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Kevin Bradley, sports book manager at the gambling website Bovada.lv, noted that the odds of Ohio State winning the national championship recently dropped from 15-2 to 6-1. Alabama is still the favorite at 5-2.
Kevin Bradley, sports book manager at the gambling website Bovada.lv, noted that the odds of Ohio State winning the national championship recently dropped from 15-2 to 6-1. Alabama is still the favorite at 5-2.
"Those two teams have taken more volume than any other," he said
Oregon is the third favorite at 9-1, followed by Georgia, Louisville and Texas A&M at 14-1.
Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller has become the favorite for the Heisman Trophy at 9-2. After a trouble-filled summer, 2012 winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M is 12-1 and behind South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney (13-2), Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron (10-1) and Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater (10-1).
After last night, the Clippers and Indianapolis Indians both have two home games left in a tight race to lead minor-league baseball in attendance. If the Clippers win, it would mark the second time in the five-year history of Huntington Park. They also led in their inaugural season there. This is the fourth time in franchise history they have drawn more than 600,000 fans.
Rolling Stone is joining the publications to question the way accused murderer Aaron Hernandez was treated by current Ohio State coach Urban Meyer when both were at Florida.
The magazine reports that Meyer "may have helped cover up failed drug tests, along with two violent incidents - an assault and a drive-by shootout outside a local bar.
"The operative words, may have, leave plenty of room for interpretation. The writers used an unnamed Florida beat reporter as a source on how Meyer might not have been forthright with the media about why Hernandez, a standout tight end, served a one-game suspension in 2008.
It's believed he was suspended because of a failed drug test, but the beat reporter said they were led to believe it was because of injury.
After leaving Florida, Hernandez played for the New England Patriots until he was arrested.
When Meyer was asked this week whether anyone from the magazine tried to contact him, he said not that he could recall. His spokesman also said no request was made. Coaches are not permitted to discuss the results of drug tests.
Things can change quickly in the NFL. Reports surfaced last weekend that the San Francisco 49ers were looking to trade or release former Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy. Then came the news that McCoy had agreed to take a 50 percent pay cut. After a game against Minnesota, San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh named McCoy the backup to Colin Kaepernick.
"I feel real good that Colt is the backup," Harbaugh said.
Brandon Phillips' low on-base percentage is apparently a sensitive subject with him. After Cincinnati Enquirer reporter C. Trent Rosecrans tweeted about Phillips' .310 on-base percentage this week, Phillips interrupted an interview with Reds manager Dusty Baker with a scattershot of expletives aimed at Rosecrans:
"Hey, Dusty. The (expletive) on the end, he worries about my on-base percentage. … The (expletive) over there. Make him happy, Dusty. The (expletive). You talking that negative (expletive) about our team, dog. I found out your Twitter name now, (expletive). It's a wrap. Just so you (expletive) know. (Expletive)."
Baker wore a sheepish look while Phillips was talking and told Rosecrans: "I ain't in that; that's between you and him."
Phillips has good numbers otherwise - .264 with 16 home runs and 95 RBI - but with the Reds third in the National League Central, he might want to channel some of that anger toward winning.
Bob Hunter is a sports columnist for The Dispatch.


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Wayne Ollenburger lives and breathes automobiles. He works as a service technician at Midway Motors in Hillsboro and on the weekends, he sometimes takes his 1971 Chevrolet Cheyenne 10 pickup to compete in antique and classic car and truck shows.
"Work and play makes for a full day," Ollenburger said. "I've always liked vehicles, they're my main thing."
He said he knew this particular truck a long time ago before it was ever restored.
"My neighbor, Bob Jantz, and his son, Kevin, originally owned and restored the truck," he said. "Bob is a good guy. They took off the cab and the frame, actually everything was completely off the body."
Ollenburger said he watched Jantz and son put the truck through a systematic restoration, in which they returned the truck body to its original form. He even helped them move pieces of the body around their shop while they worked on it.
The truck body was all-original, he said. There were no holes or rust on it, and the only thing they had to replace was the battery carrier.
"Bob used to work for Irv Schrader so he knew was he was doing," Ollenburger said. "It was a good project for him and his son. I really admired what they were doing. When they said they wanted to sell it I opened my eyes twice."
His pickup has a 402 big block engine that purrs like a lion when he revs it up.
"They punched out the engine, now it does a little over 30,000," he said. "The cam is more progressive too, which adds more horsepower than it originally had."
Other original features include automatic transmission, power steering, power front disc brakes, factory A/C, a tachometer, tilt steering wheel all of which were specialty items back in 1971, Ollenburger said.
"I like the original look," he said. "There is new glass and rubber in the cab. I don't like adding too much chrome like other guys do."
To complete the original look, he added rally tires with white lettering and had a true dual exhaust installed, after he bought it in September 2012. At that time, it only had 7,250 miles on it.
"It's special truck, you know what I mean, I'm proud of it," Ollenburger said. "I have never seen another one like it in this area that is in this good of condition."
Because of its rarity, Ollenburger takes especially good care of it. He cleans it after he drives it and he doesn't really drive it that much.
"I do take it around sometimes like when I drove it in the county fair parade here in Hillsboro," he said. "But I don't plan to drive it out in the rain."
In his first year owning the pickup he took it to four different car and truck shows and brought home trophies from three events.
His Chevy took first place in the Classic Truck Division at the Antique and Classic Car and Truck Show June 15 in Goessel. It also received People Choice Award at the same competition, won a top 20 award in the McPherson Area Cruisers competition, and was a class winner in a car show in Newton.


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This thriving youth development program each year educates and employs 80 to 90 teens from low-income communities at three farm sites in Chicago and one in Lake County. As they advance through this program, grounded in sustainable urban agriculture and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) principles, Youth Farm students learn to grow food responsibly, work as a team, advocate for food justice, eat in a healthy way, and become accountable—to themselves, their fellow farmers, and to their employers. Through nutrition demonstrations and redemption of federal nutrition assistance coupons at markets and Women, Infants, and Children offices, Youth Farm students serve their communities and gain a better understanding of pressing social and economic issues. Participants also stay in school and pursue careers—93 percent of senior participants graduated from high school in 2013, 53 percent are enrolled in college, 20 percent are working full-time, and two are in job training programs. In 2014, a Youth Farm student in her third year at the Lake County site was named a Gates Millennium Scholar. Several Youth Farm graduates have found jobs within Chicago's growing urban agriculture and local food sector or as growers and interns within the program itself, motivated by the knowledge that they can contribute to their communities in meaningful ways.
Youth Farm teens work in all aspects of sustainable farming and food systems—from planting a farm to managing a beehive, from cooking with the food they grow to selling it at local farm stands and markets, and through sales to the Garden View Café, where the chef incorporates fresh organic produce into menu items available to Chicago Botanic Garden visitors. Teens are paid a stipend for four hours per week in the spring and fall, and 20 hours per week in the summer, but the benefits far outweigh the wages they earn. By the end of the season, they have gained valuable job and teamwork skills, discovered a whole new way to look at the food they eat, and grown their support system to include supervisors, program coordinators, legislators, and their fellow participants.
Since its first year in 2003, when the program debuted at the Greenbelt Forest Preserve in Lake County and served 13 teens, the program has expanded to three additional sites in Chicago, totaling two acres, and a rooftop "farm." Through this program, the Chicago Botanic Garden has built garden oases in some of the city's most challenged neighborhoods, where vulnerable youth can connect to the healing power of plants. Since 2003, the Youth Farm program has achieved the following:
- Provided after-school and summer jobs for more than 600 youth
- Harvested and sold more than 100,000 pounds of freshly grown produce at farm stands and in neighborhoods identified as food deserts through nutrition benefit programs (Illinois Link cards, senior coupons, and Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, vouchers)
- Educated more than 400 moms at six WIC clinics on the power of plants to help keep their babies healthy
- Trained more than 120 ambassadors (former staff, interns, and trainees) to build their own programs in communities all across the nation, teaching about the power of plants to sustain and enrich life
- Collaborated with more than 35 community partners, including the Lake County Forest Preserve District, the Chicago Park District, NeighborSpace, Chicago Public Schools, After School Matters, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Lawndale Christian Health Center, and the Quad Communities Development Corporation
- Presented the Youth Farm's service-learning model at dozens of local and national events
- Been recognized as a national best practices youth development program by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and by the Pathways Project, an initiative of the Family Resiliency Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
"The teens in this program come away with real-world work experience, a great deal of learning, and the ability to make a positive impact in their communities," said Angela Mason, associate vice president of urban agriculture/Windy City Harvest at the Garden. "While weeding, watering, planting, and harvesting, they learn about being part of a team. And they take pride in shaping the farm from the ground up."


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Yesterday, unless you are on another planet, you know that at Apple's annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), Appleannounced a new iPhone, and showed off a bunch of cool new applications. They also made a few new announcements about their software development kit (SDK). For me the most important of these was around a new feature for app developers relating to background processing.
We asked Apple for background processes
Several months ago I wrote a fairly popular article on why the iPhone needed background processes. The gist of my argument in that piece is that background processes are needed for three things. To allow applications:
- to be notified about things happening in the outside world, such as notifications of inbound instant messages or email.
- to notify the user about things happening locally. An example might be an alarm clock.
- to broadcast information about the users current situation to the outside world such as his/her location or presence.
In the article, I asked developers to speak out. "if you agree, I strongly suggest you say something. Link to this piece or restate the arguments elsewhere." and I ended with the somewhat tongue in cheek "Please, Mr. Jobs, tear down that wall."
They heard us… kinda
And so, it appears that, at least to some extent, the rallying cry worked. Apple announced a new mechanism for receiving background notifications. We (meaning all of us, not the "royal we") did make a difference.
Specifically, since the solution will not be available until September, I must assume that this feature is a late addition in response to the noise over this issue since March when Apple initially announced the SDK. To see Apple responding directly and quickly to market requests is indeed refreshing.
Unfortunately, Apple's response does not go far enough, though this first stab at the problem is compelling. Apple has fully solved the first problem in the above list, which is being notified about external events, including things like inbound messages.
The way it works is that application developers will be able to send messages from their web servers to Apple servers. In turn, Apple's web servers can directly push notifications to iPhones. Apple's stated design goal here was to skirt the need for developer accessible background processes by implementing their own single background notification process that all developers can effectively share.
This is indeed a great solution for notification. Unfortunately it does not eliminate the need for additional developer accessible background services.
We still need other background services
Apple's new solution resolves the first of the three above points. You can now build an instant messaging client for the iPhone. Unfortunately, you still can't do things like:
- build an alarm clock.
- write an app to broadcast your mobile location, unless you stay exclusively in that application. So no taking phone calls and no letting your phone go to sleep.
- write code that *responds* to notifications. All the new notifications do is send a message to the user. They can't trigger code execution.
As I explained in the last article, these are important functionalities for really delivering on the full potential of the phone as a developer platform. I am particularly excited about the idea of my mobile phone being able to detect information about the world around me, and notifying me of relevant things in my environment. With the new GPS functionality I'd also like to be able to track my whereabouts. Where did I go today? How long did I stay? I believe this kind of almost "agent-like" functionality is a hugely compelling application class that is not being enabled by the current application model, but should be.
Mobile Me reminds us of a fourth reason background functionality is key
Interestingly, beyond the application categories I had considered in my last article on this subject, Apple's introduction of Mobile Me is a vivid additional demonstration of the need for background processing. Mobile Me is a cloud based system that among other things, allows contacts, email, and calendar information to be synced to your iPhone in the background.
Mobile Me looks great, but I wonder why I as an application developer am not being given the tools to write such an application. Of course I have not seen how it actually works, but presuming that it really does sync in the background, I am left wanting to ask Mr. Jobs why I can't do that too.
Apple's "background apps take too much power" argument
In Apple's defense, their argument is that background applications take too much power and add too much complexity. Yesterday they held up Windows Mobile as the straw man for why you don't want background processing.
But of course we all know that because something has already been done a bad way doesn't mean there isn't a good way to do it. So I accept the argument that in considering these options, complexity and power consumption are critical considerations. But I reject the notion that they cannot be addressed.
The solution
As I see it, the solution to this problem is a special *very* slow task manager specifically for background tasks. The idea is that applications can register to run background tasks on some periodic but very infrequent basis. They would be allowed to execute a very small number of instructions, and they would be set to run at most every few minutes. In this way, it would be possible to do some very quick processing at very long intervals. By making the background processing very lightweight, no Windows style task management would be needed, and worries about battery power would be essentially eliminated.
Additional functionality could be tied into the GPS and the new notification system to allow background code to be triggered to do specific things when, for example, the user's location changes, or some external event happens. This would allow for applications to do things like respond in the background to user movement.
The bottom line is that I do like the idea of specialized services to handle background needs in ways that are battery friendly. Hopefully the new notification system is the first in a series of such services that can truly take mobile platforms to the next level.


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Perspectives from New Librarians
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This section contains articles, blogs, and streaming videos that loosely represent the perspectives of new librarians. Some of the authors of the blogs listed below may not actually be "new librarians," but they offer fresh perspectives on the issues of librarianship. Also, few of streaming videos are specifically about "new librarians," but they challenge, represent, or question the stereotypes that those unfamiliar the profession may have about librarians.
Articles, Reports and Presentations
- Abramson, J., P. Hawthorne, J. Kaplowitz, and L. McMichael. (2008). Voices of the Future: Next Generation Professionals Speak. College & Research Libraries News, 69(5), 262-3.
- Voices of the Future: Next Generation Professionals Talk with ACRL President Julie Beth Todaro - UCLA Early-Career Librarians Focus Group Summary - Julie Todaro, 2007-08 ACRL President, conducted focus groups with early-career librarians on the UCLA campus on March 10, 2008, in Los Angeles. (PDF)
- Voices of the Future: Next Generation Professionals Talk with ACRL President Julie Beth Todaro - UCLA DIS Library School Students Focus Group Summary - Julie Todaro, 2007-08 ACRL President, conducted focus groups with library school students on the UCLA campus on March 10, 2008, in Los Angeles. (PDF)
- Medical Library Association (MLA) New Librarians presentation - PPT of findings of a survey of new librarians and has lots of quotes from new librarians.
- For more articles see The Student and New Librarian Perspective on the Hiring New Librarians page.
Blogs and Other Perspectives
- Annoyed Librarian - "The Annoyed Librarian goes for a walk on the library wild side and takes you along with her."
- Becoming a Librarian - "Reviews and revelations about library school at the University of Alabama and becoming an information professional."
- Bunless Librarian – "Not your momma's librarian."
- Cool Librarian – "Exploring what it means to be a 'cool librarian.'"
- Comments from 2007 Emerging Leaders on the question "How did you become interested in the library profession?"
- Fashionista Librarian - "A blog by a librarian who likes fashion, clothes, and shopping."
- Information New Wave - A blog on International Perspectives on the New Librarian Experience.
- Librarian's Guide to Etiquette - "A polite librarian is a good librarian."
- New Graduates Group- AILA, Australian Library and Information Association
- New Members Round Table - ALA/American Library Association
- New Professionals Discussion Group - IFLA, International Federation of LIbrary Associations and Institutions
- The New Young Librarians - A social networking site created for and by new, young librarians.
- Sites of Interest to New Librarians - New York Library Association/New Members Round Table
- Steadfast Librarian Blog - "A new librarian's stories and perspectives on libraries and the profession."
- Well Dressed Librarian - "Celebrity librarian-at-large offers advice and commentary on etiquette, fashion, and the proper behavior of librarians and their customers."
- Young Librarian Blog - "A young, new librarian's ideas, musings, and news about the LIS field and her search for a place in it."
- Your Life Work Series: The Librarian - A instructional film from 1947 that gives a humorous, antiquated introduction to the profession of librarianship.
- March of the Librarians - Looks at the behaviors of librarians at the 2007 ALA Midwinter Conference in Seattle from the perspective of a nature documentary.
- I am a Librarian - A young, male Filipino librarian explains what his profession means to him and discusses stereotypes of librarians.
- The Librarian - A mockumentary in the style of "The Office" about a young British man who works in a library. (Whoever made this probably doesn't work in a Library, but it's still funny.)
- Librarian - A music video for the song "Librarian" that features two seductive and sinister librarians.


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Chris Paisley claimed his maiden European Challenge Tour title as a one under par final round of 71 left him two shots clear of Francis McGuirk on 16 under par in the English Challenge at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf and Spa.
The 26 year old entered the final day with a three shot lead after an incredible third round in which an albatross two at the par five 16th put him into pole position, but for a brief period during the final day it looked like the victory might slip from his grasp.
McGuirk gained four shots in as many holes midway through his front nine to join Paisley at the top and pile the pressure on the Newcastle man, but the 38 year old immediately followed that purple patch with a double bogey at the seventh after the first of two play suspensions due to lightning.Paisley then proceeded to birdie the ninth and tenth holes to increase the gap at the top to four and while he dropped a shot each at the 11th and 12th, he pulled himself together to birdie the 14th and 16th holes.
McGuirk effectively played his way out of the title chase with a bogey at the 11th and a double bogey at the 13th, despite clawing his way back to within four shots with a birdie at the 15th and an eagle at the 16th.Paisley had the luxury of bogeying the final two holes as the sun reared its head for one final time on a day which had blazing sunshine as well as heavy thunderstorms, and the former Walker Cup player expressed his delight at his first victory.
"I'm overjoyed, obviously," said Paisley, who moves to sixth in the Challenge Tour Rankings. "It's a relief too. It probably looked quite straightforward on the leaderboard because I was quite a bit ahead most of the day, but it was tough to be honest."I wasn't at my best so I was grinding for pars a lot of the time. I managed to take advantage of the holes that I did play well at, but I'm really happy to get my first win.
"I was nervous the whole way around but I got a steady start and it did give me a bit of confidence to roll a 12 footer in on the third. But the nerves stayed there until the end because of the way I was grinding."This has given me a great shot of getting my European Tour card now. I was in a pretty good position before this week but to get a win shoots me up there and who knows what I can do now."
Paisley insisted that even when he holed his second shot at the par five 16th hole for albatross on the third day, he took nothing for granted, but admitted that it was the little bit of luck that would drive him on to win."I never thought it was definitely my week," he said. "You definitely get a little feeling though. They say you need a bit of luck to win a tournament so it certainly gave me a good feeling about it. There was still a long way to go today and even down the stretch I was just making sure I finished it off."
McGuirk, meanwhile, claimed his best finish of the season thanks to a roller-coaster two under par round of 70 to finish as the runner-up on 14 under par. Having not made a cut all season, he was delighted with how he played."I'm really happy with my week," said McGuirk. "Considering where I've come from this year - I haven't been playing too well - it's nice to finally put in a good performance this year."
Espen Kofstad continued his good run of form after winning in Italy last week, as the Norwegian claimed third spot, two shots behind McGuirk, thanks to a one under par final round of 71.The Norwegian now sits one place behind Paisley in the Challenge Tour Rankings and said he is delighted with his game at the moment.
"I just kept going with what I was doing last week," said the 24 year old. "It seems like I have my mind in the right place and I'm very proud of what I've done this week and last week.
"Things have just clicked a little for me and I can put four rounds of golf together now, which I was struggling to do, so I'm just going to keep going with it."Nick Dougherty claimed his best finish since the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Classic in March as he carded a three under par final round of 69 to finish in fourth place on 11 under, while James Busby and Matthew Nixon finished in tied fifth spot a shot further back.
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One of the UK's finest exports, Topman, will land in selected Nordstrom stores and on Nordstrom.com in less than one week.
Look for offbeat streetwear, sharp suiting at great prices, and (seen here behind-the-scenes at our NYC photo shoot) essential dress shirts and fall sweaters in rugged knits and eclectic patterns.
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Sports, journalism are new reporter's passions
News editor
Sports and journalism are passions for Hoch Publishing's newest reporter, Joel Wright, who joined the staff Monday, three days after graduating as an honor roll student from Ottawa University.
Wright went to Ottawa as a defensive back for the Braves football team and quickly became involved as a freshman, reporting for its biweekly student newspaper, The Campus. He moved up the ladder in short order, becoming sports editor, then managing editor.
"By my junior year, I was editor-in-chief," Wright said.
The summer after his junior year of college, he was a free-lance writer for The World Company, publisher of the Lawrence Journal-World and several other papers. He wrote mostly sports stories, covering soccer, softball, and baseball.
His interest in journalism began developing the summer before his junior year of high school, when he started every day by reading the Kansas City Star for the latest news about the Chiefs.
He took an introductory journalism class that year and joined his high school student newspaper his senior year.
"It kind of came naturally," Wright said.
Wright enjoys reporting: talking to people and learning what is going on. He also looks forward to continuing to develop his writing and reporting skills.
He grew up in the Piper area of Kansas City, Kan., and enjoys playing basketball, drawing, and writing.
Hoch Publishing Company publishes the Marion County Record, Hillsboro Star-Journal, and Peabody Gazette-Bulletin.
Wright replaces Ben Kleine, who left after nearly four years to pursue a writing career in New York City.


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Surf spot: L'oranger, France
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Wind Strength: Glassy
Nb waves ridden: 27
Length of the surf session: 120 min
Surfboard ridden: 5'11"
Weather and water temp: Air : 10°C. Water: 18°C
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More men with prostate cancer "team" wait on treatment
Men with low-risk forms of prostate cancer are more likely to opt for so-called active surveillance over surgery or radiation when they have a multidisciplinary team of doctors working with them, according to a new study.
Researchers said that may be because teams with urology, imaging and cancer specialists can provide the most balanced view of the risks and benefits of different options.
Recent studies have suggested that for men who have low-risk cancers, active surveillance - which means bringing the patient back for regular checks but not operating immediately - may be just as effective as going straight to prostate surgery or radiation treatment following a diagnosis)
That approach also means patients often avoid the side effects, such as incontinence and impotence, as well as the hefty price tags of unnecessary treatment. Prostate surgery, for instance, typically runs about $13,000.
"For most older men who have low-risk disease, the treatment is not going to change the outcome that we all think about, which is living the rest of their life without being harmed by prostate cancer," said Dr. H. Ballentine Carter, a urologist from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, who wasn't involved in the new research.
About 240,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, according to the American Cancer Society. More than half of them will have low-risk cancers, which are slow growing and often don't affect how long a man will live or cause him serious symptoms.
Still, more than nine in 10 men with prostate cancer opt for treatment including surgery or radiation, researchers noted in the new study, published Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
"Many patients who are diagnosed with cancer are over-diagnosed, which means they're found to have something that doesn't really pose a threat to their life," said Dr. Laurence Klotz, head of urology at the Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto.
Up to half of all newly-diagnosed prostate cancer patients are candidates for active surveillance, Klotz, who also didn't work on the new study, told Reuters Health.
"The multidisciplinary groups tend to enhance the degree to which a balanced view is presented to the patient," Klotz added.
In contrast, urologists seeing a patient alone may recommend the procedure they know best - prostate surgery - whereas radiologists might push for radiation, researchers said.
For the new study, Dr. Jason Efstathiou from Massachusetts General Hospital and his colleagues analyzed treatment choices made by 701 men with low-risk prostate cancer seen at hospitals in Boston.
About one-third of them worked with multidisciplinary teams of doctors, and 43 percent of those patients ended up opting for active surveillance over immediate surgery or radiation. That compared to 22 percent of the men who saw individual practitioners and decided to go with a more conservative approach.
"There is no doubt that different environments could sway men toward different management decisions," Efstathiou told Reuters Health.
"A multidisciplinary clinic visit allows the patient to hear multiple views regarding their disease and what could be appropriate management choices. We believe that it allows for greater informed decision-making," he said.
Researchers said prostate cancer patients should be seen in medical centers that have multidisciplinary teams, if possible. But they can also talk with their doctors individually about less aggressive and immediate treatment options, and seek out second opinions.
"The very first question should be, 'Do I need to get treatment or not?'" Carter said. "Then if they get beyond that point they can discuss treatment options."
Klotz said about one-third of men who choose active surveillance will end up needing treatment because their cancers progress. But there's no evidence those men are any more likely to die of the disease than men who get treated right away, he added.
"Instead of pulling the trigger so quickly… men need to understand that for the most part, prostate cancer is simply not an urgent situation," Carter said.
SOURCE: Journal of Clinical Oncology, online July 30, 2012.


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May 10, 2004
Los Angeles — Until recently, Dawna Stone ('95) was chief marketing officer for MarineMax, the world's largest pleasure boat retailer. MarineMax is a $600 million publicly traded company, with over 62 locations in 14 states. Stone was responsible for all marketing, advertising and public relations for the company. In addition, she oversaw the development and distribution of a 67,000 circulation lifestyle magazine.
Now, she's an entrepreneur, the president and publisher of Her Sports magazine, a publication aimed at avid women athletes, as well as those who would like to be more active. The first two issues cover topics ranging from alternative medicine to rock climbing and contain articles like, "Moms Who Double as Triathletes," and "America's Most Stunning Day Hikes."
The focus is on individual sports such as running, cycling, skiing and surfing. Some articles address topics such as training and nutrition, while others profile pro and amateur athletes who compete on the track, snow or water and also are busy in the home and in business. Her Sports occupies the niche between a fitness book like Shape and a sports magazine like Runner's World.
Stone was a competitive swimmer from age five through her college years at UC Berkeley. Now she's an avid hiker, water skier, snowboarder, trail runner and triathlete. In fact, in '97 she qualified for the triathlon age group World Championships based on her performance at the USAT National Championships and in 1999 she competed at the Ironman Triathlon World Championships in Hawaii.
As a result of her own interest in sports, developing a magazine for active women has been a lifelong dream. "When I was growing up, my father ran his own business. I always knew that I too wanted to have my own business one day," she says. "I just didn't know what that business was going to be."
Getting her MBA helped to further the entrepreneurial dream. "My Anderson experience definitely had a positive impact on my desire to be an entrepreneur. Some of my classes still come into play almost 10 years after graduating," Stone says. "The two business plan courses have played a big role in my work and, of course, (Professor Bill) Cockrum's Finance class.
Stone came to UCLA Anderson after working as a financial analyst for Morgan Stanley, but she admits that she has a love/hate relationship with finance. "The thing I realize now is that no matter what you are doing – working for a company or running your own business – it all comes back to finance. And now that I'm running my own business, I truly understand the phrase that Cockrum used to share with us daily: 'Cash is King!' I'm not sure if he still uses the phrase in his classes today, but boy was he right."
While it may have been a lifelong dream to run her own business and create a magazine like Her Sports, actually turning her dream into a reality was as a business decision as well. "I personally felt that I was left out by the magazines on the market today," she says. "There wasn't a magazine for people who were into individual sports like running and hiking and biking and a lot of my friends felt the same way, that there was a huge void in the market."
Stone identifies her core readers by breaking them into two broad categories. "There are two types of readers in our core market, which is generally women who are 25-49. Some are already out there participating in sports and some want to be more active - would really love to find a way to get started. We write a lot of articles for beginners, and in the sidebars, we'll have information for the more seasoned athlete."
Historically, sports magazines aimed at women have faced a tough challenge. Thirty years ago, tennis star Billie Jean King started WomanSports, which was the precursor to Women's Sports and later Women's Sports and Fitness. Mega-publisher Conde Nast purchased the magazine in '98 and put a lot of promotion behind it, before eventually folding it. In 1997, Time-Warner launched Sports Illustrated for Women with some trial issues, began publishing it in earnest in '99, and ultimately folded it last year.
So, why does Dawna Stone think she can succeed where the big publishers failed? "Every single advertiser asks that question," she notes. "Whether I was talking to L'Oreal, or Coke or Kraft, I always received that question first.
"SI for Women was wonderful, I was sad to see it go. But it covered professional athletes, and many women couldn't relate. Her Sports readers are real women, with kids and jobs and a very full schedule."
Maintaining a reasonable budget for Her Sports is one key to the possibility for long-term success where others have gone under. "Conde Nast spent $40 million to launch their magazine, plus the $7 million they paid for it. That's a lot of money to try and recoup; we're not spending that kind of money to launch Her Sports. SI for Women – look at their masthead – 100 to 150 people worked on it where we have five and don't plan on growing beyond 20.
"SI for Women would spend $50,000 on a cover shoot – we go nowhere near that – nothing close to that. If you run the numbers, there are a lot of magazines that are very profitable. They just couldn't make it profitable with expenditures like that."
Her Sports began with a solid plan. Stone began immediately after leaving MarineMax, conducting focus groups on both coasts. "I learned a lot of what women want to see, developed a prototype, took that to more women and to advertisers, making sure that the market existed and there was a need from both advertisers and readers."
One thing she found was a need to fill a niche for women not met by the sport-specific magazines that concentrate solely on cycling or running or swimming. "There are some great magazines out there," Stone says. "But they are tuned towards the male reader. The tone is very male – training, race results, the technical aspect of biking – Her Sports is more lifestyle-focused and not as technical."
Like any start-up, those in on the ground floor must wear multiple hats. Stone is president and publisher, but her job duties go from circulation to distribution to copy editing to overseeing creative. "The funny thing about having your own business is you tend to work longer hours but it never truly feels like 'work.' The greatest thing is seeing all the hard work pay off as you watch your business grow," she points out.
Stone also brings in the advertisers, and in this area the magazine has already shown great success. "We've had a lot of great advertisers come on board. Issue three is paying for most of our printing and mail costs already," Stone says. "We're on the right track – we're looking for more investors so that we can do some additional marketing beyond the grass roots marketing we're doing, and grow the magazine faster." Among the advertisers currently on board are L'Oreal, Kraft, ASICS, Ford, TYR and Dove.
Her Sports is available nationwide and can be found at Borders, B. Dalton's, Barnes and Noble, REI and other major book store chains.


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The Past Lives Again at Historic Bowens Mills
Sketches by Neal H. Cook
Researched & Written by Neal & Marion Cook
Re-edited in 1999 by Carleen Sabin
In 1836 Montermer B. Martin, a land speculator, came to Barry County and Purchased land from the government, President Martin Van Buren signing the contracts. This land was located in the north west part of Yankee Springs Township, parts of Sec. 8 and 17. The lake which is now known as Payne Lake was included in this tract.
Of course, one of the first things needed in those early days of Barry County was a sawmill. Soon a Mr. Payne and his son-in-law built a dam and a sawmill where two creeks joined just north of the lake. It was powered by a water wheel with a 4 foot fall and they were soon sawing 1,000 foot of lumber a day. The creeks became known as Payne and Hoag Creaks (Hoag Creek's Name has since been changed to Cobb Creek.)
About 1838, Nathan Barlow, a lawyer, purchased some land which included the sawmill. Seeing the added potential of more water power a quarter or a mile or so up the creek, Mr. Barlow relocated the mill to its present location. History tells us he used many of the original timbers. Ox teams were used to transport them. Upon building the wooden dam across the creek, the water was backed up 14-feet, making the Mill Pond and in turn flooded the two ponds upstream, making the lake which was named Barlow Lake.
The Barlows also built the house on the east side of the old Mill Pond. It was there in that house that court was held and legal matters taken care of. The house is now owned and is being restored by the O'Dells.
Around 1854 the sawmill changed hands again, when Timothy and Franklin Miles bought it. More and more People were coming to the area and lumber was in great demand for their homes. Miles wanted to increase his production so he ordered some new equipment from New York State. His new "Muley Saw Mill" was delivered by ox team. He could now saw 7,000 feet of lumber a day. O. C. Bates owned the saw mill for about 1 1/2 years before selling to the Bowens. History dose not reveal any details of his ownership.
The Edwin H. Bowen's moved to Yankee Springs from Ohio in 1864 and acquired the sawmill. Bowen and his son William soon added a grist mill with three levels to the operation. The mill was 24' X 48' and housed 2 sets of French Burr Stones. The Mill and surrounding area soon became known as "Bowens Mills". Before it was always known as Gun Lake, Michigan. E H. Bowen was made Postmaster and the mail was kept in a large basket in the family home, where the farmers from the surrounding country would call as often as twice a week for their letters. The mail was carried by stagecoach from Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids, someone meeting the coach at Wayland to carry the mail to Gun Lake. Later a wooden letter holder was made and put in the Mill's Office. It is still there.
In the early 1870's, rumors were flying around about the railroad coming through Bowens Mills, going from grand Rapids to Battle Creek. When it did, it would mean all the more people would be settling along its path. In that case, the Mill wouldn't be large enough to handle all the needs. Mr. Bowen wanted to be ready for it, so the roof of the mill was taken off and a fourth level was added. When the railway did come, it followed the Thornapple River and never did come to Bowens Mills.
About this same time William Bowen was courting Adeline Richards. They were married on December 31, 1874, and built the house across the road from his parents (the old Saw Millers house). This house has been owned by various people over the years, but was obtained in 1984 by Neal and Marion Cook, and then purchased and restored by their daughter and son-in-law, Owen and Carleen Sabin that now own and run the Mill and property.
In 1902 Mr. Bowen purchased a huge 'Albright' Cider press from Burdette Briggs. A room 18 X 24 was added on the side of the mill to house it.
Bowens Mills had become famous for it buckwheat flour and old-timers tell of how in the fall, the horses and wagons were backed all through town with their loads of apples - waiting their turn at the cider press.
About the turn of the century disaster struck the mill several times. The sawmill had previously been converted from water power to the newest source of power of the time "steam". Two of the mill workers had fired up the old stationary engine and were waiting to get full head of steam. The safety valve stuck. Soon there was a big explosion and they both were killed. Not long after that the old wood dam went out, taking with it the penstock and causing massive destruction. The sawmill was washed away along with a portion of the wall of the lower level of the grist mill. It is hard to imagine the extent of the damage, even as one views the old photos taken shortly after it happened.
The Bowens sold out to a Mr. Lanson Kieney in 1912 and Mark and Mary Richie bought the property about a year later, owning it until 1922 when Elam and Minnie (Norris) Springer purchased it.
During most of the 37 years that the Springers owned the mill it was a hub of activity. Grinding flour and grist, making cider and vinegar and also being used as a pickle weigh station. The Springers even had a little store and gas pump.
In the winter of 1943 disaster struck again. Muskrats had been digging around the dam which weakened the wall and suddenly, one cold winter night, it gave way. The penstock was destroyed and almost all of the stone wall of the lower level was washed downstream. The mill was left teetering on the two short foundation walls which were still intact. Most of the contents of the basement were never found. What a heartache this must have been for Mr. Springer, who was 71 years of age at the time. Once again, old photos reveal what an awesome job the repairs would entail. However, Mr. Springer went right to work on it, and by fall had the old mill all patched up again.
Business was slow, all the surrounding communities had built up mills and kept them updated with the latest and fastest equipment. With the modern means of transportation, many farmers preferred to go where they could to their milling and their shopping as well in one trip. In 1953 the mill ceased to operate as a business after approximately 113 years of continual service to the people of Barry County.
Around 1955 the mill was sold to Neal and Helen Engle. Their primary use of it was to use its property to raise pickles on its acreage, doing so for about four seasons. When it became harvest time, the Engles hired migrant workers to help and the old mill became home to as many as 30 Mexicans for several weeks each year. They brought their own cots, stove, tables and chairs and used the pond for bathing. They loved the old mill and were happy there. The sound of their guitars and singing could be heard far into the night.
The Engles also made cider a couple of times soon after they bought the Mill. They belted up the old press to a tractor. Over the years the power source had been converted from water, to steam, to an old 'one -lunger' gasoline engine.
Four families bought the mill from the Engles in 1971. They were Gorden & Willonore Fuhr, Dick & Martha Shaw, Bill & Beverly Slade and David & Carolin Dimmers. They replaced the windows and doors vandals had destroyed and did a basic clean up job.
In 1972 the state erected a marker renaming Bowens Mills a "Michigan Historical Site". It was opened for tours several times over the 7 years of their ownership.
In the fall of 1978 Neal and Marion Cook bought the mill and began the restoration project. As the saying goes, "the worse use is no use". The mill had set more or less idle for over 30 years, the water power and grindstones had not been used for nearly 40 years, some of the foundations were crumbling, various timbers were decaying and time had taken its toll. Today thanks Marion and Neal Cook with the help of family and friends and many years of work, all four levels of the mill have been restored. The old mill is now a living museum dedicated to the early pioneers of Barry County and their ingenuity. The main floor is open to the public by appointment May through August. "It's Cider Time Festivals" begin the second weekend in September and run through the end of October. At this time the mill and its grounds come alive as the past lives again. Old time demonstrations, Civil War camps, live old time music, costumed craftsmen, and blacksmiths are just a sampling of the exciting things that are happening through the fall fund raising season.
In the lower level there is the power section along with a blacksmith shop and water powered machine shop. This area is open on festival days. The main floor is open to the public and is a museum with artifacts from the 1800's and houses the grist and cider mills. Folks are amazed to see the water rush through the massive turbine as the grindstones slowly turn, and golden kernels of corn are transformed into fresh cornmeal, which is still for sale. Every weekend in the fall the huge old cider press is put into action and bushels and bushels of apples become gallons and gallons of cider in just moments.
The former grain storage and workshop on the third level have been transformed from a rustic sprawling area, to a cozy home by Neal and Marion Cook in 1978, where now the second generation millers Owen Sabin and Carleen Sabin live. Many of the old beams have been left exposed, which adds a handsome richness throughout the living quarters. Marion hand stenciled the walls, a wood stove and the grain elevator shafts add to the quaintness.
The Fourth level is a recreation of the old workshop along with a cobblers shop. Many of the huge gears and much of the ancient machinery still remain intact and can be seen when this floor is open for tours.
In the old days, a trip to the mill was a big event. It gave the folks a chance to meet friends they hadn't seen for a long time and to catch up on all the latest news, as they waited for their turn to come up. People now come from miles around, to see and feel the way things were done by their ancestors in the days gone by.
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The Yearly Calendar Consist of:Celebration of Spring : The third Saturday in April Live Baby Animals, Horse Drawn Rides and Spring Photos Open - noon to 5 (no admission fee to Gathering Place) Admission to the Park $5.00 adults and $3.00 children 12 and under. Festivals & Special Events: Saturdays & Sundays Noon to 5 pm It's Cider Time Festivals: 3 Great Festival Weekends of Old Fashioned Family Fun that include: First Cider Pressing, Steam & Gasoline Engine Show, Mountain Men Encampment, & Civil War Days. End of Sept. thru Mid Oct. - Gate Fee $5 adults $3 Children 12 and under It's Christmas at the Mill: (no admission fee o the Gathering Place) Opens after Thanksgiving Sat. & Sun. till Christmas with Fresh Cut Trees, Photos with Santa and Horse Drawn Hay Rides. (Free Family Rides with purchase of Christmas Tree) We are into making family memories here at Historic Bowens Mills and we hope that you will join us.


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-By Congressman Peter Roskam
After recent news reports revealed that IRS agents were engaged in widespread, systematic targeting of individuals based on their political and religious beliefs, Americans were rightly outraged. Subsequent Congressional investigations revealed not only were people harassed by agents, but IRS officials had been caught leaking confidential taxpayer information and squandering away millions of tax dollars.
In light of these myriad scandals, the House of Representatives moved to enforce strict oversight of the IRS, curbing their power and putting strong checks in place to prevent future abuses. But thanks to the president's health care law, the IRS is poised to expand into the health insurance business. That's right, the very same agency caught harassing Americans and mishandling their tax information is tasked with the massive undertaking of implementing and enforcing Obamacare. IRS agents will now be collecting information on individual's health status, enforcing the requirement that everyone get health insurance and fining those who don't have coverage. In total, the agency will run point on the 47 new provisions of the health care law. Summing up the cause for serious concern, the Treasury Department watchdog called the number of new responsibilities given to the IRS, "unprecedented in recent history."
Making matters worse, recent changes in the health care law's rollout could lead to even more IRS intrusion. In July the Obama Administration announced they would delay for one year the requirement that employers offer their employees health insurance. However, the Administration left in place the requirement that individuals purchase insurance. The disjointed delay will likely leave many Americans unsure of where to go for their health care. It's easy to imagine someone thinking their employer isn't offering insurance, seeking coverage from the law's state-based health care exchanges and receiving a federal subsidy for care. But come tax season, if the IRS deems the individual was in fact not eligible for the federal benefit, they could be hit with thousands of dollars in fines. It's a nightmare scenario for people simply trying to comply with the law.
Trusting the discredited IRS with enforcing a complex and deeply flawed health care law is a recipe for disaster. In order to protect taxpayers and patients, the House of Representatives voted to stop the IRS from implementing or enforcing any part of Obamacare. Health care decisions should be kept between patients and their doctors, and Washington bureaucrats—especially IRS agents who have a track record of abusing their authority–should not be involved in that process.
Going one step further, the House also passed legislation to delay the individual requirement to purchase health insurance, while also delaying the requirement for employers. If the Obama Administration thinks a one year delay is good for big business, we should provide the same relief for families and individuals too. A delay for only big businesses is not only unfair, but puts taxpayers at risk of making a costly error when navigating the health care system on their own. An across the board delay provides some certainty for families and protects them from additional confusion.
It has been over three years since the health care law was passed, and it's clear the law is still not ready for prime time. Obamacare is only a few months from going into full effect and the Administration continues to delay, push deadlines and shut down programs that have been shown not to work. Studies show that the cost of health care continues to rise, while industry experts and doctors warn about a decrease in the quality of care. Barring the IRS from implementing and enforcing the law is a step in the right direction. Delaying the mandates in the law is another. The end goal is to protect individuals from the rising costs and harmful effects of Obamacare, and working to replace it with patient-centered reforms that remove all Washington bureaucrats from your health care decisions.


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I followed the link and watched a very interesting video about how to interpret the pre-1850 editions of the US Federal Census. You know, the ones that only list Head of Household and no other names…!


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The story is mostly about Kate making friends and Kate losing friends. I think people who like books that start sad but end happy should read this book.
I recommend this book because I thought this book is a page turner. I could relate to Kate. I saw that Kate thought her life was ruined. I felt the same way she did because I moved too. I only moved to a different town and she moved to a different state hundreds of miles away. Even though where I used to live was only one mile away, I still had to make some new friends.


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Cynthia Rowley's Spring 2013 collection found beauty in the decay of a decaying hotel in downtown New York City. And what better way to show a collection inspired by a dilapidated building than to cast models as partygoers inside of it?
That's exactly what Rowley did at 5 Beekman Street in New York on Thursday night. While confetti fell from the building's interior balconies onto the floor below, models stood for photographers wearing some of the most imaginative and restrained garments Rowley has cooked up yet. The emphasis in the clothing's shape was volume, but the designer covered her wide-legged pants and generous dresses with prints inspired by the peeling paint in the hotel, and foiled brocade was used to make a bomber jacket and matching shorts. And though the clothes were party ready, Rowley took that theme one step further by putting flask-shaped bracelets on all of her models.


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A Subpixel SafariJune 12, 2007
Safari for Windows? Sure, why not. May as well ride the popularity wave and see if you can't get another product or two into the hands of the masses.
Of course, we all know by now the only way to get massive amounts of users to use a particular browser is to bundle it. For all the pubilicity and popular opinion, Firefox is still sitting at what, 15%? Good luck climbing that hill without force-installing Safari during an iTunes upgrade. It can't hurt to have another browser on Windows, but I don't exactly see a major revolution happening here. (Jon Hicks and Jonathan Snook have a few more thoughts on yesterday's Safari news.)
But what really caught my eye though is the trouble to which Apple has gone in order to mimic the OS X Safari experience on Windows. Everything from window sizing controls to scrollbars to font smoothing. There's an ironic point to be made here about how much complaining is directed at applications that don't make an effort to be Mac native when run on OS X…
Joel Spolsky took particular issue to the font rendering, using the release of Safari to rant at length about the philosophy difference between Apple and Microsoft when it comes to displaying on-screen fonts. He's absolutely right about familiarity affecting judgment, to the point where simple unqualified statements like "I prefer OS X's font rendering" are fairly useless in a debate about any relative merits between the two operating systems.
What I really wanted to respond to are two points in particular from Joel's post. One, the bit where he says, "Microsoft pragmatically decided that the design of the typeface is not so holy, and that sharp on-screen text that's comfortable to read is more important than the typeface designer's idea of how light or dark an entire block of text should feel." Marginalizing type designers is a pretty poor way to make any sort of point about typography, given that entire careers are based on an understanding of legibility and facilitating ease of reading. A statement like that one almost veers into dangerous "programmers knowing better than experts in their respective fields" territory, which I can't imagine was his goal. Joel's a smart guy, I'm sure it was unintended.
However, lest the larger issue go unheeded, that brings us to the second point. Joel talks about the pixel grid, and how Microsoft's type rendering pays more attention to it. Speaking as someone who thinks a lot about the pixel grid, I have to say I think I'm coming around to the idea that Microsoft's ClearType simply works better.
Alright, I'd better qualify that quickly. Think about it this way — as a designer, you don't just set type in Photoshop and let it go, right? You tweak. You kern. You attempt to match the letters to the pixel grid as closely as possible to reduce the blurriness. Sometimes spacing suffers, and you have to choose between a slightly blurry letter with perfect spacing, or a more precise fit within the pixel grid with just slightly off spacing. I can't be the only one that leans toward the latter most times.
And that's the difference here. ClearType is a closer match to what I do manually already. Yes, I prefer the way type on OS X looks; ClearType seems too sharp and overly blocky, the subtleties of the curves are lost and it's overly chunky. But, for the medium in which it's being rendered, it seems like a more ideal solution.
Here's the caveat though — high resolution displays. At 100dpi, ClearType wins out, but we're not going to be stuck here much longer. Give it a few years, let's do this comparison again when 200dpi is standard. I suspect the pixel grid won't matter nearly so much then.
What's interesting is the amount of effort Apple has put it to emulate the OS X interface on Windows. It doesn't go anywhere near this extent on any other of it's high profile Windows apps (iTunes and Quicktime).
I think they've mimicked the OS X Safari because they wanted the rendering to be identical between the two, although I've not yet tested this. This will make developing for Safari far easier for Windows users, as it'll render the same in Windows as in OS X, and then you'd logically assume it would render the same for iPhone's Safari – opening up iPhone app development to millions of Windows based web developers.
A lot of good points. I use a PC, and I'll give Safari a try, but I'm pretty much a devoted Firefox user. I wasn't aware Apple was going to provide font smoothing with the browser; seems like they should leave that up to the OS.
"But what really caught my eye though is the trouble to which Apple has gone in order to mimic the OS X Safari experience on Windows"
As you've alluded to in your post, whenever apps are ported to OS X and don't follow Apple's UI standards people go up in flames. Why should it be any different for apps ported over to Windows? I'm actually appalled that Safari doesn't follow Windows UI standards and I think it looks fairly shabby.
"I wasn't aware Apple was going to provide font smoothing with the browser; seems like they should leave that up to the OS."
There's actually precedence here, Microsoft also did this:
I'd tend to agree it should be an OS-level setting, but Apple's not breaking new ground here anyway.
Finally, I'll be able to test in Safari without having to find a friend with a Mac, or buy one myself. Question is: how closely will it display to Safari running on a Mac? I already have to have 2 PC because of IE6 and IE7. I don't have room for another computer on my desktop.
And what about the webkit engine embedded in Adobe Apollo (or AIR) ? Will the font rendering be OS-native or WebKit-native ? Or Adobe-native ? ;)
I'm almost positive their initial reason to bring Safari to Windows is so that Windows developers can create iPhone apps, and font-smoothing is part of how the apps will look on the iPhone, so they included that, too. Sure, Apple hasn't directly said, "well… we just came out with Safari on Windows only for the iPhone", because that's most likely not their only goal.
Safari on Windows is helpful for web developers, and might be a tiny bit helpful when trying to 'switch' Windows users. Now Windows users have got two apps that to try out before even using OS X. They can see how Apple's programs work, for free.
I've installed it on my parents' Windows machine (I've got an iMac G5, and it didn't run too well.) and to my surprise, it was actually quite fast, and the font smoothing worked nicely.
@ Stan : the rendering of the PC version does not match the rendering of the Mac version at all.
Compare http://www.3rds.be/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/safari-mac.jpg (mac version) to http://www.3rds.be/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/safari-pc.jpg (pc version) or open Google with Safari 3 (PC) and you'll see why.
I'm suddenly getting IE Mac vs. IE PC flashbacks here … *sigh*
Another possible reason for the increasing number of Apple apps now available for PC users could be an attempt to break down the "otherness" that some PC users feel towards Apple and OS X.
I have been an Apple user for many years now but have no real trouble when, on those rare occasions, I have to use a PC. However, when talking to PC users about OS X I find I am faced with blank looks and pained expressions.
"Switchers" have been a hot topic with Apple of late. Maybe the answer to "Safari on Windows, why?" can be found here?
Joel never claimed that on-screen text legibility is more important than typography. The full quote is:
"Microsoft pragmatically decided that the design of the typeface is not so holy, and that sharp on-screen text that's comfortable to read is more important than the typeface designer's idea of how light or dark an entire block of text should feel."
I guess you could interpret the word "pragmatically" as endorsing Microsoft's decision, but I don't read it that way.
"I guess you could interpret the word "pragmatically" as endorsing Microsoft's decision, but I don't read it that way."
Yeah, my omission of the lead-in does kind of change the meaning a bit. Fixed to now quote the whole passage.
That said, endorsement or no (and from the overall tone of the post I think it's clear there's one implied), the specific wording of that passage is still problematic.
I completely agree… although I'd say at 150dpi, Cleartype is still marginally better. (My laptop with 1920x1200 at 15.4 inches works out to 147dpi – Safari still looks a bit chunky and blurry compared to Cleartype.)
I wonder if the real solution is to have custom anti-aliasing controls like what Flash has would be the best answer, and just let the user decide? Of course that would make our job as designers even harder, not knowing what it would look like on anyone's screen.
For Stan G and anyone else using multiple PCs just for different versions of IE: http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE
I can't bring myself to use anything but Safari as my day-to-day browser because I think the text looks so much better than anything else. Of course, I do acknowledge that at large part of the reason for this is just that I"m *used* to it.
To the point of screen dpi: we're not very far away from *much* higher res displays. On my desk right now sits a Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (not a phone, just a mini-computer) that has a 220dpi screen. It's amazingly sharp and clear, even on miniscule text.The iPhone has a 160dpi screen. Within a year or two, I think most screens will be well over 150dpi, and probably even over 200dpi.
@Bramus!: The PC version of Safari renders it just fine here.
Based on comments elsewhere, it looks like Safari has major problems in non-English locales, as it seems to want to use the current locale but only includes English resources.
I expect that'll be fixed soonish, as they must have hundreds of bug reports about that by now.
I didn't take Joel's article as a rant. I do agree that he prefers Microsoft's rendering over Apple's but it doesn't sound to me like he considers Apple's to be wrong, just a different way that appeals to different motives. If anything, he was trying to understand why there are differences in opinion over which is better.
I agree that Safari on Windows is primarily to support corporate iPhone development - that and Steve doesn't mind bragging rights for having the fastest browser on a PC.
Bummer about rendering - but if Safari PC is that bad then it probably will never be relevant to web designers.
My biggest problem with Steve's announcement in the Keynote was on his charts showing Apple's desired market share of browsers he cut out IE's other competitors not IE.
Currently I use Camino, but will try Safari anew when I get it with Leopard - I'm still in Panther, Tiger wasn't compeling enough for me to upgrade, but I want Leopard (unless I hear bad reviews of Leopard on G4 based Macs).
Have you seen how Windows mutilates Japanese typography? ClearType seems to be clear for Roman-based languages, but there's no vector smoothing in sight for Asian languages.
You can wax philosophical all you want about grids, but from a user's perspective of font look, font use, and font management; I think Apple has an edge.
I think Safari looks completely out of place in the Windows environment, just like iTunes.
Personally I think Apple should realize the UI looks great in a Mac environment, but not so hot in a Windows environment (I'm in Vista and Firefox, even IE looks more at home and I'd be more comfortable using.) Using Safari in Windows in it's current state feels alien and this is not a feeling I think Apple wants users to associate with Safari.
Apple are great designers, take on the challenge and create a great UI that feels at home in a Windows environment.
@ Random Reader : also suspected my non-English of being the guilty one (http://www.bram.us/2007/06/11/safari-on-pc/#comment-54713)
And oh, the problem has been narrowed down to em elements not being rendered visibly (on all sites).
Guess I'll have to wait a new Safari build …
I just downloaded Safari for Windows (beta) and tested it on my Win XP - wasn't that happy with the rendering of my webpages. It all seems quite blurry, especially the fonts, and a lot of Javacsript embedded in the websites just won't go off. Furthermore I saw that certain websites that can be approached without the www in front of it (the only way to go these days, www is so passé) rendered without the stylesheet. Maybe some Beta-bugs, hopefully they'll be solved in tje latest release. At least I now have Safari on my Windows machine. Running Linux as a second OS on my laptop I now have a complete testsuite (including all those Multiple IE's - which I've been using for several years now - excellent tool). ;-)
ClearType and pixel-fitting only work because of 'hints' (really a fairly complicated program) in the TrueType/OpenType fonts which tell the renderer how to move various parts of the outline around at the low pixel counts used by our 96 dpi monitors.
Higher DPI monitors will use higher pixel counts and therefore the outlines won't be affected as much by the hint program. It's easy to see how the font will look at 192 dpi: simply double the point size and move further away from the monitor! ClearType and other anti-aliasing techniques will still have some impact on the edges of the fonts at the higher DPI, but the colour-fringing effects will be much less noticeable.
At higher DPIs the relative weight between bold and regular type also will vanish.
I've used poorly-hinted or unhinted fonts in the past and they really suck on-screen.
It's pretty clear that Apple have simply ported their whole graphics rendering engine to Windows and run Safari on top of that. I wouldn't be surprised if it used DirectX to blit the result to the screen since DX is faster than using GDI's BitBlt call.
I'm running windows, and to me the font smoothing is too much. Smaller text becomes almost too chunky to read. On windows it crashes as soon as you try to type in your proxy password and you can't edit the proxy settings (the button is greyed out in preferences.) It seems to render pretty quickly, but I was testing at work and it seemed to lag on the initial request, like the Microsoft network protocol was stopping it and saying "What are you doing here?" : ) All told, I don't think I'll be switching away from firefox. Safari currently lacks the plugins I've come to depend on, and I just don't see anything that really makes it worth switching. Based on the text alone I don't see myself switching over to Safari as my default browser. I know it's still in beta but I see myself sticking by firefox. However, I'm very excited to see Apple opening up it's browser to windows users. One more browser I can test my sites on now.
ClearType and pixel-fitting only work because of 'hints' (really a fairly complicated program) in the TrueType/OpenType fonts which tell the renderer how to move various parts of the outline around at the low pixel counts used by our 96 dpi monitors.
Higher DPI monitors will use higher pixel counts and therefore the outlines won't be affected as much by the hint program. It's easy to see how the font will look at 192 dpi: simply double the point size and move further away from the monitor! ClearType and other anti-aliasing techniques will still have some impact on the edges of the fonts at the higher DPI, but the colour-fringing effects will be much less noticeable.
At higher DPIs the relative weight between bold and regular type also will vanish.
I've used poorly-hinted or unhinted fonts in the past and they really suck on-screen.
It's pretty clear that Apple have simply ported their whole graphics rendering engine to Windows and run Safari on top of that. I wouldn't be surprised if it used DirectX to blit the result to the screen since DX is faster than using GDI's BitBlt call.
We installed it on our Windows machines at work and I have to admit I am quite impressed with how nice it looks. It really gives you that OSX feel right in the middle of Windows. I don't know how that stands out in Vista, but in XP it looks leaps and bounds ahead of the game and should give people a pretty nice impression of what OSX can be.
That said, I tried installing it on my powerbook at home and it just kept crashing when I tried to run it. Fortunately the uninstaller worked well. I guess the main focus was on getting the windows version ready. Hopefully the Mac beta will get some good attention before Leopard comes out because it really needs it.
To get large numbers of end users to switch, a browser probably has to offer quite a bit more nowadays than just a pretty (type)face… Getting the program out to potential iPhone developers sounds like a good idea, though, especially if it is accompanied by a decent software development kit!
It is after all Beta, and I doubt it will pick up any majority of the users. It'll just be yet another browser that you might have to test cos I bet it doesn't render the same on Windows and OS X.
On a side note, it is hacked and dies if you try using input fields so people should not use it for anything but local testing.
It is true that it's a Beta, and the program should be judged as such; however, much of the media attention Safari is getting right now (at least here in The Netherlands) seems to focus on the critical errors that have already been discovered, and the associated security issues… :-(
Dave, you wrote: "we all know by now the only way to get massive amounts of users to use a particular browser is to bundle it."
This is a common misconception.
There are numerous counter-examples in history, especially if you replace "browser" with "client-side binary application" (i.e. something you have to download and install). Napster is the obvious example. Before that there was WinAmp.
Another, more to your point, was IE5/Mac, which grew to 70%+ marketshare on Macs 6 months after release through downloads *alone* - Apple's process for including updates to pre-installed 3rd party software was too slow (I'm being optimistic and assuming bureaucratic inefficiency/incompetence on their part (having worked there, I have some familiarity with their processes/methodologies) rather than assuming any overt resistance/malice) to bundle IE5/Mac until over a year after release, and by then, not only were "massive amounts of users" using it, but the vast majority of Mac users were using it.
Frankly the "can't succeed without bundling" rationalization is a sad excuse given by those who are unable to do anything but provide small incremental improvements of existing products. We should stop accepting/propagating their excuse and challenge them to take huge innovative leaps forward, and quit acting like babies that believe incremental improvements entitle them to success.
If you build a product sufficiently better than the default, you will get massive adoption. But it has to be "sufficiently better", not just minor improvements like a 10% speed increase or a couple of whizzy features.
It's easier for use web designers to look at browser differences and see how one thing or another can make one browser "sufficiently better" than another to warrant switching, but for 99% of users who simply want to visit a couple websites every now and then and check their email, they aren't going to notice the difference or care.
The fact of the matter is that browsers handle a very simple task that doesn't require tons of cool features to provide a good user experience. As such, it is quite difficult for one browser to do this simple task so much better than another than people will take notice.
In the case of Firefox, people were sick of IE and were looking for an alternative. Sure it also had some cool features like tabbed browsing and tons of extensions, but for the majority of users who switched, it was IE because was providing them with a poor enough browsing experience that they felt the need to look elsewhere. Why the picked Firefox is probably more a discussion of trends and word-of-mouth than actual superiority on Firefox's part because the actual superiority is under the skin where most users won't even notice it.
I don't know the exact number, but I would be willing to bet that a good majority of browser users use a specific browser because it was what was installed on their computer, or because a more friend told them they should use it. Would they even notice if they had to use another one, aside from the learning curve associated with any new piece of software?
In short, no browser is going to provide an experience that is "sufficiently better" than all the rest to warrant mass exodus from all the different browsers. It is too basic of a tool that just doesn't require much to provide a good user experience.
I know I won't be downloading and installing it. I have tried a lot of browsers at this point - Avant, Opera, Mozilla - but only Mozilla FireFox is being used and the rest is just sitting there on my hard drive hoping for an update.
Tantek: The difference between Naptser and Winamp and browsers is that when Napster and Winamp became very popular, there was no pre-installed alternative.
Do you think Winamp would ever achieve that kind of success today? Definitely not. Why? Because of pre-installed apps like iTunes and Windows Media Player. Same goes for browsers. I am doubtful a downloadable browser will ever be able to compete in market share with a pre-installed alternative because every computer today comes with a pre-installed browser that is "good enough" for most people.
Well, since I switched to Mac, I would prefer to have an new IE version for Mac to test my websites, instead of asking others to test the sites on PC/IE or use Virtual Machines to do the testing.
So hopefully after pleasing Microsoft with Safari for Windows and making Web Developers life on PC easier, Microsoft will release IE version for Mac as well.
> At 100dpi, ClearType wins out, but we're not going to be stuck here much longer.
Indeedio. Will Shipley, writing about programming and the dangers of premature performance optimisation, pointed out that hardware, generally, will get better. If your app is great but runs a little slow today, on next year's hardware it'll still be great, and performance will be better.
Apple won't have any more work to do to make their fonts look great on higher resolution displays.
> Apple won't have any more work to do to make their fonts look great on higher resolution displays.
Indeed, but it might be nice if they did a little extra work to make it look great for everyone else in the meantime.
Font rendering isn't a mutually exclusive, zero-sum game. It is possible to deliver hinted fonts that look good at low DPI *and* accuarately rendered fonts that look good at high DPI.
Apple just chose not to.
Also, the history of display resolution increases does not support this "suddenly, everyone has 200 DPI" scenario. Unless there's going to be some kind of radical new display innovation, plotting the history of DPI increases on a graph over time is not encouraging.
keep in mind that both apple and MS implemented their respective antialiasing approaches 6 or 7 years ago. Cleartype originated with MS reader and win ce (very low res devices) and with apple, osx.
As for the whole hinting discussion, good hinting and kerning pairs separates the typographic men from the boys.
As for ClearType, having used both platforms extensively, I'd say ClearType does far better at representing fonts at the edge of legibility (i.e. small sizes)
The IPhone may have 160dpi display, but its still only 640x480. Those web pages it renders will have small type indeed.
For those who think their JS doesn't load in Safari and thats a "bug", its a "bug" that Mac users have been dealing with for years because Windows developers either didn't have the resources or couldn't be bothered testing in Safari.
At the end of the day, font issue aside, if your site doesn't work in any given browser, then thats your responsibility.
The main reason why I want all the bugs to be corrected is the commercial. I can already picture Mac vs PC guy talking about Exploring or going on a Safari.
What I love about OS X's rendering is that in can render *compressed* text. Without pixel grid as imperative it can render text few percent narrower, if normal-width text doesn't fit.
You can see that effect in use in TextMate's project drawer for example.
(and it's not that OS X completly ignores pixel grid, it still looks sharper than patent-free hintless version of FreeType on Linux, et al.)
I actually much prefer the Apple/Safari rendering. To my eyes -at the distance from which I'm looking at my monitor- the Mac rendering seems to be closer to the actual letter-forms of the typeface, whereas the Windows rendering looks stepped.
Maybe it's because I'm used to it. Maybe it's because I'm using a correctly calibrated LCD; or maybe it's just because on a purely numbers level I fall within the range of users Apple uses to 'test' their output.
I guess it all comes down to subjective choice and allowing control within the OS/App.
There's a new article "Texts Rasterization Exposures":
I tried to summarize my experience and observations concerning the situation with text rasterization in Windows and Linux. I admit some statements may sound questionable, though.
what about the webkit engine embedded in Adobe Apollo (or AIR) ? Will the font rendering be OS-native or WebKit-native ? Or Adobe-native ? ;)


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rklein6 brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 100 Designs von 47 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
a company logo for a painting and home improvement company called Dixon. This firm is based in the United States. They provide residential painting (interior and exterior) and home improvement services. Their business is primarily painting, but they are moving into home improvement services - so painting is primary. Their home improvement services include the following (siding, roofing, gutters, windows - installation and repair).
- mostly painting (& some home improvement)
- upscale market
- customer service, white glove approach
- for mostly female audience (but not too scripty, please!)
Dixon Painting and Home Improvement
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Red and/or Blue (optional)
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this firm markets its services to residential neighborhoods - primarily targeted at women. The logo needs to communicate their name, the tagline (choose dixon) and their breadth of services (if possible). The owners are partial to the colors red and blue.
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their identity should appeal to an upscale audience -- think clean lines, but not *too* script, and should reflect a customer-focused approach to painting and home repair.
the dixon team is large (with several on-site painting teams) -- and so we'd like something that communicates the breadth of their presence.
let's go with rich saturation: something for a mostly female, upscale (large home) market. (think Martha Stewart, Behr paints, Sherwin Williams paints... for a richer, deeper feel)
we're looking to communicate their customer-oriented approach: they go the distance to help with paint color selection, quality painting and home improvement work -- with expert cleanup, and a 5-year guarantee.
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This question has been "manually migrated" to TeX-SX: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/40200/86
Apologies if the question is not very appropiate for Mathoverflow. It seems to me more appropiate here than in the other 'exchange' sites.
Is there an IT tool to create a graph of dependencies from a Latex file? The sense is the following:
It just occurred to me that if everyone creates propositions with proofs (usually) afterwards and these proofs use \eqref, \ref \cite to call to other results it should be feasible to create a graph of dependencies of results, given a paper written in Latex.
I think such a thing would be useful for any mathematician (check dependencies, recursive arguments, that there are lemmas which have a need, possibility of suggesting equivalences, writing well-ordered documents...) so I would be surprised if this does not exist yet, but I couldn't find it anywhere.


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Written by: Harrison
Recorded: 27-29 January; 25 February; 16, 18 April 1969
Producers: George Martin, Chris Thomas
Engineer: Jeff Jarratt
Released: 30 May 1969 (UK), 4 June 1969 (US)
George Harrison: vocals, guitars, organ, bass
John Lennon: backing vocals
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, guitar, piano
Ringo Starr: drums
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Anthology 3
Written by George Harrison, Old Brown Shoe was originally released as the b-side of The Ballad Of John And Yoko. It remains a largely overlooked gem from The Beatles' back catalogue.
I started the chord sequences on the piano, which I don't really play, and then began writing ideas for the words from various opposites... Again, it's the duality of things – yes no, up down, left right, right wrong, etcetera.
I Me Mine, 1980
In the studio
The next day they returned to the song, playing through it eight times, and once more on 29 January. These versions have all been bootlegged from the hours of rehearsals and jams taped by The Beatles for the Let It Be album.
On 25 February, his 26th birthday, Harrison recorded two takes of a solo demo of Old Brown Shoe. He also recorded versions of All Things Must Pass and Something, possibly so the other Beatles could learn their parts. Why he needed to do this for Old Brown Shoe is unknown – possibly he was dissatisfied with the previous group attempts, and wanted them to reconsider the song.
Each of the demos can be heard on Anthology 3. Of the three, Old Brown Shoe was the most elaborate. Harrison began with vocals and piano, before adding a number of guitar overdubs.
The Beatles eventually began work on the song on 16 April 1969. In the morning Harrison recorded a second demo version, and that evening the group taped four takes.
Track one contained Ringo Starr's drums, while the second and third featured Harrison's guide vocals and lead guitar. Paul McCartney's piano was recorded onto track four, and John Lennon added rhythm guitar onto track eight.
Lennon and McCartney then overdubbed backing vocals onto track five. Electric guitar and bass parts were added by McCartney and Harrison on six, both instruments doubling up the same riffs. Harrison's lead vocals were the last to be added, onto track eight, for which he positioned himself in a corner of the studio to give an intimate sound.
Two days later Lennon's rhythm guitar was wiped in favour of a Hammond organ part. Another lead guitar track was also recorded, both of which were played by Harrison.