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Shopping & Home Decor in Puerto Vallarta
Everyone finds Puerto Vallarta shopping fun because it's so varied, not only in what you can buy, but in where you can find it. Distinctive art forms from all over Mexico await discovery in both ultra-modern and very traditional stores and galleries tucked intriguingly throughout Puerto Vallarta. The Municipal Flea Market with its bevy of colorful stalls is a tourist must, as is the downtown Malecon and the streets surrounding it, eye-poppingly rich with galleries, jewelry stores and designer shops specializing in casual wear. We've got several Puerto Vallarta shopping centers, department stores and supermarkets, as well as a traditional outdoor food market. And pharmacies —some open round the clock— sell many drugs over the counter that would require prescriptions up north. Many shops mentioned here can be easily located by visiting our comprehensive Maps section.
Of course, sooner or later, you will want to put your shopping bags down and pursue other activities. Make sure to check our main What to Do page for a broad variety of options broken down into preference lists!
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|Banderas Bay Trading Company
Constitución 319A Tel: (322) 223-9871
Chock-a-block with antiques, art and crafts, this store in Colonia Emiliano Zapata has a continually changing collection from all over Mexico, Central America and Indonesia. Colorful textiles from Guatemala, pottery from Michoacan are among the many treasures offered.
|CDI - Liverpool
Francisco Medina Ascencio 2920 Tel: (322) 226-2419
At the Centro de Diseño de Interiores we offer services that will allow you to turn your home into what you´ve always imagined; from linens to living room furniture, our designers will be your guides to help you find the harmony and comfort you need.
Plaza Galerías, Av. Francisco Medina Ascencio 2920, Loc. 246 Tel: (322) 221-2849
Dormimundo is the only mattress store that can scientifically determine the best mattress for you, thanks to a free diagnostic tool that matches you with the mattress best suited for your body type and sleeping position.
|Faith Colectiva
Basilio Badillo 314 Tel: (332) 113-0220
Literally "faith collective," this unique gift shop features a carefully curated selection of handmade products that celebrate the soul. Some are made locally, and others, such as their beautiful Guatemalan handbags, are imported from other countries.
|Galería June Rosen López
Francisca Rodríguez 200 Tel: (322) 222-5049
June, jewelry designer and silversmith, New Yorker and Vallarta Resident invites you to her studio-gallery, where you´re welcomed like an old friend and treated to a unique shopping experience.
|Mirage Retractable Screen Systems
Libertad 350 Tel: (322) 223-5483
Contemporary screen doors and windows especially designed, allowing them to retract and virtually disappear from sight.
|Mundo de Cristal
Insurgentes 333 Tel: (322) 222-4157
The sheer size of this hand-blown glass specialty shop makes it worth visiting. And although you won´t see artisans creating onsite, you will find an extraordinary variety of items to decorate your home.
|Todo Vela México
Tel: (322) 105-4840
Todo Vela Mexico (TVM) is "Mexico´s leader in outfitting performance sailors". Located in Cruz de Huanacaxtle on the Bahia de Banderas, the sailing center of Mexico, we are staffed exclusively by experienced sailors.
|Vallarta Yachts
Paradise Village Marina L-14 Tel: (322) 297-2249
Vallarta Yachts specializes in quality vessels, new or used, whether you are looking for sailboat, trawler, express cruiser, motor yacht, sport fisher or multi-hull, we have them! We offer a great selection of cruising boats.
Av. Las Américas 601 Tel: (322) 222-1684
Art, crafts and school supplies.
|Zaragoza Marine
Blvd. Francisco Medina Ascencio 2926 Tel: (322) 226-3232
Zaragoza Marine is a company specializing in the purchase/sale of equipment for marine and water sports such as fishing equipment, boats, inflatables, snorkeling, diving, kayaking, sailing, parts and marine engine parts and other elements of a boat personal or recreational use.
|3.14 Plaza
Avenida de las Palmas 3 Tel: (322) 297-4115
3.14 Plaza is an outdoor, urban-style oasis, ideal for shopping, dining, socializing and relaxing, that combines harmoniously with the residential and office complexes that also form part of the 3.14 Living development.
|ABA Confort
Plaza Iguana Local 21, Av. Francisco Medina Ascencio 2899 Tel: (322) 224-3132
Air conditioner and service company that has trained technicians for optimal service. Among the brands offered highlights DAIKIN McQuay an established brand that delivers engineered, flexible solutions for commercial, industrial and institutional heating, ventilation and air-conditioning needs.
|Alfarería Tlaquepaque
México 1100 Tel: (322) 223-2121
The most established handicraft shop in town, where owners have been personally offering for over 40 years a wide variety of vases, jars, glasses, ashtrays, pots in ceramic, talavera, clay, blown glass and wood and prehispanic idols in all sizes painted by artisans from all over Mexico, is a must-see.
|Amparo Taylor
Plaza Península L-C16 Tel: (322) 290-3205
Add distinction to your home with exotic furniture lines and the most extensive assortment of fine fabrics and carpets for home projects and decorating.
Carretera a Tepic 5324 Tel: (322) 290-3235
A wide variety of tiles, showers, bathroom furniture, valves, floors, skirtings and trims.
Carretera a Tepic 381, Next to Plaza del Faro Tel: (329) 296-5768
Maintenance free, eco-friendly PVC door and window systems, manufactured with avant-garde technology. Frameless tempered glass walls, doors and railings.
|Arte Primitivo
Plaza Neptuno L-E1 Tel: (322) 209-0473
Since 1990 Arte Primitivo´s owner has traveled extensively, month by month, collecting objects from exotic countries, from antiques rescued in lost temples to furniture created by award winning designers.
Av. Revolución 40 Tel: (322) 227-2044
Artefakto specializes in one-of-a-kind Mexican antique clay pots, rustic furniture and accents, as well as a variety of carefully chosen home accessories that will undoubtedly imbue your home with an authentic Old Mexico feeling.
Plaza Neptuno 1A Tel: (322) 221-2500
This shop brings to Vallarta the finest names in interior decoration offering an extensive enough selection of furnishings and accent pieces to redo every corner of your home.
|Cassandra Shaw Jewelry
Basilio Badillo 276 Tel: (322) 223-9734
Prepare to be wowed by jewelry designer Cassandra Shaw´s bold primal pieces, each an objet d´art in its own right. Cassandra has won the hearts of the fashion forward with her powerful, one-of-a-kind treasures emphasizing fine Mexican silver and stones.
|Christopher Wynn
Púlpito 146 Tel: (322) 222-9390
This adventure in shopping brimming with an eclectic collection of unique treasures specializes in "Old-World hacienda-style" accent pieces, distinctive furniture and fine art.
|Cocinas Mobile
Plaza Iguana L-7 y 8 Tel: (322) 221-3015
European kitchens and appliances, available in elegant modern or traditional designs.
|Curvas Peligrosas
Juarez 178 Tel: (322) 223-5978
Puerto Vallarta´s first and only women´s-sized swimwear store. Curvas Peligrosas has quickly become popular with both tourists and locals as the BEST place to buy cute, sexy, and flattering beachwear and clothing for women of ANY size.
|Diamonds International
31 de Octubre 105 Tel: (322) 223-8005
Diamonds International is the world´s largest duty free jeweler and has locations at every major cruise port throughout the Caribbean. We´ve helped make cruises and Caribbean vacations into something far more special and romantic for couples since 1986.
|El Gran Mueble
Carretera a Tepic 4632 Tel: (322) 221-0988
Gran Mueble is a furniture manufacturer with more than 15 years of experience handling assorted styles, from elegant classics to contemporary, including rattan and tropical furniture.
|El Tio Sam
Francisco Medina Ascencio 2778 Tel: (322) 209-1599
Located across from the Marina Vallarta entrance on Fco. Medina Ascencio, El Tio Sam features the best brands in home appliances at the best prices, such as GE, Kitchen Aid and Frigidaire for your kitchen, Bosch, Maytag and Whirlpool for your laundry room, and Sony for your home entertainment.
|Elements of Design
Aquiles Serdán 242 Tel: (322) 113-0236
A diverse mix of Mexican designer lighting, artistic accessories and decoration products with innovative designs of a contemporary and classical nature in "Defining the Home" created by international interior designers with a passion for quality and design.
Estaciones 20 Tel: (329) 298-0900
The specialists in Solar Energy in México
|Folklore Bazaar
Díaz Ordaz 732 Tel: (322) 113-0044
Aptly named, this shop is a celebration of Mexico´s diverse folk art offerings. Their selection includes artists from Jalisco, Chiapas, Michoacan, Oaxaca and Guanajuato, along with Huichol art from the region.
|Galería San Jacinto
Carretera a Tepic 5725 L-1 Tel: (322) 222-0745
San Jacinto´s owners travel the world seeking out exotic, museum-quality treasures. Since 1984, they have enabled local decorators to provide ethnic décor from Africa, Indonesia and the Far East.
|High End Equipos y Cocinas
Carr. 200 Norte & camino a Boca de Tomates Tel: (322) 290-1454
The finest brands in top-quality, lifetime resistant kitchen, bathroom and laundry furnishings and equipment, available in modern or traditional designs.
Blvd. Francisco Medina Ascencio km 6.5 Tel: (322) 221-1555
Interceramic, a top manufacturer and distributor of ceramic tile and natural stone in North America was founded in 1979 by Oscar Almeida, his family and partners. Today, Oscar´s son, Victor Almeida is the chairman and the Chief Executive Officer operating all Interceramic business in Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America, and China.
|Interiores Mexicanos
Francisco Medina Ascencio 2032 Tel: (322) 293-1962
Furniture, accessories, and fine curtain and upholstery textiles primarily from Spain, as well as personalized and professional, interior and architectonic design services.
|Jan Marie Boutique
Lázaro Cárdenas 58 Tel: (329) 298-0303
Unique and stylish Mexican home décor accessories, including custom-designed talavera tableware.
|Kitchen Aid
Carretera a Tepic 5407-A, crucero Las Juntas Tel: (333) 610-2662
This local distributor offers the acclaimed Kitchen Aid line of kitchen products, which began in 1919 with their legendary stand mixer. Kitchen Aid makes top-quality countertop appliances, including blenders, coffeemakers and food processors.
|La Coleccion
Francisco I Madero 272 Tel: (223) 4236
La Colección produces high quality, hand-crafted furniture and decorative accessories. All products are made entirely by hand by some of Mexico´s most accomplished artisans.
|La Europea
Paseo de la Marina 121 L-23 y 24 Tel: (322) 221-3097
Winery & Vineyard, Food & Beverage, Service & Distribution.
Juárez 867 Tel: (322) 226-9100
These modern, air-conditioned department stores carry familiar name brands such as Levi´s, Dockers, Hugo Boss, Vanity women´s wear, Nike sports wear and more.
Francisco Medina Ascencio 2920 Tel: (322) 226-2400
Department store where you´ll find everything from technology, sports, appliances, furniture for your home, office, business.
|Los Mercados
Aquiles Serdan 265 Tel: (322) 222-0383
Los Mercados features a lively combination of small shops within the same space offering a variety of food products. And for the artist in you, a space where you can paint your own ceramic plates and have them fired is also available.
|Lucy´s Cucú Cabaña
Basilio Badillo 295 Tel: (322) 222-1220
A Vallarta landmark, this friendly shop carries an amazing variety of original folk art. Owners Gil Gevins and his wife, Lucy Muñiz, scour the countryside for indigenous crafts, including carved and painted Oaxacan animals, exquisite hand-woven textiles, and colorful creations.
|Mar de Sueños
Av. de Las Redes S/N Tel: (329) 291-5457
In this paradise of sensuality and good taste, the common denominator is making women feel completely feminine. The secret of its charm is that here you can find anything from the most exclusive lingerie to better beachwear, elegant eveningwear and cool linen clothes. La Perla, Italian leader in lingerie and beachwear, is this chic boutique´s specialty.
Galerías Vallarta L-230 Tel: (322) 209-1523
Mexkode features fashion apparel for women along with a few articles for men, created by a handful of extremely successful and talented Mexican haute couture designers, some of which have reached international acclaim and have become favorites of Spanish royalty. Among them are Pineda Covalin, Julia y Renata, Dalia Pascal, Vicky Calderon and Marisol Mercado.
|Mountain Wave Concrete Sink and Design
Tel: (322) 181-5017
Bringing their Park City, Utah-based expertise in custom concrete sink and design to Sayulita in Riviera Nayarit, this innovative company provides virtually endless possibilities in designing and creating one-of-a-kind artistic sinks based on their proven experience or your own ideas.
|Mundo de Azulejos
Venustiano Carranza 374 Tel: (322) 222-5402
The unique talavera tile factory in Puerto Vallarta where you will find all the handmade products to decorate your home spaces.
|Nautica Boats
Paradise Plaza L-C6 Tel: (322) 297-1103
Nautica Boats is a company that specializes in selling vessels of the most important brands worldwide such as Four Winns, Wellcraft, Marquis and Carver.
|No Name Boutique
Paseo Díaz Ordaz 768 Tel: (322) 222-1320
Elegant Mexican-influenced clothing designs for women and men can be purchased at any branch of this locally recognized store. Their lines are casual, created in linen, cotton and other natural fibers. An assortment of shoes, bathing suits, jewelry and accessories will complement your apparel.
|Onix Diseños en Pierdra
Carr. 200 Norte km. 9.5 L-500B Tel: (322) 290-2261
We are a company dedicated to the design, production and marketing of handicrafts and items for home decor, we transform from the most rustic stones that nature has provided; Onyx and Marble, into beautiful works of art.
Basilio Badillo 258 Tel: (322) 222-2988
We dare you to pass these two fabulous stores on the popular South Side without going in! Carrying items master crafted in this country, you´ll discover decorative handicraft, as well as authentic hand-woven and embroidered Mexican dresses and accessories.
|Sergio Bustamante
Juárez 275 Tel: (322) 223-1405
Bustamante´s Puerto Vallarta gallery features permanent exhibitions of his work, including jewelry, pottery, sculptures and oversized pieces. The hundreds of imaginary beings and exquisite jewels in this gallery come directly from the workshop in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, where Bustamante creates his magical world to share with all.
Basilio Badillo 272 Tel: (322) 221-0990
Located in the heart of Basilio Badillo´s eclectic shopping district, this jewelry shop features spectacular items handcrafted with exquisite detail using a variety of natural stones. They also feature a line of elegant, delicately embroidered shawls, along with assorted leather bags.
|Small Vallarta
Paseo Díaz Ordaz 920 Tel: (322) 222-7530
With a variety of shops, restaurants and other services like Señor Frog´s, Carl´s Jr, Diamonds International and Tower Pizza, this new mall with parking lot is excellently located in the heart of town.
|Sofás y Sillones
Plaza Neptuno L-A Tel: (322) 221-0300
Elegant and comfortable custom made sofas, armchairs and cushions. Top quality upholstery textiles, draperies, carpeting and rugs with the latest in color and textures, as well as classic or contemporary accessories such as lamps, paintings, blinds and vases.
Centro Comercial Galerías Vallarta Local 243 Tel: (322) 209-0716
The acclaimed cycling brand launches a local franchise, referred to as a "concept" store, in which you can purchase a very broad selection of bicycles: road, mountain, touring, hybrid, fitness, motocross and more.
|Sucesos Boutique
Hidalgo 113-B Tel: (322) 222-0868
This popular store carries "the Mexican Riviera look" in colorful 100% pre-washed cotton. A great assortment of styles in bright solid hues or hand-painted, each piece is one of a kind. Caftans, dresses, skirts, pants, oversized shirts, jackets, blouses and more.
|Tatehuari Jewelry y Galería
Tercer Mundo 90-A Tel: (311) 258-4490
In San Pancho, unique pieces come to life through the imagination of Galeria Tatehuari owner Susana Sanborn and the craftsmanship of Luis Narvaez. Contemporary, one-of-a-kind pieces are created in .950 silver, high-carat gold and unusual stones, as well as conventional gemstones.
|The River Café Jewelry
Isla Río Cuale L-4A Tel: (322) 223-0788
Exclusive jewelry creations made in silver by award-winning Mexican designers whose modern statements have been sought-after worldwide.
Carretera Tepic 5399 L-2 Tel: (322) 290-2495
Bathroom accessories: faucets, sinks, showers, cabinets, door furnishings and more. Many prestigious brands represented.
Galerías Vallarta L-121 Tel: (322) 209-0103
Originally from Saint-Tropez, Vilebrequin has become the ultimate in men´s swimwear. Throughout its history, the brand has remained true to its original spirit and values, combining freedom and elegance.
|Villaseñor Productos Forestales
Alameda 49 Tel: (322) 225-1595
This fine carpentry workshop specializes in carefully rescuing enormous tree trunks and transforming them into beautiful tabletops by slicing them and exposing their rings.
|Vinos America
Basilio Badillo 284 Tel: (322) 222-0854
The largest wholesale wine and spirits distributer in western Mexico was founded in 1950 and recently opened a branch in Puerto Vallarta.
Basilio Badillo 168 Tel: (322) 147-0858
Delicately flavored truffles and chocolate bars are handcrafted daily using the finest Belgian chocolates at this one-of-a-kind, Canadian-owned shop.


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Purchasing a Personal Computer
When buying a Computer
To make the most of your buying experience, and an idea of the variety of choices facing you, you should do your homework before you buy your computer given that it's a major purchase decision. Listed below are some tips to consider before buying a computer:
Think ahead of time about:
- What you want your computer to do?
- What you want to spend? Don't buy a more complex computer than you need, but at the same time think about what you might want it to do in the future. This will save you time and money in the long-term.
Don't be apprehensive to speak to vendors
- Give details on what you want your computer to do and solicit their recommendations.
If buying on credit, shop around because the vendor may not offer the best deal.
Vendors will sometimes sell computers in bundles that may include a computer, printer and scanner, perhaps a digital camera or various software packages.
- Ask the vendor to take any items out of the bundle that you think you don't want or need, and adjust the price for you.
When ordering make sure that you get and keep copies of all receipts, details of the order, confirmation, e-mail and order numbers of your computer purchase.
When buying online check that the company has a contact address and telephone number in case you need to get in contact with them.
Support and Repair Services
You should think about support options when, or even before, you buy given that computers are not always problem free. Find out exactly what is covered, how long it lasts and how much it costs.
Support services tend to be composed of:
Phone Helpdesk
- Does the vendor provide access to a telephone helpdesk that you can phone for help and/or advice?
- This can be a quick and easy solution, and is regularly the first place you are advised to go if you have a problem.
- Beware you may be charged per call/minute.
Before buying
- Call the helpline to see how easy it is to get through to a person. If you have to wait for an extended period then you should think about buying from another vendor – think about how you would feel if you waited as long to sort out your problem.
Online services
- Does the vendor provide an area on their website for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and where you can ask questions?
- Inquire from the vendor if they provide such a service and how much it will cost you to access it.
Installation services possibly offered by the vendor.
- This may be useful if you haven't used a computer before.
Repair services
The type of repair service offered varies between vendors and manufacturers, so ask before you buy. Pick a vendor that provides the best service for you. If your computer breaks down always check whether it is still covered by a warranty as explained below:
Vendor's Warranty
This will automatically come with the computer. They typically cover repair and/or replacement and may include protection against accidental damage or theft. Read the small print before purchasing your computer or warranty and find out what it covers and how long it lasts. Software is not always covered.
Repair services are commonly organized in one of the following ways:
- On-site repair service. Where an engineer comes out to you to fix the computer.
- Return to Vendor. Where you have to send the computer back to the vendor for repair. You may have to pay the delivery fees for transporting it to and from your home/office.
What about a printer?
Printers are an important piece of equipment to go with your computer. However, buying a printer may not be as straightforward as it seems - check out the information below:
- Before you buy, think about what you need the printer for – do you want to print in black and white only, or color photographs? Will you be doing a lot of printing?
Don't assume...
- that an inexpensive printer is always a good bargain. It may use more ink and therefore be more expensive to run. The best printer for you will depend on more than the initial price.
- Ask the vendor how much the ink cartridges cost BEFORE you buy your printer. They can be expensive - ink can cost more than twice the price of the printer over its lifetime.
- Ask the vendor how many pages an ink cartridge will print and how much it will therefore cost to print per page, for both color and black and white. Ask how many pages it will print per minute to check that it is not too slow.
What about Protecting Your Computer?
How can you protect you investment from power surges. A surge protector will blow a fuse if it gets hit by a rush of electricity, as a result protecting your computer. If you're using a modem, be sure to get a surge protector with a telephone jack included. A surge protector cannot safeguard your computer against a direct lightning strike, the only sure safeguard against lightning strikes is to unplug your computer and modem during a thunderstorm.
What about Protecting Your Data?
The only sure fire way to safeguard the data on your computer is to back it up onto a cd/dvd/flash drive/external drive . . .
Before Buying a Computer have you considered …
How will the computer be used? Do you plan to write papers for a class using word processing software, keep track of your finances or business on a spreadsheet, sending email, surfing the Web, or just playing games? Knowing how you'll use your computer will help you determine what type of minimum requirements the computer needs to have.
The IT Help Desk staff provides computing needs analysis and pre-sales support to the faculty
and staff at CCRI. They will assist in answering your questions and configuring your computer system to meet you requirements. For purchasing advice or more information, please contact us at x1112.
Prior to purchasing your computer, go over the list of the items (hardware and software) that you might consider purchasing. Ask the salesperson questions about the computer you are interested in and jot your notes in the space below.
Laptop or Desktop (Laptop models are portable, and if you travel a lot and need to bring your computer along, this is the logical choice. Desktops have larger screens and are easily expandable).
Processor Type
Processor Speed
RAM (memory)
Hard Drive Capacity
Backup Devices (USB/CD/CD_RW/DVD/DVD_RW external drive)
Sound Card
Monitor: Is it included in the price?
Monitor size
Speakers: (internal/external) Is it included in the price?
Printer: Is it included in the price?
Type of Printer (dot matrix, inkjet, bubble jet, laser)
Modem (internal, external, speed)
Can you set up a fax or voice mail on the modem?
Is there a toll-free technical support phone number?
What cables or items are needed to set up the system? (Surge Protector, printer cable, a power strip or cable to connect the Internet)?
Operating System: (version)
Software Included: (Office/Works/Other)
Antivirus Software Included: (MacAfee/Symantec/Other)
See if the warranty covers manufacturing defects and other problems. Make certain you recognize in particular what is covered under the warranty.
Many vendors offer an extended service agreement which, in reality, increases the length of the warranty. This is entirely up to you to purchase this plan. You need to investigate what is covered and evaluate the price of the warranty opposed to the price of possible repairs.
Does the vendor offer support if you have a question or need technical assistance? What form is the support available in (email/phone/live chat/documentation)?
How long is the Warranty?
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HTC Rezound, Amaze 4G, Sensation and others confirmed to get Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Last time we've heard about it, HTC was still uncertain on what smartphones it would update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. But now the Taiwanese company has made up its mind, announcing a list of handsets that will make the jump to ICS in "early 2012."
The handsets are: the HTC Sensation (original, XL, XE and 4G), Verizon's recently announced Rezound, T-Mobile's Amaze 4G, Sprint's EVO Design 4G, and the EVO 3D. AT&T also independently confirmed that the Vivid is ICS-ready.
This is just "the first wave" of HTC devices that will be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich, so if your phone isn't on the list it doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be stuck with Gingerbread. I'm pretty sure that HTC will also want to bring ICS to handsets like the Desire HD, Droid Incredible 2, and others.
Via HTC (Facebook)


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They must be smarter than us because they can all talk at once.
trees talk to each other
re: trees talk to each other
by Bush_Wacker
Jun. 14, 2012 10:33 am
Of course. Haven't you seen Lord of The Rings?
re: trees talk to each other
by MrsBJLee
Jun. 14, 2012 5:14 pm
I checked out the website you posted and took action but I was suprised that no where did I see them getting involved with the 154 acres of redwoods that a Spanish company wants to level for wine! You did see my post on that issue...right? ?
They should be all over that issue too! Did you see the video that I posted about that issue? Check it out if you have time. I believe it's only about 4 minutes long.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT AND WATCH THIS VIDEO "WORST THAN A CLEARCUT" from the Sierra Club regarding this project.
If the link doesn't work from this website just copy and paste it to your browser address bar.


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API Design Goals: Intuitive APIs4.30.2013
Here at Mozilla, we're currently designing an interface to Firefox's Places API for the Jetpack API. This feature has got me thinking about what qualities make a good API. An interface should enhance, never hinder, and so, to distill this thought into crude words, we want to provide the most intuitive and flexible interface possible to our add-on developers. From our perspective, we also want our features to be maintainable. While these terms may sound like buzzwords, they provide a standard and verifiable vocabulary for discussing API design, allowing us to ignore arguments of object-oriented versus functional, inheritence versus composition, comma-first, required semi-colons, and the like, as these are all building blocks to achieve the goal of a good API. A means to an end.
Let's start by defining what makes an API intuitive. We can take a closer look at flexibility and maintainability in future posts.
The Interface
In the weeks before I joined Mozilla's Addon-SDK team, friends and family often asked about the kind of work we do here. This meant I had to explain what an API is, to an audience of non-programmers. The best metaphor I could come up with is an arcade cabinet. We make the buttons and joysticks (API) that interfaces with the arcade guts (Firefox) so that developers (the players) can just play without having to understand how the cabinet guts work. Some libraries are small utility modules that just expose one method (Pac Man), and then there are giant libraries that require a huge surface area due to complexity (flight simulators). The main point is that joysticks are used in arcade machines because they're intuitive.
Now, buckle up -- this metaphor is useful for interface designers as well.
Consistency -> Intuitive
An API that's intuitive just works how one would expect it to. If a developer can glance over some documentation and begin with some trial and error, that's a good start. An intuitive API is a desirable goal since it means the users spend less time learning and more time doing. We can go up to most arcade machines and figure out what is up. Hit some buttons, move around the joystick, learn from visual feedback. We have this knowledge because we've interfaced with buttons and similar controllers before. That's the goal of an API: for a developer to spend a few minutes assessing the lay of the land, only to realize it feels pleasantly familiar. Ultimately, the API becomes a part of a developer's toolbelt, not dissimilar to standard libraries. They know how the joystick and buttons work.
If users of the library do the equivilent of putting the joystick and buttons in their mouths, you're doing something wrong.
Simple libraries, like most components or Substack-style npm modules, can achieve an intuitive interface with a small surface area, doing one thing and one thing well. Libraries like underscore is just a collection of small modular utilities exposed under a single namespace resulting in a clean, intuitive interface. Larger libraries require a bit more finesse, and leveraging what knowledge you assume the user has deep in their brain already. This is your flight simulator.
Consistency leads to an intuitive design. Designers can create consistency by tapping into users' existing knowledge.
Design for the environment. Use existing language and platform idioms -- in JavaScript, using
camelCase versus
snake_case. Your node.js module better be asynchronous and your callbacks should follow the idiomatic node callback signature with an
error in first position. Your jQuery plugin better return
this and be chainable. When designing APIs for Jetpack, we think about how they can be similar to other modules in the SDK.
Design for the audience. jQuery uses CSS selectors for creating jQuery objects and has become a popular gateway into JavaScript from HTML/CSS. John Resig took the knowledge front-end developers already had (selectors) and applied it to a new world for the same audience.
Design for the library itself. Be consistent throughout your own library. If a method is named
getProp, don't name the setter
setProperty. Don't have
getID in one place and
getId in another. Mostly semantic, use the same naming conventions, rules, abbreviations and limitations throughout the library. Naming is an artistic balance between clarity and not having monster method names.
These are just three examples of sources of knowledge that can inspire a designer when striving for consistency, and there are countless more areas of shared knowledge waiting to be leveraged.
Chai's BDD
Chai's BDD API is an API I really dig as an intuitive assertion library. Many chainable methods solely for the sake of legibility, and every comparison you could possibly want just exists. It has a consistent pattern used which is an
expect call, followed by chainable 'language' properties, ending in an assertion.
An example of Chai's BDD "noun-chain-assertion" pattern:
expect([1,2,3]).to.include(2); expect(15).to.be.equal(15);
Chainable words can also set flags for the final assertion, keeping consistent with Chai's pattern:
// Chain modifiers for negation (not) expect('hello').to.not.be.a('number'); // Modifiers for subsequent comparisons (deep) expect(foo).to.deep.equal({ bar: 'bar' });
What I find most interesting about Chai's API is what inspired the interface. Mimicking Ruby testing libraries like rspec moreso than other JS assertion libraries, a Rails developer may have an easier time picking it up. Above all, it leans on our knowledge of the english language. The language chain is a series of synonymous properties that are used to increase legibility of the form
is, and other verbs and articles. As long as a developer knows atleast one chainable word, they can write tests. As they adopt more synonyms, their tests become closer to a sentence, making both the codebase and test output more semantic.
// Works, but weird phrasing expect(10).to.most(15); // Better! expect(10).to.be.at.most(15); // This works but why would you ever expect(10).is.that.and.have.with.of.at.most(15);
Chai also has a
should BDD interface, similar to that of
expect, where
Object.prototype is extended with the
should property. Still follows the "noun-chain-assertion" pattern, just differs on how the noun is constructed.
var x = [1,2,3]; x.should.have.length(3);
Go forth and harvest humanity's body of knowledge
Hopefully this will spark thinking of intuitive with regard to API design, and what sources of knowledge one can use to influence how a library is used. I imagine things will start to get really fun when ES6 Proxies are everywhere and we can safely implement Ruby's method_missing in JavaScript1. In future posts, I'll address both flexibility and maintainability in API design, and in the meantime dig through some of your favourite source code and docs and see if any of this applies.
What are some other API design goals and good examples of intuitive APIs? What other sources of knowledge can be used when designing them? Pac Man or flight simulators?
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According to various media outlets, FX "Anger Management" star Charlie Sheen is kicking is ex-wife Denise Richards and their daughters Sam, 10 and Lola, eight, out of their home. Sheen purchased the stately home in the exclusive gated Mulholland Estates community where he also lives but unbeknownst to Richards, recently sold it to a friend after a dispute between the two of them.
One source told Radar Online that, "Lawyers for Sheen have been working with Denise in vacating the premises. Charlie, 48, has wanted Denise out for months and that his porn star fiancée Brett Rossie has been pushing for it too." Understandably, Richards is very upset. For one thing, the children's school is less than a five minute drive.
It was revealed in March that Sheen is taking Richards to private mediation. He wants his $55,000 monthly child support payments reduced. Sheen is allegedly taking this course of action because Richards is not allowing him to see his daughters and he thinks it's ridiculous to continue paying that amount.
Ironically, while he may be trying to slight his daughters financially, Sheen and Brooke Mueller, another former wife and mother of his twin boys who Richards once took in her care, seem to be getting along famously after his falling out with Richards.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post2489513345507316336..comments2011-05-26T10:26:45.349-07:00Comments on Hoctro's Place: My First Blogger Template Attempthoc firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-8335235469701849452006-09-08T03:52:00.000-07:002006-09-08T03:52:00.000-07:00@khong co ai Cám ơn bạn nhiều :) Have a nice week...@khong co ai

Cám ơn bạn nhiều :) Have a nice weekend!Hoctrohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-66755226057476356452006-09-08T03:51:00.000-07:002006-09-08T03:51:00.000-07:00@Vivek: I'm glad it works for you! I check on you...@Vivek:

I'm glad it works for you! I check on your homepage and it does work. I feel great!

Thanks for making my site your headline today! This "feed" stuff works so good, as soon as I look at my homepage with your sidebar feed I know my visitors count will have a big jump today! :)

Thanks and keep your ideas and testing coming!

Cheers,Hoctrohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-14636922048720935342006-09-07T23:24:00.000-07:002006-09-07T23:24:00.000-07:00Ok, this week end i will give a try.:)Ok, this week end i will give a try.:)kcahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-46988383499675536122006-09-07T22:54:00.000-07:002006-09-07T22:54:00.000-07:00Yes it has been fixed. Good stuff! I have incorpor...Yes it has been fixed. Good stuff! I have incorporated this hack into my blog. It's looks gr8.Vivek Sanghihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-6867090761303275502006-09-07T20:45:00.000-07:002006-09-07T20:45:00.000-07:00Vivek, your comments on the indented bug is fixed...Vivek,

your comments on the indented bug is fixed. Thanks!!!!Hoctrohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-44908358837082423782006-09-07T09:59:00.000-07:002006-09-07T09:59:00.000-07:00@Ramani: I spent 2 hours fixing it without knowin...@Ramani:

I spent 2 hours fixing it without knowing you had the answer for me. The if statement does not allow a "and" or "or" which makes the code messier. Anyway, I finally found the result by comparing the URL to see if we are seeing the Homepage.

I was mistaken "index" pagetype as "labels" or "archives" ones, that is why I couldnot fix it in the first place.

Anyway, I think it's fixed.

Cheers,

@ Kca:
Hi! If you think of "hacker" in a good, constructive meaning, then yes , I'm a hacker, I guess!

Thanks for stopping by, chúc bạn nhiều sức khỏe, homepage của bạn đẹp lắm!Hoctrohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-53242531384972401992006-09-07T05:57:00.000-07:002006-09-07T05:57:00.000-07:00Ramani & Vivek, The bug is fixed. Please check it...Ramani & Vivek,

The bug is fixed. Please check it out.

Many thanks.Hoctrohttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-39432601885743717982006-09-07T03:10:00.000-07:002006-09-07T03:10:00.000-07:00Vietnam Blogger hacker?!? No, i don t believe it!...Vietnam Blogger hacker?!?

No, i don t believe it!!!

:O) nhe !!!KCAhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-78668185620626762632006-09-06T22:35:00.000-07:002006-09-06T22:35:00.000-07:00Hoctor, pageType for main page is "index". use it ...Hoctor, pageType for main page is "index". use it to show dates for main page as well as item pages.Ramanihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-17047801403140087492006-09-06T20:14:00.000-07:002006-09-06T20:14:00.000-07:00Ramani & Vivek, You are my first two non-vietname...Ramani & Vivek,

You are my first two non-vietnamese guests! This is indeed special, and it'll definitely affect my desision on posting in Vnmese and/or English on advanced Bloggers hacks to reach a wider "audience." Welcome and thanks for stopping by.

@Ramani: Thanks for adding the link to "your neighborhood." I add your Blogger feed to my place too, so I can see the latest hacks from you :-)

@Vivek: I'll look into it. Actually this morning hack was a quick one, I need a real close-up look to make more improvements on this one. I also notice that there are Older Posts, Newer Posts at the end sometimes, and it goes nowhere. I need to clean those up too. Also, I think for different templates there are different effects and side effects :-) maybe?

I'll let you know one way or another.

Thanks again!Hoctrohttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-46556340914110713802006-09-06T18:12:00.000-07:002006-09-06T18:12:00.000-07:00One issue: this hack is affecting the display on t...One issue: this hack is affecting the display on the main page as well. It should work only for the label and archive pages. See images:

Main page without hack

Main page with hackVivek Sanghihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-74979937817798669292006-09-06T17:54:00.000-07:002006-09-06T17:54:00.000-07:00Good stuff! Keep 'em coming.Good stuff! Keep 'em coming.Vivek Sanghihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555010.post-43010301859088326282006-09-06T14:24:00.000-07:002006-09-06T14:24:00.000-07:00Nice writeup, Hoctro! I added a link from my blog ...Nice writeup, Hoctro! I added a link from my blog under Neighborhood hacks.Ramanihttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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If there is one thing that I absolutely suck at it's being the judge of talent. Sometimes I allow the potential someone may have to be productive at a given role overshadow their many shortcomings. To the extent that some of my ex employees used most of their talent to actively avoid doing their job.
I try to remind myself of my ineptitude as the talent judge when I'm on a sales call with someone I know will lead nowhere.
You know the type – multimillion dollar company with a clipart web page on a pwn3d Joomla site. Service questions from someone that apparently started doing IT in 2003. Business issues of scale and business case scenarios that wouldn't even impact the lemonade stand 6 year old on a verge of an epic temper tantrum. Every other word makes me want to hang up – or at least send them to competitors web site for more info – but I stay on and go through the process..
Because money is money and if I was that great of a salesman I sure as hell wouldn't be selling junk mail lockers for pennies. Perspective.
This is the concept that is lost on many: It's not your job to judge and score leads. It's your job to get them to sign on the line which is dotted. Furthermore: The type of the person making an IT decision is changing. It used to be an IT guy. Then the CIO, business owner, manager. These days the research is done even lower in the org. If you let yourself get caught up in the preconceptions on how IT used to be you'll miss out where IT is heading.
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The Bad Plus initially built an audience with a nifty little trick, turning rock and modern pop tunes into thoroughly legit piano jazz numbers. (Most satisfyingly demonstrated, to my mind, with their version of 1980s MTV inevitability "Everybody Wants to Rule the World.") Loathe to fall into formula, however, they've gone on to explore many other roads, usually shooting for and often attaining a nervous balance between melodic accessibility and free jazz intellectualism.
Their latest leap into the creative ether is a surprisingly faithful reworking of Stravinsky's epochal "Rite of Spring." The trio will alternate programs focusing on the Stravinsky (7:30 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. Sunday) with sets emphasizing original material from their upcoming album "Inevitable Western" (7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday) and a kid-friendly matinee (noon Saturday -- will they deconstruct Raffi tunes? One can only dream...) at SFJAZZ. Tickets are $5-$45.
Also worth noting on the Bay Area jazz scene this week:
- Saxophonist Jeff Coffin and his compadres in The Mu'tet map the intersections between jam band and fusion, 8 p.m. Wednesday at Yoshi's San Francisco. $22
- Trumpeter Bill Ortiz tackles the Holy Gospel of post-bop jazz, Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue," 8 and 9:30 p.m. Thursday at SFJAZZ. Advance tickets ($15-$20) are sold out, but you never know what will happen at the door, and you can hear an awful lot just standing on the sidewalk.
- Modern jazz sax whirlwind and New Orleans folklorist Donald Harrison teams up with fusion legends The Headhunters (minus Herbie Hancock) for an 8 p.m. Friday show at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley. $22-$25
- Rachelle Ferrell, a singer with a stunning tonal range and a refreshingly unfussy feel for the standards, shows her stuff at Yoshi's Oakland (8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, 7:30 and 10 p.m. Saturday, $35) and Yoshi's San Francisco (7 and 9:30 p.m. Sunday, $29).
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- Drummer Ali Jackson and his trio play straightahead jazz with imagination and vigor, 4 p.m. Sunday at Piedmont Piano Company in Oakland. $25
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Why Fair Pay is About More than Fairness
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. At the time of the Act's ratification, Congress recognized that paying women a discriminatory salary burdened "commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce," and prevented the "maximum utilization of available labor resources."1 Unfortunately, today the debate regarding equal pay focuses more on fairness than on the socioeconomic benefits that would be obtained by equal pay. People simply believe that it is unfair to pay women less for performing the same jobs as men simply because they are women. However, by using an argument premised on fairness-, a much more powerful rationale is lost. Equal pay not only benefits the women receiving a higher salary and their children and spouses, it also benefits their employers, service providers, and merchandisers. In fact, it benefits the entire economy and society at large because the increased spending would stimulate the economy and reduce dependence on public assistance.2 Therefore, the issue of pay discrimination is about much more than fairness.
In order to forcefully argue for equal pay, the focus of the debate should be shifted away from fairness and towards a more socioeconomic approach. By altering the framing of the debate in this way, measures like the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act will have an improved chance of ratification. In other words, if employers and decision makers are made aware that everyone should be concerned about pay discrimination and not just women, the slow progress towards equal pay may finally gain the strength it needs and deserves.
The last fifty years have been revolutionary for women's rights and women's roles in society. In 1960, 96 percent of lawyers and 94 percent of doctors were white men. Today, white men only account for 61 percent of lawyers and 63 percent of doctors.3 When former Supreme Court Justice Sandra O'Connor graduated from Stanford Law School ranked as third in her class, the only private sector position she could get was one as a legal secretary.4 Today, women account for 45.4 percent of law firm associates (but only 19.5 percent of partners and 15 percent of equity partners).5 Women today are better educated than men, and they have been for more than two decades. Since the early 1980's, women have earned more bachelor's and master's degrees than men, and today women earn more doctoral degrees than men do.6 Women's participation in work outside the home is now equal to that of men and women's earnings are increasingly important to their families' survival and well-being.7
Yet, women still make significantly less than men when performing the same work. When the Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963, women earned only about fifty-nine cents of every dollar men made.8 Today, women make an average of seventy-seven cents of every dollar men make.9 This means that fifty years of legislation against pay discrimination has not brought women more than eighteen cents closer to equality.10 Some argue that women's entrance into traditionally male-dominated professions could be a reason for the wage gap, and that time will close the gap as women earn the same experience and seniority as their male colleagues. However, contrary data shows that men earn more than women—even in professions that have been female dominated for a long time, such as education and nursing. For example, female elementary and middle school teachers earn 85.7 percent of what their male colleagues earn, female social workers earn 89.6 percent, and secondary school teachers 91.4 percent of their male colleagues' salaries.11 The pay gap persists even after factors such as choice of college major (men tend to major in fields such as engineering and computer science, which often lead to higher-paying jobs than typical female-dominated majors such as education and the social sciences) and numbers of hours worked have been accounted for.12 The result is an otherwise unexplained pay gap that can only be the result of gender discrimination.13
The significant change in women's role in society over the last fifty years affects American society at large. With women today comprising half of the U.S. workforce, it would be naïve to think of the pay gap as only a women's issue. It is an issue that directly affects half of the U.S. workforce and indirectly a much larger part through those worker's dependents. For example, in the typical married American household today, the wife's salary accounts for over one third of the family's income. In 2008, 38.1 percent of all American working wives made as much or more than their husbands. In addition, because the industries that were most affected by the Great Recession were male dominated industries, women's earnings have had an increasingly important role for many families since 2009. In 2009, women were the only employed adult in one out of three families with children. Women's salaries are also increasingly important to unmarried women and their children. Today, over one quarter of working mothers are single moms and the sole earner of the family.9
The importance of women's salaries for the American society is further illustrated by the fact that women today make up 77.4 percent of workers in education and health services, which is the fastest growing sector of the U.S. economy. In fact, women comprise the majority share of all but three of the fifteen occupations with the largest projected employment growth between 2006 and 2016. Moreover, women-owned businesses grew at twice the pace as male-owned businesses in the years between 1997 and 2007.9
Lastly, even though women still earn less money than men, they are in charge of the majority of household spending. Women control nearly three quarters of household spending, which translates to over $4 trillion annually.14
These numbers clearly show the crucial role of women's earnings for both their families' well-being and for the potential growth of the economy. With women accounting for half of the U.S. workforce, their salaries comprising one third of their family's income, and with women dominating the fastest growing sectors of the American economy, the importance of women's salaries cannot be stressed enough.15
Forbes contributor Lisa Gates, who discovered that she was being paid less than a male predecessor, points out that by being paid 32 percent less, she was also 32 percent less able to participate in and stimulate the economy by, for example, paying a housekeeper, buying a car, contribute to charity, or travelling to spend time with family.16 Economist Heidi Hartmann further illustrates the economic impact of unfair pay by estimating that the elimination of the gender wage gap would cause a stimulus effect that grows the U.S. economy by at least 3 to 4 percent. Hartmann compares these numbers with the $800 billion economic stimulus package that Congress passed in 2009 which is estimated to have grown the GDP by less than 1.5 percent.17 Moreover, by reducing the number of working women earning unfairly low wages, their dependence on public assistance would also be reduced.18
On January 23, the Paycheck Fairness Act, approved by the House of Representatives in 2009 but twice rejected by the Senate, was reintroduced in the House. The Paycheck Fairness Act was designed to improve the Equal Pay Act of 1963 by, for example, replacing the clause "any other factor other than sex" in the Equal Pay Act with "a bona fide factor other than sex, such as education, training, or experience."19 It would require the employer to show that the differing salary is truly caused by something other than sex, related to job performance, and consistent with business necessity. The bona fide factor requirement would make employers unable to defend any actions that may actually be "based on sex," such as a man's stronger salary negotiation skills or higher previous salary.20 The Paycheck Fairness Act would also prevent employers from firing their employees for sharing salary information with their colleagues, a rule that would be important because it would enable employees to find out about existing pay disparities.21 Moreover, this rule would allow compensatory and punitive damages for any breach.
Opponents to the Paycheck Fairness Act have voiced concerns that the bill would place an unfair burden on employers and that their increased liability could "have a chilling effect on wage growth and hiring at a time when business should be encouraged to increase both."22 It has also been argued that the Paycheck Fairness Act would "mak[e] it difficult for employers to defeat frivolous lawsuits, foster[] larger class action cases, and creat[e] an unprecedented level of remedies regardless of the intent to discriminate."23
Reevaluating how women's earnings are so important to both their immediate families and the economy, these arguments should be addressed and discussed. For example, when programs designed to raise workers' wages in female-dominated job classes were implemented in twenty states in the late 1980's, women in some states gained considerably in non-female-dominated jobs as well as in female-dominated jobs. Therefore, it appears that "the pay equity process stimulated wage increases for women in all jobs."24 Moreover, pay transparency will, among other things, improve employees' work effort and productivity, and will enable employers to correct pay disparities before becoming entangled in expensive litigation.25 By focusing on the economic stimulus that the bill is likely to bring rather than its fairness, its proponents would make a stronger argument for the bill's necessity. Obtaining the necessary support for the bill requires meeting the antagonists' arguments and convincing them of the bill's socioeconomic benefits, rather than trying to convince them of the unfairness of pay discrimination, which no one is questioning.
The shift in legislative framing towards the socioeconomic benefits of equal pay and away from the unfairness of paying women less than men may be required to gain the support necessary to pass important laws such as the Paycheck Fairness Act. Therefore, it is of greatest importance to keep emphasizing that "[t]he gender wage gap comes at a cost to the economy as a whole."26 Women not only have a dominating purchasing power and thereby serve as critical financial decision makers for their households, they also play an increasingly important part in the American labor market. When women are being paid discriminated salaries, they bring home fewer dollars to their families and they have less dollars to spend, with a slower economic growth as a result. It is therefore necessary to stress that eliminating the gender pay gap has the potential to improve not only the conditions for women and their families, but also to strengthen the American economy.
- 1. Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA), Pub. L. No. 88-38, 77 Stat. 56.
- 2. Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1519, 112th Cong. (2011), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1519ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr1519ih.pdf.
- 3. Chrystia Freeland, Equal Rights Makes Sense for U.S. Economy, N.Y. TIMES (May 17, 2012), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/us/18iht-letter18.html?_r=0&g=4711074DFEDA43CF64940C850012FB66.
- 4. Chang-Tai Hsieh et al., The Allocation of Talent and U.S. Economic Growth (Nat'l Bureau of Econ. Research, Working Paper No. 18693, 2012), available at http://www.nber.org/papers/w18693.
- 5. A Current Glance at Women in the Law, ABA (Sep. 2012), http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/marketing/women/current_glance_statistics_2012.authcheckdam.pdf.
- 6. Deborah Thompson Eisenberg, Money, Sex, and Sunshine: A Market-Based Approach to Pay Discrimination, 43 ARIZ. ST. L.J. 951, 973 (2011).
- 7. Heather Boushey, The New Breadwinners, in THE SHRIVER REPORT: A WOMAN'S NATION CHANGES EVERYTHING, CTR. FOR AM. PROGRESS 30 (Heather Boushey & Ann O'Leary eds., Oct. 2009), http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/report/2009/10/16/6789/the-shriver-report/.
- 8. How the Paycheck Fairness Act Will Strengthen the Equal Pay Act, NAT'L WOMEN'S L. CTR. (May 2012), http://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/broadpaycheckfairnessfactsheet.pdf.
- 9. a. b. c. Id.
- 10. More strikingly, between 2001 and 2011, the wage gap decreased less than one percent. Unaffordable: the Wage Gap in Every State, NAT'L WOMEN'S L. CTR. (Apr. 2012), http://www.nwlc.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/2012equalpay-factsheets/allstates_equalpaystatefactsheet.pdf.
- 11. Eisenberg, supra note 6, at 975.
- 12. CHRISTIANNE CORBETT & CATHERINE HILL, AM. ASS'N OF UNIV. WOMEN, GRADUATING TO A PAY GAP: THE EARNINGS OF WOMEN AND MEN ONE YEAR AFTER COLLEGE GRADUATION (Oct. 2012), available at http://www.aauw.org/graduatetoapaygap/.
- 13. REP. CAROLYN B. MALONEY, MAJORITY STAFF OF THE JOINT ECON. COMM., INVEST IN WOMEN, INVEST IN AMERICA: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF WOMEN IN THE U.S. ECONOMY (Dec. 2010) hereinafter INVEST IN WOMEN, INVEST IN AMERICA], available at http://www.jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=57cfaf04-f297-4c61-964b-6321af47db03.
- 14. See generally id.
- 15. Men and women today are much more likely to graduate with debt compared to their parents and grandparents. This is especially troublesome for women, who will face a discriminated paycheck once they begin their post graduation employment. Even though they paid the same amount for their degree as their male peers, they will make less money and their student loan repayments will therefore make up a larger part of their earnings. These women will have less money to spend on themselves and their families. Therefore, women and their families struggling with unpaid debt also lack the ability to stimulate the economy. A large debt further discourages risk tolerance and the ability to start new businesses. John Tozzi, Easing Student Loan Burdens for Entrepreneurs, BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK (Oct. 26, 2011), http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/running_small_business/archives/2011/10/easing_student_loan_burdens_for_entrepreneurs.html.
- 16. Lisa Gates, The Personal and Global Stimulus Effect of Ending the Wage Gap, FORBES.COM (Oct. 30, 2012), http://www.forbes.com/sites/shenegotiates/2012/10/30/the-personal-and-global-stimulus-effect-of-ending-the-wage-gap/.
- 17. Laura Bassett, Closing the Gender Wage Gap Would Create 'Huge' Economic Stimulus, Economists Say, HUFFINGTON POST (Oct. 24, 2012), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/24/gender-wage-gap-economic-stimulus_n_2007588.html.
- 18. Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1519, 112th Cong. (2011), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1519ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr1519ih.pdf.
- 19. Equal Pay Act, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (2011); Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1519, 112th Cong. (2011), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1519ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr1519ih.pdf.
- 20. How the Paycheck Fairness Act Will Strengthen the Equal Pay Act, supra note 8.
- 21. Eisenberg, supra note 6, at 989.
- 22. Elizabeth Dwoskin, Why the Argument Against Fair-Pay Laws Is A Farce, BUSINESSWEEK.COM (June 6, 2012), http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-06/why-the-argument-against-fair-pay-laws-is-a-farce.
- 23. Id.
- 24. Heidi I. Hartmann & Stephanie Aaronson, Pay Equity and Women's Wage Increases: Success In the States, A Model for the Nation, 1 DUKE J. GENDER L. & POL'Y 69, 82 (1994).
- 25. Eisenberg, supra note 6, at 1008.
- 26. INVEST IN WOMEN, INVEST IN AMERICA, supra note 13.


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This is a guest post by Chelle Stein of TalkRehab.org, a site dedicated to the prevention and treatment of drug and alcohol addiction.
I've been following the recent posts on underachieving students and it reminded me of my own days in high school. Back then, my main motivation was making time for drugs and alcohol – not school work and certainly not achieving my true potential. I started using drugs at the age 16 – but my teachers and not even my parents until much, much later ever knew. Hopefully from my own experiences I can help teachers today understand drug and alcohol abuse in teens and ways they can help.
Many underachieving students have the same characteristics as students who are at risk for developing drug and alcohol habits. Self-esteem issues, the high school drama of making friends, not knowing how to cope with problems effectively, or misjudged guidance from parents and caregivers can all cause students to be enticed by the promises and short term results drug or alcohol use offers. Drug or alcohol use can also result in underachieving behavior in a student, especially if the student is behaving differently than they did at the beginning of the school year or in previous classes.
If you looked at the faces of the students in your classroom today, would you be able to recognize which ones are at risk for drug and alcohol problems?
You might have suspicions, but it's very difficult to know for sure and ultimately every student is at risk for using drugs or alcohol at some point in their lifetime. Many students will also go to great lengths to cover up their drug use, making it even more difficult to recognize these students at risk.
Here are some signs to look out for that might help you recognize these students:
- Attendance issues: frequent absences and tardiness, even if excused
- Lack of interest in school functions and extracurricular activities
- Changes in friendships – old friends might no longer be close, new or unlikely friendships begin emerging
- Inconsistent Grades and Completion of Homework Assignments
- Appearance issues – poor hygiene habits or change in clothing style
- Taking classes that require little effort – ie: "slacker classes" (By my senior year, I had three study halls, one lunch period, and two classes I could sleep through and still pass!)
- Parents are uninvolved, often go out of town/work late, or have their own problems
- Clues in the music they listen to, movies they watch, posters in their lockers, or even drawings in a notebook
- Extreme interest/disinterest in class discussions about drug/alcohol use (Some students will test how much they can get away with saying – others don't want to say something incriminating)
- Rollercoaster of Emotions – excited or happy one day, sullen and withdrawn the next
- Short attention span or easily distracted, inability to concentrate or focus
- Your own gut feelings and instincts
If you suspect that one of your students may be using drugs or alcohol, the worst thing you can do is to ignore it or just brush it off as nothing. Each school district should have a plan on what teachers can and should do if they suspect a student is using drugs. Make sure you are familiar with that plan, or if one does not exist to brainstorm with other staff members what would be appropriate.
Here are some other things you can do to help students at risk for drug or alcohol abuse:
- Talk with the student in a non-judgmental, non-confrontational manner to get them to open up to you
- Get parents involved with the student's school work and social life
- Emphasize coping skills for handling stress and difficult situations
- Encourage students to participate in after school activities
- Make students aware of resources they can turn to without getting into trouble
- Be a positive role model
- Stay in tune with student concerns and issues, whether academically related or not
- Work with other teachers and the community to develop stronger drug and alcohol prevention programs
As a teacher, you have an amazing potential influence on the students in your class. Each day is an opportunity to make a difference – and whether it goes acknowledged or not – you do.
If you've had any experiences with handling drug and alcohol abuse in your classroom or have any additional ideas on ways teachers can help students stay off drugs, please share your comments below. You can also contact me directly if you need any additional resources in keeping kids drug free.
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3 Responses to "How Teachers Can Recognize and Help Kids At Risk for Drug Problems"
Elona Hartjes on
January 26th, 2009 6:29 am
Thank you so much for being Teachers at Risk's first guest author and sharing your considerable insight regarding students at-risk for alcohol and drug abuse.
I now have a better understanding of how I can recognize and help my students who have these issues. I'm going to check to see what our school district's plan is if I suspect a student is having alcohol or drug abuse problems.
Your web site http://talkrehab.org is really informative, and I encourage readers to visit and explore it.
chris on
January 26th, 2009 1:27 pm
Back in the old days, most kids took drugs because they had some life issues. They had to go look for the drugs.
Now, with the proliferation of synthetic drugs, ANY child can find drugs without even looking for it. They may just go ahead and take the drugs because kids are just impulsive.
Chelle on
January 27th, 2009 12:03 am
There are so many reasons even "good kids" get involved with drugs – but it is true that in most schools you won't have to look too hard to find them.
Thanks again for the wonderful opportunity to guest post Elona! I hope your readers will find it helpful!
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Freshmen Lorenzo Doss (pictured) and Darion Monroe accounted for six interceptions and 140 tackles.
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New Orleans - Tulane's rookie defensive back combination of true freshmen Lorenzo Doss and Darion Monroe were each named to the 2012 Conference USA All-Freshman team, as selected by the league's 12 head football coaches.
Doss and Monroe are the first Tulane defensive backs named to the league's all-freshman squad since Israel Route in 2003 and it's the first time since 1997 that two TU defensive backs were named to the all-league freshman team.
A native of New Orleans and product of St. Augustine High School, Doss played in all 12 games with nine starts as a true freshman and led the team with five interceptions, the most by a TU player since Sean Lucas' five picks in 2003. Doss tied for second among C-USA players and ranked 11th nationally in interceptions while sitting tied for second in fumble recoveries (1), sixth with 44 tackles and tied for sixth in pass break-ups (2). He was named the Louisiana co-Defensive Player of the Week after picking off a pair of passes and tallying a career-high six tackles vs. UAB. He also had six-tackle performances at UL-Lafayette and UTEP and vs. Rice.
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A picture speaks 1000 words. Our Collaborator in Chief Barack Hussein Obama bows to foreign leaders every chance he gets. His latest is bowing before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on his recent China trip.
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When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it's not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming.
There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to depart for the flight home. US President Barack Obama trip through Asia had already seen him travel 24,000 kilometers, sit through a dozen state banquets, climb the Great Wall of China and shake hands with Korean children. It was high time to take stock of the trip.Barack Obama looked tired on Thursday, as he stood in the Blue House in Seoul, the official residence of the South Korean president. He also seemed irritable and even slightly forlorn. The CNN cameras had already been set up. But then Obama decided not to play along, and not to answer the question he had already been asked several times on his trip: what did he plan to take home with him? Instead, he simply said "thank you, guys," and disappeared. David Axelrod, senior advisor to the president, fielded the journalists' questions in the hallway of the Blue House instead, telling them that the public's expectations had been "too high."
The mood in Obama's foreign policy team is tense following an extended Asia trip that produced no palpable results. The "first Pacific president," as Obama called himself, came as a friend and returned as a stranger. The Asians smiled but made no concessions.
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Wondering how to banish ear pain the natural way? Frequent earaches are a real pain. Earaches can signal a serious medical problem. Consult a doctor for diagnoses of frequent, recurring, long lasting or severe earache pain. Meanwhile, try these natural remedies for quick, temporary or permanent relief.
Pillow prop
It can be quite difficult to sleep at night with an earache. One natural way to help eustachion tubes to drain is by sitting up. At night time try propping the head up with a pillow to sleep. This relieves swelling and pressure as well.
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Warmth can really make a difference in ear pain. Baby oil or natural mineral oil warmed to room temperature in a pan of water can ease earache pain. Use only 2-3 drops of oil in each ear. Do not put any type of liquid in the ear if infection is suspect.
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June 1, 2003
Arizona State 16, UNLV 1
Tempe, Ariz. (Tempe Diablo Stadium)
UNLV Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle
"We knew we were talking a shot today with Adam Lesko. Obviously if Pedroia's ball in the first inning doesn't fall in and we catch it, it might be a different ballgame. I knew if we could get through the first, we might have a shot. I felt like he has pretty good stuff when he's on, but we were taking a shot against a very good club. We didn't lose this game today, we lost it on Friday night.
"It's a travesty in college baseball, it's the most underscholarshipped sport in the NCAA. You've got 11.7 and the average roster is 34. It's a joke. But everybody has injuries. ASU was playing without Rod Allen and you've got to be deep on the mound, and you have to be able to adjust.
When you talk about Arizona State, you talk about one of the premiere programs in the sport for the last 30 or 40 years. At UNLV, we're trying to head in that direction and we're two years in. But we were 46-17. How many teams can say that in the country? Especially at UNLV, to say that about a place that hasn't had a winning season in five years, I'm pretty proud of where we are now.
"We're going to try and be back next year. We need to be a perennial regional team that finishes at the top of our league every year. Then we'll have a chance to host one of these and be a number one seed. I've been a part of an Omaha club, at Tulane, where we went to six regionals. We lost in the first five on the road and we hosted the sixth, and we advanced. There's no secret as to who goes. You also need to be a national seed. And I don't care what the committee says, ASU is not a national seed, they're a top three or four seed in the country. The only other team I've seen this year, either on television or in any sense, that is even remotely close to that club is Fullerton. And the fact that those two teams have to play each other for the right to go to Omaha is unfair."
On ASU Short Stop Dustin Pedroia: "First of all, when I was at Tulane, I set next to Dustin and his parents after the Area Code games and I told him, 'If the NCAA rules allowed me to, I would give you two scholarships.' He is the Pete Rose of College Baseball. I felt like today we hit about 10 of them out there near the grass and anywhere we hit the ball, he just popped up and caught it. "
UNLV First Baseman Fernando Valenzuela
"I hit a couple good balls today and could have had a couple RBI's, but Pedroia made some great plays and Travis Buck made some great plays. You have just got to deal with it. You have to keep on going. When you are behind by six in the first inning, its hard. But we were in it. We hit the ball hard all game, one through nine, but they just didn't fall in for us today.
"We just tried to go out there and score as many runs as we can. We knew we were light on pitching, and everyone in the dugout put their name down and told coach that they were ready to go in. That shows our heart.
"Dustin Pedroia is a great player. He just flew through the air today. He got to balls and threw me out. This was a huge experience. We had a lot of pressure on our team and a lot of underclassmen. We will be back next year and ready to go. We know what we need to work on for next year now. That's what ASU did. Their pitchers threw strikes and kept the ball down and made it tough on us."
ASU Head Coach Pat Murphy
"We played great as a team. Our pitching was great. This is a team effort. Defense and offense all came together today."
"This is great for our guys. The U of A series was great for them, they really took it to them. I am really pumped up for our guys after the U of A series and this weekend. To come close to shutting out a team like UNLV today, who had around 50 hits yesterday is unbelievable. It takes a lot to do something like that and our guys brought it today. "
On ASU Short Stop Dustin Pedroia: "I wouldn't trade him for anything. He is a ball player. He comes to play everyday and take the game personally. He rubs off on everyone else on the team. He really is a special guy."
On the weekend: "The City of Tempe and all of the people who came over from ASU really did a great job. Everything was set up for us the entire weekend. On the field, things went perfectly. Things came together both offensively and defensively for us this weekend. The assistant coaches really did a great job. We were very prepared for every team the entire weekend, especially UNLV. I don't think they (the ASU assistant coaching staff) get the credit that they deserve."
On possibly playing Cal State Fullerton in the Super Regional: "I would pick another team out of the sixteen if I got the choice, but I don't. You get who you get, and now we just have to prepare for them and play our game."
"You shouldn't have to play two games on the last day. It is brutal. To play two games in one day to determine the winner of the regional shouldn't be done."
ASU Shortstop Dustin Pedroia
"I like playing on the faster surface a lot better. You have less reaction time, less time to think about it. It makes it a lot easier to just get out there and play your position. The less time you have to think about it, the less chance there is to make a mistake."
"We wanted to get off to a good start. We didn't want to wait around like we did yesterday. Getting off to an early lead gave us confidence the entire game and the ability to play the game we wanted to play."
ASU Pitcher Ben Thurmond
"I wanted to take it pitch by pitch today. I got out there and threw the ball, once it is out of my hand I don't have control anymore. I trust our defense to make the plays which makes it easier for me to throw my pitches."
On having a six run lead in first inning: "I try not to look at the scoreboard. I go out every inning as though it is 0-0. That way I pitch the same way every inning, every pitch."
ASU Third Baseman Dennis Wyrick
"I don't think of playing at home as motivation. We have played well on the road all year. On the road there is less pressure. You can go out there and be a ball player for a weekend."
On the team hitting well: "It is really a load off of your back when we are playing like that. It's nice to know if you don't get it done, someone behind you will get it done. It is really nice to have that confidence in the entire team. Getting off to any lead is important, especially an early lead. "


text:
Searches for a string of text in a specified table column. The row number for the string is then put into a variable. If there are multiple instances of the string in the column, only the row number for the last instance it returned.
- Works On
- This action gets information from a column in a table, but only actually makes changes to value of a variable in the flow. Table actions can only work with one table at a time. If there are multiple tables in the selection, the string will only be searched for in one.
- Changes Selection
- This action does not change the selection.
- Text To Find Field
- (string) The text to locate.
- In Column Number Field
- (number) The column to search for the text in. Columns are numbered from left to right (including in the international version).
- Start Search From Row Field
- (number) The row to begin searching from. Fuga will search this row and all the rows after it.
- Put Row Number In Drop-down
- The variable to store the row number containing the text.