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RICHMOND, Va. – Senior forward Courtney Hurt became VCU's all-time leading scorer Thursday night, breaking a 22-year-old school record en route to 1,755 career points, but visiting Drexel spoiled the festivities handing the Rams a 47-41 setback at the Verizon Wireless Arena.
Hurt moved in front of Kelly Hoover (1985-89) on the Rams' all-time scoring list with a free throw at the 10:03 mark in the second half. The Conyers, Ga., native, who entered the game just five points shy of the record, netted VCU's first four points to give the Black & Gold an early 4-3 lead less than four minutes in. However, the Dragons kept Hurt off the board for the nearly 26 straight minutes before she went to the line midway through the second stanza.
"When I was at the free throw line I could tell the crowd was getting into it," Hurt (pictured, left) said when reflecting on her record-breaking free throw. "I thought about [the record] then, but during the game I'm thinking about what we work on in practice and I'm trying to execute that out on the court."
"I know if you ask Courtney, it's disappointing that the night she breaks the record we end up losing," said Head Coach Beth Cunningham. "[The losing] ends up being her focus more than anything. It's a tremendous accomplishment. The thing I'm most proud of with Courtney is just how far she has come since she's been here. You've seen a kid that has really worked on her game year-in and year-out, and she just keeps getting better."
Drexel, which handed VCU its first home loss since Dec. 1, 2011, increased the Rams' losing skid to a season-long three games. The Dragons have won five of their last six with their only loss coming at #16 Delaware.
Senior Andrea Barbour finished with a team-high 14 points, while Hurt added nine to go along with 15 rebounds. Sophomore Robyn Parks chipped in six and freshman Aprill McRae contributed four points and a career-best 12 boards for VCU.
"Frustrating is probably the best word to describe [tonight's game]," said Cunningham. "I thought we did a good job coming out and defending Drexel's offense. They're always one of the most efficient offensive teams and it's always a real challenge to defend them.
"But we turned the basketball over too much and never really got into a rhythm on offense. A lot of that is a credit to Drexel because that's what they want to make you do. We were just too careless with the basketball. We didn't give ourselves enough of an opportunity to get shots up."
Five different Rams scored in the first 13:03 and VCU jumped out to a 15-9 advantage, capped off by a 3-pointer from the top of the arc by junior Carleeda Green.
Trailing by six with 5:41 to go, Drexel, which shot just 31.5 percent from the field the entire game, used a quick 8-0 run and took its first lead in more than 12 minutes on a layup by Tyler Hale with 1:21 showing. Freshman Christina Carter then came up with a steal and converted a layup to knot the score again with 37 seconds left, but a jumper from Taylor Wootton with 12.7 seconds remaining gave the Dragons a narrow 21-19 edge at the break.
The first 20 minutes featured a combined 21 turnovers; however, Drexel, which committed eight first-half miscues, turned the ball over just once the entire second stanza.
"I thought Drexel's press was very effective against us tonight," Cunningham said. "We had some careless mistakes but their press slowed the tempo down and kept us from getting into a flow on offense. We never seemed to get into that flow tonight."
Barbour scored the first five points for VCU in the second half and put the Rams back in front, 24-23, at the line with 13:46 remaining. However, Kamile Nacickaite, who finished with a game-high 17 points, nailed a 3-pointer less than a minute later to give Drexel the lead for good.
A jumper from Parks with 12:11 to go tied the game for the final time before Drexel countered with a 13-4 run, including a stretch of three-straight triples, and went up 39-30 with 4:22 left.
Junior Robyn Hobson halted the run with a 3-pointer of her own on the next possession and VCU scored seven straight to make it a two-point game with 2:37 to go. But the Rams would get no closer as Hollie Mershon drained a trey to seal the game less than 20 seconds later.
VCU concludes its brief two-game home stand against Georgia State on Sunday, Jan. 29. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. The Rams then hit the road for back-to-back games at Towson and Delaware.


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Russell Crowe has some major #firstworldproblems right now.
The actor lashed out at Virgin Airlines on Monday after the company refused to allow his two sons, Tennyson and Charles, to bring their hoverboards on an airplane while headed out for holiday.
"Ridiculous @VirginAustralia," he wrote. "No Segway boards as luggage? Too late to tell us at airport. Kids and I offloaded. Goodbye Virgin. Never again."
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Virgin responded to the Oscar-winning actor shortly thereafter, apologizing for the inconvenience and explaining why hoverboards are a safety issue on planes.
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"@russellcrowe Hi Russell, due to safety concerns over the lithium ion batteries in hoverboards, these have been banned on all major Australian airlines and many around the world," the airline tweeted at the star. "We're sorry you were not aware of this prior to check-in today. We hope to see you on board again soon."
However, Crowe continued to demand a more in-depth response.
".@VirginAustralia I'm awaiting your reply, where is your duty of responsibility in this? He questioned again on Twitter. "Why not tell me when I am booking my ticket?"
Virgin followed up, explaining that the hoverboard ban is, in fact, listed in the flight rules and booking confirmations.
"@russellcrowe Hi Russell, this information is outlined in the Dangerous Goods section in the booking confirmation and check in reminder emails you will have received," Virgin tweeted back. "We have also communicated this on Facebook and Twitter, as well as through the media. We understand your frustration, however please appreciate that safety is our number one priority."
Many Virgin flyers praised the airline for the cautionary proceeding, while comedian Joel Creasey gave Crowe some advice.
"You're a millionaire, babe. Get some perspective," Creasey wrote in response to Crowe's first tweet. "Enjoy Tiger. They don't even have real pilots x."
Millionaire or not, Crowe's response was totally relatable: "@joelcreasey @VirginAustralia I'm a father Joel, with two kids at an airport, trying to start our holiday."
Hoverboards have been banned by most major U.S. airlines as well as British Airways, Qantas, Emirates and Qatar after reports that they have been spontaneously bursting into flames, likely due to the lithium batteries or faulty plugs.

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A rite of passage for any hopeful Angeleno is experiencing late-night Korean BBQ in the heart of K-Town. Nothing beats bellying up to the grill (with an extra bowl of kimchi, juseyo!) and staring at those plasma TVs blasting K-pop music videos. Because, as if the insane number of side dishes wasn't enough of a sensory overload, the ear-to-ear grins and choreographed moves of those Korean singers are the perfect diversions to our stinky hair and Hite-beer-stained dresses (oops!).
Well, in the latest Funny or Die video, Anna Kendrick's manager sends the actress to Seoul to join F(x), a group of Korean superstars who don't give the poor girl a fighting chance. Of course, if you've seen Pitch Perfect, you'll recognize the turning-point montage when Kendrick finally wins them over and becomes part of the team. Check out the video, and don't be surprised if you catch a glimpse of the starlet shaking it the next time you're eating pork belly at Hae Jang Chon. (Funny or Die)
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As all our fans know, ROH had December 17th in the Grand Ballroom at the Manhattan Center booked for Final Battle 2011 for a year now. We put tickets on sale on September 17th to a great response. Just a few days later we were notified by the Manhattan Center that due to an error on their part we are unable to have Final Battle in the Grand Ballroom on December 17th. Working together to find the best solution for our fans, ROH and the Manhattan Center have agreed and are pleased to announce that Final Battle has been moved to Friday, December 23rd, and will now take place in the larger Hammerstein Ballroom. Additionally, all future Ring of Honor events at the Manhattan Center will take place in the more spacious Hammerstein Ballroom.
If you have already purchased tickets please read the following:
All ringside tickets purchased will remain the same & will be honored on the new date. Unfortunately all balcony tickets must be returned to the ROH offices so we can issue a new equivalent ticket for the Hammerstein Ballroom. Tickets can be mailed back to:
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Over 1,000 Ferraris in Silverstone: Felipe Massa opening record parade
More than 1,000 cars from the Prancing Horse will take part in a record-breaking event this weekend: a parade on the legendary Silverstone circuit for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
Felipe Massa will start the exceptional parade behind the wheel of a 458 Spider. With this caravan, Ferrari has the ambitious goal to more than double the number of cars of the previous record when 490 cars came to the race track in Fuji for a parade in 2008.
The event, with the important collaboration of the British Ferrari Owners' Club, will be held on the occasion of the Ferrari Racing Days and will involve fundraising: for every car, which takes part in the parade, Ferrari will donate 5 Pounds to "BEN", the UK's dedicated charity for those who work, or have worked, in the automotive and related industries, as well as their families.
The event will host, moreover, the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Europe, as well as some sessions dedicated to historical one-seaters run by the F1 Clienti department and the exclusive Ferrari FXX and 599XX. The key moment on Sunday comes when Marc Gene, a special coach to drivers in the F1 Clienti programmes, takes to the English track at the wheel of an F60.


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Title: History of the Scholars of Shen Zhou, Volume VII
Short Title: Record of 2008
Original Author: Qu Hui
Keywords: history, sosz, forum, scholars, 2008
Description: The seventh and final volume in a series of articles detaling the history of the forum from 2002-2008.
History of the Scholars, Volume VII (2008)
In the first month, on the twenty-seventh day, the first official release of Destiny of an Emperor 2.0 is published.
In the second month, on the fourth day, the Great Pyramid of Shen Zhou begins. On the twelfth day, the Honorable Lady Wu begins work on the full translation of Legend of Cao Cao. On the thirteenth day, the Great Pyramid disappears, probably abducted by aliens. On the fourteenth day, SunXia compiles the second version of the history. On the nineteenth day, Dynasty Warriors 6 is released in North America for the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360. On the twentieth day, the Honorable Lady Wu begins translating Legend of Lu Bu. On the twenty-second day, she releases the first patch for Legend of Lu Bu.
In the third month, on the twenty-sixth day, an error that prevents registration on the board is fixed.
In the fourth month, the April Fool's Day Joke begins. As a result, Yuan Shu's popularity briefly plummets (1).
In the fifth month, on the first day, the database crashes and is repaired. On the eleventh day, phpBB 3.0 is installed. This leads to a loss of every member's private messages. On the thirteenth day, the board is compromised. On the fourteenth day, the forum experienced downtime while a backup of the database is created. On the fifteenth day, the Three Kingdoms Officer Encyclopedia ver. 2.0 is announced. On the twenty-first day, the board goes down due to too many database connections and a crash of the sessions table.
In the sixth month, on the sixteenth day, the board and KMA are featured on And One, a Cleveland Cavaliers blog. On the twenty-fifth day, Kongming's Prodigy stepped down as moderator.
In the ninth month, 3kingdoms.net went offline. From the start of the month to sixth day, there is downtime due to DDoS attacks on the server. On the ninth day, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI is released in North America for Windows. On the fifteenth day, the board migrates to a new server.
From the tenth month onward, the forum enters a Great Depression wherein there is little major news and few updates. This lasts until the beginning of the eighth year.
In the eleventh month, on the twenty-fourth day, Dynasty Warriors 6 is released in North America for the Playstation 2 and Windows.
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Edit and Share Images with Skitch and MySkitch
A lot of applications let you take screenshots and edit, manage, upload, and share them, but not all are as feature-rich as Skitch. The Jing Project comes to mind as a competitor in this space, but Skitch came to the party first, and although the application is still in private beta, it's looking like a winner. I had the privilege of trying out the beta of Skitch: Its integrated screen-capture and image-editing tools and one-click image sharing through MySkitch (a social image-sharing Web site) left me impressed.
Honestly, I'm surprised Skitch is still in private beta. The application is well polished and is incredibly easy to use. Granted, Skitch is Macintosh-only at the moment (developers are promising a Windows beta soon), but the integration between the MySkitch Web tools and the Skitch desktop application is seamless and simple, and the wealth of image-editing tools on the desktop make the app ready for prime time, in my book.
Installing the app is simple--as easy as installing any other Macintosh program. On Skitch's first launch, a short video plays that explains how to use the program and how to view the video again if you need a quick tutorial at any point. When I opened Skitch for the first time, I had the feeling there were a lot of tools in a very small application window. It's not overwhelming, though; each tool has a tooltip, and most of them are self -explanatory anyway. Image resizing, adding text, changing text or background colors, adding shapes, figures, lines, and more are all available with one click on the border of the window.
Skitch also easily allows you to take screenshots; with one click you get a set of crosshairs that allows you to select entire windows or click-and-drag to select a portion of the screen to capture. The Skitch window disappears into the background when you click to take a snapshot so it doesn't get in the way of your content, and you can even set a countdown timer for your screenshot. The screenshot you take is instantly cropped and opened in the Skitch editor so you can edit or upload it to your MySkitch account. Additionally, because Skitch is Mac only, you can take advantage of your built-in iSight camera. If you click the Cam button, iSight activates, and you can take your own photo (with countdown and simulated "flash").
For more advanced tools that go beyond average use, you can click on the tools icon to bring down a menu with more options. The majority of tools that most people would use to spice up or edit their images are easily available straight from the app window, though; there's no need to go diving for the functions that you need. You can type in your image's file name right in the Save bar at the bottom, and pull down the file type menu to select the type of image you want. Skitch defaults to JPG format (for easy Web uploading; I'll get to that in a moment), but you can select PNG, PDF, or the Skitch proprietary format, which apparently is useful only when you're passing images between Skitch users.
Next to the same bar is the Share button, which immediately uploads whatever image you're working with inside of Skitch to your MySkitch page. MySkitch is a social image-sharing service that comes with every Skitch beta account; when you get into the beta, you not only get to use the application but you also get storage at MySkitch to share and save your images. MySkitch is somewhat bare; you can upload your images and share them using the embed code provided with each image, but that's about it. You can comment on your images, but there doesn't seem to be a way to network with friends yet and comment on each other's photos. You get a custom gallery URL that you'll be able to share with friends in the future, but currently MySkitch allows only image owners to view their uploaded images. In fact, MySkitch might be what's holding up the closed beta--the functionality there is limited, and the amount of storage that each user will ultimately have to store and share images is in question.
Skitch and MySkitch are a great combination, and I was really pleased with how robust the desktop application was. The Web app leaves a bit to be desired, but I can see a number of Skitch users saving their images locally and uploading them to a photo host of their choice, like Flickr or SmugMug. MySkitch doesn't really offer much at the moment, but if the service adds functionality like image sharing, galleries, and networking with friends, it might be a better complement to an already exceptional screengrabbing and image-editing tool.
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 3:06 PM GMT on August 22, 2012
Tropical Storm Isaac is lashing the entire Lesser Antilles chain of islands with heavy rains this morning, and the winds will be on the increase this afternoon as the storm heads west at 19 mph. Isaac is still a weak and disorganized tropical storm, but that is changing. The Hurricane Hunters are in the storm, and have thus far found no increase in the storm's top surface winds, which remain near 45 mph. In their 7:44 am EDT center fix, an Air Force Reserve aircraft measured a rather unimpressive center pressure of 1007 mb, and top winds at their 1000 foot flight altitude of 56 mph. The plane did not observe an eyewall trying to form, and recent microwave satellite images also show no signs of an eyewall forming. A large area of dry air to the north of the storm, as seen on water vapor satellite loops, continues to interfere with development, and it is unlikely Isaac will become a hurricane today. Satellite loops, however, show that Isaac has developed a Central Dense Overcast (CDO) of high cirrus clouds, the hallmark of a developing storm. These clouds have very cold cloud tops, indicating that the updrafts creating them are quite strong. An analysis of upper level winds from the University of Wisconsin CIMSS shows that upper-level outflow is becoming well-established to the southwest and northwest, but outflow is restricted on the southeast side. A large clump of heavy thunderstorms several hundred miles southeast of the center continues to compete for moisture, and is interfering with the low level inflow and upper level outflow of the storm. The intensification rate of Isaac will increase if the storm is able to integrate this clump of heavy thunderstorms into its circulation, which satellite loops this morning suggest is now beginning to happen. Radar imagery from Barbados and Martinique show plenty of heavy rain showers, mostly on the south side of Isaac where it is moister, but little spiral banding. Hurricane hunter missions are scheduled for Isaac every six hours, and a NOAA hurricane hunter research aircraft will also be in the storm, with missions scheduled every 12 hours. The NOAA jet is first scheduled to fly into the storm on Thursday afternoon, to do a large-scale dropsonde mission to aid model forecasts.
Figure 1. Morning radar image of Isaac taken from the Barbados radar at 10:15 am EDT. Image credit: Barbados Weather Service.
Intensity forecast for Isaac
The latest 8 am EDT run of the SHIPS model shows that wind shear is moderate, 10 - 15 knots, but is expected to relax by this evening to a low 5 - 10 knots. Ocean temperatures have increased to a very warm 29°C, and the storm is now over waters with a high total heat content. The lowering wind shear and warm waters should allow the storm to wall off the dry air that has been interfering with development, and also allow the storm to integrate the thunderstorm clump on its southeast side that has been interfering with low level inflow and upper level outflow. It will take some time for the increase in organization to result in an increase in Isaac's winds, and I still expect top winds of 45 - 60 mph in the Lesser Antilles Islands this evening when the core of the storm moves through. On Thursday, when Isaac will be in the Eastern Caribbean, conditions should be favorable enough to allow steady strengthening to a Category 1 hurricane. The 11 am EDT wind probability forecast from NHC predicted a 47% chance that Isaac will become a hurricane by Friday morning, and a 16% chance it will be a Category 2 or stronger hurricane then. This is a reduction in the odds given in the 5 am advisory.
Impact of Isaac on the Islands
The entire Lesser Antilles Islands chain will have a three-day period of heavy weather Wednesday through Friday. Sustained tropical storm-force winds extend out about 50 miles to the north of the center and 30 miles to the south, so an 80-mile wide swath of the Lesser Antilles will potentially see tropical storm-force winds of 45 - 60 mph this Wednesday evening. Guadaloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Montserrat, and St. Kitts and Nevis at highest risk of these winds.
Winds in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands will likely rise above tropical storm force on Thursday morning, and the south coast of Puerto Rico should see tropical storm-force winds by Thursday afternoon. The San Juan airport may be able to stay open Thursday afternoon and evening, but I think it is more likely they will be forced to shut down.
On Thursday night, heavy rains and tropical storm-force winds should arrive on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, and all airports in the D.R. will probably be closed on Friday. Rainfall amounts of 8 - 12 inches will likely affect the Dominican Republic Thursday through Saturday, creating dangerous flash floods and mudslides.
Isaac is potentially a very dangerous storm for Haiti, where 400,000 people still live outside underneath tarps in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. Heavy rains from Isaac will begin on Friday morning in Haiti, and last through Sunday. Rainfall amounts of 8 - 12 inches are possible, which will be capable of causing extreme flooding on the vegetation-denuded slopes of Haiti. It will be a major challenge to keep those Haitians living outside safe, if rainfall amounts of 5 - 10 inches occur.
Impact on Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas
Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas are all at high risk of receiving hurricane conditions from Isaac. The latest set of 06Z (2 am EDT) model runs for Isaac are fairly unified for the coming three days, showing a westward track to a point on the south coast of Hispaniola. All of the models then predict a more west-northwest track across the island and into eastern Cuba, as Isaac responds to a trough of low pressure over the Southeast U.S. Most of the models then predict a path for Isaac along the spine of Cuba, then into the Florida Straits off the coast of Miami by five days from now. A notable exception is our best-performing model, the ECMWF, which keeps Isaac just south of Cuba, and takes the storm more to the west between Jamaica and Cuba on Saturday, then into the Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba by Monday. However, this model is keeping Isaac weaker than the other models, and thus predicts the storm will have a weaker response to the trough of low pressure over the Southeast U.S. If the official NHC intensity forecast is right and Isaac becomes a hurricane on Thursday, the more southerly track of the ECMWF is not going to verify, and Isaac will spend considerable time over Cuba on Saturday and Sunday. Where Isaac pops off the coast of Cuba will be critical in determining its future path and intensity. Some models predict a more easterly exit point, allowing Isaac to move up the east coast of Florida, and potentially make landfall in the Southeast U.S. The latest 06Z GFS model run predicts a more westerly track, which would potentially allow Isaac to move up the west coast of Florida towards Tampa. Keep in mind that the average error in a 5-day forecast is 260 miles. The two most recent runs of the GFS model, at 00Z and 06Z (8 pm and 2 am EDT), gave positions for Isaac that were about 250 miles apart--the earlier run putting the center near West Palm Beach, and the more recent run giving a location between Key West and Havana, Cuba. While passage over the high mountains of Hispaniola and then Cuba will substantially disrupt Isaac and probably reduce it below hurricane strength, the storm is quite large, and should be able to re-intensify once it emerges over the Florida Straits. Waters will be very warm, near 30°C, wind shear is predicted to be light, and forecasts of the upper-level winds show the possibility of an upper-level outflow pattern very favorable for intensification. If Isaac spends a day over water, that should be enough time for it to intensify into a Category 1 hurricane, and if the storm takes a longer 2-day track over water up either the east or west coast of Florida, a Category 2 or stronger storm is possible.
Isaac is a threat to affect Tampa during the Republican National Convention, August 27 - 30, and the official NHC forecast now has Tampa in the 5-day cone of uncertainly. The latest 11 am EDT wind probability forecast from NHC gives Tampa a 9% chance of receiving tropical storm-force winds for the 24-hour period ending on the morning of first day of the convention (Monday). I blogged about the climatological chances of a hurricane causing an evacuation of Tampa during the convention in a post last week, putting the odds at 0.2%. I put the odds of an evacuation occurring during the convention in the current situation at 3%.
Figure 2. Morning satellite image of Tropical Depression Ten.
Tropical Depression Ten forms in the Eastern Atlantic
The large tropical wave in the Central Atlantic, midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles Islands, has become Tropical Depression Ten. The depression has an impressive amount of spin and heavy thunderstorm activity, as seen on visible satellite loops, and should be Tropical Storm Joyce by Thursday. None of the models show that TD 10 will be a threat to the Lesser Antilles Islands.
Which model should you trust?
Wunderground provides a web page with computer model forecasts for many of the best-performing models used to predict hurricane tracks. So which is the best? Well, the best forecasts are made by combining the forecasts from three or more models into a "consensus" forecast. Over the past decade, NHC has greatly improved their forecasts by relying on consensus forecast models made using various combinations of the GFS, GFDL, NOGAPS, UKMET, HWRF, and ECMWF models. If you average together the track forecasts from these models, the NHC official forecast will rarely depart much from it, and the NHC forecast has been hard to beat over the past few years. The single best-performing model over the past two years has been the ECMWF (European Center model). The GFS model has been a close second. You can view 7-day ECMWF and 16-day GFS forecasts on our wundermap with the model layer turned on. Ten-day ECMWF forecasts are available from the ECMWF web site. The European Center does not permit public display of tropical storm positions from their hurricane tracking module of their model, so we are unable to put ECMWF forecasts on our computer model forecast page that plots positions from the other major models. As seen in Figure 3, the HWRF and GFDL were well behind the ECMWF and GFS in forecast accuracy in 2011, but were still respectable. The BAMM model did very well at 4 and 5-day forecasts. The UKMET, NOGAPS, and CMC models did quite poorly compared to the ECMWF, GFS, GFDL, and HWRF. For those interested in learning more about the models, NOAA has a great training video (updated for 2011.)
Figure 3. Skill of computer model forecasts of Atlantic named storms 2011, compared to a "no skill" model called "CLIPER5" that uses just climatology and persistence to make a hurricane track forecast (persistence=a storm will tend to keep going in the direction it's current going.) OFCL=Official NHC forecast; GFS=Global Forecast System model; GFDL=Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory model; HWRF=Hurricane Weather Research Forecasting model; NOGAPS=Navy Operational Global Prediction System model; UKMET=United Kingdom Met Office model; ECMWF=European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting model; TVCA=one of the consensus models that lends together several of the above models; CMC=Canadian Meteorological Center (GEM) model; BAMM=Beta Advection Model (Medium depth.) Image credit: National Hurricane Center 2011 verification report.
I'll have a new post this afternoon.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Catskill Connectivity: A New York County Adds Wireless
by Fred D. BaldwinPhoto Gallery
An old real estate cliché—location, location, location—describes many of the assets of Delaware County, New York, in the northeastern corner of Appalachia. The county lies nestled within the Catskill Mountains, an area famous for its resorts and vacation properties. Its assets aren't limited to scenery. Its county seat, the village of Delhi (pronounced "DELL-hi"), is the site of the State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi (SUNY Delhi), which offers more than 60 degree and certificate programs. But the county's fine location brings with it one serious economic liability.
Delaware County is the site of two of the six large reservoirs that supply almost all the water for residents of New York City and its suburbs. Since the 1990s, the eastern two-thirds of the county has been subject to some of the nation's most stringent water quality regulations. Stopping potential pollution at the source enables New York City to avoid massive water filtration costs. But it also rules out any chance of attracting most kinds of manufacturing operations, agriculture on any substantial scale, or other business activities that would put water quality at risk.
"We believe that the combination of college expertise and a rural community setting is a winner," says Candace S. Vancko, SUNY Delhi's president. "We're less than three hours from New York City, but this area couldn't be more dramatically different. Beauty and isolation have protected our environment, but that creates a huge challenge for economic development."
To meet this challenge, Delhi's leadership turned to information technology. With help from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and other partners, they created the Delhi CyberCommunity, a network providing wireless broadband Internet access to a number of local public and nonprofit agencies. At the project's dedication ceremonies in December 2003, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called it "a perfect example of a public-private partnership between business, government, and higher education."
The ARC grant covered installation costs, including ancillary hardware needed to make the network functional, as well as network access. Motorola donated access points to create its Canopy system network. Later, the Center for Appalachian Network Access, based at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh, donated additional access points to permit 360-degree coverage. Microsoft donated $25,000 in software for use by participating agencies. From start to finish, SUNY Delhi faculty and staff oversaw the project, and students majoring in electrical construction did the actual installation of access points on the college roof and at user sites.
The project took a big step forward in February 2007, with the opening of the Delaware County eCenter, also supported by a grant from ARC. The eCenter includes a business incubator with room for six or more small firms, a computer lab open to the community, and office space for the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, which will manage the facility.
The Wireless AdvantageYou can get a bird's-eye perspective on why the Delhi CyberCommunity is needed and how its technology works from the roof of the tallest building in Delaware County. This is a seven-story tower located high on the hillside campus of SUNY Delhi. From this height the advantages of a wireless network are apparent. You can see from one end to the other of the valley in which Delhi lies. The line-of-sight distances to points on other hillsides are fairly short, only two or three miles as the crow flies, but running cables to these points would be costly.
To build the CyberCommunity network, technicians mounted a half-dozen radio communication network access points on the tower roof. Each access point is about a foot high, and each is positioned up and down the pole like ears of corn on a leafless stalk. Facing out at 60-degree angles, they can send and receive radio signals to any point on the compass within about three miles. That's enough to cover the small valley.
Until the eCenter opened, the Delhi CyberCommunity participants were mainly public agencies. The Village of Delhi lies at the northern foot of SUNY Delhi's main campus. Prior to the installation of one of Motorola's "subscriber modules" on the roof of the village hall, the village government had no Internet connectivity whatsoever. "I'd be lost without it," says Mayor David Truscott. "The previous mayor did a lot of computing at home because there was no email in this building." He adds that the ability to search online for state and federal grant programs facilitated completion of two pending applications.
"It's greatly enhanced our ability to communicate with local, state, and federal agencies," agrees Bob Walsh, Delhi's chief of police. "Before, checking the registration of a suspicious vehicle was very difficult. The only computer you had was in the sheriff's office. We'd have to call them and fill out the paperwork and bring it to them."
O'Connor Hospital, a 23-bed hospital on a hillside facing the SUNY Delhi campus, uses the new wireless connection to enhance the quality of service offered to patients. James Higgins, the hospital's director of facilities, explains that his original intent was to use wireless only as an emergency backup to an existing broadband Internet connection through a server at a larger hospital in another community. However, by using a laptop with a wireless network card installed, the hospital can give patients the ability to check their email from their bedsides.
Higgins notes that the SUNY Delhi connection provided his first hands-on experience with wireless technology, enabling him to evaluate potential future applications. At some point he expects O'Connor Hospital will develop its own internal wireless system based on a fiber-optic link to the hospital whose server now provides Internet access for clinical and administrative functions.
The most distant CyberCommunity participant, located on the hillside about a mile and a half from the SUNY Delhi tower, is an office of the New York State Department of Transportation, which previously submitted highway status reports and other reports via dial-up connections.
Giving a Boost to Small BusinessesThe opening of the eCenter marked a new stage in the expansion of the Delhi CyberCommunity. Its incubator provides a way to give an initial boost to small, for-profit firms. That's been part of the plan all along.
"That's why we started thinking about the Delhi CyberCommunity," says James Thomson, president of the Catskill Development Foundation and chair of the Delaware County Industrial Development Agency. "We feel that by working with tech-based firms, we can create jobs that will pay well and yet have minimal impact on the environment."
"We hope," says SUNY Delhi president Vancko, "to bring in small businesses that will be attracted by low-cost office space, a wonderful environment, and high-speed connectivity. When you're in the watershed, economic development is creating one job at a time."
This kind of growth is beginning to happen. In addition to the chamber of commerce offices, the eCenter now has two tenants. One is IndiePay, a New York City–based company that provides payroll services to film production companies. The other is the Learning Lab, which provides tutoring for students of high school age and younger, both face-to-face and online. Another small firm is expected to move in soon. Delhi officials hope to help create approximately a dozen new jobs by the end of 2007.
About half of these jobs will result from another major step forward, a key part of a long-range plan to turn those highly restrictive water quality regulations into a long-term asset. The new eCenter will house a water quality testing laboratory, the first project to be established under the umbrella of the Center of Excellence in Watershed Applications and Technology-Based Economic Revitalization, a joint partnership between SUNY Delhi and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. The lab, which will meet the certification standards of the New York State Department of Health under the Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, will provide water testing facilities that are currently not available locally.
This means that dollars spent on mandatory testing will stay in Delaware County, rather than go to distant labs. The lab will also provide SUNY Delhi students with opportunities for hands-on study and internships. Over time, lab staff and SUNY faculty will join in research on "green practices," techniques that reduce the amount of chemicals needed to perform water quality analyses, as well as minimizing costs. The expectation is that this will lead to creating a knowledge base that has commercial value in its own right.
"Someday the water quality regulations we're living under will spread to other parts of the country," Thomson says. "There'll be a demand for the capabilities we're developing. It makes sense that we should become the Silicon Valley of water quality."Fred D. Baldwin is a freelance writer based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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" I bought a RAV4 yesterday I love it. The sales and finance staff are wonderful. I had the easiest buying experince buying from this staff. Chris was my salesman and Rob was his manager very helpful and willing to work hard to get your business "
" I will buy here again and I recommend them highly... seek out Carlos when buying your next car at Team Toyota of Langhorne... I'm very quick to criticize when I feel the people I'm dealing with are incompetent but this dealership is not an ordinary one... yes they want to sell cars but it isn't high pressure... They ACTUALLY met the deal I had in mind when I went to test drive the car... Thank you all at Team Toyota of Langhorne for such a pleasant car purchase!!!!! "
" Derek Stewart is THE best sales rep around! He is personable and funny as well as professional and knowledgeable. He helped us with our new car lease and he went above and beyond our expectations for our experience today. He certainly sets the bar high. "
" My wife Kate purchased from Dan F. And had the most WONDERFUL experience she cannot sing his praises enough! Her car was totaled and he made a stressful situation feel like a breeze!!! Thanks Toyota!!! "
" sales team was insanely nice and i went during the black friday special and won a fire tablet, Jordan our sales guys was fast and incredible he answered every question we had, helped me decided on my first lease, what and easy experience it was "
" Jordan helped me purchase a rav4 adventure, everything was so incredibly easy and fast!! I even won a gift card during the black friday craziness!! go see Jordan, he'll definitely help you out!! "
Excellent sales process.
" My salesman Jeff Madison was absolutely top notch, no nonsense and no BS. I went to two other Toyota dealers on this day and walked out due to staff incompetence, I came in and told Jeff the kind of person I am and would not stand for any BS and he was right onboard with me. The process was great and would highly recommend this dealership and Jeff in particular to purchase a new car, I will be sending family member to Jeff for their new cars/trucks. "
" It was a pleasant experience buying my Camry with the help of Rich Magaziner. He was knowledgeable and answered all my questions. It was a smooth transaction from beginning to end. This was the 4th Camry we've bought from Team Toyota since 1990. "
First time buyer
" Kevin made my first experience with Toyota an amazing one! He showed me basic models to models with all the extras so that i could see the differences for myself to make a better decision on what to buy. This was the first time in my life buying/ leasing a brand new car and I was treated very well. "
" My wife and I are from Central NJ and we just leased our 6th vehicle from Team Toyota since 2010. This is our 2nd vehicle leased from them this year. Their great prices and exceptional customer service is the incentive for us to leave our state, drive pass countless dealerships and return back to them for all of our lease purchases! Our sales person is Ozzy Hamad and he has been a very pleasant person to work with and he continues to give us great deals. Ozzy always looks out for our best interest without the hassle, pressure and turn-offs normally experienced with car salespersons. At the end of our current lease, we will without a doubt return back to Team Toyota to lease our next 2 vehicles. GO TEAM TOYOTA! "
" Making an appointment was easy , so I thought. I called and made an appointment. A few days later I had to change the day and when I called to change it the appointment was never made. I made another appointment . I was told I was able to get a few services that were in my service plan. When I arrived I was told those services would be an extra charge. The service guys were very nice and answered all my questions. It took a bit longer then I was told . But overall the wait wasn't too bad. "
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" friendly and low-key no pressure sales approach. "
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" I very much appreciated Jason Waldorf's professionalism and genuine interest in selling us a vehicle that would fit our needs. He knew everything about the vehicle from bumper to bumper and more. "
" Just got our second car from here, both times worked with Matt MacDonald and couldnt be happier. He makes it super easy, and is just a great dude. Would absolutely recommend Matt and Team Toyota in Langhorne to anyone looking for a car. "
" I bought a camry from Jordan, love the car and definitely ask for my sales guy Jordan, he spent a lot of time going over everything and even helped work with me giving advice on what to do with my old car "
" The trip to Team Toyota in Langhorne, Pa. from Sicklerville, nj.was well worth it! We really enjoyed doing business with salesman Ozzy, he was fun and professional... The inventory here was impressive, they got us into a vehicle that we didn't think was possible. Thanks to Finance Manager Charles Morgan, he was patient and thorough with us on choosing the best warranty. "
" Frank helped us out...I highly recommend him for a salesman! I love my new Rav4 "
" James Madison was a wondeful salesman who was very respectful and helpful. He made my car buying experience very smooth and took the time to answer all my questions. Got me a wonderful Rav4 XSE. Love it! "
" Very polite stuff and friendly. Specially Christian Colon helped me a lot. "
" Right rom the start I had great experience with my salesman, Rich Magaziner. I spoke to him over the telephone about a 2018 Toyota Avalon Limited that I was interested in. All of my questions were answered to the best of his ability. Rich went the extra mile and went out to the lot, inspected the Avalon, called me back and stayed on the telephone with me as he inspected the Avalon again and gave me the play by play on the condition of the Avalon as it was in immaculate condition. As long as I have been purchasing cars, no other salesman has gone out of their way to do that. I set up an appointment with Rich to see the Avalon and upon my arrival I was greeted in a very pleaseant mannner. Rich and I spoke somemore about the Avalon and then went for a test drive. Upon returning from the test drive, I decided to purchase the Avalon. I must add that there wasn't any pressure from Rich which made me feel comfortable working with him. All of the paperwork was fully explained to me by Rich before I signed on the dotted line. Once I finished with Rich, I was introduced to the Finace Manager, James Donahue who also greeted me with a warm welcome. James Donahue went over a number of items with me and explained them step by step and anything that I didn't fully understand he went over them again including the Toyota Extra Care Vehicle Srevice Agreement which I purchased. After all of the paperwork was signed, I had friendly conversation with both Rich and James which was great. Even when I picked up the Avalon, the friendly attitude was still there. All in all, I had a great experience purchasing my 2018 Toyota Avalon Limited and dealing with both Rich Magaziner and James Donahue. "
" Dan Formagiu helped me with the purchase of my Camry . He made everything clear and I feel happy with my choice "
" I worked with Jordan, who was new to Team Toyota and I can not say this enough he is a great guy and kind and extremely prefessional and honest, a truely rare thing in this day in age. Everything from his quotes on how long things would take to his knowledge on the toyota cars is amazing and on point!! Thanks again for the awesome experience "
" Excellent service!! "
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" Everyone I came in contact with was genuinely friendly and helpful. "
" One of the best dealership in America ask for bill hamad trust him he will always come thru with the deal you will love and the whole experience at the dealership was something that I never expected every single salesperson is so humble and reassuring. The finance manager made everything crystal clear what would I be paying and what options I have. If you looking to get a new Toyota please do give them a chance to get your business and I promise you will have a best experience and ask for bill hamad he is the reason I drove from NY to PA to get my new Toyota and it is worth every single mile . "
" I just purchased a new Tacoma from Team Toyota Langhorne. Having been to a variety of other dealerships I was worn out from the same song and dance. I walked into the dealership and was lucky enough to get Ozzy Hamad. He walked me through all of my options and was able to get the vehicle I wanted in my price range. No back and forth between management about haggling pricing. He asked what my budget was and got it much lower than what I was expecting. Highly recommend this dealership especially if you have the opportunity to work with Ozzy! "
" Derek was helpful and knowledgeable. He was also patient and answered question very quickly! Highly recommend him! "
TEAM Toyota online
" We needed a good reliable used car. TEAM had many to choose from and we shopped online. By the time we got to the showroom, we had made our choice. I particularly liked the fact that what I chose online was indeed the car you had for sale. "
" Chris Our salesman was very knowledgeable and helpful. And no high pressure! "
" I had a wonderful experience at Team Toyota of Langhorne, trading in my 2011 Rav4 for a 2017 Rav4. My sales consultant was Rich Magaziner and he made the experience so much easier. He allowed my husband and I to look at vehicles at our own pace, but was readily available and eager to answer any questions we had. He was very patient and friendly as well as very knowledgeable of their vehicles. I don't have a single complaint. I will definitely be back when it comes time to upgrade again, and would recommend Team Toyota of Langhorne to anyone I know. "
" Dealer was responsive "
" Fantastic experience with Rich Magaziner! "
" Couldn't have had a better experience buying/leasing my first brand new car! Kevin VanVorst jr easiest sales person I've ever had the pleasure of dealing with. Told him my budget and he showed me what I could afford. Even the finance manager, Charles Morgan, explained things to me in a way that helped this exciting experience not seem to over whelming. These two guys make a great team! I'm very thankful😊 "
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Hotel Tonight Olympics Infographic Shows iOS Vs Android Booking Habits
Hotel Tonight is an app for iPhone and Android that lets users find last-minute deals on left-over rooms that Hotels need to fill. The App recently included Hotels in London so those procrastinators can book a room at a pretty decent deal just in time for the 2012 Olympics. The app recently released its numbers that evaluate how iOS and Android users book hotel stays for the Olympics and beyond.
Here are some basic stats from the infographic:
- More London rooms were booked by iOS users
- Android users are more likely to be trill seekers and deal hunters
- While Android users are more spontaneous, iOS users book rooms faster
- Android users prefer to use hotel parking, WiFi, and casinos; iOS users prefer hotel restaurants, spas, bars…and the minibar.
Below is the full HotelTonight info graphic to get the full picture of how iOS and Android fans use the app:
Of course, this is a snapshot of how HotelTonight users book rooms and amenities; but is this a fair assessment of hotel stays by iOS vs. Android users as a whole? Let us know what you think.
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Donna Carcaci Rhodes has been the curator at the Pearl S. Buck house for seven years, and is still discovering it.
During her tenure, the house has always had some form of damage, been under some form of construction, and some of its contents have always been in storage. For example, she had never seen Buck's set of pink consomme dishes made of delicately etched glass.
"These were boxed up when I started. The first time I saw them was two weeks ago," said Rhodes.
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"So that was a lot of fun -- opening them and saying, 'Oh, my gosh, look at this!'"
Pearl S. Buck lived most of her first 40 years in China, where she wrote "The Good Earth" on a used Royal typewriter she bought there (now prominently on display). Shortly after winning the Pulitzer Prize for the novel and divorcing her first husband, she settled into a renovated 18th century stone farmhouse in Bucks County, about seven miles northwest of Doylestown, with her second husband.
A mixture of themes
She did her best to blend rural Pennsylvania architecture with her love of China. A pair of Windsor chairs share a dining table with a pair of carved Oriental chairs. Heavy blue American linen curtains share a palette with a Peking fetti rug. A Bucks County landscape painting by Edward Redfield hangs directly behind a small statue of Kuan Yin, a Chinese goddess.
"Pearl Buck was very much attached to the Kuan Yin. We have three Kuan Yin statues in the house," said Rhodes. "Interestingly, she was raised by Presbyterian missionary parents, but you don't have any representations of that in the house. But you do have these beautiful Kuan Yins in the house."
The Edward Redfield painting, however, is a copy, as is another Redfield across the room. The originals were sold to fund part of the $2.8 million restoration of the house, which included structural upgrades to the building housing the collection. Pennsylvania also awarded a $700,000 grant toward the renovation.
Buck, who died in 1973, did many things in the Bucks County house: wrote her late novels; raised six mixed-race, adopted children; and created Welcome House, an international adoption agency for mixed-race and disadvantaged children. (One of them would be Allan Pineda, aka apl.de.ap of The Black Eyed Peas.)
Writer extensively edited her home
Buck also changed the house, quite a lot. In addition to many additions and expansions (including a greenhouse for camellias), she widened the dining room beyond the roof support; tore down weight-supporting walls; and installed a stone fireplace and brick balcony in the upstairs bedrooms heavy enough to make the first-level ceiling supports visibly sag.
"She would come in here and say, 'I'd like this extended by five feet, and turn this outdoor seating area into a dining area, and I'd like the front door to be larger, and I'd like a fireplace added.' Then she would go on vacation," said Rhodes. "Which is fine when a family is living there, but when you have a group coming through you have to deal with weight-bearing situations."
As a designated historical site and tourist attraction, the house receives about 20,000 visitors a year, making structural repairs critical. The three-phase restoration slid new steel inside old wood to fortify walls and ceilings, repaired water damage from copious leaks, and replaced split floorboards.
"The house really hasn't looked like this since Pearl Buck lived here," said Rhodes.
The opening of the newly restored house, on Wednesday, is timed to Buck's 121st birthday. The kitchen table is set with paper party hats and midcentury ice cream dishes.
This story was reported through a news coverage partnership between NBC10.com and NewsWorks.org


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The illustration topping this post is for the wrap-around cover to my Chalk Marks book and below is the hardcover mock-up for my MA show, for which I liberally borrowed from the style of European graphic albums.
Finally on the subject of my MA show, it kicks off tomorrow (2nd September) and runs all the way through to the 8th. Please come on down to Camberwell to take a look and in case you want a preview of some of the work on show saunter over to this link.


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Little League's 2013 Rulebooks Now Available for Purchase
Little League's 2013 Rulebooks Now Available for Purchase
The 2013 Little League rulebooks have arrived and are available for purchase. As in previous years, the retail price for each of the three books (Baseball, Softball and Challenger Division) is $7 each.
As always, local leagues will receive a supply of free rulebooks (one per team) when applying for their annual charter. The support of our National Sponsors allows us to provide these to you.
Orders can be made in person; by phone (1-800-874-2852); or through the Little League On-Line Store, at: www.LittleLeagueStore.net. Shipping and additional charges will apply for all phone or Internet sales.
If a League President or District Administrator wishes to order more rulebooks at a discounted rate, he or she may do so by:
- Presenting their League or District ID Number in person at the Little League Store on the Little League International Complex in South Williamsport, Pa. (price reduced to $2).
- Presenting their League or District ID Number by telephone when calling the Little League Store (price reduced to $2).
- Presenting their League or District ID Number in person at one of Little League's five region headquarters in the United States (Eastern - Bristol, Conn.; Southeastern - Warner Robins, Ga.; Central - Indianapolis; Southwestern - Waco, Texas; Western - San Bernardino, Calif. - price reduced to $2).
In the coming weeks, the 2013 Little League Baseball, Little League Softball and Little League Challenger Division rules and regulations also will be available through a mobile phone application created by FunMobility, a licensee of Little League Baseball and Softball. The app will be available for purchase on the Android marketplace and on iTunes.


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The 36th Ludum Dare finished and I've made it again! This time without a live blog at @GameStad. Play the game here on the Ludum Dare entry page. The theme this time was Ancient Tech. My game is set in a fantasy world with tech far below ours. You, the GOD of eternal slumber get's awoken by a cult of worshippers. Once awoken this mechanic god initiates it's main program... Wil you be able to execute this program?
I've been drawing on live streams on Tuesdays for a while. During these streams I've been practicing some different kinds of art styles. This is one of those different styles. As a quick painting I really like them. But beyond that I still have doubt. Do you have suggestions? Tell me on twitter or the live stream itself.
The 35th Ludum Dare finished last monday and I've made it again! I finished a game in 48 hours with pretty graphics decent graphics. It has been a very exciting week with lots of positive feedback. The theme was shapeshifting and the game turned out as a battle game, click and shapeshift for damage while you try to avoid receiving damage. You can play the game here: Play
Can you find all the easter eggs in this Easter Egg game I made? The game was created during a two session live stream last week on Picarto. Play the game on the GameCreator.
Follow my art adventures and more on Picarto.tv! I'm going to weekly broadcast as I create art for the GameCreator or InCourse for you to use there.
The 34th Ludum Dare finished last monday! I participated with my intern Christa and we built a game around the themes "two buttons" and "growing". The graphics turned out awesome and the gameplay itself is decent. Play a fish which eats other fish and nuclear waste! You know what happens when you eat nuclear waste right? Time for you to start growing: Play
Ludum Dare finished last monday and I made it! I finished a solid game in 48 hours with pretty graphics. It has been a very exciting week with lots of positive feedback. You can play the game here:
You finally came up with the game of your dreams. You wrote everything down, used all available studies and it sounds too good to be true on paper. But how do you make sure it ends up being fun to play? You could build the game and throw in endless testing afterwards until your test subjects think it's fun. But is that really the way to go? I think not. There are better ways to do quality checks. So what easier and quicker ways are there?
Creating an artistic game is one part. Making a game popular for an audience is another. My company creates games for businesses, a different kind of audience than Ludum Dare participants. How to make sure that a game will fit them? The key is to know your target audience to the bone, to make sure they keep playing and recommend it to friends. Our goal is to make lots of people play and enjoy our games. So, what does motivate a human to enjoy my games?
Although there are millions of games these days, only a few really succeed and even less are worth to play. How is this possible? A game consists of a set of rules, right? But a bunch of rules don't make it fun to play. Actually, far from in my opinion. Throwing in some random rules doesn't make a game good. So, which aspects are important related to the rules and make it worth the play? What gives rules the edge to play a game again and again?
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Raising the Bar
I was craving my raspberry bars. Maybe it was looking at the book photo or remembering how I couldn't stop eating them the day of the photo shoot. My fabulous photographer and friend, Michael Bennett Kress, preferred the pecan bars during the shoot, but both of us started at the trimmed off edges of each pan and slowly worked our way in.
So there I was making raspberry bars one Friday this spring and when the bottom crust was baked, it just seemed too pedestrian to spread jarred jam when I had a fridge full of luscious, seasonal berries. I got out the rasps and blues and squished them with my hands, added sugar and some flour and spread that over the bottom crust and grated the remaining dough on top. You can serve it warm or cold, though I like the chilled bars better.
After several Shabbat meals and snacks, we still had half the pan left on Sunday. I may have also made chocolate mousse that weekend. Berries can never compete with chocolate. Sunday afternoon, three hours into the seven total of my daughter's regret over having donated 8 inches of her hair, I needed a pick-me-up. I told my son Sam, who LOVES fruit desserts, to get us two soup spoons. He asked if we needed plates and I responded, "Why?" We sat down and inhaled the remainder of the pan. Somewhere into the final corner of the pan, things were looking up. Sam and I licked our spoons. I took Emily to get her hair layered and her friends on skype pronounced the new style gorgeous. This dessert made my stressful afternoon ever so much sweeter.
Berry Bars
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) parve margarine, frozen for 15 minutes, plus extra for
greasing pan and parchment
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 large egg yolk
2 cups fresh blueberries
2 cups fresh raspberries
¼ cup sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Preheat the oven to 350ºf. Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan with some margarine. Place a piece of parchment in the pan that is large enough to go up the sides and hang over a few inches. Grease the top and sides of the parchment.
To make the crust: Place the flour and sugar into the bowl of a food processor fitted with a metal blade. Process for 10 seconds. Cut the margarine into pieces and add to the bowl. Process or use your hands to mix for another 10 seconds. Add the vanilla and egg yolk and then process or mix until the dough just comes together.
Divide the dough in half, making one piece a little bigger. Wrap both pieces in
Meanwhile place the raspberries and blueberries into a large bowl and squeeze with your hands to break up the raspberries.
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It appears the tweeting days of Gilbert Arenas are over.
The suspended Wizards star's Twitter account was closed sometime Thursday night. The final count: 155 posts, according to TruthAboutIt.net, ranging from entertaining to bizarre to newsworthy (imagine that!).
Agent Zero tried using Twitter to explain away his current gun problems:
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"@DhatKidSoFlashy no im not going to jail i didnt do what they keep writing but stay away from guns..i was wrong for puttn them in my locker"
And he also tried to explain away the Getty image of his finger guns in Philadelphia:
"I know everybody seen the pre game pics..my teammate thought to break the tention we should do that..but this is gettn way to much. I wanna say sorry if I p***ed any body off by us havin fun ... I'm sorry for anything u need to blame for for right now.."
There's no word as to why the Twitter account was closed -- whether it was his own doing or on the advice of his lawyers or the league. But some media outlets, like ABC News, believe his rants on Twitter played a big part on his league suspension.
On Monday, Arenas tweeted an apology for the offensive photo. But the stream of Twitter messages, ramblings and rants may have shined a self-inflicted spotlight on the gifted player that was too much for Stern to ignore. Arenas has been known for his erratic behavior over the years.
Without his constant tweets, how will friends and fans know what Gil's up to? May we suggest Foursquare?


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State Codes and StatutesStatutes > West-virginia > 18a > 18a-4-9
§18A-4-9. Payment of teachers and other employees; withholdings.
Teachers and all other employees whose salaries or wages are payable out of the school current fund shall be paid for their services by orders duly signed by the president and secretary of the board in accordance with the following provisions: Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter and chapter eighteen, the number of pays to be made during the school year to the various classes of employees shall be determined by the board: Provided, That the sum of such pays for any employee does not exceed the equivalent of an annual salary based upon twelve calendar months. In the event a teacher or other employee is not paid the full salary or wage earned in the fiscal year in which the work is performed, the unpaid amount may be paid during July and August of the following fiscal year. Adjustments for time loss due to absence may be made in the next paycheck following such time loss.
The county board may withhold the pay of any teacher or employee until he has made the reports required by the board or the state superintendent.
Accompanying the pay of each employee shall be an accounting of gross earnings, all withholdings and the dollar value of all benefits provided by the state on behalf of the employee.