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Stunning jewelry, expensive shoes, evenings tête-à-tête in quiet, elegant restaurants or a stroll through a bustling, noisy, laughter-filled fairground. Romantic getaways in some out-of-the-way, secluded spot or a picnic in the breeze of a warm summer day. Snuggled up together as the lights are dimmed and the movie splashes across the screen, box of hot, buttery popcorn perched between my knees or jetting off to some exotic, exciting far away dream location. Armfuls of roses or peonies, boxes of chocolate or a hot, greasy kabob with fries. Charming, often sophisticated gifts wrapped up in a dash of mystery, a jot of quirkiness bordering on the corny, smothered in some enchanted evening and definitely the way to capture a girl's heart. With each token of love that he places in my hands, each sign of affection that he graciously and generously offers me, with each excited schoolboy grin that melts my heart as he impatiently, nervously watches for my reaction, I understand and appreciate how much he does love me.
Yet. Yet. I would be a fool to refuse these lovely gifts, I mean, what woman would? Yet I really don't need those expensive toys and luxurious gewgaws to make me truly happy. There is something that means ever so much more to me; something that captures my heart and makes me realize just how lucky I am to have him. Yes, anyone who reads my blog and who knows me as a friend understands that the one thing that I find the sexiest, the most alluring and heart melting, is a man who cooks.
And mine does indeed love to cook. He adores going to the market, basket in hand, and perusing stall after stall in his quest for the freshest, most seasonal and local products from the land, the sea and dug up from the dirt. And like a magician finding pleasure and satisfaction in delighting his audience, JP finds such joy in performing that magic, concocting something amazing with his finds and enchanting his audience of one. I have already told the tale of how he became such a great cook, teaching himself while still a child. And his talent and passion have only grown over the years. Needless to say, on holidays, weekends and summer vacations, when free from the stranglehold of work and a time-consuming job, my man takes over the kitchen. And as one who would prefer to spend any and all kitchen time baking pastries, cakes, pies and breads and who knocks her head against the wall in any effort to decide on an actual meal, I would certainly never stand in between him and the stove!
Now that he is home fulltime, our days intertwine gently, serenely and happily. We still, after all these years, enjoy being together all the time. And in between the writing, the long walks, the genealogy, housework, bills and whatever daily tasks keep us busy and apart, we still get together to shop and cook. And while I have somehow grown lazy and complacent, his energy is abuzz and that has been taking him into the kitchen much more often. He channels his creativity and lets his imagination fly.
And how he adores the process: pots and pans clatter, flour poofs all around him in a haze of white, tomato sauce and olive oil splatter across the stovetop, dishes, utensils, pots and pans pile up willy-nilly in the sink and in tumultuous confusion on every available work surface. He chops and slices, blends and stirs, tastes and tastes again. A twist of the peppermill here, a dash or two (or three) of fleur de sel there, a squeeze of this tube, a blob or a glug or a plop of this flavoring or that condiment, a largish pinch of one or the other spice and, like a great inventor, he slowly creates a dish worthy of every minute, every movement, every frustrated curse word and each moan of pleasure as he tastes. Yes, sometimes these preparations are fraught with displeasure – a failed dish, missing ingredients, cooking disasters - or even danger - sliced fingers, trips to the emergency room – but all in all, he loves cooking as much as I love having him cook.
Now how to put down on paper what he creates by feel and sense? Au pif the French call it: cooking by intuition (pif being slang for nose). His recipes are never the same twice, he rarely measures; his method involves non-stop changing, adapting and adding as he goes. As this is in direct contrast to the way I cook or bake, I am more often than not banned from the kitchen whenever he takes over (to avoid my meddling, my interfering, my moans of frustration, the groans and eye rolls and unwanted suggestions) so even writing down the step-by-step becomes problematic if not downright impossible. When he cooks, my role is simply to make sure that the table is set for when he is ready to serve the meal, to make ooooohing, ahhhhhing and mmmmmming sounds while I savor and enjoy his masterpiece and to wash up when the meal is done – a Herculean task if ever there was one.
So, I take a deep breath and will attempt to organize my thoughts and his every gesture, although I give very rough guestimates. You must learn to cook as he does, au pif, and create your own…
Whether made with sautéed, aromatic veal or luxurious smoke salmon, his lasagna is fabulous! Add more or less of each vegetable or use your favorites. Layer some mozzarella or fontina or a mixture of ricotta and Parmesan in with the layers of béchamel for a cheesier lasagna. Use more tomato sauce with a meat lasagna than in a delicate smoked salmon lasagna. Don't forget that everything added to this is precooked so the time in the oven is simply to heat through, melt the cheese and meld the flavors.
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10 or 12 sheets (each sheet approximately 7 x 3 ½ inches (17 x 9 cm) egg lasagna
3 Tbs (50 g) unsalted butter
3 Tbs (50 g) flour
2 – 2 ½ cups (500 to 650 ml) milk, preferably warm or room temperature
Freshly ground black pepper
Large pinch nutmeg
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2 pounds (1 kg) fresh spinach, trimmed and rinsed
1 cup or so freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 pound (500 g) ground veal
1 onion, diced
salt and freshly ground black pepper
seasonings of choice
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Melt the butter over a medium-low flame. Add the flour all at once and whisk to form a thick, smooth paste. (If adding the onion, simply add the onion to the melted butter and sautée until lightly golden and tender, about 3 or 4 minutes, then add the flour) Cook, whisking, over medium-low heat, for just a minute or two. Pour in the milk just a little at a time, whisking constantly, adding more milk as the sauce thickens. Once all the milk has been added, salt and pepper the béchamel, add a dash of nutmeg and continue to stir or whisk until the sauce is thick and very smooth, about 10 minutes or so. Set aside.
Prepare the vegetables:
Place the cleaned spinach leaves in a large casserole with just the water clinging to the leaves once washed. Cover and steam over medium heat until wilted. Drain well then, once cool enough to handle easily, squeeze out all the excess water. Separate between your fingers or chop.
Roast the peppers either over a flame on your stovetop or under the oven grill until very soft and the skin is charred and bubbles up. If doing this in the oven, do it over a baking sheet or piece of aluminum foil to catch any dripped juice. Place the peppers in a plastic sandwich bag for a minute or two: the condensation will lift the skin up away from the flesh and removing it will be easier. Being careful not to burn yourself on the hot peppers, slide a sharp, pointed knife blade between the skin and the flesh and lift away. Once all the skin has been removed and discarded, cut out the stem and scrape away and discard all seeds. Slice or chop the flesh of the roasted peppers as you like.
Rinse and pat dry 2 medium zucchinis, trim and discard the two ends of each. Cut each zucchini in half widthwise. Slice each half lengthwise into thin slices and line up on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Lightly brush each slice with olive oil then grill until tender and beginning to color.
If using ground veal, simply brown in olive oil in a large skillet as you would for any dish: sautée an onion or two until golden or even caramelized, sautée the veal until browned: salt, pepper and spice as you please (chopped fresh or dried parsley, basil, oregano). Add some chopped, roasted cherry tomatoes or chopped olives if you like.
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Start with a light layer of béchamel in the bottom of the baking dish;
Place one layer of lasagna noodles.
Simply add layers of vegetables, veal or smoke salmon, tomato sauce, béchamel and lasagna noodles. You should have about 3 layers of each, ending with a layer of noodles, then béchamel topped generously with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
Bake in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven for about 20 minutes until bubbly and very hot all the way through. The top should be browned. You can also just place it under the grill for a minute or two to brown the top if you like.
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CRESTVIEW — On a night the Crestview High School boys basketball team was at its worst the Bulldogs still found a way beat District 1-7A rival Niceville High School on Friday.
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As is often the case in sports, Crestview's best offense was a strong defense. Or, at least it was the defense that jump-started the Bulldog offense in the fourth quarter.
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Baylark and fellow senior Jerry Aaron led Crestview's late charge as they teamed up to score 16 of Crestview's 23 points in the fourth quarter. Aaron and Baylark scored eight points each during the Bulldog surge.
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The 6-foot-3, 220 pound post player proved to be more than the Eagles could handle from the outset.
"I just took up strong, went in and got the fouls," Aaron said in describing his big game.
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Niceville's Jeff Toney was almost as impressive scoring eight points in the first quarter as the teams were tied 17-17 at the end of well-played first period.
Things got ugly in the second quarter in what was probably the worst eight minutes of offense the Bulldogs played all year. Crestview managed just two field goals, one from Denzel Ware and the other from Wesley St. Vil.
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If you already carry...
...why, then, should one learn the Martial Arts? First off, one should not have to hit others with one's fists should an arguement occur. Persons such as these should not be allowed 500 metres near a firearm to begin with. Secondly, one can get all one's exercise from the gym.
One has no need to bring themselves within punching\grappling range with a weapon. One can stop a potentially dangerous conflict if one so wishes to do so, despite the consequences, by drawing their arms, although this is not recommended and is a potentially foolish move if the other party is also armed in the same fashion.
One need not worry about having a gun torn from their grip as I personally believe that any good gunman will carry several guns on his person at all times along with the tools and ammunition for the aforesaid weapons.
Therefore I claim that knowing an MA and carrying a projectile weapon is redundant.
Feel free to rant and rave over my "stupidity" concerning this.
Edit for typo and grammatical error.
Last edited by Wataru Akiyama; 4/16/2006 8:38pm at .
You can't carry everywhere
You might run out of bullets
You might be in a crowd.
You might be close together when the fight starts
You might be in one of the places where you can't carry
You might have to travel to a place where you can't carry
You might have to restrain someone without killing them
You're never going to get fucked with in the subburbs so stop starting threads
etc...There's no choice but to confront you, to engage you, to erase you. I've gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain. I will use my mistakes against you. There's no other choice.
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Perhaps there are some people that don't do martial arts for THE DEADLY STREETS (tm)Ranked #9 internationally at 118lbs by WIKBA http://www.womenkickboxing.com/wikba...rch%202009.htm
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That's some Ashida Kim sounding **** there - even the use of the word "one" in place of "you" for the second person, and the complete and total seperation from reality. Been to Lake Alfred recently? If you keep filling your head with ****, you won't get killed, but you might get a wedgie, or a swirliy, or get sand kicked in your face on the beach, etc.
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I think I will post this on the thread so that everyone can laugh at you.
Why would you PM this to me?
At any rate, a bullet can go right through someone,
You are VERY WRONG about where you can and can't carry - in many places you can't carry into ANY school, bar, or federal building. Not to mention many, many (enough that you can't just say "I won't go to them) public places are actually on private policy, with their own polices about guns. Colleges, in particular, tend to not allow students to carry.
You might also be doing an activity where you would damage your gun (surfing) or where you can't really wear one (basketball)
And aiming to 'wound' someone is a shitty, shitty idea. Go advance the idea on a forum dedicated to shooting and you WILL get an earful.
I guess now I know why he PMed me!There's no choice but to confront you, to engage you, to erase you. I've gone to great lengths to expand my threshold of pain. I will use my mistakes against you. There's no other choice.
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Speaking at Stonewall's Education for All Conference in London on Thursday, the BBC's Director-General, Mark Thompson, said the BBC owes Stonewall 'a big debt of gratitude' for helping the Corporation overcome stereotyped and limited portrayal of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in its broadcasting. During the conference Stonewall also released The School Report 2012, a landmark report about gay young people's experiences in Britain's schools, and named Brighton & Hove City Council as the best performing local authority tackling homophobic bullying.
Mr Thompson said the BBC had worked hard to improve fair and accurate portrayal of lesbian, gay and bisexual people across its broadcasting, following pressure from Stonewall. 'We have an obligation to serve every part of society fairly, impartially and sensitively,' he said. 'When we fail to do so, or do it imperfectly or incompletely, the public quite rightly hold us to account. We owe Stonewall a big debt of gratitude for helping us both to see our shortcomings and to begin to address them.'
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It adds: "However, the work is carried out at considerable speed, which minimises the level of inconvenience on any given section of road when compared with other processes.
"The comparatively low cost of this process means that we can treat a much larger proportion of the road network each year."
Micro-asphalt repairs, similar to surface dressing but of a slightly different nature and materials, will take place at High Road (Kells), Church Hill (Hensingham), Cross Lane (Hillcrest), and Elizabeth Crescent, Read Drive, Brunlea Drive (all Whitehaven).
Drainage improvements will be carried out at Haile Church and Scurgill Terrace (Egremont).
And footway schemes have been earmarked for Buckle Avenue (Cleator Moor), Sea View Road (Bransty), Millom town centre, Orgill (Egremont), Murton Park (Arlecdon) and Meadow Road Bridge (Mirehouse).
The road schemes were identified, says the council, out of local knowledge, condition surveys and community reports, and the drainage scheme from repeat inundations and failures.
They were agreed, subject to the budget being confirmed, at a meeting of Cumbria County Council's Local Committee for Copeland last week.
A number of further schemes have been identified, and will be added to the list if the budget is higher than anticipated.
A study is set to take place in Calderbridge with a view to introducing traffic-related improvements in the village. In addition, a speed reduction measures are set to be introduced on Morass Road, Beckermet.
First published at 11:48, Thursday, 29 November 2012
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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the state of 95% of whitehavens roads are a disgrace and the goverment should pay us to use them not charge us road tax.ive just had to have suspension work on my car because of these roads are the council going to refund me because its their fault???????????
you lot up there on hillcrest think your better class than anyone else in whitehaven ,pay for your own.
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Features I have found to be most important are the unread tweet counter. Instapaper integration. and the number of tweets when loading.
Simplytweet is the only client I've found that does all these things correctly.
If I don't get a chance to read Twitter during the day I'll have about 300-500 unread tweet tk go through. Echo phone and tweetie will only load about 200 tweets so then you have to start reading your timeline backwards which is frustrating. Simplytweet will load up to 2000 unread tweets, which I understand is the maximum in the API.
When reading a tweet that is a video not viewable on the iPhone, or a really long article you don't want to read at that time, InstaPaper is the key to keeping track of those items in one nicely organized place until you can get to your computer to view them. The problem with tweetie's integration of InstaPaper is that you have to click the link wait for the page to start loading before you can add it to instapaper. In Simplytweet you can the tweet to instapaper.
How have all the clients not included an unread tweet counter by meow. It seems natural to want to know whether or not you have 50 or 500 unread tweets.
iPhone Twitter app roundup
So you have an iPhone and you use Twitter, but with the plethora of Twitter applications available in the App Store (including one that just went official), which do you chose? TiPb is here to help with a Twitter app roundup! Now this is not your typical top 5 or top 10 must-have, best Twitter app list. This is about options and alternatives, and Ally, Leanna, and guest writer Alli Flowers have chosen the following 12 to review and help narrow your search:
- Twitter for iPhone
- Twitbit
- Tweeterena
- Osfoora
- HootSuite
- SimplyTweet 3
- Tweetdeck
- Twitterrific
- Twitbird Pro
- Twittelator Pro
- Echofon
- Fluttr
To see what we had to say, follow us after the break!
Twitter for iPhone
Previously known as Tweetie, Twitter for iPhone [Free - iTunes link] is the official Twitter application from Twitter. It is full featured and easy to use. Swiping a tweet will get you reply options, and tapping the tweet will allow you to view attached photos or url's. The swipe to reply seems so natural, and it's uncluttered. Likewise with Tweetie's settings - you know exactly what you're looking at and what will happen if you turn something OFF or ON.
— Alli
If you're looking for a Twitter client with fast and reliable push, Twitbit [$2.99 - iTunes link] is the app for you. However, an excellent push notification system isn't the only thing appealing about Twitbit. The UI is very clean and clutter free. On the bottom toolbar, you will find tabs for your timeline, mentions, messages, lists, and more. Twitbit comes with 4 themes: Gradients, Dark, Plain, and Chat.
The two main complaints about Twitbit is the lack of "quick reply" from the timeline and no option to "reply all". The most impressive feature is how quickly notifications are pushed to your iPhone. Notifications are received within seconds of them being sent.
The developers of Twitbit regularly release updates and do an excellent job of replying to users and adding requested features.
— Leanna
Tweeterena Series
Tweeterena currently comes in 3 flavors; Tweeterena Lite [Free - iTunes link], Tweeterena [$0.99 - iTunes link], and Tweeterena Pro [$3.99 - iTunes link]. The free version is ad-supported while the $0.99 version is sans ads. Tweeterena Pro will get you the following features, which the cheaper versions leave out:
- Multiple Account Support
- Facebook integration
- Custom Backgrounds
- Quick watch user functionality
- Friend grouping
I spent most of my time with the Pro version. As far as I'm concerned, Tweeterena (Pro version or not) has little improvement since I last evaluated it. In terms of functionality, it doesn't offer anything some other clients offer for a lower price or even free. My biggest issue with Tweeterena was honestly the general layout and color schemes. They just don't work well. You get funky shading that just doesn't look right over the backgrounds. Also, custom backgrounds are somewhat very misleading. You don't get to customize your background throughout the entire layout, only in the compose screen. So to me, that just doesn't cut it when several other clients that offer that allow it through the entire thing. And lastly, the settings are split up. Part are found in-app and part are in settings, which to me makes no sense. My honest opinion is that there are much better clients out there for cheaper that are a much better value.
— Ally
Osfoora for Twitter
Osfoora [$2.99 - iTunes link] offeres a clean UI with all the features anyone could want. "Borrowing" from Tweetie, Osfoora allows you to pull down to refresh in any view. While Osfoora has been my primary Twitter client for about a month, my main complaint is that you must tap on a tweet in order to Reply All. Otherwise, tap/hold will get you the typical reply options. I have two favorite things about Osfoora. One: it does a super job of showing conversation threads. Two: the Osfoora developer is extremely active on Twitter, and very responsive to user requests.
— Alli
HootSuite [$2.99 - iTunes link] is a cute little twitter app that also supports Facebook integration. If you use ow.ly to shrink your links, HootSuite will display your stats of shared links.
Unlike most Twitter clients, HootSuite uses columns instead of tabs as method of switching between your timeline, mentions, DM's, etc. To switch between columns, just swipe left or right from your current column. The advantage to columns is that you can add and remove and organize custom columns so you can taylor your experience Twitter to you.
HootSuite is missing one important feature: conversation view. Reading conversations is a huge part of my Twitter experience, so I find the lack of support very disappointing. HootSuite also does not support push notifications. Other than those two missing things, HootSuite is an excellent Twitter client.
— Leanna
SimplyTweet 3
SimplyTweet 3 [$4.99 - iTunes link] was honestly one of my favorite clients I reviewed. It's drop dead simple to navigate around and very similar in style to Tweetie 2. Along the bottom you have all of your essential functions.
One thing I really enjoyed about using SimplyTweet 3 was how fast it was. SimplyTweet also supports all your essential functions. A major plus of SimplyTweet is built-in push. I was a little skeptical at first, but it was extremely quick. And the conversations view is something I really wish other clients would start implementing.
Final thoughts on SimplyTweet 3? It's an extremely decent twitter client. At $4.99, it's a bit steep compared to some other respectable options. Either way – if you'd like built-in push bundled with a twitter client with a great UI and easy to navigate interface, SimplyTweet may just be for you.
— Ally
If you like TweetDeck on your desktop, you might very well be happy with TweetDeck [Free -iTunes link] on your iPhone - especially since it's free. I love being able to view my tweets in columns (similar to Twitter lists). It can save you time when you don't really want to look through your entire follow timeline - especially if you follow a large number of people. All the basic features of any Twitter client are included in TweetDeck, and I really can find no fault in it. Columns begin zoomed out so that you can scroll left and right between them, and when a column is chosen, it zooms in so that you can scroll up and down through the tweets. TweetDeck's columns work the same way as the views on every other client, but with a little more flexibility in that you decide exactly who you want in each column. Not much variety in design - you can choose from "dark" or "light."
— Alli
Twitterrific was the first Twitter application released with the launch of iPhone OS 2.0. So it has been around for a long time and has seen many improvements and won many design awards. Twitterrific is available in two versions: a free, ad supported version [iTunes link], and a premium ad-free version [$4.99 - iTunes link]. Neither versions include push.
Those design awards were well earned as style is what Twitterrific does best. The UI is beautiful and you can easily change font size with a tap of a button on the timeline. Twitterrific includes 3 themes: Raven, Snowy, and Basic. It also offers the unique option of left-handed controls. Twitterrific is an excellent full-featured Twitter client with a wonderful design.
— Leanna
Twitbird Pro
Another client that showed up on the Twitter scene not too long ago that pleasantly surprised me is Twitbird Pro [$2.99 - iTunes link] Not only is Twitbird Pro rich with features, there are tons of customization options, including changing your wallpaper throughout the entire app, which I enjoyed. Twitbird Pro has a very unique conversations view which was implemented extremely well. Twitbird Pro also has built-in push services. There's a slight catch though. The push that comes with Twitbird Pro only supports push between Twitbird Pro users. If you'd like global push from all Twitter users, that'll cost you $2.99 for the upgrade in-app. I did not buy the push service, so if anyone has any hands-on, sound off in the comments about the reliability/speed. Boxcar supports Twitbird Pro, so I just set Boxcar to open Twitbird Pro and had no issues. My verdict is that TwitBird Pro has tons of potential. The implementation and layout is almost there, but not quite.
— Ally
Twittelator Pro
Twittelator Pro [$4.99 - iTunes link] was the first truly great Twitter app for iPhone. There are so many options it can sometimes be confusing. Perhaps when iPhone 4 is released, there will be a real purpose to having sounds on new tweets, but for now it's a feature that you can't take much advantage of, and due to the lame nature of the sounds… you probably wouldn't want to. Nonetheless, Twittelator Pro does everything: sounds, themes, conversations, photos, geotagging, you name it. For some reason, scrolling quickly to the top in Twittelator Pro is disconcerting. One tap goes up a page, two taps goes straight to the top. It just seems like one option too many. Replying to a tweet in Twittelator Pro can be a trial. Double tap the time shown on the right to quick reply, tap the avatar for the full set of options beneath the user's profile.
— Alli
Echofon for Twitter is one of the few Twitter clients that offer push notifications. The free, ad-supported version [iTunes link] only pushes mentions and DMs from other Echofon users. The "pro" ad-free version [$4.99 - iTunes link] sends notifications from all Twitter users.
If you are looking for reliable push notifications, Echofon is not for you. I highly recommend test-driving the free version before purchasing the ad-free version to see if push meets your standards. If you're a FireFox or Mac (or both) user, one great feature of Echofon is that it syncs unread tweets across all platforms.
One thing that some people may love and others may hate is that conversations are viewed with oldest on top. This is obviously the most natural way to read a conversation, but I find it a bit awkward because it goes against the Twitter style.
Other than my disappointment with push notifications, I view Echofon to be a great Twitter client.
— Leanna
My last client was Fluttr [$2.99 – iTunes link]. I somewhat decided to review Fluttr last minute. I was browsing the app store and the layout looked pretty slick.
Unfortunately, I don't have too much to say at this time. Every time I tried to test it out, I got tons of API errors and it never wanted to load my mentions (see screenshots).
From what I could get out of it, it had the same problem TwitBird Pro has with mentions. You have to click back to the home screen in order to access anything. To me, it's a bit redundant, as you shouldn't have to do that for main functions. They should be easily accessible all along the bottom. The UI is put together very nicely and I think it's a client to definitely keep an eye on. A few good quality updates and it could be a good contender. It does have several features including lists. If I could have used them without getting errors, I may have been more willing to give it more time on my main iPhone home screen. The bugs are what keep me from recommending it as of now. Either way – jump down for screens!
— Ally
Given the packed field of competition amongst Twitter clients, the winner will have to have something very special. Something way beyond push notification or themes. I know several people who continue using the first Twitter client they tried when they got their iPhones. Some of us (like the three of us bringing you this roundup), keep trying new Twitter apps in search of that je ne sais quoi. We'll know it when we see it, I'm sure. But we have to keep trying them all, and discovering which tiny things we love and which we dislike, waiting for that one perfect app that puts all our favorites together in one beautiful package. Which one is right for you? Heck if we know - we can't even decide which is right for ourselves. But this is truly a case of it being the trip and not the destination that makes it all worth the ride.
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Former app and photography editor at iMore, Leanna has since moved on to other endeavors. Mother, wife, mathamagician, even though she no longer writes for iMore you can still follow her on Twitter @llofte.
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iPhone Twitter app roundup
Features I have found to be most important are the unread tweet counter. Instapaper integration. and the number of tweets when loading.
So you left Tweetings off the list then, especially as there is a Commercial, lite AND iPad version
Very elaborate review!! Actually read the whole thing.... Very nice!!
ATM I thing TwitBird Pro is the best. Hope that Twitter for iPhone will have all features there. Wondering what if Apple buy Twitterrific.
One major feature of HootSuite not mentioned in the article is HootSuite's ability to pre-schedule tweets...a great use of Twitter for my needs (publishing announcements for a high school choir). I don't know if any other Twitter app does this. Not that HootSuite is my favorite app--that would probably fall to TweetDeck. I also keep Twittelator Pro on my device for those other options the other Twitter apps don't have.
is it me or do all these different twitter clients look exactly the same rofl
And you forgot that Fluttr was made by a 14 & 16 year old guys :P
And you forgot that Fluttr was developed by a 14 year-old lead programmer and a 16 year-old co-dev. :P (sry for double post)
I use Twitbird which I think is easily the best - tried most of them, stuck with them for about a week - and the one I keep coming back to each time is Twitbird - has everything, go to last unread, clear identify what I have read or not - nice integration in the users so you want to follow someone and find out who they follow and all that jazz - overall IMHO the best!!
Other than notifications I am interested to know what it does not do that the other do have - I am aware it's notifications are not great but there is an option which I have also not paid for.
It's just Twitter, for cryin out loud. Post a tweet, and move on. It's not Facebook.
Echofon all the time
that new update to tweet2 is absolutely ugly Aka official
how do I go back to tweet 2
No love for Tweetings or Icebird (which is one of my personal favourite Twitter apps).
Also there's supposed to be Twitterrific 3 news coming today.
I have 3 that i like Tweetie aka Twitter for Iphone, Twitterrific, and Echofon. Im not really concerned about the whole Push Notification cause i use Boxcar and it has not failed me yet. The one thing i wish for is that Twitter for Iphone will bring more Themes. Im bored of the regular white theme and have always been a fan of the Black Theme.
Could you have at least polled the Writers to find out if there was a consensus pick.
"Theyre all good. Try them all." isn't all that helpful.
Which one of these support Twitlonger? All? I know Twitter (Tweetie 2) supports it.
Need to review the newly added Tweetaholic app as well.
Once upon a time when Ally and I did the initial comparison chart, we all pretty much liked Twittelator Pro.
Since the official Twitter app (formerly Tweetie 2) was released...it's awful. It's like they took all the stuff we didn't want and shoved it in. The stupid slot machine was only the beginning.
Obviously there are a LOT of Twitter clients we didn't look at, and a few features we left out. Did you really want this article to be longer, or have more than the 90some screenshots it already has? ;)
gah. so much effort, so little help. um, so which ones allow creation of drafts? which ones have instapaper support? which ones support geotagging? which ones support twitlonger? which ones have notifications? the whole purpose of a "roundup" is to make choosing one easier, but if you're not going to be comprehensive or consistent, what's the flipping point?
i use Echofon on my iPhone and Mac but echofon is kind of buggy still on the iPhone. I also have tweetie 3 , i didn't update yet , but i dont use it as often. I dont like how it handles RTs and other things i cant think of right now. I used it to upload videos because echofon was not uploading videos for me.
I use Twitbird Pro, and I totally lucked into it. I had paid for the pro version of Echofon, but then someone retweeted an announcement that Twitbird Pro was free for the day only, so I downloaded it and loved it, and it was no problem paying the upgrade fee for the push notifications. IMO, I get the mentions/DM's fast - I've never had a problem with it. I have never sat and tested it out with another friend, but as soon as I open Twitbird after receiving a notification, my mention/DM is right at the top, the most recent tweet, which means I must have just gotten it and been notified of it at the same time. I understand what the author was saying about having to tab back a page to go see just your mentions, but it's not a dealbreaker for me, since it's integrated right into the timeline. I very rarely need to go just look at my mentions - I see it in my timeline, reply back, and I'm done until the next time. I also LOVE the bubbles and the customizable wallpaper.
And also, in my opinion, it does a great job of giving you the amount of new tweets, and the amount unread. I also like how it's very obvious which tweets haven't been read, since they're a light yellow color, while the read tweets are white.
I have tried many different twitter apps, but I always keep coming back to this one. I love it!
Maybe you can update your comparison spreadsheet with the latest offerings so that people interested in "details" would be able to check out the options and features in a consolidated format? That would be a great addition to this article.
Just my .02.
@JNGold I'm actually working on that right now!
That's great. I haven't looked at the spreadsheet in awhile but it would be helpful if some of the items that people mentioned like Twitlonger, Drafts, etc were included in the comparison.
I keep telling people...SimplyTweet is the way to go. :)
What about Tweetings? I'd like to see it added to your list. Scheduling Tweets... Facebook posting... Multiple themes... Push notifications... Augmented Reality nearby Tweets... custom link shortening API... more!
A couple other newcomers to take a look at include Tweets and Icebird.
can you change font size in SimplyTweet?
Twittelator Pro w/ Boxcar hands down best Twitter client.
here is an option to tap status bar to bring you to top too. Image attachments appear in the tweet as the image, not a link thereby allowing you to save time instead of clicking links. Instapaper integration. Drafts. Geotagging. Customizable themes. Option to change the number of unread tweets loaded. It even translates tweets for you!
Use with Boxcar and you have push notifications.
What else do you guys want? Chances are Twittelator Pro does it.
Nice roundup, but I noticed one mistake in your comparison chart. Twitter for iPhone DOES allow you to add video. You add it the same way as you would add a picture. Nice job otherwise.
Totally and completely overlooked Tweets (http://www.prime31.com/tweets) which blows away the other apps. I couldn't live without one touch links, mentions and hashtags. It feels so '90's to have to go to a separate screen to be able to follow a link....
@Jason Fixed! Thanks!
Great comparison. I've tried just about all of these Twitter clients and the only one I use faithfully is SimplyTweet. It just does it all and well. Give it a try if you haven't already. And what makes it stand out even more is the developer. He listens to what the users want and does his best to implement requests.
I had the global push notifications for Twitbird Pro, and they stunk on ice. They rarely loaded even a few minutes after I got a mention online. Every night at 3:00am I would get a barrage of my last 10 or so notifications. The Twitter for iPhone/Boxcar combination has been working MUCH more efficiently. I have also used Twitbit but the amount of features available didn't match Twitbird or Twitter for iPhone. I just wish Twitter would include a dark profile.
Bought SimplyTweet today and am going
right back to Twitter app. It definately not as polished as Tweetie 2 (Twitter).
I use Echofon (free version) but it has never once notified me of a DM or Reply even though I have push notification turned on. In addition, I have it installed on Firefox and it never syncs the read/unread tweets. I have to bring it up on both Firefox and my phone to mark tweets in both places as read. I would never buy the paid version due to these issues. Seriously, they have NEVER worked for me. I don't know why I seem to be the only one with these issues.
I use Twitter for iPhone, formerly Tweetie2, and find it does everything I need for twitter. For push notification, I use Notifo.
Great overview, thanks!
I would like to know which of the apps do support custom link shorteners, to use your own service.
As far as I know only "Twitter for iPhone" supports this. What about the other apps?
It surprises me how many of these roundups fail to include Tweetings... it's a really nice twitter app, i wouldn't say it's THE best, but it's definitely on the top 5 :)
Since SimplyTweet 3 updated to include List support, I find no reason to use more than 2-4 twitter clients on my iPhone to get what I want. Push notifications are excellent and very fast. Plus, the fact that if I don't check for some time, or for a day or so, I will have all my unread tweets (up to 2000 I hear - never got that far up) - and that rocks! Version also offers supper fast switching between multiple accounts.
Twitterific would be my #2 if they had list support and push (can live without push (by keeping SimplyTweet) - but always have been very fond of twitterific.
It's amazing how Apple took Tweetie and made it less. I tried it for about 10 minutes, and that was enough to know it won't be used again anytime soon. The lack of features is pathetic. Why can every Twitter Client developer realize that people need 3 different twitter themes? Dark, gray-scale, and white? This handles every ones contrast viewing pleasures the best!
Great work on the review! Don't add anymore to the list, unless they become more popular. I also say remove any, that have not had any updates in past 4 to 6 or even 12 months. Not sure how many that may be. I don't want to see a review of every twitter app - I don't want you guys spending your time reviewing 30+ twitter apps. Spend your time on the good stuff, getting the podcasts out, news, hacks, etc. Thx!
@nicole: Echofon does have iPhone/Firefox sync. Make sure you go into the Firefox settings, click the account you want to sync and click "Sync with iPhone" and that should take care of that.
Also some changes to your chart for Echofon 1) It does support multiple accounts 2) It has built in Push 3) It has Instapaper and Read It Later 4) It supports lists. You can view lists, subscribe to lists and create lists.
I really like Echofon. I wish the push was faster, but that isn't a deal breaker for me.
Also, TweetDeck would be my hands down winner if it just synced read tweets across it's platforms. If they stop adding in stupid stuff like Foursquare and just add this one feature that other Twitter apps already do, then I'd switch in a second.
What is missing from Twitter for iPhone now? I know the removed the stupid slot machine, but isn't it really just themes and push that it doesnt' have? I got it when Tweetie 2 came out, and have enjoyed it immensely.
But I want to try something new. I can't decide between TwitBird, TwitBit, and SimplyTweet.
I use Twitbird Pro, and I totally lucked into it. I had paid for the pro version of Echofon, but then someone retweeted an announcement that Twitbird Pro was free for the day only, so I downloaded it and loved it, and it was no problem paying the upgrade fee for the push notifications. IMO, I get the mentions/DM's fast – I've never had a problem with it. I have never sat and tested it out with another friend, but as soon as I open Twitbird after receiving a notification, my mention/DM is right at the top, the most recent tweet, which means I must have just gotten it and been notified of it at the same time. I understand what the author was saying about having to tab back a page to go see just your mentions, but it's not a dealbreaker for me, since it's integrated right into the timeline. I very rarely need to go just look at my mentions – I see it in my timeline, reply back, and I'm done until the next time. I also LOVE the bubbles and the customizable wallpaper.
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PFA procedures need a change
It was little surprise to see Gareth Bale named the PFA Player of the Year on Sunday night.
Any one of Bale, Robin van Persie, Luis Suarez or Juan Mata could have justifiably won the award, but Bale's sensational form at the time voting took place meant he was always likely to see off the competition.
That, of course, is the biggest problem with the PFA award. Because the voting takes place mid-season, players tend to vote for who is in form at the time.
More worryingly, there is still around a third of the season to play when the votes are cast. What if Bale had spent the entire time since then injured or horribly out of form?
Fortunately, that hasn't happened, and Bale is undoubtedly a deserved winner. But the three most crucial games of the season are still to come for Tottenham, and how Bale and the other contenders perform in those crunch matches should have a bearing on who wins the award.
Surely it would not be too difficult to arrange for players to make a second vote in the last week of the season, choosing one of the six players on the shortlist already decided?
Introducing a second vote would also prevent the unfortunate prospect of a player winning both the Player and Young Player of the Year awards as Bale did on Sunday night.
Once the initial votes have been cast, if a player is obviously in the running for the main award, it would make sense for the PFA to remove him from the Young Player list, promoting the seventh most picked player to the shortlist instead.
For once, neither the winner of the award nor the Team of the Season have caused much outrage, but there are still definite improvements that need to be made to the voting process.
Smilegate a non-story
Typically, there has been much outrage expressed since Harry Redknapp and one or two of his QPR players were spotted with smiles on their face after the club's relegation was confirmed at Reading on Sunday.
How dare they! Could they not have managed a few tears? Or at least a frown!
It just goes to show that some people cannot wait to be offended.
The reason there was a lack of bawling at the Madejski Stadium was that both Reading and QPR knew they were going down long before the game kicked off. Both sets of players had already accepted their fate; there was no devastating blow suffered on Sunday.
Have either of the club's supporters been inconsolable since the game? Have they all flatly refused to crack a smile since the final whistle? Unlikely.
Redknapp, Jose Bosingwa and Clint Hill may have momentarily smiled, but that does not mean they do not care about QPR's relegation.
Regardless of how much money they pick up or how little connection they may have to the club, every one of QPR's players will be devastated that they were unable to prevent the club from going down. Even if they know they will not stay at Loftus Road, it is not nice to have a relegation on your CV.
Smilegate was not a story at all.
Redknapp not to blame for relegation
Statistics have recently emerged that Redknapp's win percentage in charge of QPR is actually worse than Mark Hughes' and Neil Warnock's.
To use such a statistic against the 66-year-old is harsh - he may not have won quite as many games as his predecessors, but he has certainly overseen an improvement since taking over at Loftus Road.
QPR had seven points from 12 games (0.58 points per game) when Redknapp was appointed but have taken 18 points from the 23 games since (0.78 points per game).
It is not a record to boast about and ultimately Redknapp has to take a portion of the blame for QPR's relegation having spent so long in charge, but the bigger mistakes have clearly been made in the boardroom.
Redknapp recently admitted that there is resentment in the dressing room at the wages certain players are receiving, and it has been patently obvious for months that the team lacked the spirit to drag themselves to safety.
Unfortunately, these were problems out of Redknapp's control and, although he must take some of the blame, he is certainly not the reason QPR are now a Championship club again.
Pardew must take more responsibility
One manager that most certainly is to blame for his side's precarious position in the Premier League is Newcastle's Alan Pardew.
He was happy with what was subsequently proven to be a disastrous summer transfer window, and he admitted after Saturday evening's embarrassing 6-0 defeat to Liverpool that the team lacked experience.
Yet Pardew did not seem to have too many concerns about a lack of Premier League experience when strengthening his squad with five more French players in the January transfer window.
Pardew, of course, isn't the only person involved in transfer dealings at St James' Park, but ultimately he has to take responsibility for the mistakes made as the manager.
Even if he can claim mitigating circumstances over that, he most certainly cannot regarding his continued bizarre team selections, the latest of which saw Moussa Sissoko deployed on the right wing against Liverpool.
Newcastle now face a real battle to save themselves from relegation - and those wanting to point fingers need look no further than at Pardew.
You can follow Homzy on Twitter @Homzy to see what he moans about for the rest of the week.


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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A local man called police because a derogatory sign had been placed at the front of his neighborhood.
The sign defamed his character, he said. (The name has been changed to protect his identity.) The sign read, "John Doe is a porn addict." The complainant told police that he is going through a divorce but did not have any information to identify who placed the sign there. The sign was photographed for evidence and removed.
Officers were called to a home where a husband and wife were arguing over change.
It turns out the husband sent the wife to the store with a $20 bill and instructions to buy him a pack of cigarettes. She bought the smokes, returned and went about her business. But the husband got mad, according to the report and demanded his change back. She refused to give him the change and he shoved her. She then shoved him back. The husband left the house and called police. The wife said she wanted to pursue charges and wanted her husband out of the house. But she later changed her mind about pressing charges after she was asked to sign the warrant.
A gas station clerk called police because a man came in and tried to steal something. He told police that a man walked in and snooped around the store, pausing for a while near the headphones and phone charger displays. The subject then went up to a random customer and tried to convince that customer to buy him a beer, but the customer refused.
The subject then went back to the phone charger display, picked up something and started to walk out of the door. The gas station clerk then called after the man and told him he was on candid camera and to please return the item he stole. At that point the suspect ran out of the store. The clerk said he was unsure of what the suspect stole but was positive he took something from that area. He said he would have his manager pull the video tape and if the suspect was caught, would like to have him placed on trespass notice.
A handful of men in a musical group meet at a local person's home every week for practice. One of those men played bass and borrowed the instrument and an amplifier from the owner of the house.
Things were going well until the bass player's wife became ill and he took a leave of absence from the group.
He never returned the bass and amplifier, because his intentions were to return to the musical group once his wife recovered. But the man fell on hard times, according to a police report, and he pawned the bass and amplifier.
The bass player told police that he needed quick money and had every intention of paying back the pawn shop. He said he was unable to get all the needed money to pay back the pawn shop, so they took possession of the bass and amplifier.
At this point he had to tell the owner of the musical instrument what had happened.
Police were eventually called in and helped get the instrument back. The owner of the instrument then decided not to press charges since his belongings had been returned. According to the report, he just wanted to put the incident behind him.
Police saw a sports car go flying down Coleman Boulevard at over 50 mph. An officer fell in behind the vehicle trying to catch up. He saw the driver and the passenger then roll down their windows and throw out their drinks.
The car was eventually pulled over and the driver was asked for his license and registration information. He then said the car belonged to the passenger.
The officer then switched gears and asked him what type of drink he threw out of the window. The passenger said it was not alcohol, but the driver said it was mixed drinks and that they had been drinking at a nearby bar all day. The empty cups both smelled of booze, according to the report. The driver's license turned out to be suspended for nine failure to pay traffic ticket citations. He was charged for driving under suspension 2nd, open container, failure to pay traffic tickets and speeding, and his passenger was charged with open containers.
Police were called to a home in regard to a domestic dispute.
The female told police that she and her husband had an argument and she bit him and he pushed her into a fish tank, causing it to break.
She said the argument spilled outside where her husband pushed her and she fell to her knees. The report said the officer noticed grass stains on her knees but no other physical manifestations of injury.
She said her husband then threw her car keys and she could not find them.
Police then spoke with the husband who was on the back porch crying and gasping for breath, EMS treated him to be sure he was not in cardiac arrest. In the meantime an officer spoke with their son who said that their father had left town for a few months to help family members repair their homes after a storm.
While gone, their mother had been acting strangely and would disappear for days at a time without explanation, according to the report. The son told officers that he and his little brothers gained access to their mother's email account and found that she was having an affair with a man named Joe. The boys then went through her phone and showed their dad what they had found. According to the report, the dad bear-hugged their mom so she would not go after their son who still had her phone. That is when she bit her husband, they struggled, she fell into the fish tank and it broke. The husband then told police the fight moved outside and he chased after her and when she stopped suddenly he ran into her, causing her to fall to the ground. The husband said her purse spilled open and every thing fell to the ground. That's when he said he saw her keys and threw them as far as he could so she could not leave.
The police officers ruled that there was no intent, given the circumstances to injure each other and that the differences in their stories seemed to be the result of perception rather than substantive differences in fact. The wife agreed to leave the house and she was advised to have a neutral third party escort her should she decide to return.
A grocery store manager called police because a drunk woman was in the store walking in circles and trying to get in the manager's office. He told the officer that the woman then walked back out into the parking lot and banged on the windshield of a passing car. An officer saw the woman roaming around the parking lot and stopped to talk with her. She said she had been at a nearby bar and was just heading back to the bar. Then she said she was heading home. She was so drunk, according to the report, that when asked for her ID she handed the officer a $5 bill. Then she almost fell over. She was arrested for public drunkenness.
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ROSEMONT, Ill.--- The Chicago Wolves reached the halfway point of the regular season Saturday night, but missed the opportunity to reach the high point of their season at the same time.
The Wolves carried a 2-goal lead into the third period, but Lake Erie produced four unanswered goals to claim a 5-3 victory before 7,612 fans at the Allstate Arena. The Monsters snapped the Wolves' season-high five-game winning streak while breaking their own four-game losing skid.
The loss denied the Wolves (21-13-1-3) the chance to assume sole possession of first place in the Midwest Division for the first time this season.
Michael Davies and Jordan Schroeder posted one goal and one assist apiece as the Wolves remained tied with Charlotte at 46 points.
"I thought we were going to go out and play well with the lead in the third," said Wolves head coach Craig MacTavish. "But we came out and made a bunch of errors and it led to our downfall."
Schroeder's ninth goal of the year gave the Wolves the lead just 74 seconds into the game. Davies carried the puck below the goal line and fed Schroeder in the slot for the one-timer past Monsters goalie Trevor Cann. Defenseman Yann Sauve also picked an assist on the play.
Lake Erie center Evan Brophey knotted the game at the 8:28 mark of the first period, but the Wolves struck twice in the second period. With five minutes gone, Schroeder's wrist shot from the right circle deflected off multiple Lake Erie defenders. Davies was there on the doorstep to swat home his third goal in as many games.
Then, with the Wolves working shorthanded, center Steve Reinprecht scored on a breakaway after getting a feed from Nolan Baumgartner. Cann got a pad on Reinprecht's shot, but not enough to stop it from trickling across the goal line at the 8:33 mark for a 3-1 lead.
Lake Erie (17-19-1-1) responded with goals from Ryan Stoa and Patrick Bordeleau to pull even at 9:15 of the third. After MacTavish took his team's timeout to stem the tide, the Monsters took the lead on Luke Walker's rebound score at 13:09. Hugh Jessiman added an empty-net goal with 30 seconds to go.
Eddie Lack (9-9-3) posted 26 saves for the Wolves while Cann (9-14-0) earned 28 saves and the win.
The Wolves wrap up their season-high six-game homestand against the Texas Stars at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Lake Erie 1 0 4 -- 5
Chicago 1 2 0 -- 3
First Period---1, Chicago, Schroeder 9 (Davies, Sauve), 1:14; 2, Lake Erie, Brophey 11 (Stoa, Brennan), 8:28. Penalties---Schneider, Chicago (high-sticking), 3:07; Gaunce, Lake Erie (interference), 6:08; Reinprecht, Chicago (interference), 14:10.
Second Period---3, Chicago, Davies 3 (Schroeder, Sauve), 5:00; 4, Chicago, Reinprecht 4 (Baumgartner), 8:33 sh. Penalties---Davies, Chicago (hooking), 8:05; Liffiton, Lake Erie (holding), 10:52; Parent, Chicago (hooking), 17:58.
Third Period---5, Lake Erie, Stoa 8 (Strong, Brophey), 3:19; 6, Lake Erie, Bordeleau 3 (Cohen, King), 9:15; 7, Lake Erie, Walker 4 (Gaunce), 13:09; 8, Lake Erie, Jessiman 18 (Rissmiller, Gaunce), 19:30 en. Penalties---None.
Shots on goal---Lake Erie: 9-9-13---31. Chicago: 15-13-4—32. Power plays---Lake Erie 0-4. Chicago 0-2. Goalies—Lake Erie, Cann (29-32). Chicago, Lack (26-30). A---7,612. Referee---Darcy Burchell. Linesmen---Aaron Mills and Peter Cichy.


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How to bring the bold fonts back to iOS 7
One of the many visual changes made in iOS 7 over that which came before it is to the font. Slimmer, lighter, and altogether more delicate, there are as many who hate it as there are who love it. For many, a legitimate concern is that the new font is more difficult to read. It doesn't matter how nice it may look if you're strugging to read what's written. Fortunately, a little of the pre-iOS 7 font can be brought back to life. Here's how.
- The first thing you need to do is open up the settings app.
- Then you're wanting General > Accessibility
- About half way down you'll find the options for on-screen text. If you wish, you're able to increase the physical size of the font, but the one we're looking for here is just below this, labelled "Bold Text."
Toggling this on will prompt a confirmation message that your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will need to restart to apply. If you're happy, hit continue, wait for things to reboot and you'll notice the difference immediately.
The app labels on the homescreen now look a lot closer to the old-look font from iOS 6, and this is repeated throughout apps and settings menus on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. That's all there is to it. Give it a go, and do tell us if it makes your iOS 7 experience a little better!
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How to bring the bold fonts back to iOS 7
Richard, thank you. Any chance that you could provide pictures for a side by side comparison?
Hero image at the top. iPad and White phone are bold, black phone is the standard iOS 7. Will see if I can insert some screengrabs :)
You can look at the images I posts yesterday.
I agree. I have pretty poor eyesight even with glasses i endure some eyestrain and i found it difficult to use. In fact it's one of the main reason i didn't upgrade. I had the beta for about two weeks and the light background and light thin texts really caused eyestrain for me. Sort of like how iBooks allows you to yellow all the pages to prevent eyestrain, well ios7 made me feel like using iBooks with a white background. For most people it's not an issue i'm sure but for me it became very uncomfortable very quickly. I guess that's probably why my desktop wallpaper, iphone wallpaper are all super dark, why i dug the look of ios 6 because it wasn't as light. Anyways, time for new glasses anyways.
I also agree Derrick. I am also in need of glasses to read. I was hesitant to upgrade my 4S (to say the least) without an option of going back to the display of OS6. After seeing OS7 on my daughter's phone, I thought to myself "WHEW!" As for the bold option, thanks for this tip Richard. I have gone as far as to get a stronger prescription reading glass recently in order to make out some of my the embedded images/drawings in my mails, only to find out part of the problem was pixilation and the rest is age. LoL The darker background seems to accentuate some of the "brightness" of the icons ... Is there a way to make them a bit more subtle by altering the contrast? I am hoping to have my 5S by the end of the first week in October, and am more than curious how to alter the screen to be more reminiscent of OS6 without being labeled a troll. After that, I'm going to have to take ndogdrumz's advice and wait for the jailbreak.
Um... they're fine. Really, they are. The numbers are black on white and fairly large. The letters are a bit small but... eh.
I don't mean this to be, well, mean but if you find those hard to read (and you're seeing this which is what I see: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9041343/phonescreen.PNG ) then have your vision checked. I'm not being flip, check to see if there's something wrong.
I think Apple has been banking on most people identifying their apps by the icon and the thin text is more of a supporting actor than the star.
Uh... I guess I'm ok with it. I am bothered by the stark appearance of the dock and the folders than the thin text.
It's good to know that this option exists. Who knows, after a month or so of using iOS 7 I might need the bolder font style! xD
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That's an interesting comment considering in many other areas they went away from symbols and towards texts like in the music player. I honestly don't know what apple is thinking lol. so who knows. personally i use the icons more. That said i have bad eyes so i find most of ios 7 hard to read and too white for me. but that's just me. I wish there were a lot more options to have skins or change the colors, like change all the white to grey or all the white fonts to black or whatever works best from a readability standpoint. i'm no designer so i don't have the answers.
The bold helps most things but this keyboard is ridiculous. I had to set my triple click option to invert colors so that I can use the keyboard to type emails and messages. The classic keyboard still lives as I have seen it appear in a few apps that haven't been updated in a while so they should let us choose to use it throughout the OS. At the very least allow the bold option to bold the keyboard.
I sure need my glasses a lot more with iOS7! As this seems to be a general problem I hope Apple will soon alleviate things in the accessibility section with more options. The bold fonts alone don't cut it.
Chalk me up as another who doesn't like the super thin, eye-straining font. The bold option in Accessibility does not help with the keyboard as that seems to change very little, if at all. Bolding makes all text (such as in Notes) seem like shouting, and that has its own readability issues.
I think what is required is a slightly heavier font. I do like the darker keyboard for iPhone search. Much easier on the eyeballs. I wish there was an option to use that instead.
I liked the old versions better. The elegant font is great for those with good vision. For me it is too skinny for good eye hand coordination. There is SO much white brightness and not enough control even with bold switched on and contrast as well. By inverting colors in accessibility everything sits better on the page but then when you come to use your camera all the colors are also opposite! Have tried all the tips and have a good pair of glasses. Feel like iOS 6 was close to perfect for me and with iOS 7 am spending a lot of time trying to fix things. It is really smart & chic but because of the added eye strain with iOS 7 I will sadly be having to use my iPhone much less .....:(
The bold feature helps...slightly....but what about the yellow text in the notes app? Yellow type on a white background is impossible to read. Can that be changed? Why do they always think they have to change things that work well. I'm very disappointed with ios7. Maybe it's time for a droid.
I am new to Apple having just bought the Ipad retina model. I am extremely disappointed with the readability of certain documents, particularly the online Daily Mail as the text is so thin and washed out. I had tried changing to bold text in settings, but could not tell any difference. I tried reading the same article on my Samsung Galaxy smart phone and despite the screen being a lot smaller it was way more readable. I just bought the Samsung tab 3 8", and opened up the same text in all three at the same time for comparison. Both android devices were way superior in readability to Ipad. After reading all the great things about Apple I am both surprised and disappointed. Obviously I shall be returning the Ipad. The Samsung is also nearly half it's price for a far superior display.
I hate hate hate hate that when somebody calls me
I get two circles red and green just like stupid android phones
I hate android phones I need my swipe to unlock thingy back
APPLE what tha fuck is goin on over there?
Never touch the swipe to unlock bar
That's y'all signature look halloooooooo wtf
I'm so pissed right now
I can't even use my phone right now
I liked my swipe to unlock bar the way it is


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Because of the success of that event, Animal Control Director Jennifer Giddens was invited to be a part of the animal shelter pardon process for Manatee County, Fla., that took place April 23.
Giddens said she was invited by Shane and Janet Smith of Byron, the founders of Paws for Hope and Faith. The Smiths were in Jones County the week of Feb. 11, and all 44 animals that came through the facility were found homes. But that has turned out to be only the beginning of the story.
"The dogs went everywhere, all over the United States and one went to Canada," she said.
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Tough Road Loss To Start Season For Men's Soccer
- Release Date:
- August 31, 2013
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UTICA, N.Y. –SUNYIT blanked Hilbert College in a non-conference opening game for the Hawks August 31. After Montaleza Diego scored his third goal of the game, he became SUNYIT's all-time career goal scorer with the Wildcats. With the 3-0 victory SUNYIT moved to 1-0-1.
The Hawks played even with the hosts in the first half, getting five shots and two corner kick attempts on offense. But the Wildcats dominated the second period outshooting Hilbert 14-0, even though all the scoring was completed by the 33rd minute of the game. Ten different SUNYIT players ripped shots on Hilbert's net, with Diego leading the charge making 50% of his attempts. Five Hawks were able to get shots off, but none did any damage.
Freshman Brandon Henry (Olcott, NY/Newfane) finished the game making four saves in the 45:56 minutes of play for Hilbert. Senior Jeremy Kraska (Elma, NY/Iroquois) earned the start, but rotated out of the game just before intermission after giving up all three scores between the 24th and 33rd minutes.
Hilbert has to wait until September 7th for their next game which happens to also be their home-opener against Grove City at 1pm.
Please note, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference alternates on a yearly basis between the women's and men's programs as to who plays the first game of a conference double-header. In 2013-14, the men's teams will play the opening game. Hilbert will maintain that same playing order with non-conference double-header contests as well.
Hilbert College, located in suburban Hamburg, N.Y., south of Buffalo, is a private four-year college founded in 1957 in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. With nearly 1,100 students, Hilbert is a dynamic Western New York college that offers career-focused majors, including one of the top criminal justice programs in the region, and more than 50 minors and concentrations. The college's engaging, student-centered campus community offers numerous leadership, internship, and service learning opportunities from which students launch successful careers while making positive changes in their communities. The Hilbert Blueprint promotes a well-rounded student experience over four years – starting with the Foundations Seminar in the freshman year, followed by Sophomore Service, Junior Symposium, and culminating with the Senior Capstone. Hilbert has expanded its academic offerings with the college's first graduate programs and new Accelerated Degree Programs geared to adult learners.
Upcoming Events
- First Year Student Orientation
- Aug 14, 2015
- Summer Session A2 Ends
- Aug 21, 2015
- First Year Student Orientation
- Aug 28, 2015


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If you can remember from last week's article, the challenge was how to maximize the space inside a long narrow bonus room. We discussed last week how we recessed the large-screen LED TV cabinet in a side wall of the room; one other challenge for this bonus room was how to store a fairly large assortment of reading material, DVDs, etc.
We decided the end of the bonus room with the window wouldn't work well for the TV because of the glare, but, if we worked around it, it would work well for a book cabinet. We designed and built two matching bookcases that fit neatly on both sides of the window with a window seat-type cabinet under the window that bridged the two bookcases.
The window seat worked out well to hold the DVDs and other recordings. The baseboard trim was fitted back around the TV cabinet and bookcases to complete the built-in look.
The finished cabinet arrangement framed the window quite well, and the window complemented the cabinetry, so they made a good team together.
The third challenge for this room was that the owner needed an office desk to share space with the furniture that would be used while viewing the TV. We designed a work desk around the working needs of the owner as she explained what would work well for her and her computer system.
A glass top overlaid the desk to protect the surface of the desk from pen and pencil marks. The materials for the desk, the TV cabinet and the bookcases were of the same wood species, door style, stain color and finish so that it brought continuity and balance to the room along with the beautiful selection of relaxing furniture the homeowners brought in and placed around the TV viewing area.
We all agreed that it was a good fit for the room and were pleased with the outcome, making me wish I had one in my home.
Skylights had been installed originally by the home builder and allowed natural light to fill the room during the day. Now that the office work is done, and my favorite book has been read, let's sit back and watch a little TV – without ever leaving the room.
If you have a project you'd like to have addressed in a future column, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
JD Norris is the owner/operator of DreamMaker Bath&Kitchen and a certified S.C. Master Builder, certified "Aging in Place" Specialist and certified Green Professional.
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