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The Dodgers have been scorching hot for more than two months. That allows the Red Sox to use this weekend's series in Los Angeles as a litmus test.
"We're going up against a hot team," said Boston skipper John Farrell. "We've got to find ways to try to slow them down."
The Dodgers' resurgence has coincided with the callup of outfielder Yasiel Puig. Farrell has been impressed by the Cuban sensation's flair and performance.
"He's an exciting, young player," Farrell said. "He's aggressive at the plate, he's aggressive in all phases of his game. He's going to be an aggressive swinger when he comes to the plate. We know that."
So how does Farrell expect his pitchers to get Puig out?
"Hopefully he hits some balls right at people," Farrell said.
Puig and the rest of manager Don Mattingly's lineup will square off against southpaw Jon Lester on Saturday. The lefty has posted a 3-1 record and 2.52 ERA since the All-Star break, a stark turnaround from the 8-6 mark and 4.58 ERA he logged prior to the Midsummer Classic. Farrell cited several reasons for the reversal.
"Some added rest coming out of the All-Star break," Farrell said, "more consistent fastball command, particularly to his arm side. And more than anything, he's stayed out of the middle of the plate, particularly in key moments. And he's made a pitch to shut off potential RBI situations. He's throw a higher percentage of strikes. His walk totals have dropped since coming out of the All-Star break."
The Dodgers will counter with rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu, who has compiled a 12-4 record and 2.95 ERA in his first season in the Majors. The left-hander has won six of his past seven decisions and is 6-1 with a 1.78 ERA in 11 home starts.
"Ryu has been, for me, beyond anybody's expectations," said pitching coach Rick Honeycutt.
Red Sox: Thornton on the mend
• Left-handed reliever Matt Thornton could rejoin the Red Sox bullpen this weekend. The veteran has been sidelined since injuring his right oblique on Aug. 4.
"We'll check him [Saturday], and then, we'll go one of two ways. It could possibly be an activation for Sunday or, if we determine that he needs another time on the mound, we'll determine it," Farrell said. "Most importantly, we just need to check that there's no soreness after today's session, during which he threw the ball very good."
Dodgers: Kemp nearing return
• Outfielder Matt Kemp may begin a rehab assignment before Minor League seasons end the first week of September. Kemp tested his sprained ankle on Friday by running and making turns and taking early batting practice.
"They said that was the best he's ran," Mattingly said. "You still see a hitch now and then on certain steps and when he's slowing down. He's getting better, but he's not there yet."
Worth noting
• Ryu has tossed at least six innings in 20 of his 24 starts this season.
• Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez has reached base in 49 of the 55 games he has started this season.
Zack Meisel is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @zackmeisel. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It's been a long time since the KDE VDPAU problem was confirmed. Any plans on fixing that? VDPAU is unusable right now (and has been for a long time.)
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It's been a long time since the KDE VDPAU problem was confirmed. Any plans on fixing that? VDPAU is unusable right now (and has been for a long time.)
Really? I use both KDE and mplayer+vdpau daily and they work just fine together.
Occasionally mplayer locks up due to some vdpau quirk, but that's it.
@Plagman: looks like you are now the nVidia Linux mascot. We need you in a head to head with Linus!
Any news on the *official * nVidia Linux forum?
VDPAU has never worked for me. It's this bug:
It was confirmed by NVidia back then. But still no fix till this day.
Still working on the forums; we realize how unfortunate the current situation is right now and are trying to work it out as soon as possible.
As for the VDPAU / KWin interaction problems, we're currently looking into it and discussing potential solutions with the KWin developers.
Some progess, regarding a tear free desktop shoud be top priority, because most opengl DE shows tearing in the upper portion of the screen (KWIN, COMPIZ), using nvidia drivers.
This is because the GPU switches to an extremely low power mode (50Mhz) and stays there. The "PowerMizer" thing simply refuses to unstuck itself from the 50Mhz mode, even if you produce activity on the desktop. The only thing that seems to wake it up is launching a 3D app or something like Firefox and scroll around in a page. And even then, it's too slow to adapt. Worst of all, you can't change the settings in a meaningful way (like disable only the 50Mhz mode and leave the others as they are.)
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Great, I hope this fixes my problem with the lastest driver hanging the X server about when my mouse randomly skips. It only happens when I'm gaming in 3d. When the same thing happend 2 years ago, I replaced my mouse thinking that was the issue (skips but not lockups) eventually a nvidia driver update fixed it. As it stands now, when it locks up I gotta hard reset or ssh in and kill/restart the X server manually.


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Fifty years ago, the notorious Alcatraz prison shut its gate behind guard Jim Albright as he escorted the last inmate off the island on March 21, 1963.
"As we're going out, I know, when I come back from this trip, I don't have a job, I don't have a home anymore," Albright remembers. "I didn't want the island to close, I didn't want to leave. I liked it there."
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Former inmate Robert Schibline was brought to Alcatraz in 1958, after he was caught robbing banks while on shore leave from the Navy — and using the aircraft carrier on which he was stationed as a getaway vehicle.
"Well, the reputation of Alcatraz went far and wide, even to us convicts," Schibline says. "I had a bit of a trepidation when I got off the bus, and seeing that thing sitting on the island, out in the bay, shrouded by fog, I thought, 'Oh boy, here I go again, into the world unknown!'"
Albright was also nervous on his first day on "The Rock."
"I remember I was only 24 when I started there, and I had no previous experience," he says. "So it was kinda fearful, and you'd be apprehensive and it was exciting and everything, especially when you walked through the door for the first time and they slammed the door behind you. Because you didn't know what to expect."
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Albright and Schibline remember each other from those days, though guards and inmates did not socialize. They also recall the night when inmates Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin made history as the first successful escapees from "The Rock."
The daring trio placed homemade dummy heads in their beds to fool the guards, then climbed up onto the roof and into the San Francisco Bay on a raft made of raincoats. They were never heard from again.
"All the inmates felt like they made it and all the officers felt like they didn't make it," Albright recalls.
"Everybody was very happy that they made it out of the cell block and out of the prison," says Schibline, who did his own small part to help the Anglin brothers escape. "I was able to get access to the paper out of the garbage can and get the tide tables off to Clarence."
Whether or not that helped the escapees is uncertain, and most believe they drowned in the ocean. A year after the escape, Alcatraz prison was shut down.
Albright went on to work in other prisons for the next 22 years, and Schibline opened a successful scuba diving shop after his release from prison. Both are now retired.
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Coming up, the Canadian band Chic Gamine. But first, Alcatraz, perhaps the country's most famous prison. It shut its gates 50 years ago this month. Even after all these years, we're still fascinated by The Rock and with those who lived there.
We went in search of a former inmate and a former guard and found one of each: Robert Schibline and Jim Albright. Robert, let's start with you. Take us back there. What was it like?
ROBERT SCHIBLINE: Well, the reputation of Alcatraz was far and wide, even to us convicts. And I had a bit of a trepidation when I got on the bus and seen that thing sitting on the island out in the bay shrouded by fog. And I thought, oh, boy, here I go again into the world's unknown.
SULLIVAN: Jim Albright, you were one of the last guards off the island when it closed 50 years ago. What do you remember about Alcatraz? What was that job like?
JIM ALBRIGHT: I remember - I was only 24 when I started there, and I had no previous experience. And so it was kind of fearful, and you'd be apprehensive, and it was exciting and everything, especially when you walked through the door for the first time and they slammed the door behind you, because you didn't know what to expect. And I remember Robert was a young, tough kid with dark hair. And he was very personable.
SULLIVAN: Robert, do you remember Jim Albright?
SCHIBLINE: Yes, I do. I ain't going to say anything bad but nothing good.
SCHIBLINE: He was a guard. That's all I can say. I have a complete detest for all prison guards, especially Jim. He's still alive.
SULLIVAN: I would imagine it's difficult to be the inmate because you are there because you've committed a crime.
SCHIBLINE: Well, I realize that. I realize it was my fault I was there.
SULLIVAN: How did you - what crime did you commit?
SCHIBLINE: Bank robbery.
SULLIVAN: But I think there's a little bit of a story there, isn't there? It's 1958. I think you were also in the Navy at the time.
SCHIBLINE: Oh, yeah. Oh, you want the Navy story? Oh, yeah.
SULLIVAN: You were in the Navy at the time that you were a bank robber.
SCHIBLINE: Yeah. Well, when I was in the Navy, everybody go on the shore to do their drinking and honky-tonking. Well, me and my buddy would go and we would rob a bank. And we scampered back to the ship, our aircraft carrier. And next day when we pull out to go to a different port, we'd get all around the roadblocks by going out to sea.
SULLIVAN: Jim Albright, how would you describe the relationship between the guards and the inmates while you were there?
ALBRIGHT: I'd say for the circumstances, it was pretty good because I wasn't there to harass them. I was just there to make sure they didn't escape.
SULLIVAN: Well, while you were a guard on Alcatraz, there was the famous 1962 escape from Alcatraz where three inmates made a boat out of raincoats and attempted to sail off into the night. They were never seen or heard from again. Tell us about that night and what had happened.
ALBRIGHT: Well, that was Frank Morris and John and Clarence Anglin. The alarm woke me up. And I had been over town playing ball the night before, and I twisted my knee, and I had crutches. And so I was out crutching up the hill, and I wanted to see what was going on. And I stepped up to the cell, and the dummy head was so real that at high noon, I thought I had the wrong cell and moved over to the next cell.
SULLIVAN: The dummy head is, of course, the heads that the inmates made out of wax and soap and a homemade paint that they put inside the beds so that the guards and officers would think that they were sleeping that night when they were actually crawling up the drainpipes and out onto the roof and out into the water. What went through your head when you realized that these three inmates had escaped?
ALBRIGHT: Well, of course, our first job was the search and try and find them.
SULLIVAN: Robert, do you remember?
SCHIBLINE: Oh, yeah.
SULLIVAN: Robert, what was the mood like the morning that the three men escaped?
SCHIBLINE: Oh, exhilaration. Everybody was very happy that they made it out of the cellblock and out of the prison. And I knew the Anglin brothers really, really well- John and Clarence. They're from Florida here. And Clarence Anglin worked in the barbershop, which is right across from my cell. And one of the guys (unintelligible), apparently, I didn't know this at the time, but he brought in a newspaper (unintelligible) when he worked out on the docks. And I was able to get access to that paper out of the garbage can and get the tide tables off to Clarence. And...
SULLIVAN: Robert, are you saying that you helped Clarence Anglin escape from Alcatraz?
SCHIBLINE: Yeah. I think out of 250-something people there, there must have been at least 150 who knew about the escape for six months before it happened.
SULLIVAN: Wow. Jim, does that surprise you?
ALBRIGHT: No, because they all wanted to feel like they was wanted, you know, and helped them escape.
SULLIVAN: They were never seen or heard from again and...
ALBRIGHT: No.
SULLIVAN: ...most people believe that they drowned in the bay or in the Pacific Ocean. Do you think they made it, Jim?
ALBRIGHT: Oh, no. No. If they did make it, why didn't they five years after they're not caught go turn themselves in? They'd be so famous. They'd be on Jay Leno's show and Oprah's show and "Today" shows and have books and movies. And...
SULLIVAN: Yeah.
ALBRIGHT: And all the inmates felt like they made it and all the officers felt like they didn't make it.
SCHIBLINE: Exactly. And I'm agreeing with Jim. For the first time in my life, I'm agreeing with a guard.
SULLIVAN: So we're finding some common ground between officer and inmate here.
SCHIBLINE: Yeah. (Unintelligible).
SULLIVAN: Fifty years will do that, I imagine. Well, let's talk about the food of Alcatraz.
SCHIBLINE: Oh, the best in the prison system, no matter where you go.
ALBRIGHT: Yeah. It was great. We had the best food of any prison in the United States.
SCHIBLINE: I'll testify to that.
SULLIVAN: Jim, what did you do after you left Alcatraz?
ALBRIGHT: Twenty-two years at four more prisons.
SULLIVAN: Wow. How does Alcatraz stand up to those other prisons?
ALBRIGHT: I would go back there right now if everything was equal.
SULLIVAN: Robert, I'm going to imagine that you would not like to go back to Alcatraz.
SCHIBLINE: No. But if I had to do time, I'd rather do it there.
SULLIVAN: And tell me about your last day, Robert, on Alcatraz.
SCHIBLINE: You're never forewarned about that stuff. They just said pack up your stuff. You're going.
SULLIVAN: And, Jim, what was your last day on Alcatraz like?
ALBRIGHT: I escorted the last inmate, Frank Weatherman, off the island and took him to town, put him on the airplane and flew him to Leavenworth in Atlanta. But as we're going out - and I know when I come back from this trip, I don't have a job, I don't have a home anymore.
SULLIVAN: Oh. What did you feel?
ALBRIGHT: Well, of course, it was sad. I didn't want the island to close. I didn't want to leave. I liked it there.
SULLIVAN: Yeah. How many times have you been back?
ALBRIGHT: Oh, probably a dozen.
SULLIVAN: Robert, have you ever been back?
SCHIBLINE: Yeah. I went back in 2005.
SULLIVAN: What was that like?
SCHIBLINE: I was amazed. They treated me like a rock star.
SULLIVAN: Robert, do you think after this conversation today that you don't hate the guards so much?
SCHIBLINE: No change in my head whatsoever. I'm (unintelligible). I'm over the elephant when it comes to that.
SULLIVAN: Jim, I hope that doesn't hurt your feelings too much.
ALBRIGHT: No, no, no, no. That's...
SCHIBLINE: Oh, it's nothing personal. It's just he's a guard.
ALBRIGHT: But I enjoyed talking to him.
SULLIVAN: Well, Robert Schibline and Jim Albright, a former inmate and a former guard, on the famous island of Alcatraz. Thank you both so much for talking to us today, and each other.
ALBRIGHT: You're welcome.
SCHIBLINE: My pleasure.
SULLIVAN: To see some photos of that last day on Alcatraz, visit our website, npr.org. And in case you were wondering, Robert Schibline opened a scuba diving shop after his release and ran it for 40 years. He is recently retired to Florida. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Order these, from worst to first: Traxler, Budapest, Cochrane, Englund, Halloween, Albin, and the Parham.
Halloween, Parham, Budapest, Traxler, Cochrane...Are you refering to the Albin Counter-Gambit? Because that is solid gold!
and why are all your posts a diffeent color?
Because he is a titled player. One of the perks on Chess.com for being one! :)
I have heard of some of those opening names but most of them I couldn't even demonstrate their first few moves much less the mainlines.
No Grob?
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I play the Albin,its awesome.
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I play the traxler, is a good opening for blitz xD
if i had to order from worst... Halloween, Parham, Englund, Albin, Traxler, Budapest. I think.
I think the worst opening is damiano defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6??
most of those arn't that bad, but:Englund (nothing going for it)Halloween (at least its tricky)Parham (bad, but at least it doesnt give away material)Traxler (decent opening imo, lots of tricks)Albin (i think this opening is ok)Budapest (not great, but still sound)
My ranking: Englund, Halloween, Traxler, Budapest, Cochrane, Albin, Parham.
Worst to "Least Bad":
Albin (I beat this in round 1 at Land of the Sky weekend before last in 29 moves. Started out up 2 pawns, then 1, then 0, then down 1 pawn, then down 2, and Black had no way to stop mate!)
Budapest (ASSUMING 3...Ng4, if you do the Fajoriwitz, 3...Ne4, this goes between Halloween and Englund)
Englund, Parham, Halloween, Cochrane, Traxler, Albin, Budapest
Budapest is the most sound of the lot, but it's not great.
Albin appears to have the highest win rate of Black's responses to 1.d4 d5 2.c4, at least if you're comparing all the possible second moves for Black. You're also more likely to lose than draw than you would from a quieter defense. It's a very "live by the sword, die by the sword" kind of opening, but then if you're a gambiteer, that's the creed you've already eagerly sworn to.
I agree, the Albin is a common opening nowadays, especially amongst intermediate players. Gambits are always contraversial, but so are Gambiteers. I liked how back then, when you "had" to accept your opponents Gambit, as a sign of respect. Ah, the Romantic players!
from whoms point of view? I love the Halloween,..wel...if I am black that is..
The Traxler, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5
is still played in correspondence chess. If there's a refutation, it's really complicated. I've seen some amazing analysis of the Traxler, and I still don't know whether it's been refuted.
The Budapest 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5?! appears in GM games occasionally. While I prefer White, I definitely respect it. It's not "refuted".
The Cochrane Gambit,1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7, is barely playable. Yes, Topalov used it against Kramnik in 1999, but it doesn't hold much hope for White. Black has several defenses that are good enough, and some that probably win with best play.
The Englund Gambit, 1.d4 e5? is just bad. Tim Harding once wrote that it's not playable above 2000 level OTB. I've had titled players use it against me in blitz, but that's about it. It's not worth playing outside of blitz.
The Halloween Gambit,1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nxe5 , is completely unjustified and is refuted with simple play: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.d5 Bb4! 7.dc6 Nxe4!
Note that there's another Cochrane Gambit:
Pretty strong, btw.
Isn't the Albin (yes I meant d4 d5 c4 e5) played most often at the high level of all the above? I think it's better than the Budapest.
Hey I know who I will invite for their thoughts.
In my databases, The Budapest is played about twice as often as the Albin by players rated +2500. Neither is played very often. Morozevich is mostly responsible for a brief bit of popularity in the Albin. He won a few good games showing some cool tactical tricks. But once White came to grips with Morozevich's genius, the opening has slipped back into obscurity. I would rather face the Albin in a correspondence game than the Budapest. I think White is close to winning after 2...e5, but I don't think the Budapest with 3.dxe5 Ng4 is refuted. (The Fajarowicz variation of the Budapest with 3...Ne4? probably is refuted though!)
The real problem with the Budapest is that Black has almost zero winning chances against a really strong opponent. I don't think it's actually losing, it's just really hard to play and has very little up-side.
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Imaging tests may include:
Proper treatment can prevent long-term complications or problems with your femur. Treatment will depend on how serious the fracture is, but may include:
Extra support may be needed to protect, support, and keep your femur bone in line while it heals. Supportive steps may include a splint. A walker or crutches may be needed to help you move around while keeping weight off your leg. Casts are rarely used except in young children.
Some fractures cause pieces of bone to separate. Your doctor will need to put these pieces back into their proper place. This may be done:
In most cases, surgery is needed to repair a femoral fracture.
Children's bones are still growing at an area of the bone called the growth plate. If the fracture affected the growth plate, your child may need to see a specialist. Injuries to the growth plate will need to be monitored to make sure the bone can continue to grow as expected.
The following medication may be advised:
Check with your doctor before taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen or aspirin.
Healing time varies by age and your overall health. Children and people in better overall health heal faster. In general, it takes up to 4-6 months for a fractured femur to heal.
You will need to adjust your activities while your femur heals, but complete rest is rarely required. Ice and elevating the leg at rest may also be advised to help with discomfort and swelling.
As you recover, you may be referred to physical therapy or rehabilitation to start range-of-motion and strengthening exercises. Do not return to activities or sports until your doctor gives you permission to do so.
To help reduce your chance of femoral fractures, take these steps:
To help reduce falling hazards at work and home, take these steps:


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8-Ball Autos in Harwood | |
Name: | 8-Ball Autos |
Type: | Automobile bomb ship |
Founder: | 8-Ball |
Appearance(s): | GTA III GTA:VC GTA Advance GTA:SA GTA:LCS GTA:VCS |
Locations: | GTA III era: Harwood, Liberty City Newport, Liberty City Pike Creek, Liberty City Viceport, Vice City Downtown, Vice City El Corona, Los Santos Redsands East, Las Venturas |
8-Ball Autos, also referred to as Eightballs Autoyard in Grand Theft Auto III, is an automobile bomb shop in the GTA III Era. The business appears in GTA III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The business is owned by explosives expert 8-Ball, who at one point in 2000 employs Slick at the Portland shop in Liberty City. This shop arms the player's vehicle with a remote, timed and engine ignition bomb. In Grand Theft Auto 1 and in its expansion packs there are similar shops and they sell only timed bombs.
GTA III and GTA LCS
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Liberty City
- Harwood, Portland, Liberty City
- Newport, Staunton Island, Liberty City
- Pike Creek, Shoreside Vale, Liberty City
Vice City
San Andreas
- El Corona, Los Santos, San Andreas (near Unity Station and 69c Store)
- In GTA III and GTA Advance each bomb fitted costs $1,000.
- In GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Liberty City Stories and GTA Vice City Stories each bomb fitted costs $500.
- The 8-Ball Autos Portland branch in GTA Advance is still in Harwood, but is incorrectly placed in the Portland Beach area.
- The telephone number of 8-Ball Autos in GTA San Andreas is (555) 010012, with 010012 being the zip code of Rockstar Games in New York City.
- Bombs from the business are used in the missions Mike Lips Last Lunch, Bomb Da Base Act II and Kanbu Bust-out (GTA III), Shogun Showdown (optional), Blow up 'Dolls' and Bringing the House Down (GTA Liberty City Stories). There is no actual mission directly using the bomb shop in GTA San Andreas, however the player can optionally choose to have a vehicle outfitted with a bomb at the Los Santos location and set it off where desired; it is available from the beginning of the game.
- The shop in Harwood, Portland serves as the starting location for 8-Ball's missions in GTA Advance.
- In the beta of GTA San Andreas, the bomb shop was marked on the map with an 8 ball icon.
- Visually, '8-' resembles the male's testicles, which is believed to be another hidden sexual joke made less obvious.
- Businesses
- Businesses in GTA III
- Businesses in GTA Vice City
- Businesses in GTA San Andreas
- Businesses in GTA Advance
- Businesses in GTA Liberty City Stories
- Businesses in GTA Vice City Stories
- Criminal Businesses
- Garages
- Places in Liberty City
- Places in Los Santos
- Places in Portland
- Places in San Andreas
- Places in Shoreside Vale
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Last Day of Weather Data Collection!!
27 March 2015
,Hello Bulb Buddies!
Today is the last day of weather data collection and the deadline for entering all of your data onto the National Museum Wales website! If you are having any trouble then please email me or leave comments when entering your data and I will get back to you as soon as possible!
If you have entered all of your weather data and the first flowering dates for your school then you will be awarded Super Scientist certificates from National Museum Wales and the Edina Trust. These are awarded in recognition of the skills you have developed in completion of the Spring Bulbs for Schools project. I would like to thank you all for taking part.
Well I am sad that this year's project is coming to an end I am excited to start digging into the data to see if there are any patterns and trends and to compare this year's results to previous years! I will send my findings to your school and post the report online by mid-May!
I hope that you have all enjoyed the project. Now that your data capture is complete you can analyse your records and compare your findings to those of other schools using the Map section of the website. You can then compare this to previous years by looking at last year's report. I wonder if you will be able to predict the findings of this year's report?
Remember, there are plenty of ways to develop your science skills. If you have enjoyed this project you could continue keeping weather records and share your findings on the Met Office WOW website. There are also plenty of science experiments to be found on education sites like the MET Office and BBC Bitesize.
If your plants haven't flowered yet then you will still need to enter your flowering date on the National Museum Wales website. If your plant hasn't flowered by the end of term then you could take it home for the holidays and log the date online when it does flower. Be sure to take your user name and password home with you too so that you can access the website!
Some of you reported that your flowers didn't grow. I'm sorry to hear this because I know it is disappointing when an experiment doesn't go as planned. This doesn't mean that the experiment wasn't a success! It is just as important and interesting to document when things don't happen as when they do. For this reason it is important that you still log your findings on the NMW website. To do this log onto the 'flower records' section of the website and select 'did not flower' from the menu.
Watch this space for announcements on which schools are awarded Super Scientist certificates and which win a class Nature Trip!!
Thank you for all your hard work Bulb Buddies,
Professor Plant
Comments and responses:
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: We made a bar chart of how high the crocus plants they are growing. Well they are tall. From F to professor plant. Prof P: Fantastic! Can you send me a picture of your graph? Keep up the good work Bulb Buddies.
Stanford in the Vale Gardening Club: Another week of recordings, we have had a mixture of sunny, cold and windy weather here, but still little rain! We became true scientists today watching the solar eclipse using buckets of water as a reflection. Our grounds are looking beautiful with the daffodils all in flower, swaying in the wind, and bright yellow in colour with the sun shining down on them! Pof P: What a lovely picture you paint of the daffodils! And what a fantastic way to have studied the eclipse! I didn't think of using water, we were using a reflection method but with colanders and paper at the Museum. Keep up the good work Super Scientists.
Tongwynlais Primary School: My daffodil has still not grown. I think it has died Prof P: I'm sorry to hear that your plant hasn't grown. Thank you for logging the information on the website, it is very important to the investigation. You really are a Super Scientist.
Coleg Powys: Sorry I sent the first measurement incorrectly. I thought it was in cm. The second measurement I have submitted is the correct one. Prof P: Thank you for spotting the mistake and rectifying it. I will delete the first entry. You are not the only one to make this mistake and we will add measurement information to the data entry page for next year!
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: All the crocus flowers opened this week except for mine! We have been busy measuring them. I hope mine will open soon, it is still quite small. Prof P: I'm glad to hear your plants have flowered and don't worry I'm sure the last one won't be long now!
Rivington Foundation Primary School: It was the highest its been on Wednesday and Thursday and on Friday we were on a school trip. Prof P: Wow Rivington Primary, your temperatures were high for Wednesday and Thursday! 30°c! Your thermometer must have been in direct sunlight and it must have been a very nice day! I hope you enjoyed the weather and your school trip.
Ysgol Clocaenog: Wedi cynhesu yma wythnos yma. Prof P: Helo Ysgol Clocaenog. Rwyf yn hapus i glywed bod y tywydd yn gwella!
Bickerstaffe CE Primary School: Daffodils in the pots have been a little later than the ones planted in the ground. We were surprised by this! We are going to select 2 pots that are at a similar stage and take one of them inside to see if it speeds up. We won't be able to keep the watering the same though - have you any suggestions? We thought about putting an 'umbrella' over the outdoor pot and not watering the one indoors? Professor P: Ooo this sounds like an exciting experiment Bickerstaffe Primary! Let me know how you get on and what your findings are! As for watering the plants, you really are thinking like Super Scientists by trying to keep all variables the same except for the one you are monitoring. This is very important to maintaining fair experiments. In this case, I wouldn't worry about watering them exactly the same. You can keep them roughly the same by looking at how moist or dry the soil is in each pot and watering them accordingly. I think you will see a difference in the plants very quickly if your classroom is nice and warm!
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: At last, my crocus finally flowered. It was the last one. From E. Prof P: I'm glad to hear all of your plants have flowered! Thank you for logging your flowering dates and heights.
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: Another dry week, since doing this very important investigation, we have noticed we have had very little rain this year. We would like to "Thank You" for allowing us to take part in this study, and we have really enjoyed finding out about the rain fall and taking daily temperature recordings, we spent a lovely afternoon eating ice-cream and drawing our daffodils ready to be judged! This week we have experienced sunshine, especially in the mornings, with winds picking up around lunch time! Stanford would like to wish you all a happy Easter. And we hope to take part in this investigation next year, as we are becoming experts in this field! Prof P: Hello Stanford in the Vale Primary, I should be thanking you for taking part in the project and for all your hard work! I'm glad to hear that you have enjoyed the project and that you will be applying for next year. I look forward to seeing your pictures if you are able to send them in, but the competition itself is not running this year! I will still post any pictures I receive on Twitter and on the Museum Blog. Happy Easter!
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: Nearly all our daffodils have flowered now. There is just one bud showing but 2 do not seem to have buds. The mystery plants are growing really well. I think they are daffodils but they are smaller than our daffodils. A and F. Prof P: Hello Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary. I'm glad to hear the mystery bulbs are growing, you are right, they are a different variety of daffodil! It's strange that two of your daffodils don't have buds. Could you send pictures to me? If these plants don't flower then you can still log the details and height on the NMW website. But I'd wait a bit, they might surprise you!
Rivington Foundation Primary School: We had our first 2 flowers flower today one in the ground and one in the pot but we still have a lot more to go though. We think it took such a long time to flower because we have so many trees blocking out some of the sunlight. Prof P: Hi Rivington Foundation Primary, if your plants haven't flowered before the holidays please take them home with you and log their flowering dates on the NMW website. If the trees were shading your plants from the sun this will have had an effect on their growth. Well done for thinking about what effects the environment is having on your plants - you really are Super Scientists.
Ysgol Bro Eirwg: Bylbiau cudd! Rydyn ni'n credu mae cannin pedr bach sydd gennym ni! Prof P: Dda iawn Ysgol Eirwg. Maent yn amrywiaeth wahanol o gennin Pedr!
Coppull Parish Primary School: Yesterday we had strong winds. Unfortunately a wooden pallet blew onto our daffodil plot and damaged some of them before they flowered. Prof P: Hello Coppull Parish Primary. I'm sorry to hear that your plants have been damaged. If they don't look like they will flower you can still log their heights on the Museum website and select 'did not flower' from the menu.
Ysgol Tal y Bont: At the end of the project we found 2 bulbs did not produce any flowers and 1 bulb produced a double flower. Prof P: Hi Ysgol Tal Y Bont. It's interesting that some of your plants didn't flower and exciting that one produced a double flower! Would you be able in send in pictures?
Our Lady of Peace Primary School: Thank you for letting us take the temperature and rainfall readings. We are going to miss doing it. Prof P: Hello Our Lady of the Peace Primary School. You can always apply to take part next year and continue developing the skills you have learnt from the project. You could also continue to take weather records and share them on the MET Office WOW website. Thank you for taking part and for all your hard work.
Only two weeks to go Bulb Buddies!
13 March 2015
,Hello Bulb Buddies,
Well, you have been busy! A further 78 flowering records have been entered this week bringing us to a total of 175 flowers!
For those of you still waiting for your flowers to bloom here are some helpful tips:
- Your plants have flowered when you can see all of their petals, without the outer casing that protects them while they are developing (see the picture to the right).
- Remember to measure in mm!
- Measure from the top rim of your plant pot to the highest point of your flower.
- Remember to record the date when you enter your flowering record on the National Museum Wales website!
- Please leave comments when you enter your records, this is your chance to tell me what you've liked or disliked about the project!
- Please send pictures! I have been able to share a few pictures posted by schools on Twitter. If your school doesn't use Twitter maybe your teacher could email pictures to me!
There isn't long to go now, only two more weeks of collecting and entering weather data!
Remember, the 27th of March is the deadline for entering all of your weather data. You must do this to achieve your Super Scientist certificates and be in for a chance of winning a museum nature trip!
Keep up the good work Bulb Buddies
Professor Plant
Your comments:
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: We were very excited this week as there were lots of buds on our crocuses. The weather has been getting warmer and today the first crocus flowers opened in the sunshine and we had to measure them carefully, H and J. Prof P: Well done H and J! I hope you have enjoyed studying the development of your plants. There are other experiments you can do that demonstrate how your flowers respond to light and heat. I will send these to your teacher but you can also find them on the website under 'Professor Plant's investigation ideas'. Keep up the good work!
Rivington Foundation Primary School: On Monday we had snow! And on Thursday we were on a school trip. Prof P: Well Rivington Foundation Primary School, you've had quite an exciting week! And you still managed to document your weather records, thank you very much!
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: Still no sign of bulbs in pots flowering yet, we think the ones in the ground are doing better, as the roots have more space to grow, unlike the pots which have restricted space! It's lovely and sunny here today, with a good sunny forecast for the weekend. When we return to school on Monday we should hopefully start to see our bulbs flowering. Prof P: Hi Stanford in the Vale Primary, I'm pleased to hear that you are observing other plants and discussing the effects of environment on growth and development. I hope the sun over the weekend spurs on your plants, it shouldn't be long now so watch them closely!
Our Lady of Peace Primary School: The bulb's still have not came out yet but one of them is almost out. Prof P: It shouldn't be long now Our Lady of the Peace Primary! Watch the flower buds carefully to see how they open. The spathe will begin to split lengthways as the bud grows! If your teacher has a camera you might be able to take pictures that show the different stages of the bud flowering!
Thorn Primary School: We are very sorry but we were unable to submit plants data this week as there was building work taking place at school and we could not safely get to the thermometer and rain collector. We will be fine to collect our data this week. Prof P: Thank you for letting me know Thorn Primary School, and not to worry! I look forward to seeing your data next week.
Our Lady of Peace Primary School: My name is T and my flower was first to open. It was outside when it opened but when we brought it inside it opened even more. We were amazed. Even our teacher was amazed. Prof P: Hi T. I'm glad that you have been studying your plants so closely, they are fascinating things! Did you discuss why the flower reacted to being moved inside? I suspect your classroom was a lot warmer than the playground!!
Swiss Valley School: Hello how do we record the mystery bulbs please? Prof P: Hi Swiss Valley School. You can record the mystery bulbs flowering dates for your own records in the class room, but there is no need to record them on the NMW website. Schools that are taking part in the Edina Trust extension projects were given an extra 20 daffodil bulbs to plant in the ground, and those schools are asked to document the flowering dates for these on the Edina Trust website. This is so that they can compare the flowering dates of those in the ground to those in pots and think of reasons why these might be different. Have you noticed differences in the development of your mystery bulbs to your bulbs in pots? Can you think of reasons for this?
Ysgol Iau Hen Golwyn: We enjoyed measuring them. Prof P: I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying the project Ysgol Iau Hen Golwyn! Keep up the good work.
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: All our crocus have flowered and they are looking so pretty. What a lovely week of warmer weather, and finally the rain came today, we are so in need of more rain.....we looked at the weather data as a group and noticed Oxfordshire have had little rain this year! Prof P: Hi Stanford in the Vale Primary. What a lovely post, and it's nice to see a positive spin on rain! I'm glad that you are using the resources on the map to study readings from other schools! You can also use the Met Office WOW website to look at readings in other areas.
Daffodils for St David's Day
2 March 2015
,Hello Bulb Buddies,
I hope you all had a fantastic St David's Day yesterday!
St David's Day (Dydd Gwyl Dewi) is a national holiday in Wales that celebrates St David (Dewi Sant), the patron Saint of Wales. This is a time when the history and traditions of Wales are celebrated. Traditional foods are prepared such as cawl/ lobscows and welshcakes, and traditional dress and Welsh emblems are worn. The Welsh emblems adorned on St David's day include the leek (which is a symbol of St David) and the Daffodil. It is interesting that the Welsh word for Leek (Cennin) and Daffodil (Cennin Pedr) are very similar!
I thought it would be interesting for the schools in England and Scotland to see how important the Daffodil is in Wales. Did you celebrate St David's Day? If not, are there other days that you do celebrate? You could let me know about these in the 'comments' section when you record this week's weather data!
Have a look at the pictures attached!
Keep up the good work Bulb Buddies,
Professor Plant
First flower dates!
27 February 2015
,Hello Bulb Buddies,
I have exciting news to report! We have had our first flower dates recorded on the website!
Congratulations to Ysgol Deganwy, who's first Crocus flowered an the 21st of February at 90mm tall. Ysgol Tal Y Bont and Ysgol Bancyfelin who's first Crocus's flowered on the 23rd of February at 65mm tall. And, Ynysddu Primary School who's first Crocus flowered on the 25th of February at 50mm tall. They expect two more to flower any day now!
I have also had reports of even earlier flowering dates. Swiss Valley CP School report that some of their Crocus plants flowered over half term.
Silverdale St. John's CE School have reported that some of the Crocuses they planted in tyres have flowered. One is 110mm tall!
And today, via Twitter I received photographic evidence that Llanharan Primary School has at least two fully grown Crocus plants! They saw one of them open today!
Remember to enter your flower date and the height of your flower on the National Museum Wales website. But, only do this once the petals are fully visible and remember to measure the height in millimetres.
I would love some photos of the flowers for the Museum's website and my Twitter page. Please ask your teachers to send these in to me if possible.
I would also like to see just how artistic you all are! So, I have an activity for you to do once your flowers have opened! I'd like you to draw a detailed picture of your plant and label all its different parts. This is a great way to get to know your flowers better, and to see just how complicated such small things can be. It's also very interesting to compare the Daffodil and the Crocus, can you spot the similarities and differences? In many ways all flowers are very similar, even though at first glance they look completely different to one another!
Here is a fun game to do with labelling plants that I found on the BBC Bitesize website:
I look forward to seeing your photos and pictures.
Keep up the good work Bulb buddies,
Professor Plant
Your comments:
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: We had snow on Tuesday! Bitter cold all week. Prof P: Wow Stanford in the Vale Primary, you have had cold weather! -2 on Tuesday – burrr!
Rivington Foundation Primary School: Our daffodils in pots started sprouting last week, now between 1 and 4 cms. Daffodils in pots no sign yet. Probably too cold in the ground. Professor Plant: Hi Rivington Foundation Primary, I'm glad to hear your bulbs are sprouting! It is exciting to see how fast they grow once they start to show above the soil. Usually, the plants in the ground would grow first because they are slightly warmer than your plants in pots. But this depends on a number of things, such as how much frost you have had! I'm sure they will show themselves soon, maybe they are waiting for it to get a little warmer!
Chryston Primary School: Sorry but we were off for 3 days and sadly a bulb got squished because it is near the playground and a ball landed of top of it. The good news is the bulbs are starting to grow. Next week we will start recording the height of the bulbs. Prof P: Oh I am sorry to hear that you lost one of your bulbs! I hope you are all sharing so that no one is too upset – these things do happen! I'm glad to hear that your bulbs have started growing though! It's interesting to document how quickly they grow, and to see that each one grows at its own pace!
Saint Anthony's Primary School: We are enjoying taking the measurements and are delighted at how well our bulbs are progressing. Prof P: Hi Saint Anthony's Primary, I'm glad to hear you are enjoying the project. I very much enjoy studying all the weather records that are sent in. And I especially like receiving lovely comments that show me others enjoy this project as much as I do! Keep up the good work Bulb Buddies.
Glyncollen Primary School: We have had good fun so far doing spring bulbs investigation! Prof P: I'm glad you are enjoying the project Bulb Buddies! There are lots more experiments and investigations you can do if you are enjoying this one, why not have a look at the MET Office website for idea!
Saint Anthony's Primary School: We have noticed that the temperatures have recently been rising and falling. Prof P: Hi Saint Anthony's Primary, I'm glad to hear that you are studying and comparing your weather records. You have had a bit of a jump, from -2 on Wednesday to 11 on Thursday! Differences like this can result from taking readings at different times of day, as the temperature will be consistently lower in the morning than in the afternoon! This is why it's important to always try to take the readings at around the same time. However, this can also result from changes in the weather. I'm guessing it was a lot sunnier and less cloudy on Thursday compared to the rest of the week!
Our Lady of Peace Primary School: We hope our bulbs flower soon. We enjoyed planting them. Prof P: I'm sure it won't be long now Our Lady of Peace Primary! One of my Crocus plants is nearly big enough, but it will be a while yet before my other plants flower! Isn't it interesting to see that all of our plants are developing differently even though we planted them on the same day!
Keir Hardie Memorial Primary School: We have started to see that our bulbs are starting to grow. Some of our bulbs during the extremely windy weather blew over and were nearly out of the plant box and plant pot. However, we have seen some growth in a number of our plant pots and are hoping they will grow further. For the other ones that had blew over, we replanted them just in case there is any hope. This was a few weeks ago so hopefully we will see some change. Prof P: Hi Keir Hardie Memorial Primary, you did the right thing by re-planting your bulbs. I have my fingers crossed that they will still grow for you! I'm glad to hear that some of your plants have started to grow and that you are monitoring them so closely. Keep up the good work!
Glyncollen Primary School: We have had a broken thermometer on Monday and Tuesday. Professor Plant: Hi Glyncollen Primary. I'm sorry that your thermometer wasn't working. But I'm glad to see that you fixed it or got a new one, and that you still took your rain fall readings. Good work!
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: Nearly all our bulbs have shoots now the weather is a bit warmer and the mystery bulbs have buds so it looks like we may have some flowers soon. E and O. Prof P: Ooo this is exciting! Once your mystery bulbs have flowered let me know what type of plant you think they might be! Keep up the god work!
Stanford in the Vale Primary School: Another strange week with the weather....high winds, cold and heavy rain, then beautiful sunshine! Our plants in the ground look as if they could be showing signs of opening.....but the one in pots seem rather behind....so we are on constant watch! Kind Regards, Gardening Club. Prof P: Hi Stanford in the Vale Primary Gardening Club! I'm glad to hear that your plants are doing well, and that you are comparing the growth of the plants in the ground to the plants in pots. It's very interesting that these are developing differently, can you think of reasons why this might be?
Glyncollen Primary School: Some of our spring bulbs are starting to grow and our crocus! Prof P: That's good news Glyncollen Primary, keep a close eye on them now because they'll grow quickly!
Your questions, my answers
13 February 2015
,Hi Bulb Buddies,
I'd like to wish you all a fantastic half term! Don't worry about your plants over the holidays, they will be fine! But be sure to check on them as soon as you get back, because the crocus plants can flower anytime from January onwards and so we should be expecting more flowering dates very soon!
I've had another brilliant joke from L at Thorn Primary School:
Q. Why do you call beetroot beetroot?
A. Because you have to beat the root to get them out!!
And more schools have sent exciting updates on their plants:
Silverdale St. John's CE School: The daffodils are about 5cm tall and one of them is around about 8cm tall! Prof P: Fantastic news Silverdale St. John's CE School you must be looking after them very well!
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School: This week is cold again with very frosty mornings, but we can now see some crocus shoots as well as the daffodils. The mystery bulbs have the tallest shoots. K M. Prof P: I'm excited that your Crocus plants have shown through. Isn't it interesting how different the shoots look! Keep up the good work Bulb Buddies!
Ysgol Nant Y Coed: It was a very dry week last week. Also, our daffodils are about 12-14cm tall now. Prof P: Wow Ysgol Nant Y Coed, make sure you keep a close eye on your plants! It doesn't sound like it will be long now before you see your first flowers.
Ysgol Iau Hen Golwyn: I like this job. Prof P: I'm glad to hear it! There are lots of other experiments you can try if you are enjoying this one. Try the MET Office website for some great ideas for half term: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/kids/things-to-do/experiments
Rivington Foundation Primary School: We think that the temperature on Tuesday,Thursday and Friday was because the sun was hitting straight on to the thermometer. Prof P: Wow Rivington Foundation Primary! What high readings for week 6! That shows summer weather in February! Well done for spotting that this is unusual and questioning why your readings are so high. I think you are right and it must be because your thermometer was in the sun and you took the readings at the warmest time of day! I suggest that you turn the thermometer slightly so it is not in direct sunlight. This will give you more accurate readings. You are well on your way to becoming Super Scientists!!
Carstairs Primary School: Unfortunately we are unable to take the temperature because our temperature monitor has went missing with all of the snow. Prof P: Wow, that must be a lot of snow you are having Carstairs Primary School! Thank you for taking the rain fall readings despite the wintery weather! I see these were high all week, did you have to take the rain gauge inside to melt the snow before taking your readings?
Hi Kirkton Primary School. Just to let you know that you've had the coldest weather reported so far for week 6 at -6ÌŠ!! Brrrrr!! And Thorn Primary School had the second warmest reading of week 6 at 13ÌŠ. I wonder how this will affect your plants! I'll be watching both of your weather records and flowering dates with interest to compare!
Enjoy the holidays Bulb Buddies!!
Professor Plant


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Rapid Prototyping for Early Stage Start-Ups
I remember the day well. I was sitting on a panel at Boulder Startup Week 2012, chatting about our UX/UI process, when an audience member raised her hand. "Wait a second," she said, "it sounds like it costs a lot of money to use agencies like you. Do you work with grassroots start-ups?"
"No, we work with funded start-ups," was my reply. And just like that, I saw the lights shut off for half the audience. My company, Slice of Lime, has been part of the start-up DNA in Boulder and Denver for the past 13 years. We've been a part of Boulder Startup Week, Denver Startup Week, Startup Weekend, TechStars, and other events as sponsors, speakers, workshop facilitators, and mentors. The thing is, as we've grown as a company, we've also grown our UX/UI process and our average project budget and timeline.
A disconnect emerged between the cost of our services and the early stage start-ups that we love so much, so we decided to try an experiment. What if we offered a condensed version of our process—say four weeks—and focused on just a couple of key pages of a client's web project? Would this be of value to smaller start-ups?
Almost immediately after asking this question, a company called LikeFolio reached out. They had an idea to make investing "social." They wanted to test the idea as a prototype without investing in our full services upfront. We pitched them our four-week "Rapid Prototype" service and got to work the next week.
Sketches are a great way to engage the client because they are rough and can be torn up or erased
Four weeks doesn't allow for a lot of client interviews and research, so we conducted in-house and friend/family interviews to get a sense of people's feelings around trading stocks online. We also checked out other stock related websites as well as social visualization sites like Vizify. This work gave us a surprising amount of valuable input in just a few days.
To get ideas in front of LikeFolio quickly, we started with simple sketches. We've found that sketches are a great way to engage the client, simply because they are rough and can be torn up or erased. Clients find it easy to pick up a marker and write on top of our sketches. Using this technique, we explored different ways to visualize social stock information in a way that was fun and engaging for a novice investor.
Sketches were eventually turned into high-fidelity wireframes, which helped to more clearly define the functionality and various use-cases of the application.
By week three, we were designing and coding based on the approved wireframes. There was definitely a sense of excitement in the air for both the client and our team. The pace that was demanded by the tight timeframe kept everything feeling electric, and as the designs and code began to take shape, LikeFolio started to see their vision come to life.
Our front-end code used fake stock and social data to mimic what the fully developed application would look like. For the purposes of the prototype, there was no need to tie into a real database yet. That type of work would only take up more of our precious time.
We finished the site in four weeks and passed it off to LikeFolio. They then showed the prototype to TD Ameritrade. TD Ameritrade has now folded LikeFolio into their services to help novice investors get acquainted with stocks and the value of trading. The application has evolved based on user feedback and Slice of Lime has continued to help iterate on the product over the past year.
None of this would have happened if we hadn't tried our four-week experiment, and LikeFolio turned out to be one our best clients in 2013—experiencing great success following an abbreviated UX/UI process with a limited starting budget.
We've since done many more successful Rapid Prototyping projects for our clients. We've also started hosting workshops for early stage startups to teach them some quick ways to create rapid prototypes on their own—in less than a day, and for free. As an agency that cares deeply about the vibrant startup culture in Boulder and Denver, its feels great to now have solutions that we can offer our community.
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LikeFolio founder checking in here.
Great process, and SOL is a fantastic company to work with.
From business perspective, we really like this kind of approach for a few reasons:
1) Prototyping functionality-only sucks on web applications. People can't feel it if they can't feel it. Giving them the "experience" is critical to getting solid early feedback.
2) Design and experience are the separators in 95% of business cases. Most of the time, your idea is really not very valuable if it can't be beautiful.
3) We don't feel like we *need* tons of surveys or user feedback. We're in this business because we know the client very well and believe we can give them things they didn't know they wanted. Like Henry Ford said... "if I asked my customers what they wanted they would have said a faster horse."
4) It was fast. The beauty of the prototype allowed people to focus on the core idea rather than the features or other ideas that were "missing". We got feedback on a product before we had a product instead of feedback on an idea before we had a product.