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State of 3.8, and thoughts on the next week
tl; dr: Still on track for release next Thursday. We're extending the window for code changes by 3 days, through the 8th. RC2 package on the 9th will be what ships on the 12th.
December 5th, our targeted but controversial freeze date, is drawing to a close. First the bad news: there are two blockers and we could not ship the package we have tonight, despite a lot of great effort. The good news is we are close, there are good priorities on the remaining issues, the new features appear resilient and are live on WP.com which has generated a ton of testing, and we're far enough out from our target (the 12th) that I'm confident we can ship that morning and still have had a 4-day freeze.
As a side-effect of the longer freeze and predictable date, I also think the best WP hosts will push it to their customers same-day and we'll continue or improve our record of having localized versions ready to go.
What could break it? If an unknown unknown blocker pops up on Tuesday or Wednesday, we're going to have to delay the release until the following week. Discovering that issue sooner, so it wouldn't cause a delay, is a function of testing — the more we can test and cover now the better. We want to shake out big issues now, not next week. The more people that can run the RC or trunk at this point, the healthier the release will be.
What's open right now? Our most substantial blocker, no-JS fallback for THX #25964, was raised a few weeks ago and we could have flagged its priority and developed a solution then, rather than the flurry of activity its had over the last two days. Our other blocker, the about.php page, is similar: I should have kicked off that page (#26387) when we nailed down exactly what headline features would be in the release, which was much earlier. Often user-focused non-code deliverables wind up as the last thing we do, but they're so visible they deserve time to bake just like a complex backend change would. Of the the other 15-ish open issues there is nothing intractable, but there's also nothing trivial, and for some issues we need to make a non-obvious decision to move it forward. We made the decision to punt or revert a number of things that weren't fully ready yet, like the new author widget and RSSJS.
The things we missed are not a matter of having enough time, they're a matter of priority. I think properly triaging issues as soon as they come in and being disciplined about working from highest to lowest will allow future release to avoid these problems. Even though that's not hard to understand intellectually, sometimes you have to make the mistake to really grok it. I'm extremely proud of everyone who has been involved so far and in the amount of learning and growth I've observed even in our accelerated cycle.
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Matt Mullenweg
Excellent 3.8 brainstorm session today. People talked about a number of interesting ideas and started to form some groups around them. Not everyone is in IRC, so wanted to give an opportunity for people to post a comment with a given area here, and if you're interested in contributing to that area reply to that comment. This allows people to connect asynchronously. As people comment please connect with them directly in IRC, email, whatever, and discuss.
Next week groups will bring more fleshed out proposals for forming a Plugin Project team, including a lead, mockups, user tests, existing plugins…
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An upcoming free Stanford HCI (human computer interaction) course coming up:
(Hat tip: @DanielBachhuber.)
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You might notice that this P2 has gotten a big head. All of the Make P2s have actually, and like the rug in the Big Lebowski we think it really ties the room together.
The Get Involved tab has been added, docs have been moved under support, home has been hidden. This isn't ideal — we'd eventually like to move to more of a verb-oriented navigation system — but it is better than everything under Make being its own island and not really linked to or from the main WP.org side, or to each other. Hopefully it will also let more folks know about how to get involved (I added a link to the Make Core Handbook to the top sidebar widget.)
I'll be talking more about some of the improvements to WP.org tomorrow at 11am PST and you can still get streaming tickets if you'd like to tune in: http://2012.sf.wordcamp.org/tickets/
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Looking for a lead
The Core Contributor Handbook is live here, and has a lot of great content from a number of contributors already:
What we're looking for is someone to "own" the CCH and be responsible for:
- Expanding and editing it, getting feedback from devs.
- Walking people through it to get ideas on how to improve it (and get people involved with WP!).
- Soliciting other contributors (don't want a one-person show) and keeping an eye on all the changes.
- Figure out a cool way to package and print the handbook.
Let me know if you're interested in taking on this role, a comment on this post is fine.
This also reminds me — it would be great to be able to see a feed of changes on a site, like edits to a page. Anyone have a favorite plugin there?
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MT has given the typography on WordPress.org a refresh to bring it more in line with our sans-serif (instead of Lucida) approach in the WP dashboard, and also tightened up the vertical space the sub-heads were taking up on the page. Helvetica / Arial is a bit tougher than Lucida at smaller pixel sizes, so drop a comment here if you notice anything funky on the site.
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Jane Wells
For newer contributors who don't know, MT = Matt Thomas.
Also nicer on mobile devices as well. Nice guys!
Alex Mills
so clean
Jane Wells
The new profiles layout is a project Chelsea Otakan and I did a while back, but we didn't get it coded up until this week when Otto was in town and pitched in. This is a first step toward integrating more activity stream stuff like attending WordCamps, meetups, etc.
Seems like the profiles doesn't have sans-serif yet?
MT is an hosting.?
Mika Epstein (Ipstenu)
Much much love for the forum level up 🙂
Older people + folks with terrible vision comment. The fonts are a smidge too small on the forums. If #forumlist has a fontsize of 12px (instead of 11) and maybe #forumlist a to 13px, it's just a bit easier on the eyes 🙂
+1 – it's really really tiny on my hi-res MBP's screen.
Also anyone know why the Meetups forum reports -73 (negative 73) topics?
Mika Epstein (Ipstenu)
It needs a re-count in bbPress. It's from all the support tickets people posted in there that we had to move out, or the spam we deleted.
Am I seeing things, or have the too-small fonts in the forum been tweaked some time today? Anyway, much better, now, and I really like the changes overall!
Chris Van Patten
I thought something looked different… really loving all the tweaks to wordpress.org this week. Looking great!
typography was one of the reasons you got involved with B2. All these years later and you're still tough on creating the best typography.
Ben Huson
Ben Huson
Whoops, meant to post that in the previous post above plugin headers… duh
Another nice enhancement might be to add gravatars or something on the plugin author pages too – just a suggestion.
I think it would be better to combine both profiles.
Mert Yazicioglu
I think user profiles on WP Profiles are going to be used across the site, hence they are redesigning it. If that's not the current plan, it most definitely should be 😉
Michael (alchymyth)
I am missing the background color behind codes when they are posted inline, which makes them harder to recognize.
Looking great to me, I'm a big fan of the update!
Chelsea Otakan
humungous yay!
Matt Mullenweg
Been giving a lot of thought to how to give plugin authors more control over their plugin pages. In WordPress custom headers have been hugely beneficial in people's ability to make a theme their own without having to be a designer. (And designers can make them really sing.)
As an experiment we've turned on custom headers for the plugin directory. If you'd like to try out this feature:
- Make a 772×250 pixel jpeg or png. (No animated GIFs. :))
- Check it in to your plugin's SVN directory with the path
assets/banner-772x250.(jpg|png). Note that the
assetsdirectory is added to your plugin's root directory, not trunk.
- On the next plugin directory refresh (every 15 minutes or so) you should see your image start showing up on the page.
For an example of this in action, check out Hello Dolly, natch. Our goal is to mainly see how people use them, so if you try this out leave comment below with a link to your plugin!
Final note: this is just an experiment, and there is a 98.254% chance the dimensions, placement, and text overlay for this header will change in the future, or the idea might not work at all. But I think it's a nice toe in the water for letting authors really make their plugin pages shine.
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Rev. Voodoo
Hey, that looks pretty darn good! Definitely give folks a little opportunity for creativity! (You sure you don't want animation?) 😉
Put in the flying bee for bbPress. 🙂 https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbpress/
John James Jacoby
My favorite!
Daryl Koopersmith
Debug Bar is showing off some new UI: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/debug-bar/
John James Jacoby
Daryl Koopersmith
You can preview a banner by adding
?banner_url=A_LINK_TO_YOUR_IMAGE to your plugin URL.
Imaging the possibilities for pranks! https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/?banner_url=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FJvrGA.jpg
Alex Mills
Yeah we'll probably have to close that down at some point. 🙂
Chuck Reynolds
okay that's pretty funny. nice
Cristopher Ocana
LMAO prank time XD
But it's useful for testing. That's right, for testing. 🙂
For science.
I've limited this so that only contributors to a plugin can use the banner_url trick to preview images. For science. You monster.
Mike Schinkel
This is excellent news!
I think this will result in more companies being interested in maintaining their plugins because they will be able to control their branding and thus it will seem less like just a technical thing to them.
Thanks Matt, Koop and the rest of the team who are making this happen; you made my day!
P.S. No .GIF?
If GIFs were allowed, they would have to screen for animated ones. I don't think we want dancing Rick Astleys or flaming skulls in the plugin repository. Or do we? 🙂
Alex Mills
Plus the GIF format just plain sucks. PNG is the way to go.
Of course. The animation issue is just icing on the cake.
Mike Schinkel
@redwall_hp – Ah, good point, I was thinking more about how some images files can be much smaller in GIF vs. PNG, and some images are not a good fit for JPG. But the animation issue does, mixing with your metaphors put the nail in that coffin.
@Alex Mills: GIF may suck, but JPG is not good for simple raster images and PNG files are typically 2.5 times larges in size than an equivalent GIF files. For a larger image like 772×250, especially where transparency is not really needed, PNG is actually the one that sucks when compared to GIF. 🙂
But @redwall_hp had a good point about animations and that does trump image size IMO.
FWIW I find PNG-8 files (vs PNG-24) to usually be the same size or smaller than GIFs. Also using a tool like pngcrush or pngslim or http://punypng.com/ gets them even smaller.
Matt: I wasn't familiar with PNG-8 vs. PNG-24, thanks!
If you're on Windows, use IrfanView (free) with the PNGOUT plugin option (also free) to produce incredibly tiny PNG images.
Scott Cariss
15 mins is so long when you are waiting… Here is mine waiting for the plugin refresh: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor-plus/?banner_url=http%3A%2F%2Fplugins.svn.wordpress.org%2Fwordpress-file-monitor-plus%2Fassets%2Fbanner-772×250.png
I'm not a designer by no means but that doesn't look too bad for a first attempt if I don't say so myself 🙂
I know! Been giving some thought to how we can make that faster.
Mark Jaquith
That should be getting faster soon. I want the update process to run continuously, so it's as fast as possible.
Andrew Nacin
There's a systems request in speed it up, but it'll take a bit of work. Soon, I hope.
How about this 😀
Love it!
Cool, I like the updated headers, glad to see the plugin directory getting some love!
I added a banner I doodled up to my plugin Meteor Slides: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/meteor-slides/
WP Candy noted these:
I just updated Tweetable: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tweetable/
James Laws
Love the changes:
Rev. Voodoo
Very tastefully done! That's a good'n!
Todd Halfpenny
This is a fab idea… I love it.
Just added a quickie to Widgets on Pages https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widgets-on-pages/
Adam W. Warner
I'm a big fan of this for the various reasons already stated about better branding, but my only complaint would be to possibly restrict the height a bit more. As an avid WP user, I would like to see the description a bit more front and center. It gets pushed down quite a bit for my taste.
…but that's semantics;)
We also have 88 vertical pixels being taken up by the mostly-useless plugin directory header and login area that could be tightened up.
Sergej Müller
Nice one. Next one 😉
Ofer Wald
Ok, mine should be up soon at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/
Any chances to move the screenshots to a similar directory so that the plugin download will be a little less bloaty?
Mark Jaquith
We're considering just dropping the screenshots from the generated zip files. Obviously that'll mean that anyone who hotlinks those screenshots from within the plugin will have to change tactics, but it might be worth it to slim down the size of plugin zips.
What do you think?
John Blackbourn
+1. There's no need for screenshots to be in the zip file. The new banner in the assets directory may as well be left out too to keep it slim.
Ofer Wald
You have my vote on dropping those as soon as you can, and maybe even add some sort of gallery to the plugin page if its worked on. Will be more than happy to assist (given a point of contact) 🙂
Tammy Hart
+1. This would make a lot of sense.
Mika Epstein (Ipstenu)
+1 as well. Yes. That would be awesome.
(Bad hotlinkers, no cookies)
Aaron D. Campbell
+1 – I like it.
James Laws
+1 for me as well.
For back compat we can continue to support (and include in zip) screenshots in main part of a plugin's repo, but there's no reason we couldn't allow people to move things to the assets directory as a replacement. (Haven't thought about versions, though, maybe we can ignore it.)
Joost de Valk
+1 here. Anything we can do to make the downloads smaller so fewer issues occur is nice.
Mark Jaquith
It's not that many plugins that hotlink their own screenshot files. Here's the list. We could probably notify them directly of an upcoming change. Or heck, just whitelist them.
Joost de Valk
BTW would that also mean being able to do the screenshots in something like a fancybox / thickbox / colorbox? I've always thought they look a bit weird…
Ryan Hellyer
+1 Sounds like a sensible approach.
Andrew Nacin
Yeah, I'm thinking we support /assets/ for screenshots. Can make it backwards compatible easily. Thinking versions aren't necessary as they're only shown on the plugins page (and wouldn't be included in the zip at that point). Only someone viewing an old version's readme.txt and trying to match the numbers up would pose any sort of a change in the user experience.
Andrew Ensley
+1. Absolutely agree. I've had the removal of screenshots from the .zip files on my wishlist for a long time.
Ian Dunn
+1. Move them to the /assets dir.
Mert Yazicioglu
Great idea, it looks great! 🙂
Also, is there any chance of replacing the Downloads Per Day graph with a JS-based one?
Yeah that's on our list as well.
Mark Jaquith
You're on fire!
Hugo Baeta
Jeremy Herve
Well, isn't this awesome? I already liked the changes that you rolled out yesterday, it is good to see the plugin repo getting sexier! 🙂
I took the opportunity to update my Facebook apps plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-facebook-applications/
matt mcinvale
that is awesome! now i need to find something equally as awesome to use for my header images.
David Hollander
It's like Christmas for plugin developers… Thanks Matt! I love this…
David Hollander
Here's for a few of my other plugins I just did:
Duane Storey
Nice change!
Joost de Valk
Tammy Hart
Okay, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I've committed my jpg to my new assets folder, but it's not working. When i download the image from the browser, it says it's corrupt. https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/recipress/assets/
Mark Jaquith
You can't hotlink to images in plugins.svn.wordpress.org. It
301s you. Give it 15 minutes to push to the site.
Mark Jaquith
It's up now. Looks really nice! https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recipress/
Joost de Valk
Awesomeness indeed 🙂
Tammy Hart
great! thanks 🙂
Mark Jaquith
Here's a fun one. Contains the complete usage instructions for the plugin right in the banner, and an example of what it looks like. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-logo/
Joost de Valk
Somehow I think most of my plugins will never be that easy to make headers for 🙂
I trust Fredrick is already hard at work on a banner like this for W3TC, right?
Chris Hurst
I just started messing with this a little bit, took me a few minutes to figure out how to add the assets to the SVN, but I got it working eventually. Here is a link to a few more tips I learned in the process and a link to my plugin…
http://mywebsiteadvisor.com/2011/12/update-your-wordpress-plugin-header-image/ https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/transparent-image-watermark-plugin/
John James Jacoby
Testing ideas with BuddyPress: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress/
David Hollander
Very cool. I like how you extended the title box for the icon.
Tammy Hart
ooo, nice move on the icon hack. "in a", has too much spacing. **2cents
Stole your idea, JJJ! 🙂
Mert Yazicioglu
Just put something simple for now: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/
The Frosty
Got mine up! https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-login/
Mika Epstein (Ipstenu)
This is the only one I'm actually happy with 🙂 (the wrong size is being fixed…)
I need to Like this comment. 🙂
Mika Epstein (Ipstenu)
https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-grins-ssl/ is decent at least
Though I noticed we DO NOT get svn commit emails for the assets folder. Interesting.
Lee Willis
Simple image sizes have it ! 🙂 https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-image-sizes/
John Lamansky
James Collins
Great idea guys!
You've given me a reason to once again pretend that I'm good at Photoshop: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/typekit-fonts-for-wordpress/
No need to pretend, if you can crop you're in. 🙂
Ryan Hellyer
Awesome. Thanks Matt 🙂
Thank Koop and Otto, they coded the whole thing up!
Joe Dolson
That's very cool – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/my-calendar/!
I'm thinking summer thoughts, if you can't tell…
Mike Jolley
Brilliant, the new font lets you fit in longer version numbers without wrapping too 🙂 https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/woocommerce/
WooCommerce is looking good: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/woocommerce/
Alex Mills
Just committed a banner but I didn't get an e-mail notifying me of the change like I would if I were to make a change to some code in my plugin.
Is this intentional? A bug?
John Blackbourn
Yeah I noticed that too
Stephen Cronin
Wow, this is great! But…
There will be some who cross the line with marketing / spamming etc. How long until someone sells a "Brought to you by " ad in the banner image for their plugin? In some cases that might be acceptable (if the company sponsors the development of the plugin). But what happens when it's a less than reputable ad (like an adult ad or promoting a non-GPL product)?
It would be good to have some up-front guidelines about what's acceptable, *before* this becomes a problem.
Anything that doesn't follow the plugin directory guidelines will be removed or taken over, just like if they put something bad in the code.
mitcho (Michael 芳貴 Erlewine)
This is fantastic! Thanks Koop + Otto (+ Matt)! Now only if I had some design sense… here's two down:
Not gonna lie; was pretty tempted to just make it this, though: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/?banner_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmitcho.com%2Fcode%2Fyarpp%2Fyarpp-matt.jpg
HyperDB now has one — https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hyperdb/
It works for geeky plugins too! 🙂
Daryl Koopersmith
This is one of my favorites. So classy.
Thanks! Dave Martin made it.
John Blackbourn
I thought I'd be cheeky and display a couple of testimonials from people who use my plugin: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/user-switching/
This is a good addition to repository. I have added banners to some of my plugins:
It would be nice to have more images added to assets, starting with icon image. Also, having screenshots in there would be a good change also.
Vladimir Prelovac
Kudos for the holiday gift. Great idea!
Jane Wells
Hi Vladimir. It doesn't say anywhere on your plugin page that the plugin ties to a paid service. Can you please include this information on the description page? If you're not sure where to put it, you could do what Akismet does on theirs with a PS. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/
Finally rtSocial is up after 15 minutes of long wait. Its looking awesome though 🙂 https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rtsocial/
Great Christmas present, I just put one on https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-monalisa and one on https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-forecast. Wouldn't it be nice to see a smaller banner in the plugins details thickbox in wordpress?
Thanks a lot from tuxlog
Lee Rickler
Is it just me or is there now a character limit in the description text? I've checked a few plugins and they also seem to be cut off but in different points.
Sexy new header added:
Yes, because people don't pay attention to the rules in the documentation.
"Here is a short description of the plugin. This should be no more than 150 characters. No markup here."
That 150 characters is indeed a hard limit.
Be great if the plugin author(s) info could be moved back up near the top of the plugin page to go along with this new branding. Thanks.
David Decker
Great idea – you guys rock!
I've added my plugin "Genesis Layout Extras" to the list
…all my other plugins will follow in the next days 🙂
Chuck Reynolds
Updated one of mine: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/brown-paper-tickets-api/
i just posted a new one (fancy) on https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailpress/
Chris Clayton
Beautiful addition to the plugin directory!
IMHO, This would also be really nice for the theme directory too 🙂 Those tiny screenshot make my eyes twitch. :p
Oh, and while we are in the process of doing some amazing things to wp.org could we also turn on buddypress and bbpress theme preview support for wp-themes.com… It's annoying not being able to preview the themes properly before installing.
It's great! Many thanks for this feature.
Adam W. Warner
Hey all, I just wanted to show you a social sharing use case that this addition of plugin banners has allowed:)
Adam W. Warner
I'm "trying" to keep up with all the plugins listed here and keep them added…it may be a few days before yours makes it into the list;)
Helen Hou-Sandi
Awesome, love it!
Bob G
Anybody else notice that some of their Screenshots disappeared? I only now show the first and last screenshot (of the seven screenshots).
Frank P. Walentynowicz
WP-Table Reloaded now finally has got one, too! 🙂
Mine's up: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicate-post/
I find it useful to show the new UI of my plugin, since I changed it recently to add new features.
Great idea. Thanks to Koop and Otto!
And here's one of mine: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-content-gallery-plugin/
Dan Milward
Thanks Matt. This is pretty awesome!!
A little seasonal touch to our banner! Happy Holidays.
We got ours up. We're loving it.
Seth Carstens
After hours of agony, I somehow managed to get an "×" symbol in my image name instead of the "x" letter. Really weird, but finally I get to join the ranks of bannered plugin authors! Woot
Ian Dunn
What I'd really like to see is the ability to create custom pages, beyond just Installation, FAQ, Screenshots, etc. My FAQ page (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/faq/) is overloaded, and I'd like to be able to break it out into multiple pages.
Todd Halfpenny
The spankingly new Lanyrd Splat Widget is also sporting a banner… still loving this!
Ian Dunn
Another thing that'd be great would be if screenshots could link to the full-sized version. Right now the CSS is setting a max-width of 530px, which makes full-screen images hard to read. I create my screenshots at 960px (https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/basic-google-maps-placemarks/screenshots/) so that people can see the full pages if they want, but right now they'd have to open or download the images individually in their browser to do that.
My email encoder's one: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/email-address-encoder/
Gary Gale
Better late than never, but then again, it's been the Christmas holidays … now WP Biographia has some banner love too … https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-biographia/
Thanks for giving us this ability, just a trial banner for now, but will update with more professional one later.
Thanks Barry 🙂
Had to add a header to three of mine 🙂
Love the new Header Image Functionality.
New plugin, new header! http://j.ustin.co/xguKiW
Jason Witt
I just can't get this to work. I created a folder in my plugin's root directory name "assets". In that folder I placed a image named "banner-772×250.png". Committed the folder and the file, but it still doesn't show up. If I browse the repo it shows there. What am I doing wrong?
Great idea!
Here our banner: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/oa-social-login/
Had to try it… works great
Shibu Lijack
Love this new idea! Check out my plugin's banner:
Still gutted about animated gifs being disallowed. However, still a great addition to brighten the plugin repository – https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/authorsure/ is my contribution
Updated my plugin just to see the banner. A nice and simple feature for plugin devs.
WordPress Plugin Development
Nice implementation, quiet workable to me. https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/
Dawn @ JoeMobi
LOVE the banner idea!
Here's ours: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/joemobi/
Is this feature still working?
I've added the /assets/banner-772×250.jpg to the SVN root for my plugin and it's not showing on the plugin page.
It's been checked in for 2 days now.
Any clues?
Andrew Nacin
Your name is using the character for "times" (×) rather than a simple "x". Moving the file to the correct place should fix it.
Sorted Andrew. Many thanks.
This is a great feature! Just implemented mine: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/live-admin-navigation-filter/
Matt Mullenweg
One idea that grew from this thread about the number of developers whose jobs are supported by WordPress was that we should try to get more information about the WP developer community at large. There are probably hundreds, maybe thousands, that have never registered at WordPress.org, let alone been to a WordCamp or subscribed to this blog. It would be interesting to know about them, and also to give them an opportunity to participate in (and maybe even contribute to) the community.
I'm planning on including a link to a survey in the 3.2 announcement post. Because the email goes to end-users as well as developers, this is a great opportunity to capture some feedback from them too. We'll open source the anonymized/aggregate raw response data and probably present some of the analysis at WordCamps too, like the upcoming State of the Word at WCSF.
The goals of the survey are:
- Gather data on the number and nature of companies and independent developers that use WordPress. (How many jobs has WP created?) Use this both for some static reporting, but also to track trends over time if we do a similar survey next year.
- Provide the community with a picture of the end users. What people and companies use WordPress, and how?
- Inspire greater participation in the community through awareness and the opportunity to receive more information.
It's currently sitting in the wiki at https://codex.wordpress.org/User:Pjad/WordPress_User/Developer_Survey
What do you think? Any questions missing or ones we should re-word?
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Andrew Nacin
At a glance, looks great. Nice job, Pete!
Question 6 should probably have something like "contribute to WordPress.org (support, documentation, translations, theme reviews, etc."
Bronson Quick
Love this idea Matt. It'll be great to get some more WordPress data.
The survey looks excellent. My only input would be to maybe add in Q10 'I've attended a WordPress Meetup' as well.
Andrew Ozz
Sounds good to me too. Perhaps would have added 1-2 more questions for developers, something along the lines of:
"What do you find most difficult/most frustrating while working with WordPress? Examples: not enough or outdated documentation, not enough comments in the source describing how particular code is working, etc.".
And then:
"What do you find easiest/most satisfying when working with WordPress? Examples: huge amount of open source plugins implementing even the most unusual features, large enthusiastic community, excellent expandability/large amount of core hooks, etc.".
Paul Gregory
In Q10, there's no ticky-box for Trac participation other than "submitted a WordPress bug report" which reads a bit too specifically as "first post". Also, there should possibly be a ticky-box for contributions to "Extend > Ideas".
It seems that there is no equivalent to Q10 for non-developers. I would have thought that end-users that get the notification email or read the 3.2 announcement are just as likely to attend a WordCamp or answer forum questions. I think you should split out the "engage with community" answers from Q10 and ask them of both types of people.
Matt Mullenweg
We have a checkbox in profiles where people…
We have a checkbox in profiles where people can say "I make my living from WordPress." As of today, 19,932 people have checked that box.
It's a neat data point, but also makes me curious about more.
I'd love to have a yearly survey we promote when we do a release to ask questions of the WP community that we'd love answered, perhaps collecting (and refining) them on a Codex page throughout the year.
What would you ask?
DanDare, Dan Schultz, Nearly 20,000 people make a living with WordPress | WPCandy, and 8 others are discussing. Toggle Comments
Aaron D. Campbell
For those (like me) that were having a hard time figuring out where that checkbox Matt was talking about was, it's in your Support Forums profile NOT your profiles.wordpress.org profile.
Alex M.
Here's some I could think of:
- Type of job, i.e. independent contractor, work for a web development firm, work for a non-web dev corp but do their web stuff, etc.
- Amount of time they've made their living off WP (months/years)
- When did they start using WP (I guess sorta relates to previous question)
- Self-taught (reading code, Codex, etc.) or instructed in the ways of WP
How much time to they contribute to WordPress.org?
Edward Caissie
Following the original checkbox questions with sub-questions:
Do you make your living from Theme Design
Do you make your living from Plugin Development
I think a more in-depth survey, strictly WP-related, akin to what ALA does (http://www.alistapart.com/articles/survey2010) would be incredibly interesting. Not necessarily as in-depth, but more than just a single question.
Philip Arthur Moore
1. "Have you ever attended a WordPress WordCamp event?"
2. "Do you develop for other CMSs or are you primarily a WordPress developer?"
Jon Brown
While I think more granular data about how people make their living with WordPress would be cool, it'd also be interesting to hear what users do that are not making their living with WP.
- as a theme developer (PHP/MySQL/JS)
- as a plugin developer (PHP/MySQL/JS)
- as a site designer (UI/UX/Graphics)
- as a site operator (business)
- My site sells a product
- My site sells advertising
- I've modified an existing theme's code
- I've written a theme from scratch
- I've written a plugin
- My site sells something
- My site sells advertising
Also maybe with 3/4 check boxes for novice, intermediate, expert…
Then random stuff
- The first version of WP I used was:
- My favorite thing about WordPress is:
- My least favorite thing about WordPress is:
Alex M.
BBCode doesn't work in WordPress. 😉 I've fixed your comment for you by switching to HTML, well specifically by putting asterisks in front of each of your list items (we have an asterisk -> list feature here on WP.com).
Mike Schinkel
Simple ask: "What do you do to make my living from WordPress?"
(Maybe add it next to the check box even?)
Dan Schultz
The folks at A list Apart do an annual Web Design Survey – http://aneventapart.com/webdesignsurvey/ . Partnering or consulting with them might be helpful, or you could just reviewing their past questions & results for some inspiration.
Since I work on the Fraxion Payments plugin and we are starting to get a core user base you would have to include "selling my content" as one of the ways to earn a living. Right now we only have a bit over 100 locked posts/pages over about 8 web sites and around 200 readers with Fraxions to spend but it is growing. And you can include folks that make a buck out of google ads etc.


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TCL > April 2007 Issue > Disciplinary Case Summaries for Matters Resulting in Diversion and Private Admonition
Articles describing Diversion Agreements and Private Admonitions as part of the Attorney Regulation System are published on a quarterly basis. These summaries are contributed by the Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. Visit http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/Regulation/Regulation.asp.
Diversion and Private Admonition Summaries
Diversion is an alternative to discipline. See C.R.C.P. 251.13. Pursuant to the rule and depending on the stage of the proceeding, Attorney Regulation Counsel (Regulation Counsel), the Attorney Regulation Committee (ARC), the Presiding Disciplinary Judge (PDJ), the hearing board, or the Supreme Court may offer diversion as an alternative to discipline. For example, Regulation Counsel can offer a Diversion Agreement when the complaint is at the central intake level in the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel (OARC). Thereafter, ARC or some other entity must approve the agreement.
From November 19, 2006 through February 19, 2007, at the intake stage, Regulation Counsel entered into five Diversion Agreements involving seven requests for investigation. ARC entered into six Diversion Agreements involving seven requests for investigation during this time frame. The PDJ did not approve any Diversion Agreements during this time frame. ARC did not approve any private admonitions during this time frame. The PDJ approved one private admonition during this time frame.
Determining if Diversion is Appropriate
Regulation Counsel reviews the following factors to determine if diversion is appropriate: (1) there is little likelihood that the attorney will harm the public during the period of participation; (2) Regulation Counsel can adequately supervise the conditions of diversion; and (3) the attorney is likely to benefit by participation in the program.
Regulation Counsel will consider diversion only if the presumptive range of discipline in the particular matter is likely to result in a public censure or less. However, if the attorney has been publicly disciplined in the last three years, the matter generally will not be diverted under the rule. See C.R.C.P. 251.13(b). Other factors Regulation Counsel considers may preclude Regulation Counsel from agreeing to diversion. See C.R.C.P. 251.13(b).
Purpose of the Diversion Agreement
The purpose of a Diversion Agreement is to educate and rehabilitate the attorney so that the attorney does not engage in such misconduct in the future. Furthermore, the Diversion Agreement also may address some of the systemic problems an attorney may be having. For example, if an attorney engaged in minor misconduct such as neglect, and the reason for such conduct was poor office management, then one of the conditions of diversion may be a law office management audit and/or practice monitor. The time period for a Diversion Agreement generally is no shorter than one year and no longer than two years.
Conditions of the Diversion Agreement
The type of misconduct dictates the conditions of the Diversion Agreement. Although each Diversion Agreement is factually unique and different from other agreements, many times the requirements are similar. Generally, the attorney is required to attend Ethics School and/or Trust Account School, which are conducted by attorneys from the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. An attorney also may be required to fulfill any of the following conditions:
Note: The terms of a Diversion Agreement may not be detailed in this summary if the terms are generally included within Diversion Agreements.
After the attorney successfully completes the requirements of the Diversion Agreement, Regulation Counsel will close its file, and the matter will be expunged pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.33(d). If Regulation Counsel has reason to believe that the attorney has breached the Diversion Agreement, then Regulation Counsel must follow the steps provided in C.R.C.P 251.13 before an agreement can be revoked.
Types of Misconduct
The types of misconduct resulting in diversion generally involve the following:
Some cases resulted from personal problems the attorney was experiencing at the time of the misconduct. In those situations, the Diversion Agreements may include a requirement for a mental health evaluation and, if necessary, counseling to address the underlying problems of depression, alcoholism, or other mental health issues that may be affecting the attorney's ability to practice law.
Random Samples of Diversion Agreements
Below are random samples of Diversion Agreements that Regulation Counsel determined appropriate for specific types of misconduct during November 19, 2006 through February 19, 2007. The sample gives a general description of the misconduct, the Colorado Rule(s) of Professional Conduct implicated, and the corresponding conditions of the Diversion Agreement.
> The respondent filed a petition to seal arrest and criminal records on behalf of his client when he should have known that the petition he filed contained a false statement. The attorney falsely stated that no one other than the petitioner required medical attention when, in fact, the petitioner needed no medical attention and the victim was treated at an emergency facility for her injuries. The respondent neglected to check the facts. In a separate matter, the attorney failed to advise his client, who had two prior DWAI convictions, that by pleading guilty to a third DWAI, she would have her driver's license revoked for two years.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 1.1 and Colo. RPC 1.3.
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School and attend a CLE course on DUI defense.
Diligence and/or Failure to Communicate
> The respondent agreed to represent a client in a divorce case and in criminal matters involving allegations of domestic violence and violations of a protection order. The respondent entered his appearance in the criminal matters on February 8, 2006. On that date, he requested a continuance of the matter to allow him time to review pertinent materials in the cases. On March 15, 2006, the respondent appeared for a pre-trial conference in the criminal cases. A not-guilty plea was entered that day. The court established a deadline for motions to be filed and scheduled a motions hearing in the case.
Thereafter, the respondent failed to file motions by the deadline established by the court and failed to appear for several scheduled court dates in the case. Also, the court ordered the respondent to take action to set the matter for trial, but respondent failed to do so.
On July 25, 2006, the court issued an order to show cause why the respondent should not be held in contempt for failing to appear at a scheduled hearing in the case. The court scheduled a hearing for August 8, 2006 on the order to show cause. On August 8, 2006, the respondent appeared for the court hearing and apologized to the court and to his client for failing to appear at other scheduled hearings in the case. The court discharged the citation at that hearing, after which the client terminated the respondent.
On September 1, 2006, the respondent refunded a significant sum of money to his client. The refund exceeded the amount that the respondent charged for work on the criminal cases.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 1.3 and Colo. RPC 8.4(d).
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School and have a law office audit.
> The respondent was retained to handle an appeal for a client. The client was found guilty of violating a municipal ordinance and she decided to appeal. The client filed a notice of appeal pro se with the district court. The client retained the respondent to handle the appeal. The client paid the respondent a modest retainer. The clerk of the municipal court sent notice to the client that the record on appeal was ready. The district court issued a briefing schedule. The district court received the record on appeal. The respondent did not learn that the record on appeal was ready or that the district court had issued a briefing schedule.
About three months later, the district court issued a delay prevention order, giving the client a deadline by which to file her appeal brief or face dismissal. The client forwarded this order to the respondent. He did not timely file the appeal brief.
The city filed a motion to dismiss, based on the client's failure to timely file her appeal brief. The city mailed a copy of the motion to the respondent, correctly addressed. The respondent did not file a response. The district court dismissed the appeal. The respondent filed a motion for extension of time to file the appeal brief. The court granted the motion, giving the respondent an additional thirty days to file the appeal brief.
The respondent researched, prepared, and attempted to electronically file the appeal brief. For reasons unknown to the respondent, the district court did not receive the electronically filed appeal brief. The respondent did not follow up to learn whether his electronic filing of the brief had been received. The respondent did not inquire of the city why he did not receive its answer brief. The respondent did not notice that he had not received an invoice from Lexis® for the electronic filing. The respondent took no further action on the appeal and did not move to withdraw.
After a number of months, the district court dismissed the appeal. The client terminated the respondent's services. The respondent returned a portion of her retainer.
Rule Implicated: Colo. RPC 1.3.
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School and refund the remaining portion of the retainer to the client.
> The client alleged that the respondent neglected her divorce matter and retained unearned fees after she terminated him. The client hired the respondent in June 2005 and executed a written, hourly fee agreement under which the respondent was to be paid $125 per hour. The client paid respondent a $1,000 retainer in two payments of $500 each. The respondent filed the client's divorce petition in July 2005 in the wrong jurisdiction and did not effectuate proper service on the client's spouse. While the client's spouse did not object to the improper service, he did successfully request that the case be transferred to the appropriate jurisdiction. The client and respondent had very little contact between September 1, 2005 and December 8, 2005. Other than attend an at-issue conference, the respondent took no further action on the client's matter prior to the client's termination of him in late December 2005.
During their first meeting in December 2005, the client asked for an accounting of the retainer she already had paid, as well as a copy of the divorce petition the respondent filed with the court. The respondent did not provide the complainant with either. The client then fired the respondent in late December and requested a refund of $500 from her $1,000 retainer. The respondent refunded $500 to her that day. He also gave the client a copy of her file, but the file did not contain an accounting of the time he alleges he spent working on her case.
A week later, the client phoned the respondent and asked that he return the additional $500 she initially paid toward her retainer. The respondent objected, stating that he had performed more than $500 worth of work on her matter. Thus, he refused to refund the remaining $500 retainer. However, he failed to provide the client with an accounting of work performed and/or fees earned.
The respondent then closed his private practice and failed to report his new work and home address to the Office of Attorney Registration within thirty days of his move, as required.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 1.3; Colo. RPC 1.4(a); Colo. RPC 1.4(b); Colo. RPC 1.15(b); and Colo. RPC 1.15(b).
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School and Trust Account School.
Fees/Trust Account Issues
> The respondent and other attorneys represented numerous plaintiffs in a mass-joinder lawsuit. The attorneys entered into fee agreements with only twenty to twenty-five of the plaintiffs. These fee agreements did not conform to the rules of civil procedure.
The respondent did not withdraw after he was no longer actively involved in the case. The respondent was not the lead counsel and was inexperienced in the practice of law.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 1.5(b.); Colo. RPC 1.5(c); Colo. RPC 1.5(d); and Colo. RPC 1.16(d).
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School and Trust Account School, and have an audit of the trust account.
> The respondent was hired to pursue a civil complaint. The client paid a retainer to the respondent and, upon termination of the attorney-client relationship, requested an itemized accounting and a refund of the unearned retainer. The client alleges that for approximately four months, the respondent failed to return phone messages or have any communication with the client. When the respondent ultimately provided an itemized accounting and a refund of the unearned retainer, the unearned retainer was paid with an operating account check.
The respondent advised the OARC that he was unaware that he needed to keep COLTAF funds and operating accounts funds separate. The respondent said he never wrote checks from the COLTAF account, but would transfer funds into the operating account and write checks regarding client funds in that manner.
The respondent also represented the client in a separate criminal matter. The client paid the respondent a $5,000 retainer. The representation commenced and continued through trial. The respondent used a portion of the retainer to pay costs associated with the trial and appeal.
During the course of the trial, the respondent was sanctioned for violating an order relating to C.R.E. 404(b). The client paid the $1,000 sanction on behalf of the respondent. The respondent asserts that the payment was voluntary and was credited to the outstanding balance for services rendered to the client for the criminal case.
On or about October 4, 2006, the respondent sent his client a full accounting. This accounting demonstrates that the client's bill was credited for the $1,000 paid to satisfy the sanction imposed by the court.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 1.4; Colo. RPC 1.15(a); Colo. RPC 1.15(b); Colo. RPC 1.15(c); Colo. RPC 1.15(f); and Colo. RPC 3.4(c).
> The respondent practices bankruptcy law and was retained by a client to file a bankruptcy petition. At that time, the respondent charged clients a flat fee of $895 for these types of filings ($650 flat legal fee and an additional $209 for the bankruptcy court filing fee). It also was the respondent's policy at that time to place all flat fee retainers into the professional account, instead of the COLTAF account.
The client began making installment payments to the respondent, because the client could not pay the entire fee upfront. The respondent agreed to file the client's petition after he paid his entire fee and cost retainer. The client made several installment payments to the respondent, then changed his mind about declaring bankruptcy and requested that the respondent return his unearned retainer fee. The respondent returned $200 by check, which was written from the professional account. That check was returned to the client for insufficient funds. The respondent immediately refunded the original $200, plus $5 for a processing fee charged to the client for the returned check.
The respondent later discovered that the client had provided the respondent approximately $500 in cashier checks that were never cashed. The respondent returned those checks to the client, as well. These two refunds left a retainer balance of $100 that the respondent characterized as "nonrefundable" fees. After receipt of the client's grievance and review of the rules prohibiting attorneys from designating unearned fees as "nonrefundable," the respondent returned the remaining $100 to the client.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 1.15(a); Colo. RPC 1.5(b); Colo. RPC 1.5(f); and Colo. RPC 1.16(d).
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School and Trust Account School and have a practice monitor.
Communication With Person Represented by Counsel
> The respondent represented a client in a criminal case in Denver District Court. A co-defendant was represented by other counsel. The respondent was aware that the co-defendant was represented by counsel. During the pendency of the case, the co-defendant made statements to the District Attorney's Office as part of, and in compliance with, the terms of a plea agreement with the District Attorney's Office. Also during the pendency of the case, the respondent's client informed the respondent that the co-defendant had discharged her counsel and was no longer represented.
At some point, the co-defendant appeared unannounced at the office of the private investigation firm the respondent had retained to assist in the investigation and defense of his client. The co-defendant indicated to the private investigator that she was there to "correct" statements previously given to the District Attorney's Office. The investigator's office contacted the respondent and advised him that the co-defendant was present and wished to give a recorded statement. The respondent instructed the investigator to make sure that the co-defendant was no longer represented and, if not, to proceed with the interview/statement. The co-defendant verified to the investigator that she was no longer represented. The respondent's investigator took a recorded statement from the co-defendant. At the time the co-defendant appeared at the respondent's investigator's office, she was still represented by counsel. Other than asking the co-defendant about the status of her counsel, neither the respondent nor his agent contacted the co-defendant's counsel or the court to determine if she was still represented by counsel.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 4.2 and Colo. RPC 5.3.
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School.
Conduct Prejudicial to the Administration of Justice
> The respondent was held in contempt for not appearing in court when required and disobeying court orders in nine matters. The judge did not impose sanctions, but he stated, in part:
Nevertheless, this Order ought to serve as a clear, unequivocal expression of concern to the Respondent that the conduct described above is inappropriate and cannot be replicated in the future. If it is, the Respondent can anticipate that the affected parties may ask the court to assess punitive sanctions, or remedial sanctions or both. It is the Court's hope that the description of the behaviors in this Order will serve to help the Respondent contour a corrective plan so that he complies with Court orders and appearance dates. He testified that he plans to do so, and the Court is confident he can succeed.
Nevertheless, this Order ought to serve as a clear, unequivocal expression of concern to the Respondent that the conduct described above is inappropriate and cannot be replicated in the future. If it is, the Respondent can anticipate that the affected parties may ask the court to assess punitive sanctions, or remedial sanctions or both. It is the Court's hope that the description of the behaviors in this Order will serve to help the Respondent contour a corrective plan so that he complies with Court orders and appearance dates. He testified that he plans to do so, and the Court is confident he can succeed.
About six months after the order of contempt, a magistrate issued an order finding the respondent in contempt of court for failing to appear at a hearing relating to two minor children in an expedited permanency plan proceeding, and failing to seek a continuance of the hearing. The magistrate found that the respondent's behavior prejudiced the two minor children, the petitioner, and the Department of Social Services in their efforts to fulfill the statutory mandate of expedited permanency for the subject children, and unjustifiably delayed the administration of justice. The magistrate ordered the respondent to pay attorney fees and costs incurred by the county attorney and the Department of Social Services, limited to the preparation and participation in the contempt proceedings. The respondent eventually paid all the fees and costs ordered by the court.
Rule Implicated: Colo. RPC 8.4(d).
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall attend Ethics School, have a practice audit, and comply with all recommendations made by the practice auditor, and is subject to up to two subsequent 120-day reviews by the practice auditor to determine whether the recommendations made in the audit have been followed and whether any further changes need to occur.
> The respondent appeared with his client, a juvenile, for a sentencing hearing before the complaining witness, a magistrate. The magistrate suspected that the respondent was under the influence of alcohol. She called the alcohol unit to test the respondent. The technician arrived and performed a breathalyzer test on the respondent. The test showed that the respondent's blood alcohol content was above the legal limit. The magistrate found the respondent in direct contempt of court based on his having appeared under the influence of alcohol. She ordered him to spend the night in the county jail.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 8.4(d) and Colo. RPC 8.4(h).
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall have an alcohol evaluation, comply with the recommendations of the evaluator, provide monthly reports to the OARC, abstain from the use of alcohol or any other mood altering substance, unless such substance is prescribed by a duly licensed Colorado physician, and attend Ethics School.
> The respondent engaged a court reporting service to provide services to him in several cases. From September 2003 through September 2005, the court reporting service sent invoices to the respondent for services that were rendered on various dates in those cases. The respondent's bookkeeper received those invoices but failed to pay each invoice. From October 2005 through March 2006, the respondent's bookkeeper made several promises to pay the unpaid invoices. In February 2006, the court reporting service received a partial payment that covered a small portion of the overall bill. In April 2006, the court reporting firm wrote to the OARC about the unpaid invoices. After inquiry by the OARC about the unpaid invoices, the respondent paid the entire debt to the court reporting service.
In another matter, the respondent engaged the services of a court reporting firm to record various depositions. In addition, the respondent ordered from the court reporting firm transcripts of those depositions. The court reporting firm performed the services requested. The depositions were taken and recorded. The court reporting firm sent invoices for professional services to the respondent on October 11, 2005 and December 15, 2005. The court reporting firm made additional communications to the respondent, in attempts to collect on the outstanding invoices (facsimile of outstanding invoices and correspondence dated December 5, 2005; correspondence to the respondent dated December 15, 2005; correspondence to the respondent dated January 17, 2006; correspondence to respondent dated February 8, 2006). The respondent did not pay the invoices or respond to the above-listed correspondence until September 13, 2006.
Rules Implicated: Colo. RPC 8.4(d) and Colo. RPC 5.3.
Diversion Agreement: As part of the conditions of the Diversion Agreement, the respondent shall have a practice audit.
Private Admonition
> The respondent did not refund unearned fees to a client in a timely manner. The respondent has now refunded the money.
Rule Violated: Colo. RPC 1.16(d).

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First something off-topic: Do any Denver old timers miss the White Spot at 8th and Broadway? I was thinking about that place for some reason yesterday. I love Barricuda's as my regular hangout, but really do miss the White Spot from back in the day when I lived at 9th and Sherman. I found this group on Tribe.net devoted to memories of the White Spot. I really wish I had a time machine sometimes…
When it comes to sit down, carpeted, lobsters in the tank top-notch Chinese dining my Denver choice is The Imperial, at Broadway and Alameda. I've been visiting for a few years now and find it consistently appealing – at least based on the four dishes I always rotate through. Even though I only visit once a quarter or so, owner Johnny Hsu always recognizes me and treats me like a high roller.
Twin Dragon is now my alternative during work hours, being located nearby on South Broadway in old downtown Englewood. My two co-workers and I visited a few weeks back for lunch. Tucked into a low rectangular building, the change of atmosphere from busy bright South Broadway makes for a mellow start to your meal. While not the height of modern decor like Imperial it's welcoming and relaxing, and I give it high marks for Fung Shei.
Our server, a friendly middle age lady who seemed to be the manager, provided non-stop service and was incredibly enthused about getting us through the corses of our meal. She was practically sprinting our appetizers and plates to our table from the kitchen. She probably thought we were on a standard one hour lunch. We didn't tell her that the three of us work in advertising – and since nobody has money to BUY advertising, plus it being January, we had no pressing obligation to return to the office.
Our eggrolls were standard, nothing outstanding, but I found the main lunch courses far better than expected. I had the cashew chicken – and we shared that and the sesame chicken and black pepper beef between all of us. Our lunch was prepared drier than most Chinese food – a good thing which I prefer actually, and between dessert of mint ice cream, our hot tea, and the laid back ambiance, it made for a pleasant lunch experience.
Check 'em out when your're skipping through downtown Englewood. The owners also run the Twin Dragon Trading Company, located next door to the restaurant. Throughout the cluttered store are collectibles, furniture, and home decor all imported from the Far East. We sauntered over after lunch but didn't stay long as the three of us were concerned with knocking stuff over and having to pay for it.
Yelp rates the 3 out of 5. Lunch menu is very reasonable, starting at $7. They're at 3021 South Broadway at Dartmouth. Ample parking on Broadway and behind the building.
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- It shakes the ground with such force that all manner of spells lose their cohesion.[1]
Tremor Totem is a core shaman ability learned at level 54. The totem can remove Fear, Charm, and Sleep effects from party members within 30 yards.
- The usefulness of this totem is specific in PvE but invaluable for those situations. It is excellent versus the corrupted druids in Wailing Caverns, since they can sleep party members.
- Against mobs that have an AoE Fear, this totem should be placed immediately, and in a central location to the fight.
- This totem will immediately remove any applicable ailments when it is first down, then subsequently attempt to remove fear/sleep/charm effects every 3 seconds.
- Although it is excellent totem in raiding, don't forget it has its PvP uses.
Patch changes
- Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Now correctly pulses every 3 seconds, up from 1 second.
- Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Tremor Totem's duration has been increased from 2 minutes to 5 minutes.
- Patch 2.4.0 (25-Mar-2008): Tremor Totem now pulses every 3 seconds, down from 4 seconds.
- Patch 1.3.0 (07-Mar-2005): Now creates the appropriate looking earth totem; tooltip updated to clarify what effects it counters; radius of effect increased; now pulses more frequently.
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WASHINGTON DC (WUSA) -- The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum is apologizing to a Rockville, Md. mother after security guards twice reprimanded her for nursing her child in public.
The mother visited the museum in January with her 11-month old daughter. She was sitting on a bench, breast-feeding the child. A security officer told her she needed to use the bathroom. The woman went to a ladies' room, but could not find a place to sit. She returned to the bench, and was told by another guard to return to the bathroom. Explaining she could not find a place to sit there, the guard suggested she sit on the toilet. The woman and her family ended up leaving.
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"I couldn't believe what I heard," Noriko Aito told 9 News Now. "I knew about the law in Maryland, but wasn't sure about D.C." She found her husband, who did not see what happened, and went home.
Days later, the Hirshhorn issued an apology to the woman via its Facebook page. "We have responded to the mother's complaint and have made our security staff aware of the federal law allowing women to breast-feed in any public or private location," the statement said. "We regret that this incident occurred and we apologize for the frustration it has caused."
The Right to Breastfeed Act gives the right to mothers to breast feed anywhere on federal property. It was signed in 1999.
Despite the Hirshhorn's apology, mothers around the Washington region are expressing their displeasure publicly. They will hold a "nurse-in" at the museum Saturday morning. Similar ones have been held in our region recently, including one last summer at the Francis Scott Key Mall in Frederick, Md.
"This is not a protest against the Hirshhorn. There were laws and policies in place." said LJ Pelham, organizer of the nurse-in. "This happened because there was a lack of education and awareness. We want to ensure women know their rights and that it doesn't happen to anybody else again."
Maryland law allows a woman to breastfeed in any public or private place and forbids restrictions or limitations on that right.
Virginia law guarantees a woman the right to breastfeed on any state-owned property. It also exempts mothers from indecent exposure laws while nursing.
The District of Columbia's Human Rights Act of 1977 covers restrictions on breastfeeding under its sex discrimination laws. Employers are also required to provide extra unpaid break periods for nursing, and employers must make reasonable efforts to provide a clean, private location other than a bathroom.
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Advance Auto Parts The car retailer reported Thursday fourth-quarter earnings of $66.4 million, or 90 cents a share, an increase from year-earlier earnings of $48.1 million, or 57 cents. Analysts anticipated earnings of 75 cents a share. "Management also introduced upbeat FY12 EPS guidance of $5.55-$5.75 vs. a consensus figure of $5.64," Oppenheimer analysts wrote in a report Thursday. "We estimate share repurchases could add another $0.10-$0.15 to forecasts. AAP shares are up about 8% today on the stronger report. We expect the company to continue benefiting from favorable industry trends near term. Our Perform rating reflects valuation." The analysts raised their price target to $92 from $73 and maintained their perform rating on the stock. Shares of Advance Auto Parts hit a 52-week high of $86.30 on Thursday. The stock's 52-week low of $49.50 was set on Sept. 12. Advance Auto Parts has an estimated price-to-earnings ratio for next year of 13.12; the average for specialty retailers is 17.23. For comparison, Penske Automotive Group (PAG) has a lower forward P/E of 10.95 and Autonation's (AN) forward P/E is 13.88. Fourteen of the 24 analysts who cover Advance Auto Parts rated it a hold. Ten analysts gave it a buy rating. TheStreet Ratings gives Advance Auto Parts an A grade with a $92.54 price target. The stock has risen 23.4% year to date.
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Tortorella named as a Jack Adams finalist; Brian Boyle likely to be a game-time decision
The Rangers' John Tortorella, along with the Blues' Ken Hitchcock and the Senators' Paul MacLean, is a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's top coach, marking the third time in Tortorella's career he's earned a nomination. Tortorella finished second in 2003 and won the award in 2004 when his Lightning won the Stanley Cup.
The other news out of today's morning skate in preparation for tonight's Game 2 against the Capitals is that Brian Boyle, out since suffering a concussion in Game 5 of the first round against the Senators, participated in the team's morning skate, marking the fourth straight day he's been on ice. Brandon Dubinsky (lower body) did not skate so it's a fair bet to mark him down as unavailable tonight.
It looks like the lineup decision will come down to Boyle or enforcer John Scott, who has not dressed for a game since March 9. Steve Eminger, who was used as a forward in Game 1, was back skating as a defenseman this morning and stayed on the ice late as an extra with Jeff Woywitka. To me, that signals that the Rangers are very hopeful Boyle will be able to play tonight.
"Pretty good," Boyle said when asked how he felt. "I have no idea what's going to happen."
Boyle was then asked what the procedure for him coming back into the lineup would be.
"This is my first time through it, honestly, I don't know," said Boyle, indicating he would have input as to how he's feeling and that, of course, would be relayed to the coaching staff. "It's a little bit of both but ultimately it's my call, I think. They'll let them know when I'm ready to play and after that it's his call. It's tough to say right now right away, it's tough to to tell."
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Boyle was also asked if he's been cleared for contact. Given that he's skated on his own on Saturday, at an optional on Sunday and at a morning skate this morning, it hasn't been readily apparent if he's been cleared, though he did not wear a non-contact jersey for any of those sessions.
"Yeah, I think so," Boyle said. "There's not going to be a lot of contact out there, a morning skate or an optional practice."
Boyle added he wouldn't necessarily need to go through contact drills in practice to know he's ready to play a game.
"Not necessarily, again, I'm new to this," Boyle said. "It's not going to change anything, I think I'll try to play the same way."
Boyle was then asked how difficult it's been being out of the lineup.
"We'll we're 3-0 since I've been out, it hasn't been that difficult," Boyle said. "It's stressful to watch. The guys have been doing a great job. When I get back in hopefully I can help out and keep that train moving."
And asked about Tortorella's nomination for the Adams Award, Boyle said, "I think he had a vision and an idea of how he wanted to run the team, when he first got here. I think we've responded pretty well. We understand him pretty well and he understands us pretty well. He's helped my game a lot, obviously, he's turned me into an NHL player. He's just really good at telling you what you need to do better and what you need to work on if you want to play on this team. That's all you can really ask for. Is there a snare in the way he does it sometimes, we're grown ups, we're men we can figure it out. I respect the way he does it. There's no preferential treatment. The way we play and the way we're successful is what he wants us to do. We trust him and our system, what he puts in place for us, when we do it well, it generally works for us."
The news regarding Tortorella's Adams' nomination came after his brief pre-game presser today so the media did not have a chance to get a comment from him about it. Most likely, he would have said something to the effect of, "It's not about me."
Derek Stepan, though, was willing to say a few words on his coach's behalf. And all of them were good.
"I've only had one coach in the NHL and I've been pretty blessed," Stepan said. "I have a pretty damn good coach. He's helped my career along. He's taught me so many things. It's a non-stop thing. If there was a coach who got the trophy, it should be him because of the way he's molded our team."
Stepan, by the way, put on a great display of stickwork today at the skate that apparently few people other than me saw. Skating into the corner, Stepan put a puck on the tip of his blade and flung the puck a good 20-25 feet in the air, then caught it perfectly back on his blade. Almost looked like he was playing lacrosse.
Also on Tortorella, goalie Henrik Lundqvist said one of the first things he wanted to see when Tortorella took over as coach in February, 2009, was how much of the stories of Tortorella's reputation were true and how much was exaggeration.
"Most of it was true," Lundqvist said, laughing.
"He's been great for us," Lundqvist added. "He brings a lot of passion to this team."
Here are the bios on the finalists:
Hitchcock: Hitchcock made his debut behind the St. Louis bench Nov. 8 with the club at 6-7-0 and posted a 43-15-11 record the rest of the way; the 109-point season was the Blues' best since capturing the Presidents' Trophy in 1999-2000. The club broke or tied 13 franchise records, including a 21-game home points streak and 30 home wins overall. The Blues allowed the NHL's fewest goals against by a wide margin (165), the fewest shots per game (26.7) and posted the most shutouts (15). Hitchcock earned his fourth career nomination as a Jack Adams finalist and the first in 13 years; he finished second in 1997 and third in 1998 and 1999, all with Dallas.
MacLean: MacLean made his NHL debut as head coach after spending six seasons as an assistant with the Detroit Red Wings and led the Senators (41-31-10, 92 points) to a Stanley Cup Playoff berth and an 18-point improvement over last season's 13th-place East finish. The biggest change was on offense, where Ottawa jumped from 26th to fourth in the League in goals per game. MacLean is the third rookie head coach in the past four years to earn a Jack Adams finalist berth: Washington's Bruce Boudreau captured the award in 2008, followed by third-place finishes by San Jose's Todd McLellan in 2009 and Colorado's Joe Sacco in 2010.
Tortorella: Tortorella guided the Rangers to first place in the Eastern Conference with a 51-24-7 record, their best regular-season performance since the Stanley Cup season of 1993-94. The club's goals-against figure
(187) was tops in the East, third in the NHL overall and was the fewest by a Rangers club over a full season since 1970-71. The Rangers led all clubs in hits (2,419) and ranked fourth in blocked shots (1,338). Tortorella is a Jack Adams finalist for the third time; he finished second in the voting in 2003 and captured the award in 2004, the season in which he guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Stanley Cup.
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Joseph is an English form of the Hebrew name Yoseph.
In the Old Testament, Joseph is the name borne by the 11th son of Jacob's 12 sons. He is Jacob's favorite child because he is Rachel's child and because he is kind, thoughtful and good. As a special mark of his love, Jacob gifts Joseph a beautiful robe or coat of many colors, that is long with wide sleeves. This favoritism, makes his brothers jealous of him.
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Pharaoh believes all that Joseph tells him, and puts him in charge of all the lands of Egypt.
During the 7 lean years, Joseph's brothers like many, come to Egypt to buy grain. Joseph recognizes them but they do not recognize him (it had been over 10 years) and just as in his original dream, they bow to him because he is an important person.
After a few meetings with his brothers, Joseph can no longer keep the secret and says, "I am Joseph! Is my father alive?" But his brothers cannot answer him because they are afraid. Then Joseph says, "Come here. I am your brother, the one you sold! Do not worry, and do not be angry at yourselves for selling me, because God has put me here to save the people from starving."
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Posted By Mark Boyer On July 16, 2012 @ 5:40 pm In clean tech,energy efficiency,Environment,Green Technology,Innovation | No Comments
Scientists in California fired up 192 laser beams simultaneously onto a single, tiny, two-millimeter target, producing and unbelievable 500 trillion watts of energy [2]. To put it into context, that's about 1,000 times more power than the entire United States uses at any given time. Scientists aren't just firing off super-powerful lasers for fun, though; the team at the National Ignition Facility [3] ultimately hope that by aiming the 10-story laser at a compressed pellet of hydrogen they'll be able to kickstart a nuclear fusion reaction and produce an unlimited supply of clean energy.
Work began on the National Ignition Facility, which is located about 40 miles east of San Francisco at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, more than a decade ago, but the first laser experiments were held in 2009 and 2010. In a highly-publicized 2010 test [5], 75 percent of the laser's power was used during an experiment, but this time it was set to full-throttle.
"NIF is becoming everything scientists planned when it was conceived over two decades ago," said NIF Director Edward Moses in a statement [2]. "It is fully operational, and scientists are taking important steps toward achieving ignition and providing experimental access to user communities for national security, basic science and the quest for clean fusion energy."
The latest laser shot, which lasted only 23 billionths of a second, was by far the most powerful one in history, and it represents a significant step towards producing clean fusion energy. A fusion reaction would itself generate energy, so we'd end up getting more energy than it would take to spark the reaction. Within two years, scientists hope to fire the 192 lasers at a condensed pellet of hydrogen.
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Landover, MD – Wednesday, May 30, 2012: Brazil 4-1 over the USMNT during an international friendly at FedEx Field.
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Attorneys say eight-year old Chase Fitchner suffered from a genetic disorder.
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3. Two-tone pump. There's nothing better than a shoe that's totally one of a kind (hello, linen), yet still game for endless pairing – and I'm counting the minutes until I can slip these beauties on with a skinny black ankle pant. Our Shoe La La: Semi-Annual Shoe Sale Boutique opens Tuesday at 11AM.
4. Clif Family Winery Sauvignon Blanc. From the same people that brought us Clif Bars (and to whom I owe my survival of many a long trail run), this crisp Sauvignon Blanc's inherited a similar knack for sustaining – only here what's being kept alive are endless summer evenings. Our Clif Family Winery Boutique opens Wednesday at 11AM.
5. Longchamp shopper. It was six years ago that Mom armed my fresh-off-the-graduation-podium self with this bag (in black), to take into "the real world" – and I've been stocking up on them ever since. Our Longchamp Boutique opens Saturday at 11AM.
By Sarah Stanley, Staff Writer
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text: This test shows how your heart works during physical stress, and is a useful screening tool for significant coronary artery disease. While connected to an electrocardiogram (EKG) machine, patients either walk on a treadmill or are given an intravenous (IV) medication that simulates exercise. The level of exercise is slowly increased and the patient's symptoms and blood pressure response are consistently monitored throughout. The test continues until you reach a target heart rate, unless complications such as chest pain or an exaggerated rise in blood pressure develop. You will continue to be monitored for 10 - 15 minutes after exercising, or until your heart rate returns to baseline.