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Like bare-metal stents, drug-eluting stents (DES) can be placed in diseased coronary arties during an angioplasty procedure. The difference is that drug-eluting stents have a polymer coating containing drugs that are slowly released to limit the growth of scar tissue, thus decreasing the chances for stent restenosis (re-clotting).
New evidence has indicated that drug-eluting stents put patients at risk for developing stent thrombosis – formation of a clot in the stent. If you have suffered an injury from a drug-eluting stent, you may be entitled to receive compensation through a defective product claim.
Months or even years after the tiny drug-eluting stents have been placed within the diseased coronary artery, late stent thrombosis (blood clots) at the site of the stent can occur. Thousands have suffered serious personal injuries and potentially life-threatening conditions like:
Drug-eluting stent manufacturers failed to fully disclose the dangers associated with their products to medical consumers. Additionally, manufacturers initially recommended that patients receive three to six months of blood thinners following stent placement, but studies now show patients needing follow-up care for years after the placement of a drug-eluting stent and possibly long-term blood thinner treatment.
A downside exists to long-term blood thinning treatment to reduce the risk of fatal blood clots. Patients then have the added risk of blood thinning side effects, like:
If you or a loved one has had serious medical problems from the placement of a drug-eluting stent, the attorneys at Jacoby & Meyers can help you receive the compensation you deserve.
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James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy, co-founders of Michelin-starred Pidgin, have opened the doors to their second restaurant, Magpie, on the foodie haven of Heddon Street.
A modern interpretation of the popular dim sum restaurants, Magpie diners will have the fun of choosing their plates and even ready-made cocktails from trolleys wheeled around the restaurant.
In an interview with London Evening Standard earlier this year, Ramsden and Herlihy nodded to the quirky new concept, describing Magpie as "kind of wacky" with "odd but unquestionably lush dishes".
The menu will range from small cold plates of mackerel crudo and Hoi An-style terrine with nukazuke pickles fermented in rice bran, to warming, moreish hot dishes of udon noodles with paitan broth, calabrese sausage and cavolo nero.
Fans of the restaurant duo's ever-changing menu at Pidgin will also be delighted to discover favourites including cod, fried enoki, fermented Jerusalem artichoke and cep oil, will also feature as part of their modern British menu.
Desserts are just as innovative, with creations including strawberry panzanella and olive oil ice cream; chocolate, sorrel gelato and chartreuse cheesecake to name a few.
Alongside such culinary delights, will be a concise wine list with a focus on independent vineyards; wines will be available on tap as well as by the bottle. Ajax Kentish has also created a quirky menu of cocktails including I'm Jim Morrison I'm Dead, a blend of rye, oloroso and cherry liqueur for those with who want to indulge straight from the trolley.
Following the success of Pidgin, critics have already scoped this out as the restaurant scene's must-visit spot. With original dishes from £5 - £30, heavenly cocktails and a gorgeous canopied alfresco terrace, it's no surprise.
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Trip Report 17
- Points: 2
- Trip Dates: August, 1996
- Wilderness Area: Mount Zirkel
- Wilderness Size: 159,935 acres
- Location: Northern Colorado
- Destination: West Fork Lake and both Encampment River Forks
- Total Miles: 16
- Duration: 2 nights
"What the heck was that?" I thought nervously as I lay in my sleeping bag. Something had smacked the side of the tent. A few moments later… WHACK!! Again, something hit the tent, like someone threw a stick or something.
Then I heard a THUMP on the ground just outside the tent, and then another, and another! Then another WHACK on the side of the tent.
"Oh crap, hail!" I realized. I then heard a rumble on the ground from across the valley like a distant stampede. It got closer and louder until suddeny my tent was being battered like crazy and the rumble became a dull roar. I placed my arms over my head thinking that the tent would be ripped to shreds at any moment.
Then, not five minutes later, the hail stopped and only a hard rain continued. Occaisional lightning was followed by that especially deep mountain thunder.
I opened a little hole in the tent entrance and looked outside. The ground was covered in golfballs. Then I remembered that I had taken a tarp with me because I knew my old cheapy pup tent leaked in the rain. That extra tarp over the top probably prevented those hailstones from piercing through the tent and giving me a good pummeling.
This was my second night in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness and I had already sensed by this time why this wild area was one of Colorado's five original wilderness areas designated in 1964.
My hike was the Encampment River Loop, which starts at a trailhead only one mile south of the Wyoming state line. Here the north-flowing Encampment River breaks into two forks, West and East. At the head of the drainage is the West Fork Lake.
I chose to go clockwise up the East Fork and I lost the trail after a couple of miles. No mind, I new the trail followed the East Fork for several miles, so I just happily continued up the stream on relatively open ground. At dusk I still had not regained the trail, so I pitched my tent on the flat top of a grassy knoll a hundred feet or so away from the river.
Next morning I continued cross-country up the stream and before long stumbled upon the main trail. From there the trail continued up the beautiful clear stream. I stopped mid-day for some fishing and caught and released some brookies.
After about 8 or 9 miles I reached West Fork Lake where there were a few other people. Not especially spectacular, the lake has that certain wilderness character shrouded in forest and serene quietness.
I spent some time at the lake, then proceeded down the beautiful West Fork valley. The valley of the West Fork was a little broader and more open than the East, and I found an area a couple hundred yards off trail with so many perfect spots for a campsite that I had difficulty deciding. Finally, I settled on a spot amongst a grove of small trees growing amidst some rock outcroppings.
I did some more fishing and caught a nice brown from the stream. After a pleasant dinner I hit the sack as the hailstorm that would hit about an hour later approached from the west.
On the third day, I hiked the remaining five miles down-valley back to the trailhead and the long, beautiful drive home.
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<Batman> Going to pitch So Many Steve to Extend. Filo with different hairstyles for each of the 27 Steves we have
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you should watch these soccer fail because they are super funny to watch
soccer fails of 2015
Soccer FFA Cup Australia 2015 Highlights
On the weekend I went to the FFA cup final it was really good to go to the Final and I was in the first row. The score was 2-0 and my team won.
Beware disaster
A thunderstorm is coming
You should take cover
Christmas is coming
We need to get ready too
Christmas is so great
Best or Bad Bananas
Bens bananas are the best
Bill bought those bananas
Best banana I ever had
Ben's bananas I'll get a Gann
Brody bought the bananas
Bad banana Brody thought
Never ever I eat that banana
You get those you will die.
A Place to Call Home
this term we are going to start a new topic a Place to call home called Home because it is about refugee and thing about that. this topic might be the best one this year.
5 question I would like to answer is
life as a refugee?
about boat people ?
what is a amylin seeker?
who helps a refugee?
what happened 50 years ago with refugee?
Top 10 soccer goals of 2015
school concert
On the first .Wednesday of school in fourth team was are school concert. It was really great but before we could do the school concert we practised it 2 times before the night. When it started it was great. I think my class was the best and also the other 5/6 class too. The reason why I liked were class was because we all worked together, The reason why I liked 5/6 L one is because they also worked all together and I liked the songs they picked. Everyone did a great job. My class costume was black pant, white shirts, cane and suspenders.
Top 5 worst earthquakes
This term we our doing are project and we got a choice out of 4.the ones are: space, animals adduction, the food chaining and natural disaster and I am doing the natural disaster one because I found it interesting and also I found the space one interesting too but I wanted to do the natural disaster. I think learning about the natural disaster will be fun to learn and I am most interested in is a earthquakes and I have all already learnt two or three new thing about earthquakes and one of them are there are 3000 earthquakes every day but there so small that you don't even notices them and if you don't know what than earthquake is it is when earth starts shaking it is caused by the earth plate to fall out and that is what an earthquake is. The meaning of a natural disaster is when it can hammed to people and building too but if it is not hammed to people it is just natural.
1800 pages
This term in are class we are all reading some sort of book so our teacher made up a task for the whole class to read 1800 by the end of the term and most of our class says we can do it by the end of the term but some of the class think we can not do it.


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If these guys bring their fan base with them, Tres is going to finally splinter at the sides and come crashing down under the weight of so many floor-stomping hick-rockers. Hailing from Bend, Ore., Reckless Kelly moved to music mecca Austin, Texas in 1997. In 1998, and then again in 1999, the quintet was voted "Best Roots Rock Band" at the Austin Music Awards. Billboard magazine took note of the band and featured them in a story about the most prominent up-and-coming Austin Bands. And if that isn't enough, last year voters ranked Reckless Kelly as second in line for the "Best New Band of the Decade" award.
From where they sit, the view from second place ain't bad. Being in second place gives a new band room to move and try new styles without being fenced in by the expectations of their fans. When Reckless was formed by brothers Cody and Willy Braun and friend Chris Schelske, their sound was a whole lotta country and a little bit rock 'n' roll. But the call of the electric guitar siren could not be ignored, and by the time the group's debut album Millican was released, even AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" had been given the Reckless Kelly country-rock treatment.
Currently the band has adopted a rock sound peppered with heavy drumbeats, brazen fiddle playing and lonesome lyrics that recall the rough-edged heartbreak of Willie Nelson, a sound that certain critics are calling "Americana," a label Reckless Kelly has no problem accepting.
You've got to see these boys live to appreciate the energy. Squeeze into your Wranglers and be sure to check out this promising young band up the pass this Friday night. Tickets are $5; call 687-0625.


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When fast food doesn't have to be supersize-me food.
A choice of transit, station and terminal.
Let's go straight for the Terminal.
A base, 5 toppings, sauce, 2 add-ons and a choice of meat.
This goes for $12 for a hefty serving.
This was my choice for today.
A base of soba noodles.
Almonds, mushrooms, carrots, tamago, pickled seaweed.
Apricots and Quinoa.
Tuna Tataki.
With sesame plum dressing. :)
Other than the fact that the tuna was sliced too thin,
everything else was a joy to eat.
A mix of sweet, salty, savoury yum.
Healthy never tasted better.
Ask the staff for their sauce pairing recommendations.
And if you still aren't too sure about your choice of sauce,
make a request for it to be packed separately.
They'll gladly oblige.
And you wouldn't have to worry that the sauce isn't enough.
They always make sure their customers are well fed.
And their takeaway bowls well dressed!
They have an opening promotion now for their branch at 100AM in the Tanjong Pagar area.
Get your bowls here with their one-for-one deal till the 25th of July.
Time to hop on the Shinkansen! :)


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so (co', although the Hebrew might be pointed cewe'; Assyrian Sib'u; Septuagint Segor, Soa; Manetho, Seuechos; Latin Sevechus; Herodotus (ii. 137), Sabakon):
In all probability the "Sabaeo" of Herodotus, the Shabaka, who founded the Ethiopian dynasty, the XXVth of Egyptian kings. His date is given as 715-707 BC (Flinders Petrie, History of Egypt, III, 281), but we may suppose that before his accession to the throne he was entitled to be designated king, as being actually regent. To this So, Hoshea, king of Israel, made an appeal for assistance to enable him to throw off the yoke of the Assyrian Shalmaneser IV (2 Kings 17:3). But Hoshea's submission to So brought him no advantage, for Shalmaneser came up throughout all the land and laid siege to Samaria. Not long after the fall of Samaria, So ventured upon an eastern campaign, and was defeated by Sargon, the successor of Shalmaneser, in the battle of Raphia in 720 BC.
Flinders Petrie, History of Egypt, III, 281; McCurdy, HPM, I, 422; Schrader, COT, I, 261.
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After approximately 17 years of being based on the First floor of the ASRA building at the bottom of Smethwick high street. SAFS are extremely excited to announce the next milestone in our organisation as we prepare to go back to our roots at the Windmill Community Centre in Cape hill!
Exciting times the days are flying by quickly, with less than 2 months to go until our grand 30th Anniversary Gala. It will be a fun filled, night to remember to mark a great milestone for SAFS!
SAFS are excited to announce that once again Dawinder Bansal, Peter Chand and their team from Black Country Touring shall be coming back to SAFS.
They had previously visited our Parents & Carers group last year in 2015 to gather old folk stories for their performance piece 'Tongue, Tied & Twisted'.
We look forward to celebrating our 30 years of providing Health, Social care & Wellbeing services for our children, young people & adults with disabilities, alongside their families on Saturday 4th June 2016.
On Monday 4th April 2016 SAFS carried out a fundraising activity at Cape hill Asda, alongside a small group of our adults who attend our 'lifestyle service', whom all thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to socialise and interact with our local community.
Here at SAFS we kicked started our New Year with a big trip to the Pantomime.
On Friday 22nd January 2016, we treated a group of our adult service users, along with a few of our Parents & Carers support group, to a trip to the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre to watch Peter Pan.
SAFS had been invited as special guests of Itihaas to attend a Hans Raj Hans concert at the Wolverhampton Civic Theatre.
A group of up to 36 Parents, Carers and Families were invited along also for a night of enjoyment and entertainment on behalf of SAFS.
SAFS provide a range of health and social care services in Sandwell and Birmingham and neighbouring boroughs.
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I have been working on a new series of flower illustrations, more of a 'messy' bunch (and unlike my other very-put-together works).
The inspiration came from a lost dream. Last mid-summer we bought a packet of mixed wild flower seeds with beautiful pictures on it, and planted them in rows of colorful planters on our window sill outside. We waited and waited and waited for them to grow, carefully watering and all, but by the end of the season all we got were some sprigs of wild something - no flowers.
So I drew this colorful bunch looking wistfully at the now empty planters stacked outside my window.
Wild Summer, available for purchase here.


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NY state trooper exams scheduled for October
ALBANY — State police are reminding those who'd like to join their ranks that this is the final week to sign up for the entrance exam.
The New York State Police entrance exam is being given for the first time since 2008. Those who pass the test will get on an eligibility list that will remain in effect for four years. The exams will be held each weekend in October at various locations throughout the state.
Candidates must be between 20 and 29 years old and have 60 college credits at the time of appointment.
Online applications must be submitted by Sept. 8.
To apply or get more information, go to www.NYtrooper.com


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Holly. aka Wonder Woman, was Mares night angel, Mine too. Not long after Holly left. Mare had an episode. You experience ALS in all its many facets and then you think it cannot get any worse. And then it does. Up to this point, mare had some breathing difficulties but this morning she really had trouble. It was so hard to see your spouse gasping for air and asking you to help her breathe. I could do nothing except give her medicine. I felt so inadequate. I thought for sure i was going to lose her right there and then. After she caught her breath she wanted me to get in the bed and snuggle. I told her that there is not enough room but i would just hold her. On the medicine and with the mask she has this really sweet, cute voice and has these little voice inflections that make me smile. She looked at me and said with that voice, "I'll scoot over."
The doctor and nurse both came out later in the day. They suggested mare up her dose of Ativan which helps with her anxiety and air hunger. Marilyn agreed to increase her doses from .3 to .5 ml. We had drawn up a bunch of .3's already so the next time i gave her medicine we gave her .3 and then .2 of the other which left .1 in the syringe. I asked her what to do with the left over. She said without missing a beat, "put it in the dog food." For those of you that know our little sadie, you get it. She is a tad bit ADD. I laughed til it hurt.
On top of everything else, mare has had this tummy pain. The doctor was tying to figure out what that was and came to the conclusion that she might have a kidney stone. She has a history of them and it is acting just like one. The treatment is pain meds and lots of water to flush it out. They are coming over friday to run some water through her pic line to see if that will help.
Dr. Paul also discussed sedation therapy for Mares air hunger. He explained to mare how most people with respiratory distress like she is experiencing decide that to avoid that feeling, they go on a drip of ativan at a low dose. Once on this therapy, you are pretty much out of it and sleep most of the time. She has said all along she does not want to go that route but after this episode, she listened to Dr. Paul and said she would consider it. A part of me wants her to do this so she is comfortable. Another part does not as i would not hear that cute little voice tell me again, "'i'll scoot over."
May she have a restful and peaceful sleep.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Bless your heart Jeff, may God bless both of you. Your blog is so touching, thank you for sharing your story. Love Gerry AndersonReplyDelete
That Marilyn is so adorable... I'm so blessed by this blog. You have so many sweet moments to treasure. Will you give her a smooch on the forehead for me, Jeff? And I'd hug you if I was there in person. You are both such a blessing in our life and in that of so many others....our prayers are specifically for Mare's peace and comfort around breathing... as well as the tummy pain. Love to you both.JandBReplyDelete
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Reduced Discoverability in Windows 8
I just finished reading Jakob Nielsen's article Windows 8 - Disappointing Usability for Both Novice and Power Users where the summary reads…
_Hidden features, reduced discoverability, cognitive overhead from dual environment, and reduced power from a single-window UI and low information density. Too bad. _
First of all, I think Jakob's article is pretty well written and rather honest as well. I don't think he's trolling or begging for clicks. I do want to offer some extended thoughts on the matter, however.
Jakob's second point is Windows 8's reduced discoverability. I couldn't agree more, but we can no longer work from an assumption that discoverability is king. We used to worship it and we ended up with a thousand commands on our design surface all conveniently a single click away. We had bloated navigation bars with submenus inside of submenus that all activated on hover (a gesture shackled to the mouse). In short, we had huge swathes of real estate dedicated to things the user might do and places they might go. No more. Now the user enjoys his content and brings up the charms bar when _he_ wants to.
That simplicity comes at a cost though. As Jakob said, Windows 8 amounts to a reduction in discoverability. You may have seen the internet video of someone's poor old dad left to discover Windows 8 on his own. He found his way to the desktop but couldn't find his way back. All he had to do was move his mouse to any corner of the screen or hit the Windows key on his keyboard, but he didn't know that. I think it's safe to say he hadn't discovered all the features yet. If you put a caveman in front of Windows 8, how long would it take him to figure out that he can swipe from an edge of the screen (unless he cheated and watched the introductory animation while setting up his profile).
If you can surmount that hurdle (and a few more) then you'll be well on your way to enjoying your UI and I hope you'll appreciate that it's not trying to put everything front and center. Just for fun, I'd like to make a list of things the caveman (or any of us actually) would not know without being told.
- Swipe in from the left to browse other Store apps
- Swipe in from the right to access charms
- Swipe from the top or bottom to access app bars
- Your preferences are in the Settings charm
- If you want to search your app, you need to go to the Search charm
- To print, you go to the Devices charm
- To select something you swipe down on it (or swipe right if you're in a vertical scroll)
- You can just start typing on the start screen to find things
- Cut, Copy, and Paste are hiding behind a hold gesture
- (and there are likely more)
You know what's way longer than that list? The growing list of things a computer can do, and they can't all fit on the screen at once nor should they. I say leave the interactions for when the user is interested in interacting and requests them, otherwise just show him his content.
As for the remaining points in Jakob's article.
There's no question there are hidden features. When you open a photo and there's nothing on your screen except your photo, you can bet there are hidden features. When your primary user interactions (e.g. app bars, charms bar) are off screen, you can be sure there are hidden features. Once again I want my features to be hidden. Until I want my features. If I have to learn where they are, so be it, but that happens once and doesn't mean I want to look at them on the first page of my app for the rest of my life. I can't agree with cognitive overhead from dual environment because I've never felt any brain pain over the fact that there's a desktop back there. I love it in fact that I have access to all of the legacy features and functions. Reduced power from a single-window UI? Actually, it's not a single-window UI. The desktop is still there and you can use your windows and resize them and everything still. And low information density? Yep, and I really appreciate it too!
Data Presentation
Sometimes it's hard to know what control to use when you're thinking about bringing your data feed into your Windows 8 app. You know you want to bring them in as tiles of some form or another. Maybe you want to do classic square tiles like eBay.
Hopefully, though, you want to add a little bit of flare and personality to yours. You could do something like the Cookbook app. Their primary data point is obviously a recipe and it looks to me like the designers of this app have put them in little Polaroids with shadows and everything.
You could copy the music app that utilizes hero images – larger than average images that communicate a sense of feature or significance.
You could even get trés chic and model Cocktail Flow with their novel, beautiful tiles. They hardly look like tiles, but they still convey that essential Windows 8 design.
Inevitably, you're going to have to make a choice about what control underlies this presentation of data, and eventually you're going to have to implement it.
In this post, I'd like to do a little bit of a study into what control to choose when and why. As usual, I'll be coming from an HTML/JS perspective, so if you're wondering what your options are in XAML, Bing is your friend.
The first thing I want to point out is that not all lists of data are created equal. If you're working on a section of your hub, you're working with a very finite set of data. On the other hand, if your user has chosen to see something like your list of all recipes, then the list could have 10's or 100's of items in it. The two scenarios are candidates for vastly different solutions.
For the former, the hub section, I would employ a grid like what you see in the Music app screenshot above. You know that you have exactly four cells for images (for albums in this case) and you can determine which four albums you want to show and of them which deserves the ginormous featured cell on the left. The advantage to using a grid is that you have ultimate control over its layout. You don't have to stick to symmetric lists of square. You can get funky with the layout and you can change it up too. You can create one layout for features a single item and another for featuring three. It's all up to you (with the permission of your designer friend of course). The downside to using a grid is that you don't get to bind it to an enumerable list of data. That's not much of a problem, however, because again you're only working with a handful or so of items. Also, grids don't have any of the UX yum built in. They don't automatically handle selection for instance, so if you want to allow the user to swipe select multiple entities in your grid, you're going to have to figure out how to do that.
For the latter, the recipe list like you see in the Cookbook app screenshot above, I would employ a ListView. A ListView does have the UX yum built in. It automatically handles invocation, selection, and a lot more. It flows, it pans, it groups, and it wraps. It's really great at what it's made for.
In other scenarios, if you're okay with giving up the yum that a ListView provides, you might want to opt for a FlexBox. Flexboxes give you better control than a ListView over how it's members are laid out, and nothing complicated gets rendered out for each member of the flexbox. If you just inject a bunch of divs into your flexbox then that's all it will contain.
To avoid a merely conceptual post on a developers' blog, allow me to create a quick, custom grid and then populate it with some content.
First, the design. Let me whip out my digitizer pen and draw up a quick grid layout using CorelDRAW (woot!)…
That's the concept. Now for the implementation. I'm only going to layout the seven items in the first section.
First the HTML…
The only thing in that HTML that isn't boilerplate is the div called grid and the seven div's inside. There's one for each of the tiles in our layout. And now on to the CSS which is not a terribly lot longer…
.fancygrid section[role=main] > * {
Great. No JavaScript. As it should be. This is just a matter of layout, so it's a collaborative effort between HTML (our structure) and CSS (our layout and style). The HTML in this case is dead simple. It's just a div with seven div's inside. Our CSS is like that kid in your chemistry lab in high school that did all the work for your whole lab group while you played Nintendo. Slacker.
So let me explain. The first style rule that refers to the main section is just something I do make sure everything in that main section takes on the 120px left margin that characterizes Windows 8 apps. The next rule applies to the grid. You may know by now, but the .fancygrid that preceeds #grid is just there to namespace this rule to this page. The next rule applies to all seven of the child div's of the #grid div. The child combinator (the >) in this case is likely important. If you end up putting content inside of these cells and that content contains any div elements at all, this rule would apply to them if you used a space (the descendent combinator) instead of that greater than sign. So for all seven cells we want to draw a white border and give 5px of space. Why 5px? Because the Windows 8 design principles call for 10px between items and so that would be 5px around each item. Then I'm using the :nth-of-type() pseudo-class to refer to each div according to its position and add the correct -ms-grid properties to put it where it belongs. Notice how the 4th div has a span of 3.
And here's the result…
Now, if you're like me, you see this done once and it looks fine and dandy, but your mind races to imagine the value of something like this in a library primed for reuse. It would be super easy to dynamically add div's and a couple of CSS properties each according to the template selection chosen by the developer. I believe I'll get started on that now. Or perhaps soon. By all means, please beat me to it.
Hope this has been helpful. Now get to work!
Metro Design by Blink Interactive
Last Friday my user group ("The Ocho") met and heard a special presentation on Metro Design thanks to Blink Interactive.
Valentina and Christina are UW students and interns at Blink and gave us a ton of information about user centric design and then the history and concepts behind Metro design.
I promised that I'd post their slide deck for those that want to take a look, so here it is.
If you were there with us, thanks for joining. If you weren't, then look up our next meeting at http://www.meetup.com/theocho. Maybe we'll see you there.
When to Use ViewBoxes and FlexBoxes
HTML and CSS is great, but there's at least one thing that has driven web designers mad for ages - layout. We used to use tables and it worked. We knew their weaknesses, but they worked. Then we were told that tables are for tabular data and div elements are for layout, but divs are wretched creatures. To set divs next to each other one had to float them, but then when finished floating had to be explicitly turned off - argh. Also, divs had no notion of filling vertical space or of controlling the vertical placement of anything within it.
So a myriad of web designers resorted to absolute positioning, browser hacks, jQuery UI positioning, or some other means just to get things to go where they ought.
Enter Windows 8.
Windows 8 allows us to design our Metro style apps using HTML and CSS. In doing so, however, it the CSS standards and Microsoft have given us some facilities to finally place things where we want them.
It's not obvious how everything works though so let me give you a boost. If you start with a Fixed Layout Application (for the record, I think it should be called the Flexible Layout Application) project template you get the right stuff automatically, but here's an explanation so you have the concept as well.
We're dealing with two entities here: the WinJS.UI.ViewBox control and the -ms-flexbox css property value (for the display property).
The purpose of the ViewBox is stated in the documentation. It says that it "Scales a single child element to fill the available space without resizing it. This control reacts to changes in the size of the container as well as changes in size of the child element. For example, a media query may result in a change in aspect ratio."
The first thing I had a hard time wrapping my head around was the overlap between a ViewBox and a FlexBox. Then I discovered that there really isn't any. The ViewBox control is quite simple. It scales the content that it contains but maintains it's aspect ratio.
It works like this…
Note that it does not work like this…
In other words, as it says in the documentation, it scales the contents, but it keeps their proportions.
And that's really the end of it. The ViewBox serves this one purpose.
Now it's time to talk about the flexbox. This is not a WinJS control, but rather an implementation of a CSS3 property. It's not quite a standard property yet because all of the browsers are still implementing it with vendor specific properties and values, but it's close. For Windows 8, we specify a display property with a value of -ms-flexbox to indicate flexbox layout.
The purpose and scope of the flexbox is a bit bigger than the ViewBox. Here's what the W3C spec for the CSS Flexible Box Layout Module says "In the flexbox layout model, the children of a flexbox can be laid out in any direction, and can "flex" their sizes, either growing to fill unused space or shrinking to avoid overflowing the parent. Both horizontal and vertical alignment of the children can be easily manipulated. Nesting of these boxes (horizontal inside vertical, or vertical inside horizontal) can be used to build layouts in two dimensions."
So, like the ViewBox, we still have the concept of the container's content changing in size to fit the container, but this has more to do with a collection of child items.
Additionally, the flexbox offers a lot of properties to specify how it's children are laid out. A quick glance in Blend at the CSS properties on a div in the Flexbox category will enumerate them for you…
Notice first the -ms vendor specific prefix as I mentioned.
To give a thorough description of the possibilities with these properties, I'd be duplicating what's already done quite nicely on the flexbox page on w3.org, so just go there and read the nitty, gritty detail.
The ViewBox is a WinJS control, whereas the flexbox is a CSS property.
The ViewBox always acts on a single child item, but the flexbox can act on multiple child items.
The ViewBox itself changes size to fit it's container as a core feature. The flexbox can be told to scale to 100% either in width or height, but it doesn't have to.
The ViewBox does not extend control over the alignment and scale modes of it's contents, but always does the same thing - scales the child item without changing it's proportion.
All Together Now
Now that you know how different these controls are, consider them together. If you put a flexbox div inside of a ViewBox, you get a really effective layout tool. Try this for your HTML…
With this as the CSS…
.flexy {
What you have now is a flexbox that fills its area well. Look at these simulator screenshots so you can see what this would look like…
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XAML is unarguably the most powerful layout engine I've ever seen, but I really don't feel like there's too much in HTML/CSS that we're missing now with additions like this. It's rather empowering.
Happy layouts!
Art Matters
I'm in a Microsoft building today that I've not been in before. There are a lot of them since I'm a relatively new employee. This one houses a lot of the work that goes into the Windows Phone 7 operating system, and that's pretty cool.
I arrived early for my conference and decided to spend some time meandering. A 3rd floor native told me I should visit the Windows Phone design studio on the 2nd. The design studio looks like a bunch of art supplies, flowers, and rainbows blew up. It's very cool actually.
I'm a propeller head for sure, so it's important to me that a system functions correctly, but I want never to forget that art matters. It matters because it's human like your users. When I picked out my SCUBA gear, for instance, its ability to sustain my existence while I'm under water was certainly high on my priority list, but it was also an assumption for the most part. SCUBA gear wouldn't likely make it to the consumer shelf if it wasn't well tested. So I essentially set that aside and look for gear that I enjoy looking at - gear that makes me feel like a Navy Seal Ninja.
Know that your users are making the same assumptions that your application is going to function as it's intended, and they are going to choose it, keep it, and pay for it based on its art. Is it beautiful? Is it smooth like butter? Is it inspirational.
The Counter Principles of Metro Style Design
Likely you've read the Metro style design principles, but you haven't seen the counter principles yet (because I made them up). Here we go…
1. Show Shame in Mediocrity
To really show shame in mediocrity, just look at about 80% of the apps in any major app marketplace. These apps may get a users attention with a catchy title or a promise to solve some problem, but then they fail to add any value to anyones life. Even if they are not devoid of functional value they fail to provide any user joy.
- Ignore the little things
- Do something different in every little user interaction so you can keep them on their toes
- Embrace chaos
- Deviate slightly from the grid so the user knows something is wrong even though that can't see it
2. Flow Like Peanut Butter
To be clear, peanut butter doesn't flow. Even creamy peanut butter doesn't flow. To meet this counter principle, perform actions synchronously, use while loops that peg the processor, and only use the UI thread.
- Add some offset between the user's finger and the registered touch point
- No transitions or animations… all straight cuts
- Add boring graphics and boring interactions.
- Embrace lag and jitters
3. Be Faux Analog
It's 2012, but give the user a solid 1994 experience by rendering an actual real-life scene and hope they'll figure out which drawer their word processor is in. Even though there's no actual need for a spiral binding, let's add one. It's nostalgic.
- Show a desk or a lobby or some other loose analogy to your navigation model
- Firmly draw your limits at real life paradigms and scenarios
- Expand on the success of Microsoft Bob©
4. Do Less With More
Pack that screen. You have millions of pixels at your disposal. You can use some for navigation, some for commanding, and if there's room left over you can even include your user's content.
- Assure that users can orient themselves to your views within 7.5 minutes
- Adhere to a strict 45 button limit per view
- Give users a sense of adventure as they discover your application
5. Die Alone
- Assume the user is only concerned with doing whatever it is that your app does.
- Assume they don't have friends to share your content with.
- Assume they don't need to find anything of your content
- Assume the user what's to do one thing at a time… always… ever… only
Good Design for App Bar Button Placement
I've watched a few developers port their existing apps over to Windows 8.
The first thing they do is drop all of their UI into their new app and run it to see it work. It's nice to see things work, but Windows 8 is more than just a new API for accessing modern computer hardware. It's a completely new design for user experience as well. So after you drop all of your buttons into your new app and see it work, you should migrate most of those buttons to the app bar.
The app bar, for the uninitiated, is the bar that slides up from the bottom of the screen whenever the user swipes up from off screen (and sometimes it appears all on its own). That app bar is nice. It avoids bothering the user by appearing only when the user requests it.
Here are some questions that developers raise when they're learning to design and develop for Windows 8…
- Why can't I put my buttons on the screen like I always have?
- Okay, fine, but which buttons should I put in the app bar and which should remain on the canvas?
- Do I put the buttons on the left, the right, or what?
- What if they don't all fit?
- How do I control when buttons appear?
I'll take these one at a time…
Why can't I put my buttons on the screen like I always have?
It's because it's 2012 now! The modern trend has been to cram as much information into a user's screen as possible, but we've had enough! When I see so may things I cease to see anything. It's time to take a step back, take a deep breath, and think about what the user is actually doing right now and dedicate every pixel on the screen to it, immersing the user.
Look at the website versus the Metro versions of the Times of India…
Most of the space in the website version is taken up with navigation commands (hyperlinks), which is a good example of an app telling you about "where you might go" instead of telling you where you are and letting the user navigate with the content.
Okay, fine, but which buttons should I put in the app bar and which should remain on the canvas?
First off, most of the buttons should be in the app bar. It won't take long for a user to learn that that's where the interactions are and start to swipe that bar up automatically. Since the app bar is hidden at first (usually), many wonder if their command won't be apparent enough to the user. Keep in mind, however, that when a user draws up the app bar, they are specifically searching for a command. It takes away the need for discoverability and arguably makes your command more apparent - not less.
Some buttons should be on the canvas though. You would decide to put a button on the canvas when it's part of the workflow a user is traversing. A case could be made that the workflow itself is the content at that point. If I'm adding products to my cart and checking out, I'm not here to browse content anymore. I'm engaged in the purchasing workflow. If you're a retailer making a Windows 8 app, I would recommend that you diligently immerse the user in your products and their supporting media to make them love the browsing experience. Then when they decide to checkout, transition them to a slightly more utilitarian mode with canvas buttons and progress feedback.
Do I put the buttons on the left, the right, or what?
In general, the right side is for global commands, and the left side is for contextual commands. There are exceptions, however.
Global commands are those that apply to the entity represented by the current page. If you're on the friend page, then add to favorites is a global command because it applies to the friend.
Contextual commands are those that apply to the entity or entities the user has selected. If you're on the my friends page, then add to favorite is going to require that you swipe select one or more friends and would then be a contextual command.
One exception to this is when you don't have any (and aren't going to have any) contextual commands because you have nothing for the user to select. In this case, the entire app bar can be dedicated to global commands and the left and right sides should be used to separate the most disparate functions. You could, for instance, put your filtering commands on the left and your sort commands on the right.
What if they don't all fit?
If you have more commands then you have app bar, then go vertical by combining commands into menus. For instance, if this is what you have on your app bar…
…then combine all of your filters into one menu and your sorts into another. That would bring 9 buttons down to only 4!
How do I control when buttons appear?
If you're using HTML/JavaScript for your app, the recommended way to add app bar buttons and control when they appear is to declare them all on the default.html file and then in the .js file for each page just control their visibility. This avoids having to manipulate the DOM each time a page is loaded. There are easy functions for doing this such as…
If you're using XAML/C# then (from what Jerry Nixon tells me), you will actually create the app bar buttons on the page where they'll appear.
Finally, don't forget to account for snap view. When your app is snapped, you only have room for 5 app bar command buttons. If you have more then they will wrap up to a second row and it will look funny and your users will laugh at you. And that's not the response you're likely looking for.
Happy commanding!


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This week I saw another article about a mother lying about food allergies so that their vegan lifestyle would be taken seriously. This got me thinking.
Food allergies are a life threatening issue that causes major effects if a food is eaten that one is allergic to. Veganism is a personal choice that as one chooses not to eat any dairy or animal by product. That is a personal choice. No one chooses to have food allergies. No one chooses or likes to experience anaphylaxis.
Restaurants have the ability to accommodate those with food allergies. Some do it better than others though. Sometimes, though, it takes research. Planning, asking, calling, emailing, and inquiring about certain foods, cross contamination, ingredients, and methods used to cook. All that happens before one can eat out. It is a daunting experience, sometimes, to trust others to cook for a food allergic. However, most can effectively do that. Restaurants that are good with food allergies earn respect of others in the food allergy community. If someone says they are "allergic" when it's just a personal choice then that does not build the awareness of food allergies. It is just lying. It discredits the term "food allergy.
Pure, plain, and simple. There are both food allergy aware restaurants and vegan options available for all. Researching and asking questions can help.
Chef Keith Norman is no stranger to food allergies and has dedicated his career to providing options to those with food allergies. Norman presently serves as the food and safety manager and Assistant Executive chef at South Point hotel in Las Vegas. Having met Norman at the Food Allergy Bloggers conference last year, he truly "gets" food allergies and successfully fed many with sensitivities and anaphylactic allergens at the conference. He continues to work with the hotel to assure that those with food allergies and other food difficulties can eat safely. With his team of chefs, they successfully fed all without incident. That, in itself, is a huge accomplishment.
The bottom line is simple. Food allergies are severe and have the potential to cause anaphlyaxis even with the smallest bite. Veganism is a personal choice and will not cause anaphylaxis even with the smallest molecule. While vegans have a choice to avoid all animal derivatives, food allergics must take strict avoidance to the foods that could potentially kill them. The smallest molecule, for me, will cause anaphylaxis. Respect each others beliefs and their personal life choices, yes, but do not lie about food allergies just if you are choosing not to eat something.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
New Find: Amore di Mona chocolate
Anything chocolate peaks my interest. So, when I was browsing an online supplier for specialty foods, Caramela with Crunchy Coffee Beans peaked my interest. On a whim, I ordered a bar from Peanut Free Planet.
I am so glad I did! The texture is like a chewie chocolate bar but with a rich taste like a gourmet chocolate bar would be. The coffee taste was very present but it was a good texture and taste.
What's amazing about this company?
The side of the box says it all. What's not on the box is even more impressive. This company is vegan, gluten free, low-glycemic friendly, raw, organic, and non-GMO certified.
The best part about all this is that the chocolate is top-8 allergy friendly and is making an effort to accommodate those with food allergies.
The box contained three squares of chocolate caramel (like) goodness. I shared it with my family who, for the most part, liked it too.
Amore di Mona Carmela with Crunchy Chocolate Beans rocked my world! I'd like to try their other chocolates soon.
Where to buy?
Whole Foods (in store)
For a complete list of where to buy Amore di Mona chocolate, please visit their website.
I give Amore di Mona two thumbs way up.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Something has got to give
Not trying to be vague but I've been struggling with some decisions that will affect me and my personal life in the next few months. It is taking over my whole life and is a popular discussion.
I HATE this feeling. I want to be happy. I need to be secure.
This has taken several "extra" hours of my time and I am not abandoning my blog. Rest assured, I will continue to post when I can. Just working on a full time position somewhere and something has got to give.
It has been a pretty rough couple of weeks and I am sure the next will be rough too.
I will continue to post on Twitter and IG.
For now, something has got to give!
I HATE this feeling. I want to be happy. I need to be secure.
This has taken several "extra" hours of my time and I am not abandoning my blog. Rest assured, I will continue to post when I can. Just working on a full time position somewhere and something has got to give.
It has been a pretty rough couple of weeks and I am sure the next will be rough too.
I will continue to post on Twitter and IG.
For now, something has got to give!
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Anaphylaxis, it can happen
This week, May 11-17, 2014, is the #FAAW {Food Allergy Awareness week}. Food allergies can occur in anyone and I wanted to write about why I always carry Epi or Epinephrine at all times.
{Photo Credit: Kids with Food Allergies}
Food allergies, for me, did not develop until after the age of 15 or so for me. Don't get me wrong, I have many other allergies. Seasonal, environmental, medication, insects, pollen, and the list goes on. For many, food allergies can occur in children and some may outgrow their allergies. It totally depends on the person. Each case is different.
Anyways, I did not develop food allergies until around 15. For me, they started as daily hives {later discovered to soy, wheat, and more} and my hands would swell {with shellfish|}. After doing my own research and working with my Allergist, I discovered I had many allergies to foods. Today, a single crumb or morsel can send me into anaphylaxis.
My current list of food allergies includes Soy (all forms), Wheat, Gluten, Tree Nuts, Peanuts, Fish, Shellfish, Modified Starches, and Coconut (all forms). That would be six of the Top 8.
I was thinking I was doing pretty good. I had Epi, I had a list of what I couldn't have, and all was dandy. I was wrong.
Anaphylaxis happened even though I was careful!
It happened to cross contamination and soy lecithin as well as fish. I had to use epi as well as have it given to me. Within minutes, my symptoms (hives, swelling, others) lessoned. If it wasn't for epinephrine, I can't think of what today would look like.
Accidents can occur and that is why you always have epi.
A label can be misread and anaphylaxis can occur. That's why you have epi!
A company doesn't list a warning that items are run on the same lines (since warning labels are voluntary) and anaphylaxis occurs.
Epinephrine is the only drug that can reverse Anaphylaxis (source).
If you or someone you know has food allergies or any known anaphylactic allergy, they must carry it on them.
Epinephrine saves lives. I know, I was one of those lives!
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Gluten free Lemon poppy seed muffins
I haven't had lemon poppy seed muffins in years and cracked the code in making GF ones. I will admit that I noshed on them all week and they were delicious reheated too.
Gluten free Lemon poppy seed muffins
Makes: 24 muffins
* 1 1/3 cups sugar
* 3 lemons (zest and juice)
* 2 cups sorghum flour
* 1 cup brown rice flour
* 1/2 cup corn starch (or any other starch)
* 2 teaspoons xanthan or guar gum
* 5 teaspoons baking powder
* 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 1/2 to 2 cups milk
* 4 eggs
* 1 cup (2 sticks) melted butter
* 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
* 4 Tablespoons poppy seeds
Preheat oven to 375*. Line muffin tins.
In a large bowl, zest lemons and add in sugar. Combine until mixture smells like lemons. Add in flours, starch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until combined. Set aside.
In a small bowl, melt butter (I microwaved it). Juice all three lemons and add to butter. Add in eggs, vanilla, and 1 1/2 cups milk. Stir to combine. Pour mixture into dry ingredients bowl and combine. Add reserved milk as needed. Add in poppy seeds and stir to combine.
Scoop a heaping spoon into each lined tin.
Bake for 20-25 minutes. Allow to cool before storing in an air tight container. Muffins last a week (if that).
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One thing about living life strapped to 4 wheels in a Northern climate (well relatively Northern, although there are lots of people living farther North), there is time to plan and ponder. This may or may not be a good thing, depending on the thoughts bouncing around in your coconut. What works for some, doesn't work for others, and maybe our life's missions all differ.
By the time we have reached this age, say 40s or 50s, we have all experienced good and bad. I don't know if we can control this, but from my experience we certainly can influence it.
What do you desire? What rattles your chain? What makes you smile, or laugh? What gives you warm fuzzies inside? Think about it, identify it, think about it ... lots. What seems to happen after a while is ... stuff starts lining up to make your desires happen. Focus on what makes you happy, not what is in the way of your happiness, life seems to give us what we focus on.
I don't know how many times I've thought about a great memory with a close friend, and the phone suddenly rings with him on the other end, far more times than coincidence will allow. I've thought about soaring in the winter (a near-impossibility) and suddenly received an email inviting me to an online glider flight. I've thought about a fine salmon supper with my wife and she'll show up with ... you guessed it ... a fine piece of salmon to be whipped into one of her gourmet meals. It has gotten to where we joke about not wanting any secret thoughts, as the other one will know them!
|Captain Tony's
What rattles my chain? Family love. Great friends. Things that fly. Outdoor fun like camping under palm trees, mountain trails, fishing, hunting, exploring, geocaching etc. I constantly try to remember to put my intentions out there to the world/universe/god, whatever you believe (I don't think it matters what you call it), and it seems to work.
I have no idea what the future holds, but I do know that in my world I have been blessed with an abundance of all that I treasure. I probably get to enjoy as much life and fun as most able-bodied people, I believe it is because I want to.
Religious folks might say it's the "ask and you will receive", new age people might say that the universe provides, some would subscribe to the power of positive thinking or like-attracts-like. They all seem to be right.
The world is our playground, let's all have fun!


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Published: Friday, October 28, 2016 @ 5:42 PM
Marty Schottenheimer, who coached the Cleveland Browns during the 1980s — and to multiple playoff appearances and division titles — has battled Alzheimer's disease for five years.
In a story written by Tony Grossi for ESPN Cleveland , the 73-year-old Schottenheimer announced he had the disease in a phone interview prior to this weekend's 30th anniversary celebration of the 1986 Browns team. Schottenheimer and his wife Pat are attending the event this weekend
"He's in the best of health, (but) sometimes he just doesn't remember everything," Pat told Grossi. "He functions extremely well, plays golf several times a week."
Schottenheimer and general manager Ernie Accorsi built the Browns teams of the 1980s, which were some of the best in the AFC during the era. Fans and critics blasted Schottenheimer for his 2-4 postseason record, and the team's last-second losses to the Broncos in the 1986 and 1987 AFC title games.
He's the last Browns coach to post a winning record, going 46-31 with the team and winning three division titles and making the playoffs four years. No Browns coach since has been over .500, including Bill Bellichick, who led the New England Patriots to four Super Bowl wins.
After the Browns lost to the Houston Oilers in the 1988 Wild Card game, owner Art Modell demanded Schottenheimer change the coaching staff. Schottenheimer refused and quit.
Accorsi said not intervening in the dispute was one of the biggest regrets of his NFL career and a move Schottenheimer was the biggest mistake he made.
"Like I've said a number of times, it was the dumbest thing I did," Schottenheimer told Grossi. "Of all the decisions I made in my life, it's the one I regret the most."
Schottenheimer coached the Kansas City Chiefs for 10 seasons from 1989 to 1998. The team was 101-58-1 and aquired quarterback Joe Montana from the San Francisco 49ers in 1993. He resigned in January 1999. He coached one season for the Washington Redskins in 2001, losing the first five games of the season then winning the next five. The team narrowly missed the playoffs going 8-8, but Schottenheimer was fired by owner Dan Snyder. Hue Jackson, the current Browns coach, was a member of Schottenheimer's staff in Washington.
His last coaching stop was in San Diego, where the team rebounded from a 4-12 record in 2003 to go 12-4 the next season and win the AFC West. The Chargers won two division titles, but lost in two playoff games.


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'BOSH!' is the name of a new online website where vegan recipe videos can be found. This includes a variety of dishes from snacks like Galaxy Donuts to plant-based sushi and even BBQ Pulled Jackfruit Burgers. The vegan videos on BOSH! are short and sweet, demonstrating how quickly and easily most of the recipes posted can come together.
The recipe video site was launched by Henry Firth and Ian Theasby as a means to introduce the masses to food that is exciting and healthy for both people and the planet.
BOSH! was developed as a vegan-friendly alternative to the recipe video site Tasty. While this new venture was launched just days ago, BOSH!'s Facebook fan page reflects that it already has nearly 70,000 followers already.
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Mallard and Cinnamon Teal
The winds were just beginning, but getting strong when I went for an afternoon walk at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary on October 21th. We almost got blown away. At least it felt like that. But birding in bad weather is not necessarily bad birding. (You just have to make sure it is safe to bird wherever you are birding in good or bad weather.) We talked with people who said there was nothing out, but we saw some good birds.
Above is a Mallard and a Cinnamon Teal. I like this picture for a few reasons. One, the colors are good together. The green on the Mallard, the reddish-brown Cinnamon Teal, and the blue water. I also like that it shows both birds in action. Both are dabblers. They get their bills in the water and chomp around for something to eat. Sometimes in deeper water, they lean down into the water so much that you only see their tails sticking out of the water. This photo shows their typical behavior of dabbling in shallow water. The picture also shows a significant size difference. Is this an optical illusion like the size of the pitcher on the mound during a televised baseball game or is it a real size difference? It is a real size difference. A Mallard is an average of 23" long with a 35" wing span. A Cinnamon Teal is only an average of 16" long with a 22" wing span. That is a difference of at least 7 " in length and 13 " for the wing span. The Mallard is over a half a foot longer than the Cinnamon Teal. There are several kinds of teals. Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal and several more exotic kinds. Note that all teals are small ducks.
Cinnamon Teal dabbling in the water and mud for vegetarian goodies. Notice even the eye is red.
Notice both are in breeding plumage. It is October and both have a breeding season that begins in October. The Cinnamon Teal from October through June and the Mallard from October through May. Not all ducks are in breeding plumage at this time of year, but these two are. For me, getting a nice picture of a Cinnamon Teal without its head in the water has been a challenge. I know they have to come up for air sometime. I figure that one of my goals for this fall/winter will be to get a shot or three of a Cinnamon Teal sitting with its head up out of the water. (Yes, I set goals for walks, and goals for seasons. It gives direction to my birding.)
Black-necked Stilt--Himantopus mexicanus making strides across the duck pond. Notice all the little waves from the Santa Ana winds.
Now here is a Black-necked Stilt--Himantopus mexicanus going for a walk. I like Black-necked Stilts. A pair had an unsuccessful nest near the bridge at Bolsa Chica this last summer. It was in a very public place and was probably photographed more than the Killdeer--Charadrius vociferus nest by the path at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. The Black-necked Stilt is a common shore bird. Its body is only 14" long and it has a wind span of only 29" but its legs are very long and red. It gives it height. The legs are very long in relation to its body and that difference is where the name comes from--I am guessing. It kind of looks like what it is, a small bird on stilts. There are often Black-necked Stilts in the first two ponds. The wind blew steadily, and every once in a while the gusts came that made us wonder if we would get blown into the ponds. The birds were laying low in the ponds as the wind blew up on the paths, but they still were getting some wind.
Ruddy Duck Female at San Joaquin Wildlife SanctuaryThere were about 10 or so Ruddy ducks in the second pond on the right. You can always tell them from a distance--and they are usually at a distance--by of their tails. They are stifftail ducks and their tails are at about a 45% angle to their bodies instead of being on the same plane as the body. The female has a line through her cheek. The male has a very white cheek. During breeding season, the male Ruddy has ruddy or reddish body and head and a bright blue bill. He is a is very flashy fellow. Their breeding season runs from March through August. Very different from the Mallard's and the Cinnamon Teal's breeding seasons. The Ruddy only over laps two months. At a length of 15" and a wing span of 18.5" it is not the biggest duck in the pond. They do tend to be in deeper water and in groups swimming rather than wadding. They are often off away from the more travelled area and often sleeping. Look for the 45% tail and the white cheek of the male.
White-faced Ibis, Cinnamon Teal--Anas cyanoptera, and other ducks
Notice how small the White-faced Ibis is. I first noticed it not because of the size but because of its black color with the green sheen. I didn't notice it until we were on our way out because its head was down the first time we passed it. In the pictures I took on the way in, it can clearly be seen in deep water with its head down. The White-faced Ibis is 23 " long and has a 36" wing span. A Mallard is an average of 23" long with a 35" wing span. It is the legs and color and the shape of the long, down-curved bill that draw the eye. But if the bird is foraging in deeper water and has its bill in the water, it just looks like another duck from behind--except for the color. I was looking for an Ibis, since I knew they were here. I just forgot to look at the size in relation to everything else on the pond. So remember the White-faced Ibis is the about the same size as a Mallard. Check groups for the black with the green sheen. In deep water with its bill in the water, you won't have the characteristic legs and bill to id it, and you might not know what it is you are really seeing. Look for the black with the green sheen, and then watch for it to come up for air.
American Avocet--Recurvirostra americana in Winter Plumage. Ripples in the water from the wind.
The American Avocet--Recurvirostra americana has a light reddish brown head in spring and summer and is totally black-and-white in the late fall and winter. It is 18" long and has a 31" wing span. It moves its head back and forth through the water as if it is panning for gold. They tend to hang out with other American Avocets--Recurvirostra americana, Black-necked Stilts--Himantopus mexicanus, Dowitchers, and other shore birds with somewhat longer legs in the shallows, but often not the really, really shallow places. They are often seen in pairs during mating season.
Green-winged Teal--Anas crecca in Breeding Plumage from October until June
So how can I tell that this bird with half its head in the water is a Green-winged Teal--Anas crecca? Well, first of all Green-winged Teals are dabbling duck like the Mallards, the Cinnamon Teal, and the Blue-winged , and this bird is dabbling. Second, the green eye markings and the rufous head. Then the gray color on the upper back and sides below the wing. This is the smallest teal at 14" long and a wing span of 23".
Blue-winged Teal--Anas discorsAnother dabbler braving the winds was the Blue-winged Teal--Anas discors is 15.5" in length and has a wing span of 23". The third teal I saw that day. So if this is a Blue-winged Teal--Anas discors, where is the blue on its wing? Believe it or not, both the Blue-winged Teal and the Cinnamon Teal--Anas cyanoptera both have blue wings. The blue is just on the shoulder and the other feathers hide the blue when the wings are folded closed. If it should stretch its wing or fly, you would see its blue shoulder. So perhaps we should call this teal the Blue-Shouldered Teal. Notice the crescent by the bill. That crescent is diagnostic. This bird is on its way to full breeding plumage. Breeding season is November through June.
Great Blue Heron--Ardea herodias trying to be inconspicuous among the reeds.As we headed for the second pond, we saw a Great Blue Heron--Ardea herodias standing in the path where three ponds come together toward the start of the trail near the Audubon House. It was out for a walk. This is at least the second time we have see a Great Blue Heron walking there. As we walked closer, the Great Blue Heron disappeared into the reeds. When we reached the reeds where he had disappeared, there he was trying to hide. At 46" long with a 72" wing span, that is no easy task.
Remember out in the field, birds can look very different than in the field guide. You may not be able to see the whole bird. The light or angle may not be like the guidebook. And finally, the depth of the water when you are looking at water birds can affect how you are interpreting what you see. You might not know the depth of the water. You might think the bird is bigger than it is. Check the size and color and remember there may be long legs hidden in the water. There could be a White-faced Ibis among the ducks.
Birds in Order of Size, Smallest to Largest
Bird length/wing span/ breeding season
Black-necked Stilt 14" long and it has a wing span of 29"
Ruddy Duck 15" long and a wing span of 18.5" Breeding March through August
Cinnamon Teal 16" long with a 22" wing span Breeding October through June
American Avocet 18" long and has a 31" wing span Breeding March through AugustMallard 23" long with a 35" wing span Breeding October through May
Great Blue Heron 46" long with a 72" wing span
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After work, I called in to the Nene at Lilford to catch some Scarce Chasers basking in the afternoon sun. I quickly lucked out by spotting a pair of Banded Demoiselles in-cop - not my target species, but a photo I've been waiting 8 years to get. I managed a few that I am happy with. There were about 5 Scarce Chaser about and the same number of Hairy Dragonflies too.
Male White-legged Damselfly
Female White-legged Damselfly
Hairy Dragonfly eating a Mayfly
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It's always cool, and often surprising, to see the art we have been working on for weeks or even months finally revealed. But it's rare to see the whole town plastered with it for a few days. Such was the case let week when vmworld 2014 took place in San Francisco's Moscone Center. The theme for this year's event: No Limits. It's vmaware, so virtual machines aren't far from the idea of breaking through walls, breaking through earthly boundaries or limits of the imagination and into space. The brainchild of Audrey Merritt, Thomas Whalen and the creatives at WHM Creative in San Francisco, we were entrusted with creating and rendering the final giga OOH imagery after having been a part of the early pitching and concepting...
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At the moment, I'm an underemployed librarian. I work part-time for Boston ballet
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I am from new Hampshire. I went to school at BC and have been a Bostonian ever since.
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I used to volunteer for the Gifford cat shelter in Brighton.
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Mumbai: Buoyed by their sensational last-ball victory over Chennai Super Kings, a keyed up Mumbai Indians take on strong challengers Royal Challengers Bangalore in a crucial Indian Premier League game, on Wednesday.
While MI have garnered 14 points from 11 matches, RCB are trailing them by three points, having played the same number of games ahead of the high-octane first leg clash.
If MI stopped the Super Kings in their tracks when new recruit Dwayne Smith smashed Ben Hilfenhaus for a six and two fours off the last three balls, RCB were no less impressive in pulling off a thrilling victory over Deccan Chargers.
AB de Villiers` 17-ball unbeaten 47 swung the game RCB`s way and he, along with another in-form batsman Chris Gayle, is a major threat to Mumbai`s hopes of pulling off their fourth straight victory.
A victory for MI would boost the points tally to 16 with four games left and would help them draw level with Delhi Daredevils, albeit with one game less in hand.
But more importantly it would ease the pressure enormously from their shoulders in the red-hot race to the last-four.
A setback for last year`s runners-up RCB would put them under the same sort of difficulties that are being faced by two-time holders Super Kings after their defeat to MI.
In batting RCB have been well-served by left-handed West Indian powerhouse Gayle (433 runs from 10 games) at the top, and classy right-handed South African de Villiers (292 from 11 games) ? who can switch-hit powerfully to spoil the spinners` plans - in the middle.
These two batsmen, averaging 48-plus, have shouldered the responsibility of propping up the Bangalore batting admirably in which another key member - India star Virat Kohli - has, unfortunately, not lived up to the high expectations.
Tilakkaratne Dilshan has settled in the top order well and RCB would be depending a lot on this overseas trio and Kohli in batting against the varied Mumbai attack, spearheaded by speedster Lasith Malinga.
The big worry for RCB is the Kohli`s lack of form. He has scored just 201 runs from 11 games. Mayank Agarwal and Saurabh Tiwary have also not made any significant contribution.
In bowling, RCB have Zaheer Khan and R Vinay Kumar as the leading wicket-takers, but have not used Muthiah Muralitharan - who has taken eight wickets from five games - to the extent expected. He played in the previous game after a lengthy gap.
Left-arm Indian pace spearhead Zaheer's battle with his Mumbai city mate and MI opener Sachin Tendulkar should liven up the proceedings in front of what is going to be another sell-out crowd watching the match under lights.
RCB skipper Daniel Vettori (5 wickets from 9 games) has struggled to take wickets, but can pose challenges to the Mumbai batsmen with his vast experience while the team has the option to field fellow-left arm spinner K P Appanna.
With two wins and as many losses along with a split points verdict against Super Kings in their last five games, RCB seem to have got their campaign back on track and a victory over MI would improve their qualifying hopes.
Their rivals MI are on a roll as they have beaten Deccan Chargers at home, Pune Warriors (away) and the Super Kings in their backyard in successive games.
What was most heartening for MI was Tendulkar regaining his touch against the Super Kings. He played a superb innings of 74 in 44 balls.
Another pleasing fact for MI is inclusion of Smith in the squad. The Caribbean all-rounder delivered the knock-out blow to the Super Kings in the final over with an unbeaten 9-ball 24 and the innings has cemented his place in the eleven.
Malinga, who has emerged as the leading wicket taker in the competition after the game against Super Kings, is the major threat for the Bangalore batsmen with his ability to bowl effectively as first or second change and at the death by using his inch-perfect yorkers.
Skipper Harbhajan Singh has also sprang back to his much-vaunted form and R P Singh too bowled well against the Super Kings, but a question mark remains over Munaf Patel who has gone for plenty in his last few games.
The support bowling from Robin Peterson and Smith did not measure up to the expected levels against the Super Kings and the former might give his place if Kieron Pollard returns after recovering from his right shoulder injury.
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Mumbai Indians: Harbhajan Singh (C), Sachin Tendulkar, Abu Nechim, Amitize Singh, Aiden Blizzard, James Franklin, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Y Chahal, Clint McKay, Herschelle Gibbs, Davy Jacobs, Richard Levi, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, K Yadav, Lasith Malinga, Sushant Marathe, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Robin Peterson, Sujit Nayak, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jaydev Shah, Rudra Pratap Singh, T Suman, Pawan Suyal, Aditya Tare, Apporva Wankhede.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Daniel Vettori (C), Mayank Agarwal, KP Appanna, Prashanth Parameswaran, Arun Karthik, Raju Bhatkal, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Kaif, Abrar Kazi, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Charl Langeveldt, Andrew McDonald, Abhimanyu Mithun, Muttiah Muralitharan, Karun Nair, Dirk Nannes, M Gautam, Ryan Ninan, Asad Pathan, Luke Pomerscback, Harshal Patel, Asad Pathan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rilee Rossouw, Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad, S Thiyagarajan, Saurabh Tiwary, R Vinay Kumar, Vijay Zol.


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Like the name of this recipe: Im stick with apples recipes, Why? I don't know yet... well yes, I'm, because I love apples recipes, hehe.
Also I want to let you know that just this week I return to write my posts back on my blog again, since around 1 month, wow!!!
I can't believe how time flies, just a blink of an eye, and you are weeks from know. It is just me or everyone have this feeling?
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Sticky Apple & Gingerbread Pecan Loaf
150g unsalted butter
150g soft dark brow sugar
150g golden syrup
200ml milk
250g plain flour
1tsp cinnamon
1tsp ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 large free range eggs
50g pecans, roughly chopped
3 balls of stem ginger, chopped
2 eating apples, peeled, cored and chopped into chunks.
Preheat the oven to 180C / 160C fan. Grease and line a 2ltr loaf tin. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a small pan, stir through the milk and allow to cool.
Pour the mixture into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 50 minutes. Cool for five minutes in the tin, the remove to a wire rack.


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A Christmas Melody (2015)
Comedy, Music2015 Year 83 Mins 6.2 Imdb
Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, Kathy Najimy, Kevin Chamberlin
A Christmas Melody is a TV movie starring Lacey Chabert, Brennan Elliott, and Kathy Najimy. A gift of music transports people back to another time and place where they find their truest feelings.
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- Production Co: The Hallmark Channel, Brad Krevoy Television, Magic Carpet Productions
- Released: 18 December 2015
- Imdb Rating: 6.2
- Runtime: 83 Mins.
- Writer: Jennifer Notas Shapiro
- Director: Mariah Carey
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RANGERS have been warned to fix their boardroom split quickly before spooked investors cause the share price to fall.
Alarm bells have been ringing among the club's supporters and shareholders since Record Sport's exclusive on Tuesday revealed a fall-out between Ibrox chairman Malcolm Murray and club owner Charles Green.
Yesterday the tale took another twist as it was reported the board have asked Murray to step down over alleged indiscretions about club matters, following a complaint by two supporters.
These details came to light from a briefing given to our rival papers as they attempted to catch up on our latest trailblazing exclusive from inside the heart of Ibrox. Yet no quotes from that briefing were made attributable to any club official.
Now, amid these latest claims and counter claims, anxious fans chiefs are demanding transparency at a time they believe the club needs to be showing a united front to prove it has stabilised after a turbulent 18 months.
And financial expert Neil Patey, of respected accountancy giants Ernst & Young, has warned the uncertainty threatens to have a negative impact on the club's stock market value – unless swift and decisive action is taken.
Patey said: "Investors and shareholders don't want uncertainty and indecision – they want a clear strategy and a board in full agreement.
"Unexpected departures can be damaging to confidence in the market because it causes confusion and concern that there's not a clear and united purpose in the direction that company is taking.
"So it is important, especially for public quoted companies, to make any changes at boardroom level as quickly as possible because markets react swiftly and that can diminish the share price.
"It's worth pointing out Rangers are slightly less exposed because 40 per cent of those who bought shares are locked in for a year. They are either directors or shareholders who committed to Orderly Market Agreements.
"Another 20 per cent was bought by fans, who are obviously unlikely to seek to offload their shares. However the remaining 40 per cent still represents a significant number of shares that could be sold at any time if investors were to lose confidence."
The club has so far refused to issue an official statement clarifying the details of the power struggle within the boardroom and the reasons behind it.
Andy Kerr, chairman of the Rangers Supporters Assembly, has called for transparency and warned fans could lose confidence in Green if they are not kept fully informed. He said: "After all we have been through over the last 12 to 18 months, uncertainty is what Rangers fans fear most.
"Stability is what we hope for and if it is not there we want to know why. If there is an issue let's clarify it and then clear it up quickly because we cannot allow rumour and innuendo to fester.
"Perception is important at the moment and if this is more than a just a difference of opinion it must be outlined to the support what is happening and what the board plans to do to take the club forward.
"The fans' trust in Charles Green has progressively got better but if this matter isn't handled well and without clear disclosure to the support then people will start to look on him with suspicion again. The fans deserve to be kept informed."


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CIO Moves is a blog dedicated to tracking moves of senior level information technology executives across the USA. If you have a CIO Move to report, please email us.
CIO Moves is published by Samuel Dergel of Dergel Executive Search. You can contact us at (415) 738-2070 or by email.
Samuel Dergel also publishes:
- CFO Moves, dedicated to tracking CFO movement across the USA
- CHRO Moves, tracking CHRO movement across the United States
- Samuel's CFO Blog, provides readers with "An Insider's Insight into the Mind of the CFO"