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+.announcementbox
+  %span{:class => 'title'}
+    How to submit clarification requests
+  .announcement
+    %p
+      :markdown
+        The clarification requests should be phrased as yes/no questions.  
+        The answers will be one of the following:
+        (1) **YES**,
+        (2) <b>NO</b>,
+        (3) **ANSWERED IN TASK DESCRIPTION (EXPLICITLY OR IMPLICITLY)**,
+        (4) **INVALID QUESTION**, and
+        (5) **NO COMMENT**.
+
+= form_for 'message', :url => { :action => 'create'} do |f|
+  %p 
+    %b New clarification request
+    = submit_tag "Post"
+    %br/
+    = f.text_area :body, :rows => 5, :cols => 100
+
+%hr/
+
+= render :partial => 'message', :collection => @messages, :locals => {:reply => false}