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What an amazing year 2017 has been for Bohol. There has undoubtably been some low points for the island with natural and man made disasters but overall the resilience of the community has been nothing short of inspirational.
The tourism and hospitality sector has felt the effects along side the rest of the community but the number of new restaurants coming onto the scene speaks volumes for the future of the restaurant scene in Bohol. This year also saw the inaugural Peoples Choice Award won by Al Fresco Bay.
So….It's September again and time to announce the 2017 Eating Out Bohol Restaurant of the Year.
Not surprisingly our previous awardees have all been established businesses who have survived the test of time and built a loyal following from both locals and tourists alike. Past winners have included Gerarda's, Giuseppe's, the Peacock Garden and Amun Ini .
This year for the first time we are incredibly excited to announce that a new player has won the award, Bougainvillea Spanish Restaurant!
Our reviewers debated long and hard about awarding a restaurant, that isn't even a year old, with the coveted Restaurant Of The Year Award but during the discussion the word 'passion' was voiced over and over again.
And in some ways this really describes this restaurant and its owners. Every time one of our reviewers visited the restaurant they were greeted with big smiles, whisked to their table then regaled with the happenings, specials and new experiments the chefs had concocted. Each visit was refreshingly different and showed that the chefs weren't just going to sit on their laurels and coast but were going to strive for something special. And in our eyes this is the ultimate expression of passion.
Bougainvillea Spanish Restaurant isn't just about passion but an amalgam of what makes a restaurant great. Service, ambiance and of course, the food which is as traditional and authentic as the owners themselves.
So….Congratulations Bougainvillea Spanish Restaurant. A well deserved win for 2017!
You can read the original review here.


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Power Factor Correction
Power quality is critical to efficient operation of equipment. One contributing element to power quality is power factor. Commercial Energy Solutions help businesses be more productive with their energy using Power Factor Correction.
What is Power Factor?
Simply, it is a measure of how efficiently the load current is being converted into useful work output and is a good indicator of the effect of the load current on the efficiency of the supply system. A poor Power Factor occurs when a load is drawing more electrical energy than is necessary, for conversion into a given amount of useful work.
Power factor is the measure of how effective incoming power is being used at a site; it is expressed as a numerical value between 0 and 1. The closer a power factor is to one, the more efficiently a business is consuming electricity. A power factor between 0.95 and 1 is more cost effective.
Worried you are drawing more power than what is actually required to operate your business? Contact us now on (08) 8234 5101 or complete our online contact form to arrange a FREE No-Obligation Level 1 Energy Audit.
How Does It Work ?
So consider a barge being pulled by a horse:
Since the horse cannot walk on water its pulling effort is reduced by the "angle" of the tow rope.
If the horse could walk on water then all the horse power is being used to pull the load.
However the relative position of the horse influences the power. As the horse gets closer to the barge, angle Ø1 increases and power is wasted, but, as the horse is positioned further away, then angle Ø2 gets closer to zero and less power is wasted
By improving Power Factor (reducing the angle), the reactive power component is reduced.
Consider This :
When you buy fuel for a vehicle, the manufacturer makes it in litres, the pump dispenses it in litres and you pay for it in litres. $/litre – simple!
When you buy electricity, the electricity supplier makes kVA (kilo volt amperes) and you pay for it in kWh (kilowatt hours) or maybe on your bill (Units) – not so simple!
So what is the kilowatt hour (or unit) we get on our bills? Basically, 1000 watts of electricity being used for 1 hour.
Example: 10 x 100 watt lamps x 1 hour=1000 watts/hr divided by 1000=1kWh – simple!
Now here comes the problem: In an alternating current (AC) electrical supply, a mysterious thing called 'Power Factor' comes into play. Power Factor is simply the measure of the efficiency of the power being used, a power factor of 1 would mean 100% of the supply is being used efficiently. A power factor of 0.5 means the use of the power is very inefficient or wasteful.
So what causes Power Factor to change? In the world of industry and commerce, a power factor of 1 is not obtainable because equipment such as electric motors, welding sets, fluorescent and high bay lighting create what is called an 'inductive load' which in turn causes the amps in the supply to lag the volts. The resulting lag is called Power Factor.
How this power is wasted can be shown graphically since in 3 phase power supplies 'power' can be represented and measured as a triangle. ACTIVE Power is the base line and is the 'real' usable power measured and paid for in kW. REACTIVE power is the vertical or that part of the supply which causes the inductive load. The reactive power in is measured in kVAr (kilo volt-amperes reactive). APPARENT Power is the hypotenuse. This is the component the electricity generator must supply and it is the resultant of the other two components, measured in kVA.
What does it do to my electricity bill ?
In a 3 phase power supply, kW consumed is 3 phase VOLTS x AMPS x 1.73 x Power Factor. The Electricity Company supply you VOLTS x AMPS and they have to supply extra to make up for the loss caused by poor Power Factor.
When the power factor falls below a set figure, the electricity supply companies charge a premium on the kW being consumed, or, charge for the whole supply as kVA by adding reactive power charges (kVar) to the bill.
How does Power Factor Correction work?
Power Factor Correction aims to improve power factor, utilising capacitors to offset usually inductive loads, for example motors. Power Factor Correction systems increase the efficiency of power supply, delivering immediate cost savings on electricity.
Benefits of Commercial Energy Solutions' Power Factor Correction
- Reduced cost: Reduction in kVA demand and therefore reduced electricity costs.
- Equipment life: Extend the life of your equipment.
- Compliance: Compliance with regulatory codes.
- Expansion: More power available for site expansion without the need for new switchboards and cable.

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Past event
Taste Of The Caribbean (TOTC) is Quebec's premier Caribbean cultural event. Celebrating its 19th year, TOTC 2018 – The Dance Edition, is a four-day cultural feast of food, music and arts from over 20 Caribbean nations including Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Cuba and many more!
Explore the rich Caribbean dances
With several free workshops offered daily, we invite you to come and learn new moves or polish them. Learn the origins of the dances, some specific to each island culture. Unique rhythms and steps will have you dancing for hours and hours.
The Rum Zone is also back this year where it allows you to sample various categories of rums and a variety of Caribbean tapas.
From Jamaica's famous jerk chicken to the spiced Rums of Barbados and Grenada, we invite you to come and explore the islands through your taste buds!
A Taste Of The Caribbean – Dance Edition: an exotic feast for the senses!
12-15 July, 2018
1pm - 11pm - every day
General site : Free
Concert zone: 6pm - 11pm : from $0 to $50 (depending on the artist)
More information
Quai de l'horloge
Wheelchar access: yes
Methods of payment
On web: Visa, MasterCard, American Express On site: Interac, Cash


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ARLINGTON ? As part of the Snohomish County PUD's voluntary "Planet Power" green energy program, AHS has installed solar panels purchased from Silicon Energy on the John C. Larson stadium.
The Arlington School District applied for a grant, available through the PUD, to fund the majority of the cost for installation, which was performed by Arlington Electric.
"Not only will this project reduce our electrical consumption, but it will also be a valuable teaching aid for our students," said Sid Logan, executive director of operations for the Arlington School District, who touted the lower impact on the environment and the cost savings of the solar panels, in addition to the educational potential of the data they will yield.
Solar photovoltaic modules, such as those manufactured by Silicon Energy in Marysville, are a viable energy source in Washington despite the state's number of rainy and cloudy days, since the temperate climate actually helps solar perform better by keeping such systems cooler.
An eight-kilowatt solar array was added to the top of the stadium, with its last four modules installed on Monday, Nov. 5. Since the solar panels produce DC power, inverters will also be installed to convert the electricity to AC.
The energy generated by this system will be used on site, at the stadium or at the school, wherever electricity is needed, to reduce the energy costs for the district and taxpayers. The solar energy will be blended with the school's regular electrical source of power, since there are times, such as at night, when solar power isn't being produced.
The project includes the creation of an interactive Internet webpage to share and monitor the system's performance with students, families and the public. The PUD's goal is to choose high profile projects so that communities can learn more about renewables and solar photovoltaics.
Source: http://feeds.soundpublishing.com/~r/arlbusiness/~3/P3HRyypgwdU/178068831.html
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Small Square Necklace
Small Square Necklace
Available in Goldfilled/ Silver/ Rose goldfilled
This item comes in standard size for a woman.
Engraving in Hebrew and English
- Size: Plate 15mm*8mm, Length:380mm.
- Inlaid with White zircon ,
- All Necklaces come with extra loops to extend the size
- The font will be as shown in the image
- Handmade
- Made-to-order
- Personal message optional
- If the jewelry is for a men or children Write it in the comments at checkout
- Arrives packed in a gift box.
Raw materials we work with are the most prestigious in the jewelry industry and are water resistant and long-term abrasion.


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As unfair and sad as it may seem, we often tend to forget that species extinction is a natural process like any other. While such a question may seem arbitrary coming from a nature lover, I have since come to appreciate that nature works in mysterious and (in our eyes) often cruel ways.
Extinction has been a process that has existed in tandem with evolution since the beginning of life. One process cannot exist without the other, and there is no way around this argument. In fact, the human race has evolved as a result of the mass extinction of reptiles millions of years ago, which allowed our ancestors and other mammalian species to flourish. It would be quite an unfathomable scenario in which we had cockroaches the size of side plates, sharks four times the size of great white sharks and pigeons that stood at 1m in height – not to mention to fast moving predatory dinosaurs with a mouth full of flesh ripping teeth.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has recently raised questions around issues of extinction. Such is the result of decades of declines in the number of 'high profile' species such as rhinoceroses, elephants and tigers, which albeit showing promising rises in numbers for some species, are still exhibit critical rates of decline. These figures are imparting a sense of 'hatred' towards the process of extinction. It is argued by many that the attention given to these 'high profile' species is not contributing to an educated understanding of this process.
When we think of extinction, one associates this with the mass extinction event of dinosaurs, which wiped out around 90% of living species at the time. As mentioned, extinction is a natural process which in fact occurs on an annual and sometimes daily basis.
There are 'background' extinctions that are recorded, with species fading out annually at the expense of other. This is a relatively routine occurring but it generally passes as undetected since the species lost are not as high profile. Only a handful of individuals in the world would be bothered if a species of plants, insects or worm would go extinct. Scientists estimate that mammalian species survive the least in the world, for an average of one to two million years, with leatherback sea turtles being the most persistent at over ten million years. The hard fact is that nothing is infinite, and every single species recorded so far has either gone extinct or will eventually suffer the same fate – this including humans!
So why is there such hype about extinction? The reasons are purely selfish and stem from an economic agenda. Taking the decline of fishery stocks of tuna as a recent example, an eventual extinction spells losses for companies that run in the tens of millions. Furthermore, that is why conservation bodies tend to focus on charismatic species like big cats, elephants, pandas and other mammals – these species bring in considerable income from animals enthusiasts who are willing to spend money to see them. Efforts are also focused on the preservation of 'keystone' species, which keep in check certain food chains which if unregulated could mean losses for governments (example, the Thai government does not want to lose Tigers since these act as a control for deer populations which would otherwise decimate natural vegetation).
There is also a moral reason why we are aware of extinction. We have thankfully reached a stage where we feel obligated to conserve nature after neglecting it for so long. It is well known that extinction rates are occurring at an accelerated rate as a result of human interference. So we can find some comfort in the fact that we have finally understood our impacts on the environment, and we are ready to mitigate these to restore some much needed order to the natural process of extinction.


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Thank you everyone who was on the call today for a great discussion. You all had excellent feedback that will help me shape the final versions. I do think these readiness markers will make a big difference in people's 1) being able to start using the content that's there, plus all the new content that is soon coming; and 2) being able to figure out how to help & get more excited about helping because others will be able to use the content more easily right away. I'm excited to see them in place. I bet we'll have this shipped by the end of the month. Thanks!! Go team!! Jen Jen Simmons designer, consultant and speaker host of The Web Ahead jensimmons.com 5by5.tv/webahead twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds < firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Thanks for all these ideas Jen -- and especially the pictures and sample > text, which make it much easier to start discussing from a common point of > understanding. > > * On the definitions: > > My one concern is the phrase "or inaccurate" in the Almost Complete > description. I feel strongly that Almost Complete should only be used for > good, reliable material that just does not yet include everything we would > like to be there. > > I like your caveat in "Ready to Use" about the fact that standards are > always changing and so a ready-to-use document may become out of date. It > makes me wonder, however, if we should introduce one more category: > > *Out of Date* > A document should only be marked "Out of Date" if it was previously marked > "Ready to Use" or "Almost Complete", but is no longer accurate due to > changes in the standards or implementations discussed. Of course, in most > cases we would hope that the person who notices the article is out of date > would be able to update it without need for a change in status. However, if > an edit cannot be made immediately, this status will let others know that > the document needs to be reviewed. > > Any thoughts? > > * On how to display the status: > > I appreciate the careful argument against big warning boxes. I think that > sums up the feeling many people were having. > > That said, I know people want this to happen sooner rather than later. If > I go ahead with adding the "short and sweet" note box under the titles, > giving each an appropriate class name, do you think you will be able to > work with that later with CSS and absolute/fixed positions to move the > information out of the main text flow? > > I like the look of the vertical stripes (especially with the rounded top), > but I am worried about having the information too far away from the main > content -- on a widescreen, having the stripe flush left could leave it > well outside of anyone's field of view. What about having it floating just > outside of the main content "page"? > > In contrast, the angled ribbons are very visible, but might be annoying in > that they overlap important navigation links. > > On the colours, I am concerned about the white text on yellow background. > You've made the yellow darker than normal, but it is still not exactly the > demonstration of accessibility best practices that we should be aiming for > (it's also a kind of ugly colour...). I don't have a problem with the > original colour scheme. Purple is enough of an eye-grabbing colour that it > should be understandable in combination with the text. > > Hopefully we can discuss more in the teleconference, > Amelia > > > > On 12 May 2014 09:38, Jen Simmons <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > >> *DESIGN — PART3* >> [While working out the site-wide implementation of the Readiness State >> colors and names we created for the home page, I'm realizing I want to >> change them a bit. Here's what I'm thinking.] >> >> Well, When creating the home page, I thought about going with a more >> obvious green, yellow, orange, red set of colors to mean go, hesitate & >> check a little, wait more iffy, nope don't go here. But I didn't go so >> obvious because 1) I thought it'd be more interesting to play around the >> edges of that convention, but not play into it fully. And 2) that yellow is >> a very hard color to use — that the luminosity of that group is too wide >> ranging. And 3) That I wanted to stick more closely to the logo colors. >> >> The home page works — with the four columns of color next to each other. >> It's nice. >> >> [image: Inline image 2] >> >> But once I'm trying to work out the design of the individual document >> pages, where only one color is showing, and where we want that color (along >> with the words) to convey a lot of meaning all by itself.... then it's not >> really obvious enough. Red means In Progress? Blue means All Ready To Go? >> It's confusing. >> >> So I'm rethinking the color set. And did some sketches. >> >> Here are all the pages, each with a single color — in one image so you >> can see them together. I think that better reflects what we want people to >> do. Use green. Maybe use yellow, with a bit of care. Orange, not so much. >> Definitely don't use red. (Again, this is for developers who are looking >> for documentation, not for contributors.) >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> Here's what those colors would look like on the home page: >> >> [image: Inline image 3] >> I don't like this as much, but I think usability should trump aesthetics. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Jen >> >> >> >> Jen Simmons >> designer, consultant and speaker >> host of The Web Ahead >> jensimmons.com >> 5by5.tv/webahead >> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Jen Simmons <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >> >>> *DESIGN — PART 2* >>> [In this email, I'll show you some sketches of where we can put the >>> readiness markers, with some different options. Take a look at the images, >>> and see which options you prefer.] >>> >>> Ok, so let's pretend that we all agree that we will not put the >>> readiness marker visually in a box on in the main content box. Where does >>> it go? >>> >>> I'm playing with two ideas — 1) a diagonal ribbon across a top corner of >>> the page, and 2) a strip of color down the side of the page. Neither idea >>> is new or unique. Both will be quickly familiar to users. >>> >>> Let me first show you simple implementations of each. In both cases, the >>> words "In Progress" / "Almost Ready" are a link to a page that explains >>> what these mean and encourages people to contribute. >>> >>> [image: Inline image 2][image: Inline image 4][image: Inline image 3][image: >>> Inline image 1] >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Jen >>> >>> Jen Simmons >>> designer, consultant and speaker >>> host of The Web Ahead >>> jensimmons.com >>> 5by5.tv/webahead >>> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Jen Simmons <firstname.lastname@example.com>wrote: >>> >>>> *DESIGN — PART 1* >>>> [I'm going to write separate emails, each with a major point. This >>>> first one is making a case for removing *all * warning boxes of any >>>> kind from the space above the content inside the white box. It's a detailed >>>> argument, but that's the only thing I'll talk about in here, and then start >>>> a new email for the next point.] >>>> >>>> >>>> I agree with Eilot and Doug in the last couple emails — to keep the >>>> readiness marker simple. >>>> >>>> I've been planning for the change to readiness states to allow us to >>>> get rid of having *any* kind of giant box of meta-message at the top >>>> of the page. I want the user to be able to get straight to the content, not >>>> be hit first with information about the website. >>>> >>>> Remember, a lot of users will 1) need to know Some Thing about >>>> HTML/CSS/SVG/JS/APIs, 2) google for help on The Thing, and 3) (hopefully >>>> soon) see a WPD page as a top search result and click on it. They might be >>>> coming to WPD for the first time. They might have never heard of WPD >>>> before. They might come to WPD all the time, and start to like it more than >>>> MDN, and land on WPD pages all the time without every taking any time to >>>> explore the site or understand the culture that created it. I want to >>>> encourage this behavior to happen more and more, even if it isn't happening >>>> yet. >>>> >>>> If there's a giant box of meta-stuff in the way of getting straight to >>>> the content, that slows people down from what they want to do. It doesn't >>>> really matter if the box is purple, or red & pink, or yellow, or any other >>>> color — it gets in the way. >>>> >>>> I want to move the Readiness Status off the main content box completely >>>> — the same way the edit button, the tools button, and the breadcrumb are >>>> outside the white content box. >>>> >>>> >>>> *Let me show you what I mean.* >>>> >>>> Here's a current CSS Property page: >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>> >>>> It's hard for a new / disoriented / busy / confused person to see >>>> what's going on here. There's friction introduced into the experience. A >>>> user has to struggle a bit to figure this out. We could debate whether >>>> that's a tiny bit or a large bit, but in every case, there's struggle. >>>> >>>> Here's the same page without any warning / metadata about what the WPD >>>> web masters think about the content: >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 2] >>>> >>>> This makes the page much clearer. Boom. "background". I know where to >>>> put my eyes in the first half-second. I don't start by wondering what's >>>> going on. >>>> >>>> Here's another example. >>>> >>>> Current SVG Element page: >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 3] >>>> >>>> I find this even more confusing, because there doesn't seem to be a >>>> title. >>>> >>>> Let's remove the warnings and add a simple title. >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 4] >>>> >>>> Much clearer. >>>> >>>> So, I feel very strongly that we should never put a warning box above >>>> the content. There are many other places to convey what we need to convey. >>>> >>>> Ok, so the next question is — where do we put it? >>>> >>>> I'll answer that in my next email. >>>> >>>> Jen >>>> >>>> >>>> Jen Simmons >>>> designer, consultant and speaker >>>> host of The Web Ahead >>>> jensimmons.com >>>> 5by5.tv/webahead >>>> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Jen Simmons <firstname.lastname@example.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> We also need to come to a final decision about definitions of the >>>>>> different states. Specifically: should "In Progress" only be used if the >>>>>> article is actively being edited, or for anything that is half done? What >>>>>> defines "Almost Done"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think that "In Progess" is for anything half-done, whether it's >>>>> being actively edited or hasn't been touched in a while. It doesn't affect >>>>> normal users (people looking for info, as opposed to people who are >>>>> editing) whether the last edit was last week, last month, or last year. If >>>>> the content is half-baked, it's "in progress". >>>>> >>>>> As for "Almost Done" — I think what defined something as Almost, >>>>> instead of In Progress or Ready will change all the time and be very >>>>> different from one kind of situation to another. I don't think we should be >>>>> too prescriptive about what makes a page get Almost instead of Ready. >>>>> Perhaps the best way to standardize it all is to say this: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Ready to Use* >>>>> A document should be marked Ready to Use if a developer who is looking >>>>> for reference material on this topic can randomly land on this page and get >>>>> complete, accurate information. The information on a Ready to Use page is >>>>> not outdated, and it's not incomplete in a way that would make the >>>>> information confusing. Much of the documentation on webplatform.orgwill need to be continuously be revised and updated as standards and >>>>> techniques change, so Ready to Use pages don't have to always be 100% >>>>> perfect. They may need minor errors or quick updates. Hopefully those >>>>> kinds of edits are simple done as soon as the need for an edit is >>>>> discovered. In that case, switching the readiness status of the page in a >>>>> more complex workflow process isn't needed. >>>>> >>>>> *Almost Complete* >>>>> A document should be marked Almost Complete if it's 80% ready, but >>>>> still needs something that's clearly missing or inaccurate. Almost >>>>> Complete might be used when the descriptions are good, but there are no >>>>> examples. Or when the editing that humans can do is complete, but there's >>>>> still something else that needs to be coded in the system to make the pages >>>>> ready — such as connecting the compatibility tables. This could be used as >>>>> a way to mark a group of pages for review if an initiative needs such a >>>>> tool, as a kind of Q/A stage. Or this status might not be used at all; >>>>> pages can go straight from In Progress to Ready to Use if the circumstances >>>>> warrant it. >>>>> >>>>> *In Progress* >>>>> A document should be marked In Progress if work on it has officially >>>>> begun, but it's not close to being ready yet. This marker will tell >>>>> developers who may stumble across the page — hey, don't trust this >>>>> documentation yet: It's not a reliable source of information, it's a page >>>>> that's being heavily rewritten. Any page that's more than 10%, but less >>>>> than 80% done should be marked In Progress. It doesn't matter whether there >>>>> is active work being done on it currently or not. >>>>> >>>>> *Coming Later* >>>>> A document should be marked Coming Later when it's just an idea. This >>>>> can be used when someone has created a page, with a URL and a title, but >>>>> not much else. It should also be used when content is imported from an >>>>> outside source, but has not been looked at by WPD contributors or >>>>> restructured for our system yet. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lets put this information someplace for contributors to see. And >>>>> rewrite it to be better. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Lots of design screenshots coming next.... >>>>> >>>>> Jen >>>>> >>>>> Jen Simmons >>>>> designer, consultant and speaker >>>>> host of The Web Ahead >>>>> jensimmons.com >>>>> 5by5.tv/webahead >>>>> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds < >>>>> firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the feedback Eliot. I'm definitely okay with switching to >>>>>> a short and sweet approach if people want to get away from having big site >>>>>> metadata blocks at the top of each page. >>>>>> >>>>>> Your idea of putting the extra content, invitation to edit etc., into >>>>>> the state definition page would provide another way to make the connection >>>>>> between "this isn't done" and "please help finish it!". >>>>>> >>>>>> As far as I know, the only written definitions are the sample ones I >>>>>> drafted for the property page: >>>>>> http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Property:State >>>>>> >>>>>> However, if we're going to put a lot of content in there with the >>>>>> definitions it might be worth creating a separate page in the WPD >>>>>> namespace, effectively replacing the current FAQs about "What does alpha >>>>>> mean?" >>>>>> >>>>>> ...Amelia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11 May 2014 12:00, Eliot Graff <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Amelia. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks so much for undertaking this. When this is done the site will >>>>>>> look a ton cleaner. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To me, the crucial information is this first sentence, and I think >>>>>>> the ultimate solution is to just call this out: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *This article is Almost Done* >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If we make the term a link to the page with the definitions, we'll >>>>>>> satisfy the requirements for this feature: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *This article is **Almost Done*<http://URL_for_page_with_defintions> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The target page can have the definitions plus any other information >>>>>>> we want to add about editing resources, joining community, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry if I am forgetting, but do we have a wiki or page entry with >>>>>>> drafts for the definitions of the readiness states? I remember talking >>>>>>> about it, but I can't find a link to anything. If we do, I am happy to >>>>>>> chime in there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Again, thank you so much for driving this forward. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Eliot >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *From:* Amelia Bellamy-Royds [mailto:email@example.com] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:32 PM >>>>>>> *To:* Eliezer Bernart; Jen Simmons >>>>>>> *Cc:* List WebPlatform public >>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: new plan to replace flags with Readiness Markers >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This has been put on the back-burner for a couple weeks, but I've >>>>>>> got a bare-bones mock-up ready-to-go on the test wiki that I think meets >>>>>>> all the goals that have been discussed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I could get feedback on the structure & wording before Tuesday, >>>>>>> then I can start rolling it out on the main site. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is still the possibility of making it prettier, with colour >>>>>>> coding or icons, and suggestions or comments are welcome. (I think this is >>>>>>> Jen's domain...) But getting it functional is the first priority. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We also need to come to a final decision about definitions of the >>>>>>> different states. Specifically: should "In Progress" only be used if the >>>>>>> article is actively being edited, or for anything that is half done? What >>>>>>> defines "Almost Done"? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The mock-up, without custom CSS, looks like [1]: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> max-height >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *This article is Almost Done* >>>>>>> *: Find out more about article readiness states >>>>>>> <http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Property:State>, or get involved to help >>>>>>> make Web Platform Docs better >>>>>>> <http://docs.webplatform.org/test/WPD:Contributors_Guide>! Already signed >>>>>>> up? Go to the edit page >>>>>>> <http://docs.webplatform.org/t/index.php?title=css/properties/max-height&action=edit>to >>>>>>> find out what still needs to be done.* >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Things to note: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * It takes up a large chunk of real estate on the top of the page, >>>>>>> but remember that it will be replacing the big purple warning box [2]. The >>>>>>> extra text serves the same purpose as the warning box, but now it's on a >>>>>>> page-by-page basis instead of everywhere. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * As agreed in the teleconference of April 29 [3], if the state is >>>>>>> marked "Ready to Use", nothing prints out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * Also as agreed, the status details field is not used at all on the >>>>>>> final page (View mode), but would still show up when editing the form. The >>>>>>> form will also have a link to the Property page [4] with definitions of the >>>>>>> different states. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * The info text is the same regardless of state, all that changes is >>>>>>> the "This article is..." heading. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * The box uses the existing "Note" template, but the note is wrapped >>>>>>> in a div with a state-dependent class name, so we can target it later for >>>>>>> specific CSS (e.g. to match the colours and icons used on the home page). >>>>>>> For Ready To Use articles, there is an empty div if we decide to add an >>>>>>> icon later. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you want to play around with CSS, the final structure created >>>>>>> by the templates is >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>

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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> where State_Class would be one of Ready_to_Use, Almost_Done, >>>>>>> In_Progress, Coming_Later, or Unreviewed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * For the test wiki, the above is currently encapsulated in its own >>>>>>> template [5], but for roll-out it would just replace the existing flags >>>>>>> template, and would appear on all pages that currently have the ability to >>>>>>> display flags. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And of course, the template is just the first step. Once we get it >>>>>>> up, we still have to go through and review everything to assign a state! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ...Amelia >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [1]: http://docs.webplatform.org/test/css/properties/max-height >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [2]: >>>>>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webplatform/2014Apr/0031.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [3]: >>>>>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webplatform/2014Apr/0117.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [4]: http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Property:State >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [5]: http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Template:State >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 28 April 2014 20:54, Eliezer Bernart <email@example.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The topic will be discussed with more emphasis tomorrow in the >>>>>>> meeting, based on the agenda topics. So let's wait for the final decisions >>>>>>> and then we can make our moves. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you Amelia, for your efforts! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Eliezer >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @eliezerbernart >>>>>>> >>>>>>> eliezerb >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds < >>>>>>> email@example.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey Eliezer (and all), >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've been playing around with the test wiki, trying to figure out a >>>>>>> way to get a "show details" set-up to work. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One common approach is to use a hidden checkbox (so that the label >>>>>>> of the checkbox is the link, and a combination of :checked pseudoclass >>>>>>> selectors and sibling selectors is used to show hide content). However, >>>>>>> Mediawiki converts any `<input>` tags to plain text, so that doesn't work. >>>>>>> Same goes for `<details>`/`<summary>` tags, which also have the downside >>>>>>> of not being supported in many browsers. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Another approach, which is slightly better semantically but which >>>>>>> has the side effect of jumping the scroll position, is to use a same-page >>>>>>> link to target the details and then use a `:target` pseudo-class to display >>>>>>> the content. I've got that implemented in the test template [1], so that >>>>>>> it prints to the page like >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *Page status:* <http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Property:State> Almost >>>>>>> Done Details...<http://docs.webplatform.org/test/css/properties/max-height#showStateDetails> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Note that to avoid having two different links one after another, >>>>>>> I've removed the link on "Almost Done" and instead added a link to the >>>>>>> "Page status" heading. That link goes to the property page [2], which I've >>>>>>> edited a bit to show my idea of having it as a useful reference page, with >>>>>>> definitions of the different property values and links to >>>>>>> search-by-property for each value. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> However, even in the test wiki I don't seem to have permission to >>>>>>> make the relevant changes to the common CSS file [3] to enable the >>>>>>> show/hide functionality. It would need to be edited to add this block: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> div#showStateDetails:not(*:target) #stateDetails{ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /* hide if the browser supports the :target pseudoclass AND >>>>>>> >>>>>>> the showStateDetails target isn't active */ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> display: none; speak:none; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> div#showStateDetails:target #stateDetailsLink { >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /* hide after being activated */ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> display: none; speak:none; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> } >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [1]: >>>>>>> http://docs.webplatform.org/t/index.php?title=Template:State&action=edit >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [2]: http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Property:State >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [3]: http://docs.webplatform.org/test/MediaWiki:Common.css >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -ABR >>>>>>> >>>>>>> P.S. I hadn't clued in to the fact that there was a full wiki copy >>>>>>> for playing around. I'll know in the future not to dump sample code into >>>>>>> an email when I can create a functional sample page instead! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 24 April 2014 22:07, Eliezer Bernart <firstname.lastname@example.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey folks! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Today I worked on the new State templates (our old Flags Templates) >>>>>>> on test wiki. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I followed some of the points talked today on IRC. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So here is a Summary of what I did: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> a) Using the name "State" for the Semantic Templates [1][2] and >>>>>>> Properties [3][4]; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> b) Keeping the text field "State Details" in the semantic form [5]. >>>>>>> It's really large, but we can easily resize it to any dimension; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> c) State is a Dropdown with only the allowed values in the semantic >>>>>>> property State [3]. We still have a blank option, that I'm trying to figure >>>>>>> out a way to remove, if someone know how to do, please update the template >>>>>>> or let me know. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> d) The field "State Details"[4] will not be displayed in the form >>>>>>> when the user select the option "Ready to Use" in the State field. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> e) On the document [6], it's being displayed the link to all the >>>>>>> pages with the same State; >>>>>>> >>>>>>> f) I was not able to find a way to create the  tag and make a >>>>>>> button to hide and show the div which has the content of the "State >>>>>>> Details" section. If someone has any idea of how do that, please let us >>>>>>> know! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> g) The "Flags" template [7] was removed from the form, and in that >>>>>>> place included the "State" template [1]. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If I forgot something or you think that something need to be >>>>>>> changed, please let us know! To see the changes you just need hit the edit >>>>>>> button in any document [6]. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you all! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [1] http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Template:State >>>>>>> [2] http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Template:State_Form_Section >>>>>>> [3] http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Property:State >>>>>>> [4] http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Property:State_Details >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [5] >>>>>>> http://docs.webplatform.org/t/index.php?title=css/properties/max-height&action=formedit >>>>>>> [6] http://docs.webplatform.org/test/css/properties/max-height >>>>>>> [7] http://docs.webplatform.org/test/Template:Flags >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Eliezer >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @eliezerbernart >>>>>>> >>>>>>> eliezerb >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Jen Simmons <firstname.lastname@example.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ahhh! This email escaped from me before it was done!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I was about to write a section about the open text field: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * 2) an open text field where editors can leave comments about >>>>>>> what is needed. * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Rather than trying to organize information about what >>>>>>> each page needs into a pre-fab list of checkboxes (that everyone has to >>>>>>> learn about before it becomes accurate or useful), we decided to have an >>>>>>> open box where people can write whatever is appropriate. "Needs an >>>>>>> example". Or "I changed this foo thing, but I'm not sure. Will someone >>>>>>> check it?" Over time if we see a need to have something more, we can add >>>>>>> some kind of flag system later. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We will use the readiness marker to also add a class to the body >>>>>>> element of each doc page, like: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>  >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That way we can use the class to style the page however we want. We >>>>>>> can put a colored stripe down the side of the page, or put a diagonal >>>>>>> banner across a corner, or whatever. The body class alone provides >>>>>>> everything needed to make the state of the page clear to the end user. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We might want to consider adding the state to the text of the page >>>>>>> as well, for accessibility reasons. We should think this through. It's not >>>>>>> needed in cases where there is no screen reader. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm hoping that having the readiness state clearly displayed on each >>>>>>> page will >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1) help improve the trustworthiness of our content, and >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2) encourage people to help edit the content. If it says "almost >>>>>>> ready", you can click & see in a clear box what's needed. Sign in, edit, >>>>>>> change the state, and save — and when you save, the color coding state for >>>>>>> the whole page will change. Exciting!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We also want to figure out how we can better make lists of things. I >>>>>>> want to see all HTML pages that are Almost Ready. I want to see everything >>>>>>> that was moved to In Progress last week, etc. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Questions? Comments? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jen >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jen Simmons >>>>>>> >>>>>>> designer, consultant and speaker >>>>>>> >>>>>>> host of The Web Ahead >>>>>>> >>>>>>> jensimmons.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 5by5.tv/webahead >>>>>>> >>>>>>> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Jen Simmons <email@example.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On today's call, we had a long and fruitful discussion about the >>>>>>> flags on the site, and the plan to change them. We revised the revised >>>>>>> plan. Here's what we decided: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *A) Remove the mediawiki template that provides the current flag >>>>>>> system. * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This will keep the existing data in the database, but hide all >>>>>>> evidence of it. Flags will no longer be displayed on a page for a regular >>>>>>> user, and the flag form checkboxes will no longer show up for someone who's >>>>>>> editing the page. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This will fix the problem that's been happening — people being >>>>>>> scared away from the site by a long list of RED THINGS that SOUND SCARY but >>>>>>> are actually quite hard to understand. Rather than trying to implement a >>>>>>> complex educational process to teach everyone what all those flags mean, a >>>>>>> decision was made long ago to simplify them. Today we realized rather than >>>>>>> replacing them with simpler editor-focused technical to-do-list terms, we >>>>>>> should be replacing them with end-user-focused information about the >>>>>>> quality of the content. Thus will will: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *B) Add a "Readiness Marker" — two new fields to all Doc pages:* >>>>>>> * 1) a drop down select with five choices: * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > Ready to Use >>>>>>> > Almost Done >>>>>>> > In Progress >>>>>>> > Coming Later >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > -unknown- (default) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * 2) an open text field where editors can leave comments about >>>>>>> what is needed. * >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There was a lot of discussion about the fact the current flags >>>>>>> kinda-sorta don't even work right now. If you click on a flag term, it >>>>>>> should go to a list of all content with that flag — and it doesn't. Of >>>>>>> course, as smart developers in the meeting people's started thinking >>>>>>> through how we could make this work... but a decision was made that this is >>>>>>> not a priority and we have other things that are more pressing to work on >>>>>>> (like getting the compatibility tables done). So we will *not* be >>>>>>> working on any kind of flag system that makes lists of content anytime soon. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It was agreed that we do need better ways for contributors to find >>>>>>> tasks, and more easily find a set of pages to edit. We agreed that this >>>>>>> should be approached from a design perspective (let's first ask: what kind >>>>>>> of lists do people want? what kind of tools could be helpful? what is it >>>>>>> people are looking for?) and then come up with a plan to choose technology >>>>>>> to fulfill that need (which might include a new set of flags), instead of >>>>>>> focusing on the flags alone and forcing a solution that might not meet the >>>>>>> needs at hand. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jen Simmons >>>>>>> >>>>>>> designer, consultant and speaker >>>>>>> >>>>>>> host of The Web Ahead >>>>>>> >>>>>>> jensimmons.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 5by5.tv/webahead >>>>>>> >>>>>>> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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text: Can you please implement an option to disaple left clicking on the item/spell/sticky icons in the HUD, so you cannot accidently use them (e.g. when switching item slots you have to drag them by holding the left mouse button). I'm quite sure this would improve the game experience for a lot of players.


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May the Peace and Blessing of Allah Azza wa Jal, our Lord Glorified and Praised be He, be upon our beloved Prophet, his family, and companions.
Al-Bukhari recorded in his book (Sahih) that Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah said,
There are) two statements that are light on the tongue, but heavy on the Balance, and most beloved to Ar-Rahman: "Glory be to Allah and with His praise, glory be to Allah the Magnificent." سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ، سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيم
He who says, "Glory be to Allah the Magnificent and with His praise!" then a date tree will be planted for him in Paradise. This Hadith was collected by At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i; At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Gharib."


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Snohomish County Executive candidate Mike Hope had the stage to himself Thursday night when he spoke at Edmonds Community College, and he took full advantage of the opportunity to reach local voters who may not be familiar with his role as a 44th District State Representative.
Hope, a Republican who works as a Seattle police officer, likes his chances for displacing incumbent Democrat Aaron Reardon. The Lake Stevens resident told the group of about 100 people attending the taping for the "Civic Engagement" public affairs show at Edmonds' Black Box Theatre that his focus on jobs creation and his reputation for bipartisan problem solving would serve him well in the county executive's office. Reardon said he was unable to attend the forum due to a scheduling conflict.
Citing past conflicts between Reardon and the Snohomish County Council, Hope noted that he is known in the Legislature for moving beyond politics to move issues forward. As an example of "the difference between me and Aaron Reardon," he cited his work with newly elected Democratic State Rep. David Frockt of North Seattle to explore opportunities for returning a professional basketball team to Seattle. "To me, it's about building relationships," Hope said.
"We hear about butting heads all the time," Hope said. "There's clearly some personality conflicts that exist at the county level. I don't really know what the root cause of that is, but that's not how I do business."
On the subject of jobs creation, Hope discussed his detailed five-point plan — posted on his website — aimed at addressing Snohomish County's 10-percent unemployment rate, which is higher than the state average. He proposed creating an office of Regional Collaboration so that the county and cities can work togther to create an economic development strategy.
He also wants to focus "keeping our work force here at home" by bringing more jobs to Snohomish County. Currently, 41 percent of Snohomish County residents leave the county to work elsewhere, Hope said, up from 31 percent in 2007.
In addition to answering questions from forum host and Edmonds City Councilmember DJ Wilson, Hope also took questions from the audience. Two attendees from Shoreline expressed their concerns about the effects of a Snohomish County decision regarding Point Wells, a 61-acre site in the Town of Woodway where a large mixed-use development has been proposed.
Although Point Wells is in Snohomish County, the only access to it is by a narrow, two-lane road, Richmond Beach Drive, which is in King County. Project opponents contend that traffic from the multiuse village would ruin Shoreline residents' quality of life by clogging the streets.
The Snohomish County Council earlier this year approved the site as an urban center, which opened the door for the site developer to obtain a permit for the project. However, the state's Growth Management Board in April ruled that urban center designation was not in keeping with the county's own urban center definition, outlined in its Comprehensive Plan, or guided by Growth Management Act goals. The Town of Woodway has also filed a lawsuit against Snohomish County and the developer to stop the project.
Hope said the proposal clearly violated the Growth Management Act and that if he were County Executive, he wouldn't support the project.
Note: The full "Civic Engagement" broadcast with Hope will be aired on Channel 21/26 starting in the next week or so. We'll keep you posted on the schedule when it's available.


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I miss my blog. I have fallen behind and there is no way to play catch-up. We have traveled, had birthdays, graduated, got jobs, gained pets, hung out with friends, had family reunions and gained a new neice. Like I said there is no way to play catch-up except for featuring this kiddo.
This is baby Virginia (seriously one of the cutest babies in the world) who is well loved by her Apple Valley cousins, aunt, and uncle! We cannot wait to see her in a few weeks. But, like I said no way to catch up. I will leave you now with the fact that we are all still here in our Apple Valley world.


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Submissions from 2017
ACCOMMODATING MIXED-SEVERITY FIRE TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY WITH A FOCUS ON THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA, USA, Dominick A. DellaSala, Richard L. Hutto, Chad T. Hanson, Monica L. Bond, Timothy Ingalsbee, Dennis C. Odion, and William L. Baker
Reply to Marques et al. (2017): how to best handle potential detectability bias, Richard L. Hutto
Submissions from 2016
Should scientists be required to use a model-based solution to adjust for possible distance-based detectability bias?, Richard L. Hutto
Insights from wildfire science: A resource for fire policy discussions, Tania Schoennagel, Penny Morgan, Jennifer Balch, Philip Dennison, Brian Harvey, Richard L. Hutto, Meg Krawchuk, Max A. Moritz, Ray Rasker, and Cathy Whitlock
Linking Native and Invader Traits Explains Native Spider Population Responses to Plant Invasion, Jennifer N. Smith, Douglas J. Emlen, and Dean Pearson
Submissions from 2015
Colonization of Lutzomyia verrucarum and Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) by Bartonella bacilliformis, the Etiologic Agent of Carrion's Disease, James M. Battisti, Phillip G. Lawyer, and Michael F. Minnick
Spatial, Temporal, and Density-Dependent Components of Habitat Quality for a Desert Owl, Aaron D. Flesch, Richard L. Hutto, Willem J. D. Leeuwen, Kyle Hartfield, and Sky Jacobs
Proteins of Bartonella bacilliformis:Candidates for Vaccine Development, Cesar Henriquez-Camocho, Palmira Ventosilla, Michael F. Minnick, Joaquim Ruiz, and Ciro Maguina
Low-severity fire increases tree defense against bark beetle attacks, Sharon Metzger Hood, Anna Sala, Emily K. Heyerdahl, and Marion Boutin
Toward a more ecologically informed view of severe forest fires, Richard L. Hutto, Robert E. Keane, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Christopher T. Rota, Lisa A. Eby, and Victoria A. Saab
Linkage Mapping Reveals Strong Chiasma Interference in Sockeye Salmon: Implications for Interpreting Genomic Data, Morten T. Limborg, Ryan T. Waples, Fred W. Allendorf, and James E. Seeb
Estimating Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis) Abundance Using Noninvasive Sampling at a Mineral Lick within a National Park Wilderness Area, Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Mary Kay Watry, Laura E. Ellison, Michael K. Schwartz, and Gordon Luikart
Submissions from 2014
Octopamine Neuromodulation Regulates Gr32a-Linked Aggression and Courtship Pathways in Drosophila Males, Jonathan C. Andrews, Maria Paz Fernàndez, Qin Yu, Gregory Patrick Leary, Adelaine K. W. Leung, Michael P. Kavanaugh, Edward A. Kravitz, and Sarah J. Certel
Morphological variability in tree root architecture indirectly affects coexistence among competitors in the understory, Erik T. Aschehoug and Ragan M. Callaway
Limitations to estimating bacterial cross-species transmission using genetic and genomic markers: inferences from simulation modeling, Julio A. Benavides, Paul C. Cross, Gordon Luikart, and Scott Creel
NMP-7 inhibits chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain via block of Cab3.2 T-type calcium channels and activation of CB2 receptors, N. Daniel Berger, Vinicius M. Gadotti, Ravil R. Petrov, Kevin Chapman, Philippe Diaz, and Gerald W. Zamponi
The Genomic Architecture of Population Divergence between Subspecies of the European Rabbit, Miguel Carneiro, Frank W. Albert, Sandra Afonso, Ricardo J. Pereira, Hernan Burbano, Rita Campos, Jose Melo-Ferreira, Jose A. Blanco-Aguiar, Rafael Villafuerte, Michael W. Nachman, Jeffrey M. Good, and Nuno Ferrand
Granivory of invasive, naturalized, and native plants in communities differentially susceptible to invasion, B. M. Connolly, Dean Pearson, and R. N. Mack
Why Did the Bear Cross the Road? Comparing the Performance of Multiple Resistance Surfaces and Connectivity Modeling Methods, Samuel A. Cushman, Jesse S. Lewis, and Erin Landguth
Inter-Calibration of Satellite Passive Microwave Land Observations from AMSR-E and AMSR2 Using Overlapping FY3B-MWRI Sensor Measurements, Jinyang Du, John S. Kimball, Jiancheng Shi, Lucas Alan Jones, Shengli Wu, Ruijing Sun, and Hu Yang
Developmental Link between Sex and Nutrition; doublesex Regulates Sex-Specific Mandible Growth via Juvenile Hormone Signaling in Stag Beetles, Hiroki Gotoh, Hitoshi Miyakawa, Asano Ishikawa, Yuki Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Sugime, Douglas J. Emlen, Laura C. Lavine, and Toru Miura
Astrocyte-specific regulation of hMeCP2 expression in Drosophila, David Hess-Homeier, Chia-Yu Fan, Tarun Gupta, Ann-Shyn Chiang, and Sarah J. Certel
Retrievals of All-Weather Daily Air Temperature Using MODIS and AMSR-E Data, Keunchang Jang, Sinkyu Kang, John S. Kimball, and Suk Young Hong
A Broadly Implementable Research Course in Phage Discovery and Genomics for First-Year Undergraduate Students, Tuajuanda C. Jordan, Sandra H. Burnett, Susan Carson, Steven M. Caruso, Karl Clase, Randall J. DeJong, John J. Dennehy, Dee R. Denver, David Dunbar, Sarah C. R. Elgin, Ann M. Findley, Chris R. Gissendanner, Urszula P. Golebiewska, Nancy Guild, Grant A. Hartzog, Wendy H. Grillo, Gail P. Hollowell, Lee E. Hughes, Allison Johnson, Rodney A. King, Lynn O. Lewis t, Wei Li, Frank Rosenzweig, Michael R. Rubin, Margaret S. Saha, James Sandoz, Christopher D. Shaffer, Barbara Taylor, Louise Temple, Edwin Vazquez, Vassie C. Ware, Lucia P. Barker, Kevin W. Bradley, Deborah Jacobs-Sera, Welkin H. Pope, Daniel A. Russell, Steven G. Cresawn, David Lopatto, Cheryl P. Bailey, and Graham F. Hatfull
Ex Uno Plures: Clonal Reinforcement Drives Evolution of a Simple Microbial Community, Margie A. Kinnersley, Jared Wenger, Evgueny Kroll, Julian Adams, Gavin Sherlock, and Frank Rosenzweig
Combining demographic and genetic factors to assess population vulnerability in stream species, Erin Landguth, C. C. Muhlfeld, R. S. Waples, L. Jones, Winsor H. Lowe, Diane C. Whited, J. Lucotch, H. Neville, and Gordon Luikart
Oroya Fever and Verruga Peruana: Bartonelloses Unique to South America, Michael F. Minnick, Burt E. Anderson, Amorce Lima, James M. Battisti, Phillip G. Lawyer, and Richard J. Birtles
Examining Historical and Current Mixed-Severity Fire Regimes in Ponderosa Pine and Mixed-Conifer Forests of Western North America, Dennis C. Odion, Chad T. Hanson, Andre Arsenault, William L. Baker, Dominick A. DellaSala, Richard L. Hutto, Walt Klenner, Max A. Moritz, Rosemary L. Sherriff, Thomas T. Veblen, and Mark A. Williams
Invasive plant erodes local song diversity in a migratory passerine, Yvette K. Ortega, Aubree Benson, and Erick Greene
Are Local Filters Blind to Provenance? Ant Seed Predation Suppresses Exotic Plants More than Natives, Dean Pearson, Nadia S. Icasatti, Jose L. Hierro, and Benjamin J. Bird
Inactivation of Genes for Antigenic Variation in the Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia hermsii Reduces Infectivity in Mice and Transmission by Ticks, Sandra J. Raffel, James M. Battisti, Robert J. Fischer, and Tom G. Schwan
Insights into the Development and Evolution of Exaggerated Traits Using De Novo Transcriptomes of Two Species of Horned Scarab Beetles, Ian A. Warren, J. Cristobal Vera, Annika Johns, Robert Zinna, James H. Marden, Douglas J. Emlen, Ian Dworkin, and Laura C. Lavine
Identification of Novel Small RNAs and Characterization of the 6S RNA of Coxiella burnetii, Indu Warrier, Linda D. Hicks, James M. Battisti, Rahul Raghavan, and Michael F. Minnick
Surface water inundation in the boreal-Artic: potential impacts on regional methane emissions, J. D. Watts, John S. Kimball, Annett Bartsch, and Kyle C. McDonald
A satellite data driven biophysical modeling approach for estimating northern peatland and tundra CO2 and CH4 fluxes, J. D. Watts, John S. Kimball, F. J. W. Parmentier, T. Sachs, J. Rinne, D. Zona, W. Oechel, T. Tagesson, M. Jackowicz-Korczynski, and M. Aurela
Spring hydrology determines summer net carbon uptake in northern ecosystems, Yonghong Yi, John S. Kimball, and Rolf H. Reichle
Submissions from 2013
A Field Experiment Demonstrating Plant Life-History Evolution and its Eco-Evolutionary Feedback to Seed Predator Populations, Anurag A. Agrawal, Marc T. J. Johnson, Amy P. Hastings, and John L. Maron
Three-Dimensional, High-Resolution Skeletal Kinematics of the Avian Wing and Shoulder During Ascending Flapping Flight and Uphill Flap-Running, David B. Baier, Stephen M. Gatesy, and Kenneth P. Dial
Environment, Behavior and Physiology: Do Birds Use Barometric Pressure to Predict Storms?, Creagh W. Breuner, Rachel Seabury Sprague, Stephen Harold Patterson, and H. Arthur Woods
Native Congeners Provide Biotic Resistance to Invasive Potentilla Through Soil Biota, Ragan M. Callaway, Daniel Montesinos, Kimberlyn Williams, and John L. Maron
Effects of Experimentally Elevated Traffic Noise on Nestling White-Crowned Sparrow Stress Physiology, Immune Function and Life History, Ondi L. Crino, Erin E. Johnson, Jessica L. Blickley, Gail L. Patricelli, and Creagh W. Breuner
An Inverted Repeat in the ospC Operator Is Required for Induction in Borrelia Burgdorferi, Dan Drecktrah, Laura S. Hall, Laura L. Hoon-Hanks, and D. Scott Samuels
Recurrent Rearrangement During Adaptive Evolution in an Interspecific Yeast Hybrid Suggests a Model for Rapid Introgression, Barbara Dunn, Terry Paulish, Alison Stanbery, Jeff Piotrowski, Gregory Koniges, Evgueny Kroll, Edward J. Louis, Gianni Liti, Gavin Sherlock, and Frank Rosenzweig
Wrangling Phosphoproteomic Data to Elucidate Cancer Signaling Pathways, Mark L. Grimes, Wan-Jui Lee, Laurens van der Maaten, and Paul Shannon
The Early Dissemination Defect Attributed to Disruption of Decorin-Binding Proteins is Abolished in Chronic Murine Lyme Borreliosis, Denise M. Imai, D. Scott Samuels, Sunlian Feng, Emir Hodzic, Kim Olsen, and Stephen W. Barthold
Starvation-Associated Genome Restructuring Can Lead to Reproductive Isolation in Yeast, Evgueny Kroll, Scott Coyle, Barbara Dunn, Gregory Koniges, Anthony Aragon, Jeremy Edwards, and Frank Rosenzweig
Breed Locally, Disperse Globally: Fine-Scale Genetic Structure Despite Landscape-Scale Panmixia in a Fire-Specialist, Jennifer C. Pierson, Fred W. Allendorf, Pierre Drapeau, and Michael K. Schwartz
Abundance as a Conservation Value, Kent H. Redford, Joel Berger, and Steve Zack
Bacterial Endophytes Enhance Competition by Invasive Plants, Marnie E. Rout, Thomas H. Chrzanowski, Tara K. Westlie, Thomas H. DeLuca, Ragan M. Callaway, and William E. Holben
Population Genetic Structure in a Social Landscape: Barley in a Traditional Ethiopian Agricultural System, Leah H. Samberg, Lila Fishman, and Fred W. Allendorf
RCytoscape: Tools for Exploratory Network Analysis, Paul Shannon, Mark L. Grimes, Burak Kutlu, Jan J. Bit, and David J. Galas
Ecological Divergence of a Novel Group of Chloroflexus Strains Along a Geothermal Gradient, Michael L. Weltzer and Scott R. Miller
Robust Detection of Rare Species Using Environmental DNA: the Importance of Primer Specificity, Taylor M. Wilcox, Kevin S. McKelvey, Michael K. Young, Stephen F. Jane, Winsor H. Lowe, Andrew R. Whiteley, and Michael K. Schwartz
SH3 Interactome Conserves General Function Over Specific Form, Xiaofeng Xin, David Gfeller, Jackie Cheng, Raffi Tonikian, Lin Sun, Ailan Guo, Lianet Lopez, Alevtina Pavlenco, Adenrele Akintobi, Yingnan Zhang, Jean-Francois Rual, Bridget Currell, Somasekar Seshagiri, Tong Hao, Xinping Yang, Yun A. Shen, Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, JIngjing Li, Aaron T. Cheng, Dryden Bouamalay, Adrien Lugari, David E. Hill, Mark L. Grimes, David. G. Drubin, Barth D. Grant, Marc Vidal, Charles Boone, Sachdev S. Sidhu, and Gary D. Bader
Submissions from 2012
Fungal Endophytes Directly Increase the Competitive Effects of an Invasive Forb, Erik T. Aschehoug, Kerry L. Metlen, Ragan M. Callaway, and George Newcombe
Arenavirus Infection Induces Discrete Cytosolic Structures for RNA Replication, Nicholas L. Baird, Joanne York, and Jack H. Nunberg
Transcriptome-Based Exon Capture Enables Highly Cost-Effective Comparative Genomic Data Collection At Moderate Evolutionary Scales, Ke Bi, Dan Vanderpool, Sonal Singhal, Tyler Linderoth, Craig Moritz, and Jeffrey M. Good
A New Forest Fire Paradigm: The Need for High-Severity Fires, Monica L. Bond, Rodney B. Siegel, Richard L. Hutto, Victoria A. Saab, and Stephen A. Shunk
Postdispersal Seed Predation Limits the Abundance of a Long-Lived Perennial Forb (Lithospermum ruderale), Mary Carolyn Bricker and John L. Maron
The Conflict Within and the Escalating War Between the Sex Chromosomes, Jeffrey M. Good
Scaling Flow Path Processes to Fluvial Landscapes: An Integrated Field and Model Assessment of Temperature and Dissolved Oxygen Dynamics in a River-Floodplain-Aquifer System, Ashley M. Helton, Geoffrey C. Poole, Robert A. Payn, Clemente Izurieta, and Jack Arthur Stanford
Growth and Competitive Effects of Centaurea Stoebe Populations in Response to Simulated Nitrogen Deposition, Wei-Ming He, Daniel Montesinos, Giles C. Thelan, and Ragan M. Callaway
Distorting the Process of Scientific Inquiry, Richard L. Hutto
The Importance of Host Plant Limitation for Caterpillars of an Arctiid Moth (Platyprepia Virginalis) Varies Spatially, Richard Karban, Patrick Grof-Tisza, John L. Maron, and Marcel Holyoak
Community Impacts of Prosopis Juliflora Invasion: Biogeographic and Congeneric Comparisons, Rajwant Kaur, Wilfredo L. Gonzáles, Luis Daniel Llambi, Pascual J. Soriano, Ragan M. Callaway, Marnie E. Rout, Timothy J. Gallaher, and Inderjit
Dissection of the Role of the Stable Signal Peptide of the Arenavirus Envelope Glycoprotein in Membrane Fusion, Emily L. Messina, Joanne York, and Jack H. Nunberg
Neo-Allopatry and Rapid Reproductive Isolation, Daniel Montesinos, Gilberto Santiago, and Ragan M. Callaway
The Curious Case of Arenavirus Entry, and its Inhibition, Jack H. Nunberg and Joanne York
Population-Level Compensation Impedes Biological Control of an Invasive Forb and Indirect Release of a Native Grass, Yvette K. Ortega, Dean E. Pearson, Lauren P. Waller, Nancy J. Sturdevant, and John L. Maron
Different Selective Pressures Lead to Different Genomic Outcomes as Newly-Formed Hybrid Yeasts Evolve, Jeff S. Piotrowski, Saisubramanian Nagarajan, Evgueny Kroll, Alison Stanbery, Kami E. Chiotti, Arthur L. Kruckeberg, Barbara Dunn, Gavin Sherlock, and Frank Rosenzweig
NGF Causes TrkA to Specifically Attract Microtubules to Lipid Rafts, Shona Pryor, Gretchen McCaffrey, Lindsay R. Young, and Mark L. Grimes
The Effect of Fire on Spatial Separation Between Wolves and Caribou, Hugh S. Robinson, Mark Hebblewhite, Nicholas J. DeCesare, Jessie Whittington, Layla Neufeld, Mark Bradley, and Marco Musiani
Positive Relationships Between Association Strength and Phenotypic Similarity Characterize the Assembly of Mixed-Species Bird Flocks Worldwide, Hari Sridhar, Umesh Srinivasan, Robert A. Askins, Julio Cesar Canales Delgadillo, Chao-Chieh Chen, David N. Ewert, George A. Gale, Eben Goodale, Wendy K. Gram, Patrick J. Hart, Keith A. Hobson, Richard L. Hutto, Sarath W. Kotagama, Jessie Knowlton, Tien Ming Lee, Charles A. Munn, Somchai Nimnuan, B. Z. Nizam, Gillaume Péron, V. V. Robin, Amanda D. Rodewald, Paul G. Rodewald, Robert L. Thomson, Pranav Trivedi, Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, and Kartik Shanker
Microbial Degradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid on the Greenland Ice Sheet, Marek Stibal, Jacob Baelum, William E. Holben, Sebastian R. Sørensen, Anders Jensen, and Carsten S. Jacobsen
Biochemical Reconstitution of Hemorrhagic-Fever Arenavirus Envelope Glycoprotein-Mediated Membrane Fusion, Celestine J. Thomas, Sundaresh Shankar, Hedi E. Casquilho-Gray, Joanne York, Stephen Sprang, and Jack H. Nunberg
Poliovirus Infection Transiently Increases CopII Vesicle Budding, Meg Trahey, Hyung Suk Oh, Craig E. Cameron, and Jesse C. Hay
Historical and Contemporary DNA Indicate Fisher Decline and Isolation Occurred Prior to the European Settlement of California, Jody M. Tucker, Michael K. Schwartz, Richard L. Truex, Kristine L. Pilgrim, and Fred W. Allendorf
An AT Mutational Bias in the Tiny GC-Rich Endosymbiont Genome of Hodgkinia, James T. Van Leuven and John McCutcheon
Projected Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology and Temperature of Pacific Northwest Rivers, Huan Wu, John S. Kimball, Marketa M. Elsner, Nate Mantua, Robert F. Adler, and Jack Arthur Stanford
Models of Experimental Competitive Intensities Predict Home and Away Differences in Invasive Impact and the Effects of an Endophytic Mutualist, Sa Xiao, Ragan M. Callaway, George Newcombe, and Erik T. Aschehoug
Submissions from 2011
Range-Expanding Populations of a Globally Introduced Weed Experience Negative Plant-Soil Feedbacks, Krikor Andonian, José L. Hierro, Liana Khetsuriani, Pablo Becerra, Grigor Janoyan, Diego Villarreal, Lohengrin Cavieres, Laurel R. Fox, and Ragan M. Callaway
Exome-wide DNA capture and next generation sequencing in domestic and wild species, Albano Beja-Pereira, Shanyuan Chen, Theodore F. Cosart, Gordon Luikart, Sarah B. Ng, and Jay Shendure
Effects of Soil Biota from Different Ranges on Robinia Invasion: Acquiring Mutualists and Escaping Pathogens, Ragan M. Callaway, Eulogio J. Bedmar, Kurt O. Reinhart, Cinta Gómez Silvan, and John Klironomos
Escape from Competition: Neighbors Reduce Centaurea stoebe Performance At Home But Not Away, Ragan M. Callaway, Lauren P. Waller, Alecu Diaconu, Robert Pal, Alexandra R. Collins, Heingz Mueller-Schaerer, and John L. Maron
Physiological Trade-Offs in Self-Maintenance: Plumage Molt and Stress Physiology in Birds, Jamie M. Cornelius, Nicole Perfito, Richard Zann, Creagh W. Breuner, and Thomas P. Hahn
On Characterizing Adaptive Events Unique to Modern Humans, Jessica L. Crisci, Alex Wong, Jeffrey M. Good, and Jeffrey D. Jensen
Use of Microcalorimetry to Determine the Costs and Benefits to Pseudomonas Putida Strain KT2440 of Harboring Cadmium Efflux Genes, Sean M. Gibbons, Kevin Feris, Michele A. McGuirl, Sergio E. Morales, Anu Hynninen, Philip W. Ramsey, and James E. Gannon
Juvenile Hormone Regulates Extreme Mandible Growth in Male Stag Beetles, Hiroki Gotoh, Richard Cornette, Shigeyuki Koshikawa, Yasukazu Okada, Laura Corley Lavine, Douglas J. Emlen, and Toru Miura
Thinking Outside the Channel: Modeling Nitrogen Cycling in Networked River Ecosystems, Ashley M. Helton, Geoffrey C. Poole, Judy L. Meyer, Wilfred M. Wollheim, Bruce J. Peterson, Patrick J. Mulholland, Emily S. Bernhardt, Jack Arthur Stanford, Clay Arango, Linda R. Ashkenas, Lee W. Cooper, Walter K. Dodds, Stanley V. Gregory, Robert O. Hall Jr., Stephen K. Hamilton, Sherri L. Johnson, William H. McDowell, Jody D. Potter, Jennifer L. Tank, Suzanne M. Thomas, H. Maurice Valett, Jackson R. Webster, and Lydia Zeglin
Ribozyme Stability, Exon Skipping, and a Potential Role for RNA Helicase in Group I Intron Splicing by Coxiella Burnetii, Linda D. Hicks, Indu Warrier, Rahul Raghavan, and Michael F. Minnick
Volatile Chemicals from Leaf Litter are Associated with Invasiveness of a Neotropical Weed in Asia, Inderjit, Heather Evans, Christoph Crocoll, Devika Bajpai, Rajwant Kaur, Yu-Long Feng, Carlos Silva, Jacinto Treviño Carreón, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Jonathan Gershenzon, and Ragan M. Callaway
Lack of Fire Has Limited Physiological Impact on Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine in Dry Montane Forests of North-Central Idaho, Eric Keeling, Anna Sala, and Thomas H. DeLuca
Win-Win for Wind and Wildlife: a Vision to Facilitate Sustainable Development, Joseph M. Kiesecker, Jeffrey S. Evans, Joe Fargione, Kevin Doherty, Kerry R. Foresman, Thomas H. Kunz, David E. Naugle, Nathan P. Nibbelink, and Neal D. Niemuth
Latitudinal Variation in Top-Down and Bottom-Up Control of a Salt Marsh Food Web, Laurie B. Marczak, C.-K. Ho, K. Wieski, H. Vu, R. F. Denno, and S. C. Pennings
T-705 (Favipiravir) Inhibition of Arenavirus Replication in Cell Culture, Michelle Mendenhall, Andrew Russell, Terry Juelich, Emily L. Messina, Donald F. Smee, Alexander N. Freiberg, Michael R. Holbrook, Yousuke Furuta, Juan-Carlos de la Torre, Jack H. Nunberg, and Brian B. Gowen
Dynamics of Gene Duplication in the Genomes of Chlorophyll d-Producing Cyanobacteria: Implications for the Ecological Niche, Scott R. Miller, A. Michelle Wood, Robert E. Blankenship, Maria Kim, and Steven Ferriera
Floodplain Succession and Soil Nitrogen Accumulation on a Salmon River in Southwestern Kamchatka, Michael R. Morris and Jack Arthur Stanford
Biotic Resistance Via Granivory: Establishment by Invasive, Naturalized, and Native Asters Reflects Generalist Preference, Dean E. Pearson, Ragan M. Callaway, and John L. Maron
Plant Invasions, Generalist Herbivores, and Novel Defense Weapons, Urs Schaffner, Wendy M. Ridenour, Vera C. Wolf, Thomas Bassett, Caroline Müller-Schärer, Steve Sutherland, Christopher J. Lortie, and Ragan M. Callaway
Soil Microbes Drive the Classic Plant Diversity-Productivity Pattern, Stefan A. Schnitzer, John N. Klironomos, Janneke HilleRisLambers, Linda L. Kinkel, Peter B. Reich, Kun Xiao, Matthias C. Rillig, Benjamin A. Sikes, Ragan M. Callaway, Scott A. Mangan, Egbert H. van Nes, and Marten Scheffer


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Emergency First Aid at Work Training | Appointed Person Training
BCE are Qualsafe approved providers of accredited Emergency First Aid at work training. Emergency First Aid at Work training was formally known as appointed person training in the UK. It should be noted however that there is no longer an official "appointed person's First Aid course". This was replaced by the one day Emergency First Aid at Work (EFAW) course. The EFAW course is suitable for businesses that are low risk and do not require a full three day First Aid at Work qualification.
Based in Bristol and Weston super Mare with excellent transportation links, we provide a convenient centre for your training. Our courses will provide you with all the training you need to act as a First Aider and give appropriate emergency First Aid in the workplace.
Emergency First Aid at Work Training and Appointed Persons
An appointed person is the former name for a person within an organisation who is responsible for first aid equipment and procedures. An appointed person is ideal for small and low risk businesses where all employees are not required to take the First Aid at Work Course and where emergency first aid training is sufficient. Appointing a person within your workforce to deal with all medical emergencies will ensure your compliance is met.
Does my Organisation Require Emergency First Aid at Work Training?
If your organisation is of low risk you may not require a fully trained First Aider, such training is for organisations where there is only a small number of staff. The role of the First Aider is to Preserve life, Prevent deteroration and Promote recovery by providing potentially life saving care until full medical treatment is available.
Use our calculator here to help determine what's required for your business.
The above and more are covered in our emergency first aid training courses. If you are unsure on whether you need an emergency first aid at work course or the three day first aid training at work, don't hesitate to use our calculator above or contact us today. Our friendly, family-run company can help provide you with all the answers you need.


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Chocolate dipped cherry cake
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal501
- fat29g
- saturates14g
- carbs55g
- sugars31g
- fibre1g
- protein8g
- salt0.77g
- 150g good quality milk chocolate
Milk chocolatemill-k chok-lit
Milk chocolate is classically made from dark chocolate of low cocoa solid content and a higher…
- 175g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Baking powderbay-king pow-dah
Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 140g golden caster sugar
- 140g very soft, slightly salted butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 3 large eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 3 tbsp milk
One of the most widely used ingredients, milk is often referred to as a 'complete' food…
- 1 medium banana, mashed
Probably the best known, most popular tropical fruit, their name probably derives from the…
For the filling and topping
- 200g white chocolate
White chocolatewhy-t chok-lit
To purists, this is not chocolate because it is made only from the fat or butter of the cacao…
- 400g cherries
One of the delights of the summer, cherries are much loved for their succulent texture, flavour…
- 150ml crème fraîche
- 2 tbsp kirsch (optional)
Produced in mainly in Germany, but also in Switzerland and the Alsace region of France, Kirsch…
Preheat the oven to fan 160C/ conventional180C/gas 4. Butter and line the base of two 20cm sandwich tins. Coarsely grate two thirds of the chocolate and chop the rest. Set aside.
Put the flour, baking powder and sugar into a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the butter, eggs and milk (the butter must be very soft for this to work). Beat together with a hand held electric whisk for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy (or use a wooden spoon and beat well for 3 minutes). Lightly fold in the grated, chopped chocolate and mashed banana.
Divide the mixture evenly between the tins. Gently level the surface with the back of a metal spoon or spatula. Bake side by side on the middle shelf for 25-30 minutes until springy to the touch and beginning to shrink away from the sides.
Remove from the oven, leave to cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Turn out on a wire rack, remove the lining paper and leave to cool for about 1 hour before icing.
For the icing and filling, break up the white chocolate into a heatproof bowl and melt gently over a pan of hot, not quite simmering water until just melted. Remove from the pan and set aside for 5-6 minutes.
Cover a baking sheet with foil or waxed paper. Dip the cherries, one by one, into the chocolate to half coat them, then put them on the baking sheet to set.
Stir the crème fraîche into the remaining melted chocolate until smooth and shiny. Then let cool and thicken (5 minutes or so). Now transfer half of this mixture to another bowl. Pit another 200g/8oz cherries, cut them in half then add to one of the bowls with 2tbsp kirsch (optional) and stir until mixed. Put one sponge cake on a serving plate and spread the surface with the cherry mixture, then sandwich with the second sponge. Spread the rest of the chocolate mixture over the top and decorate with the dipped whole cherries. This cake is best eaten on the day it's been made.


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Glenveagh National Park is made up of bogland, woodland and upland areas. Oakwood covers over 100 acres of the park, with a wooded gorge and many types of tree/vegetation dating from the last several hundred years. The park boosts the largest intact wilderness area of a 30km walk without any human infrastructure.
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The internet is amazing. The world's knowledge is right at your fingertips. If you need to know how to change a tire, clean out your dryer ducts, or properly brine a turkey, there's probably a video tutorial about it. There are people ready to weigh in with their "life hacks" to make mundane household chores easier or cheaper. Sometimes they're great ideas.
Other times, not so much.
When we found some tarnished-to-high-heaven silver-plated dishes at a recent estate sale, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to test out some different methods of sprucing them up. Do a quick search, and you'll going to find all sorts of articles about how to best clean your silver.
And, here's another one!
We've tested out several home remedies for tarnished silver that the internet suggests, to see if they actually work. Turns out, sometimes things you read on the Internet aren't true. I believe it was Joan of Arc who originally said that.
Store-Bought Tarnish Remover
We thought alongside the "life hack" methods, we should try the store-bought option. Obviously, it's going to get the job done. But it's also going to stink to high heaven, and all your coworkers who happen to pass through the kitchen while you're using it will ask "what's that smell?" Then you'll have to tell them all individually and in great detail what you're doing and how many techniques you're trying, and it's going to become a whole thing, and no one wants that.
Anyway, the store-bought tarnish remover works. That's all you need to know. It works, and it stinks.
But there's got to be a better way!
Or does there? Read on...
They make it sound so simple. Soak your silver in ketchup, and the tarnish will disappear.
So we did just that. We splorched half a bottle of the stuff onto our silver-plated dish. The kitchen smelled like ketchup, which is preferable to the weird, sulphurous smell of the tarnish remover, but still...a giant bowl of ketchup has a definite aroma.
We waited patiently for a half hour. We made grossed-out sounds as we lifted the dish out off the ketchup and hucked it into the sink for a rinse. We assumed the high vinegar content would have some sort of effect on the tarnish.
To be fair, with some hard scrubbing, something was clearly coming off onto the cloth. But there was no appreciable difference in the actual tarnish. Maybe if we had let it sit overnight...but the only thing grosser than a giant bowl of ketchup is a giant bowl of day-old ketchup. So even if it worked, it wouldn't be some sort of miracle process. It would be a day-old bowl of ketchup and a plate.
Cornstarch and water
"Make a paste!" the instructions said.
Do you know how hard it is to make a paste out of cornstarch and water? Go ahead. Try it. I'll wait.
Can't do it, can you? It either makes too-thick globs, or a watery mess that is useless unless you're thickening a stew.
Mmmmm, stew...
So, the idea was to make a paste and scrub the tarnish away with a toothbrush. Instead, we just made a weird, clumpy mess on our counter. The instructions we read also suggested using cream of tartar instead of the starch. That might have been a little less problematic consistency-wise, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it would fail almost as badly. We didn't try it, though. We were too busy thinking about stew.
Baking Soda and Vinegar
Real talk: does this work for anything?
If the internet and old wives tales are to be believed, baking soda and vinegar will unclog your drains, clean your house, and whiten your whites. It will wash your dishes, raise your children, take care of you in your old age, and soften your fabrics.
And I don't believe any of it.
So, honestly, my heart wasn't in this experiment. Does vinegar and baking soda have any magical powers after the bubbles go away? Do the bubbles even do anything? It certainly didn't take the tarnish off my silver-plated plate.
I'm not saying there's no use for a baking soda and vinegar combination, I'm just saying 1) I haven't found any since I got an A on my second grade volcano diorama, and 2) my plate remained tarnished.
Baking Soda and Aluminum Foil
All right. After the baking soda and vinegar had me questioning that validity of any and all science, the baking soda and aluminum foil made me a believer again.
Science is real, science is magic, and my silver is clean.
We lined our sink with aluminum foil, and put a pot of water on to boil. Once the water was hot enough, we added two tablespoons of baking soda and two tablespoons of salt. With the silver in the sink, we poured the water in and let it sit for 30 minutes. When we took the silver-plated dish out and wiped it with a microfiber cloth, all the tarnish disappeared, leaving nothing behind but a shiny plate.
Two common concerns with this method that you should consider before trying it out is that some say your silver tarnishes more quickly after it's been treated this way. Others don't like that it removes not only the tarnish but the patina—and ultimately, the character—of the plate.
Regardless, it's hard to argue with results. You can, of course, always buy the bottle of tarnish remover at the store. But then you'll need gloves to protect your skin, and then there's the smell.
Oh, there's the smell.
If you want to clean your silver-plated dishes with simple, basic ingredients you already have around your house, skip all the other home remedies you find online, and give the aluminum foil method a try.
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For one, the new "talent trees" are often just flat out better than old stuff. Not "different" or "a new choice" but generally just an outright upgrade to whatever your class did before.
Second, class abilities and talents get changes just like in any other game. Maybe not as drastic as in WoW between expansions, but there are certainly changes. What was good or relevant a year ago won't necessarily be good or relevant today.


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More than three million Americans in Puerto Rico are struggling to meet basic needs after a devastating strike from Hurricane Maria, but their plight seems to be attracting far less public or political attention than the woes caused by the recent hurricanes in Texas and Florida.
One potential explanation is the congested news environment. Over the weekend, for instance, President Trump reignited a debate over whether N.F.L. players should kneel during the national anthem, crowding the hurricane out of the headlines.
The lack of functioning power and communications in Puerto Rico has also hindered reporting on the storm.
But another explanation is simpler: Many Americans don't realize that what happened in Puerto Rico is a domestic disaster, not a foreign one.
A new poll of 2,200 adults by Morning Consult found that only 54 percent of Americans know that people born in Puerto Rico, a commonwealth of the United States, are U.S. citizens. (Because Puerto Rico is not a state, they do not vote in presidential elections, but they send one nonvoting representative to Congress.)
This finding varied significantly by age and education. Only 37 percent of people ages 18 to 29 know people born in Puerto Rico are citizens, compared with 64 percent of those 65 or older. Similarly, 47 percent of Americans without a college degree know Puerto Ricans are Americans, compared with 72 percent of those with a bachelor's degree and 66 percent of those with a postgraduate education.
Inaccurate beliefs on this question matter, because Americans often support cuts to foreign aid when asked to evaluate spending priorities. In our poll, support for additional aid was strongly associated with knowledge of the citizenship status of Puerto Ricans. More than 8 in 10 Americans who know Puerto Ricans are citizens support aid, compared with only 4 in 10 of those who do not.
Being informed about the citizenship status of Puerto Ricans also modestly increases support for aid. Over all, 64 percent of Americans in the poll who were given no additional information said that Puerto Rico should receive additional government aid to help rebuild the territory, while 14 percent said it was not necessary and 20 percent said they did not know or had no opinion.
But when a random sample of participants was informed that Puerto Ricans were U.S. citizens before answering this question, support for aid increased four percentage points, to 68 percent. These effects were especially large for Republicans (+9 percentage points), Trump voters (+10 percentage points) and Hispanic respondents (+12 percentage points). For example, 67 percent of Trump voters who saw a prompt informing them that Puerto Ricans were U.S. citizens supported additional aid, compared with 57 percent who did not see the prompt.
These findings are consistent with research showing that people tend to allocate contributions in laboratory games toward fellow members of their group. They also underline the pivotal role the news media can play in shaping public sympathies. Previous research has found that competing stories can crowd foreign disasters out of the news, reducing aid provided by the United States.
In this case, the lack of media attention could lead people to ignore Puerto Rico's plight. Our sympathies for other people depends in part on whether we see them as fellow members of our tribe. Without more coverage, it may be easy to forget that the people suffering are our fellow Americans.
Morning Consult data was collected from Sept. 22-24, 2017, among a national sample of 2,200 adults. The interviews were conducted online, and the data was weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment and region.


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My Strange Addiction: Collection 2
My Strange Addiction continues to explore the human psyche and the challenges people face to overcome unique behaviors and peculiar lifestyles.
Part 1: I am a Living Doll
Meet Justin, Venus, and Emily – three unconventional individuals who willingly take extreme physical and psychological measures, despite whatever criticism they may face, to look and live their lives as full time human dolls.
Part 2: Pony Play- Addicted to Drinking Paint
For the past 20 years, 31-year-old Nicole has been addicted to Pony Play, a form of costumed role play. Meanwhile, 43-year-old single mother of two Heather has been addicted to drinking paint for nearly three years.
Part 3: Identical Twin Obsession- Eats Mattresses
Forty-four year old twins Amy and Becky are addicted to being identical, looking alike, acting alike, and even weighing their meals to stay the exact same size. Meanwhile, 26 year-old Jennifer has been addicted to eating mattresses for over 20 years.
Part 4: Proud to be Plastic
My Strange Addiction" tells the stories of people who can't kick their unusual addictions. Lacey, a 44-year-old mother of six has had at least 30 plastic surgery procedures and spent more than $250,000 building the most extreme body in the world.
Part 5: Chews Dirty Diapers- Addicted to Leeches
My Strange Addiction" tells the stories of people who can't kick their unusual addictions. Profiled addicts include a 22-year-old woman who is addicted to chewing on urine-soaked diapers and a 50-year-old man who uses leeches up to 40 times a year.
Part 6: Eats Plastic Bags – Addicted to a Doll
"My Strange Addiction" tells the stories of people who can't kick their very unusual addictions. Addicts include a 23-year-old man who's addicted to eating plastic newspaper bags and a 48-year-old woman whose best friend is a doll.
Part 7: Justin Bieber Look-a-like – Makeup Eater
"My Strange Addiction" tells the stories of people who struggle with their very unusual addictions. Addicts include a 33-year-old man who's spent over $100,000 on surgery to look like Justin Bieber and a 22-year-old woman who's addicted to eating
Part 8: Men in Doll Suits
Men who get dolled up in secret are stepping out in public for the first time at rubber doll rendezvous. This is an insider's look into the world of female maskers: men who dress in rubber suits and masks to look like life-sized, shapely female dolls.
Part 9: Eats Bricks – Married to a Carnival Ride
For the past three years, 56-year-old Linda has been happily married to Bruce, a 70-foot carnival ride. Patrice is also happily married and showcases her addiction for eating brick. In 12 years, she has consumed about half a ton of bricks.
Part 10: Addicted to Being Pamela Anderson
"My Strange Addiction" tells the stories of people who just can't kick their very odd habits. In this episode, Carolyn Anderson, a 29 year-old women from the UK, is addicted to transforming herself into Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson.
Part 11: Long Neck Woman-Addicted to Air Freshener
"My Strange Addiction" tells the stories of people who struggle to overcome their addictive behavior. Profiled addicts include: Evelyn, who drinks air freshener every day, and Sydney, who is obsessed with having the world's longest neck.
Part 12: Addicted to Body Casting – Addicted to Psychics-
This episode of My Strange Addiction profiles Kevin who constantly covers his body in plaster casts even though he is not injured and Melissa who is incapable of making a decision without a consulting a psychic.
Part 13: Addicted to Being Madonna- Grandma Lover
"My Strange Addiction" profiles addicts including Kyle, 31, who exclusively dates women over the age of 65 and Adam who is intent upon becoming Madonna.
Part 14: Top 10 Most Shocking
In this special episode of My Strange Addiction, we count down the ten most shocking addictions ever featured on the series and provide updates.


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Andrew Scott has revealed that he enjoyed his time on Sherlock.
His evil alter ego Moriarty shot himself in the mouth after destroying the reputation of Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) in last night's series two finale, 'The Reichenbach Fall'.
Speaking to RTÉ, Scott seemed to rule out a reprieve for the character, exclaiming: "I have had an absolute blast.
"He is an extraordinary character to play. I was delighted to be given the opportunity to do it."
Praising creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, he said: "It's a really brilliantly written show. We are all so thrilled with how successful it has become."
Of his portrayal of Holmes's famous nemesis, Scott added: "It was very important to me that I didn't do a bad version of what someone else has done.
"I didn't look at a huge amount of previous incarnations of Moriarty or indeed of any villains. I wanted to draw on what was scary within me, and make my character original.
"Sometimes when you tie things up in a bow, it can seem a little considered to your audience."
> Read Digital Spy's recent interview with Andrew Scott