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Prostate Cancer: Weighing Options
You've been diagnosed with prostate cancer and after the shock comes confusion.
Should you treat it fast with surgery but face an immediate risk of sexual and urinary problems? Or should you opt for weeks of daily radiation treatments and side effects that set in more slowly? Should you also use hormone therapy that may shrink the cancer -- and your sex drive along with it? Or should you just monitor your cancer and hope you'll catch it if it starts to spread out of control?
Today's Health Journal is the second in a two-part series on the many dilemmas that prostate cancer poses. Last week's column looked at imaging and biopsy techniques that can help clarify the diagnosis. This week's column explores the bewildering array of treatment options. A related column -- on living with "watchful waiting" -- will appear in the Journal's Encore supplement on April 18.
Some 185,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year in the U.S., and many will get conflicting advice. There's little consensus on how or even whether to treat prostate cancer, which can be slow-growing and harmless or aggressive and lethal.
When the New England Journal of Medicine recently asked readers how they would treat a hypothetical 63-year-old man with a low-grade cancer and a rising PSA (for prostate-specific antigen), the more than 3,720 physicians who responded split almost evenly among surgery, radiation therapy and monitoring the cancer to see if it grew.
With doctors so divided, how can patients know who to believe and what to do?
The first step is to find out as much information you can about your own cancer.
Are you getting your PSA checked annually? Have you been diagnosed with prostate cancer and gotten conflicting advice? Share your experiences at Journal Community.
You've been given a Gleason score, based on the pattern of abnormal cells seen in the biopsy. A Gleason 6 or below is considered low-grade. Gleason 7 and above is more worrisome. But traditional biopsies that sample the prostate at random can miss cancers in about 20% of cases, and may miss the most advanced spots. Ask how many biopsy samples were taken -- and whether imaging is available as well. MRI scans or a color Doppler ultrasound, used at some major cancer centers, can provide more information about suspicious areas.
"Don't stop until you have clarity on the location, the extent and the aggressiveness," says Faina Shtern, a former official at the National Cancer Institute, who now heads the AdMeTech Foundation, which is lobbying for more federal funding for imaging research.
It's reassuring to know that with early-stage cancers that are still confined to the prostate, there is a 90% "cure" rate -- which means patients are free of cancer for at least five years -- no matter which treatment they choose. And many prostate cancers are so slow-growing they may not require treatment at all.
But every man's cancer is different, as is his general health, family history, life situation and mindset. Make sure you understand your own priorities. Some men want the cancer out as fast as possible; others want to avoid surgery at all costs. Some want the best chance for a long-term cure; some care as much or more about avoiding incontinence or erectile dysfunction.
Here's a look at the options:
Men diagnosed with prostate cancer in their 40s and 50s are often steered toward surgery (called a radical prostatectomy), since it's thought to offer the best chance for long-term survival. What's more, removing the prostate and examining it in a lab is the only way to know for sure how much cancer was there and how likely it is to return.
"I present the choice very simply: either you are damaging the prostate or removing it," says Randy Fagin, who performs robot-assisted surgeries in Austin, Texas. "If you damage it and leave it there, what if the cancer comes back? If you have surgery, it's gone."
Surgeries using the daVinci Robotic System now account for over 50% of prostatectomies. The surgeon sits at a console about six feet from the patient and, while watching on a video screen, manipulates miniature, flexible tools that perform the surgery through small incisions. It's minimally invasive, which reduces pain, recovery time and blood loss. Most patients go home the next day. (See related video)
"If you have a well-trained robotic surgeon, there's absolutely no reason to filet patients open and go through all the mess we used to have," says David Samadi, chief of robotic and minimally invasive surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City who has performed over 1,800 robotic prostatectomies.
Doctors who practice traditional "open" surgeries say there are no reliable studies showing that robotic surgery has higher cure rates or fewer side effects than conventional surgery.
Both camps agree that having a highly experienced surgeon is far more important than the method he or she uses. How can patients find one? Jan Manarite, a counselor of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute, a nonprofit patient education group, suggests joining a local support group and asking for recommendations. "Some surgeons will also give you a list of their patients to talk to -- that's a sign of honesty and transparency," she says.
Removing the prostate does carry a high risk of side effects, since many delicate nerves and blood vessels involved in urination and ejaculation run through the gland. Depending on where and how big the cancer is, surgeons may be able to use "nerve-sparing" procedures that preserve much of those functions. Most men need a urinary catheter for a week or two after surgery. Some need to wear absorbent pads for a few weeks, but most are fully continent within a year.
Sexual function after surgery depends largely on the age of the patient, his potency before surgery and the skill of the surgeon. "Whatever you start out with, even in the hands of an artist, you will probably come away with a little bit less," Ms. Manarite says.
Men over 70, those with other health problems or those whose cancer has spread beyond the prostate are usually counseled to have radiation. External-beam radiation therapy, or EBRT, requires no incisions, no hospitalization and no anesthesia. But it can be inconvenient: Patients generally undergo 40 or more treatments over six to eight weeks. High-energy beams damage the ability of cancer cells to replicate. The entire prostate slowly withers as well.
Radiation has fewer immediate side effects than surgery, but urinary discomfort and loss of sexual potency often set in gradually.
The goal of all EBRT is to maximize the radiation hitting the prostate and minimize its impact on surrounding tissue. The field took a big leap in recent years with intensity-modulated radiation therapy, which allows doctors to sculpt the radiation beam to fit the contours of the individual patient's prostate.
One variation, TomoTherapy, takes a new CT scan at the start of each treatment and adjusts the beam accordingly. CyberKnife condenses the standard number of radiation sessions from 40 down to just a handful, at higher doses, so treatment is often completed in a single week. (See related video)
Traditional radiation oncologists argue that there is no evidence to prove that such innovations offer better outcomes.
The lack of evidence has been a particular issue for proton-beam therapy, which fires super-accelerated atomic particles, rather than X-rays, at prostate and other cancers. Proponents say proton-beam therapy causes fewer side effects because protons can be made to peak at the target area and then stop, minimizing collateral damage on the way out of the body.
But proton accelerators cost $125 million to $225 million each and are the size of two football fields. There are currently only five in the U.S., with several others in the works. The therapy costs patients -- in most cases, Medicare -- about four times what traditional radiation costs. Critics say there is no conclusive evidence that the added cost is justified.
In another form of radiation called bracytherapy, doctors insert 70 to 80 tiny radioactive pellets into the prostate that gradually dissolve and destroy cancer cells internally. Many patients like the convenience: It requires just one minimally invasive procedure that lasts about an hour.
One downside is that patients are advised to avoid prolonged contact with pregnant women and children to minimize a slight risk of radiation exposure to them. In high-dose bracytherapy, a radioactive source is placed in the prostate only temporarily, with no risk to others. Studies have shown that bracytherapy carries a higher risk of urinary problems than other therapies.
'Male Lumpectomy'
About 20% of prostate cancer patients have very small localized tumors. One new option for them is focal ablation, in which doctors destroy the individual tumor while leaving the rest of the gland intact, much like a lumpectomy for breast cancer.
Of several ablation techniques, cryotherapy has been in use the longest. Doctors insert metal prongs into the prostate to surround the tumor and freeze it with liquid nitrogen. In a study presented last month at the Society for Interventional Radiology, Gary M. Onik, director of the Center for Safer Prostate Cancer Therapy in Orlando, Fla., reported that of 120 men who had focal cryoablation over 12 years, 93% of men had no evidence of cancer recurrence, and 85% retained sexual function. (See related video)
Another focal technique used in Europe, Canada and Mexico is high-frequency ultrasound, or HIFU, which involves heating localized prostate tumors rather than freezing them.
A key to focal therapy is knowing the precise size, shape and location of tumors. It's frequently used with three-dimensional mapping biopsies that can supply that data after taking 50 or more samples.
Critics argue that prostate tumors that are small and localized enough for focal therapy could be safely watched instead. Dr. Onik says that's just the point: Focal cryosurgery offers a middle ground between watchful waiting and more aggressive therapies. "Let's ablate the cancers we know about, and then do watchful waiting," he says. Meanwhile, the minimally invasive procedure can be repeated if the cancers recur.
Watchful Waiting
At least 50% of men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the U.S. have a low-grade form of the disease that experts say doesn't need immediate treatment and may never. But less than 10% opt to put treatment off and just monitor their cancer. That's in part because it can be psychologically difficult to live with untreated cancer, and in part because the medical system is geared toward active treatment.
"Some patients tell me that their doctors never mentioned this as an option," says oncologist Jeri Kim, the principal investigator of a watchful waiting trial at M.D. Anderson's Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Clinic in Houston. It's one of a few academic centers where patients consult doctors from all the rival disciplines to arrive at the best option.
The big risk with watchful waiting is that a cancer will spread from a highly curable early stage to a more advanced stage, growing outside the prostate, that is far more difficult to treat. Some tumors that have been stable for years can suddenly start to spread.
That's why Dr. Kim and others stress that patients and doctors alike need to do active monitoring, with PSA tests every three to six months, digital rectal exams annually, and repeat biopsies if the PSA starts to rise. "You can't have a patient who will disappear on you. If the guy moves to Florida and five or six years from now his PSA hits 90, then it's over," Dr. Samadi says.
A handful of doctors in the U.S. -- and many more in Europe -- use color Doppler ultrasound imaging to monitor prostate cancer patients. Real-time ultrasound imaging can be done painlessly in a doctor's office. Areas of increased blood flow that signify cancer show up in color. "The ultrasound differentiates not just cancer, but which cancers are lethal," says Robert L. Bard, a radiologist in New York City, who has been monitoring about 3,000 prostate-cancer patients.
Other doctors who use Doppler ultrasound caution that nothing is 100% accurate -- but it can provide more reassurance for patients monitoring their cancer. A biopsy targeted at suspicious areas can help verify whether a tumor is changing.
Diet and Exercise
Besides being conscientious about followup exams, patients can help their own cause by maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle. "Active surveillance also means you are going to change your life and do things that can slow the cancer down," says Charles Myers, former chief of clinical pharmacology at the National Cancer Institute and a prostate-cancer survivor himself who now treats patients in Charlottesville, Va.
Dr. Myers says it's critical to maintain an adequate level of vitamin D, which can help keep cancers in check. Many older people are deficient. Studies have also shown that a Mediterranean diet -- with plenty of fish, olive oil and vegetables -- can slow cancer growth, along with vitamin E, selenium, lycopene, omega 3 fatty acids and green tea polyphenol, as well as avoiding animal fat.
Getting exercise and minimizing stress can go a long way as well. Stress hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine help prostate-cancer cells grow and impair the immune system.
"I'm proud of what I'm doing," says Ronald Zaza, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1996, six weeks after having quadruple bypass surgery. He has since abandoned meat and chicken for vegetables and tofu, started running marathons and is monitoring his cancer once a year with a color Doppler ultrasound. So far, it's not showing any suspicious areas, and Mr. Zaza says, "I'm 71 and just ran a marathon. I feel like I'm 35."
Late-Stage Cancer
Not all prostate-cancer patients can control their cancer with diet and exercise. For those whose cancer has metastasized, a variety of hormone therapies that block testosterone can often stop the progression very successfully, at least for a while. The downside is a high risk of osteoporosis, hot flashes, depression, breast enlargement, diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. Using hormone therapy intermittently can help reduce such side effects.
A number of new drug therapies are under investigation -- including drugs that block the androgen receptors on cancer cells. Results of a clinical trial on Avodart, a medication for enlarged prostates, as a treatment to slow cancer growth, are expected this spring. Doctors and patients also have high hopes for Provenge, which could offer the first immunotherapy agent approved to fight cancers.
In the past, chemotherapy drugs have not been as successful against prostate cancers as other cancers. But Taxotere is showing promise, particularly when combined with other drugs that fight blood-vessel growth in tumors.
Patients with advanced prostate cancer often find that medications can be effective in a variety of combinations, and when one stops working, it may be effective again in a few months. "Somewhere between cure and death is a middle road where you are keeping a cancer suppressed or under control," says Ms. Manarite, whose husband, Dominic, has had metastatic prostate cancer for nine years.
Some experts also urge men with prostate cancer -- at any stage -- to join clinical trials if possible. "That's how we made all the progress in breast and colon cancer," says Jonathan Simons, president of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, which funds clinical research. "We have some very important ideas to test that might lengthen your life."
How Prostate-Cancer Treatments Compare
|Active Surveillance: Also known as watchful waiting; no treatment, but continued monitoring via PSA, biopsies, scanning
|Gleason score below seven, PSA below 10; small, localized tumors; men with less than 10 years' life expectancy
|85% of prostate cancers don't cause problems; no surgery, no hospitalization, no side effects; new imaging techniques allow close monitoring
|15% of prostate cancers do spread, requiring more aggressive treatment later; requires regular follow-ups; psychological stress
|Prostatectomy: Removal of the prostate gland by traditional open, laparoscopic or robotic surgery
|Cancer confined to the prostate, men under 65 and healthy enough for surgery
|Fast cancer removal; gives best information on disease stage; can be followed by radiation
|Requires hospitalization, urinary catheter for seven to 10 days; erectile and urinary side effects
|External-Beam Radiation: Prostate is bombarded from outside the body with X-rays or proton beams
|Cancer outside the prostate; men over 70 and those who can't have surgery
|No incisions, hospitalization or anesthesia; few immediate side effects
|Up to 40 daily sessions; can cause erectile and urinary problems that worsen over time; can cause rectal soreness
|Brachytherapy: Tiny radioactive seeds are implanted in prostate and kill the cancer cells gradually
|Low and medium-grade cancers
|One-time, minimally invasive procedure; no hospital stay
|Urinary and erectile problems can develop over time
|Focal Ablation: Cancer is destroyed by freezing (cryotherapy) or high-frequency radio waves
|Small, localized tumors that can be seen clearly via imaging or mapping biopsies
|Minimally invasive; leaves part of prostate intact; can be repeated as necessary
|Heat and cold can damage surrounding tissue; little long-term data on the procedure
|Drug Therapies: Hormone medications block androgens that fuel cancers; can be combined with radiation or chemotherapy
|Advanced, high-grade or recurrent cancers
|Can help halt spread of cancer, shrink enlarged prostate
|Loss of libido and erectile function; osteoporosis; decreased muscle mass; hot flashes; breast enlargement; diminished mental acuity


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Beijing Apple Store closes due to iPhone 4 scalpers
Apple's flagship store in Beijing was forced to close its doors early today after a group of iPhone 4 scalpers created a chaotic scene. MIC Gadget reports that Apple removed its limitation on the number of contract-free iPhone 4 units any single customer could buy at the store, perhaps unintentionally paving the way for the problems ahead. The store opened at 7:00 a.m. local time, but closed only three hours later, with many customers left in the queue outside, unable to enter. The report claims that scalpers were entering the store and buying large quantities—20-30 units at a time—of iPhone 4s, then proceeding out into the mall and attempting to sell the units to passerby at a higher-than-retail price.
According to the report, people were literally being pushed into the cashier's counter, some holding stacks of bank notes, prepared to buy as many iPhone 4 units as they could afford. The situation escalated when a group of regular customers got into a fight with the scalpers; Apple's own security staff, along with local police, were called in to clear the store and restore order. An update to the article states that all four Chinese Apple Stores are now requiring each customer to show his/her identity card when purchasing an iPhone 4, and are limiting sales to just one per customer. In addition, Apple employees are unboxing the iPhone 4 units for customers and activating the phones immediately, preventing scalpers from purchasing the phones and reselling them as "brand new."
iPhone 4 Case Program ends, Bumpers return
Today is the last day of Apple's iPhone 4 Case Program, meaning that any potential iPhone 4 customer needs to purchase their phone today in order to be eligible for a free case. Notably, although the purchasing window is closing, customers still have up to 30 days from the purchase date to submit their claim. With the end of the Case Program, Apple is expected to put its Bumper Cases for iPhone 4 back on store shelves, according to a new report. Citing unnamed insiders, ifoAppleStore reports that the cases are expected to reappear for purchase on Friday, and may be limited in quantity and color at first.
Official Google Voice app approved, coming soon
TechCrunch reports that Apple has approved the official Google Voice application for the iPhone. Citing a "source close to Google" the article indicates that the application has already been approved and is now just waiting for Google to update it to work with the iPhone 4 and iOS 4 multitasking capabilities. Google first attempted to release a native iPhone application for its online telephony service last summer, however the application was rejected by Apple, citing duplicate functionality. Subsequently, several third-party Google Voice applications were also removed from the App Store based on the same policy—namely that these applications duplicated features that were already present on the iPhone, such as the Phone and Messaging applications.
Following Apple's publication of a new set of guidelines for the App Store earlier this month, several of the previously rejected third-party Google Voice applications such as GV Mobile+ have made a sudden reappearance. Although no official word has yet been released on Google's plans for its own Google Voice application for the iPhone, the company presently provides native applications for both the Blackberry and its own Android platform and merely an HTML5 web interface for iPhone users. A native application would be able to offer features that a web-based application cannot, such as Push Notifications and tighter integration with other iOS applications.
Apple posts iOS 4.2 beta 2, iTunes 10.1 beta
Apple has released its second beta version of iOS 4.2 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, along with its accompanying SDK and a new beta version of iTunes 10.1. It is unclear what new features are present in the update, although it does appear to offer a slightly altered multitasking animation. Slated for a November release, iOS 4.2 will bring several new features to Apple's mobile device OS, including AirPlay streaming, AirPrint wireless printing, and the ability to import .ics files directly into Calendar as new events, and will bring the iPad's software feature set into parity with the iPhone and iPod touch. Apple's iOS 4.2 beta 2 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch and iTunes 10.1 beta are available now as free downloads for paid iOS developers from the iOS Dev Center.
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Apple has filed a lawsuit against Nokia in Britain claiming patent infringement, extending the ongoing dispute between the two companies beyond U.S. borders. Reuters reports that the U.S. International Trade Commission is set to rule on some of the claims made by the two companies next year, while court hearings in the U.S. legal case aren't scheduled until 2012. "We are investigating the claims, which appear to be based on nine implementation patents already in suit between the two companies in the United States," said Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant.
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Apple has released an update to its Remote application for iOS devices, adding native iPad support and compatibility with iTunes 10 and the new Apple TV. Remote 2.0 provides a slightly redesigned user interface on the iPhone and iPod touch to reflect changes in the iOS 4 iPod and Music applications as well as adding support for the Retina Display on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4G. When running on the iPad, the new Remote application mirrors the design of iTunes 10 when viewed in landscape mode, even including similar playback controls, status window and search fields found at the top of the screen. The update also adds the individual AirPlay volume controls introduced in iTunes 10 and includes support for accessing and controlling Shared Libraries on iTunes and the new Apple TV and can now automatically add iTunes and 2G Apple TV libraries through the iTunes Home Sharing feature. Remote 2.0 is available from the App Store as a free download.
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Apple's new iAd mobile advertising platform will end the year with 21 percent of the U.S. mobile advertising market, according to a new report. Citing estimates provided by IDC, Bloomberg Businessweek reports that Apple's percentage of the market will come at the expense of Google, which IDC also expects to end with 21% even when combined with results from AdMob, and Microsoft, which is expected to end 2010 with a 7% share of the market. Notably, Google held a 27% share of the market last year while Microsoft held 10%; Apple didn't sell mobile ads last year. Mobile advertising sales are estimated to reach nearly $500 million this year.
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Apple's decision to relax its restrictions on tools developers are able to use to create iOS applications has led the European Competition Commission to drop its antitrust investigation into the company. "Apple's response to our preliminary investigations shows that the Commission can use the competition rules to achieve swift results on the market with clear benefits for consumers, without the need to open formal proceedings," Commission VP Joaquín Almunia said in a statement. The Commission this spring launched two parallel investigations into Apple's iPhone business: one concerning its app and app development restrictions, and one concerning its "country of purchase" rule, whereby repairs service was only available in the country where the iPhone was purchased. Apple has since changed the latter policy and has told Authorized Service Providers to offer cross-border support in regions where Apple itself does not offer repair service.
Apple patent points to smaller headphone jacks
A newly-published Apple patent application suggests the company is working on ways of reducing the internal size of the headphone jacks featured on its portable devices. Entitled "Audio Jack with Pogo Pins for Conductive Contacts," the patent describes an audio headphone jack that employs retractable Pogo pins to conserve space. AppleInsider reports that the pins, which are a registered trademark of Everett Charles Technologies and were named after the pogo stick, would become depressed upon insertion of an audio plug, meeting the contacts on the plug. This would replace the traditional, larger "cantilever beam" design; it is unknown whether Apple has used this or a similar audio jack in any shipping products.
Apple updates iWork apps
Apple has released updates to its iWork suite of productivity applications for the iPad. Pages, Numbers and Keynote have each been updated to version 1.2 adding several new features and improvements over the previous versions. All three applications can now copy documents to and from MobileMe iDisk or other WebDAV services as well as adding the ability to group and ungroup objects. Numbers and Keynote have also added support for exporting documents to the respective Microsoft Office Excel and Powerpoint formats. The updates also add improvements across the board in font matching for iWork '09 and Microsoft Office documents, handling of tables with image background fills in cells and customized borders, text options for tables and reliability and performance improvements when sharing documents with iWork.com and importing Microsoft Office documents.
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Apple sued over iTunes video downloads
Apple has been sued by a New Jersey-based company over its iTunes video download offerings. The suit, filed by Multi-Format, Inc. in the Northern District of Illinois East District Court, claims that Apple's products infringe on the company's 2003 patent entitled "Multi-format audio/video production system." Patently Apple reports that the suit names the iPhone, iPad, iPod classic, iPod nano, iPod touch, Apple TV, and iTunes as infringing; the patent itself describes the delivery, conversion, and playback of digital video. Multi-Format is seeking damages and interest from the date the infringement began.
Apple files suit against Sanho over MagSafe, 30-pin cables
Apple has filed a lawsuit against Sanho Corporation, maker of the HyperMac line of external battery accessories, alleging patent violations related to Apple's proprietary MagSafe and 30-pin Dock Connector cables. AppleInsider reports that the suit, filed earlier this month, names the HyperMac Nano, HyperMac Micro, and HyperMac Mini products for the iPod and iPhone. "Defendants manufacture, distribute, and/or sell products that infringe patents related to Apple's proprietary MagSafe connectors used to connect power adapters and other products to Apple portable computers, such as the MacBook," the suit reads. "Defendants also manufacture, distribute and/or sell products that infringe patents related to Apple's 30-pin connectors and receptacles , used to connect cables to Apple iPod, iPhone and/or iPad products." The suit seeks "an award of its actual damages, disgorgement of Defendants' profits from the sale of infringing devices and injunctive relief."
Apple planning digital newsstand for iPad
Apple is currently developing a digital newsstand for the iPad that would offer digital magazines and newspapers, according to a new report. Citing two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the newsstand would be similar to the iBookstore, and would be separate from the App Store. The report says that the effort is aimed at helping publishers sell subscriptions, as opposed to single issues, and may also draw new customers to the iPad. Talks between Apple and publishers including Time Warner, Conde Nast, Hearst Corp., and News Corp. are said to be ongoing, with control over subscriber data, revenue splits, and pricing issues yet to be decided.
As part of the larger effort, Apple is said to be developing new software to make it easier for publishers to create digital versions of magazines and newspapers, with special emphasis placed on adding interactive content such as high-definition video, and is also working on server technology that would allow the publications to be updated in the background. Curiously, Apple in February forced iOS developer omz:software to change the name of its Newsstand RSS reader application due to what it said was a trademark complaint and later added a "Newsstand" section to the App Store highlighting a variety of publications and reading applications.
iPhone 4 to launch in China on September 25
Apple has announced that it will launch the iPhone 4 in China on September 25. According to the release, the device will be available in Apple's retail stores beginning at 8:00 a.m., including the new Apple Store Hong Kong Plaza in Shanghai and the new Apple Store Xidan Joy City in Beijing opening on the same day. In Apple's stores, the iPhone 4 will be available without a contract for CNY4,999 (roughly $744) for the 16GB model and CNY5,999 (~$893) for the 32GB model, while China Unicom will offer the phone with a new two year contract. Strangely, Apple's off-contract prices are cheaper than Unicom's pre-order pricing for the iPhone 4 as reported by the Wall Street Journal; it is unclear whether the prior report was inaccurate or if China Unicom is including an extra value for the higher prices.
Apple patent points to iPod touch wireless accessory
A new Apple patent application suggests the company is working on a wireless transceiver accessory that would allow devices such as the iPad Wi-Fi and iPod touch to access cellular networks. Entitled "Accessory Transceiver for Mobile Devices," the application describes a transceiver that can connect to a mobile device via either a cord or wirelessly, and could support functions such as telephony, SMS, e-mail, and web access, via a cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite, or WiMAX network. In another embodiment, the device itself contains a transceiver, and the accessory is used to access a second network. [via]
Yahoo CEO claims iAd service will 'fall apart'
In an interview with Reuters, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz made disparaging remarks about Apple's new iAd mobile advertising service. Bartz criticized Apple's strategy of controlling the content of and producing early ads, saying, "That's going to fall apart for them. Advertisers are not going to have that type of control over them. Apple wants total control over those ads." A Wall Street Journal report from August indicated that one announced launch partner—Chanel SA—backed out of the service, and that new ads were taking between eight to ten weeks to create, and sometimes two weeks longer than expected for Apple to build the actual ads themselves, due to the company's tight control over the creative process and the ad agencies' learning curves.
Apple to launch iPad in five more countries on Sept 17
In addition to China, Apple has announced (Translated Link) that it will launch the iPad in five Latin American countries — Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — on Friday, September 17. According to the company's press release, both the iPad Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G will be available from select Apple Authorized Resellers; users in those regions are encouraged to visit http://latam.apple.com/la/buy/ to find a nearby iPad reseller. [via MDN]
ComScore: Apple, RIM lose market share to Android
According to the latest data from comScore, both Apple and BlackBerry-maker RIM lost U.S. smartphone market share to Android during the three months ending in July 2010. First place RIM went from an average share of 41.1% in the three months ending in April to 39.3% in the three months ending in July, a -1.8% change, while Apple's share of the market went from 25.1% to 23.8%, or a drop of 1.3%, over the same time period. Android, meanwhile, went from an average of 12% of the market in the three months ending in April to 17% in the three months ending in July, a gain of 5%. ComScore's numbers represent total U.S. smartphone subscribers ages 13 and up.
Apple announces AirPrint wireless printing for iOS 4.2
Apple today announced that it is releasing a beta version of AirPrint wireless printing for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to members of its iOS Developer Program, and that the new feature will be part of iOS 4.2 when it is released publicly in November. AirPrint automatically finds printers on local networks that can print text, photos, and graphics wirelessly over Wi-Fi without the need for additional drivers or software. Supported printers include HP Photosmart, Officejet, Officejet Pro and LaserJet Pro series ePrint models, as well as printers shared through a Mac or a PC. Notably, Apple claims that printing will only be supported on iOS devices that support multitasking, yet lists the second-generation iPod touch as compatible, while omitting the iPhone 3G.
"AirPrint is Apple's powerful new printing architecture that matches the simplicity of iOS—no set up, no configuration, no printer drivers and no software to download," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can simply tap to print their documents or photos wirelessly to an HP ePrint printer or to a printer shared on a Mac or PC."
"We're pleased to work with Apple to bring Apple's AirPrint to our fall lineup of ePrint printers in time for the holiday shopping season," said Vyomesh Joshi, HP executive vice president, Imaging and Printing Group. "Making it easy for our customers to print anytime, anywhere, is a key priority for HP. iPad, iPhone and iPod touch customers are going to love how easy it is to print using our new range of ePrint printers, creating high-quality printed pages in an instant."
Apple releases iOS 4.2 Beta for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch
Apple has released its first beta version of iOS 4.2 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Announced by Apple earlier this month and slated for a November release, iOS 4.2 will bring several new features to Apple's mobile device OS, including AirPlay streaming, AirPrint wireless printing, and the ability to import .ics files directly into Calendar as new events, and will bring the iPad's software feature set into parity with the iPhone and iPod touch. Apple's iOS 4.2 Beta for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch is available now as a free download for paid iOS developers from the iOS Dev Center.


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Insider/outsider in South Africa
The women of Gugulethu and Khayelitsha township. The third installment of photographer Julia Gunther's ongoing project 'Proud Women of Africa,' which is in many ways is an outsider's continuation of visual activist Zanele Muholi's 'Faces and Phases' series, "marking, mapping, and preserving an often invisible community for posterity." In an interview with the New Statesman, Muholi grappled with the ethical implications of documentary photography: "It's been done for many years. Africa has mostly been projected and documented by the outside world." (previously)
The Legographer
"UK-based photographer Andrew Whyte has documented the adventures of a brave lone LEGO photographer in his 'The Legographer' photo series." (via)
ShotKit, A Peek Inside the Camera Bags of Professional Photographers (Browse by subject, brand, or submit your own.)
Freaky Friday
Photographer Qozop persuades the older and younger generations to swap clothes. Spoiler: everyone looks fabulous.
Girls Wrestling: Facing the competition
12 portraits of High School Girls Wrestlers by Photographer Aaron Lavinsk of The Daily World
Where no photographer has gone before
The video of a photographer and is crew trying to get images of Kate Upton in zero gravity is pretty great and hilarious.
Where I See Fashion
Where I See Fashion is a tumblr which pairs fashion-related pictures with images containing art/architecture/nature/design/texture elements that could have conceivably inspired them. The "Click to Hide Text" link on the left offers more streamlined viewing experience, or check them out on Instagram. Via: 1, 2
life, death, pity and accusation
March 11 will mark the tenth anniversary of M 11 - the Madrid train bombings in which 192 people were killed. Projet 192 coordinated by Ciro Prota sees 192 photographers each making one black and white image to remember a victim. One photograph for each victim, and each name written "inside" the picture, on a piece of paper... (Controls for zooming and reducing of page turning sound are at the bottom left of the gallery)
The New Debunkonomy
@PicPedant (mefi's own) has attracted a loyal following in doing the Sisyphean work of calling out Twitter photo spammers and scraper accounts by tracking down, correcting and debunking images and giving attribution to the source. Twitter is awash in "interesting photo" accounts particularly since images started appearing in timelines -- some of the most successful of which may be the wildly popular @HistoryInPics and @EarthPix founded by 2 teenagers who allegedly earn $40,000+ a month. PicPedant's debunking can be vastly amusing. Here are a few greatest hits: no, not a baby panda but an Etsy doll; no, not Japanese cherry trees but an infrared scene from Stockholm; no, not a real moon, but a photo manipulation. He's even called out Madonna for lack of attribution on an image that went viral after her tweet. Keep on keepin' on, you crazy pedant.
Is it wrong to say Bon Appetit?
The imperfect but honest image of a woman's body
How radical and provocative is an honest image of a woman's body? [possibly NSFW] [more inside]
Seeing New York
"I've been thinking about the art of looking. The importance of focusing and what we see. This past March I bought a pair of Giorgio Armani frames in Geneva, classic per usual, and I decided to put them in front of the frame. To see what I see. To show you a day in New York through my lens…" [more inside]
What happened to the people who walked
Photographer Shannon Jensen's series "The Long Walk" documents the shoes belonging to some of the 30,000 refugees who traveled by foot across the border from Sudan's Blue Nile state over to neighboring South Sudan. Additional background on the Amnesty award-winning project. [more inside]
Black Is the Day, Black Is the Night
Artist Amy Elkinsbegan corresponding in 2009 with prisoners on death row in California. Of the seven men with whom Elkins made contact in June 2009, she remains in touch with only one, Freddy, who has been held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay since 1995, when he was 16 years of age. Freddy has been incarcerated since he was 13. Parting Words is "a visual archive of the 500+ prisoners to date executed in the state of Texas."
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Sochi is the Florida of Russia
The Sochi Project: An Atlas of War and Tourism in the Caucasus "Sochi used to be much prettier... These days crooks from Moscow come here to build and sell skyscrapers and apartments, although it used to be such a small, lovely town." via The New York Review of Books article on "Why Sochi"
Putin explicitly links the Games to the humiliations of the recent past: "There is also a certain moral aspect here and there is no need to be ashamed of it," he said. "After the collapse of the Soviet Union, after the dark and, let us be honest, bloody events in the Caucasus, the society had a negative and pessimistic attitude." The Olympics, he explains, are a necessary part of an effort to "strengthen the morale of the nation."
The 2014 Sony World Photography Awards
The Sony World Photography Awards, an annual competition hosted by the World Photography Organisation, has recently announced its shortlist of winners. This year's contest attracted more than 140,000 entries from 166 countries. The organizers have been kind enough to share some of their shortlisted images with In Focus, gathered below. Winners are scheduled to be announced in March and April. All captions below come from the photographers. [33 photos]
Franck Bohbot takes pictures
Franck Bohbot is an up-and-coming photographer, already seen in HuffPo and Vogue, among others. His eye and choice of subjects seem to draw one to infinity. Or to take one to a recent past, seen from younger eyes. And then there's my favorite collection, all about parked cars.
The Last Stand
Marc Wilson's series The Last Stand documents the remains of coastal fortifications that lined Northern Europe during the Second World War — bunkers swallowed by the sea, pillboxes barely clinging to land, buildings ripped from their foundations and wrecked on the rocks — from Allied positions on England's east coast and the far tip of the Northern Isles, to the once German-occupied archipelago of the Channel Islands and the remains of the Atlantikwall, the colossal Nazi defense network which stretched from Norway to Spain.Slideshow
The Frozen Methane Bubbles of Lake Abraham
Restaging classic films with black models
In 2013, the Onomo International hotel group asked photographers Omar Victor Diop and Antoine Tempé (nsfw) to create a series of photographs set in the group's hotels as part of an advertising campaign. Fans of Hollywood, the pair created ONOMOllywood, an exhibition images from iconic films featuring African models in previously white roles. [more inside]
Beautiful Eight-Legged Terrors
Macro Photos Of Cute And Cuddly Jumping Spiders by Thomas Shahan. Plus tips on how to shoot macro pictures of insects!
Looking Deep Inside Nature
X-ray photography of plants and animals by physicist Arie van't Riet. [via]
The Ninth Floor
The Ninth Floor. [NSFW] The Ninth Floor documents a group of addicts who moved into the apartment of a former millionaire in a wealthy neighborhood in downtown Manhattan. Shocking, haunting photographs by Jessica Dimmock. [more inside]
Kiev, Ukraine January 2014
Pictures from a revolution Some say it's "fascists who came out to lynch the Moscali (Ukranian derogatory for Moscovites and Russians in general).", some say "they're bums and slackers, who've got nothing better to do" and "instigators on the government payroll." In reality, there is no answer. Those who came out are completely different. Remember, how a couple of years in Moscow there was a MSM buzzword "angry townspeople." Here you see football fans, retirees, office plankton. And everyone is standing together. A sweet, ol' grandmother is pouring Molotv cocktail in a nationalists' bottles; and a manager of a large company is carrying ammunition to the student.
Iranian photographer Majid Saeedi won first prize of Lucas Dolega Award!
Majid Saeedi's work is quite impressive! He already won several other prizes and awards. Today was the Lucas Dolega award, in Paris. Saeedi is an award winning and internationally recognized Iranian photographer who has photographed Middle East with a focus on the humanitarian aspect for the past two decades. He also takes a special interest in telling the untold stories of social issues and social injustice through his photos. photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4
Batman and the Non Stop Beautiful Ladies
French photographer Rémi Noël travelled through Texas with only his son's Batman figurine for company and took some amazing photographs. The photos are part of the This Is Not A Map series, with Noël's work representing "the least precise map of Texas in the history of Texas".
Hello, my name is David Lynch. And Burroughs. And Warhol.
David Lynch is back, and he's showing new fantastic photography at la Maison Européenne de Photographie: "Small Stories". (European House of Photography). This, in case you're in Paris, from Jan 15th to March 16th. But if you're in London, from Jan 17th to March 30th, you can see at The Photographers Gallery: David Lynch "The Factory Photographs"; William S. Burroughs "Taking Shots" and Andy Warhol with his Photographs from 1976 to 1987.
"That's it. That's my Dad."
Jeremy Cowart photographed John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard/Smallville/Haves and Have Nots star), but didn't get exactly the experience he expected.
Elvis at 21: Alfred Wertheimer talks about his famous photos
blood, dirt, & angels features audio clips of photographer Alfred Wertheimer discussing several iconic photographs he took in 1956 of Elvis Presley. Among them: The Kiss. [more inside]
The Surreal Photos of Miss Aniela
The Surreal Photos of Miss Aniela "I like to think of my Surreal Fashion series as an adventure, even for me as the maker," Natalie says. "When I'm constructing them, it's like falling deep into a good book. And I want my viewers to feel that too. I want them to enjoy all the nuances in the visuals of each piece, and even to feel slightly ill-at-ease with what is real and not real."
"I search craigslist for photos of mirrors for sale and post them here."
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Two kids and their dog, duckling and rabbit friends.
Channeling Their Inner Nomads
Begun at the edge of summer last year, Wanderrlust is the ongoing photography and travel blog of H.J. and Courtney Derr as they travel across the expanse of Southeast Asia. It began in Vietnam with the purchase of two cheap motorcycles and an eye to explore the country. So far they have experienced Ho Chi Minh City, drifted into the Mekong Delta, and to the City of a Thousand Pines. Don't miss the "warts and all" entry to discuss the things that haven't been so fun on their journey so far.
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Jupiter in motion, as photographed and drawn from Earth
Redditor bubbleweed took a five and half hour time-lapse of Jupiter, and made this gif to show Jupiter from Io's frame of reference [WARNING: 4.6mb GIF | alternate: 60kb HTML5 video]. But why simply photograph Jupiter, when you can take the time to really know the planet and draw it, repeatedly, as Frédéric Burgeot has done. His work included a flat texture map* which Pascal Chauvet turned into an animated version of Jupiter (Vimeo). [more inside]
We had some good years
Over his long career, the renowned photojournalist Art Shay, 91, has taken thousands of photographs of kings, presidents, Hollywood celebs, and sports stars—chronicling people's lives and news stories all over the world for such magazines as Time, Life, and Chicago. But his favorite subject of all was his wife of 67 years, Florence. Sometimes Florence would be the focal point of his photos—front and center, smiling, dancing, or reading. Life Through a Leica
They still shoot film, don't they?
I Still Shoot Film is a photography site with beginners guides to film photography, photography help and how to's, and even more resources. Oh, and an enjoyable/ inspirational archive of photos captured on film, some part of spotlights on photographers.
Space shots from a space station
Behind the scenes of Star Wars filming
Chewbacca has released a set of photos from his time on various sets.
"We are able to see just a narrow angle, whatever we do."
It was not the first time that Adam Magyar has had to explain his work to mystified observers. Born in Hungary in 1972, Magyar began taking pictures in his late twenties, roaming the streets of Asian cities and capturing images of Indian street vendors, Hindu holy men, and Himalayan students. His work evolved rapidly from conventional documentary photography to surreal, radically experimental imagery that reflects his obsession with finding innovative new uses for digital technology. A self-taught engineer and software designer who assembled his first computer while in his teens, Magyar captures his images using some of the world's most sophisticated photographic equipment, modified with software he writes himself. Additional code, also of his own design, removes nearly all distortion, or "noise," from his data, producing images of remarkable clarity.[more inside]
Brooklyn was hip before it was hip
In January 1978, a then unknown, and still very much undiscovered photographer by the name of Dinanda H. Nooney began documenting Brooklynites in their homes. She gained access to the private lives of hundreds of perfect strangers, who showed her around, introduced her to their families and became part of a collection of over 500 largely unseen gelatin silver prints, known as The Nooney Brooklyn Photographs.
A Very Doggy Christmas
Documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark (homepage, wikipedia) invites all the good dogs to her annual party, dresses them up in costumes, and photographs them. "The strange thing is that the dogs seem to realize it's their party. They ignore the humans." [more inside]
A Song of Fire and Ice
Birds of the West Indies
Birds of the West Indies. Artist Taryn Simon (previously, previously, previously) has a work of photographs of James Bond's gadgets, guns, cars, and women. The work is currently showing at this year's Carnegie International, and has an accompanying book. Info at the main link, and a more thorough gallery here.
Olympus BioScapes Winners 2004-2013
Olympus BioScapes Winners 2004-2013 — Photomicrography's small world is bigger than Nikon, after all (previously).
What happens when you magnify grains of sand 250 times?
You get some amazing pictures and yet another "everything around is beautiful at a level that is impossible to be aware of all at once" moment.
We don't have cameras
This past October, just before the leaves changed, I went on a six-day hike through the mountains of Wakayama, in central Japan, tracing the path of an ancient imperial pilgrimage called the Kumano Kodo. I took along a powerful camera, believing, as I always have, that it would be an indispensable creative tool. But I returned with the unshakeable feeling that I'm done with cameras, and that most of us are, if we weren't already.
Author and designer Craig Mod asks if we're seeing the end of the non-networked, standalone camera.
Author and designer Craig Mod asks if we're seeing the end of the non-networked, standalone camera.
Computer, enhance
Researchers at the University of York were able to identify people using the reflection of their faces in pupils of photographs of other people. Original paper
Henry's Concepts
Henry chooses the location and the pose. Alex (his nanny) takes a photo of him and then he takes a photo of her in the same pose. Henry is two and a half. Via


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Obama Doesn't Mention Obamacare When Campaigning for McAuliffe
6:48 AM, Nov 4, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER
President Obama campaigned yesterday in Virginia for Democrat Terry McAuliffe, whose election in the governor's race is Tuesday. Obama praised McAuliffe's wife, their "unbelievable children," and McAuliffe himself.
"[H]e knows what it's like to work hard," Obama said of McAuliffe. "And when it comes to creating good jobs, when it comes to investing in education, when it comes to giving more Virginians the opportunities that they deserve, Terry understands what folks are going through. He knows how to get things done. And that's why I hope you guys are fired up, because we cannot have people stay at home when so much is at stake. I hope you're ready to fight for Terry, because he's ready to fight for you for the next four years."
Obama also mentioned a host of policies the two agree on ... but left his signature legislation off the laundry list. That is, Obama did not praise McAuliffe for his support of Obamacare. He did not mention Obamacare at all.
This, despite the fact that Obamacare is now a central issue in the Virginia gubernatorial campaign. The height of the campaign has come during the roll-out of Obamacare, which has been disastrous.
The president's silence suggests that even Obama realizes McAuliffe's support for the overhaul of the heath care system will hurt him.
The Democratic candidate leads the Republican candidate, Ken Cuccinelli, by an average of 5 percentage points.
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LAS CRUCES >> More than 80 motorcyclists will hit the highways and byways running through southern New Mexico Saturday to support the hard work of state 4-H groups and raise money to help continue the life-building skills taught to the organization's young participants.
"4-H is an informal educational outreach program," said Karim Martinez, county program director for the Doña Ana County Extension Office. "We have over 200 projects youths can participate in."
Traditionally, 4-Hers raise animals for participation in livestock shows, but they can also try their hand in anything from rocketry and public speaking to baking, sewing and shooting sports, which Martinez said are popular in the county.
During this weekend's Ride for the Clover, which kicks off at 8 a.m. Saturday in Las Cruces and will take its riders — including New Mexico State University President Garrey Carruthers and regent chairman Mike Cheney — more than 600 miles through Silver City, Socorro, Ruidoso, Cloudcroft and Alamogordo before returning to the Mesilla Valley on Sunday. Leadership projects and development programs being offered at each 4-H club will be showcased along the route.
"It's not only a fundraiser, but a really educational event where we get to connect with people who are not familiar with 4-H. (The riders) will meet members and participants and visit with them about what impact 4-H has had on their life," Martinez said.
"Last year there was great camaraderie and it was so much fun," Cheney said in a news release from NMSU. "We were impressed with the students in the 4-H programs and enjoyed the beautiful New Mexico landscape. This is an opportunity to educate citizens and legislators on the value of these programs."
Proceeds from the $75 registration for the ride will benefit the state's Cooperative Extension Office and 4-H programs to help continue the projects in various counties throughout the state.
"Since our budget is very tight, (with the proceeds) agents can offer more education workshops with youth participants. That's the biggest help to us," said Martinez. "We could also get program materials and workshop materials so they could do more with what they offer to our youth. The kids would benefit with more supplies."
Apart from Ride for the Clover, specific 4-H clubs will typically hold their own fundraisers — like raffles, car washes and bake sales — throughout the year to pay for travel to the state, district and national competitions they participate in year round, Martinez said.
4-H is one of the largest youth organization in the world with 7 million youth members and 603,000 volunteer leaders. Established in New Mexico in 1912, there are more than 60,000 participants and 11,000 volunteers statewide.
The four Hs in 4-H stand for "head, heart, hands, health" and participants are taught to use each facet to better their community. Hands-on learning is a fundamental piece of the 4-H program.
The fundamental values taught to 4-H participants, according to NMSU's College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) website, include:
•Teaching 4-H members how to think, not what to think.
•Creating sound work habits through useful work experience, responsibility and the satisfaction of personal accomplishment.
•Developing leadership and the ability to participate as members of a group.
•Learning to make the world a better place through honesty, integrity and high standards.
•Developing an appreciation for the importance of science, agriculture and the home, and their relationship to the economy.
For more information about 4-H, visit 4-h.org and for more information about Ride for the Clover, visit ridefortheclover.nmsu.edu.


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I don't killing stuff at all anymore. Used to hunt all the time. The last few years of deer season I passed up many many shots at nice deer. I just enjoyed being out and being at camp with my buddies. I'm not longer invited up there since I never shoot anything though. I do kill fish pretty often, but don't take any enjoyment from actually killing them, sure taste good though. Sometimes I have to kill a rooster or two cause the neighbors start to complain and this year I hit a bunny rabbit with the edge of the brush hog and had to do a mercy killing on it and I also hit a freaking bird the other day while mowing. Who hits a bird with a ztr....I mean really. So that thing was flopping around and I had to eunazie him too. I see a lot of snapping turtles around here crossing the road. I always stop to rescue them. I used to grab them by the tails but I read on the interwebs that can harm them and to grab the back of their shells. Gonna try that new method next time I see one.
Back in 2006 when I was living in GA and working as a site superintendent for a home builder, the roofers put a cottonmouth in my truck. I caught it and said haha funny you guys. You got me. I guess I was doing my job correctly because they hated the guy in the white hardhat (me). Anyway, I'm parading this snake around the jobsite, still living of course, and showing everyone how the roofers pulled one over on me. One guy finally told me that was a cottonmouth and how dangerous they can be. Me, being a yankee from PA, had no idea cause we don't have those things up here. Got lucky that day HA. Anyway, I let the snake go unharmed
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RunVermont will host the 16th Annual Youth Running Festival during marathon weekend. All participants must be 4 to 14 years old by May 28, 2016. Come join us for a festive, fun-filled event of running and excitement. All children receive a finisher's medal!
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- ½ mile: open to children ages 4-14, adult may participate with child in this distance
- 1 mile: open to children ages 4-14
- 2 mile: New! Open to children ages 9-14, must be 9 years old by 5/28/16. This is an opportunity for older children to participate in a competitive event. Awards to Top 3 Boys and Girls in each age category: Age 9/10, 11/12, 13/14.
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Life partners Mark Badgley and James Mischka got their start in special-occasion wear – Badgley as an assistant designer for Donna Karan and Mischka with a stint for Yves St. Laurent after they met at the Parsons School of Design in 1985.
By 1988 they formed their own line, Badgley Mischka, with a focus on formal gowns and jewelry that are still favorites of top celebrities on the red carpet.
They made an appearance at Nordstrom's Fashion Island location last week, and fans were on hand to see their new line of shoes.
Taffeta, rhinestones and silk adorn their special occasion Badgley Mischka line. It's hard to resist shoes that double as art.
They were in Orange County to promote their Mark & James launch, a line of everyday shoes with a $200 price range to match.
We found that the less formal Mark & James shoes still had the feminine lines they are famous for, with vamp styles and toe cleavage that Badgley and Mischka believe make a woman's leg pretty.
"We design shoes that exaggerate the leg," Badgley said.
That's a good business model when you consider that if you strive to make legs look good, you're bound to be popular with the ladies.
Badgley added that simple shoes are actually more difficult to make. "You can always cover up bad shoes with buckles and things," he said.
And though the everyday Mark & James shoes are in basic blacks, nudes and browns, the sophisticated lines are evident. Badgley and Mischka like to let proportionality speak for itself.
"A good shoe will straighten out your posture, and you'll look beautiful wearing them," Badgley said.
The shoe-aholics at the launch had a different motivation. Steph Hsu said she believes shoes are collectable, like art. "Plus you get to wear them," she said.
For Hsu, who is an assistant manager at Nordstrom, each pair of shoes holds particular memories of her stage in life when she purchased them. When Hsu has too many, she'll donate a box to make room for more.
We asked Badgley and Mischka to name their all-time favorite shoe. Both agreed they like shoes with flowers on them.
"They are just so feminine, so elegant," said Badgley, holding up a pair of his favorites from the Mark & James line.
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Romney Tries to Diffuse Tensions With Palin Camp, Blasts "Anonymous Numbskulls"
Time's Mark Halperin created the latest Sarah Palin-related controversy yesterday when he published a column quoting unnamed Mitt Romney aids blasting Sarah Palin as a lightweight. Now Romney himself has weighed in, defending Palin and attacking the unnamed sources as "Anonymous numbskulls."
According to Halperin's report:
One adviser to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, and, by traditional standards, the putative 2012 frontrunner, says of Palin, "She's not a serious human being." Another Romney intimate warns, "If she's standing up there in a debate and the answers are more than 15 seconds long, she's in trouble."
Palin's team soon fired back in the Politico. Yet this morning, Romney tried to put out the fire on his Twitter feed, writing:
TIME says unnamed advisors disparaged @SarahPalinUSA. Anonymous numbskulls. She's proven her smarts; they've disproven theirs.
Last month, Romney had flattering things to say about Rudy Giuliani in a USA Today op-ed and I noted at the time that it appeared the former Massachusetts governor was trying to avoid a problem he had in 2008, which is that he was the most disliked candidate among his rivals, leading to an "everybody vs. Romney" dynamic by the time primaries rolled around. This is one of the factors that helped John McCain get nominated. Clearly he's trying to win over -- or at least diffuse tensions with -- prominent Republicans.
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