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Between 1997 and 2005, a study was made of the Chrysididae, Eumeninae, and Spheciformes wasps in the Arribes del Duero Natural Park (Provinces of Salamanca and Zamora, western Spain), a highly heterogeneous Mediterranean landscape. We collected, respectively, 127, 57, and 230 species of these groups, constituting ≈50% of the species known for the Iberian Peninsula. The inventory was fairly complete according to the final slope of the species accumulation curves. From a biogeographic point of view, the predominant elements of the Arribes del Duero fauna are Mediterranean in the broad sense, together with a high percentage of species of Euro-Atlantic distribution. The proportion of endemic species obtained is similar to those known for the whole of the Iberian Peninsula. The species endemic to the northern subplateau and to the southwestern quadrant predominate. The Arribes del Duero territory is the northern limit of the distribution of some Iberian-Maghrebine species, although it is also the southern limit of species widely distributed throughout central and northern Europe. The Atlantic influence in the territory has facilitated the persistence of some species, with an Atlantic or sub-Atlantic distribution, related in particular to riparian forests. This space constitutes a large eco-corridor that joins the north of the Peninsula to the south, linking communities corresponding to the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean biogeographic regions and to territories encompassed within the Temperate and Mediterranean macrobioclimates. Thus, because of its geographic situation and extensive latitudinal range, together with the fact that it has a good representation of European biodiversity, the Arribes del Duero Park is proposed as a priority area for insect diversity conservation in the Mediterranean region.
Considering the large diversity of insects and the current rate of species loss (Dunn 2005, Samways 2006), the identification of areas with great entomological diversity and with an abundance of endemic and/or rare species (Andriamampianina et al. 2000, Lobo and Martín-Piera 2002, Gutiérrez et al. 2004) is a highly necessary task. Within this context, the Mediterranean basin is considered to be one of the hotspots of biodiversity (Mittermeier et al. 2005). This is partly because of the maintenance of traditional soil uses; highly variable biogeographic patterns and agro-forestry practices can be differentiated within its complex and heterogeneous landscapes (in both space and time). From the botanical point of view, two main centers of biodiversity can be distinguished: a western one, which would include the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, and an eastern one, which would encompass some parts of Turkey and Greece (Médail and Quézel 1999). Regarding entomological diversity, two centers of endemism coinciding with those areas have been defined (Lumaret and Lobo 1996). Because of its location in Europe, the Iberian Peninsula (included in the western center of biodiversity and endemism) is the richest area, and the number of species of insects inventoried has been estimated at 46,900 (≈31% of those known in the Mediterranean basin (Ramos et al. 2001). Part of its richness is because of the fact that the Iberian Peninsula includes the limit between Eurosiberian and Mediterranean biogeographic regions. Hence, the natural areas placed around this boundary are particularly important within the European biota. This is the case of the Arribes del Duero Natural Park (herein Arribes del Duero for short), which hosts 44% (12 of 27) of the amphibian and 46.3% (19 of 41) of the reptile species present on the Iberian Peninsula (Pleguezuelos et al. 2002); 51.2% (124 of 242) of the species of breeding birds (Martí and del Moral 2003); and 58.6% (54 of 93) of the terrestrial mammals (Palomo et al. 2007). However, knowledge of the insect fauna of the Arribes del Duero is scarce and limited. The butterflies have been reasonably well sampled, but the available information is not reliable at fine scale (Romo and García-Barros 2005). There are just five publications addressing insect communities (González et al. 1998,2002; Gayubo et al. 2000, Baselga and Novoa 2003; De la Nuez et al. 2003). One aim of this paper is to determine to what extent the figures shown by the groups known thus far are also found in solitary wasps.
Because of the difficulties involved in obtaining exhaustive information about insect diversity for conservation strategies, different groups with different biological behaviors must be selected, serving as indicators (Samways 2005, McGeoch 2007). In this paper, we use three taxa of Hymenoptera Aculeata as indicator groups: Chrysididae, Eumeninae, and Spheciformes. These three groups pertain to different functional guilds, thus providing a representation of the ecological diversity of all solitary wasps. The Spheciformes wasps are predators that are very efficient as indicators of changes resulting from cultivation (Duelli and Obrist 1998) and have been proposed for studies addressing entomological diversity within Europe (Gayubo et al. 2005). In the vast majority of cases, the Eumeninae, the group with the greatest diversity within the Vespidae, have a solitary way of life, although some show subsocial habits. They are predators and provision their nests with the larvae of diverse insects to feed their offspring (Carpenter and Cumming 1985). The Chrysidids form a group of wasps that act as parasitoids of other insects, mainly solitary wasps and bees (Kimsey and Bohart 1990). On the Iberian Peninsula, the taxonomy and natural history of these three groups can be considered to be fairly well known. Moreover, they are found in a large number of habitats, although some more specialized species have a restricted distribution, such that they offer guarantees of being good biodiversity indicators (McGeoch 2007).
Materials and Methods
Study Area.
More than 120 km in length from north to south, the Arribes del Duero Natural Park, with a surface area of 106,105 ha, is located on the western side of the provinces of Salamanca and Zamora, in the Regional Community of Castile and Leon (Spain) (40°50′-41°35′ N, 6°00′-6°41′ W; Fig. 1), on the border with Portugal. The large dimensions of this natural space, together with its clear north-south orientation, account for its high biodiversity, and it is one of the three areas with these characteristics on the SCIs and SPAs lists of the Natura 2000 network in Spain and the only one in the northern half of the country (Hidalgo 2002). It is a high-quality protected area with singular ecological and geomorphological traits. The morphological homogeneity of the surrounding plains, whose altitude ranges between 700 and 800 m.a.s.l., is broken up by the gorges of the region. The river Duero and its tributaries run through an extraordinary labyrinth of canyons and gorges (called "arribes") (Sanz et al. 2003), with rocky cliffs that often exceed 400 m. The climate, which is affected by the relief (Calonge-Cano 1990), is characterized by fairly mild annual temperatures (11°C, mean for the whole area), an almost complete absence of frosts during the year, and a rainfall of ≈700 mm/yr—characteristic of a Mediterranean mesoclimate. It has outstanding biological importance both for the northern interior part of the Iberian Peninsula and for the elevated plains of the Regional Community of Castile and Leon (Calonge-Cano 1990).
This territory can be said to be a good example of a mosaic and very heterogeneous landscape, with a marked alternation of habitats and land uses. The north-south orientation, along with the marked altitudinal differences in the Duero valley, with protection from winds and marked insolation, have led to the development of a rich diversity of plants. This has enabled the permanence of highly significant, relict plant communities characterized by an abundance of typically Mediterranean species (Navarro and Valle 1987, Santos et al. 2006), where Quercus rotundifolia forests, oak woods with Q. pyrenaica, and formations of cork oak (Q. suber) are predominant (Oria de Rueda and Díez 2003). Because of their greater rainfall and higher temperatures, in the valleys there are many cultivated species such as olives, almonds, oranges, and lemons, which are unusual at these latitudes (Crespo-Redondo 1968). In contrast, on the plains, with a more extreme climate but easier to work, free-range livestock rearing is the main activity, alternating with cereal crops and private orchards (Calabuig 2008).
Selection of Study Sites and Sampling Protocol.
To study the solitary wasp fauna of the Arribes del Duero, between 1997 and 2005, Malaise traps were used, which are recommended for inventories of flying insects in large areas (Finnamore et al. 2002). To ensure that the samples would cover the broadest variety of habitats and land uses (Southwood and Henderson 2000), the 37 traps were placed at different altitudes on sites representative of the plant formations and characteristic crop types (Fig. 1; Table 1). The traps remained installed for a whole year, and samples were collected fortnightly. On all sampling days, an exhaustive review of their state of preservation was carried out. In zones where initially we observed greater diversity or where it was not possible to install Malaise traps, linear transects were followed, sweeping with entomological nets (over different types of vegetation and substrates) and yellow pan traps (Fig. 1). Finally, all existing records were coalesced, although these data are sparse and do cover most of the territory (see Appendix 1).
Two Malaise traps were set up: one of them completely white (as at all sites) and the other with black walls and a white top.
At this site, the white trap was maintained for 2 consecutive yr, obtaining two annual samples.
Estimation of Total Species Richness.
The data collected were from samples with different sample effort units or grain size: transects and traps. To gain an approximation of the total species richness of solitary wasps, we used the following nonparametric estimators: abundance-based coverage (ACE), Chao1, Jack1, and Jack2 (first-order and second-order Jackknife estimators), and Bootstrap. These five species richness estimators are precise despite grain variations (Hortal et al. 2006). The necessary calculations were done using the EstimateS 8.0 program (Colwell 2006).
Additionally, an estimation based on the species accumulation curve was carried out, using the number of samples to represent sampling effort (Table 1; Appendix 1) and randomizing the data input 100 times with the EstimateS 8.0 program. The values were fitted to the Clench equation, as recommended by Soberón and Llorente (1993), which has been shown to fit many arthropod groups quite well (Petersen et al. 2003, Jiménez-Valverde and Lobo 2004). This function is expressed as:
Assessment of the Quality of the Inventory.
As reported by Jiménez-Valverde and Hortal (2003), it is impossible to record all the species present in a given area. This is a serious methodological problem when attempting to study insect communities, and of arthropods in general. Because nearly all fauna inventories are incomplete, it is necessary to make estimates of total richness. Those based on species accumulation (see Soberón and Llorente 1993) afford more reliable results in comparative faunistic studies addressing different territories, landscapes, or geographic areas. Additionally, they enable the quality of the faunistic inventories to be evaluated (Jiménez-Valverde and Hortal 2003).
Thus, the inventory completeness was assessed by calculating the observed proportion of species richness (Sobs) out of the total predicted by the nonparametric estimators (Sest). Likewise, as recommended by some authors (especially Hortal and Lobo 2005), the final slope of the species accumulation curve was calculated. For the Clench equation, the slope of the curve in a point is r(n) = a/[1 + (b × n)2]. When n is the total number of simples, the value of the slope is the rate of incorporation of new species into the inventory. Mean values of one indicate a good approximation to a complete inventory, in which all the species present have been discovered.
Bioeographic Study of Taxocenosis.
To asses the importance of the Arribes del Duero from a biogeographic point of view with respect to the Iberian Peninsula and Europe, each of the species represented was given a specific geographic distribution category. Because the two types of regional faunas of the Hymenoptera Aculeata in Europe can be differentiated as Temperate and Mediterranean (Barbier 1999), the distribution categories considered are broad: Holarctic, Palaearctic, Eurasian, Euro-Atlantic, and Mediterranean.
With regard to endemicity, species were considered to be endemic when their distribution area was ≤6 × 105 km2, a surface almost identical to that of the Iberian Peninsula (5.8 × 105 km2) (Lumaret and Lobo 1996). Each of the Iberian species was ascribed to a class of endemism defined by the above authors as a proportion of the total surface area of the West Palaearctic region. The four geographic range- size classes considered have the following surface areas: I = 12 × 103 km2; II = 6 × 104 km2; III = 12 × 104 km2, and IV = 6 × 105 km2.
Finally, the differences in community composition of the samples from the northern part of the park and those obtained in the southern part were examined with an analysis of similarities (ANOSIM), using PRIMER v5 (Clarke and Gorley 2001).
A total of 414 species were collected in the study: 18 genera and 127 species of Chrysididae (61.1% of the 208 species known from the Iberian Peninsula; Mingo 1994, Linsenmaier 1999); 21 genera and 57 species of Eumeninae (42.9% of the 133 species known from Iberian Peninsula; Castro et al. 2008); and 63 genera and 230 species of Spheciformes (49% of the 461 species known from Iberian Peninsula; Pulawski 2008). The 230 species represent 38.3% of the ≈600 species of the Spheciformes fauna of Europe (Bitsch and Leclercq 1993, Bitsch et al. 1997,2007). The 3 families and 11 subfamilies present in continental Europe (sensu Pulawski 2008) are also represented.
The relationships and abundance of species, distributed in the corresponding families, subfamilies, and tribes, are shown in Appendix 1.
Total Species Richness Estimated and Inventory Completeness.
The values of nonparametric estimates of species richness for the three groups are provided in Table 2. In the mathematical analysis of the species accumulation curves, a good fit for the species richness values (coming from the randomized samples) to the Clench asymptotic model (percentage of explained variance: R2 = 0.9975, Chrysididae; R2 = 0.9929, Eumeninae; and R2 = 0.9955, Spheciformes; P < 0.001; Fig. 2) was obtained. The values of the asymptote, which indicates the number of species predicted for the Arribes del Duero, were 153, 63, and 247, respectively. The fauna inventoried varies from 70 to 89 (Chrysididae), 80 to 96 (Eumeninae), and 87 to 96% (Spheciformes) with respect to the total number of species predicted by the nonparametric estimators for the taxocenosis studied (Table 2). Because the proportion of species found was >70% estimated, and the values obtained for the final slope of the species accumulation curve were in the three cases <1 (0.55, 0.17, and 0.46, respectively), the inventory can be considered fairly complete.
Sest, estimated species no.; Sobs, no. of species observed; Sobs/Sest, percentage of representation.
Biogeographic Characteristics.
From the biogeographic point of view, the Arribes del Duero has a predominance of Mediterranean species (in the broad sense, including the western Mediterranean, the Ethiopian-Mediterranean, and the Iberian-Maghrebine species), with ≈46.5 (Chrysididae), 29.8 (Eumeninae), and 36.1% (Spheciformes) of species represented (Fig. 3). However, the presence of elements of Euro-Atlantic distribution should be stressed, which for the Chrysididae and Spheciformes represents almost 20% of the species.
Additionally, the proportions of species obtained with an exclusively Iberian distribution were 13.4 (Chrysididae), 14.1 (Eumeninae), and 7.4% (Spheciformes). These values are similar to those known for the whole of the Iberian Peninsula. Species ascribed to endemism classes II and III predominate; in particular, those endemic to the northern subplateau and to the southwestern quadrant of the Peninsula.
At a local scale, on comparing the distribution of biogeographic elements at the different sites sampled with Malaise traps, greater similarity may be seen between the four localities in the northern part of the park and for a group of the eight localities in the southern part, with differences between the two groups (ANOSIM; R = 0.279, P = 0.048, 495 permutations).
From the extensive inventory of the groups of solitary wasps used as biodiversity indicators, the Arribes del Duero can be said to harbor approximately one half of the species known in the Iberian Peninsula and a very high number of taxa already known in Continental Europe. These data agree with those described for the different groups of vertebrates (see above). Besides the importance of species richness as a means for the evaluation and conservation of a given natural space, rarity also is important (Rodrigues and Gaston 2002, Williams et al. 2008), as may also be inferred from the wasp data of the Arribes del Duero. Specimens of several species were collected that are potentially new to science (see Appendix 1), as has been found with other groups of insects (Novoa and Baselga 2007). Demographic rarities with large local populations were also recorded. Examples include Alysson tricolor Lepeletier and Serville or the Iberian endemic Bembecinus carpetanus (Mercet). For certain taxa, the Arribes del Duero represents the limit of their geographic distribution (see remarks in Appendix 1).
Species that are distributed throughout the warmer zone of the western quadrant of the Mediterranean region and that are particularly abundant in warmer, southern areas of the Iberian Peninsula have their northern limit in the Arribes del Duero, as is the case of certain Iberian-Maghrebine elements. This may be because of its Mediterranean mesoclimate, which makes it particularly favorable for the northwestern sector of the Peninsula. The Arribes del Duero is also at the southern limit of species widely distributed throughout central and northern Europe, a limit also shown by Diptera (Carles-Tolrá 2004). From the distribution of earthworm species in the western Iberian Peninsula, Rodríguez et al. (1997) found that the limits between the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean Regions are not always well defined and that there are overlapping transition zones; in particular, the zone studied here. In turn, Baselga and Jiménez-Valverde (2007) have reported that the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) fauna present at the Arribes del Duero strongly resembles that of certain mountainous zones in Galicia, even though there is a predominance of species with a Mediterranean distribution, and also that of some sectors of the Iberian Central System mountain range. The Arribes del Duero contains some Palaearctic species that, in the Iberian Peninsula, are distributed across the northern mountain ranges and the Iberian Central System.
The diversity of the Arribes del Duero fauna can be explained thanks to the length and north-south orientation, because significant differences can be attributed to the latitude of the sampling sites. Also important are the Atlantic forest formations, where certain species are isolated. In this sense, the different patches studied of subhumid oak caches of Quercus pyrenaica (characteristic of this part of western Iberia at altitudes of ≈700 m.a.s.l), a well-conserved chestnut grove, with a rich nemoral flora, and, in particular, the zone where the River Tormes meets the Duero, a site known as "Ambasaguas," are of relevance. This is the only zone of the territory where it is possible to find a valley bottom with riparian forests (in this case alder [Alnus glutinosa Linnaeus (L.) Gaertn.] groves, which are characteristic of water courses that are not subject to pronounced drops in levels). Since the 1930s, because of its peculiar geomorphological configuration, the whole of the international stretch of the Duero between Spain and Portugal has been exploited for the production of hydroelectricity. The river is plagued with dams.
Nevertheless, one of the most striking aspects is that this protected area is a conspicuous European "biogeographic crossroad." Detailed analysis of the current geographic distribution of Iberian Peninsula species indicates that four types of distribution area, or chorotypes, occur, which for simplicity will be referred to here as chorotypes 1-4: 1, Southern Mediterranean; 2, Southwestern Iberian-Coastal Mediterranean; 3, Eurosiberian; 4, Mountainous (Fig. 4).
Chorotype 1.
Species that colonize the warmest zones of the southwestern quadrant of th e Iberian Peninsula have their northern limit in the Arribes del Duero and are fairly abundant. Of special interest are the crabronid wasp Miscophus albufeirae Andrade and, among the Chrysididae, Hedychridium carmelitanum Mercet (Table 3). This chorotype also corresponds to the known distribution on the Iberian Peninsula of other insect species, such as Iberian-Maghrebine elements Agapanthia annularis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Gonioctena aegrota F. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), both present in the zone studied (Baselga and Novoa 2003, Calvo Sánchez 2004).
ADNP, Arribes del Duero Natural Park.
Chorotype 2.
Included are species that are distributed on the Iberian Peninsula throughout the warmer areas of the southwestern quadrant and on the Mediterranean coast, their southern limit (as in the previous case) corresponding to the Arribes del Duero. There are some examples of different groups of insects, such as Phytoecia rufipes (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), which are species in the Iberian Peninsula that are linked to olive cultivation (Calvo Sánchez 2004, González et al. 2007). Among the different species of solitary wasps represented, of relevance are Odynerus eburneofasciatus Dusmet, Leptochilus medanae (Gribodo), and Tachysphex albocincta (Lucas) (Table 3). Also, among the aculeates, the citation of Arachnotheutes turgidus (Tournier) (Pompilidae) should be added. This is an eastern Mediterranean element represented in the Arribes del Duero (Wahis 2005).
Chorotype 3.
The Atlantic influence in the territory has facilitated the continued presence of some plants with an Atlantic or sub-Atlantic distribution that are strongly linked to aquatic media, such as Littorella uniflora (L.) Ascherson or Cicendia filiformis L. Delarbre (Santos et al. 2006). Also, there are plant associations endemic to this part of the Duero valley that harbor a certain number of species with a northern distribution (Aguiar et al. 2003, Bernardos et al. 2004). The examples of insect species are less numerous but include Megalocoleus tanaceti (Fallén) (Hemiptera: Miridae), a Eurosiberian species, extended throughout Europe and reaching Kazakhstan (Kerzhner and Josifov 1999, Casaseca 2003), and Chaetocnema obesa (Boieldieu) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a European element (Baselga and Novoa 2003). Among the Spheciformes wasps is Rhopalum coarctatum (Scopoli) (Crabronidae), a Eurasian wasp common in Europe except on the Iberian Peninsula (Gayubo et al. 2006), which has been found at the Arribes del Duero at the locality called Ambasaguas (Table 3).
Chorotype 4.
Some Eurosiberian and Circumboreal plants spread beyond the refuges of the northern mountains of Iberia to reach habitats typical of this type of landscape. This is the case of Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce, which is found in riparian forests on the banks of the Duero (Santos et al. 2006). Some examples of insect species found in the Arribes del Duero are as follows: Heterocordylus tibialis (Hahn) (Hemiptera: Miridae) (Casaseca 2003), Lytta vesicatoria L. (Coleoptera: Meloidae) (García-París et al. 2003), Chrysolina latecincta (Demaison) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (Baselga and Novoa 2003, Petitpierre 2005), and the butterfly Nymphalis antiopa L. (Aguado 2007). The best examples among the aculeates are the Spheciformes Crossocerus vagabundus (Panzer) and Nitela spinolae Latreille and the cuckoo wasp Cleptes putoni Buysson (Table 3).
Complementing the above, consistent with botanical studies (Santos et al. 2006), in the Arribes del Duero, apart from endemisms, there are species that are of great interest as biogeographic indicators that show important traits and characteristics of the fauna of the territory: these are rarities, among which it is possible to distinguish relict species (which have been stranded as a result of geological or climate phenomena over a long period of time) and species whose populations are considered finicolous (those that show their distribution limit in the area).
Proposal as a Priority Area for Insect Diversity Conservation.
As reported, the Arribes del Duero is a territory where biogeographic assemblages intersect, a "biogeographic crossroad," and as such acquires a high value in the process of setting conservation priorities (Spector 2002). Furthermore, it is a long ecological corridor (for all forms of life) that joins the north of the Iberian Peninsula with the south, linking communities corresponding to the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean biogeographic regions, to the Atlantic-Central European and Western Mediterranean subregions, to the Cantabrian Range and the Iberian Central System, and to territories encompassed within the Temperate and Mediterranean macrobioclimates (Rivas-Martínez et al. 2004). This corridor permits the communication of the different populations and maintains the integrity of the Iberian ecosystems, preventing habitat fragmentation.
The Arribes del Duero is a place that is indeed very important for regional biogeographical processes and therefore for the development of successful reserve networks. Because of its geographic situation, broad latitudinal range, biogeographical significance, and ecological characteristics (a protected area of great entomological richness and with a strong representation of European biodiversity), the Arribes del Duero fulfils all the conditions needed to be a candidate as a priority area for insect diversity conservation in the Mediterranean region and for inclusion in European projects, as it has been within the sphere of the diversity of Europe's landscapes because of the high value of its landscape resources: spectacular geomorphologic landscapes in the gorges (Wascher and Pérez-Soba 2004). Nevertheless, further research aimed at determining the species richness of other groups of insects is necessary, including time series, both at species and community levels.
The authors acknowledge the collaboration of the Park Rangers and several residents in the zone. They also thank Prof. F. Strumia (Università di Pisa) and F. Sanza and L. Castro for their help in the identification of the Chrysididae and Eumeninae, respectively, and M. E. Archer (York St. John College of the University of Leeds) for critical reading of the manuscript. This work was mainly funded through a specific collaborative agreement between the Environmental Agency of the Regional Government of Castile and Leon and the University of Salamanca for the analysis of the diversity of the entomological fauna of the network of Natural Spaces in Castile and Leon, by means of the use of bioindicator wasps, and Project CGL2004-01006/BOS (M.E.C.).
List of species studied, indicating the number of individuals collected. GD (geographical distribution): H = Holarctic; P = Palaearctic; EAS = Eurasian; EAT = Euro-Atlantic; M = Mediterranean; IB = Iberian endemism. CE: class of endemism. Codes of samples studied: 1 = old bibliographic records; 2 = communities analyzed by González et al. (1998) and Gayubo et al. (2000) in an orchard zone; 3 = sporadic sampling with entomological net and yellow pan traps; 4 = sampling performed with yellow pan traps and the locality known as "Ambasaguas" (Villarino, province of Salamanca) between 2000 and 2004; 5 = sample from Ambasaguas obtained by sweeping with entomological net (2000-2004); 6 = sampling with yellow pan traps performed in the orchard zone at Villarino (Salamanca) in 2001; 7 = sum of the 37 samples obtained with Malaise traps, installed over a complete annual cycle in the different habitats and land uses characteristic of the territory. See list of potentially new species for science, remarks, and references at the end of the appendix.


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An Australian politician has told of how he was attacked by a kangaroo during a morning jog through the capital Canberra.
Shane Rattenbury, a minister in the Australian Capital Territory, said he was running on a pavement in inner-suburban Ainslie when he saw the eastern grey kangaroo at the end of a hedge grazing on a front lawn.
Mr Rattenbury said he came off second best in the clash after crossing the kangaroo's path.
Rattenbury said the 4ft 7in (1.4-metre) kangaroo knocked him to the ground, the claws of its powerful hind legs drawing blood with two scratches to his left leg. His right leg was painfully bruised by the fall.
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Thankfully, it was not so hot in LaGrange when I got home. All the babies,
plants included, managed just fine without me. My pink Asclepias (the seed
package identified it only as Red Swallow-wort) was in full bloom, which was
practically covered up with a huge butterfly. <LOL> The flowers are a pale,
blush-pink that look similar to the flowers on my Eupatorium pupureum, only smaller.
We had a tremendous rain storm early yesterday morning (before I left for Hot
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CLEVELAND -- Jason Davis missed his spot with a few pitches, and the Texas Rangers took advantage.
Michael Young and Phil Nevin each drove in two runs during a six-run seventh inning as the Rangers rallied to beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4 Sunday night.
"We have a lot of guys capable of doing the job," Rangers manager Buck Showalter said after his team batted around and recorded six hits in the decisive rally.
After Young's single tied it, Mark Teixeira doubled home the go-ahead run against Davis (1-1), who came on with two on and none out and failed to protect a 4-2 lead.
"Davis throws hard, but it's all about location," Teixeira said. "He probably missed his spots a couple of times there."
Vicente Padilla (3-1) allowed four runs and six hits in six innings as the Rangers won for the seventh time in 10 games. C.J. Wilson worked a scoreless seventh, Antonio Alfonseca escaped a bases-loaded jam in the eighth and Joaquin Benoit pitched the ninth.
Kevin Mench had two singles, extending his career-high hitting streak to 14 games for Texas. Mench, whose home-run streak was stopped at seven games Saturday, failed to drive in a run for the first time in 10 games. The Rangers' record is 11 in a row by Larry Parrish in 1987.
Gary Matthews Jr. hit a solo homer in the ninth, his second of the season for the Rangers' final run.
Victor Martinez had a career-high three doubles, extending his streak of reaching base safely to 40 games since Sept. 17, but Cleveland lost its second in a row. The Indians still completed April with a winning record (13-12) for the first time since Eric Wedge took over as manager in 2003.
"It's something we take as a positive, but by no means are we satisfied," Wedge said. "We haven't come close to playing our best baseball."
Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook entered the seventh with a 4-1 lead, but gave up three consecutive singles -- the last by Brad Wilkerson driving in a run to make it 4-2.
"I felt strong, but elevated a couple pitches that got hit," Westbrook said. "That's the difference between a good pitcher and a great one -- the ability to fight through the late innings and finish it off."
Davis came on and induced two quick outs before walking Matthews to load the bases.
"He had the guy 0-and-2 and walked him, then it fell apart," Wedge said. "J.D. was close, but he has to be able to get that last out."
Young followed with a two-run single to tie it and Teixeira doubled to right-center, scoring Matthews for a 5-4 lead. Nevin then doubled home two more runs before Scott Sauerbeck came on to record the final out.
"It isn't easy coming into that situation because you want to come in and maybe do more than you can," said Davis, in his first season as a reliever. "I've got to figure out what happened and fix it."
Grady Sizemore tripled and scored on Travis Hafner's two-out single in the first, and Jhonny Peralta's RBI single in the third gave Cleveland a 2-0 lead.
Martinez opened the fourth with a ground-rule double. Padilla eventually loaded the bases by hitting Ben Broussard on the right knee with a pitch and walking Ramon Vazquez, but gave up only one run -- on a fielder's choice grounder by Casey Blake that made it 3-0.
Hank Blalock singled to open the Texas fifth and later scored on a grounder to make it 3-1.
Martinez opened the sixth with a double and scored on Broussard's line single to right to restore Cleveland's three-run lead.
Broussard left in the seventh with a bruise on the right knee. ... Texas 2B Mark DeRosa singled in his first at-bat in the third. He had been on the disabled list since April 15 with a sprained left knee. ... Indians LF Jason Michaels was a late scratch with flu-like symptoms and replaced by Todd Hollandsworth. ... Mench is batting .393 (22-for-56) with seven homers and 22 RBI during his hitting streak. ... Rangers starters are 4-0 over the last 13 games.


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He was just pointing to Santa.
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He was just pointing to Santa.
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This photo is featured in our new book!
Poor kid has an abnormal hand or is it a normal hand gesture?
How many scotch and steak dinners do you think Pa's had?
Santa Says : " ಠ_ಠ !!!!!!! "
Oh, to be a fly on the wall at that house when Dad saw this! I wonder if this little guy made it to New Years Day in one piece…….
None of the kids look thrilled having a photo taken with Grandma & Grandpa. Even Grandma has a forced smile.
Ummm, I think that's Mom & Dad, not the Grands.
Can't wait to see the Easter photo!
Wonder what that kid is doing now?
I think it was a bold artistic choice to stand the girl in a loud pattern in front of the mother in a loud pattern. Or maybe, back in those days, we got immune to loud patterns.
who cares about art?
Oh wow, I think that as far as loud patterns go in this picture, the idea was 'the more the merrier.' My god, I almost feel like donning my houndstooth coat and red velvet stirrups!
Someone is on Santa's naughty list!
Not the most awkward thing. But still Kinda……awkward…….
I thought the second place photo was by far the best and should have been the winner. The winning photo was OK for a laugh and should have placed in the top 10, but no where near #1
Kanye strikes again…
I've always wanted to do that in family pics, but never had the guts, lol!
This is pretty funny. I had a friend in JR High that did it in the choir picture in the yearbook. She was on the front row but hers was sticking down. She pointed it out to me when we got the yearbooks. This brought back memories and yes I still have that yearbook.
That kid had either the thrill seeking danger gene or else very indulgent parents. Let's just say that there would be NO gifts under the tree for me if I ever pulled that stunt, and rightly so. I can almost hear Dad," You love that finger so much? Let's wrap that up and put it under the tree for you!!" On the other hand, LOVE the hair bun on the older of the two girls!
I bet one little fella was in a lot of hot water when the roll of film came back
PAAAAHAHAHA, you're absolutely right! I just realized that! Oh man, I bet he was eating off the mantle for a month!!
HAHA That's awesome! 🙂 Gotta love kids!
wow cant belive thats my uncle and im just finding out about this!!!!
And he's looking so sweet and innocent!
"Merry F'n Christmas"
"Aunt Marney, this is for you."
This is one Christmas picture Marney won't be displaying this year.
Really don't have much to comment on this one. What I did want to say was simply this: Merry Christmas to all of you and to add my thanks for the comments that have made me laugh day after day. It's good to see that humor is alive and well. And yes Calvin, you are correct… Awkward Family Photos is #1 !!!!!!!
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I recently noticed that all API devices in the M4L API lessons sets have lost their targets… i.e. the 3 menus "track" "device" "parameters" are empty in all the devices of all the lesson sets
I tried to repair the library but it didn't work: does somebody know a fix?
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Alan Sawyer has 22 years experience as a sound mixer, and works mostly in the Richmond/Norfolk production market. He says he likes "working around so many talented and gifted people on both sides of the camera".
Recently Alan did a 14-week series for ShowTime called "Lines", which has the distinction of being the first series shot 3-Camera Super-16 in a four wall set. Alan says his favorite project also had to do with the subject of 16mm. Called "Power of Sixteen", it was the only film Kodak has ever made about film.
Alan's gear includes a Sonosax Mixer, Sennheiser Mkh60 and Schoeps CMC4/41 mics, and the Fostex PD-4.
As Alan ponders the future of digital recording, he says it is going to be an interesting problem "figuring out how we're going to store all these ones and zeros".
Phil Arnold has been recording sound for the Nashville film and video production for over thirty years. Like many mixers, Phil does a fair amount of travelling, and says what he likes most is "going places and being involved with unusual circumstances".
His recorder of choice is the Nagra IV-STC. Phil's mic collection includes Beyer and Sanken shotguns. He uses a Sony MXP-42 Mixer.
Phil's favorite project was "Songs of the Civil War". Recently he worked on "A Dog's Life" for The Discovery Channel.
Phil is expecting digital television to be the next big thing to influence our business.
On his wish list, Phil is holding out for a Digital 24-bit 96Khz portable recorder as soon as somebody makes one. We have a feeling that Phil will not have to wait long.
In Greg Linton's seventeen years as a location sound mixer, he has seen many changes. "It seems to me" Greg says, "that the old adage 'the more things change, the more things stay the same' has a familiar ring in our business. As things change rapidly technologically, the basic concept of getting good usable tracks remains the same."
"I like the challenge" Greg reflects, "of working in the changing technical arena and keeping up with how the procedures work through post, but I feel very good about the fact that my experience is still what I rely on most to get the tracks recorded in the first place." Greg gives as an example a sync challenge on a recent job where the 16mm camera had to run at a rate to match a computer monitor, causing the frame rate to be 30.160 frames per second. "Also, staying ahead of the game on an organizational level, taking good notes, etcetera, is also a time-tested part of the business that can't be disregarded based on technological advances."
Greg works primarily in the Atlanta area. His recent projects include the Bill Moyers special "Close to Home: Bill Moyers on Addiction," and an Episcopal Church Evensong service for stereo broadcast on National Public Radio. Greg's mainstays are Documentaries, Independent Features, TV and Industrial Videos. "I try to avoid ENG", he says.
Greg's recorder of choice is the HHB PDR100TC. He uses Sennheiser MKH Series, Schoeps CMC Series and Audio Technica 4000 Series mics. His lavs are Sankens. Greg chooses his SQN-3, PSC M4A+, or Mackie 1402VLZ for mixing. Greg is interested in Sanken's new CS3 shotgun mic, and is interested in hearing Beyer's new lavalieres.
When Greg is not out on location working, he is using his workmanship restoring an old house.
"I think that a conversion to a newer recording medium, possibly hard disk, will be the next big change once the post houses commonly convert to it". Greg finds the DEVA portable hard disk recorder interesting in that respect. "But it's still most interesting to me to see how stable the basics are!"
Louisville, Kentucky is home for sound mixer Kevin Van Bakel. He records sound for commercials, industrials, ENG, and does quite a bit of sports sound. He has been recording audio for the past 12 years.
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Working on Basketball games is Kevin's favorite assignment. "It's fast, exciting, and over in two hours," he explains. "It's not an office."
Kevin recently visited Trew Audio and updated his equipment package with Lectrosonics "frequency agile" UCR-200's and plans to add a new Cooper mixer in the near future.
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1. Slice the green tomatoes into slices, about ¼ to ½ inches in thickness.
2. In a bowl, mix the flour with the black pepper, chilli flakes and minced garlic. Add the beaten eggs and lone star beer and mix very well.
3. In a non stick frying skillet, heat the oil and shallow fry the tomatoes, dipped in the batter, on medium heat. Cook them for about five minutes on each side.
4. Place the fried tomatoes on a paper towel to drain the excess oil.
5. Serve along with a main dish of your choice or as a snack, with a dip.
Serving size Per servingComplete recipe
Calories 893 Calories from Fat 519
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 59 g90.4%
Saturated Fat 7.7 g38.3%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 40.6 mg1.7%
Total Carbohydrates 75 g25%
Dietary Fiber 5.3 g21.4%
Sugars 9.4 g
Protein 12 g23.2%
Vitamin A 30.3%
Vitamin C 93.3%
Calcium 6%
Iron 28.3%
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A Jive Ass Monkey Dog Cat is technically a cat but acts like a dog. But worse than a Dog a Jive Ass Monkey Dog Cat acts like a Jive Ass Monkey Dog. Noameen? My Moma told me about Jive Ass Monkey Dog Cats. So if you don't like it then you can go talk to my Moma. Jive Ass Monkey Dog Cats live in the ghetto so don't go looking in the suburbs, cause there ain't no Jive Ass Monkey Dog Cats there.
Look up Monkey Dog. Olive is a jive ass monkey dog cat. Olive trys to pretend to be a monkey dog and follows his little monkey dog all arround the neighborhood, But Olive is not a dog in fact Olive is a cat but since he thinks he is a dog and his best friend is a jive ass monkey dog, then Olive is a Jive Ass Monkey Dog Cat. Make sence?
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1. Preheat the grill.
2. Grind roasted peanut in food processor or a mortar and pestle until finely powdered.
3. On the peanut powder add all the spices and grind again to mix the spices with the peanut powder really well.
4. Marinate the meat with the peanut spice. Make sure that the meat is coated well with it. 5. Let it marinate in refrigerator for at least one hour.
6. Place the meat on skewers.
7. Lightly oil the grill plate.
8. Grill the kababs on medium heat until done.
9. Serve hot with some sliced onion.
10. Enjoy!
Serving size Per servingComplete recipe
Calories 270 Calories from Fat 132
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15 g23.2%
Saturated Fat 4.2 g21.2%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 44.2 mg14.7%
Sodium 562.7 mg23.4%
Total Carbohydrates 6 g1.9%
Dietary Fiber 2 g7.9%
Sugars 1.4 g
Protein 28 g56.4%
Vitamin A 23.6%
Vitamin C 3.6%
Calcium 1.4%
Iron 4.9%
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Mátyás Seiber: Yugoslav, Hungarian & Nonsens Songse & Other Choral Music / Choir of the 21st Century
1 CD / SOMM / 2011-02-01Works: Mátyás Seiber: Yugoslav Folk Songs (6), for chorus; Hungarian Folk Songs (3), for chorus; Soldiers' Songs (2), for men's chorus; Missa Brevis, for chorus; Sirmio, for chorus; Madrigals (2),...
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Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher
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Ensemble: 21st Century Choir
Glass' project of the mid-1970s, 'Another Look at Harmony', was not so much an essay in minimalism as a search for the way beyond it....continue...
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Performers: Gibbs, John; Hudson, Paul; Jackson, Richard; Jones, Della; Mackie, Neil
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The big day for WilSon is almost here, so of course snicks will be conducting a liveblog of all the hot steamy action on Days of Our Lives today and tomorrow. You don't want to miss this!
Have you ever wondered if success has changed Peter Jackson over the years since The Lord of the Rings? According to Sir Ian McKellen, not at all. He still enjoys his hometown, where the locals marvel at his antiques, his studio, his church, and where he keeps his private jet. And he still walks about much like a hobbit, without shoes.
Vulture spoke to a bespoke tailor about how it was possible for James Bond to always have an impeccable suit, yet have the freedom to fight and leap from trains with complete freedom of movement. It turns out it's all possible with the right tailor.
I'm not entirely sure why it makes me so happy that Shirley Jones is moving into the cul-de-sac on Cougar Town, and that she's forcing herself into the wine gang.
The National Organization for Marriage is pretty sad about losing all those marriage races. And they seem to understand it's only going to get worse. "The president is against those who are pro-life, pro-marriage, and pro-religious freedom. He may get the chance to change the makeup of the Supreme Court. We're facing a serious generational problem."
Jennifer Lawrence is a lot like Emma Stone in the fact that she's just so relatable. When she was asked to gain weight for Silver Linings Playbook opposite Bradley Cooper, "I was like, 'Hell yeah!' noting, 'That never happens in a movie.'"
We've all learned in history class that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had polio, which kept him in a wheelchair for much of his presidency. There was a decent case, the symptoms mostly fit, he'd visited a Boy Scout camp prior to his accident that could have been a point of infection. But scientists looking back with modern medicine feel it's more likely that he had Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Both are caused by a virus, but Guillain-Barre typicall affects the legs bilaterally, where polio tends to affect one side. This is likely the most famous misdiagnosis in history.
If you've spent any time on Tumblr recently, you know that Sexy Nate Silver has become a thing. Tag lines once reserved for Ryan Gosling are being adapted for geek chic, and I couldn't be happier.
While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may be eyeing the exit door next year, while she's still the HBIC, she's continuing to use her office to advance the rights of LGBT people around the world. Her latest endorsement is Out On the Street, a summit of powerful financial heads in London coming together to decide how the financial industry can advance LGBT rights. "The inaugural Out on the Street summit in Europe is an exciting opportunity to connect with one another and share strategies on how to advance the rights of LGBT individuals in the workplace and beyond, and to underscore why this issue matters for the industry"
Nineteen states and counting have petitions up on President Obama's We The People site asking for permission to secede from the United States in the wake of the president's reelection. The rules of the site say that any petition that gets 25,000 signatures will get a response from the administration. I imagine somewhere in a sound studio, they're recording the sound of the President laughing uncontrollably.
Major League Soccer is not having it with players uttering gay slurs. The latest is Sounders' Marc Burch, who let loose with a slur during their game with Real Salt Lake. With the season drawing to a close, the league handed down a three game suspension, taking him out of the playoffs and possibly out of the first game of next season, plus a fine and sensitivity training. Impressively, the league acted in only two days. Burch has apologized, and to be honest, it was actually a pretty good apology.
Oh, Tom, the answer is yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
I really do. My pre-internet brain could remember phone numbers
Who wants CPR from Lance Bass? And can't gay guys use the male dummy?
Danny Zuker does have a point
David Hasselhoff is Team Jake
Last night, Cheyenne Jackson and Jonathan Groff sang a duet, and I wasn't there!
Colton Haynes covered up his man cleavage to go to the flea market. If he hadn't, that globe wouldn't have been alone
Anderson Cooper admits that yes, sometimes he can tell if someone else is gay, but he wouldn't necessarily call it gaydar. In my view, gaydar is a lot like sonar, there are active and passive versions. Cooper had active gaydar for years, giving off a strong signal to well, everyone on the planet.
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Once Red Bull dropped a man from space, you'd think they wouldn't really be able to come up with anything crazier. You'd be wrong, because they now have the Kluge, which unites most of their sponsored athletes in a type of Rube Goldberg machine with one purpose, to break a can of Red Bull free from the ice it is frozen in.
It's a commonly asked question: Why doesn't MTV play music videos anymore? You probably never thought you'd get an honest answer to that question, but even though this man is only impersonating an MTV executive, I have a feeling this is spot on.
Straight guys, we're tired of playing around trying to get you to support marriage equality. Either you come around and agree equality matters, or we're going to marry your girlfriends. NSFW
I'll admit, with the exception of some cartoons, I'm not a huge fan of Christmas movies. They're just too sappy. But somehow, the UK has managed to mash together what appears to be a Christmas movie and the inevitable Glee: Toddlers to create Nativity 2: Danger In the Manger, and convince David Tennant to star in it (Martin Freeman was unavailable for the sequel). I don't think The Doctor could save this.
Evidently there is a 20 year old tennis player named Bernard Tomic, and he was naked in a hot tub on top of a high rise for his 20th birthday, when he decided to have a naked wrestling match with the guy he was sharing his hot tub with. The cops were called when neighbors feared one of them was going to go over the edge of the balcony. Tomic says it was all just a bit of fun. Possibly NSFW due to long distance blurry bits. h/t Allan


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Individuals are responsible for preventing a national pension crisis in the future, the Government warned yesterday.
Speaking ahead of the second reading of the Pensions Bill, which proposes automatic enrolment from 2012 into workplace pensions, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Peter Hain, said individuals must take responsibility for their own retirement savings and that radical change is needed to stave off the effects of a low current level of retirement saving and dramatically improved longevity.
"If we don't tackle the challenge of under-saving, by 2050 we face the nightmare of a pensions crisis with people of working age struggling to pay for an ageing population. Around three quarters of people say they will need more than the state pension to live on. But actions do not match words only four in 10 working-age people are saving into a private pension.
"The state, individuals and employers all share in the responsibility to avert such a crisis," he said. "We must act decisively now to renew the social contract between us. To achieve the type of lifestyle individuals expect in retirement, they must take personal responsibility by participating in a pension. Automatic enrolment will combat the inertia which is such a barrier to saving."
The Bill proposes that employees would contribute a minimum of 4 per cent, employers a minimum of 3 per cent, with around 1 per cent in tax relief from the state. The state pension age will gradually rise to 68 by 2046, and a National Pensions Saving Scheme, or "personal accounts", will be introduced in 2012 to try to plug a 57bn savings gap.
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Love is something that just doesn't happen by fate
Love is something that you have to create
Love is something that you have to build and build on
Love is something that I have just become upon
Our love is like a rose bud about to blossom
Our love is so sweet and very awesome
Some people can't love so they cheat
We don't have to cheat and that makes our relationship neat
They are jealous of our love so they hate
I guess love is something they can't participate
Our love is strong
Their definition of love is wrong
Love is something you cannot buy
If you've never loved then loving someone is something you have got to try
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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1
Not all properties of a style within a <style media="print"> tag are being processed, such as color, background-color and text-decoration.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Invoke http://www.armonkplayers.org/reservations/test.html
2. Observe page as displayed in browser.
3. Do a "Print Preview" or Print
Actual Results:
The contents of the second table cell (BBB) is properly printed twice as large as the other cells, but the color, background-color and text-decoration properties are wrong.
Expected Results:
The second cell should be white text on a black background and underlined.
The style sheets in question:
<style type="text/css">
.b {
color: red;
background-color: white;
text-decoration: line-through;
<style type="text/css" media="print">
.b {
color: white;
background-color: black;
text-decoration: underline;
font-size: 200%
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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0a1) Gecko/20110610 Firefox/7.0a1 ID:20110610030736
Check "Print Background (colors & images)" in File – Page Setup… dialog.
WFM too against Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0.1 ID:20110413222027 with "Print Background (colors & images)" checked.
I am sorry to have "spun your wheels". I suppose the folks at Mozilla figure that if you are not honoring 'background-color', then you really cannot honor 'color' either. But what is the rationale for ignoring 'text-decoration'?
So all in all, this is a print option that goes a bit beyond what I would expect. Anyway, thanks for your time.
Seems like a valid bug to me. We should do the same color mangling
for the text-decoration lines as we do for the text.
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Reporter's testcase (standards mode)
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Reporter's testcase in Quirks mode
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Something like this... should merge the nsLayoutUtils::GetColor with
part 2 in bug 312156 which does mostly the same thing.
Likely best to hold off on this until bug 403524 lands.
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Created attachment 551559 [details] [diff] [review]
updated to tip
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>- } while (context && hasDecorationLines && (0 != decorMask));
>+ } while (0 != decorMask &&
>+ NS_SUCCEEDED(f->GetParentStyleContextFrame(presContext, &f, &isChild)) &&
>+ f);
GetParentStyleContextFrame is intended for use only when reconstructing the style contexts. You either want to continue walking up the style context tree as this code was, or you should use nsLayoutUtils::GetParentOrPlaceholderFor. (Though, really, this code should be entirely rewritten... or we should just find a way to get rid of nsTextBoxFrame. Not for this patch, though.)
r=dbaron with that
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>- const nscolor color = useOverride ? overrideColor
>- : context->GetVisitedDependentColor(eCSSProperty_text_decoration_color);
>+ const nscolor color = useOverride ? overrideColor :
>+ nsLayoutUtils::GetColor(f, eCSSProperty_text_decoration_color);
And please leave the : on the following line.
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Medicinal herb or myth? Indian official proposes hunt for sanjivani of lore
The real-life version of sanjivani has been seen growing on the slopes of Dunagiri, in northern Uttarakhand.
Morgan Stanley names Colm Kelleher president; Greg Fleming leaving bank
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Five herbs that can add flavour to any juice
Herbs can lend a refreshing taste to mocktails as well as fresh fruit juices.
Roseroot herb may treat depression
The findings in the journal Phytomedicine suggest that those who cannot tolerate anti-depressants can soon have an alternative in roseroot or Rhodiola rosea.
A great day for Canada, says Indian origin ex-minister Herb Dhaliwal
Harjit Sajjan, 42, took the oath as Canada's defence minister, Navdeep Bains, 38, as innovation minister, Amarjeet Sohi as infrastructure minister.
Smoked fish, dried herbs, vegetables: Kashmir's winter delicacies
For centuries, locals in the landlocked Kashmir Valley have relished dried vegetables, smoked fish and wild herbs to survive during the extreme winter.
Basil: The Padma Lakshmi of herbs
Recognisably Indian, but exotically good looking and glamorous, basil balances contradictions in a way that suits it to symbolism.
Demand for culinary herbs surges
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Proposal to regulate extraction of rare herbs yet to get nod
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Smugglers dose up on medicinal herb Nag Chatri
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Why the distinction between herbs and vegetables breaks down when it comes to celery
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Herbs for refreshing sleep
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Bali's cuisine combines flavours herbs and spices
Bali's cuisine combines the flavours of fresh fruit, seafood and meats with the tempting aroma of herbs and spices.
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Ranbaxy, Herbs & Cures bank on soft loans for research
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