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Jul. 23, 2014
Sprinter Usain Bolt says antidoping officials sent bad message by giving American runner Tyson Gray only one-year ban after positive test for anabolic steroid. MORE
Jul. 23, 2014
Estimate, racehorse owned by Queen Elizabeth II that won Gold Cup at Royal Ascot in 2013, tests positive for banned substance morphine. MORE
Jul. 22, 2014
Viktor Troicki beats Dominic Thiem in first round of the Swiss Open tennis tournament, his first since returning from one-year ban for doping rules violation. MORE
Jul. 18, 2014
Lawyer for Lance Armstrong says his client spoke for several hours with cycling investigators about doping in the sport's past. MORE
Jul. 12, 2014
NFL suspends Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Spencer Nealy for the first four games of the coming season for violating rules against performance enhancing drugs. MORE
Jul. 3, 2014
New book Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis and the Quest to End Baseball by Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts reveals that during Alex Rodriguez's MVP season in 2007, the New York Yankees slugger took performance-enhancing drug testosterone with the blessing of the doctor who oversaw Major League Baseball's drug-testing program; disclosure raises new questions about how baseball's therapeutic use exemptions are granted. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
International Athletics Federation will not appeal American sprinter Tyson Gay's reduced one-year ban for doping, saying American antidoping authorities properly handled his case. MORE
Jun. 27, 2014
British Horseracing Authority plans to adopt a tougher policy on anabolic steroids. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell will compete in July only days before his doping hearing at sport's highest court; tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrine in the Jamaica trials in 2013. MORE
Jun. 21, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports Of The Times Column mocks FIFA's claim that not a single player at the World Cup has tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, arguing that such a 'perfect record' is deeply suspicious; contends that governing body has closed its eyes to the issue, much as it has with other endemic soccer problems like match fixing, racism and head injuries. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports Of The Times column observes that doping continues to cast a dark shadow over horse racing despite fragmented efforts to combat widespread drug use; contends that it may be time for sport to bring in the United States Antidoping Agency. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
American sprinter Tyson Gay will return from his one-year doping ban at July meet in Lausanne, Switzerland. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
Russia is at risk of being suspended from international swimming competition after a series of positive doping tests. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
Rail horse racing column; as another quest for racing's elusive Triple Crown culminates at the Belmont Stakes, Lasix, diuretic that reduces bleeding in horses' respiratory systems and is widely regarded as a masking agent for doping, is at the center of a struggle pitting owners and breeders against trainers and veterinarians. MORE
May. 29, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports of The Times column deplores USA Track & Field decision to name Dennis Mitchell, who has a history of doping, the leader of its sprint teams at the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas; says Mitchell has never publicly atoned for his doping or even attempted to prove to the fans that he has been reformed. MORE
May. 22, 2014
Mexico's World Cup players are barred from eating beef, move aimed at avoiding positive doping tests from meat contaminated with muscle-building drug clenbuterol; other soccer news noted. MORE
May. 20, 2014
Lance Armstrong is ordered by a Texas arbitration panel to give sworn videotaped testimony about using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France seven times; he is being sued by a Texas company seeking the return of about $12 million in bonuses. MORE
May. 17, 2014
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Robert Mathis is suspended for four games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs. MORE
May. 3, 2014
Joe Drape On Horse Racing column notes that 140th running of the Kentucky Derby will take place against backdrop of scandal, with prominent trainer Steve Asmussen under investigation for cruelty to his horses; notes that while there has been progress on doping and abuse, racing fans are still awaiting day when they can enjoy the derby while feeling confident that the horses are well taken care of. MORE
May. 2, 2014
Major League Baseball fires some members of its investigative team and moves to restructure the unit; move comes in wake of Alex Rodriguez doping case, which drew accusations of unethical behavior. MORE
Apr. 26, 2014
Andrea Wickerham, former vice president of National Center for Drug Free Sport, claims in lawsuit that she was fired after she voiced concerns about handling of a football player's positive drug test; company oversees drug testing for NCAA, NFL, NBA, MLB and several other top sports organizations. MORE
Apr. 24, 2014
Australian cyclist Michael Rogers can race again after cycling's governing body accepts that meat he ate in China before the Japan Cup likely caused his positive doping test. MORE
Apr. 23, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports Of The Times column finds hypocrisy in fact that Lance Armstrong can never compete in an Olympic sport, while three of the people who helped facilitate doping in the peloton will be allowed to return to professional bicycling in eight years or less; holds that Johan Bruyneel, Pepe Marti and Pedro Celaya represent greater threat to sport's integrity than Armstrong did. MORE
Apr. 15, 2014
Ogden Mills Phipps, chairman of the Jockey Club, calls for the veterinary records of every horse competing in this year's Triple Crown races to be made public immediately; move is intended to ensure that the horses were sound and not under the influence of unnecessary drugs and that the races were run safely and fairly. MORE
Apr. 11, 2014
Jamaican disciplinary panel bars former 100-meter world-record sprinter Asafa Powell from the sport for 18 months after testing positive for a banned stimulant in June 2013. MORE
Apr. 11, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports of The Times column holds that in a roundabout way, Lance Armstrong may have done something to help clean up the sport of cycling by naming names in a lawsuit about doping. MORE
Apr. 9, 2014
Jamaican Olympic sprinter Sherone Simpson is barred from support until December after testing positive for banned stimulant. MORE
Apr. 6, 2014
Editorial supports Jockey Club's endorsement of federal legislation to put United States Anti-Doping Agency in charge of cleaning up horse racing industry; holds that move, while extreme, is justifiable and overdue given widespread use of doping and other destructive methods for boosting racehorse performance. MORE
Apr. 2, 2014
Nigerian federation bans former Olympic champion Lee Evans from coaching for four years for providing a minor with performance-enhancing substances. MORE
Mar. 29, 2014
Major League Baseball and the players association agree to the most significant toughening of antidrug rules in eight years; length of suspensions for performance-enhancing drug violations will increase and players suspended during the season will not be eligible for that year's postseason. MORE
Mar. 29, 2014
Jockey Club, one of horse racing's most influential groups, says it will support federal legislation to put the United States Anti-Doping Agency in charge of eradicating pervasive drug culture in horse racing; group concedes that efforts to reform the sport from within have moved too slowly. MORE
Mar. 27, 2014
Major League Baseball and its Players Association are working toward agreement that will again increase penalties for use of performance-enhancing substances; are considering increasing penalties to 80-game ban for first offense and 162 games for a second. MORE
Mar. 2, 2014
Eureka column by Warren Cornwall examines work of Scottish physiologist Yannis Pitsiladis, who is at the forefront of effort to revolutionize the hunt for dopers in sports by scouring his subjects' blood cells for a distinctive, long-lasting genetic 'fingerprint' left by the drug. MORE
Mar. 2, 2014
Excerpts from Juliet Macur's book, Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong, examines his historic rise and ignoble fall, illuminating the roles of those closest to him and those involved in his clandestine doping. MORE
Feb. 22, 2014
Olympics Roundup; German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Italian boblsedder William Frullani are kicked out of the Olympics for doping, first known violations of the Sochi Games; other Olympics news noted. MORE
Feb. 21, 2014
Tyler Kepner On Baseball column notes that Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun has reported to spring training camp after serving a 65-game suspension for using banned substances. MORE
Feb. 20, 2014
Major League Baseball withdraws its lawsuit against Biogenesis, anti-aging clinic in Miami at the center of scandal involving use of banned substances by players, including Alex Rodriguez. MORE
Feb. 11, 2014
Robert Hutchins, of Sandy, Utah, is second person sentenced for sending a threatening email to Travis Tygart, chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, over its sanctions against Lance Armstrong. MORE
Feb. 8, 2014
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez effectively ends his yearlong battle with Major League Baseball, dropping lawsuits against league and players union over his doping suspension; move means that Rodriguez has accepted his yearlong suspension, longest in sport's history for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. MORE
Feb. 7, 2014
Wolfgang Pichler, a prominent coach of the Russian biathlon team, says he knew that at least one Russian athlete was doping as far back as November 2013, more than two months before she and another Russian biathlete were suspended for doping violations; positive tests, right before the Sochi Olympics, have cast a shadow over the biathlon, a signature Russian sport that combines cross-country skiing with sharpshooting. MORE
Feb. 7, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports of The Times column holds that doping remains a scourge of endurance sports like cross-country skiing and biathlon, where testing and suspensions seem to be no match for temptation; sports remain the Winter Games' version of cycling, which for generations has been mired in the doping problems that are rife in endurance sports. MORE
Jan. 31, 2014
Irina Starykh, a biathlete who was one of Russia's brightest hopes for an Olympic medal in Sochi, announces that she is stepping down from the team because of a doping violation. MORE
Jan. 30, 2014
Top Russian biathlete Irina Starykh, reigning women's European champion, is suspended for a doping violation; deals blow to Olympics host country and casts pall over one of its signature sports. MORE
Jan. 29, 2014
Major League Baseball is seeking dismissal of a suit by New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez that challenges his season-long doping suspension. MORE
Jan. 20, 2014
Editorial asserts that Major League Baseball cannot be held entirely responsible for failing to detect doping by New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez and others with its testing methods; says advances in technology, which have begun to improve detection, have also been used to help players evade it; opines testing alone will never be sufficient and that investigations by journalists or league will always play role. MORE
Jan. 19, 2014
Richard Sandomir Sports Business column notes that there was a time when Alex Rodriguez was an easy-to-market athlete, regionally and nationally; says no one was ready for his reputation to fall into tatters; now, it appears, Rodriguez has almost nothing to pitch; some deals eventually ended and some companies chose not to renew their ties to him. MORE
Jan. 18, 2014
William C Rhoden Sports Of The Times column holds that Alex Rodriguez may be accomplishing a great deal of good by challenging his suspension from baseball; argues that MLB has increasingly impinged on players' rights as it seeks to clean up the steroids scourge it helped create, and asserts that Rodriguez is right to push back. MORE
Jan. 17, 2014
Alex Rodriguez appears a step closer to accepting the likelihood that he will not be playing major league baseball in 2014, but he is also confident he will be back; New York Yankees third baseman says that the full-season doping suspension he is scheduled to serve could turn out to be a 'big favor' because he has been playing for '20 years without a timeout.' MORE
Jan. 16, 2014
Sarah Robles, American Olympian weight lifter who received two-year suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, says result was because of a hormonal precursor supplement sometimes used in the course of medical treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome. MORE
Jan. 16, 2014
Labor lawyers say that in upholding most of Alex Rodriguez's suspension, MLB arbitrator Fredric R Horowitz has established a broad standard on penalties available to the commissioner; note that move has clarified the use of the so-called just cause section of the Joint Drug Agreement. MORE
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Nigerian Weight Lifter Stripped of Gold
Chika Amalaha of Nigeria was stripped of her Commonwealth Games gold medal because of a positive doping test.
August 2, 2014, Saturday
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Brewers Fans Forgive as Braun's Bat Heats Up
Fans in Milwaukee appear to have forgiven Ryan Braun for his use of performance-enhancing drugs, and Braun had a 12-game hitting streak entering Friday.
July 26, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Milwaukee Brewers , Baseball , Doping (Sports) , Braun, Ryan
Bolt Is Critical of Lenience Shown to Barred Sprinter
Usain Bolt said that antidoping officials sent a "bad message to the sport" after the American sprinter Tyson Gay received only a one-year ban after a positive test for an anabolic steroid.
July 23, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Track and Field , Bolt, Usain , Doping (Sports) , Gay, Tyson
Queen Elizabeth's Horse Tests Positive for Morphine
A racehorse owned by Queen Elizabeth II that won the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last year has tested positive for the banned substance morphine.
July 23, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Horse Racing , Morphine , Doping (Sports) , Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain
Troicki Wins in Return From Ban
Viktor Troicki returned from a one-year ban for a doping rules violation with a victory in the first round of the Swiss Open in Gstaad.
July 22, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Doping (Sports) , Swiss Open (Tennis) , International Tennis Federation , Tennis , Troicki, Viktor
Armstrong Spoke to Investigators
Lance Armstrong talked for several hours with cycling investigators about doping in the sport's past, said Elliot R. Peters, a lawyer for Armstrong.
July 18, 2014, Friday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Bicycles and Bicycling , Tour de France (Bicycle Race) , Doping (Sports) , Armstrong, Lance
Vikings' Nealy Suspended
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Spencer Nealy was handed a four-game doping suspension by the National Football League on Friday for using a banned stimulant that he claimed was taken unknowingly.
July 13, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Minnesota Vikings , Football , Doping (Sports)
Vikings' Nealy Suspended
The N.F.L. suspended Minnesota Vikings defensive lineman Spencer Nealy for the first four games of next season for violating rules against performance-enhancing drugs.
July 12, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Minnesota Vikings , Football , Doping (Sports)
Tyson Gay Victorious in Return
The former world champion Tyson Gay ran 10.04 seconds in pouring rain to win the 100 meters in Paris.
July 8, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON DOPING AND: Thompson, Richard , Doping (Sports) , Richards-Ross, Sanya , Track and Field , Gay, Tyson
Pete Rose Awaits His Return, 25 Years Into Exile
After being barred from Major League Baseball for life, Rose, the career hits leader, would like to see precedent broken.
July 7, 2014, Monday
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Devin Montague holds on tight to her father Martin Montague while riding the roller coster at Joyland in 1998.
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People ride the bumper boats in 1983.
Roger Peak runs the kiddy cars, one of the park's oldest rides.
People wait in line for a ride in 1983.
Riding the roller coaster in 1991.
The roller coaster in 1999, 50 years after the park first opened.
Roger Peak tests the helicopters in preparation for Joyland's re-opening in 2006.
This undated photo shows Joyland roller coaster under construction.
Joyland rides on the midway in 1999.
Daxton Miller takes a swing at the "High Striker" game at Joyland Amusement Park in 1994.
Jim Gregg and his daughter Debie hang on as they ride the roller coaster in 1985.
People enjoy the Joyland Skycoaster in 1996.
Joyland amusement park in 2006.
In 1989, roller coaster enthusiasts Paul Young, left, and Sam Hughes came to Wichita from San Antonio just to ride the Joyland roller coaster.
Andy Ranfeld holds on during a ride on the merry-go-round in 1991.
In 1990 Melissa Martin screams as she rides the Joyland roller coaster.
A new addition to the park in 1955 was the Mother Goose Shoe that was in Mother Gooseland at Joyland. The shoe was later named the Old Woman's Shoe.
Natasha Keene hangs on during a ride in a fish at Joyland on opening day in 2006 after the park had been closed for the two previous years.
Eugene Sawyer, left, and Emory Fowler ride the roller coaster in 1992.
In 1991 Martha Riley and her daughter Abigail peek into a window of the Old Woman's Shoe.
The Joyland sign in 2008.
The Joyland roller coaster in 1985.
In 1983 Joyland sign painter John Hammond touches up the sign that warns roller coaster riders at the top of the first hill.
Brad Randall paints part of the upper reaches of the Joyland roller coaster in 2001.
In 1957 a new ride called the Strato Jet was added to the park.
In 1983 Joyland gardener Raymond Sharm trims up the fern elephant Bimbo.
Kids ride the Ferris wheel as riders near the top of the roller coaster in the background in this photo from 1983.
The Whacky Shack at Joyland in 2006.
The Joyland midway in 1979.
People ride the Joyland roller coaster in 2000.
A unique trash container at Joyland. The vacuum equipped pig sucked the trash right out of your hand.
In 1984 retired farmer Joe Woodson of Penalosa worked on the Joyland railroad.
Evelyn Prado takes a ride in one of the car rides at Joyland Amusement Park in 2006.
Will Woods got his first job working at Joyland. He joined others outside City Hall in 2008 to drum up support for Joyland.
Joyland owner Stanley Nelson tells stories of the amusement park's golden years. Nelson died July 13, 2010.
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July 10th, 2013 | WMFE - Eighty-three percent of Americans report that they don't get a good night's sleep on a consistent basis. And that can create problems with job performance or even affect your health. There's a lot of research on sleep difficulties, but it looks like what's really keeping us up at night are our modern lifestyles.
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Ball players who don't want to get traded at the end of the season might want to make sleep a priority. A new study from Vanderbilt University notes a predictable decline in strike-zone judgment as the Major League Baseball season progresses. The decline is thought to be brought on by baseball's grueling travel schedules and sleep disruptions, problems Baltimore Orioles Pitcher and Orlando resident Tim Bascom knows well.
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After the Twitter for iPhone app comparison last week, my friend and Iterate podcast co-host Seth Clifford remarked that weather apps were the new hotness when it came to interface playgrounds for iOS designers. So, I jumped into the App Store, downloaded 26 popular weather apps, added Apple's built-in iOS weather app, and grabbed all their screens.
They tend to fall into two main categories -- informationally dense, and informationally minimalist. Some apps put everything, including a forecast for your kitchen sink, right on the main screen so you can soak in as much as you want at a glance. Others hide away everything but the essentials, and either let you dig deeper when you want to, or eschew complexity entirely. What's clear is that there are a ton of different takes. Some use buttons, some use gestures. Some are static, others dynamic. Some try to match weather with mood, others prefer a dashboard look. Some go for a full-on digital look, while others stick to more real-world analogs. In many cases, the diversity is as thoughtful as it is impressive.
Here, in order, from top left to bottom right, are:
- iOS 6 Weather (built-in), Today Weather, WeatherNeue
- Check the Weather, Weather 2X, Solar
- The Weather Channel, Haze, AccuWeather
- Weather HD, Partly Cloudy, Weather Live
- Weather Underground, Weather Bug, Blue
- Dark Sky, eWeather HD, [Daily Weather+](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daily-weather?at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im /id528065804?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im)
- Pocket Weather Australia, WeatherPro, Fahrenheit (or Celsius)
- Degrees Canada, Weather Dial, Thermo
- [Weather+](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/weather?at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im /id403692190?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im), Living Earth, swackett X
Of course, the weather screen proper is only one aspect of a weather app, and doesn't cover features like radar, videos, etc. Consider this comparison a starting point. For more on the individual apps, check out our weather app review series.
Still, look over the designs above and let me know what you think. Which weather apps do you use, and are they the same ones that appeal to you most in the comparison above? Any of the weather screens attractive enough they encourage you check out an alternative app?
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One of the things I really miss about Android Sense UI was the weather widget. Quick, instant at-a-glance weather. Any suggestions?
I iOS a quick pull down of the notif menu, giving you weather, agenda and reminders. On android widgets just did t work for me, especially as it was dificult to find the one that looks an fits it just right..
It's hard to get them all, but the author forgot one of the best: eWeather HD (it puts the current temp on the app's Homescreen icon): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eweather-hd-weather-forecast/id401533966...
Look outside, I've never understood the need for everyone to want to put weather on the home screen in a widget or something else. I check the weather once in the morning, maybe at lunch and maybe at night. The good apps have forecasts and those usually don't change in a 12 hour period.
The Weather Channel is hard to beat because well.....It provides accurate weather and forecasting. The design is nice too along with the radar map.
I frequently miss the AIX weather widget and the WeatherBug live radar widget.
I use fahrenheit, I like I can see the temp in the badge icon. Maybe not as pretty as some but convenient.
+1 for fahrenheit. Being able to see the temp from the homescreen is golden.
the following application is not listed : Daily Weather By Ketchapp - https://itunes.apple.com/co/app/daily-weather/id547739898?l=en&mt=8&at=1...
Weather apps are one of a few genres which most spectacularly highlights an oddly skewed facet of Apple culture, which is the frequent championing of design over truth. The 'truth' varies with app type: for weather apps, it's data. What matters most, and first, is the source of data the app uses. For where I live (Australia), you can immediately strike off most weather apps, regardless of UI/UX design, and however beautiful or minimal they may be, because the data they display can't be relied on. And I'm not raising minor cavils. I live in a large State capital city, and weather apps are often up to 5 degrees off for *current* temperatures. I've ended up with ShiftyJelly's Pocket Weather, which makes odd (OK, a euphemism) design choices, but uses the only data source really worth bothering with here (our marvellous Bureau of Meteorology).
I've repeatedly seen Apple highlight pretty apps with low truth values over others that are more functional or more reliable, but may be a little uglier or lacking in satisfying and frictionless affordances.
My tendency in general has been to defend Apple against charges that their success is largely due to marketing, because that is obviously just false. But the kernel of suspicion that motivates the charge has some genuine force. The culture that has grown around Apple products does often seem to have some disdain (or at least disregard) for truth. I understand this as an inevitable reaction to just how egregiously bad the user experience of mainstream software mostly was before Apple's rise. But there *is* something to the uneasy sense that Apple culture values style overs substance. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but in a very quick look over some of the reviews in the series linked to in this post, I could see no mention of the accuracy or otherwise of the apps reviewed. Shouldn't this be first? Why bother interacting with (or looking at) a weather app that doesn't tell the truth?
Weather apps don't "lie". However they may use info sources that may or may not be accurate for your location. There is a difference. In terms of Apple I think you are being overly harsh in your commentary. Apple will not and should not be responsible for testing weather apps in every corner of the globe. See the madness in that statement?
Not suggesting it, nor that Apple is solely responsible for the dysfunctional aspects of Apple culture. They're a lynchpin, and some of their decisions (particularly on the app store) don't help, but they're not the whole thing by any means.
Imagine a car review that waxed lyrical about colour, styling, steering wheel placement and
dashboard use, but never mentioned anything about fuel economy, safety, or anything about the motor. Analogues of that are common in reviewing iOS apps, and the weather app reviews linked to above (http://www.imore.com/tag/weather-apps) are typical.
(The primary antonym of true/truth is false/falsity, not "lie", btw. Most weather apps display false information about my location, so it's entirely irrelevant what they look like, or how pleasant they are to interact with).
Do you not realize that similar articles are often written about Android apps? In fact, the authors are often the same people. The issue isn't a dysfunctional culture related to a particular device or company. The issue is a dysfunctional culture related to the democratization of opinion and technology and especially the intersection of the two, e.g. "bloggers."
These are 3rd-party weather apps. Choose the one you like best for accuracy. Apple is not perfect but it doesn't promote inaccuracies over substance & beauty that I'm aware of.
But shouldn't reviews help me to make that choice? Isn't that what consumer reviews are generally for? In what other product area would it even occur to a reviewer not to address basic functioning first?
I feel fairly certain that if you were to conduct a 365 day retroactive quality review of the weather services subscribed to by aforementioned weather apps that Rene would be pleased to post the information.
An appropriate review would include the recorded statistics as well as the percentage of deviation for cloud cover, humidity, precipitation, and temperatures (high and low).
I look forward to your report!
So the actual functioning of the app shouldn't even be mentioned in a review, just because a full empirical/scientific analysis isn't feasible? Don't you think the very minimum requirement might reasonably be a mention of the weather data source used.
I've tried about 20 different weather apps. Nearly all of them are *wildly*, not subtly, in error on most days. I choose to inform the developers rather than call them out publicly. Most of them respond to polite and detailed reports with indifference, and then continue false advertising (re accuracy etc). The *point* of journalism is to counterbalance this kind of advertising by exposing truth and facts. Otherwise it's little more than an advertising adjunct.
I thought Dark Sky didn't work outside the US? I can't pull it up in Check The Weather like I used to now that I'm also in Montreal. Or is it just less functional (no push alerts)?
I use the Weather Channel along with the Apple stock weather app.
I have always used the default weather app just because of its system level tie-ins and it usually looks the best. It's not always the most reliable, but I can't convince myself to have another app when I already have one that looks fine. Weather Neue would be my second choice however.
I use four all the time. eWeather HD, MyCast, Radar Scope, and Hurricane (HD for the iPad) I have no problems with eWeather HD adding cities. I have Radar Scope on the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro. I like MyCast for a quick check, and keeping track of hourly weather. Hurricane, and Hurricane HD are good in the off season to keep track of winter storms. I wish the Mac had the Hurricane app. The developer has been thinking about it.
I use Haze, my only complaint is not being able to add more cities, so I have Weather+ for that.
i just downloaded degrees and really likening it,and it shows the current temp on the home screen. seems to be accurate just outside of montreal where I'm from.
No love for Atmosphérique Pro? It's probably the most accurate weather app for Canadians, at least from my experience.
I use and like swackett a lot. Easy access to today tomorrow and the radar maps.
And it is different.
Currently using a combo of Check The Weather and Weather On. I love the look, speed of updates, and integration with Dark Sky precip data that CTW offers. Weather On has very prompt temp badge updates (hourly), and customizable push notifications that deliver daily summary info.
I used to love weather live until they started constantly started pushing pop up ads to me for their other crap apps or constantly asking for a review. I paid for the app I shouldn't have to deal with ads.
I fancy myself a storm chaser, so RadarScope is definitely necessary in my arsenal, but I also LOVE LOVE LOVE DarkSky. Works for snow too!
I personally use both the default, and
Celsius (Farenheit, for you backwards-ass countries), because it shows me the weather, via my launchboard.
Plz add one more: I use "Weather Genie" on daily basis, and have found its interface quite better than the Apple's stock one's.
From the screen-shots above, Weather Nueu, and Weather Dial look intriguing.
Hi Rene,
Missing our InstaWeather Pro app :(
Can you tell us which one of these weather app include Allergy (Pollen, in particular) data for Canada? Some of those has such feature, but they are restricted to US only (such as WeatherBug)?
The stock app is just fine with me. Clean, easy to read, week at a glance, multiple locations quickly referenced, perfect.
But I'm mostly impressed with your use of "eschew" ;)
I just recently downloaded AccuWeather for iPhone. I paid the extra money to get rid of the ads. But I can't seem to find the sunrise and sunset times anywhere within the app. Does anybody know if they are here and I just can't find them? I've scoured the app pretty well, in addition to searching the online support site. Am I the only sun chasing photography geek around? Okay, not looking for an answer to that question. Just the one about the inclusion/exclusion of sunrise/set times to the accuweather iPhone app.
Renée, Dark Sky is not available in the Canadian App Store. Of course, we Canadians have our ways of getting US app store accounts. Does the app work in Montreal? It seems it may work as long as you are close to the border. I'm in Vancouver.
Wx Alert USA. Not the cleanest interface and can be difficult to navigate through, but its weather alerts are simply the best. It allows you to set the alerts you want to receive and then it runs in the background and will announce an alert at full blast - perfect for setting when you go to bed if you are expecting severe weather overnight.
I also tried maybe all of these apps but I still prefer Apple Native Weather App.
I consider it more "professional" and good-looking
I just found "Haze" and realized most people just want to know if there is going to be a weather change in a simple format. If you are a fan of the list maker, "Clear" then Haze might be what you are looking for. Rather than touting features look into what Haze has to offer. You might just take your other weather apps and put them in a folder while keeping Haze on the front page.
Which of these Apps has clear and specific up-to-date information about weather in your specific area (town)? What I'm actually looking for is information such as "how many inches of snow or rain", "Snow will begin at 8pm and continue until 6am". Similar to what you get from your local weather broadcast. I use WeatherHD and as beautiful as it is, it seems to not contain this information. Or perhaps, I'm missing something.
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My ClearWeather app is missing. :-)
There apps worth paying for and there are apps NOT paying for. Regardless of the features, I can never justify paying for a WEATHER APP unless you're a meteorologist who needs information on the go.
For me, I use many of the free ad-based weather apps already mentioned with the Weather Channel , Accuweather and the native app being the main three that I typically cross reference with.
+1 for Weathercube?
From the territory of minimalist information and gesture based control but I like it.
My Two favorites are there: WeatherBug & eWeather HD also managed to post the 3rd one I keep around though don't use as much Fahrenheit. Nod to Living Earth and WunderMap to go along with the others on my iPads.
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After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed in California , an archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet. Shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: "California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers."
One week later, The Sentinel, a local newspaper in Tennessee , reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near the Tennessee River, near Nashville , TN., Bubba Mitchell, a self-taught
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That would be no quality of life at all, If that ever
happens, just pull the plug."
So she got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out
my wine.
She's such a bitch.
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A blind man with dog who frequently go to this store. Everyone knows this guy and his helpful dog. The manager know him very well and had assisted him often but one day the blind guy came in the store. The manager was busy with other customer and will help him in a few minutes. While helping the customer, he noticed that people are walking to the blind guy and people reacted weird. He looked for the blind guy, he immediately saw the dog swinging in the air, the blind guy hold the tail and contiuned to swinging his dog clockwise. The manager was very shocked and said what the hell , walked to him and asked him what are you doing? The blind guy answered his question, "Hi there, oh im just looking around the store"
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Benny had been in the stockbrokerage business for 25 years.
Finally, sick of the stress, he quit his job and bought 50 acres of land in alaska as far from humanity as possible. He saw the postman once a week and got groceries once a month. Otherwise, it was total peace and quiet.
After about six months of almost total isolation, someone knocked on his door. He opened it and a large, bearded man was standing there.
"Name's Jacques, your neighbor from forty miles up the road. Having a New Years party Friday night...thought you might like to come. About 5."
"Great", says Benny, "after six months out here I'm ready to meet some local folks. Thank you."
As Jacques left, he stopped. "Gotta warn you......be some drinkin'."
"Not a problem" says Benny. "After 25 years in the business, I can drink with the best of 'em."
Again, the small man started to leave and stopped. "More'n likely gonna be some fightin', too."
"Well, I get along with people; I'll be all right. I'll be there. Thanks again."
"More'n likely be some wild sex, too!"
"Now that's really not a problem," says Benny, warming to the idea. "I've been all alone for six months! I'll definitely be there. By the way, what should I wear?"
"Don't much matter ..... Just gonna be the two of us."
Two miserable inhabitants of hell were taking a
walk when a frigid breeze blew. A moment later, a
storm dumped several inches of snow, reducing
the blazing fires to sizzling steam. The men
looked around in amazement.
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"The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living." Brad Shurett
you speak English?
- Yes!
- Name?
- Abdul al-Rhazib.
- Sex?
- Three to five times a week.
- No, no...I mean male or female?
- Yes, male, female, sometimes camel.
- Holy cow!
- Yes, cow, sheep, animals in general.
- But isn't that hostile?
- Horse style, doggy style, free style, any style!
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"If the global crisis continues, by the end of the year Only two Banks will be operational, the Blood Bank and the Sperm Bank. Then these 2 banks will merge and it will be called 'The Bloody ****ing Bank'"
A Louisiana businessman was getting ready to go on a long business trip, so he thought he'd buy his wife something to keep her occupied.
He went to a sex shop and explained his situation. The man there said, 'Well, I don't know that I have anything that will keep her occupied for so many weeks, except the Voodoo Penis!'
The husband said 'The what?'
The man repeated 'The Voodoo Penis.'
The husband laughed, and said, 'It looks like a dildo!'
The man then pointed to the door and said, 'Voodoo Penis, door!'
The penis rose out of its box, darted over to the door and started pounding the keyhole. 'Voodoo Penis, return to box!' and the penis stopped and returned to the box.
The husband immediately bought it. He took it home to his wife, and after the husband had been gone a few days, the wife remembered the Voodoo Penis.
She undressed, opened the box and said 'Voodoo Penis, my crotch.'
The penis shot to her crotch. It was absolutely incredible. After three mind shattering orgasms, she became very exhausted and decided she'd had enough. She tried to pull it out, but it was stuck.
Her husband had neglected to tell her how to send it back to its box!
So she put her clothes on, got in her car and started for the hospital.
On the way, another incredibly intense orgasm made her swerve all over the road. A police officer saw this and immediately pulled her over.
He asked for her license, and then asked how much she'd had to drink.
Gasping and twitching, the woman said 'I haven't had anything to drink, officer. You see, I've got a Voodoo Penis stuck in my crotch and it won't stop screwing me.'
The officer looked at her for a second, shook his head and replied, 'Yeah right... Voodoo Penis, my ass!'
The rest, as they say, is history.
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Little Johnny saunters into the local brothel one day, dragging a dead frog on a string. He says to the madam "I'd like to rent one of your girls please." The madam chuckles and says "Sonny, we don't serve kids here, sorry"
Johnny whips out a hundred dollar bill and puts it on the counter, and the madam says "...well I guess I can make an exception" Johnny says "Wait!, I need a girl with Herpes."
The Madam says "Sorry, all my girls are clean." So Johnny whips out another hundo, to which the madam replies "now that I think about it, there is one girl..."
So she escorts Johnny upstairs, and he comes back down a few minutes later with a big ole grin, still dragging the dead frog on a string. As he is about to leave, the madam stops him, because she just HAS to know why this boy WANTED to catch herpes.
Johnny says "Well, When I get home, I'm gonna give the herpes to my babysitter, and when dad drives the babysitter home, she'll give it to him, he'll come home and give it to mom, and then tomorrow, mom will give it to the mailman, and he's the sumbitch that ran over my frog"
An old cowboy sat down at the local coffe shop and ordered a cup of coffee.
As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him..
She turned to the cowboy and asked, 'Are you a real cowboy?'
He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life breaking colts, working cows, going to rodeos, fixing fences, pulling calves, bailing hay, doctoring calves, cleaning my barn, fixing flats, working on tractors, and feeding my dogs, so I guess I am a cowboy.'
She said, 'Well, I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.'
The two sat sipping in silence.
A little while later, another young lady sat down on the other side of the old cowboy and asked, 'Are you a real cowboy?'
He replied, 'I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian.'
What do you get when you cross a donkey with an onion?
A piece of ass that brings a tear to your eye.
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Four guys spend weeks planning the perfect football outing for an away
game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Texas Longhorns.
Two days before the group is to leave Frank's wife puts her foot down and
tells him he isn't going. Frank's friends are very upset that he can't go,
but what can they do?
On game day, two days later, the three get to the stadium site only to
find Frank already sitting in his seat with a beer in one hand and a hot dog
in the other.
"Man, how long you been here, and how did you talk your wife into letting
you go?"
"Well, I've been here since yesterday. The other evening, I was sitting in
my chair and my wife came up behind me and put her hands over my eyes and
said 'guess who'?"
I pulled her hands off and she was wearing a brand new see-through
nightie. She took my hand and led me to our bedroom. The room had two dozen
candles and rose petals all over. On the bed she had handcuffs and ropes! She
told me to tie her up and cuff her to the bed, and so I did.
And then she said "Now, do whatever you want."
So here I am!!!
It is near the Christmas break of the school year. The students have
turned in all their work and there is really nothing more to do. All the
children are restless and the teacher decides to have an early
Teacher: "Whoever answers the questions I ask, first and correctly can
leave early today."
Little Johnny says to himself "Good, I want to get outta here. I'm smart
and will answer the question."
Teacher: "Who said 'Four Score and Seven Years Ago'?"
Before Johnny can open his mouth, Susie says, "Abraham Lincoln."
Teacher: "That's right Susie, you can go home."
Johnny is mad that Susie answered the question first.
Teacher: "Who said 'I Have a Dream'?"
Before Johnny can open his mouth, Mary says, "Martin Luther King."
Teacher: "That's right Mary, you can go."
Johnny is even madder than before.
Teacher: "Who said 'Ask not, what your country can do for you'?"
Before Johnny can open his mouth, Nancy says, "John F. Kennedy."
Teacher: "That's right Nancy , you may also leave."
Johnny is boiling mad that he has not been able to answer to any of the
When the teacher turns her back Johnny says, "I wish these bitches would
keep their mouths shut!"
The teacher turns around: "NOW WHO SAID THAT?"
Johnny: "TIGER WOODS. CAN I GO NOW?"
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They skated together for less than a year and did pretty awesome at Skate Canada and their team mates just finished as the best Canadian team at Junior Worlds...coaches can't be that bad ;-)Moore-Towers & Moscvotich are truck drivers. Unless they are both taking several ballet classes per week and change coaches, I just don't see this team doing much on the international scene.
They are both great jumpers and have awesome lifts...there are enough other lovey-dovey-edgy-ballett teams out there. What's so wrong about being an athletic team? Plus the crowd loves them!


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Mike Newkirk lights up the slicks on R.C. Williams' legendary twin-hemi AA/GD at the Friday night `Run What Ya Brung' drag races at the Leadsled Spectacular car show. Participants got a chance to run their hot rods at the drag strip set up at the East Crawford Recreation Area, formerly the old Salina airport.
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Participants in the 2012 Leadsled Spectacular cruise down Santa Fe in Salina Thursday evening as part of the opening of the KKOA show, which drew more than 1,600 entries to town.
It appears Bill Maack's 1927 Ford roadster from Ashland, Neb., actually began its life as a coupe, with the top removed and the windshield pillars smoothed off for open air cruising.
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Dan Tallant's early '60s Chevy II came to the show ready to race as a high-nosed gasser. The car is garaged in Liberty, Mo.
The classic chopped, full-fendered '32 Ford coupe is more often seen in basic black, sometimes bright red. But we liked Jerry Gann's choice of blinding blue for his car, which cruises the streets of Springfield, Mo.
Dropping a '49 Chevy Fleetline to the pavement, giving it a toothy grille and painting it metallic root beer brought Buck Heath's Gainesville, Texas, custom some well-deserved Leadsled attention.
This beautifully executed nose graces the front end of Jeff and Verna Sharer's black '36 Plymouth street rod from Van Alsyne, Texas. Note the red highlights on the multitude of horizontal grille bars.
Gary and Mary Joe McClanahan traveled down I-70 from WaKeeney for their first outing with their prism-painted post-war Plymouth convertible.
Don Wallin's 1949 Mercury from Cary, Ill., captures the essence of a modern lead sled, smooth and low, but clad in eye-catching orange.
Another local entry, Jim Korinek's yellow '37 Ford pickup is native to Salina's streets and byways. Note the nifty nerf bar up front.
Artillery wheels up front, an open chopped top, black primer and tall carb stacks all combine to make Rick Salyer's '31 Model A coupe an eye-catcher. He brought the car to the show from Broken Bow, Okla.
The mottled shade makes it hard to see, but the front end of Mike Connelly's '51 Merc custom is covered with a subtle flame job; the Grandview, Mo., car isn't green farther back, it's just so shiny that it mirrors the greenery surrounding it.
Bubba Andrews of Magnolia, Texas, apparently decided to wrap a '57 Metro's sheet metal around a big, honking supercharged V-8 race engine. We'd say he accomplished the mission.
Ford didn't build that many 1946 pickups and it's a safe bet this one, owned by Paul Glendening of Pawhuska, Okla., probably didn't begin its life with a set of dual rear wheels. The old school hot rod probably needs that much rubber, judging by the stout engine tucked between its frame rails.
This bit of hood artwork captures one of the latest trends, the return of gasser-style coupes and sedans, now showing up more as show cars than real drag machines. Nice tip of the hat to Ed `Big Daddy' Roth with the Rat Fink logo, too.
Proving there's absolutely nothing wrong with keeping a car pretty much stock was Gordon and Deloris Hal's 1950 Oldsmobile Deluxe Holiday hardtop from Tecumseh, Kan. Of course, it helps if it is a great design to begin with.
Few folks would be brave enough to take on restyling a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria. Kent and Karen Friant of Pleasant Grove, Utah, figured this one would make a good starting point for a full custom with scallops, lakes pipes, a padded half-top and radically sculpted tail lights.
Also hailing from Lincoln, Nebr., was this Mercury counterpart to the Ford Victoria, Larry and Carol Hillis' 1954 Mercury Monterey hardtop in two-tone green.
As hot as the 2012 Leadsled Spectacular was, there were still cool scenes like this one, highlighting Harve and Teresa Evans red 1940 Ford pickup surrounded by lush Oakdale Park greenery. They attended the show from their hometown of Greenwood, Neb.
Doug Stewart's beautiful 1946 Dodge pickup hails from Burlington, Kan., but looked perfectly at home under the cloud-flecked blue skies of the Leadsled Spectacular in Salina's Oakdale Park.
Al and Betty Young got a lot of attention with their beautifully rendered 1950 Pontiac Catalina hardtop. The Kearney, Neb., car features a cream white roof and sun visor over a dusky rose body.
This white-over-black beauty belongs to Bennie and Bev Defreece of Lincoln, Nebr. It's a mildly customized 1954 Ford Victoria hardtop, the first year for Ford's overhead valve V-8 engine.
Howard Hall, left, visits with a fellow show-goer about his beautiful 1931 Ford Victoria. The Arvada, Colo., car has custom horizontal hood vents, Halibrand wheels and a glowing House of Kolor orange paint job.
Not many people covered more miles than Goran Lassell, whose low-profile 1948 Mercury coupe calls Sacramento, Calif., home.
Nick Houston's jet black '58 Chevy convertible from Beatrice, Neb., features an impeccable red leather bucket seat interior.
Big Buick station wagons from the 1950s make a strong statement, showing their owners aren't afraid to try something different. Rich Suchy's Great Bend-based Buford wagon is a two-tone with plenty of class.
Marshall Adams of Grand Island, Neb., made good use of a wall full of old license plates, using them as a firewall in his 1949 Chevy pickup.
Dennis Heindel's '65 Falcon hardtop has gone the gasser route, with eight big injector tubes sticking up through the teardrop hood blister. Deep red metalflake paint contrasts nicely with the white fenderwell headers on the machine from Milford, Kan.
A lot of car guys think they own a rare vehicle. Pat and Gary Robbins of Ozark, Mo., need have no doubts about this survivor-style Plymouth pickup, a rarely seen 1941 model.
Those who looked a bit closer at Bill Weickaert's '58 Edsel from Beatrice, Neb., discovered this clever Edsel `horse collar' grille serving as an air cleaner atop the V-8.
How low can you go? J.R. Dinges of Lane, Kan., gets down on the ground with his camera to capture the essence of a line of lead sleds, led by Steve and Deb Hoffman's brilliant green '51Pontiac from Sartell, Minn.
A perfect example of a vintage shop truck, Sid Drapal's '47 Ford pickup from Guthrie, Okla., had all the right touches, from the door graphics to the understated green paint, orange rims and wide whites.
Jerry Stanley's ride of choice is a '51 Ford `twin spinner' Victoria hardtop from Red Oak, Iowa. A few mild custom touches, including a white interior, lakes pipes and four-bar hub caps, set off the bluish-purple paint scheme.
Customizers love louvers -- it's as simple as that. But we lost count at how much the owner of this coupe loves 'em. And each one was carefully highlighted with a thin red pin stripe, to boot.
Baby moon hubcaps and a rose colored paint job took some spectators back to 1965, when Daryl Brackman's Comet 2-door sedan first hit the road. Brackman lives and drives in Atlantic, Ind., when he's not showing off his car on the road.
Steve Henry of Princeton, Ky., took the '54 Ford Starliner glass top concept one step further, installing a glass panel in the hood of his stunning blue hardtop to show off the impressively detailed engine.
John Ludes didn't have far to go to take part in Leadsled activities with his slick 1965 Mustang 2+2 coupe -- he lives in Salina, the show's hometown.
Rick Hauger of Prairie Grove, Ark., took the low-key route on his 1935 Ford coupe, painting it an unusual shade of satin blue with a bright yellow firewall, into which he tucked a nicely detailed late model Ford V-8 engine.
With its slammed stance, nice blue and white patina and door graphics, Chris Stewart's Woodward, Okla.-based 1957 Ford pickup looked like it might be on its way to a service call.
We couldn't find Dean and Kay Owens during our one day at Leadsled to verify whether their '68 Camaro drag car is the real deal or just a nicely done tribute to the late, great Bill `Grumpy' Jenkins. The couple call Olathe home.
Chad Kolman's metallic lime green 1947 Buick features flawless metal work, chrome and beautiful pin-striped accents. He brought the car to Salina from Kansas City, Kan. to participate in Leadsled events.
Members of the Beatniks do some metal shaping and roof pillar modifications as they put on a demonstration of how to chop a top on an early Merc custom. Their venue was a popular stop for show-goers who took a break in bleachers set up for their comfort.
Around every corner, there were new beauties to behold, including hot rods, trucks and the show's namesake lead sleds.
This striking 1950 Buick Sedanette in royal purple paint is owned by Dale and Elvis Grau of Rice, Minn., and was a crowd-pleaser at the gathering of custom car lovers with its brawny grille work.
If you were in need of a new front end for your truck project, this swap meet vendor probably had what you needed, Ford, Chevy or GM.
Gary Thompson of Emporia brought this high-gloss black '37 Chevy coupe, accented with multi-colored fender flames, to the festivities.
Extremely deep purple paint flows over the curvaceous body of Larry Harris' 1937 Ford coupe from Paola. The fit and finish were absolutely flawless.
Kraig Koerner brought his chopped, pale yellow `40 Ford pickup to the gathering from his shop in Wellington hoodless, to better show off the twin-carbed flathead V-8.
Gorgeous green paint, a chrome blower, firewall and headlights set off Doug Thomas's immaculate 1923 T-bucket roadster from Kansas City, Mo. The level of craftsmanship on show cars was outstanding.
Travis Snyder rolled into the Leadsled show grounds from Ness City in this indigo-hued '58 Chevy hardtop accented by real wire wheels and wide whitewall tires.
If there had been a `head-swiveler' award, Chuck and Lorna Hohbein's seriously stretched 1937 Buick coupe would have been a top contender. Also out of Beatrice, Neb., the car had people scratching their heads all weekend.
Suicide doors, pancaked hood and wild copper-orange paint covering the highly stylized front end highlight Dennis Wellbrock's '36 Ford roadster from Lakewood, Colo.
Derick Samson's full-custom 1951 Chevy coupe has an engine compartment every bit as stylish as its interior. The 355 cubic inch small block Chevy V-8 breathes through a pair of air cleaners artfully molded to fill the space.
A closer look at LeRoy Meints' outstanding 1955 Ford 4-door wagon in brilliant orange livery. Note the shaved door handles, which accentuate the car's length. Another Lincoln, Neb., entrant -- must be something in the water up that way.
Custom paint work remains a hallmark of the custom car scene. John Tretten's '59 El Camino from Edina, Minn., demonstrates how color, metalflake and a blending of flames and geometric patterns can accent a car's already pleasing lines.
Churning up great memories of the `Gasser Wars' of the 1960s, Kevin Jordan's 1951 Henry J with tilt front end, fender well headers and nose-high stance plays the role to perfection. Jordan lives in Lenexa.
Not every car on display was a heavily customized machine. Russ Guthrie of Salina chose to show off his talents with this classic bright yellow 1929 Ford Model A Speedster, which looked ready for competition.
A '23 T-bucket roadster in ultra-bright blue, with steamroller rear tires, was Ed Day's choice for Leadsled transportation. The car lives in not-too-distant Osborne.
Who knows how many hours went into transforming Bill and Linda Daniel's 1950 Ford into a `ute?' The clean body lines and wheel treatment add elegance to the transformation into a light duty pickup, which the Carthage, Mo. couple call a `Ranchette.'
Kerry Goertzen of Inman took no chances with not having enough power in his red-primered '31 Pontiac coupe, opting for a Chrysler Hemi topped by a great big supercharger and a pair of 4-barrel carbs.
Rolling in from Kansas City, Mo., was Ed Libby and his 1950 Ford coupe, featuring plum-colored paint, four-bar flipper caps and a period-correct sun visor.
Lou Hageman of Osborne equipped his old-school hot rod with a big block Chevy `W' engine topped by three deuces and accented the black paint with bright orange wheels and flames. Orange continues to be a popular color, as indicated by LeRoy Meints' gorgeous '55 Ford wagon from Lincoln, Neb., in the background.
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Mystery of Edwin Drood
Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, the story focuses on Drood's uncle, choirmaster John Jasper, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud. Miss Bud, Drood's fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless, who comes from Ceylon with his twin sister, Helena. Landless and Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Drood later disappears under mysterious circumstances.
The story is set in Cloisterham, a lightly disguised Rochester. Mr Crisparkle, for example, lives in a clergy house in Minor Canon Corner, which corresponds to a genuine address within the precincts of Rochester Cathedral, namely Minor Canon Row.
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Since the terrorist attacks on the United States of 11 September 2001, NATO has been actively engaged in the fight against terrorism. In response to those attacks, NATO invoked Article 5 of the Washington Treaty, the Alliance's collective defence clause, for the first time in its history.
The multifaceted nature of terrorism is such that NATO has engaged in a number of initiatives – political, operational, conceptual, military, technological and scientific – to address this issue. The creation of the Emerging Security Challenges Division within NATO Headquarters in August 2010 reflected NATO's intent to deal with a growing range of non-traditional risks and challenges, including terrorism, in a cross-cutting manner. Enhancement of the intelligence process at NATO Headquarters in the same year led to the creation of the NATO Intelligence Liaison Unit (ILU), which has resulted in an improved flow of terrorism analysis to the North Atlantic Council. NATO has since agreed on new policy guidelines on counter-terrorism, which were endorsed at the Chicago Summit in May 2012.
The Alliance contributes to the international community's fight against terrorism in several ways. First, NATO is a permanent transatlantic consultation forum, capable of transforming discussions into collective decisions and action. Second, NATO has at its disposal unique military and civilian capabilities that can contribute to fighting terrorism or managing the consequences of an attack. Third, NATO cooperates as part of a very large network of partnerships involving other states and international organisations.


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