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Not So Great Invention #2Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Not willing to give up after a failed attempt to invent a better windshield ice scraper, a would-be inventor decided that heated windshield washer fluid was the way to go. It would melt the ice with a very hot cleaning solution, thereby eliminating the need for scraping the ice off the front windshield. However, this invention proved a failure as well. Passing all tests done to insure it worked, it did indeed remove the ice effortlessly in record time. It even sold well initially, but was recalled for safety reasons.
HintWhat happens to glass if heated too fast?
AnswerWindshields can withstand a fair bit of expansion and contraction from cold & heat. Yet in cases of extreme cold, the hot fluid caused the glass windshields to crack. The car that was used for testing was sitting still at -15 degrees Celsius but a car driving at 120 km /h creates a wind chill of -33 deg. In some northern areas temperatures of -30 are not uncommon, giving a wind chill of -56 deg., far too cold to be spraying hot liquid on a windshield.
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Rotation no help: ClarkeChris Barrett, Brisbane
Published: January 19 2013 - 3:00AM
MICHAEL Clarke has conceded after an embarrassing defeat to Sri Lanka that the lack of continuity in the Australian team is costing it momentum, placing the much-maligned rotation policy on shakier ground as the hosts slide closer to a surprise one-day series defeat.
Mesmerised by a devastating spell of swing bowling by Nuwan Kulasekara, Australia crumbled for only 74 - its third lowest one-day international total - and was beaten before sundown in Brisbane despite a few nervous moments from the chasing nation. Sri Lanka won by four wickets after a 20-over pursuit and leads the series 2-1 ahead of the penultimate match in Sydney on Sunday.
The natural target in the post-script will be selectors, who have been pilloried for chopping and changing in the opening three matches of the limited-overs series after a summer in which the rotation policy has been, rightly or wrongly, public enemy No. 1.
Clarke, asked if it was difficult for cricketers to get rhythm and confidence unless they were regularly in the team, told Channel Nine on Friday night: ''Yeah, I can't doubt that. Today is an example of that. If you're playing well and winning consistently, it builds momentum, that's for sure.''
This was meant to be Australia's A team. The so-called B team, with Clarke, David Warner and Matthew Wade rested after the Test campaign, had been cleaned up for 170 in Adelaide last Sunday. The ''stronger'' line-up fared worse.
The top, middle and most of the lower order were blitzed by Kulasekara (5-22) and Lasith Malinga (3-14), with all except Mitchell Starc (22 not out) and Xavier Doherty (15) falling with single digits beside their names. Before their last-wicket stand of 34, Australia was 9-40.
Clarke later backtracked somewhat on his comments on the ins and outs of selection, re-issuing his support for the team sheets that are being churned out. The finger should instead be pointed at their poor batting, he said, as well as his decision not to bowl first. ''As a player who only had five days of no cricket it makes absolutely no difference to my preparation,'' the captain said. ''I was as well prepared for this game as I was for every Test throughout the summer.
''I can understand why people are asking that question. When you lose you put yourself in that position, you put yourself up for criticism.
''The reality is it doesn't matter how much you play as a team, it doesn't matter how much you don't play as a team, if you bat like that you're not going to win many games of cricket. No, my opinion hasn't changed on, let's call it the rotation policy. Our performance today was very poor. We let ourselves down. I think our cricket this summer has been pretty consistent. Today is certainly our worst day.''
Sri Lanka arrived in Australia in December and was declared by Rodney Hogg, with no shortage of accompanying nods, as the worst bowling attack ever to tour here. This was payback from Kulasekara, the highlight knocking over the stumps of the world's leading batsman, Clarke.
The dismal display against the swinging ball was anything but a good sign six months away from the Ashes.
At one point Australia's innings looked doubtful to even make it to the scheduled afternoon drinks break.
Released standby player Ben Cutting, who had taken off to the airport to fly to Perth for the Big Bash League final, tweeted that he could not believe the scores he was hearing while in the taxi.
Mitchell Johnson (3-11) was outstanding in a vain attempt to defend the paltry total, claiming three wickets in his first eight balls but in the circumstances there was only so much he could do.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/rotation-no-help-clarke-20130118-2cyyn.html


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So people want larger phones and smaller tablets?
What is android NOT doing yet? How is it NOT working together? I think you areva fan boy who has never used Android, but loves to bash it.
It wasnt Apple Maps. It wasn't Siri. This **** has existed for ages. We are talking about a company that could not define the phrase "quick toggles". We are talking about a company that didn't allow homescreen wallpapers until the 3rd version of their iOS. A company that rehashes the same look year, after year. A company that blames end users for manufacturing defects...telling us WE are holding the phone wrong when the antenna shorts out.
Quality of innovation goes to Android buddy. Quality of build means **** in the end of the day. No matter what you have, when you drop it, the screen will get damaged, the chassis will get scratched. It is all made in China. If you wanna talk quality...talk software.
Androids and their services feel glitchy, cheap and always lack the finesse that people paying such large amount of money expect. Thats where they lack.
Plus, the android is a very complicated phone. Not for enthusiasts like us, but for the general population.
My dad used to make calls on his android.. Or take a picture or two.
Then he got an iphone, and ive had days when he comes up to me and twlls me a feature or two. He installs apps, has a gigantic photo library and doesore than what you normally do on a smartphone!
Sure the specs and all are great on those new android devices but tell me this thing, how is my ip4, launched 3 years back still better at playing games than the s3? Temple run lags on the s3 sometimes but never on my iphone. Its more about usage of the available resources on the phone rather than the amount of resources available.
Sorry.. *complicated phone OS.
I think it had to happen at some stage, doesn't matter if they are better or worse. There are just so many more Android based devides to choose from, (at no doubt lower prices).
And how does choice even matter when you're being made to choose from sub standard phones on an os which, to be completely honest, feels like its still in the beta stage. The no of bugs/crashes/ 'force closes' i used to experience in about a week's use of my android phone (s2), i havent experienced during the entire lifetime of my iphone (1 year 4 months)
And the hilarious fact is that s2 has better specs! Double the ram of the 4s, greater ghz and what not! Most androids will give u impressive numbers and a shallow satisfactory feel till u start using them and find out that the latest android that u bought is unable to run games and other apps ( the reason one buys a smartphone) as smoothly as a 3 year old iphone! Hahahaha
THESE are the real user statistics, not just some sales number randomly thrown at the world.
NOW THE IPHONE MIGHT NOT BE IMPLICITLY DESIGNED FOR HUMANS LIKE THE GS3, but it delivers a better performance to its owner, may it be a human or a dolphin.
Thing is it's designed for a lower price point. That makes a big difference for some people. It's worth bearing in mind that it's the main factor some too.
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And seriously...how is Android "more complex"? If anything, Android is easier to root, and just as easy to navigate. Swipe the screen left or right. Touch the screen. Press the button to wake it up. If anything...iOS has a deeper menu tree than Android does. Have you ever gone into iOS settings? There are sub-menus after sub-menus after sub-menus in that thing. That sounds more complex than Android. Calling Androind complex is such a weak argument.
These are UNIVERSAL concepts.
Both environments have cameras
Both environments can install apps from a central location
Both environments are touch enabled
Both environments have web browsers, settings menus, and galleries.
It is like saying I can drive a Ford, but I cannot drive a Toyota because the steering wheel has different buttons on it. Go and take your complexity argument and shove it up whatever hole you crap out of.
And as for your question as to why Temple Run lags on your S3 and not on your iPhone 4. The fact of the matter is, is that is not a hardware problem. The problem resides in the game itself. The Architecture of the game may be coded to take advantage of different hardware that is not being used in the S3. This is a problem, even for PC gamers. SOme games run better on different cards. Crysis games, for example, are designed to take advantage of the Nvidia architecture. The equivalent ATI card will not show the same performance, and will be slightly slower. It is why some android apps are called "Tegra optimized". This means that some apps run better on the Nvidia Tegra chipset.
The same notion applies here. With so much hardware in the Android ecosystem (a good thing for CONSUMERS because have things called PREFERENCES) it is tough for one single app to run exceptionally on every platform.
For example, I have a Galaxy Note 1 (it replaced my iPhone 4) and 9/10 times, the performance I saw on my Note 1 exceeded my iPhone 4 when I tested multi-platform apps. It is all in the architecture.
Also...your Dad is pretty stupid if he cannot figure out how to use an Android device. I know 4 year olds who know how to use Android devices.


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Count me in on the Anna dress party even if I'm a bit late.
This is a versatile pattern as I have tested it: at the ocean, in a park, in london, in france, eating ice cream, visiting a museum, texas cloudless and full sun super hot days, rainy days, fabric shopping days… etc! Anna works everywhere.
The only trouble I had with this pattern were the bust pleats as the instructions for that step were not clear and the illustrations didn't illustrate it well. But there was a sewalong with photos so it all worked out.
I also chose to line it instead of using a facing because of how thin my fabric was.
More photos here: http://cathywu.com/journal/kalali/2013/11/25/by-hand-london-anna-by-cathy-in-london-and-some-other-places-too/
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Verizon drops the price on the Galaxy Nexus to $99
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1. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
Its 99 on sprint now too.
2. shelley.bevacqua (Posts: 80; Member since: 27 Aug 2011)
I love my G-NEX but I am ALWAYS looking for the next best gadget. Hope Verizon release's Google's 4th iteration of it's pure Google goodness. I am trying to be a good girl and upgrade my phone just once a year. If only Sony or HTC would deliver one of these "gifts" from tech heaven. My current handset pretty perfect (not really) save for the poor camera performance. Come on Sony !
3. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
ill keep this in mind, those share everything plans on verizon caught the wife's eye, and the rep i spoke to said i could use my company discount, i would be paying less than i do now with sprint and getting the better service. Any verizon workers in here wanna confirm the discount use for me?
10. brikz4real (Posts: 173; Member since: 24 Dec 2008)
A friend of mine works for them and, depending on who you work for, this is true. The discount would apply to the "Data" plan only .... not the individual lines.
11. parkwaydr (Posts: 572; Member since: 07 Sep 2011)
cool, my concern came from a time before when i was thinking of switching and they told me that my discount would only be applied to the voice part of the whole plan (wouldnt discount data) i was afraid that because everything is rolled into one with the share plans, they wouldnt give me my discount.
The guy i spoke too kinda put me off, we spoke for 45 minutes, and he spent 40 bashing sprint, and only 5 actually telling me why i would benifit from switching. hence as to why i didnt believe him about the discount.
4. shelley.bevacqua (Posts: 80; Member since: 27 Aug 2011)
I am waiting for my Google Nexus 7, Of course, I missed the July 13 cut off to have it shipped by the week's end. Google did not give me any ETA either. Booo
5. medwar07 (Posts: 39; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
It is one penny at amazon wireless.
6. shelley.bevacqua (Posts: 80; Member since: 27 Aug 2011)
Wish we could get data only plans and not be forced into paying for minutes. I rarely make voice calls.
7. Birds (Posts: 1171; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
I just had another galaxygasm...
8. shelley.bevacqua (Posts: 80; Member since: 27 Aug 2011)
Hahaha ! Me too.
9. MISTER_H (banned) (Posts: 97; Member since: 08 Jul 2012)
haha and me....
12. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
And still don't even have this on AT&T :( and i don't want to buy the full price
13. thebest (Posts: 231; Member since: 08 Jul 2012)
locked phones are meant to cheat the customers, locked phones are actually more expensive than the unlocked phones......i think the unlocked $349 g-nex is the best deal
14. script_writer (banned) (Posts: 56; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)
got mine for free on a two year contract in the UK :P


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Things aren't getting any easier for the struggling San Francisco 49ers, who were outscored 90-25 in their last two games. They're set to take on Aaron Rodgers and the undefeated Packers on Sunday as they look to avoid a 1-3 start.
Through three weeks, Rodgers is completing passes at the highest rate of his career and hoping to beat San Francisco for the first time since 2010. That four-game stretch includes consecutive playoff losses to Colin Kaepernick under former 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh.
But with Harbaugh gone, along with former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, the 49ers are relying on new defensive coordinator Eric Mangini to create a scheme to stop the reigning league MVP. His defense allowed 676 yards passing over the last two weeks.
Rodgers is coming off a five-touchdown, 333-yard performance in a 38-28 win over the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night. His 10 touchdown passes lead the NFL.
The last time the 49ers faced Rodgers came in frigid Green Bay, when they held him to 177 yards passing and just one touchdown in the wild card round of the playoffs in January 2014. San Francisco won that game 23-20 on a 33-yard field goal from Phil Dawson as time expired.
Rodgers, 31, might be playing at the highest level of his 11-year career. He's been without two of his three best receiving threats for chunks of the season, including star receiver Jordy Nelson, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in a preseason game against the Steelers. One of Nelson's understudies, Davante Adams, has been in and out of the lineup with a left ankle injury.


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text: Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy On Faculty since 2013 Office: M206 Phone: (630)752-5449 Fax: (630)752-7033 Email: email@example.com Education Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Science (specialized in Couple and Family Therapy), The Ohio State University, 2013 M.A. in Marriage and Family Counseling, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009 B.A. in Theology, Chongshin University, 2005 About Hana Yoo Dr. Yoo is interested in studying family relationships from a systems perspective and applying her research findings to clinical settings to enhance distressed families' well-being. Utilizing the scientist-practitioner model, she has conducted several research projects regarding couple relationships, parent-child relationships, and the effects of therapeutic alliance on treatment outcomes. It is somewhat difficult to identify her "hobbies" (unless sleeping and day-dreaming count). However, what she definitely enjoys is attending national/international conferences – presenting her research and hanging out with her friends in academia. Courses Taught Families in Context Marriage and Family Therapy I: Theoretical Foundations Marriage and Family Therapy II: Assessment & Intervention Research in Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Practicum Membership in Professional Societies American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) since 2009 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) since 2009 Research Dr. Yoo's main research interest is couple relationship processes concerning intimacy. In her dissertation, she explored distressed couples' emotional and sexual intimacy experiences, as compared with those of satisfied non-treatment-seeking couples. However, her research interest is not merely limited to couple relationships. As an advocate of family systems theories, she believes that a functioning level of one family subsystem (e.g., spousal subsystem between partners) is associated with that of another (e.g., parental subsystem between parents and child), and that any family outcomes (e.g., child outcomes) are the products of the interrelatedness between individuals and subsystems in a family. Publications Publications (Peer-Reviewed) Yoo, H., Bartle-Haring, S., & Gangamma, R. (in press). Predicting premature termination with alliance at session 1 and 3: A brief report. Journal of Family Therapy. Yoo, H., Bartle-Haring, S., Day, R., & Gangamma, R. (2014). Couple communication, emotional and sexual intimacy, and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/0092623X.2012.751072. Yoo, H., Feng, X., & Day, R. (2013). Adolescents' empathy and prosocial behavior in the family context: A longitudinal study. Journal of Youth & Adolescence. 42, 1858-1872. Under Review Bartle-Haring, S., Yoo, H., Shannon, S., Holowacz, E., Ponappa, S., Lotspeich-Younkin, F., & Gangamma, R. (in review). Content analysis: Autonomy and relatedness in conversations of couples in couple therapy. Pratt, K., Yoo, H., Lamson, A., Craven, J., & Cai, Y. (in review). The self-reported strengths and concerns of diabetic youths and their caregivers: A qualitative study. Presentations Paper Presentations Yoo, H. Couple Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction: A Comparison Study. Paper presentation at the 75th NCFR annual conference, November, 2013, San Antonio, TX, USA. Pratt, K., Yoo, H., Lamson, A., Craven, J., & Cai, Y. The Self-Reported Strengths and Concerns of Diabetic Youths and Their Caregivers: A Qualitative Study. Paper presentation at the 75th NCFR annual conference, November, 2013, San Antonio, TX, USA. Yoo, H. & Feng, X. Children's Social Competence as the Outcome of Interdependence among Family Subsystems. Paper presentation at the 2013 SRCD biennial meeting, April, 2013, Seattle, WA, USA. Yoo, H. & Snyder, A. Couple Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction in Long‐term Marriages: A Longitudinal Study. Paper presentation at the 74th NCFR annual conference, November, 2012, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Poster Presentations (* indicates student authors) Yoo, H., *Solorzano, C., & *Shim, C. Enhancing Couple Intimacy in the Early Phase of Therapy: First 3 Sessions. Poster presentation at the NCFR annual conference, November, 2014, Baltimore, MD, USA. *Solorzano, C., *Shim, C., *Cooper, T., *Gulasekharam, T., & Yoo, H. Immigrant Families: Gaps in MFT Research and Practice. Poster presentation accepted at the AAMFT annual conference, October, 2014, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Yoo, H. & Feng, X. Children's Social Competence as the Outcome of Couple Intimacy and Parent-Child Closeness. Poster presentation accepted at the 23rd ISSBD biennial meeting, July, 2014, Shanghai, China. Yoo, H. & Bartle-Haring, S. Couples' emotional and sexual intimacy in long-term marriages. Poster presentation accepted at the AAMFT annual conference, October, 2013, Portland, OR, USA. Yoo, H. & Bartle-Haring, S. Between‐Partner Agreement on Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction. Poster presentation at the 74th NCFR annual conference, November, 2012, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Gangamma, R., Bartle-Haring, S., Yoo, H., Ponappa, S., Holowacz, E., & Lotspeich-Younkin, F. Locus of Control, Differentiation and Therapeutic Alliance. Poster presentation at the AAMFT annual conference, September, 2012, Charlotte, NC, USA. Yoo, H., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., Kamp Dush, C., & Kotila, L. Couple relationships, coparenting, and parental involvment. Poster workshop at the 13th World Association for Infant Mental Health, April, 2012, Cape Town, South Africa. Yoo, H. Differentiation of Self and Emotional Intimacy in Marital Relationships. Poster presentation at the 20th IFTA conference, March, 2012, Vancouver, Canada. 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Cards' offense shines bright in Masterson's debut
ST. LOUIS -- Concerned about the recent uptick in strikeouts and sensing that Kolten Wong could use a mental respite, manager Mike Matheny considered sitting his starting second baseman on Saturday. It was only because Wong had previously enjoyed a bit of success against Brewers starter Kyle Lohse (2-for-3) that Matheny ultimately decided otherwise.
"That worked out all right for us," Matheny concluded after his team's 9-7 win.
Justin Masterson pitched well enough in his St. Louis debut, but it was the offense that shined brightest in the victory. Wong drove home three runs on a three-hit night, and behind their biggest offensive output of the second half, the Cardinals pulled back to within two games of the National League Central leaders.
"We know that they've had a season of that, where they have been relentless," Matheny said of Milwaukee's offense. "That has typically been something that has been said about us in the past, and I full well anticipate that it's going to be said about us in the future. Today was just one of those heavyweight bouts."
For Wong the day was also cathartic.
Wong had done some reflecting after Friday's three-strikeout night (his third in eight games), and believes he pinpointed the issue.
"I was swinging way too hard," Wong said, "trying to do way too much."
It was ironic, then, that when he made the decision to lighten up, the first pitch he hit went 408 feet for a game-tying home run.
"If that doesn't wake you up, I don't know what will," he said. "I'm still learning as the days come through how to play at this level and how not to do too much. That's one thing I've struggled with my entire career. … Just to continue to have an easy swing and not trying to demolish the ball."
The homer came on Kyle Lohse's third pitch of the game and was a harbinger for his tumultuous night to come. In his next at-bat, Wong delivered a two-run single as part of a five-run second. That inning, which opened with Jhonny Peralta's home run, had been extended by a two-out single from Masterson in just the 23rd at-bat of his seven-year career.
"That was pretty cool," Masterson said. "I used to be good back in the day, but I haven't done it much."
It's debatable who was surprised more by the hit.
"He's a sandbagger," Matheny said. "We asked him, and he gave us a terrible report. He's a whole lot better than what he said."
Walks sandwiched the single, and after Wong drove home two, his aggressiveness in advancing two bases on Matt Holliday's RBI single led to a throwing miscue that allowed him to also score. The five runs tied for the most in an inning for the Cardinals this season.
St. Louis chased Lohse in the fifth after Oscar Taveras' two-run double pushed the lead to four. The nine runs allowed by Lohse equaled his career high; only seven were earned.
Like Wong, Tony Cruz scored twice and reached base in all four of his plate appearances. He preceded Masterson's key second-inning hit with a walk, then scored an insurance run in the fourth, an inning he started with a double.
"Normally, I'm pretty good at battling through it," Lohse said. "It just didn't happen. That's one of the things I pride myself on, is even when things go a little bit haywire early, being able to battle and keep your team in it. [The Cardinals] just kept pecking away, getting tough hits."
The Cardinals needed the overabundance of offense, too, as Masterson allowed five runs in a start for the 10th time this season. Walks stung him again, as two of the three batters he allowed to reach on a free pass would score. It was the 11th time in his last 13 starts that he walked at least three.
Three of the runs he allowed came during a six-batter span in the fourth.
"There was a little rust there in the fourth inning," Masterson said. "But with the intense offense that we had tonight and the solid defense, it was fun tonight. I think anybody can get used to that run support."
Though it had been nearly four weeks since his previous start (not counting two rehab outings), Masterson was able to finish six innings. His ability to get through the final two on 19 pitches allowed the Cardinals to delay getting their bullpen involved.
But things got interesting once they did. Kevin Siegrist allowed the Brewers to halve the deficit, and Trevor Rosenthal began the ninth by putting the potential tying runs on base. One of those runners would, however, be removed after a successful challenge by Matheny confirmed that Elian Herrera had not been hit by a pitch.
"That was a big change in the situation, for sure," Rosenthal said.
Rosenthal followed with three straight outs for his 33rd save.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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OAK PARK, Mich. - Two of the four people who fired shots at a state trooper during a traffic stop last week were arraigned in court on Tuesday.
Twenty three year-old Brittany Bernice Pinelton and 22-year-old Clarence Deangelo Williams, both from Detroit, were in court to face multiple charges.
Charges included, assault with the intent to murder and discharging a weapon from a vehicle at police.
The trooper attempted to pull the suspects over in the area of Fenkell and Burgess streets in Detroit.
Police say four people were inside the car.
The driver refused to stop and took off. The trooper gave chase.
During the pursuit suspects inside the car fired multiple rounds from an assault rifle at the trooper.
The state police car was struck once by bullets.
Police say the vehicle stopped and several suspects ran on foot in the area of Grand River Avenue and Stout.
Police say numerous assault rifles were found in the car.
The trooper was not injured during the chase and did not fire back at the suspects.
Police have issued warrants for the two other suspects still at large.
Cash bond was set at $1 million for Williams and $ 500,000 for Pinelton.
The preliminary exam for both is set for Dec.14th.
More Headlines from Detroit:
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A POLICE investigation is ongoing and a country road north of Harrogate is still closed after a man was found stabbed to death in the area.
Police have confirmed they are still making enquiries at the murder scene in Ripley, and a stretch of the B6165 at Whipley Bank - between Ripley and Summerbridge in southern Nidderdale - remains closed until further notice.
Drivers are being advised to follow local diversions and to listen to local radio for the latest traffic reports.
Earlier today police confirmed that a 44-year-old man had been stabbed to death and a second man arrested on suspicion of his murder.
The victim was found at 9.30pm on Sunday in a car on Whipley Bank.
The suspect, a 40-year-old man, handed himself into Greater Manchester Police at 2.40am today.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "Ambulance and police teams were alerted to an address on Whipley Bank and discovered a man with fatal injuries in a car."
He said police wanted to reassure local residents that it was an "isolated incident" with no danger to the wider public.
Anyone with information is asked to phone the police control room on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, quoting reference 12140130641.


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Liz Messer is a typical white girl, who gets starbucks everyday, has an iphone, wears uggs, and sweaters but its ok because shes better than you. All the guys love her, especially Rutter. girls envy her, boys drool over her. everyone loves liz. and yes, she is the girl who has the hashtag lizmesserstyle. dont hate on her because you all know she better than andrew rutter. amanda is her right hand man btw. she loves food and tumblr so i guess she even more white. she hates sports so dont ever talk about sports to her or else she'll make everyone hate you because shes def the most popular girl in Springfield. the most hipster person you will ever meet. if you ever happen to run into her, you better bow down to her because shes the baddest out there. tender hearted girl and she makes the best faces. she has the biggest booty in the whoolleee school. she has long light brown flowing hair like rapunzel. always praise liz
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Garlic Shrimp & Orzo Salad Recipe
I enjoy cold pasta salads and rice salads, so I decided to make one with orzo, a rice-shaped pasta. Feel free to add other favorite veggies—like asparagus and green beans—and serve with rolls or pita bread.—Valonda Seward, Coarsegold, California
- 1 pound uncooked large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 3/4 cup uncooked orzo pasta
- 1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped peeled cucumber
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
- 1 can (2-1/4 ounces) sliced ripe olives, drained, optional
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients; toss to coat. Refrigerate, covered, up to 30 minutes.
- 2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Using a slotted spoon, add shrimp; cook and stir 2 minutes. Add wine; cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink. Remove to a shallow dish; refrigerate, covered, until cold.
- 3. Cook orzo according to package directions. Drain; rinse with cold water. Transfer to a large bowl. Add vegetables, cilantro, chilled shrimp and olives if desired. In a small bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients until blended. Drizzle over salad; toss to coat. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 4 servings.
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The Birthday GiftTrivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
Oberon and Titania went to the toy store to buy their niece Ariel a birthday present. While they were shopping, a helpful employee named Rosalind helped them select a picture book entitled "Cordelia goes to the Beach". When they got home they called Ariel's mother, Portia, just to make sure that they didn't already have this book. Unluckily, Ariel had already received that book for Christmas, so Oberon and Titania went back to the store. This time, Belinda helped them select a different book. Which book did they select?
1. Sammy the Snake Eats a Cake
2. Bianca Bubbles Buys a Balloon
3. Martha has a Pet Monkey
4. Lysander Tells a White Lie
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AnswerThey selected "Bianca Bubbles Buys a Balloon".
All of the names in this story, including Bianca, are moons of Uranus (which are also Shakespearean characters).
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The deadline to apply for new, generic internet suffixes such as .london and .nyc was meant to close at midnight on Thursday, but California-based Icann said there had been technical issues with the software handling applications. Read more


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A CELEBRITY blogger who was allegedly hit in the face by former N-Dubz star Tulisa has been accused of misleading the police after a photo after a photo said to be of his injuries was "lost".
Savvas Morgan alleges he suffered swelling to his eye after an alleged incident involving the 25-year-old singer at the V Festival in Chelmsford last August.
But the singer has claimed she did not attack him and has been the victim of a vendetta, saying Mr Morgan had a "strange obsession" with her.
Ms Contostavlos denies an assault charge. Her assistant, Gareth Varey, 28, is accused of threatening behaviour, which he also denies.
Mr Morgan was confronted by her lawyer at Chelmsford Magistrates Court over a "lost" photograph showing his injuries, which Mr Morgan alleged earlier in the trial had been taken after the attack.
He was called back to the trial after it was adjourned in May by district judge Angus Hamilton, after witness Jonathan Shalit made a statement claiming that Royston Legore, who Mr Morgan says took the picture, told him in a phone call that it never existed.
Mr Morgan told the court that a picture showing the swollen eye he claims he was given by Ms Contostavlos had existed, but had been deleted by Legore, who told him he feared for his future in the music industry if he went against singer.
Her barrister, Jeremy Dein QC, asked Mr Morgan: "You have misled police throughout regarding the existence of a photo showing injuries to you, haven't you? That is why Mr Legore has not come forward, because there never was a photograph?"
Mr Morgan denied the claim, replying: "I don't need to mislead the police about a picture. If there was no photo, I would have said."
Ms Contostavlos had previously told the court that Mr Morgan conducted a "vendetta" against her since an incident in which she asked security to remove him from a VIP area at the Whisky Mist nightclub in London's Mayfair.
In his closing speech, prosecutor Matthew McNiff said Ms Contostavlos was a "good actress" and several witnesses had testified against her.
He said: "We say that she wanted to deal with Mr Morgan. It was personal, very personal. She may regret it but that is something different."
Ms Contostavlos will face a fifth day in court and a wait of three weeks to find out her fate after the judge adjourned the hearing.
A verdict will be handed down on Friday, July 25, at Stratford Magistrates' Court.


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Jamie Moyer's starts drip with nostalgia. Root televises them, but it might as well be The History Channel. The left-hander took the mound for the first time Thursday at Coors Field with a chance to shake the record book by the nape of the neck.
At 49, Moyer delivered a competitive effort against the Giants in a 4-2 loss at Coors Field. What is already getting old in this young season is the Rockies' defense when he pitches, and their inability to win a series.
"When you have an easy out, you have to take it," manager Jim Tracy said. "You can't ask any of our starting pitchers to get four outs. It comes back to haunt you."
Unlike Monday, this wasn't a complete buzzkill as the Rockies provided drama late. Its offense a rumor for seven innings, Colorado loaded the bases against Giants' closer Brian Wilson in the ninth after Jason Giambi's pinch-hit single. After pinch-hitter Todd Helton lined out to second — "I hit hard, just right at him," lamented Helton -- Wilson began experiencing problems. After consecutive balls to Tyler Colvin, the Giants' trainer visited the closer who was experiencing pain in his left ankle. Wilson remained in the game, but walked Colvin, shaving the deficit to 4-2. Marco Scutaro flied out to end the game, leaving the Rockies 2-4 on the season.
In Moyer's two starts, the Rockies have committed five errors. Chris Nelson threw wildly on leadoff hitter Angel Pagan's groundball, the byproduct a 29-pitch first inning. In the sixth inning, Dexter Fowler dropped Ryan Theriot's flyball on a lackadaisical play similar to Carlos Gonzalez's gaffe in the home opener.
"I just missed it," Fowler said.
Sloppy play defined Colorado as it dropped two of three to the Astros in Houston.
"We have to clean up our play earlier games," Giambi said. "We've got to the little things better. You can't expect to be rallying consistently against closers in this game."
Moyer worked 5-plus innings, allowing two earned runs. He called softball groundball singles up the middle by Melky Cabrera and Brett Pill, "backbreakers."
"I don't have any problem with the defense," Moyer said. "It's not for a lack of effort."
The Rockies are finding their fans aren't as forgiving as in past years. Fowler was booed for the error and again loudly when he came to bat. He silenced those boos with an RBI single off Madison Bumgarner.
On Wednesday night the Rockies were in the family car racing around the bases like home plate was Disneyland. The next afternoon, they were roiling in frustration, ready to punch Marty Moose in the snout.
The Bumgarner-Moyer matchup went beyond the stark differences in the velocity to a generational gap. Their age difference was 26 years, 256 days, third largest all-time behind two games started by Satchel Paige in 1953 and 1965.
The last time the Giants' pitching staff had a night like Wednesday - 17 runs, and at least 20 hits _ it came in 1948 against a team famous during Paige's tenure, the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Rockies have never scored that many without a home run, a testament to their patience and approach.
"That's awesome," hitting instructor Carney Lansford said before today's game.
Everything that went right Wednesday went left today. Bumgarner was masterful, holding the Rockies to four hits and one run in 7 1/3 innings. That leaves Colorado with one earned run in 22 1/3 innings against left-handed starters this season (Wandy Rodriguez, Barry Zito, Bumgarner). Bumgarner has allowed just three earned runs against the Rockies in 34 1/3 innings.
The Rockies had few opportunities, owing to Bumgarner's status. In the sixth inning, Troy Tulowitzki grounded out to third with two runners aboard, and Gonzalez shattered his bat on a groundball to second with runners on first and second against left-hander Javy Lopez in the eighth.
April brings unfair conclusions based on the small sample size. However, for a team trying to distance itself from last season, losing the first series at home is no way to start.
"We were one swing away from winning," Giambi said. "We've just been too sloppy at times."
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The Mountaineers (4-8) were able to capture three singles victories, but could not overcome its doubles-point loss to the Spiders (4-5) as they dropped their second-straight match.
Brianna Armellino and Jessica Thaggard once again extended their personal winning streaks in singles play. Armellino won her sixth-straight match with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 4 to move to 7-5 on the season while Thaggard recorded her third victory in a row with a 7-5, 7-6 (6) win at No. 5 to improve to 6-3 overall.
Clare Cox, who has now won four of her last five matches, snagged an easy 6-3, 6-0 victory at the No. 1 spot to improve to 5-5 in singles play this year.
Richmond was able to come up with wins at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6 to give it three points and, thanks to its sweep of the doubles matches, snapped a four-match losing streak.
The Mountaineers will have an off day on Tuesday before returning to action Wednesday against No. 12 North Carolina. That match is slated to begin at 10 a.m. at the CofC Tennis Complex.
Richmond 4, Appalachian State 3
Mar 10, 2014 at Charleston, S.C. (CofC Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. Clare Cox (APP) def. Melissa Kandinata (UR) 6-3, 6-0
2. Anna Abadias Morales (UR) def. Mackenzie LaSure (APP) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
3. Elizabeth Sims (UR) def. Gabrielle Wreder (APP) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
4. Brianna Armellino (APP) def. Katya Salas (UR) 6-3, 6-3
5. Jessica Thaggard (APP) def. Brittany Boys (UR) 7-5, 7-6
6. Denny Lamachia (UR) def. McKayla Zupan (APP) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Melissa Kandinata/Anna Abadias Morales (UR) def. Mackenzie LaSure/Gabrielle Wreder (APP) 8-4
2. Brittany Boys/Katya Salas (UR) def. Clare Cox/Megan Mullen (APP) 8-7 (8-6)
3. Elizabeth Sims/Denny Lamachia (UR) def. McKayla Zupan/Brianna Armellino (APP) 8-4
Match Notes
Richmond 4-5
Appalachian State 4-8


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HOUSTON - In wake of tragedy Houston's Nigerian community is reaching out to the families of those who lost their precious children in a day care fire, Local 2 reported Saturday.
Dozens of people, including relatives of some of the victims, held a vigil Saturday evening in Southwest Houston.
"It's showing us that something positive can come out of a tragedy," said Emmanuel Kajoh, father of Elizabeth Kajoh who died in the Feb. 24th fire.
Former daycare operator Jessica Tata, who has been charged with manslaughter, is of Nigerian decent and is believed to have fled to Nigeria after the fatal fire.
Members of her community said they are concerned that she's cast them in a negative light.
This especially hits home with Kajoh and Betty Ukera, Elizabeth's mother. They, too, are of Nigerian descent.
"I don't think what Jessica did is typical of Nigerians," Ukera said.
Ukera said she and her husband applaud the recent announcement that the U.S. Marshals Service is "aggressively pursuing" Tata. They said she's been placed on the agency's 15 most wanted list and a reward for $25,000 is being offered for her capture.
However, Ukera said an arrest won't bring back her baby or little Kendyll Stradford, Elias Castillo, or Shomari Dickerson.
"These kids were so precious and innocent," Ukera said. "There is no justice."
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Entry changes and substitutions
Runners will be able to change their entries – seeding updates, upgrades and substitutions (substitutions will only be done if all available entries have sold out). These changes can only be done online between 9 January and 6 March 2017 – NO CHANGES whatsoever will be permitted after this date.
Please note that only ONE entry change is allowed per entry (i.e. if you upgrade, you cannot also substitute the original entry; only one substitution per entry (more information under Substitutions below).
NO DOWNGRADES from the Ultra to the Half Marathon will be entertained whatsoever.
NO DOWNGRADES from the Long Trail to the Short Trail will be entertained whatsoever.
Runners who have entered the Half Marathon can upgrade to the Ultra Marathon IF they have qualified and belong to an athletics club. The cost is R265 (this is the difference between the Half Marathon and Ultra Marathon entry fee) and can be done by logging into the online system and following the instructions. No Upgrades will be accommodated when the Ultra Marathon entries are sold out.
It is the runner's responsibility to find a suitable substitute as we do not keep a list - both if you are not running or want to run.
One can only substitute a runner in the same race – i.e. a Half Marathon South African entrant can only be substituted by a Half Marathon South African that wants to participate .
Please note that Ultra Marathon substitutions will only be done once the 11 000 entries have been reached, provided that this is before 6 March 2017. Substitutions will be allowed in the Half Marathon and both the Trail Runs.
The Substitution Process
This process needs to be followed from a medical safety point so as not to invalidate captured data, used by Disaster Management Services on race day. The cost for substitution is R150 and can only be done between 9 January and 6 March 2017. Other costs may apply (cost of an electronic timing chip, temporary licence fee in the Half Marathon, etc.).
The Entered Runner (to be substituted)
Runners who cannot run need to logon into the online system. When logged on, click on the 'substitute' button. The voucher key will be displayed as soon as you click on the 'substitute' button which you need to give to the person that is taking over your entry.
Please note that you are ONLY parting with your entry; your RaceTec chip and T-shirt (if you ordered one in the Half Marathon) will be yours to collect. The entry fee of the original entrant will NOT BE REFUNDED under any circumstances.
The New Runner (taking over the entry)
It is incumbent on a runner to find someone that is unable to run in order to take over that person's entry. The entered runner is required to pass on to the new runner a voucher key to enable them in taking over their entry. This is done by logging onto the online system and clicking on 'Substitution'. After you have inserted a valid voucher number, the system will prompt you to enter your outstanding (if any) personal and race related information. Please follow the promts to the payment stage. The substitution fee is R150 (and any other fees due). Continue until you get to the confirmation screen (which will be followed by a confirmation e-mail).
NOTE: You cannot take over any merchandise purchased by the original entrant, NOR can you "take over" the withdrawing entrant's RaceTec chip. If you don't already have a RaceTec chip, you MUST purchase your own. However, an Ultra Marathon substitution includes the t-shirt.
Take Note
All rules, terms and conditions that apply for the original race entry also apply for runners that substitute.
Runners that have substituted out of the Half Marathon cannot re-enter the Half Marathon in the same year (i.e. a runner that substituted OUT of the 2017 Half Marathon cannot re-enter the 2017 Half Marathon).
A runner that entered the Half Marathon via a substitution cannot substitute that entry further (i.e. if you have substituted into the 2017 Half Marathon you cannot substitute out of the 2017 Half Marathon).
Runners substituting in order to run the Ultra Marathon must have qualified and belong to an athletics club in order to substitute (if entries sell out).
Seeding Updates
Seeding updates for both the Half and Ultra Marathon as well as both the Trail Runs are free of charge. Please logon to the online system and update your seeding with the name, date and distance of the race and the time you ran with a website address where we can verify your new time.
These changes (except for seeding changed) can only be done between 9 January and 6 March 2017.
Details for the following year will be officially launched in September 2017.


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A CHARITY set up by an ex-serviceman from Accrington who died in June last year after a long battle against cancer, is continuing to raise money with the help of his family and friends.
The Wooley Foundation, created by Warren Wolstencroft, has raised more than £1,500 since Warren died and is now planning more events to continue his charitable work.
Ben Wiseman, a friend of Warren's and Wooley Foundation fundraiser, said: "We are hoping that 2014 will generate even more funds for charities BLESMA and East Lancashire Hospice.
"We have planned a gala dinner on May, 16 at Ewood Park and are also planning a charity football match. From tickets from the dinner alone we should raise £1,500 so we're hoping it will be a big success.
"Warren was a great friend of mine for over ten years and I had been involved in some of the charity events that Warren organised when he was with us and it just felt really important to carry it on."
Warren served as part of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment before being diagnosed with rare form of bone cancer, Epithelioid Sarcoma, in 2001.
He underwent an arm amputation to combat the illness but the cancer returned and he was informed it was terminal.
During his illness, Warren tirelessly raised money for BLESMA, a charity that provides help for disabled servicemen and women.
A spokeswoman from BLESMA said: "We got to know Warren Wolstencroft very well and his death was a terrible loss to us."
Father-of-four Warren, also spent time in East Lancs Hospice before he died and funds raised by the foundation will be split between the two charities.


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Photoshop's Tai Luxon, pictured here, was photographed by me about a year ago. I've recently entered it in a photography contest sponsored by Magnum Photos, and it's doing well. In fact, it's very close to making it to the final selection.
If you like it you can help by voting for it. Just head over to http://www.atasteforlife.co.uk, click through the age check (you must be over 18 to look at all of the pictures for some strange reason), and then go here: http://www.atasteforlife.co.uk/index.php/gallery/#/2340017212/ to see and vote for it.
I also have a few more entries in the contest (in different categories) of which you can see here.
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Lee deals seven shutout innings for fourth win
Rollins racks up two RBIs; Papelbon's five-out save seals it
PHOENIX -- Last year was a very strange one, Cliff Lee admitted on Saturday. He didn't win his first game until July 4 and his fourth until Sept. 1.
"That's the way the game goes sometimes," Lee said after recording his fourth win of this season, a 3-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field.
Mark the date: May 11.
"Last year it seemed like it was my year to not get many breaks," he added. "But things like that happen. There's nothing you can really do except go out there and do your job and try to not to let it affect you."
Lee was his usual impervious self. Veteran shortstop Jimmy Rollins drove in the first two runs and Lee made them stand up.
The left-hander was masterful, holding Arizona scoreless on six hits and pitching out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh to help the Phillies snap a three-game losing streak. Lee's record improved to 4-2 as Jonathan Papelbon contributed a five-out save, his sixth, striking out pinch-hitter Eric Hinske and A.J. Pollock with runners on second and third to end the game.
Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said that setup man Mike Adams wasn't available, so when Antonio Bastardo dug himself into a quick hole in the eighth, Manuel went right to Papelbon, who hadn't recorded a save since May 3 and only had appeared twice since then.
"I don't like him having to [give us five outs], but I did," Manuel said about Papelbon, who threw 29 tough pitches to work out of two jams. "We'll probably have him tomorrow. I don't know, we might not have him. I'll have to check with him."
Lee wasn't injured in 2012, but he went through a miserable spate of luck exacerbated by a lack of run support. The latter has continued for the Phillies during this four-game series, as Philadelphia scored just six runs, losing the first two games.
This year, Cole Hamels has had the bad fortune of little offensive support and is 1-5, including a 2-1 loss here Thursday night.
"[Lee] pitched great, that's not the last game he's going to throw that way, he's thrown a lot like that before," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "He had total command of the strike zone, threw the ball wherever he wanted to, in or out, up or down. It was just a great job by him."
On Saturday, D-backs starter Trevor Cahill (2-4) matched the former American League Cy Young Award winner through four scoreless innings. The Phillies broke through in the fifth without the aid of a hit. Cahill walked two and tossed a wild pitch in the inning to put the potential lead run on third. Rollins knocked it in with a sacrifice fly.
It was Rollins again in the seventh, driving in Ben Revere from second with an RBI single off reliever Josh Collmenter. Lee contributed to both rallies with key sacrifice bunts. He had three on the evening.
He seemed more proud of that than the win.
"That's the first time I've ever bunted three times in one game," said the 34-year-old Lee, who spent much of his career in the American League pitching for Cleveland, Seattle and Texas. "I don't remember even bunting twice. It feels good to bunt a guy over and watch him score. You feel like you contributed. I feel good about executing three of three."
Nevertheless, the Phillies went into the game hitting .238 with runners in scoring position, 19th in the Majors and 10th in the National League. Rollins, the team's longtime leadoff hitter, was one the worst culprits in that category, hitting .143 with RISP coming into the game.
Their two best, Chase Utley (.400) and Michael Young (.385), were set down by Cahill for the final two outs of the third inning with runners poised to score.
"That's something I actually went home thinking about after the first night here," said Rollins, 34. "It's a position I like being in. I usually have success when I get runners on. Not so much yet this year. Tonight I did what was needed. I was put in a good position and I got a sac fly and a single."
Lee came out of the game after seven, having thrown 114 pitches. He struck out three and walked two, including second baseman Josh Wilson to load the bases in the seventh. Gibson sent up Wil Nieves, his only right-handed hitter on the bench, to pinch-hit. Phillies pitching coach Rich Dubee went to the mound to talk to Lee. There was no one up in the bullpen. It was Lee's game.
"We wanted to just to calm him down and remind him how to pitch to the guy," Manuel said.
Whatever works. On a 1-1 pitch, Nieves bounced the ball to Rollins, who threw him out easily at first.
"Sometimes he can it do all," Rollins said about Lee. "Other times he just pitches. Tonight, he did it all. He pitched seven shutout innings. He got three sac bunts down. I don't know the last time he did that. He wanted that win. He worked. He worked hard and he got rewarded."
Barry M. Bloom is a national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow@boomskie on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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DALLAS — Significant parts of Texas are at risk of strong winds and storms, with possibly some small tornadoes forming.
Bill Bunting of the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says much of the state on Tuesday will see strong winds and possibly some hail. Areas around Dallas, Austin, Houston, Abilene and Wichita Falls could all be affected by severe weather that is expected to move eastward throughout the day.
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for Bell County from noon to 8 p.m.
The far northeast part of the state is at the greatest risk of damage.
Storms are most likely Tuesday afternoon and into the early evening.
Bunting says residents should take the opportunity to review their severe weather plans as spring approaches.


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Did you know?
The Life Day Spa Cape Town was voted the 'Best Hotel Spa In South Africa' in July 2011 and came 2nd in the World Spa Awards in March 2012.
Life Day Spa Cape Town, part of the Life Day Spa group that began in Johannesburg, is situated at the African Pride Crystal Towers Hotel & Spa, located in Century City, a mixed-use development near Cape Town's suburb of Milnerton.
The complex includes the vast Canal Walk shopping centre and the Ratanga Junction theme park.
Life Day Spa Cape Town operates in an environment that the company describes as 'earthy yet chic'. Its strength is its highly trained therapists, who undergo an intensive six weeks of product training before taking on clients.
Carefully selected product lines include La Prairie, Dermalogica and Skin Doctors. The Life Day Spa group has also developed its own range of aromatherapy-based, paraben-free products called Sulis, and it is this range that forms the basis of its signature wraps, scrubs and massages.
The spa, with views of Table Mountain, has a number of facilities that any client can make use of, irrespective of the treatment booked. There is a steam room, a sauna room, and a heated outdoor swimming pool impressively suspended above the ground with a viewing wall of glass.
At the poolside you'll find a cocktail and nourishment bar. Relaxation stations, furnished with sofas and ottomans, dot the outdoor and indoor areas.
Other facilities include a floatation room (30 minutes in this highly salted water is said to be as beneficial as seven hours of undisturbed sleep), the Rasul Chamber for a 'Middle Eastern Mud Ritual', and couples' suites with indoor spa baths.
The spa's extensive massage menu includes an hour-long soy candle massage, which utilises the moisturising molten wax of a candle made of soya bean oil. Therapists are also versed in the lomi-lomi massage method, a Hawaiian technique that stimulates circulation.
The Sulis Relax Massage uses 'aided stretching' and aromatherapy infusions to instil a feeling of well-being.
Some treatments are unique to Life Day Spas, such as the Sulis Relax Ritual, which rids the body of muscular pain and stiffness by using unique stretching movements.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Life Day Spa Cape Town
Tel: +27 (0)21 525 3883
Email: email@example.com
How to get here
The African Pride Crystal Towers Hotel & Spa is easily reached from Cape Town's N1 highway. It is 15km from the airport, 10km from the city centre and 10km from the V&A Waterfront. See listed website for details.
Best time to visit
The spa is open from 8am to 7pm, Mondays to Saturdays, and from 9am to 5pm on Sundays and most public holidays. Appointments are essential.
Around the area
Canal Walk has more than 400 stores to shop in, a variety of restaurants and a cinema complex. It is open from 9am to 9pm daily. Being in Century City leaves you close to all Cape Town's main sites – Table Mountain, the V&A Waterfront, Robben Island, the Atlantic beaches, the Grand West Casino, and Ratanga Junction with its adrenaline-pumping roller coasters and rides.
Tours to do
There are dozens of tours to do in an around Cape Town, including trips up Table Mountain, to Cape Point and Robben Island, and to the winelands. Contact Cape Town Tourism, who will be able to put you in touch with an operator appropriate to what you are looking for.
Where to stay
Apart from the Crystal Towers Hotel, there are a number of other hotels and apartment blocks in Century City, such as the Protea Hotel Colosseum, Protea Hotel Island Club, Manhattan Suites and StayEasy, as well as many of accommodation options in the nearby suburbs.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 25/7/2012 (1853 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It's starting to look like the only thing the 2012 Winnipeg Football Club has in common with the 2011 B.C. Lions, who overcame a horrible start to win a Grey Cup, is the fact that at this point last year, the Leos didn't have any wins either.
That being said, it's high time to decide that focusing on things that occurred in the rear-view mirror, be they positive or negative, can and will be an impediment to a team trying to move forward.
In my mind, comparative analysis between any two football teams, whether years apart or in successive years, is fodder for the optimist in us all. It allows you to use information as a crutch to convince yourself that better days lie ahead, and in that vein, a much better point of reference than the 2011 B.C. Lions, would be the travails of the 2008 Blue and Gold team, for more reasons than you could figure.
The undeniable comparables, of course, are right in front of us. In 2007, the team went to the Grey Cup and lost a defensive battle to our special cousins to the west, and then tripped over the starting line in 2008 to the tune of zero and four. In 2011, this team went to the Grey Cup and lost a battle between two great defences, and inexplicably started this season exactly the same way.
The 2008 season was the third year of the Doug Berry regime. It was the first year of regression after a .500 campaign in 2006 and a 10-7-1 year in 2007. As we well know, this is the third year of the Paul LaPolice and Joe Mack era. The team improved from Year 1 to Year 2, but also appears on the verge of a third-year decline.
Not only were both head coaches coming off appearances as finalists for Coach of the Year honours, but they have similar backgrounds as offensive-minded men who employed offensive co-ordinators with zero CFL experience. In 2007, in his first season in the CFL, Kit Cartwright, like Gary Crowton now, was offensive co-ordinator and quarterback coach. The only difference between these scenarios is that Cartwright's inaugural CFL offence in 2007 finished first or second in more than a dozen categories, and Crowton's offence thus far has some work to do to replicate that.
A final parallel, which I'm sure you and I hope holds true tonight, is that in their fifth game of the season in 2008, a backup quarterback, Ryan Dinwiddie, entered the fray at a home game and ended up hitting Romby Bryant for a touchdown strike with time expiring to give the Blue and Gold their first win of the year.
To steal a phrase from my old coach of 2010 and '11, all these comparisons are "true, but useless." No matter how many similar characteristics I can dig up between this ball club and the 2008 team, this version is undeniably different.
In my opinion, the best thing this team can do going forward is start taking their own advice. One of the things that stuck out in my mind about last season was how any time the football team was forced to confront a question or an assessment of the 2010 team, which lost nine games by four points or fewer, we distanced ourselves from it with our leader's saying that those facts were "true, but useless" to our chances ahead. That idea helped us let go of the past, and the same saying should be applied when looking back to last year's successful team.
For that's what surprised me most about this 2012 team: When shown a video of a pre-game speech in the visitor's locker-room before they played Edmonton the first time this season, a couple of team leaders, encouraged by the coach, referenced the passion, enthusiasm and swagger of the 2011 squad and how they needed to channel that energy to improve this year.
If there is one thing I think I know about being part of a successful football team, it is that they live in the now and create an identity of their own with each chapter they write.
The sooner a team stops trying to be and grasping for what they were last year or other years prior, the sooner they can get down to the business of seeing what they can be here and now.
Doug Brown, once a hard-hitting defensive lineman and frequently a hard-hitting columnist, appears Tuesdays and game days in the Free Press.
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Our dear Angry Birds are starting a new adventure: by now they'll have to get back their eggs from the green pigs' snouts in a zero gravity environment. The gameplay is still the same: you have to launch birds at pigs stationed on or inside various structures by using a slingshot. The goal is to destroy every single green pig on the playfield either by hitting the pigs directly or damaging the structures where they stand, which would cause them to collapse and kill them. However, in this new environment, both birds and the finger that launches them (that's you) will have to learn how to handle gravitational physics.
This new episode includes 60 new interstellar levels through 4 different Worlds (planets, actually). Moreover, you'll discover brand-new birds and power-ups which have been called to help you managing the handicaps of the gravitational field.
Same as in the previous episodes, upon completing each level, players get one, two, or three stars, depending on the score received. Players can re-attempt levels as many times as they wish, and can also replay completed levels in an attempt to improve their score at the end of the game.
Regarding graphics, Rovio has kept the essence but, at the same time, has worked on enhancing the game graphically, and that's clearly noticeable. Nothing to say about the storyline: they include amazing videos to involve the player in the birdy mood.
It's easy to predict that Angry Birds Space is going to be a success. However, we really appreciate the effort of Rovio not to get stuck and to make the game evolving, this time, even regarding physics. Must-have. You should already be downloading it.
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I'm looking into the various solutions to make a site work on both desktop and mobile platforms and understand from reading about it that the most failsafe solution is to have it automatically rearranges itself depending on the screen size.A neat example I came across which does this is Creattica.
What Creattica is doing is just floating the ARTICLEs. That automatically makes it wrap so that it doesn't become too big on mobile or smaller screen sizes. An efficient way, to be sure, but probably not the best.
What you're looking for is [Responsive Web Design (the author, Ethan Marcotte also wrote a book on the topic, found [url=http://www.abookapart.com/products/responsive-web-design]here](http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/). Really what it is is a website that responds to the user. Meaning, as you described, whatever the user is using (be it a 27" desktop, an 11.5" laptop, a netbook, or a mobile phone) will make the website respond to it and therefore suit it better.
There are many ways to do this. [Fluid web layouts, [url=http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/]CSS Media Queries, and [url=http://unstoppablerobotninja.com/entry/fluid-images]Auto-resizing images](http://24ways.org/2011/theres-no-formula-for-great-designs). These all help to adapt the website to the user.
One way to make this quite simple is to build for Mobile First as suggested by Luke W. But, of course, that would be something to consider when you fully grasp the concept. I'd recommend reading those articles first.
Impressive, but a lot of it is over my head (I've quickly read through all the above links). I still don't fully understand how the box model works although I now grasp the concept of DIVs being invisible "boxes" next to each other (but don't understand how they relate to each other's placement). The grid system which is referred to in those articles seems overly complex to me, so is it really necessary to go that route in order to build a working website which works on multiple devices, or is that mostly for very complex and advanced sites?I'm still in the process of deciding a layout for my site, so at this stage I'm open for all sorts of ideas, but based on my content I'm aiming for a 2-column design where the site navigation fixed (regardless of where you scroll) is at the top of the rightmost column. And of course a header and footer. Simple and functional.
Back to the Creattica site; so it's basically a fluid design which when resized smaller stacks the DIV boxes on top of each other? It seems to work fine but you say it's probably not the best way to make a site responsive -is this because the images should auto-resize, which it doesn't seem to do?
There are many free html grid systems that can do this for you. This is just one of many: http://getskeleton.com/
Check out http://cssgrid.net it's a responsive grid and it works quite wonderfully. There are many of these out there though I hear.
So these are grid templates and all I do is add the HTML content (and tweak the CSS to my liking if needed)?
But as a novice I'm having trouble understanding the principle or basic idea of a grid. Is it really just a bunch of DIV "boxes" in a fluid setup which when resized shift places? And does a grid setup work with any design idea (such as my idea for a 1 or 2 column site with header and footer) or will the site look completely different?
The site you linked to has a number of layouts, depending on the width of the screen. This is controlled by a bit of advanced CSS called @media queries, which determines different settings for different screen sizes.
Before jumping in too deeply here, start with your content. What's the best way to organize and present your content to users? That's the question to be asking. Then, from that, work out an appropriate layout—perhaps for desktop to start out with, but it could be mobile if you like. (The advantage of the latter is it helps to avoid unnecessary, decorative junk.) Either way, work out your ideal layouts, then look at how they can be constructed—first with HTML, and then with a layer of CSS styling. We can help you with the layout if you like. But it is best to plan a site carefully and deliberately, like a house. A lot of people rush in without clear plans, and the whole thing ends up falling into a messy heap.
Absolutely jump in! Use the example and play around with how it works. It's responsive to the screen it's on and looks really good on a mobile device.I use it on my pet project <snip> because I barely have to do anything to make it work.
The best way to learn is to use. Use it and anything. Check out teamtreehouse's responsive tutorials: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/design-foundations/css3/media-queries
never the less cssgrid.net is ready to go.
I, personally, don't find grids super helpful. In my eyes, what they really are are just pre-design tools. They're something to consider when you're making your website. I consider "grids" to be an integral part of developing and designing a website. For instance, if I give you a grid that divides the webpages into 3rds (by percent, although that's impossible to accomplish w/ a fixed grid - more to come later), and you make a "DIV" (in your mockup) that is inside of one of those thirds, all your really doing is saying to yourself, "I want to make this section of content 33% wide. This should be something that you think about anyways.
One of the things that I think gets confusing for people is that there are grids that claim to be responsive but are fixed (meaning, in pixels). For instance, if I download 960.gs, I get a grid that is 960px. If I want to make my website responsive (see my above post), then I shouldn't use a fixed width of 960px. Some grids say that their boxes are defined by percentages, meaning, that they are, say, 10% of the page. This gets confusing as they end up just being 96px (in our case). You have to interpret what you put down. When you make something 96px, know that it really means "10%" in your CSS.
I hope that didn't get too confusing.~TehYoyo
I think a 2 column + header/footer layout such as this this example) will fit my content the best. A single column might even work, depending on if some content should be available from any page or not... I have lots of usability questions like that.
Can I use a grid for a layout such as this, or are they just for web designs consisting of many columns (such as used in newspapers) side by side?
You can indeed, but before rushing into grids, ask it it's really necessary. They ted to introduce a lot more complexity that you need, and can make life more difficult in the end. IMHO, nothing beats building pages yoursefl from scratch. Then you really understand how they work, and there's no unnecessary stuff getting in the way.
Well, as I can see my audience using mobile devices in addition to desktop computers this seemed to be a solution. Would designing the website using the standard box model and relying on separate stylesheets for different platforms be the easier solution? Any downsides compared to a "collapsable" grid solution?
It depends on how large your site is, but in general, it's not hard at all to set up your site so that on smaller viewports the elements can rearrange themselves. This doesn't require separate style sheets, but simply some extra styles within the main style sheet that cater for smaller screens, using @media rules. A lot of sites are doing this now, and it's not very complicated at all. TehYoyo's first link in post #2 lays out how it works nicely.
This kind of responsive design is all the rage now, but whether it will last is another matter. Some people don't like seeing something different on smaller devices (or when they resize their desktop browser window). Some smart phones let you zoom in and out with a simple tap, and in a way, that can be a nicer experience.
Also, have a look at this slideshow, which presents another way of approaching the whole issue. The web was nice and responsive when it was first invented, and it's only CSS practices that have stopped it from being so. The point of that slideshow is to give all devices a basic, functional layout, and add in extra styles, where appropriate, for various devices.
There is a problem with media queries that few seem to bring up. The device, browser, whatever. Will download the stylesheet regardless if it is for it or not. So you better be carful when using them.
I see this as a feature.
You should remember that mobile portrait can swiftly change to mobile landscape. You wouldn't want to wait for additional resources to download, as a user.
Even more, there shouldn't be so much more CSS added to all media queries code than the base code, so it's pretty much a non issue.
Yet downloading the full CSS for the desktop would be fine on limited and expensive data connections? Not everyone has unlimited data you know. The reason one would want to send a mobile device a different stylesheet is not only for a smaller screen, but also to send it a smaller CSS file. That however, becomes futile because media queries do not do that.
I don't grasp your concept of a big CSS load, but I'll play along. I'm not sure you even try to make a valid point, since you don't give out any viable alternative solution, but...
To minimize data traffic, you suggest something like this: browser sniffing/device width detection and sending just enough CSS (along with "just enough" from other resources) for one page alone. This, following your smaller CSS file logic further.
When the user switches from portrait to landscape or vice-versa, bad UX: waiting for additional resources to download, render again.
When the user goes to another page, bad UX: waiting for distinct additional resources to download, along with the content, render again.
Can you spot a bad pattern here? You're thinking distinct pages, when you should be thinking entire websites.
Also, media queries are not for traffic control, are they? Why would you hold that against them beats me! Reusable, cached resources make for inexpensive traffic and good UX.
As a side note, CCs were not adopted across UAs for a reason. There is no need for them. Aside the "repair me" reason for bad UAs.
... or you could build a m.* version for a your page. This is the only other viable (really?) solution we have. You're pro that?
Let the user worry about data plans. You worry about things that regard you: reusable, cached, well thought resources... and the best UX (which means media queries also).
A CSS file being so big that you have to worry about data traffic means you have a bad CSS, not that the user has a cheap data plan. This goes for images, JavaScript code, markup also. Meaning it's not the fault of media queries!
Grids and responsive design are two different things.
Grids try to do for the blank canvas that is the browser windows, what the graph paper does for blank paper: it sets detailed and precise guidelines for positioning. Too detailed for my taste, in some grids.
Media queries try to do for the empty space that is the browser window what the movers do with the furniture placement in their trucks: try to fit it all in a given space, without leaving anything hanging out.
There are grids that follow the responsive design concept, there are grids that don't, and there are media queries based designs possible without grids.
If you feel like you have to control positioning down to microscopic level, grids may help you do that. In return, they'll ask you to conform to their naming rules inside your markup and CSS.
On the other side, media queries will ask from browsers to know of them in order to work. This means that older browsers, legacy IE (IE8-) are left out.
Responsive design and mobile first approach in particular, is a shift in concept you'll only get by actually doing it. Doing it... the right way! Thinking mainly desktop or letting past conditions in web design still dictate your present state of mind will not help you with this shift.
Responsive design is not a fad. At the very least is a stepping stone towards something even better. Skipping the practical part and looking from the sidelines, only makes for a superficial understanding.
I don't suggest anything. I said nothing about device/browser sniffing. Nor do I suggest an alternative, because I don't have one myself yet.
Right because a slim mobile CSS stylesheet cannot be flexible, must be ridged! You know it is a lot easier making a flexible style sheet for a phone, right? God forbid, you merge the mobile stylesheet for both portrait and landscape into one. Did ya know, you can embed media queries! Easier just making your mobile stylesheet fluid and flexible.
When the user goes to another page, bad UX: waiting for distinct additional resources to download, along with the content, render again. No cached resources? Very easy to make dynamic content cacheable.
Can you spot a bad pattern here? You're thinking distinct pages, when you should be thinking entire websites.
When the user goes to another page, bad UX: waiting for distinct additional resources to download, along with the content, render again. No cached resources? Very easy to make dynamic content cacheable.
Can you spot a bad pattern here? You're thinking distinct pages, when you should be thinking entire websites.
No, you are thinking distinct pages.
Because it would have made sense not to download this stylesheet for a much larger device that it will never use. Why spend the time downloading it, then caching it into the small amount of RAM or taking up precious storage space while reducing the life of the Flash drive for something it is never going to use.
Mobile devices, are slow, limited resources CPU, battery, RAM, storage. Slow data connections (not Wifi), limited, expensive that can charge per-MB for overuse. You should be designing you site with those in mind. Not throwing the whole of Fort-Knox at it.
Let the user worry about data plans.
You are joking...YOU MUST BE JOKING. Let the user of your site worrying about their data plans when your sites is sucking it down like crazy downloading all this guff?! Really?
You are though.
The only way to determine a mobile device is by sniffing. And you forget that mobile devices, smartphones and tablets, can have bigger resolutions than some netbooks or desktops.
Rant. No logic. And again, you're saying mobile CSS stylesheet. This means you're pro m.* variant. Good luck with that.
Have you even tried responsive design? It seems to me that you're just talking.


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