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April 6th, 2012 (2:48 PM). Edited April 6th, 2012 by Fairy.
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Thank you everyone for your input. I really love how this thread is going so far. I believe, even if this thread dies, nothing but good thing can come from it.
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Looking forward, I just want a stable, fun metagame to play. I built a pretty good OU team and then Excadrill got banned, and then my rebuilt team suffered when Thundurus got banned. Of course. I know Vrai is about to post something about NU and I will follow up with something about Gen 3 OU. I'm especially looking forward to trying out NU which Vrai swears by!
Anti, thank you for your support!
It really sounds like breaking out of this OU revolving door can freshen up this forum. I would love to try something new, and I certainly would if given the proper information (because I'm lazy and I don't want to do the research myself – perhaps others are in this boat also). If a few members are willing to start a series of threads and state a case for why another tier could be better suited for some individuals, (including various information about what Pokemon are commonly used, how battles differ and are therefore more interesting, etc.) members could have access to anything they would need to make an educated decision and build a team. Forever posted a "best tier" thread, I imagine it being something like that but specifically focusing on one tier and how it compares to OU. An "everything you need to know about – inset tier – and resource guide", you know? Can't wait to hear what you and Vrai have to say!
This can also tie in nicely to Wolf's point of trying new tiers / themes = more interest. Posting tier specific, informative threads could be the catalyst that inspires more community driven events and, subsequently, more RMTs and forum activity.
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What I think we should start with is the PC tournament, along with the Community Night. Echoing what I said before with the PC tournament, we could hold different themes after each tournament to keep things interesting. Perhaps we should make a main thread for PC tournament discussion. Then make separate threads for the themed tournaments that can be posted and hosted (
I enjoyed this also
) by different members. The main thread would be for discussing the next theme, deciding on who should host the next tournament, etc. I think this would be a simple and easy way to encourage battling in different tiers (and battling in general) and makes things more interesting around here. Additionally, tournaments technically only need 4 members to work. Obviously, that wouldn't be very exciting, but we have to start somewhere. If we can keep this and Community Night running properly, I'm sure activity will eventually increase and we can then produce slightly bigger events. That isn't counting independent tournaments, as well as PO server tournaments. After that, the main forum might become more active once we have more members to post RMTs and such.
tl;dr: get rid of clans, revive the official pc tournament that consists of themes, and get commnight working again
Wolf, this idea of starting slow (4 player tournaments etc) and allowing this ripple effect to spread throughout the community is very strong. At the end of the day, no one can force anyone to be more active or battle if they no longer find anything in it for them. However, giving the proper incentives to somewhat active members, providing more structure - but not demanding - for commnight, and lessening structure in all the right places, may give other members (old and new) the motivation they need to
just show up and see how it's going.
I know I would at least take the time to visit. Early tournaments don't necessarily have to be exciting. But they do have to occur for a plethora of reasons. Themes can work as an excellent vessel to keep activity up and members interested. And maybe there can be an influx of willing participants and morale once a few tournaments have come and gone successfully. With the current size of the CBC, expecting anymore more may be, as it has been in the past, too overwhelming.
Slow and steady could very well win this race.
: Also, I had an idea for an emblem. I'll include that here cause this seems like the most appropriate place. And yes, I did just see Vrai's amazing NU thread. :>
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have a problem! Keep up those good ideas!
I know the new emblem thing was done way back when in March, but I didn't see it until 5 minutes ago. I think you guys had an emblem like this before too.. but I digress. Obviously, this emblem would be geared toward new members to encourage them to post more RMTs. Kind of plays on the "Ladder Addict" theme. Captions / image / whatnot is yours to alter.
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By Ignacio Rubalcava (USAG BaumholderJanuary 19, 2012
BAUMHOLDER, Germany - Local mayors and German military officials received a look at Baumholder's future from Lt. Col. Sam McAdoo Dec. 12 during a mayor's luncheon at the Rheinlander Community Club.
A key point was the announcement of Baumholder's reporting authority eventually shifting from U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden to U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern.
This move will involve some restructuring of garrison personnel and is expected to be completed in late 2013.
Baumholder is also planning on receiving three additional units that will boost the garrison civilian and military population slightly. The 720th Explosives Detachment, the 51st Transportation Company and the 421st Medical Battalion Headquarters are expected to arrive this summer. "I think that's a total of maybe 175 Soldiers and their family members," said McAdoo.
Baumholder facilities and future construction were also high on the commander's agenda.
"There is nothing that our Soldiers and families really have to leave Baumholder for, because all of our services are here," said McAdoo.
There are exceptions if special medical care is needed or if there is something special that Soldiers or family members may want to purchase.
"But, by and large, day to day, Soldiers and their families can stay right here in Baumholder, in this area and do all their shopping and take care of all their needs," said McAdoo.
Training opportunities also abound in Baumholder for units that are here, and that's what McAdoo told the local officials. "We've got the 7th Army Joint Military Training Support Center here that provides some of the simulators, whether it's tank simulators, or artillery simulators, or the whole gamut of combat arms simulators.
"The second part of that is our partnership with the German army and their ability to support us in the larger training areas if we want to do some maneuvers or use the firing ranges," said McAdoo.
A high operations tempo has kept Baumholder Soldiers busy with training and supporting numerous military operations since 1993. So the training opportunities here have been a great plus for the Soldiers.
"From 1993 up through 2011 this community has been pretty busy supporting those military operations," said McAdoo.
"Over that period we've had to not only support those operations but we've slowly started drawing down some of our forces on the local national side and on the military side. We've been given guidance to reduce."
The housing area in Neubruecke along with Strass-burg Kaserne have closed "and all the while we still need to support an active military community as they go into combat operations," said McAdoo.
In sharp contrast to reducing the Baumholder military footprint, numerous initiatives are either under way or on the drawing board that reflect Baumholder's endurance, at least for the near future.
An array of construction projects are now in progress. Roads are under repair, back- hoes are digging trenches for new heating lines. Housing units have been evacuated and are ready to be demolished to make room for new townhouses. The clinic facility is receiving a much needed face lift -- the list goes on.
Forecasted quality-of-life projects not readily visible include a new middle school and a brand-new high school. "Military construction is also looking at a new firing range,but I don't know if there is a date associated with that," said McAdoo. Other improvements include a new Warrior Zone, a youth center, bowling center upgrades, Army lodging upgrades, PX and Shoppette expansions and an upgraded Auto Skills Center.
"All of this stuff starts to add up and when you look at the total, between fiscal year 10 and FY 18, over that period, what's going to be invested in Baumholder is half a billion dollars," said McAdoo.
Building new facilities and developing the garrison helps improve the quality of life for Soldiers and their families but the garrison is also putting a strong emphasis on protecting the environment and helping to conserve and protect Germany's national resources. Some of the environmental initiatives the garrison is undertaking, in conjunction with the city, include the recently launched recycling program, an environmental program and an energy program. " We continue to push ourselves forward in trying to recycle as much as we can and working in partnership with private organizations and private business to reduce our costs here on the garrison," said McAdoo.
The garrison is also working on establishing a bio- mass energy plant and "we're pushing for a meter reading system of our buildings so we know how much each building is using, so we can then put pressure on folks to reduce their energy costs," said McAdoo.
"I think that for the foreseeable future, Baumholder is going to be a thriving community. There's lots of investment going on here and I need your help, to the extent that you can help me, in supporting potential housing off the installation as we start to rightsize more and more units and lose our total population of available units.
"The takeaway is, there is a lot of money being spent, Baumholder is going to stay around awhile. That's a good news story."


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Banco do Brasil, Bradesco to Buy Stake in BES Africa
Banco do Brasil SA and rival Banco Bradesco SA agreed to acquire stakes in BES Africa, a Banco Espirito Santo SA holding company that makes investments on the continent, as the Brazilian banks expand international operations.
Banco Espirito Santo, Portugal's biggest publicly traded bank by market value, said today that Banco do Brasil and Bradesco are entering a partnership with its African holding company to acquire stakes in financial institutions based in Africa, according to a regulatory filing.
"It's very positive to have Brazilian banks operating abroad, not only to expand their businesses but also to help Brazilian citizens that work in other countries and companies that have operations abroad," Finance Minister Guido Mantega said today in Sao Paulo at a news conference to announce the African partnership.
Banco do Brasil, Latin America's biggest bank by assets, raised 9.76 billion reais ($5.54 billion) in July in a stock offering to expand abroad and increase lending. The Brasilia- based bank in April made its first international acquisition, paying $480 million for a controlling stake in Banco Patagonia SA, Argentina's third-largest bank by market value, joining competitors Bradesco and Itau Unibanco Holdings SA to expand abroad.
Banco do Brasil is considering acquisitions in the U.S. and has identified a few possible names, Aldemir Bendine, the bank's president, said today at the news conference. He didn't provide further details.
Bradesco, Brazil's second-biggest lender by market value, said in April it would hire 40 people for its asset-management division to expand in Latin America, Europe, the U.S. and Japan. BRAM, as Bradesco's asset management unit is known, said one-third of the new hires would work outside Brazil to sell Brazilian-asset funds and lure capital to local markets.
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Simon: Mall Bid Should Be Accepted
Mall giant Simon Property Group Inc. SPG 1.77 % warned General Growth Properties Inc. late Wednesday that Simon might drop its $10 billion takeover bid for the company or go hostile if General Growth didn't come to the bargaining table soon.
David Simon, the chief executive and chairman of the country's largest mall company, said in a letter to General Growth that its plan to go through a lengthy process of weighing a number of competing offers and recapitalization strategies was endangering creditors. "Time is passing and General Growth is inappropriately speculating with creditors' money," the letter states.
The letter marked the latest salvo in what is quickly turning into one of the biggest takeover battles of the year. Simon on Tuesday made an unsolicited bid valued at $9 a share for General Growth, the second largest mall company, which has been operating under bankruptcy protection since last spring. Analysts believe that has set the stage for a bidding war that's likely to attract some of the biggest retail landlords in the world and drive the shares as high as $12 to $15 apiece
In its response to the bid, General Growth said Tuesday that Simon's offer price was not sufficient. But it also invited Simon to participate in a "process" in which General Growth planned to consider other offers as well as recapitalization plans. "We recognize the potential value that Simon could bring," wrote Adam Metz, chief executive of General Growth, in a letter to Simon.
Mr. Simon's response yesterday was less friendly. It says that Simon has tried for months to explore a deal "and have repeatedly been put off." It also criticizes the process that General Growth is proposing, pointing out that it "will take many months."
Mr. Simon's letter notes that Simon's offer would provide "a full cash recovery" for unsecured creditors who are owed $7 billion. The letter also notes that given "the current state of the retail industry and your company's past history of risky financial choices, your lack of urgency should deeply concern creditors and shareholders."
General Growth could not be reached for comment on Mr. Simon's letter.
Wall Street clearly saw Simon's $9 a share offer as an opening bid as the stock market sent General Growth's shares up 7.5% to $12.92 in 4 p.m. trading Wednesday. The shares are up 37% since Friday's close.
"I would be surprised if Simon put its highest and best bid on the table right out of the chute," said Jim Sullivan, an analyst at research firm Green Street Advisors, adding that there likely are other interested parties.
General Growth said in its response to Simon's bid that it is planning a weeks-long process to allow potential suitors to size up its operations and assets in preparation for making bids. In addition to Simon, potential bidders likely to take a look at General Growth include Canadian property investor Brookfield Asset Management BAM 0.92 % Inc., Australian mall owner Westfield Group, Vornado Realty Trust and European commercial-property giant Unibail-Rodamco SE, according to Kevin Starke, an analyst with CRT Capital LLC. All those companies either declined comment or could not be reached for immediate comment.
But Simon warned in its letter that it may not stick around. "Our offer is not open-ended and we have a number of other opportunities under consideration," the letter stated.
In addition, the letter hinted that Simon might make an offer directly to shareholders and other stakeholders rather than trying to negotiate with the board, a maneuver known as going hostile. "In light of your conduct to date…we are not willing to agree to any restriction on our right to make proposals…to all of General Growth's stakeholders," the letter states.
Simon can make those proposals but as long as General Growth's exclusively period runs in its bankruptcy case, only General Growth's board can submit a plan to exit bankruptcy to the judge overseeing the case. That exclusivity period expires at the end of the month, but General Growth has applied for a six-month extension.
If the Simon takeover effort is successful, it would give Simon nearly one-third of the U.S. market and almost 50% of the 319 best-performing malls in the country in terms of sales. The company's $9 a share offer consists of $6 a share in cash or stock and the equivalent of $3 a share after a spin off of General Growth's residential-development division.
—Kris Hudson contributed to this article.
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BUENOS AIRES Argentine Juan Martin del Potro's chances of making the French Open and Wimbledon look doomed and even the defense of his U.S. Open crown is in doubt after undergoing surgery to a troublesome wrist on Tuesday.
The world number five has decided to try to resolve a nagging right wrist problem that has troubled him since before his fourth-round exit at the Australian Open in January.
Del Potro announced his operation in a letter released to the Argentine media, and said his recovery would be 'prolonged' but he could not set a fixed time on it.
"The recovery time is prolonged but it depends on many factors that can't be measured today," he wrote.
He said a specialist was carrying out the surgery in Rochester, Minnesota.
"All this year I've been wanting to avoid surgery with different treatments but evidently the injury is more serious," he added.
The rangy 21-year-old with a thunderously flat forehand stormed to a maiden grand slam title at the U.S. Open in September, coming from two sets to one down against Roger Federer in the final. The 2010 U.S. Open starts Aug 30.
Argentina's hopes of reaching a third Davis Cup final since 2006 will also diminish with Del Potro's absence from their quarter-final in Russia in July. The Russians beat Argentina in the 2006 final in Moscow.
There had been growing speculation in Argentine media, fueled by a lack of news out of the player's camp in his home town of Tandil, that Del Potro's absence from the ATP Tour since January was partially down to a fear of the big stage.
Del Potro's letter was also aimed at answering those "false and malicious stories about my state of mind and physical condition.
"As you will understand, this is not a happy moment in my life. But I'm used to fighting adversity and I have the strength to carry this through."
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A new document was just released titled "Windows Server AppFabric Architecture Guide."http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/5/B/A5B0ED08-844F-4E37-9F0F-BEE9F3043907/AppFabricArchGuide.docx
Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that make it easier to build, scale and manage Web and composite applications that run on IIS.
For Web applications, AppFabric provides caching capabilities to provide high-speed access, scale, and high availability to application data.
The focus of the Architecture document is to provide specific recommendations on how to properly design an AppFabric deployment for enterprise-scale load requirements. It started by providing a high-level understanding of the primary components of AppFabric. Followed by specific issues that influence AppFabric Architecture.
This paper explains how to conceptually scale out an AppFabric installation at the service and database tiers. These issues include concepts surrounding configuration of the hosting environment, the AppFabric Windows services, and deployment of .NET Framework WCF and WF services to an AppFabric web farm. The configuration of the persistence and monitoring data plays an important role in ensuring that your architecture is able to scale correctly over time. Finally, the paper looked at optimizations and different server and cluster configurations at the data-tier level.
The paper doesn't discuss the APPFabric Caching though.
A related document is Windows Server AppFabric Web Farm Guide that covers the related deployment and configuration information. http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/1/C/31CED722-2E5F-48D6-96B1-E73AAFD9873F/AppFabricWebFarm.docx
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Giant Days has made it to SWEET SIXTEEN! As of July 6th, the new issue is out - and proud. It's in comic shops and on Comixology, so what are you waiting for? If you're looking for back issues (or the latest) I have a few copies of issues 8-16 in my UK shop.
If you want to pre-order Bad Machinery 6: The Case Of The Unwelcome Visitor (featuring, as ever, a heap of new material) from your local comic shop, the Diamond Previews code is JUL161781 - otherwise, it'll be available though all the normal channels in September.
To celebrate Giant Days being nominated for two Eisner Awards this year (best continuing series and best writer), I'm taking all the Google ads off the site for a month. I hate running ads; they keep a roof over my head in slow months, but it is my pleasure to shut them all down for a little while. As soon as I can, I'd like to turn them off forever.
And there are plenty of other ways to support Scary Go Round - until Saturday June 4th, use code "DES" to get 20% off my books and comics in my UK store. I've added some Bad Machinery 3 and 5 softcovers (hard to get in the UK) that I found in the shed too. Or if you prefer, you can sign up as a subscriber from $3 a year.
Other news: Giant Days 15 is out this Wednesday (June 1st). It's a good one!
(Cover by Lissa Treiman)
Last week I was on holiday, and during a quiet afternoon, I started scribbling ideas down for a tenth Bad Machinery story. "Plenty here", I thought to myself, rubbing my hands together, "plenty here".
It seems cruel to write that and then to say that I've decided to put Bad Machinery on an indefinite hiatus. We've been here before, of course, but the difference now is that I'm writing a monthly ongoing book (amongst other things) – plotting, writing and drawing six-month arcs is a bridge too far. I was speaking to someone earlier this week and describing my workload, and realised that I was describing something ridiculous when I looked into their eyes. They were spinning like slot machine reels.
I've written before about how much I love the Bad Machinery characters – and I really do. I know what the tenth case looks like, but I want to make it the best one, and that feels out of reach at the moment. Obviously the door is not closed on Lottie et al. They will be back.
Bobbins.horse will continue, Monday-Saturday in the meantime. I know it's a weird comic, but I think I can do daily webcomics a hundred times better than I could ten, fifteen years ago, and I can make six a week without a lot of difficulty.
Thanks for sticking with this old fool.
Hello hello! I have secured some new stock for my UK shop. Here is what is IN!
I have books 2, 3, 4 and the new book 5 in stock. £20 each! I only have a handful of the lower numbers left and won't be getting more.
Three quid + P&P gets you Mordawwa's recent story in a glossy format.
All three original Giant Days minis, Expecting To Fly 1&2 and Mordawwa for £18.
I have ten copies of Shelley Winters' moth-centric American adventure left. After that it's out of print, my fine friend.
If you're in the USA, you'll be able to get Mordawwa and the new combo pack from next week at Topatoco without the "benefit" of international shipping. I'll post when they go up there.


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Boy it sure would have been nice to have Minny on the schedule this year. Losing by 11 to NIU, 1-3 going into big ten play, and giving up 223 rushing yards to NIU back on only 15 carries. How much longer does Brewster have up in Minneapolis?
Peppers at 10, which seems low.


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Cobra Biologics will carry out cell-line and process development of Israeli firm Kahr Medical's two lead fusion Signal Converter Protein (SCP) candidates KAHR-101 and KAHR-102, for future preclinical and clinical testing. The fusion proteins are in preclinical development for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disorders. The new contract extends a prior partnership between the firms through which Cobra generated an initial CHO production cell line and developed a production and purification process for the candidates. Cobra will now expand these activities through its maxXpress service for clone selection and production, and carry out process development and scale-up for GMP production.
KAHR-101 and KAHR-102 are the lead molecules to emerge from Kahr's SCP platform. The technology effectively generates fusion proteins with two functional ends that target different ligands or receptors, to either effect or prevent signaling between two target cells, or modulate cross-talk between two receptors on the same cell.
Both KAHR-101 and KAHR-102 are expected to start in clinical development in 2013. KAHR-101 is a fusion-protein that links two membrane proteins: Fn14 (the receptor for the proinflammatory cytokine Tweak) and TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand), both of which are implicated in immunity and cancer. The Fn14 component of KAHR-101 binds to Tweak and blocks the ligand from activating the stimulatory Fn14 receptor found on the surface of T-cells and cancer cells. The TRAIL component binds to TRAIL receptors on activated T-cells or cancer cells. In effect, the firm claims, KAHR-101 not only inhibits target cell proliferation by blocking Tweak, but also converts the activating signal into a command that triggers T-cell or cancer apoptosis. The candidate is initially in development as a potential treatment for multiple sclerosis, and clinical trials are projected to start in 2013.
KAHR-102 is a fusion protein that links the immune- and cancer-related membrane proteins, CTLA-4 and FasL. The CTLA-4 component of KAHR-102 binds to B7 co-stimulators on antigen-presenting-cells and blocks them from engaging their cognate stimulatory CD28 receptor on T cells. The FasL component of KAHR-102 binds to its cognate Fas receptor, which is upregulated on activated T cells, and triggers apoptosis. Kahr claims the net effect of combining these blocking and triggering functions is to convert a T cell activating signal into an inhibitory signal.
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5 Amazing Animal Charity Websites (Charity Web Design Series Part 1)
Welcome to part 1 of our series on the best charity websites, starting with animal charity websites.
Having recently launched a new website for the international charity Worldwide Veterinary Service, we conducted some in-depth research into charity websites and found some effective features and best practices that we absolutely loved. We thought this insight would be really helpful for other charities, so we've pulled together some of our favourite examples of charity websites, and why we think they work well.
Welcome to part 1 of our series on the best charity websites, starting with animal charity websites.
This blog is dedicated to how your feedback can help us design the right website/brand/print for your project and how your feedback is essential, not hindering, to the project's success.
Over the last few months we've worked with Bow Arts to help deliver the design for two of their education workshops. You can read about both projects here and see the final results!
I know some of you have been going crazy waiting for part three of our rebrand blog, so we have decided to put you out of your misery. In this article the two Robs explain how the new website was made. Think of them like the Two Ronnies. But taller.
It's true, we are now officially Google Partners! Last week I finished my exams (and passed - phew!), so we are now certified (professionals). This means that we are part of a select group of UK companies who are endorsed by Google to deliver high quality marketing services.
In our last blog, Rob talked about our new purpose and brand (and a hallucinogenic pear), but he has left me the tricky job of trying to explain how we turned that purpose into a fully functioning brand.
Tricky, because rebranding ourselves wasn't a smooth process. Turns out developing a strong brand for yourself is really hard.
Did you ever see the Oliver Stone biopic of The Doors?
There's a scene where the band drives out to the desert, take peyote and "find themselves". They then come back to sugar-pop infested Los Angeles, and write a bunch of (Oedipus themed) killer tunes. The rest is history.
For the last year, we've embarked on that same journey. There were hardly any hallucinogens, father killing and bongos, but still, it's been a journey of self-discovery*...
Some of you may have noticed that we have recently launched a new website (it's not like we've been banging on about it all over social media or anything). And since it's so close to Christmas, our annual Christmas card seemed like the perfect opportunity to announce the new site at the same time.
Here at Wired Canvas HQ we spend a lot of our time building websites for art galleries, creative industries and small businesses. Because of this, we tend to get a lot of enquiries from artists who need a website of their own. Sometimes hiring professional web designers to build a custom portfolio site is often not achievable within the budget of freelance artists. Instead we have put together this article to help artists find a solution that is both affordable and suitable for them.
It's important to keep fit when your job involves sitting in front of a computer all day making websites do amazing things, so when Wired Canvas were challenged to step away from the keyboard and out onto the streets of London, we jumped at it. What better way to spend a Tuesday afternoon but running around Borough, jogging off those extra jaffa cake pounds?
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Block Party – Back in Black and Gold
Author: Kohm, Tracy L
Date: August 12, 2014 12:48:48 PM -06:00 or Tue, 12 August 2014 12:48:48 -06:00
Aug 21
11:00am – 2:00pm
14th & Lawrence (in front of the Business School)
Kick off the 2014-2015 academic year with your fellow students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and community friends at the third annual CU Denver Block Party on August 21.
- Lunch from some of Denver's favorite food trucks
- Live music from Denver's hottest bands
- Academic info from real, live people
- Photo ops with Milo the CU Denver Lynx
- Games, activities, giveaways and more!
More information can be found here.
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occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
National Distribution
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Breeding
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Breeding
Global Range: BREEDING: southwestern British Columbia, western Washington, central Oregon, southwestern Idaho, northern Utah, southwestern Wyoming, northwestern and central Colorado, south in mountains to Arizona, eastern and southern New Mexico, northern Baja California, and northeastern Sonora, Mexico (AOU 1983, Guzy and Lowther 1997). Centers of abundance based on BBS data are in eastern Utah, southeastern Arizona, the Sierra Nevada, northwestern California, western Oregon, western Washington, and southwestern British Columbia (Sauer et al. 1997). NON-BREEDING: primarily in Baja California Sur and Pacific Slope and interior of Snora, Durango, Zacatecas, and Coahuila south to central Oaxaca. In small numbers in California and along Gulf Coast of U.S. (Guzy and Lowther 1997).
Physical Description
Length: 13 cm
Weight: 9 grams
Habitat and Ecology
- Terrestrial
Comments: BREEDING: Breeds in a variety of semi-arid woodlands; dry, open forests; mixed, moist forests; brushlands; chaparral. Especially uses conifers, live oaks, and mixed pinyon-juniper woodlands (Dunn and Garrett 1997). Inhabits juniper-pinyon-oak scrub on slopes, foothills, and canyons, where (in Wyoming) it is strongly associated with the presence of pinyon pine and high seedling/sapling density and understory height (Pavlacky and Anderson 2001). Also inhabits fir forests and edges of clearings. Nests in trees or shrubs 1-10 meters above ground, sometimes up to 15 meters (Harrison 1978; M. Guzy, pers. comm.). An early observer noted that the species likes well-scattered conifers; prefers high and dry places; and does not mind marsh or river nearby if ground beneath the nest is dry (Bowles 1902).
Generally uses younger age classes in northwest forests. In Douglas-fir forests in western Washington and Oregon, Meslow and Wright (1975) found the species nesting in shrub-sapling (7-15 years old), older second growth (41-120 years) and mature (> 120 years) successional communities, and using but not nesting in 16-40 year-old second growth. In Oregon Coast Range Douglas-fir forests, Carey et al. (1991) found highest densities in young stands (40-72 years; 9.06 birds per 40 hectares two-year average) in contrast to mature (80-120 years; 2.37 birds per 40 hectares two-year average) and old-growth stands (200-250 years; 3.04 birds per 40 hectares two-year average). Young stands typically had high densities of small-diameter trees (mean 269.7 stems per hectare of trees 10-19 centimeter dbh) and low densities of large trees over 50 centimeter dbh; also few large snags and low vertical foliage density. Similarly, in Douglas-fir forests of the Washington Cascades, were detected more frequently in young stands (55-80 years; mean 0.19 birds per visit) than in mature (95-190 years; 0.02 birds per visit) or old-growth stands (300-730 years; 0.06 birds per visit; Manuwal 1991). Young stands contained the highest mean densities (70 trees per hectares) of live trees less than 50 centimeter dbh and high densities (70 per hectare) of small snags less than 19 centimeter dbh. Huff and Raley (1991) also detected birds more often in young stands than in mature and old-growth stands in the Oregon Coast Ranges and Southern Washington Cascades, but in the Oregon Cascades they found little difference between stand age classes although the species was detected on a slightly greater percentage of old-growth stands.
On Vancouver Island, British Columbia, most often found in 50- to 60-year-old stands of mixed forests; an important elementis relatively open but brushy undergrowth (Campbell et al. 2001).
In southern Idaho, uses low ridges covered with open junipers (Burleigh 1972). In California, inhabits dry, open woodlands and brushy understories of foothills and mountains; breeds in ponderosa pine (PINUS PONDEROSA), valley-foothill hardwood-conifer, montane hardwood and pinyon-juniper habitats, and prefers oak woodland or pinyon-juniper mixed with chaparral or brushy understories (USDA Forest Service 1994). In northwestern Colorado pinyon-juniper habitat, prefers late-successional woodlands and occurs in similar woodland habitat to Plumbeous Vireo (VIREO PLUMBEOUS) and Dusky Flycatcher (EMPIDONAX OBERHOLSERI; Sedgwick 1987). In the Northwest, will use stands of regenerating deciduous trees and conifers in old clearcuts and burns (Dunn and Garrett 1997). In northern Arizona pinyon-juniper, observed to use and nest in juniper slightly more than other bird species (Balda 1969). In Mexico and northern Central America, breeds in semi-arid pine-oak and juniper woodland (Howell and Webb 1995). Breeds from 3,000 to 7,000 feet in the Sierra, up to 9,500 feet in White Mountains, California, but much lower in the Northwest (Dunn and Garrett 1997).
NON-BREEDING: In winter, uses arid mountain woodlands, including pine-oak. May use riparian habitats as travel corridors (USDA Forest Service 1994). In California, uses oaks and riparian willows and cottonwoods; in southwestern U.S., bottomland cottonwoods, willows, mesquite, and sycamores (Dunn and Garrett 1997). In Mexico and northern Central America, winters in arid to semi-humid oak and pine-oak forest and scrub (Howell and Webb 1995). In western Mexico, Hutto (1992) classified this species as a two-zone generalist that primarily uses tropical deciduous forest and thorn forest, and only 5 percent of observations were in pine-oak forest.
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
Winters north of the Isthmus; from California lowlands and southern Arizona through western and central Mexico, from southern Baja, southern Sonora and Coahuila south to Oaxaca (Dunn and Garrett 1997).
Trophic Strategy
Comments: Feeds mainly on insects (moths, butterflies, beetles, ants, etc.); may also eat leaf galls and a few spiders. Forages among leaves in bushes and trees. May forage high in trees or lower in trees and bushes. In southwestern Oregon and northwestern California use oak trees in spring for foraging on small green caterpillars (Bowles 1902).
General Ecology
Seen singly or in pairs; may be seen in small groups while migrating.
Life History and Behavior
Clutch size is three to five (usually four). Incubation is done by female. Young are tended by both parents (Harrison 1978).
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Dendroica nigrescens
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 7 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Dendroica nigrescens
Public Records: 7
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded National Status Rank: N4B - Apparently Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5B - Secure
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Comments: May have a potentially high risk of local extinction due to a low frequency of occurrence, low abundance, long-distance migration, and loss of late-successional coniferous forests (Lehmkuhl and Ruggiero 1991). TIMBER HARVEST: Impacts of the broad range of timber harvest activities are mostly unknown. GRAZING: Grazing impacts largely unknown. Grazing in riparian vegetation along Sacramento River valley may threaten wintering populations in California (USDA Forest Service 1994), presumably by damaging or removing shrubs and saplings. PREDATION: Accipiters prey on adults; jays, crows and snakes prey on eggs and young (Guzy and Lowther 1997). BROOD PARASITISM: Considered a rare brown-headed cowbird (MOLOTHRUS ATER) host (Ehrlich et al. 1988), but little studied. Total of 20 records known; parasitism rates in very limited samples in California, Arizona, and New Mexico were 10 percent to 20 percent (see Guzy and Lowther 1997). In white Mountains, California, two nests were observed that had nest layers built over a cowbird egg, but no other antiparasitic responses have been recorded (Guzy and Lowther 1997).
Restoration Potential: This species uses a wide variety of woodlands and appears to respond positively to early successional stages of forest regeneration, so restoration potential would likely be high in a landscape of sustainable forest harvest or natural disturbance regimes. Sustaining riparian woodlands and chaparral habitats may be important to this warbler during migration and wintering. However much more detailed information is needed on the species biology to be conclusive about positive measures for restoration.
Preserve Selection and Design Considerations: May be area sensitive. Found to be positively associated with increasing stand area in Douglas-fir forests fragmented by timber harvest, however, no significant associations found with other measures of fragmentation (Rosenberg and Raphael 1986).
Management Requirements: Effects of management activities and disturbance are largely unstudied. Terborgh (1989) notes use of disturbed oak-woodland habitats on wintering grounds, but does not define type or extent of disturbance.
GRAZING: Effects of grazing activities are generally unknown. In pinyon-juniper, overstory removal to create pasture would be detrimental (Sedgwick 1987).
TIMBER HARVEST: Species is absent when forest overstory is removed. However, in an Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir forest, remained in interconnected forest remnants surrounding clearcuts four years after logging (8.30 singing males per 100 hectare; minimum width of residual stands was 413 +/- 59 meters) and occurred in similar densities to unlogged continuous forest (9.96 males per 100 hectares; Wetmore et al. 1985). The impacts of woodland fragmentation on productivity and survivorship are apparently unstudied. In pinyon-juniper habitats, tree removal may affect habitat use, as this warbler shows a preference for more mature trees in this habitat (Sedgwick 1987).
In northwestern Douglas-fir forests, however, shows a preference for younger stands, and densities are likely to be higher in young regenerating stands than in mature stands (Raphael et al. 1988, Carey et al. 1991, Huff and Raley 1991, Manuwal 1991). In the Oregon Coast Ranges, mean abundance was greater (P = 0.03) in unthinned stands than in stands commercially thinned five to fifteen years previous, where approximately 20 to 30 percent of the number of trees per hectare had been removed (Hagar et al. 1996). In even-age Douglas fir forests regenerating from clearcutting, Marcot (1985) found that mean densities were highest in shrub/sapling plots than in pole timber and medium sawtimber plots.
FIRE: Very little information available on relationship to burns. In a seasonal study of non-breeding bird abundances in ponderosa pine (PINUS PONDEROSA) forests on the Prescott National Forest, Arizona, Blake (1982) found the species restricted to unburned sites in fall and spring migration seasons.
Management Research Needs: Need detailed studies of response to habitat changes, including productivity and survivorship; monitoring of long-term changes in density in response to habitat alterations and succession; study of landscape and cumulative effects of habitat changes; rates of brood parasitism and behavioral response to parasitism. Information on migration and winter habitat use and ecology also needed.
Biological Research Needs: Nearly all aspects of the biology are poorly known. An excellent species for amateur and professional biologists to make significant contributions, especially as this warbler is relatively common and widespread and occupies a variety of woodland habitats. Studies are needed of behavior, breeding biology, wintering ecology, geographic variation in song, population dynamics, site fidelity, dispersal and migration.
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Stewardship Overview: Has been little studied despite being widespread and relatively common in appropriate woodland habitats. Apparently prefers younger-aged successional stands of forest in the northwest, and in the short term, populations may be expected to increase in the region as the extensive harvest units of the 1970s and 1980s regenerate (Raphael et al. 1988, Spies et al. 1994). In pinyon-juniper habitats, however, shows a preference for mature trees and may be impacted by tree removal. Riparian areas, oak-woodlands, and chaparral are also important habitats. However, in western Douglas-fir forests are found in greatest abundance in young successional stands (Raphael et al. 1988, Carey et al. 1991, Huff and Raley 1991, Manuwal 1991). Much more information is needed to understand the species landscape relationships and ecology, particularly in response to habitat changes.
Species Impact: An insectivore that may be beneficial in reducing insect pests.
Black-throated gray warbler
The black-throated gray warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) is a passerine bird of the New World warbler family Parulidae. It is 13 cm (5.1 in) long and has gray and white plumage with black markings. The male has the bold black throat of its name, and black stripes on its head, as well as black streaks on its flanks; the female is a paler version of the male, with a white throat and less distinct black markings on the flanks and wings. It breeds in western North America from British Columbia to New Mexico, and winters in Mexico and the southwestern United States. The habitats it prefers are coniferous and mixed forests and scrubland, especially those with pinyon pines, junipers, sagebrush, and oaks. Its nest is an open cup of plant fibers lined with feathers, built a few metres from the ground in the branches of a tree or shrub. Three to five eggs are laid, and young are fed by both parents. Common in its breeding range, it does not seem to be seriously threatened by human activities, unlike many migratory warblers.
The black-throated gray warbler has mostly black, gray, and white plumage,[3] which is soft, lacking gloss.[4] With its striping and the small yellow spot between its eye and bill, it is a distinctive bird. The sexes differ slightly, both having gray upperparts with black streaks, and white underparts with black streaks on the flanks.[3] The adult male is striped with a black on the crown, throat, and below the eye, and has white around its chin and above its eye. The adult female has more dingy plumage on its head, with a white throat and dark gray cheeks.[3] The most similar birds to the black-throated gray warbler are the black-and-white and blackpoll warblers, which although marked in black have entirely different plumage patterns.[3]
It is typically 13 cm (5.1 in) long, weighing 8.4 g (0.30 oz). Wing lengths are 5.6–6.9 cm (2.2–2.7 in), tail lengths 4.7–5.5 cm (1.9–2.2 in), bill lengths 8.4–9.6 mm (0.33–0.38 in), and tarsus lengths 1.66–1.88 cm (0.65–0.74 in), with females slightly smaller than males.[3][5]
This bird gives a sharp tup or thick call, like that of Townsend's warbler but flat and unmusical, as well as a high see flight call. The male's song is a series of buzzy notes, with the earlier notes doubled and the next to last note high.[3] This song has three variations, including a quiet "soft song" given by the males while following females gathering material for a nest.[6]
The black-throated gray warbler was first described by John Kirk Townsend from a specimen collected near today's Portland, Oregon. It was known to the Chinook inhabitants of the northwest coast, who called it Ah Kah a qual.[4][7] Townsend described the species as Sylvia nigrescens, placing it with the other New World warblers and the unrelated Old World warblers in the genus Sylvia.[8] It is now placed in the genus Setophaga along with about thirty other species, after having been classified in Dendroica for some time.[9] Within its genus, it is part of a group with black throats and yellow face markings that includes the hermit warbler and Townsend's warbler.[3][8] It is usually considered an early offshoot among this group of species,[3][8] but genetic studies suggest a close relation to Grace's warbler.[10]
Of these relatives, the range of the black-throated gray warbler overlaps with those of Townsend's warbler and the hermit warbler, but they occur in different habitats. While Townsend's and hermit warblers commonly hybridize with each other, records of either species hybridizing with the black-throated gray warbler are uncommon.[11][12]
There are two subspecies, which are highly similar and of dubious validity. The nominate subspecies S. n. nigrescens occurs on the Pacific coastal region from British Columbia to northern California, while S. n. halseii, described by Giraud in 1841, occupies the inland parts of its range. S. n. halseii birds are slightly larger and more gray in their upperparts.[3][13]
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The black-throated gray warbler breeds in western North America, its range extending from southwestern British Columbia along the Pacific coast to northern Baja California, and east to New Mexico and southern Montana. It winters mostly in Mexico, from southern Baja California to Oaxaca state.[3][7][8] It has spread into parts of Wyoming and Montana only recently, as Juniperus osteosperma has expanded its range due to a warming climate.[14] Vagrants have been recorded across eastern North America[5] and in Cuba.[15]
The black-throated gray warbler breeds in open coniferous and mixed forest with a brushy understory, in dry open oak forests, and in chaparral and other scrubland.[3][7] It is particularly associated with pinyon pines, junipers, and oaks.[7] It migrates to the south late in the fall, returning north in mid-spring.[4][7] While migrating, it forages in any woodland or scrub it passes through. In its wintering grounds, it occurs in dry woodland and tall scrub.[3] Though its status is not well known, it does not appear to be seriously threatened by habitat destruction or other human activities, unlike many migratory warblers.[5][7][16] It is a fairly common bird,[7] among the most common in some localities.[17] Because it is common and not in rapid decline, it is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1][7]
The black-throated gray warbler is usually approachable, and can easily be observed while foraging. Despite this, it is poorly known, especially in its breeding behavior, of which Birds of North America said "almost no information is available".[7] It forages, often in flocks with other species. It feeds on insects gleaned on low branches, especially caterpillars.[18]
The nest is usually placed on a horizontal tree branch or in a shrub, a few metres above the ground. The nest is an open cup constructed of grass stalks and other fibres, and lined with feathers and hair. The female lays three to five pinkish eggs with brown dots from May to July.[3][19][20][21] Incubation and fledging periods are unknown. This species has been recorded giving a distraction display, pretending to be injured to distract predators from its nest.[22] Both parents feed the young, though the female may do so more frequently.[23]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Dendroica nigrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Coues 1878, pp. 263–267
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Curson, Quinn & Beadle 1994, pp. 126–128
- ^ a b c Audubon & Macgillivray 1849, pp. 57–59
- ^ a b c Sibley 2000, p. 437
- ^ Morrison, Michael L.; Hardy, John William (1983). "Vocalizations of the Black-throated Gray Warbler" (PDF). The Wilson Bulletin 95 (4): 643–647.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Guzy, Michael J., and Lowther, Peter E. (1997). Poole, A., ed. "Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)". The Birds of North America Online. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ a b c d American Ornithologists' Union 1983, pp. 539–551
- ^ Chesser, R. Terry; Banks, Richard C.; Barker, F. Keith; Cicero, Carla; Dunn, Jon L.; Kratter, Andrew W.; Lovette, Irby J.; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Remsen, J. V., Jr.; Rising, James D.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Winker, Kevin (2011). "Fifty-Second Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds" (PDF). The Auk: 600–613. doi:10.1525/auk.2011.128.3.600.
- ^ Rabosky, Daniel L.; Lovette, Irby J. (2008). "Density-dependent diversification in North American wood warblers". Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275 (1649): 2363–71. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0630. PMC 2603228. PMID 18611849.
- ^ Rohwer, Sievert (1994). "Two New Hybrid Dendroica Warblers and New Methodology for Inferring Parental Species". The Auk 111 (2): 441. doi:10.2307/4088607.
- ^ Rohwer, Sievert; Wood, Christopher; Bermingham, Eldredge (2000). "A New Hybrid Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens × D. occidentalis) and Diagnosis of Similar D. townsendi × D. occidentalis Recombinants" (PDF). The Condor 102 (3): 713–718. doi:10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0713:ANHWDN]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1369809.
- ^ "Dendroica nigrescens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ Hendricks, Paul (2004). "First nesting record of black-throated gray warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) for Montana" (PDF). Western North American Naturalist 64 (4): 548–540.
- ^ Wallace, G. E.; Wallace, E. A. H.; Froehlich, D. R.; Walker, B.; Kirkconnell, A.; Torres, E. S.; Carlisle, H. A.; Machell, E. (1999). "Hermit Thrush and Black-throated Gray Warbler, new for Cuba, and other significant bird records from Cayo Coco and vicinity, Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba, 1995–1997" (PDF). Florida Field Naturalist 27 (2): 37–51.
- ^ Garret, Kimball L.; Dunning, John B., Jr. (2001). "Wood-Warblers". In Elphick, Chris; Dunning, John B. Jr.; Sibley, David Allen. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 492–509. ISBN 978-1-4000-4386-6.
- ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr.; Cardiff, Stephen (1979). "First records of the race scotti of the Rufous-crowned Sparrow in California". Western Birds 10 (1): 45–46.
- ^ Sprunt, Alexander, Jr. (1979). "Black-throated Gray Warbler". In Sprunt, Alexander, Jr.; and Griscom, Ludlow. The Warblers of North America (Revised and updated ed.). Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-12353-1.
- ^ Finley 1908, p. 127
- ^ Wheelock 1912, pp. 401–404
- ^ Barlow, C. (1899). "The Nesting Haunts of the Black-throated Gray Warbler". Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club 1 (5): 96–97. doi:10.2307/1360756.
- ^ Grinnell & Storer 1924, pp. 529–531
- ^ Finley, William L. (1923). "Black-throated Gray Warbler". In Pearson, T. Gilbert. Birds of America 3.
Works cited[edit]
- American Ornithologists' Union (1983). Check-list of North American Birds (7th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union. ISBN 1-891276-00-X.
- Audubon, John James; Macgillivray, William (1849). Ornithological biography, or An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America: accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners V. Edinburgh: Judah Dobson, A. Black.
- Coues, Eliot (1878). Birds of the Colorado Valley: A Repository of Scientific and Popular Information Concerning North American Ornithology, Part First, Passeres to Laniidae. United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, Miscellaneous Publications—No. 11. Washington: Government Printing Office.
- Curson, Jon; Quinn, David; Beadle, David (1994). Warblers of the Americas: an Identification Guide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-70998-9.
- Finley, William Lovell (1908). American Birds, Studied and Photographed from Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
- Grinnell, Joseph; Storer, Tracy Irwin (1924). Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada. University of California Press.
- Sibley, David Allen (2000). The Sibley Guide to Birds. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-679-45122-8.
- Wheelock, Irene Grosvenor (1912). Birds of California: an Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds of the State and Adjacent Islands, with a Supplementary List of Rare Migrants, Accidental Visitants, and Hypothetical Subspecies. Chicago: A. Ac. McClure.
Names and Taxonomy
Comments: Phylogenetic analyses of sequences of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Lovette et al. 2010) indicate that all species formerly placed in Dendroica, one species formerly placed in Wilsonia (citrina), and two species formerly placed in Parula (americana and pitiayumi) form a clade with the single species traditionally placed in Setophaga (ruticilla). The generic name Setophaga has priority for this clade (AOU 2011).


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- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Prepare an 8-inch-square cake pan by spraying with non-stick spray like Pam, or greasing.
- Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Add all liquid ingredients and combine with whisk just until blended.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes or until tester comes out clean.
- Serve with Fluffy Frosting (recipe #12586 posted separately) or your favourite cake icing.
- Note: to make a layer cake, you'll need to double this recipe and bake in two pans.
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I just tried this recipe this week, but I upped the cocoa to a full 1/4 cup and instead of water used soy milk for a richer flavor. I am definitely going to make it again!
yum! nice to have a cake with such simple ingredients, and sooo fast to make. I made this for a birthday party and everyone scarfed it down with many compliments to the cook. I did use 1/2 cup of cocoa because i really like chocolate, and it worked out well.
I've made this before - easy and excellent results: very moist. I have also been known to add a teasp of instant coffee for a subtle "mocha" flavor...


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