Trott retired after hitting 14 boundaries in three hours, while Ian Bell (47) and Matt Prior (73 not out) also signalled their Test readiness.

BBC: Jonathan Trott hits century in England warm-up

Following the success of the communication test exercise of 10 August 2011 involving 31 National Tsunami Warning Focal Points from the region, a full-scale exercise named NEAMWave12 is planned in the fourth quarter of 2012 to test the readiness of the system and of the Member States.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

In terms of college readiness, 28% of those who took the test did not meet any of the four ACT readiness benchmarks in English, math, reading and science.

FORBES: High School Grads Even Less Prepared But At Least Doing Better In Math And Science

The Bracken School Readiness Assessment the test being replaced by NNAT had trouble producing diverse classrooms in the gifted program.

WSJ: Big Change in Gifted and Talented Testing

The Black and Ambers played well despite being well below strength, resting key players in readiness for Tuesday's much tougher home test against Llanelli.

BBC: Matt Mostyn

But the USA Cycling test can't quantify an athlete's emotional readiness to re-enter the sport after a head injury.

WSJ: Cycling's Occupational Hazard

And, like New Delhi, Islamabad showed no readiness to bend to U.S. pressure and sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

CNN: The India Tilt