout, and a strange animal that's integral to solving the game's puzzles.
There is more than one way to enjoy this simple but effective Flash platform game construction set. Leveraging the power of player-generated content and the Web, Block Action puts platform game level design into the hands of millions and thus offers virtually unlimited variety in ways to enjoy its gameplay.
Hit the dance floor in this foot-stomping, original new take on the connect-three puzzle genre of casual gameplay. In Disco Jungle, play as a funky blue elephant with a special ability to absorb the color of any dance floor tile and then drop it anyplace else. Use it to match three (3) or more same-color tiles, horizontally and/or vertically, to score points and clear levels.
Gamma Bros. is a deliciously slow-paced old-school space shooter created by PixelJam. It's written in flash and offers both an online version and downloadable files for the Mac and Windows. Although simple in looks and design, Gamma Bros. gives the illusion of a massive game world interspersed with moments of action and quiet space floating.
Brain Strainer is a physics-based construction kit with which the player creates a quasi-perpetual machine from a palette of objects including bumpers, kickers, conveyor belts and other contraptions. The objective is to score enough points to launch a rocket.
Dice Wars is a unique new turn-based strategy game from Japan. Using nothing but dice and a randomly generated territory map made of hexagons, the game is similar in gameplay to that of the board game, Risk, though much simpler and quicker to play. The objective is to conquer all territories and eliminate all your opponents by attacking them with dice.
From David Thorburn, the fertile mind behind the enormous Teagames site, Orangutwang is a cute and original Flash-based action game. As with most of the other work available on Teagames, Orangutwang manages to blend Thorburn's remarkable physics expertise with simple and intuitive casual gameplay.
Gibbage is a one-panel player verses player bloody shoot-out that was created over the period of 2 years by the talented indie game development newcomer, Dan Marshall. Its gameplay is not quite like anything else currently available on the market and has the graphical sensibilities of the pixel games of yore.
Combo! and Blockdown are two great flash puzzle games by Anders Pousette. They're remarkably simple and build upon classic puzzle gaming themes while throwing a few fresh ideas into the mix. Each comes with a public high score board to give you a chance at your 15 minutes of fame. You'll have to earn it, but with the amount of time you'll spend playing each game, odds are you won't really mind.
Solitaire Craving's interface is clean, smooth and easy to use, but the real draw is the emphasis Lyttle put on community features. Each game has a comments section, and a site-wide ranking system keeps track of each user's number of moves made and total time spent playing.
Chick Flick is an action game of rescuing little chicks by bouncing them on a trampoline up into the safety of their nest. It incorporates a simple and accessible gameplay mechanic that is similar to Breakout, and yet there is surprising depth to enjoy here. Excellent casual game design, as usual, from UK-based Nitrome.
Sudoku Combat is a browser-based multiplayer version of the popular puzzle game that offers a new experience for those that prefer a more competitive challenge. Just enter a user name, select a puzzle difficulty, and then choose to play against a friend or a random stranger. Then it's a race to the finish.
An intense, fast paced game from developer f1ash, Iconien plays like an modern update to the arcade classic Missile Command. Put your basic click & drag mouse skills to the test as you defend your base from wave after wave of stubburn missiles, creepy bugs, mindless circles and powerful tanks.
In Blue Suburbia, artist and flash designer Nathalie Lawhead creates a magnificently dark and dramatic world filled with striking imagery and haunting vignettes. The project began as a small animation on her website and grew to incorporate her own poetry and a number of small scenes commenting on western society and the modern school system. The application is more like an experiment in interactive poetry rather than a game, as there's no real goal, purpose or progression. Even still, Blue Suburbia is an absolutely stunning piece of artwork that you'll want to explore to its fullest.
ZWoK! is a charming and addictive, multiplayer, turn-based strategy Flash game in which players engage in battles using projectile firing weapons. It's a fight to the finish where the team with the last Zwok standing wins. The game is essentially a simple version of multiplayer Worms, and yet its simplicity is one of the games most redeeming qualities. It easily surpasses most Flash multiplayer turn-based strategy games I have played.
With an aim to get everyone online and sending email with the click of a mouse, the British Computer Society has commissioned this cute, Flash action puzzler called Mouse Mailer, starring PC Mouse. (Apparently they don't care much about Mac users ;)
Uchuwars is a classic-style shmup with weapon power-ups and bombs. I found this shmup when I visited Babarageo for the banner game reviewed recently on JIG. The instructions are in Japanese, but it didn't take long to figure out what to do.
Animator vs. Animation, by 17-year-old Alan Becker, draws a scene in the epic wars waged between the drawing and the drawn. Tensions draw high as the action starts simple and accelerates both in quantity and quality through the work, and the clever manipulation of screenshots will likely draw the appreciative attention of anyone who's ever worked in flash.
Babarageo STG Banner is a tiny 15 pixel tall space shooter. Most banner games have a single goal that can usually be accomplished in a few seconds. However, STG Banner introduces something a little different: rotating images with clickable hotspots. It may not sound like much, but it adds a surprising amount of strategy to an otherwise mindless game.
A sequel to Mateusz Skutnik's excellent point-and-click adventure series, Submachine 2 will have you mapping out tunnels as you explore the dark recesses of this classic-style Flash game. The Submachine series is among the best on the Web, so if you love first-person adventures, ala Myst, don't miss this one.
Akai Ryu, or Red Dragon, is a surprisingly addictive little shooter created by Jason Reinsvold and available to play on his LostVectors website. The object of the game is to stay alive as long as possible while shooting down all of the various enemies that come into play.
The enviably talented crew at Nitrome have just released their latest game and it's an ambitious effort to put it mildly. Roly Poly is a Flash action game of skill with a unique mechanic: Click and drag to tilt the play field and use gravity to roll the little hedgehog to the goal of each level, and within the time limit provided.
The Privacy is another Flash point-and-click adventure from the stellar Gotmail team that gave us The Bar, Il Destino, The Salon and others. The game is set in a high-tech, big-brother world where even the watchers are watched and elaborate security systems are commonplace.
Grow ver.2 is completely different than what Grow ver.3 turned out to be, and yet the basic premise is the same as it is for all of the Grow games: Just click on the various items, one-by-one, and try to make them all reach their maximum level. Hint: order matters.
Pricilla Gone Missing is a Flash point-and-click adventure from Johan Törnkvist, a talented design and technology student at Hyper Island in Kariskrona, Sweden. The game begins with the player learning of the disappearance of Pricilla (Aunt "Prissy") and that warrants an investigation. From there a charming little adventure unfolds in which the player must look for items and clues to progress through the story.
Galactor is a Flash-based point-and-click room exploration game from the Finnish Consumer Agency. Aimed at increasing awareness of consumer issues, Galactor's meticulous style and dry humor transcends the stigma often associated with educational entertainment. While the information within may not necessarily be accurate in regards to consumer protection laws outside of Finland, the game still contains a wealth of good advice and common sense.
Apple Collector is a unique puzzle/physics game written in Java by Matt Hopkins. The goal of each level is to collect a certain number of apples within the specified time period. The delicious fruits pour out of containers and you must draw girders to bounce them into the right basket. The game begins simply enough but introduces multiple colors of apples and other complications that will make your apple picking days much more challenging.
The oddly named game, OUT file#01 is a classic Flash point-and-click room escape game, and it features all the usual suspects: locked doors, missing keys, pieces of paper with clues, and secret compartments galore. Your job, of course, is to escape by unlocking the mystery within the room that holds you captive.
Rainbow Wars is a retro-style arcade shooter available as a free download for Windows, and it is one of those rare finds that becomes an instant favorite once you see it in action. Sporting similar controls to that of the classic Robotron, in which two joysticks are used to control movement and firing separately, this game captures the essence of a classic arcade experience in a well-developed albeit small package.
As anyone who's worked in an office knows, staving off boredom is your primary objective. Enter Binball Wizard, a simple flash game similar to Cyrkam Airtös. All you have to do is kick a ball into a trash bin located somewhere in the office. Control the power, height and direction of the ball and smash objects in the room. Then sit back, finish your coffee, then maybe file that TPS report when you have time.
Bicycle Texas Hold'em is a free-to-play tournament-style card game for eight (8) players and is a fairly standard game for its kind. It features rounds of increasing blinds and classic all-in, no-limit betting. The buy-in is $100, though no actual money is ever won or lost in the game.


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Katalin Alpern is on the technical panel for dance. ACK!
Katalin Alpern is on the technical panel for dance. ACK!
If Kim was attempting a Quadruple Toeloop as the second jump of her 3-3 then, yes, it was underrotated.
I'm pretty sure she was just going for a Triple Toe, though. In which case it was excellent and one of the worst calls EVER by a tech specialist.
Her 2Axel-3Toe in the LP was actually underrotated (likely because of nerves after the way she was robbed in the SP).
I say ACK! re ; Alpern , too but do you think that Marika H-B might be a bit of a tempering factor ?
I didn't think it was underrotated, but when I refreshed my memory by rewatching the SP, and went through it frame by frame, it was clear she touched down with her skate while she was mostly forward, and clearly more than 90° short of full rotation. This is not how she normally lands the jump, and should she regain her form at the Olympics, I hope she is judged fairly.
But on the other hand, I do think the point penalty for downgrades is ridiculous, although this applies far more often to Yu Na's competitors. If it was up to me, there'd be no more downgrades until the point system is fixed in this regard.
Ladies single event is turning out to be a hell of a battle.
Yuna Kim vs. team of Myriam LORIOL-OBERWILER, Zuzana ZACKOVA and Junko Hiramatsu
I believe some of the complaints about with her 3-3 DG at GPF was not only because of the fact that it was DG but also because of the fact that other ladies' jumps were ratified when some of them were even less rotated than Kim's 3T.
And I doubt techs would make such ridiculous DG calls again since this IS the Olympics; another scandal, figure skating might be gone forever from the Olympics. Media has already noticed this issue and it won't be so pretty if such thing happens again.
Technical Specialist- LORIOL-OBERWILER Myriam ?
If her jumps was UR,,,,,,,,, what a ridiculous.
I see you're talking about "forward" based on the moment her toe pick hit the ice , but it's actually the rotation of the BLADE that is counted underrotation, and there are clearly PLENTY of other cases like that execution ratified as a full triple. Kim rotated a BEAUTIFUL triple toe loop that was underrotated by less than a quarter turn on the ice.
I hope Kim won't get too nervous at the presence of the woman. She better bring her perfect without a doubt in order to avoid misjudgement.
I don't know what the implications would be in the fact that Sissy Krick was one of the team who created the ISU seminar videos that has been on the news lately regarding Plushenko appearance in it.
If that's what count as an underrotation, and I would have no problem with that, then there have been countless misscalled URs that affected many rankings. This is a horribly flawed part of the system and it's awful that it's not fixed before these life-changing games. I hope the tech specialists err on the side of the skater's intention, since a downgrade is so costly in points.


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Bruck Lighting 101915BZ Bronze Wall Sconce with Square or Diamond Mounting Plate and Blue Glass Shade from the Bobo Collection
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Depth | 4.875 |
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Number of Bulbs | 1 |
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Wall Sconce with Square or Diamond Mounting Plate and Blue Glass Shade from the Bobo Collection
The Bobo wall sconce may be mounted as an up-light or a down-light. The wall sconce may be mounted as a square or at an 45 degree angle to create a diamond shape. The metal canopy and stem is available in bronze. A 75W dimmable electronic transformer is included on the mounting plate.
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This is the device that easily preserves cherished home movies before they are lost forever by transferring analog VHS recordings to digital DVD discs. The entire process requires little more than inserting the source cassette and a blank DVD and following onscreen step-by-step prompts. The finished DVDs play on any disc player or computer, allowing you to easily share precious memories with family and friends or upload videos to social media. A front DV input can be used to transfer content from a camcorder directly to a DVD. The converter also operates as a fully functional DVD/VHS player/recorder and connects to virtually any television via component, S-video, coaxial, and HDMI jacks. Includes component cables and a universal remote control. Not compatible with Blu-Ray. 4" H x 17" W x 10 1/2" D. (9 1/2 lbs.)
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It took me a while to figure out how to "finalize" the recorded DVD so it could be replayed in another unit other than the original unit. The manual says that if the recording is not "finalized" it would nor play back in other than the original unit, but it did not explain that after recording, one has to go to "setup" and select "finalize".
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(104 of 108 customers found this review helpful)
Not a bad machine
By JJ
from New York, NY
The recording instructions in the manual are completely indecipherable. Only through an hour of trial and error were we able to figure out how to record a DVD from the VHS. The easiest way to do it is (1) insert the DVD and it will format itself (2) insert the VHS and hit play (3) press the "dubbing" button on the remote and don't do anything else.
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Complicated to Operate
By JustJac
from Chicago
This unit is only for "home" movies. Will not convert store purchased VHS movies. Very very complicated to operate. I'm returning it.
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from Sikeston, Mo.
best conversion device or program I have ever used and have used several. Very easy to operate and the results are great. Real time conversion of home movies on vhs or vhs-c ( with a converter ) to dvd. great quality!
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Great product for converting VHS to DVD
By Lizann
from Philadelphia
I used this to convert my VHS home movies to DVD. Was simple to use once I looked in the direction booklet under "dubbing" (not recording). Also does a good job of playing VHS taped and DVD's. Have not tried to record a program to a DVD but the directions seem simple. Make sure you finalize the disc after you record or you cannot view it on other machines.
(41 of 41 customers found this review helpful)
Great Purchase
By Jeri the Quilter
from Rhinelander, WI
We have had the VHS To DVD Converter for about a week and have converted more than 20 VHS family videos to DVD. Although we have not tried all of the features of the unit, everything we have used has been easy to use and has worked better than we had anticipated. The instructions are very good, providing step-by-step direction for each application. This unit is well worth the money.
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Good Product, Bad Documentation
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The User Manual is very hard to understand if you are not an electrical engineer or something similar. I can dub a VCR to a DVD but have not yet been able to figure out how to copy my VHS C tapes on to one DVD. The user guide is not helpful!THE USER GUIDE IS NOT HELPFUL!!!!
(35 of 35 customers found this review helpful)
precisely what it claims.
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from toronto,canada
ensure you have both a vhs and a dvd head cleaner.does exactly what it claims; transfers vhs tapesto dvd for your own use.
(27 of 27 customers found this review helpful)
Great product to own
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Great for use to convert VHS to DVD most especially if you have "unforgetable memories" caught on VHS (like what I have) and also this product would serve as a VHS player/recorder (if you still have the kind of vhs camcorder, whcich I still have & am still using) and as an extra DVD player/recorder.
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Easy to use!
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I bought an HDMI cord, plugged it into the back of my tv and the back of the VHS player, and that's all it took! The instructions to record from VHS to DVD are very simple to understand and follow. I read the directions completely before I tried to copy for the first time and I had no problems. I would recommend this player if you have lots of VHS tapes to copy to DVD. It works great!


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How many times has a band's 15th album been one of their best? The answer is four. And one of them is Join Us, the new album by They Might Be Giants. Join Us finds John Flansburgh and John Linnell on a creative roll, making music that positively swarms with energy, invention, and an impeccable grasp of the miraculous synergy of words and music.
To understand where this artistry comes from, it helps to remember They Might Be Giants' beginnings: as a key part of the early '80s explosion of visual art, music, and performance art that put New York's East Village on the cultural map. But while most cutting-edge rock at the time was bruising and nihilistic, the two Johns were making Dadaist, truly post-modern pop, forming a branch of underground music whose membership consisted entirely of themselves. "We're fully aware of the musical worlds both to the left of us and to the right of us — we've heard avant garde music, we've heard popular music," says Flansburgh. "That's given us the notion that we can be as original as we can be and still make worthwhile songs."
In 1990, They Might Be Giants created some of their greatest work just as alternative rock was cresting — and went platinum with the classic Flood. In the ensuing 20 years, they've become a beloved and fully diversified institution, conquering all media throughout the known universe, contributing to film and TV soundtracks, making hit DVDs, winning two Grammy awards, becoming Musical Ambassadors for International Space Year, appearing as cartoon characters, writing music for a robot ballet, topping the iTunes podcast charts, and being the subject of the acclaimed documentary Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns. And now the very aptly titled Join Us.
Join Us is a great leap forward for They Might Be Giants — in part because in several ways, it's a "get back" record. On their previous album, 2007?s The Else, the two Johns worked with
producers the Dust Brothers (Beck, Beastie Boys); this time, they produced themselves, along with (very) long-time co-conspirator Pat Dillett, and took a new approach that was actually an old approach. If The Else was a self-consciously rock record, this one strives to be unself-conscious. "We got back to our beginners' mind about how ugly it could be, how strange it could be," says Flansburgh. "We're flying our freak flag super high on this one."
You can't step in the same river twice, though, and Join Us finds the two Johns 30 years wiser and more sophisticated than they were on their debut. The studio wizardry, while understated, is state-of-the-art and the performances draw on the ineffable chemistry of an ace live band — drummer Marty Beller, guitarist Dan Miller, and bassist Danny Weinkauf — that has remained virtually unchanged for a decade.
The simplicity of the arrangements also recalls their very earliest work. "Half the time, there are only three instruments playing at any given moment," Flansburgh points out. "And often we're both singing. We wanted to have music that we could sing together. That's all very much a return to our first couple of records."
And yet, Linnell adds, "There was a lot of discovery going on. It's experimental music. You're experimenting and then after a series of blind alleys you suddenly find something really interesting and everyone goes wow." Take, for instance, the intro to "The Lady and the Tiger." "We were plugging things into different effects — and suddenly this whistling came out," Linnell says. "Nobody was expecting that, but immediately it seemed like a really important element in the recording. It's like it's trying to say something but you can't quite say what it is. A lot of the best things about music are like that." And more specifically, a lot of the best things about They Might Be Giants are like that.
If the band's lyrics seem enigmatic at first (and, usually, third or fourth) glance, it's because they're reaching for things that can only be expressed with a song. So don't look for much in the way of autobiography. "We don't write songs about our own largely dull lives," Linnell says. "We mostly rely on the time-tested gimmick of making shit up." Still, it's tempting to try to knit together the strands of this album: the double meaning of the title, the theme of defiance that runs through the songs, the cryptic self-references… it's as if there's a concept in there somewhere, waiting for some clever person to ferret out what it is.
The songs of Join Us are largely populated by sleazebags, oddballs, jerks, and people who are barely hanging on to their sanity (or not). Check out the uncomfortably unctuous guy in "You Probably Get That a Lot." (Don't know what a cephalophore is? Well, look it up! It's interesting! ) Then there's the possibly schizophrenic narrator of "Cloisonné," and the character of "In Fact" who admits with some understatement, "I'm a mess." It's cathartic to sing along to these songs — because it was even more cathartic to write them. "Mucking around in the mind of an unreliable narrator," says Flansburgh, "is about halfway between a pleasant short vacation and self-induced mental illness, and this album is about as chock-full of that as anything we've ever done."
The music is so catchy and beguiling that it's easy to miss the subtle and often complex darkness that lurks in many of these songs, something that's been true since the band's 1986 self-titled debut. So listen closely to the opener, "Can't Keep Johnny Down," or the existential despair of "The Lady and the Tiger," the actually kind of disturbing "Cloisonné," or the way the heraldic folk rock of "Old Pine Box" is actually about a broken-down screw-up. And then there's the heartbreaking closer "You Don't Like Me." "What might not be obvious from a distance in our music is how adult the themes are," says Flansburgh. "Adult lives are filled with disappointment and how to reconcile yourself to the life you ended up with."
It's not all ominous though — there are songs that harbor truth and keen insight within a meticulously crafted pop song, like the sublime party jam "Celebration," the perfect pop of "Let Your Hair Hang Down," and the exuberant Who homage "Judy Is Your Vietnam." "Canajoharie" might be one of the band's greatest songs ever: Not only will it get you to heartily sing the name of an obscure town in upstate New York, but if you dig deeper, it's a powerful insight into the nature of nostalgia.
They Might Be Giants both recall and reinvent pop songwriting; they're in a league with modern masters like Elvis Costello, Sparks and XTC, echoes of whom you can hear in Join Us. As Flansburgh notes, "We're rock people — we grew up in this hypnotizing moment when there was nothing more persuasive than popular song. It was so good, it stole the minds of an entire generation.
Join Us? By all means.
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Granted, they didn't trade Leuer for Rudy Gay, Zach Randolph or Marc Gasol, but the deal was yet another coup for Cavs general manager Chris Grant.
Looking ahead to 2013-14 and the stiff penalties that await teams that exceed the NBA's luxury-tax threshold, we can expect to see more of these moves from Grant.
The league's salary cap for 2012-13 was $58.044 million, the same as the 2011-12 number. The luxury tax was set at $70.307 million, and teams that go over will be forced to pay a $1 tax for each $1 they exceed the threshold.
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Chen Xue and Zhang Xi are the first world champions from China
Stare Jablonki, Poland, July 6, 2013 – "This is my dream come true", China's Chen Xue said after winning the first world title for China with Zhang Xi.
"This is a very important win for us", she said. "And the audience gave us a lot of power."
The Chinese had a slow start this week at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. The 2011 bronze medallists lost one of their pool matches but ended up with the gold medal after all.
Asked about their shaky start this week Xue said: "We did not know if we would play well today, because in our first matches this week we did not play very well. But we improved step by step during the event, so that's very important."
"We did not know a lot about the German team", Zhang Xi said about their opponents. "It was the first time we played them, we had to search how to play them."
Their original plan did not work, so they had to change tactics after losing the first set, Zhang Xi said. "The player on the right (Britta Buthe) played really well. After the first set we tried to play the left player (Karla Borger) and that got us points."
After a break from the World Tour, during which they played at the National Games in China, Xue and Zhang Xi are happy to be back. "We enjoyed this competition a lot. It was a good test to see how far we are", Xue said. "This match was very close in the end. I think we really grew up mentally."
Xue and Zhang Xi are proud to be the first Chinese team to win a world title, but wished that the 2011 champions Larissa Franca and Juliana Felisberta from Brazil had been here to defend their title. "We miss Juliana and Larissa a lot", Zhang Xi said. "They are very good players, I hope they will come back soon."
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Jordan Zimmermann's last outing against the D-backs was a rare blemish on his season.
The 28-year-old right-hander, who has a 2.92 ERA in 24 starts, will look to reverse his fortunes against Arizona on Monday at Nationals Park and help his team tighten its grip on first place in the National League East. The Nats will lead the Braves by at least six games entering Monday.
Zimmermann came into his last outing against the D-backs -- a May 12 no-decision -- with a 2.92 ERA as well. But when he exited the game after 5 2/3 innings and five runs allowed, his ERA had ballooned to 3.59.
But this time, Zimmermann is working on a hot streak. In his last four outings, Zimmermann is 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA, and the Nationals are 3-1 in those games. That includes his last start when he earned his eighth win by limiting the Mets to one run on five hits in 6 1/3 innings.
The D-backs, on the other hand, will call on Vidal Nuno. The D-backs are 0-7 in games Nuno has started since joining the team in early July -- though not all necessarily because of Nuno's pitching.
Nuno has a 3.92 ERA with Arizona, but the D-backs have only once scored more than two runs in support of the left-hander.
Nationals: Werth pinch-hits for first appearance in a week
Outfielder Jayson Werth pinch-hit in the ninth inning of Sunday's win against the Pirates, his first appearance in a week. He drew a walk and scored the tying run in the ninth inning to force extras at Nationals Park. He scored the game-winning run after hitting a leadoff double in the 11th.
Werth has been out of the starting lineup since Aug. 10 after suffering a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder. Manager Matt Williams didn't start Werth on Sunday, saying his shoulder was tender, but Werth felt good enough to make a late-game showing.
Williams hopes that once Werth is healthy enough to rejoin the lineup full time, the shoulder ailment won't cost him more games in the future.
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Ender Inciarte was never a hyped prospect moving through the D-backs' Minor League system, but since arriving in the Majors in May, he's served as an adequate backup. And after A.J. Pollock suffered a fractured right hand, Inciarte has played in the outfield every day.
But with a lot of playing time comes a fair share of rookie mistakes.
Inciarte committed one of five D-backs errors in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Marlins, overthrowing home plate in the second inning. Despite the growing pains, manager Kirk Gibson said Inciarte is still itching to learn.
"He's been great, though," Gibson said. "He's been very open-minded. He wants you to tell him right from wrong. He's open to suggestions about how to make him a better, more consistent player.
"He's young and he gives you his total heart every day. That's good, but we've just got to kind of mix some experience in with that to make him even that much of a better player. He's learning that. He'll be very good."
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Indiana State Police have two people in custody after finding five children and 18 cats Nov. 28 in the back of a moving van on Interstate 70 near New Castle, Ind. / Indiana State Police
NEW CASTLE, Ind. - A Pennsylvania couple who police found driving to California with their children riding in the unheated cargo section of a moving truck were charged with neglect Thursday by the Henry County (Ind.) Prosecutor's Office.
Two parents - David K. Detjen, 41, and Rebecca S. Detjen, 40, of Fairmount City, Pa. - each were charged with one count of neglect of a dependent, a class D felony, according to court documents.
Six minor children and one adult daughter were in the care of the Indiana Department of Child Services and will be picked up by a relative, said Indiana State Police Sgt. John Bowling. Authorities suspect five of the couple's seven children were riding in the back of the truck.
The couple was arrested Wednesday night as they were driving through New Castle, Ind., on their way to California. They're being held at the Henry County Jail and bond has been set at $5,000.
The Detjens told troopers that the family was moving to California for a job opportunity, Bowling said Thursday.
"They were down on their luck for sure," Bowling said. "They didn't have a car. This was a last-ditch effort to follow up on a possible job in San Bernardino (in California). But it still was an unwise decision (to allow family members to travel in the cargo area). The dad has told investigators he knew it was a bad idea."
Initially, Bowling said state troopers who arrested the Detjens on Wednesday and impounded the truck did not believe the five family members in the back - one adult daughter and four minor children - had any means of staying in touch with the parents. They now believe they were wrong on that presumption.
"Troopers did discover two cell phones back there," Bowling said. "We think they were able to communicate."
The young people in back of the truck ranged in age from 9 to 18, he said. A 14-year-old and a 15-year-old rode in the cab with the parents.
Also in the back of the truck along with boxes of family belongings: 18 cats in pet carriers. They were in the care of Henry County Animal Control on Thursday.
Temperatures were below freezing here Wednesday night, but cold wasn't the only danger to the kids and cats. Boston Children's Hospital advises against riding in the cargo area of trucks, including enclosed pickups, because of the potential for carbon-monoxide poisoning from exhaust fumes.
Authorities at the state police Pendleton, Ind., post received a call earlier Wednesday from a relative of the travelers, Bowling said. The anonymous tipster said the rented truck had left Pennsylvania that day and possibly had children riding in the back.
Troopers watched for the truck and spotted it just before 10 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 70 at a Flying "J" truck stop near Spiceland, Ind., he said. When troopers opened the back door of the truck, they found two of the children had been sitting on tall stacks of boxes.
The travelers had heavy clothing and sleeping bags with them, but the back of the truck was cold, Bowling said.
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Drawing, printmaking, painting, and installation art; Japanese woodblock printing methods
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Drawing, printmaking, painting, and installation art; Japanese woodblock printing methods
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) at The University of Kansas is offering a new M.A. program in Contemporary East Asian Studies, beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year. Full-time students with prior East Asian language training will be able to complete the degree within 12 months. For more information about this M.A. program including specific requirements for admission, visit www.ceas.ku.edu/degrees, or contact Ayako Mizumura, Assistant Director of CEAS, by email (email@example.com) or call 785-864-1478. You can also download our program flyer (PDF) Please share this information with your friends, colleagues and students! We are looking forward to hearing from you.
CEAS conducted a Kakehashi Project-Bridge for Tomorrow study tour to Japan for 23 students from colleges and universities throughout Kansas in summer 2014. The tour, which was funded by the Japan Foundation and led by CEAS members Maggie Childs (core faculty) and Nancy Hope (staff), visited selected sites in Tokyo and Shizuoka June 23rd - July 3rd. For more about the Project, view the video, the itinerary, or excerpts from participant reports. This fall, the Kansas students will make presentations about Japan at local elementary and secondary schools, while CEAS will host 23 students from Shizuoka University who are visiting KU in early spring as part of their Kakehashi tour of America.