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Even as events were cancelled because of the weather, Florida's delegates to the Republican National Convention managed to stay busy Monday.
The Florida delegation started the party Sunday night with a convention kickoff at Tropicana Field. Then, buses brought them back to their hotel for another reception.
Steve Zieman from Gulf Breeze in the Panhandle drank a beer and smiled after getting an update on Isaac. He almost didn't make it.
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The delegates partied into the night and still made it to an 8 a.m. breakfast with the South Carolina delegation, hosted by Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
"You are our compatriots in the battle to save America and neither rain, nor wind nor tropical storm nor hurricane will prevent a Romney win in Florida and South Carolina," Putnam said.
Both delegations were assigned to the Innisbrook Golf Resort almost an hour away from downtown Tampa.
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Several dozen protesters, many using bandanas to cover their faces, began clashing with police in downtown Seattle hours after a peaceful immigrant-rights march ended.
Protesters threw rocks and bottles at police officers and news crews. As they moved through downtown Seattle to another neighborhood, they flung construction street barriers, trash cans and newspaper bins on the streets in an attempt to stop police officers. Windows of businesses were broken and vehicles with people in them were banged around.
Police used their bikes to shield businesses and eventually began to use pepper spray and "flash bang' grenades -- releasing a flash of light, smoke and a loud noise-to disperse the crowd. But that pushed the group to another nearby neighborhood, and they left a wake of overturned trash cans and debris on the street.
In the aftermath, 17 people were arrested, said Seattle Police Department spokesman Captain Chris Fowler said, and eight police officers were injured.
Initially, the protesters concentrated on a business sector of downtown Seattle.
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Olivia One Feather of Covington joined the crowd Wednesday night because she wanted to see how police handled the protest. She said she wasn't impressed, adding that she was pepper sprayed in the face while trying to video record officers.
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Of the protesters, she added, "They're doing what we need to do to stand up to ourselves. These are our streets and we have the right to take them."
Many of the protesters are self-described anarchists. A local anarchist website said protesters would attempt to disrupt the day.
The violence marred a May Day that immigrant-rights activists hoped would put a focus back on immigration reform. Thousands of people marched about 2 ½ miles from the Central District toward Seattle's downtown Jackson Federal Building after a May Day rally supporting immigrant rights and labor.
Many carried signs, with messages such as "We are America," and "There are no illegal humans." One sign suggested forgetting about marijuana and instead asking the United States to "Legalize my mom," a reference to Washington's recent legalization of marijuana.
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Coyotes and the Nature of Cities
Successful integration of nature and the city is a hallmark of sustainability. Sometimes it occurs without effort or provocation, while other times it results from projects or plans. In both instances, the natural and artificial merge, morph and redefine urban reality going forward.
One evening last month my dog and I had a spontaneous meeting with an urban coyote who, for several moments, owned my Seattle neighborhood pavement with conviction. Upon rounding a corner and coming face-to-face, the coyote cast a long stare (with those "I am not a pet" eyes I once saw in Africa), turned around, and moved on. For this feral, walkable urbanist, the city sidewalk was clearly as customary a migration route as wooded paths or the open plain.
Several recent articles call the growing presence of coyotes in urban areas an indicator of changing relationships between the city and larger, surrounding ecosystems. Whether you see them as pests or cool interlopers, coyotes are increasingly sharing (PDF) our places and spaces.
A landscape architect friend used the coyote-city integration as an example of how surrounding nature merges with urban culture and physical form, two things that need not be as distinct as we might expect. That night in Seattle I saw a spontaneous integration of nature and the city without any "urban sustainability plan" in place to allow indigenous wildlife safe passage on city streets. The sidewalk was an animal corridor, plain and simple, a mainstay of this coyote's urban transportation.
This "city in nature" is not the same as calculated insertions of "nature in the city," where artificial edifices are systematically undone and replaced with fundamental green. I recently saw a good example of this while touring the Madrid Rio Project (PDF) by bicycle. The Project, a large-scale linear park was built over the old M-30 motorway. The roadway was relocated within a submerged tunnel, which allowed for restoration of the Manzanares River.
In Madrid, I spoke with another landscape architect about what it means to reprogram places from built to natural. In particular, we discussed the former motorway ramp (shown here) that was transformed into greened pedestrian space, taking advantage of its elegant (and once auto-centric) river-hugging form and artful curve. He explained the approach: at core, there is nothing natural in the city, he said, and anything we can do that resonates with the public and creates a sustainable result, is defensible, proper and legitimate.
Through the experiences described here, and the respective views of the two landscape architects, I've learned more than expected about the ways urban and natural systems can merge and redefine. Whether nature embraces the city with coyotes exploiting urban infrastructure, or reclamation projects inserting natural elements into the urban core, such as in Madrid, there are some things to keep in mind:
- The intersection of nature and the urban environment is an elemtal theme for urban ecologists and landscape architects, for whom habitat restoration often plays a key project role.
- As championed by Harvard Professor Joan Busquets, the most sustainable cities integrate natural geography and systems into the urban fabric.
- The first landscape architect I spoke with above is right in his observation that nature, culture and physical form, once separated, now merge more easily.
- The second landscape architect is also right; there are many ways to introduce natural elements into built environments, and innovations — from greened ramps to restored beaches to vertical gardens — need not honor authenticity or precedent in order to resonate. They just need to be done sustainably.
In the end, watching the coyote stroll along the Seattle sidewalk also taught me that while there is arguably little that could be considered natural in our constructed cities, nature and the city will continue to realign. In fact, before too long, in our own cities, versions of Madrid's green, re-purposed motorway ramp may atttact some non-human users too.
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Posted Thu, Mar 7, 7:50 a.m.
I was struck by the integration of nature in a big city last weekend while staying at the St Francis in San Francisco. My son and I took a late night walk from Union Square through China Town and up Coit Tower with its beautiful trees and bushes. The moon lit our path and we could hear sea lions barking down below. Next morning I took an early drive out to the coast through the Presidio past Golden Gate Park. In the Avenues a coyote trotted surprisingly fast in front of me from one side of the street into the bushes leading back into Presidio Park. In San Francisco I always felt a walk or a trolley ride away from a nature experience.
Posted Mon, Mar 11, 7:38 a.m.
I know what you mean, in Wenatchee while walking a bike trail I met a lone wolf and a neighbor while walking her dog met a cougar that was hungry, (for dog)It's pretty cool!
Posted Thu, Mar 7, 8:04 a.m.
In regard to coyotes in Seattle, it seems that if there were more of them, we would have fewer Canada geese. Might be a nice way to kill two birds with one stone, or in this case, one coyote.
Just a thought and something that has long interested me, the intersection of nature and people in the urban landscape. If you are interested, I wrote about this in my book, The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist. Another good book to check out is Crow Planet by Lyanda Lynn Haupt.
Posted Thu, Mar 7, 10:56 a.m.
I feel for the plight of coyotes and other animals forced into cities by habitat destruction and other human activities.
However, they are death on small domestic pets. I volunteer at a pet adoption center, and the number or previous pets listed on adoption application as "killed by coyote" is amazingly high.
Urban coyotes aren't going away. People need to keep their small pets inside.
Posted Sat, Mar 9, 7:22 a.m.
The feral cat problem in Seattle is tremendous. Stray cats strut down my street incessantly, most on the prowl for precious songbirds they would like to eat.
So, for the plight of these songbirds, lets bring back coyotes to the city, lure them any way we can to rid our roads and alleys of these destructive cats.
If the coyote numbers gets out of hand, we can always import wolves or possibly mountain lions to keep them in check.
Posted Sat, Mar 9, 9:25 a.m.
I could use a couple of feral cats to keep the crows and the rats in check
Posted Thu, Mar 7, 11:03 a.m.
Coyotes, like raccoons and crows, are generalists. They can adapt. They don't need architects.
Posted Fri, Mar 8, 2:42 p.m.
Thank You Chuck! Being born and raised in Seattle I have known about the coyotes ever since I can remember. As a mother I found it funny when the madrona moms email list started sending out many emails of concerns about the coyotes and wanting to try and figure out how to get rid of them. I emailed voicing my concern and informed everyone that coyotes are a natural part of the city and actually help keep rat populations down! Currently dealing with a similar issue in my neighborhood here on beacon hill. Cheasty greenspace, part of the Olmsted legacy, is currently being threatened by a bike park proposal. Coyotes occupy this space as well as many shy creatures. It is also being threatened by english ivy and blackberries which is an endless battle in most parks! I believe Cheasty holds intrinsic value to this neighborhood. Many volunteers have worked to rid the space of invasive species and this work will continue. However, one of the volunteer groups wants to speed things up so they jumped on this mountain bike idea which will draw more volunteers to remove the invasive species. I feel like the trade off is not a good one. The space where the mountain bike park would go is the southern space which has the potential and has fostered an interior habitat. Many species of birds nest there and then make their way down to the 3 riparian zones and wetland to feed etc.. This proposal is a sacrifice I would not feel inclined to make. As a gardner and teacher I feel all good things come with time and hard work. If I was building a new garden, for instance, I wouldn't resort to herbicides and pesticides to speed up the process! Most of the time, the easy way out is not best. I believe we need help protecting this wildlife habitat and need volunteers that won't be asking for anything in return! I know goats really like english ivy and blackberries :)
Posted Sat, Mar 9, 12:02 a.m.
Maybe we'll get lucky and a cougar will attack a mountain biker.
Posted Sat, Mar 9, midnight
I wonder if Chuck will write such painfully precious, pretentious twaddle when he is attacked by a rabid coyote on that walk of his.
Posted Sat, Mar 9, 8:44 a.m.
There has never been a coyote attack in washington state and rabies is more of an east coast issue. Not an issue here on the west coast.
Posted Sat, Mar 9, 9:23 a.m.
Rabies an east coast issue? I'll remember that the next time we have a rabies epizootic among raccoons
Posted Sun, Mar 10, 8:25 p.m.
Earth to zeffirelli,
Posted Tue, Mar 12, 2:45 p.m.
Ahhh I see now. Well that is unfortunate and luckily everyone is ok, including the coyote. Unfortunately one event like this happens and it starts a chain reaction of fear. How many dog attacks have there been that you don't hear about? Really no need to be scared of the coyotes... guy was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Posted Thu, Mar 14, 12:15 p.m.
Feral cats are a problem, but blaming and killing them won't make the problem disappear. Ferals exist because of human irresponsibility--people who don't spay/neuter, let their cats roam, or abandon and abuse them.
The above post is one of many I've read that demonizes cats and suggests that the answer is simple: kill them all. But cats, feral or not, are not evil. Like other species, they must eat, and like all predators (including us)they kill other animals for food.
If we did choose felicide and somehow killed every feral, the feral population would rapidly reach its previous number, which has been estimated at as high as 90 million.
It will continue to do so until humans stop acting irresponsibly toward cats.
There should be no feral cats. Ultimately, all cats need to live indoors. Many organizations are working toward that still faraway goal. I suggest a constructive approach: stop demonizing cats and join forces with those seeking a solution.
BTW, the songbird mortality claim comes from a highly flawed Wisconsin study that never should have been published, much less bruited about as gospel.
Check it out at http://www.alleycat.org/BadScience
Posted Thu, Mar 14, 2:55 p.m.
My comment was actually meant tongue-in-cheek.
One could take your comment and insert 'coyote' instead of cat which serves my exact point.
I am curious how killing feral cats raises their numbers though?
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I like this large type of bamboo planted in both Vancouver and Victoria. I guess some are afraid to plant such a large bamboo. If I had a field, I'd sell the canes to the rest of Canada. Maybe they can use these for scaffolding in Vancouver like they do in Hong Kong. I've noticed that Vancouver has some flora not to mention residents that remind me of HK. |
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We don't call it 'Hongcouver' for nothing you know. That is some massive bamboo, my goodness! A person could have alot of fun thinking of different things to make out of that. |
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I was looking at my kitchen plans (for the 3000th time), and saw something for the first time. I will have a 6-foot-wide wall of 8-foot tall cabinets, containing file drawers, a concealed command center, and pantry shelves. These cabinets are not adjacent to the rest of the kitchen cabinets. Do I need a toe-kick? Since it isn't a "stand here and work" spot, it seems to be to be superfluous, and I would much rather have that 4" as storage space. There is a vaulted ceiling above. Thanks for your thoughts! |
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You absolutely do not need a toe kick. Mix it up. |
We have a setup like that, and there's no toe kick. There's a baseboard-type thing. It looks nice and different. When our house was built the kitchen would have been furnished with either pieces with legs, or with base moldings. However, there is more than one reason to have a toe kick space, besides "room for your toes." Other things to think about include, what's going to happen to your flooring there (will it continue under the cabinet? What will cover the joint?) and whether you're going to ruin the "baseboard" by kicking it or mopping up against it. Often original kitchen furniture is damaged along the bottom, partially from water exposure. |
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So, is everyone aware that a sequel to the critically acclaimed "American McGee's Alice" is in the works? It is currently titled "Alice: Maddness Returns" and from what I've gathered it looks like a probably 2012 release. You can find the website HERE
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Posted 22 September 2010 - 04:43 AM
I expect much from this game, which means I will undoubtedly be highly disappointed, just like I was disappointed by StarCraft 2. Such attempts to revive old, extremely good franchises (or a single game, for the matter) almost never work. Nevertheless, I will buy it.
Posted 22 September 2010 - 07:00 AM
Is the first worth getting? for insprirational ideas at least?
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The first game is absolutely worth buying - it was an excellent game with deep atmosphere and fun gameplay. It is really an experience any fan of Alice and modern faerie tales should indulge in.
Posted 10 October 2010 - 12:12 PM
Does anyone know if the old Alice game works on Vista?
Posted 10 October 2010 - 01:15 PM
It should, I got it and played it on windows 7, so I'd assume so.
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It should, I got it and played it on windows 7, so I'd assume so.
Unfortunately, that's not always true. We all know that Windows 7 is a lot better than Vista. Nevertheless, I'm going to give it a try, since yeah, if you could run it on Windows 7 I have a good chance that it works on Vista as well.
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I believe, when I had Vista, it was supported. If not you can try running it in a compatibility mode.


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That is the question. It's only 20 cents to list an item for 4 months. Then they take 3.5% of the sale price. Has anyone around here sold on Etsy, buy on Etsy or think it's good or bad? I have no knowledge of it and it was just suggested to me the other day. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! |
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- Posted by luvs2click (My Page) on Tue, Oct 28, 08 at 22:23
I tried Etsy last winter - listed about 25 things. I didn't sell anything, but I can't say it was a bad experience. It's cheap enough, so it wasn't painful on the wallet. I might try again this winter if I have time to list things. It was fun making up a "store". The link to my now-empty store is below. Arlene |
Here is a link that might be useful: My etsy store
I tried selling on etsy, wasnt a bad experience, but like arlene I did not sell a thing, was easy enough to list iteams and the price was supper cheap, I have read about crafters who sell lots on etsy, maybe its just my type of crafts! nothing in my store right now latter when I have more time I might try selling some vintage jewerly, and table linens I have and old dress patterns for sewing. there are tons of pages and iteams that are listed go pretty fast throu the pages. give it a try nothing much to lose but your time, and 20 cents to list a iteam, some of the crafters here do sell on etsy hopefully they will post. oddie |
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I sell on Etsy and I buy there, too. I love it, it gives me an outlet for my sewn things and it gives me a reason to keep making more things. The fees seem negligible and I'm having fun, so I consider it a success. I won't post a link to my shop because I don't want anyone to think I'm advertising, but my shop name is FlossieBlossoms if anyone wants to look at it. Making listings takes a bit of time, but if you make similar things, cutting and pasting info into listings makes it a lot faster. |
Thanks for your input everyone! I have the same feelings.. since it's pretty cheap to list I figured nothing ventured, nothing gained. Thinking I'll list whatever doesn't sell at my last show, since that show is the weekend after Thanksgiving and I don't have any more shows after that. So whatever I have left I'll post on Etsy. Thanks for helping me make up my mind! |
- Posted by honeysuckleridge (My Page) on Wed, Oct 29, 08 at 19:27
To have great sales on Etsy you have to post something every day...keep on the top of it and work at it...get a following and it will work out. It's not Ebay...it's a lot more work. Best of luck, |
I just got my Home Companion and there is a story in it on how Esty got started. |
I will take that advice, Ginger. Thank you! Home Companion, huh? Well maybe that will bring more customers to it! |
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- Two wandering southerners --a neurotic Texan bearing a keen resemblance to Vivien Leigh and a close-mouthed Mississippi sailor with a thing for long-legged beauties, stole me from a red-headed alien who, having laid me on my woven baby blanket under a palm tree at the Alameda Naval Station, was splashing in the cool, funky waters of San Francisco Bay with a seal lion named Frank. Assuring themselves that "it was for the best", the southerners transported me first to San Diego, where a goat ate my stroller, to Florida, where I attempted to eat a frog...
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Lightweight, sun hat with soft, pliable brim that compresses easily to fit in your pocket
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I like the color... its a pinky coral with gold shimmer BUT for some reason this nail polish wears off on me and the brush always gets stuck on the bottle.
What an awesome summer color! To me, this is almost like a liquid Paradisco eyeshadow. Juicy orange with gold shimmer. Lovely lovely! Great with a tan (or a fake tan!). Has pretty good staying power too.
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Won't buy this again. Its a rich coral, that I bought for my nails for summer. Its got a gold shimmer to it. The problem with this product is that it has glitter in it so it can be a bit difficult to remove, even with nailpolish remover. The polish from MAC is great though because it doesnt chip easily. The other problem with this product is that the bottle got stuck on me, the lid gets coated with nailpolish and its virtually impossible to open. If MAC could come up with a better bottle I would run to the counter to get more colours.


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Makes 4 servings
active time
30 min
total time
30 min
- 1/3 cup whole blanched almonds, toasted
- 1 slice firm white sandwich bread, crust discarded and bread torn into pieces
- 2 large garlic cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped drained bottled roasted red peppers
- 2 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 (6-ounce) pieces grouper fillet
- 1 to 2 tablespoons olive oil
Make sauce:
Finely grind almonds, bread, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a food processor. Add roasted peppers, vinegar, and salt, then purée, adding oil in a slow stream. Season with black pepper.
Make fish:
Preheat broiler.
Put fish on a lightly oiled shallow (1-inch-deep) baking pan, skin sides down. Brush fish with oil and season with salt and pepper. Broil 3 inches from heat, without turning, until just cooked through, about 7 minutes.
my notes
- Calories780
- Carbohydrates61 g (20%)
- Fat41 g (63%)
- Protein42 g (85%)
- Saturated Fat9 g (46%)
- Sodium907 mg (38%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat6 g
- Fiber5 g (18%)
- Monounsaturated Fat22 g
- Cholesterol63 mg (21%)
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main ingredients: Bell Pepper, Fish, Garlic, Bread, Almond, Vinegar
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NEWPORT — He was playing an opponent 10 years younger in the first match at Newport to go to three tiebreaks in 20 years. Fog was settling on the court, the humidity was high and the grass was slick. But 35-year-old American Michael Russell managed to survive his 2-hour, 40-minute match with 25-year-old Igor Sijsling of The Netherlands, winning 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5) in quarterfinal action at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships on Thursday at the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
"I know my fitness is good, so it's not a fitness issue. I just kept fighting," said Russell, who resides in Houston. "It helped to have the crowd and obviously my wife there always encouraging me to keep going and going. It's tough, especially being so close in the second set and kind of blowing it, two opportunities. I know Igor's not just going to hand it to me, and it was tough. But I'm always fighting, and I'm not just going to give up."
The last time a match at Newport went to three tiebreaks was in 1993, when Greg Rusedski defeated Javier Frana in the semifinals, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5).
"I just kept fighting," said Russell, the oldest semifinalist at Newport in five years. "I was getting pretty frustrated with my serve, and it kind of just fell apart there in the second set, and a lot of it had to do with nerves, of course. I'm just trying to take one point at a time. I know it's cliché, but especially on this surface, anything can happen."
This marks the second ATP semifinal of Russell's career; he also reached the semifinals in Houston last year.
"It feels awesome," he said. "I feel like I'm kind of saving my best tennis for the last couple years. I think I'm getting better each year, so hopefully I can finish the year even higher."
Later in the afternoon, wildcard Nicolas Mahut of France — at 31, another of the record five 30-plus-year-olds playing in the quarterfinals — defeated Michal Przsiezny of Poland, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Andre Sa, 36, who appeared in the semifinals of the doubles tournament 12 years ago, teamed up with fellow Brazilian Marcelo Demoliner to post a first-round victory over Australians Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5.
"Today was a tricky match, tricky conditions," said Sa, who was accompanied by his wife, Fernanda, and 7-year-old daughter, Carolina. "We were supposed to play [Wednesday] late, and they canceled us and put us the first on [Thursday]. So it was a little slippery. It was raining during the match. It was difficult, but with doubles, especially on grass, you've got to take your chances." "
This is only the third tournament that Sa and Demoliner have played together. They were knocked out in the first round at Wimbledon by twin brothers Bob and Mike Bryan.
In quarterfinal doubles action Thursday, Tim Smyczek and Rhyne Williams defeated fellow Americans Denis Kudla and Michael Russell, 6-2, 6-3, while Ivo Karlovic and Divij Sharan defeated Adil Shamasdin and John-Patrick Smith, 6-4, 4-6, 19-17.
All in the family
This year's ball kids included Andrew and Noah Schneider. Noah, a competitive tennis player in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and Andrew, "a tennis nut," as his father, Chris, puts it, first came to the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships last summer as part of a family vacation to the East Coast. When an usher spotted the family, including Andrew, who was born with a rare form of dwarfism, making their way up to the bleachers, she got them seats more accessible for Andrew's walker.
The next thing they knew, Andrew and Noah had been appointed as honorary ball kids. The brothers got to carry John Isner's bag and work the scoreboard.
So when ball kid coordinator Becky Silva contacted the family through Noah's tennis club about a month ago to see if the boys would be interested in coming back this year, they jumped at the chance, even postponing a trip to Hawaii.


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To maintain organization, I'll introduce how I know each of these friends and why we all ended up meeting in Houston for a fun girls weekend.
So some of you may know that in college, I spent one semester finishing my history degree at the University of Malta in Msida, Malta. I lived at the University Residence, where exchange students from all over the world were placed while attending school. There were only a handful of Americans in Malta and I became good friends with a girl named Jillian from Pennsylvania, who basically was leading a parallel life to my own. We hadn't seen each other since 2008, but kept in touch over the post-college years.
She finally came to Texas because her boyfriend qualified to run in the Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston. She always watches his big races and had planned on coming for months. I was so excited to have a free weekend to meet up with her and see the race.
Now, for the elusive "best friend from Idaho who got me to try out with her." Dun, dun, dun … her name is Keanna and her hubby, Shiloh, (also an Idaho Vandal. Go UI!) got drafted by the Texans. So look who is in Texas after all. We don't always know why things happen the way they do, but having them down here is so awesome. Not to mention their son is the cutest 4.5-month-old ever! I'm not even being a biased "Aunt Nicole."
I scooped up Jillian from the airport in Houston and we drove over to Keanna's house, so they could both meet. They already knew a lot about each other because in Malta, all of my stories about home included Keanna, and when I got home, I talked about Malta incessantly and Jillian was always in those stories! Keanna's husband didn't have to leave with his team until Saturday morning, so it was good seeing him too.
Jillian's boyfriend hooked us up with official Reebok Olympic Trials Marathon t-shirts and "friends and family" VIP passes for the race. Keanna, Jillian, the baby and I all stood in the front row by the starting line and even got to see the top-3 who will be representing the U.S. in the summer Olympics in London cross the finish line. It was such a cool experience.
Her boyfriend did a great job. I can't fathom running that far in the first place, let alone at their pace. During the beginning of the race, the men were averaging a 4 minute, 52 second mile. So crazy to see that kind of athleticism.
After the race, the girls had a healthy lunch at a café called Hungry's (I would highly recommend it!). We then got long overdue mani/pedi combos (thank you again, Keanna!) while the baby totally had all the ladies in the salon swooning over him. Throughout the afternoon of shopping, we were asked several times if we ran the marathon because we were wearing the t-shirts … ugh, no! But I'll take it as a compliment they even thought we could've run that thing.
The big Saturday culminated perfectly with a Miss America watching party and making Jillian endure various dance videos from YouTube, a favorite pastime of Keanna's and mine.
On Sunday morning, we talked over Starbucks and kolaches (Jillian had never had one!) up until I was almost late getting her to the airport. Thankfully I only slightly got lost and had to turn around once before getting her there with 45 minutes until take-off.
I returned to Keanna's to watch the Texans play the Ravens. Of course, I'm loyal to my Cowboys, but I'm so proud of Shiloh's hard work and think it's exciting the Texans went into the playoffs his first year as a rookie. The game they played that Sunday had Keanna, the baby, and I glued to the TV.
I was already missing everyone after driving home that night. Our weekend went by quickly, but we had so much fun! Thank you to my fellow co-workers for covering me. Thank you Chris for qualifying for the Olympic Trials and consequently bringing Jillian to Houston. Thank you Keanna and Shiloh for being the best hosts, and for living only four hours away now. I look forward to planning more fun reunions in the future and, in the meantime, fulfilling more of my "Auntie" roles.
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The minister failed to observe the punctuation, however, and surprised the congregation when he read: "Kenmore Jones, having gone to see his wife, desires the prayers of the congregation for his safety." Whoops!
Never let it be said that punctuation does not matter. For that matter, so does comprehension. Even the context and intentions behind expressions matter.
This was illustrated in a story about an English professor who wrote the following words on the blackboard: "Woman without her man is nothing." He then asked that his students punctuate the sentence correctly.
The men wrote: "Woman, without her man, is nothing."
The women wrote: "Woman. Without her, man is nothing."
It's amazing the difference punctuation makes in a statement. The translation of a sentence might read entirely different. Imagine what a daunting task it must be to translate the Bible.
The Apostle Paul wrote at 2 Timothy 3:16, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God..." and that is what I personally believe.
I do not believe, however, that the translators themselves are inspired by God, thus we have many translations or versions of the Bible. Some translations adhere more closely to what is in the original languages than others.
Some translators, like those students, allow personal beliefs to influence their renderings while other translators may have made a few honest mistakes.
Consider the translation of Luke 23:43, where Jesus was comforting a criminal before both their deaths.
That Greek sentence was translated, "And Jesus said unto him verily I say unto thee today shalt thou be with me in paradise" and translators had to determine where to punctuate that sentence.
Many translations punctuated it this way: "And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." - King James Version.
But wait a second. Did Jesus himself go to paradise on that day? 1Corinthians 15:4 said of Jesus, "... that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."
Jesus did not go to paradise on the same day he died. In fact, after he rose on the third day, Acts 1:1-3 spoke of "... all that Jesus began both to do and teach until the day in which he was taken up ... being seen of them forty days ..."
If Jesus did not go to paradise on that day, some translators concluded he could not be telling the repentant criminal, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." So another translation rendered Luke 23:43 with a different punctuation; "Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in paradise." Is this reasonable? You decide.
Keep in mind that Jesus had said at John 3:5, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." Did this criminal meet those requirements? So where would he be with Jesus and when? How important it is to reason on the Scriptures. Do you enjoy doing so?
Many students of the Bible use several translations to get the full flavor of the inspired scriptures. Some Bible translations even explain why specific texts are translated a certain way. These different versions may help us reason on puzzling scriptures. Then too, others have accepted Bible studies to increase in accurate knowledge. Ask around. There is so much to learn.
Either way, whether we're reading or conversing, what we say and how we say it can make the difference in clear communication or being lost in translation.


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One of the trickier parts of designing interfaces for kids is that "expertise" goes out the window every 2-3 years. A 10-year-old today that has grown up navigating the Web via mouse has drastically different expectations from a 4-year-old trained on iPad games, let alone a 30-year-old designer reared on 14.4K modems and dial-up bulletin boards. This makes UI/UX design quite challenging – one has to be able to look beyond their own (broad and outdated) expectations and understand how a digital native might see their interface, all while identifying the visual metaphors and conventions relevant to an audience with very limited experience/memory.
Example: Toontastic is built around the simple idea of recording your stories through play. As such, the early UI designs featured a big red RECORD button and a big green PLAY button, which we (having grown up with Fisher-Price tapedecks and recordable VCRs) took for granted to be universal conventions. WRONG. Through play-testing a wide range of ages, we observed a pattern: kids roughly 9+ had no problems navigating the UI, but younger children had no idea what a "record button" was – the first wave of a generation of kids raised on DVDs, CDs and other non-recordable media. We quickly swapped out the "conventional" buttons for what you see today, giant blinking green/red START/STOP buttons at the top of the page. Crisis averted.
Question: So if there are no real "experts" or "gurus", then how do I create a great kids product?
Answer: Test it. Relentlessly… and here are 5 tips we've learned along the way:
1. Beware Kitchen Research: Partner with a Children's Museum. Designers should be testing at every turn, but beware the appealing convenience of testing with your kids, your neighbors, or the local school. Repeated exposure breeds familiarity, which in turn leads to false positives (i.e. last week your kid couldn't figure it out, but it's ok this week thanks to that change you made… or so you think). Conversely, museums have new visitors every day! Build a symbiotic partnership with a local children's museum and test there – your "first time user experience" will improve dramatically.
2. Paper Prototypes: Not For Kids. Conventional wisdom has it that designers should burn through as many iterations as they can as quickly as possible, which makes paper prototyping a very helpful tool for User Testing. Young children, however, lack the A) experience/reference and B) cognitive ability to grasp the abstraction of paper prototypes, which can lead to hazardous testing results. A good alternative (still fairly low-fidelity, but far less abstract) is to mockup interactive wireframes on-device using tools like PictureLink and InVision.
3. Dyads = Collaboration = Chatty Kids. The "Talk Aloud Protocol" is an old User Testing standby and a wonderful tool for getting users to explain their actions, expectations, and questions as they navigate through an interface. Asking a kid to do this, of course, is a lot like getting them to tap their head and rub their belly – tricky to say the least. Thankfully, there's an easy workaround: group kids in pairs to test your software and you'll find that they work through it collaboratively, chatting it up as they go.
4. Zip it. No, seriously, don't say a word. There are few things harder for a designer to do than stand back and watch a user stumble through his/her interface. You'll be tempted to gesture, provide a few hints, maybe even prompt with a question. Don't. Let 'em squirm – and take copious notes on every inclination, misstep, and dead-end along the way. As painful as it is, this is BY FAR the most valuable information you'll get from user testing. Barring miraculous advancements in cloning and/or teleportation technologies, you won't be there to help the user once your product ships, so it's better that you're not there now.
5. Make 'em cry. Yes, you read that correctly… now let me explain. One of the hardest questions in any development cycle is "when is the product ready to ship?" You could go on forever trimming and tweaking, of course, but the law of diminishing returns (and microeconomics) dictates that you ship your product once you achieve maximum UX through minimal development. How can you tell when you've hit your UX goal? It's actually quite easy: 1) estimate the timeframe for your ideal User Experience (5 minutes? 10 minutes? A half-hour?), 2) cut the user test short just a few minutes shy of that goal. If the kid walks away ambivalent, keep building. If he/she seems upset, you know you're on to something. If, as sadistic as this may sound, a tear is shed… well, my friend, it's time to shut 'er down and SHIP IT!
Great post! User testing is so important. I especially love your points 3 & 5.
As for paper prototype testing though, I have to disagree. In fact, I just paper prototype tested for a new iPad game this past weekend, with 3 and 4 year olds! It went really well. I wouldn't test a whole app experience with paper, but it's useful to get at whether or not kids in your target age can comprehend specific content, or understand what to do in a certain situation. I didn't bring my iPad with me at all. Instead, I used a print out of the intended game screen, slipped into the front of a binder for durability, and a handful of simulated moveable pieces. I flipped index cards over the "screen" to simulate graphic prompts.
Blue's Clues used to paper test each and every one of their television episodes with preschoolers before animation work began. They made a flip book out of the story, and asked kids questions about the content and story line, to see if they understood.
Keep making great apps! Toontastic is terrific.
Great tips! I've always questioned the "Talk Aloud Protocol" and feel similarly to you: it's great for certain instances but most of the time, especially when there is audio involved, it's just plain confusing. Thanks for this post!
Hey Traci – nice creative technique with the paper prototyping! We've found that rather than printing out wireframes, we just sync them as photos straight to the device and test onscreen. It contextualizes the experience for the kids and establishes the appropriate expectations for standard UI mechanisms (Scrollviews, Pinch-to-Zoom, etc.) With paper, there was a lot of confusion over click vs. touch – is this a web interface or a touchscreen? A lot of those expectations turned out to be implicitly understood, but not explicitly expressed.
Thanks for sharing your great techniques, and please keep 'em coming!
Thanks Christine – glad you enjoyed the post. Have you run into any other good ways to get kids talking aloud?
I could see the photo mockups on the device working better in certain situations. I'll have to try that some time!
As for kids talking aloud… Barbara Chamberlin's group at New Mexico State U has a usability lab, and she said they have a video confessions closet, similar to the one on MTV's The Real World, where kids can record themselves talking about what they thought of the games. They found the kids liked that better than filling out questionnaires, and the kids said more when they didn't have to write it down. If I remember correctly, she spoke about that at Dust or Magic last year, and there's a video of that presentation here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6lpeaUPSc
Very cool! Thanks for sharing Traci, that should be super helpful.
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