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Donald Trump's campaign stop in Burlington, Vermont, on Thursday attracted nearly as many protesters as it did supporters.
The Trump campaign issued more than 20,000 free tickets to the rally, held at the Flynn Center. The first person showed up at 4:30 a.m., and police say that the line eventually grew to about 2,000 people. The Flynn Center only holds 1,400, and the campaign questioned ticket holders about their support of Trump; if a person said they didn't back him, they weren't allowed in. "I'm taking care of my people, not people who don't want to vote for me or are undecided," Trump told the Burlington Free Press in a statement. "They are loyal to me, and I am loyal to them." Burlington police said it was within the campaign's legal right to decide who could and could not gain access to the event.
The test wasn't foolproof; about 700 protesters gathered outside, but some were able to make it inside the venue, and Trump was interrupted several times during his 70-minute speech. After protesters in the balcony started shouting their support for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Trump responded by telling security to "get 'em out," and added: "I respect what they're doing — unless they have a substance abuse problem, which they probably do." Later, he told security to throw another protester out, but first take his coat. "It's about 10 degrees below zero outside," he said. In fact, the Burlington Free Press says, the temperature was 25. Catherine Garcia
A federal judge ruled on Monday that clerks in Mississippi cannot cite their religious beliefs to recuse themselves from giving same-sex couples marriage licenses.
The state was set to turn House Bill 1523, a religious objections measure filed in response to the Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage last year, into law on Friday, but under the ruling part of it cannot be enforced. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves is extending his previous order that overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage, The Associated Press reports, and he said all 82 circuit clerks in Mississippi will receive formal notice that they are required to treat all couples equally.
Reeves said the state's elected officials can disagree with the legalization of gay marriage, but "the marriage license issue will not be adjudicated anew after every legislative session." Mississippi's Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, no relation to the judge, released a statement saying he hopes the state's attorneys will appeal the decision to protect the "deeply held religious beliefs" of Mississippians. "If this opinion by the federal court denies even one Mississippian of their fundamental right to practice their religion, then all Mississippians are denied their 1st Amendment rights," he said. Catherine Garcia
On Monday, House Democrats on the Benghazi Select Committee released a 339-page report that they say "debunks many conspiracy theories" about the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
The Democrats, led by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), say they had to make their own report because the Republicans on the committee refused to incorporate their opinions in a joint report, ABC News reports; the Republicans are expected to release their own report as early as Tuesday. The report reveals 21 findings, including some that have been previously announced, like the Defense Department couldn't have done anything differently to save lives and "administration officials did not make intentionally misleading statements about the attacks but instead relied on information they were provided at the time under fast-moving circumstances."
The committee also found no evidence Hillary Clinton denied any security requests from personnel in Benghazi, the report says. More than 40 pages of the report call out the Republican management of the committee, saying time and resources were wasted and Democrats were excluded from some interviews and witness meetings. Catherine Garcia
Volkswagen has agreed to pay almost $15 billion to settle lawsuits in the United States stemming from its rigging of diesel emission tests beginning in 2009, sources told Bloomberg.
Under the settlement, which will be filed Tuesday in San Francisco, the automaker will pay $2.7 billion in fines to the U.S. Environmental Protecting Agency and the California Air Resources Board and spent $2 billion on clear-emissions technology and $10.03 billion to buy back cars from customers at pre-scandal values and to give owners as much as $10,000 per car for their trouble.
The vehicles were emitting more pollutants than allowed under U.S. and California law, and if the deal is approved by a judge, car owners will have to either surrender their vehicles or agree to have them fixed to meet emissions standards. Volkswagen is still facing criminal and civil actions in other jurisdictions, and a source told Bloomberg the company is expected to settle claims with other states, including New York, for about $400 million. Catherine Garcia
For the time being, English is an official language of the European Union and the main working tongue of its institutions, but that could soon change thanks to Brexit.
"English is our official language because it has been notified by the UK," Danuta Hubner, chair of the European Parliament's constitutional affair committee, said Monday during a news conference on the legal repercussions of the UK leaving the EU. "If we don't have the UK, we don't have English." Each member state can nominate one EU idiom, and while English is the most spoken language in Europe, Britain is the only one that chose it, Reuters reports.
English is one of the three languages used by researchers and companies to apply for EU patents, giving English speakers a leg up over the competition, and that edge might soon disappear. All EU documents and legal texts are translated into the bloc's 24 official languages, but Brits would have to do their own translating if English lost its status as an official language. French was the EU's dominant language through the 1990s. Catherine Garcia
Iceland defeated England in the European Championship on Monday, besting the Brits in their round of 16 match-up by a score of 2-1. As The Associated Press notes, Iceland was a considerable underdog in the fight, but the Icelandic players took advantage of England's porous defense to take the lead in the 18th minute before shoring up their own defenses to seal the win.
"This defeat will probably go down as England's most humiliating since losing 1-0 to the United States in the 1950 World Cup," AP writes. But it looks like Iceland and its fans are having quite the time celebrating:
England's manager Roy Hodgson — who makes more than $4 million a year, while his Icelandic counterpart is a part-time dentist — resigned after the stunning loss. But as writer Karl Sharro pointed out back in February, maybe the scheduling of the whole thing was just too tempting for the fates to pass up. Iceland goes on to face France in the Euro quarter-finals Sunday. Kimberly Alters
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn't just slam the two provisions in the Texas abortion clinic law that the court ruled against Monday — she went ahead and took down the very premise of the law, too. In a separate concurrence to Justice Stephen Breyer's majority decision that Texas' provisions placed an "undue burden" on a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, Ginsburg suggested that the law's very claim that it was created in the interest of protecting women's health was a whole lotta baloney.
"The Texas law called H.B.2 inevitably will reduce the number of clinics and doctors allowed to provide abortion services. Texas argues that H.B.2's restrictions are constitutional because they protect the health of women who experience complications from abortions. In truth, 'complications from an abortion are both rare and rarely dangerous,'" Ginsburg wrote, citing a brief by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Furthermore, Ginsburg pointed out that medical procedures, "including childbirth, are far more dangerous to patients, yet are not subject to ambulatory surgical-center or hospital admitting-privileges requirements." The provisions the Supreme Court struck down required that abortion facilities meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers, and that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
With that evidence in mind, Ginsburg concluded: "... [I]t is beyond rational belief that H.B.2 could genuinely protect the health of women, and certain that the law would simply make it more difficult for them to obtain abortions." Becca Stanek
Scott Brown suggests Elizabeth Warren take a DNA test while Donald Trump rips her as a fraud and racist
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) first day on the campaign trail with Hillary Clinton fueled some feisty attacks. Donald Trump, for one, was quick to fire back at Warren's digs towards him with some accusations of his own. "She said she's 5 percent Native American. She was unable to prove it. She used the fact that she was Native American to advance her career," Trump said. "Elizabeth Warren is a total fraud. I know it." Trump also noted that Warren is "a racist," explaining "she made up her heritage, which I think is racist."
Trump wasn't the only Republican to latch onto Warren's Native American heritage. Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), who lost his Senate seat to Warren in 2012, was similarly skeptical, and said Warren ought to take a DNA test and release her records from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania, where she taught.
However, Brown seemed to have already made up his mind about what such tests would reveal. "Secretary Clinton is considering making someone the vice president who has very serious character flaws when it comes to honesty and credibility in dealing with her heritage," Brown said. "And what did that do? That took away somebody who truly was a Native American and gave that opportunity to somebody who's not, and that's just not right. It's a reverse form of racism, quite frankly."
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Torrent Pharmaceuticals said today it is acquiring the domestic branded formulations business of Elder Pharmaceuticals in India and Nepal for Rs. 20.04 billion ($324 million), in a deal that builds the acquiring company's marketshare and keeps the Elder operations under Indian ownership.
Elder's India business comprises a portfolio of over 30 brands with products across the women's healthcare, pain management, wound care, and neutraceuticals therapeutic segments. Employees engaged in sales, marketing, and operations of the India business will transfer to Torrent, while Elder will retain its manufacturing operations and continue to manufacture and supply the products at its existing facilities for Torrent for a period of three years.
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The boards of directors of both companies have approved the deal, which is subject to customary conditions and precedents including shareholder approval and applicable regulatory approvals. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2014.
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Elder touched off the sale by saying in June it was evaluating strategic options; later news reports identified global asset management firm The Carlyle Group and three pharma giants—GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, and Sanofi—as prospective suitors.
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If you want to use them for another baby someday, buy diapers with snaps. Velcro just wears out too fast. My personal favorites are Knickernappies and FuzziBunz. The OneSize diapers for both brands fit my newborn from birth and have been very dependable without too much bulk. We also cloth diapered our daughter from birth to potty training. Knickernappies and FuzziBunz were our favorites with her, too, and the onesize versions of both really did last to potty training (she was 40 lbs at potty training).posted 07/05/2010 by operationbabygoal
I like Fuzzibunz, though Bumgenius is good too, but I prefer a diaper with snaps. I recommend a pocket diaper, where there's a pocket that the insert goes into, instead of a system that holds the wetness right next to the skin. I recently bought some used Fuzzibunz and the reason they were selling them is that it kept their daughter too dry. I didn't understand their reasoning for not liking them, but that tells you how dry the diaper keeps the baby. Most of mine are on loan from a friend and my son is at least the 3rd baby on most of them and most are still performing well, though some of the elastic is starting to be too stretched, but those look to be about 10 years old and have probably been used on 4-5 kids.posted 03/04/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
You could ask 100 cloth diapering moms this same question and get 100 different responses. There are a LOT of options out there. I really love Flip diapers made by Cotton Babies www.cottonbabies.com. They are an "all in two" diaper. The covers are very simple. You only have to change the cover usually after a poopy diaper. After a wet one, you can just change the insert. They are a lot like using prefold diapers and covers, only much trimmer and more absorbant, but you can use prefold diapers, Flip microfiber inserts, Flip organic inserts, or disposable/flushable inserts in them. So they are incredibly versatile. They're also one size fits all. Highly economical. Highly effective. In my opinion, you can't go wrong with Flips.posted 06/27/2010 by lsboese
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Thank you for the tips on FUZZIBUNZ I have not used any cloth diapers and this is our last child and I wanted to do things diff with him and I'm in love with these diapers already they seem so easy to use : )posted 08/12/2011 by JayT2010
I am also searching for the perfect diaper to invest in, but have tried a few for infant sizes. I started with the prefolds and covers, (bummis whisper wraps) which are great but chose the cheapest prefold (gerber) which was HORRIBLE. i recommend something better quality that is softer. The gerbers pilled and became VERY scratchy. The whisper wraps are great though the velco is wearing a bit. i then found a deal on fuzzibunz and bought nine of the smalls. I loved the fuzzibunz. I do wish they are a more natural fiber and cheaper. But they work great. I recomend getting mediums. so cute! I am now looking at some canadian made diapers that are identical to fuzzibunz that are one size called "Little Tush diapers" Hope you find something that works for you!posted 07/01/2011 by autumnskis
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Senior Emma Helisten won the Flight 8 singles and teamed with Jacqui Katz for a third place finish in the flight 4 doubles.
NEW ORLEANS - The Tulane women's tennis team opened the 2012 fall schedule on a solid note this past weekend with 22 combined singles and doubles wins and three flight titles during the Auburn Invitational at the Yarbrough Tennis Center in Auburn, Ala.
The Green Wave hit the courts with seven returners and four newcomers and quickly picked up where it left off last season when Tulane chalked up a 19-6 overall record. TU captured 15 singles wins and seven doubles wins and brought home the Flight 1 and Flight 8 singles titles and the Flight 3 doubles championship.
"After going 22-11 in the span of two days at our first tournament of the year with only having four practice days total, I definitely call that a success," Tulane head coach Terri Sisk said. "We brought home three flight championships and more importantly, a lot of knowledge of what we need to work on. We definitely felt it physically during the second day but were resilient with the fight we showed.
"I threw the team straight in the fire with this tournament and they handled it well. We tried a few new doubles combinations and some worked, some didn't. But that's what the fall is about. A huge congrats to Klara (Vyskocilova) for winning a very tough Flight 1 and proving why she is the No. 57 player in the country. We are going to take the experienced we learned this weekend and make adjustment for our very tough weekend coming up at the University of Texas tournament."
Playing in her first match in a Tulane uniform after transferring from Clemson, Vyskocilova rolled through the Flight 1 singles with a 3-0 record. She downed Georgia Southern's Paola Garrido in her opening match, 7-5, 6-1. She continued with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Lamar's Carolina Salas in the semifinals and then dispatched Mississippi State's Alexandra Perper, 6-3, 6-1 in the championship match.
TU's second singles title came from senior Emma Helisten in Flight 8. She disposed of Kennesaw State's Blaire LaSure with a straight set shutout, 6-0, 6-0, in the first round and cruised past Tennessee-Chattanooga's Alison Storie, 6-1, 6-1 in the semifinals. She claimed the title when Georgia Southern's Natalie Maffett defaulted.
The Wave's doubles championship came courtesy of the senior duo of Emma Levy and Hila Elster in Flight 3. The tandem began their run with an 8-5 win over Tennessee-Chattanooga's team of Jenna Nurik and Kelsey Coots, 8-5, in the opening round and topped Mississippi State's duo of Sarai Flores and Roseline Dion, 8-6, in the semifinals. In the title match, Levy and Elster got past Auburn's Lauren Levant and Ashley Kitchens, 8-6.
In other singles action, Tulane players posted two third place performances with Levy's finish in the Flight 2 singles with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Tennessee-Chattanooga's Kaylene Chadwell, while junior Jenny Hois topped Houston's Celia Fraser, 7-5, 6-3, in Flight 3.
Freshman Jacqui Katz rebounded from a first round loss in the Flight 7 singles with two wins to capture the consolation final over Northwestern State's Olga Leyshyna.
In doubles, Tulane also took home a pair of third place finishes, including the Flight 2 doubles where seniors Caroline Magnusson and Caroline Thornton raced past Mississippi State's Naomi Tran and Lien Van Geel, 8-3. In Flight 3, Katz and Helisten teamed up to down Lamar's Alicia Porte and Dariya Dashuntina, 9-8 (6).
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Flight 1
Klara Vylskocilova (TU) def. Paola Garrido (GSU), 7-54, 6-1
Vylskocilova (TU) def. Carolina Salas (LU), 6-2, 6-3
Vylskocilova (TU) def. Alexandra Perper (MSU), 6-1, 6-1
Flight 2
Emma Levy (TU) def. Bailey Vandyke (ULL), 6-0, 6-0
Georgiana Patrasc (MSU) def. Levy (TU), 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Levy (TU) def. Kaylene Chadwell (UTC), 6-1, 6-4 (3rd place)
Flight 3
Jenny Hois (TU) def. Sandra Ahlqvist (ULL), 6-3, 6-3
Virginie Stein (KSU) def. Hois (TU), 6-3, 6-2
Hois (TU) def. Celia Fraser (UH), 7-5, 6-3 (3rd place)
Flight 4
Caroline Magnusson (TU) def. Nataly Krutova (NSU), 6-4, 6-3
Alicia Porte (LU) def. Magnusson (TU), 7-6 (5), 6-2
Lien Van Geel (MSU) def. Magnusson (TU), 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (9) (3rd place)
Flight 5
No TU players
Flight 6
Katie Polk (UTC) def. Hila Elster (TU), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Elster (TU) def. Amy Williams (NSU), 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (5)
Sarai Flores (MSU) def. Elster (TU), 7-6 (3), 6-4
Flight 7
Liselot Koenen (UH) def. Jacqui Katz (TU), 7-6 (5), 6-4
Katz (TU) def. Eleanor Bradshaw (ULL), 6-1, 6-2
Katz (TU) def. Olga Leyshyna (NSU), 6-4, ret.
Flight 8
Emma Helisten (TU) def. Blaire LaSure (KSU), 6-0, 6-0
Helisten (TU) def. Alison Storie (UTC), 6-1, 6-1
Helisten (TU) def. Natalie Maffett (GSU), Def.
Flight 1
Sophie Van de Aarsen/Bailey Vandyke (ULL) def. Klara Vylskocilova/Jenny Hois (TU), 8-6
Vylskocilova/Hois (TU) def. Caolina Salas/Helene Czudek (Lamar), 8-6
Alexandra Perper/Georgiana Patrasc (MSU) def. Vylskocilova/Hois (TU), 8-4
Flight 2
Caroline Magnusson/Caroline Thornton (TU) def. Garrido/Prickett (GSU), 8-1
Paulina Schippers/Plamena Kurteva (AU) def. Magnusson/Thornton (TU), 8-6
Magnusson/Thornton (TU) def. Naomi Tran/Lien Van Geel (MSU), 8-3
Flight 3
Emma Levy/Hila Elster (TU) def. Jenna Nurik/Kelsey Coots (UTC), 8-5
Levy/Elster (TU) def. Sarai Flores/Roseline Dion (MSU), 8-6
Levy/Elster (TU) def. Lauren Levant/Ashley Kitchens (AU), 8-6
Flight 4
Jacqui Katz/Emma Helisten (TU) def. Eleanor Bradshaw/Juliette Clement (ULL), 8-0
Celia Fraser/Dionne Sanders (UH) def. Katz/Helisten (TU), 8-5
Katz/Helisten (TU) def. Alciia Porte/Dariya Dashuntina (LU), 9-8 (6)


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Is there a way to make custom channels? I have a bunch of Growth cards and I'd love to get trading for equal trades so I can fill out some Energy dual color decks.
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|22nd June 2013, 11:38 PM
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Yes, just join room tog.
|23rd June 2013, 06:05 AM
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This is the last thing I would have expected to play but I watched TB doing a vid on it and thought "Hmmm..." then I watched some vids then I bought it! Really quite hooked and even done some trading using the prices on Scrolls Trading Bulletin - Home
This tracks the chat and aggregates the price so you can work out what to sell your cards for.
I am just buying 10 packs and selling the rares and uncommons. even some lower cards are worth a bit of gold.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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|23rd June 2013, 08:58 PM
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Yeah, I was idling in there for a while yesterday but it was empty the whole time as well.
|26th June 2013, 04:45 AM
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I've checked scrolls' webpage but as usual they are not very detailed about what you get for your money.
A card battle game mixed with a strategy one is of interest for me. But what can I expect to have to pay for it?
15 is ok, even cheap, for me. But.... will I have to spend more money to buy cards? That is quite a no for me. Even worse if there is a Magic the Gathering-like system where you have to buy booster packs with slim chances to get the rare card you need. Not going to get into that money-sink ever again.
I would not mind paying 40 for the game if it enables me to play it as much as I want for as long as I wish in a fair playing ground. Even a monthly fee might be acceptable.
|26th June 2013, 05:08 AM
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Money will not buy much in this game after the initial purchase. You can buy the other starter decks, and a limited weekly rotation of cards and you are restricted to only 1 of each. Not going to be Mr. Suitcase that way.
Cards are bought in this game by the ingame gold which is only earned by playing. You earn the most in ranked play but you can even earn gold vs. the AI or challenging your friends up to 5 times a day. As for booster pack randomness, you can skip that by just trading with other players for the exact card you want.
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I have spent nothing as you win gold for playing trials against AI and playing other ppl. I buy random scroll packs then sell the cards I don't need in the trading channels. Then as Warrender said, you just get the cards you want to build your specific deck.
Trading is fast and easy and there are numerous sites you can see prices for cards to give you a rough price guide. Nobody is greedy as cards are fairly easy to get and every Random pack has a set number of common, uncommon and rare cards.
I even have been given a lot of cards free by people I played as I told them I was new to it all So far, nice community!
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|26th June 2013, 07:39 PM
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I'll join up to the TOG channel next time I'm on and see who's about.
It is a nice community and people are still feeling their way. The current meta seems to be towards mono-growth or dual growth and something else decks, but apparently there's a bit of a balance coming.
I've almost got an Order deck which is playable and putting a toe into ranked matches, (2-0 so far, so yay) After that I'm looking at building a dual Order/Growth deck.
Be good to chat with some other TOGers. There is also a place on Scrolls Fans Forums - Scrolls Fans where you can post up details about guilds.
Might be worth posting something up there to see how much interest there might be in a guild? If we get enough numbers we can request a Scrolls sub-forum or division - even a separate thread for trading cards might be useful.
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|27th June 2013, 08:00 AM
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I got Scrolls and indeed is a fun game and the cards come by themselves as you play matches.
Got bored of easy trials as they are too easy. Medium are not too hard, beat all save for last one "Quickie". Hard trials are nasty, only beat 3 so far.
Maybe we could meet some night and have a match Willow.
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Most news regarding the havoc wrought by climate change focuses on the future, but a study published in the online journal, Science Now, last week indicates that global rising temperatures are already affecting the production of four major food crops.
David Lobell, an assistant professor of environmental earth science at Stanford University, and Wolfram Schlenker, an agricultural economist at Columbia University, found that rising temperatures and decreases in rainfall have had an impact on wheat, corn, rice, and soybeans: key crops that account for approximately 75 percent of calories consumed by people worldwide.
The researchers looked at crop and climate data from 1980 to 2008, factoring in historical temperature and precipitation figures and their connection to wheat, corn, rice and soy yields, independent of improvements through better farming. Reviewing how yields changed from year to year and the increase in temperatures, the study found that rice and soybean cops were little affected by climate change. But overall global wheat production is down by more than five percent of what it would have been with no warming trend, and corn crops are down nearly four percent. The study found that temperature trends varied dramatically by region and had corresponding effects on crop production.
The United States, Canada, and Northern Mexico have not experienced any decrease in crops, nor have temperatures risen in those regions. Lobell said in the online Science article that this is consistent with information from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) showing that for unknown reasons, the eastern part of the U.S. has not warmed as much as other parts of the world.
According to the researchers, this trend could have a significant impact on the economies of many countries and the welfare of their inhabitants; computer models show that each increase of a single degree in global temperatures can result in a five-percent drop in production of those crops. In an email interview Lobell said that corresponding higher food prices could have direct consequences to health, pointing out that fewer calories consumed could lead to more malnutrition and illness.
But skeptics make the point that improvements in roads, markets, and faming can increase the availability of crops despite warming, and people can adapt to low levels of change. According to an article in the Washington Post, Ken Cassman, an agronomist at the University of Nebraska, was quoted, saying, "It's not clear how well these analyses are capturing how well farmers can respond, and have been responding, to changing temperatures."
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As budgets shrink, public agencies are exploring alternative project delivery methods. Arrangements such as public/private partnerships can help fill short-term funding gaps — assuming there are private funds to be had. Nearly a quarter of PUBLIC WORKS readers have tried a partnership at least once. Their opinions regarding the arrangement's effectiveness vary widely. Source: PUBLIC WORKS
A jump in the use of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms indicates layoffs and hiring freezes are forcing more departments to rely more heavily on outside help. Nearly 70% of respondents expect to work with consultants as much as or more over the coming year. Only 20% predict a decrease. Source: PUBLIC WORKS
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It's expensive but worth the investment in the long run, especially in areas outside our comfort and experience zone.
Due to short staffing and the inability to hire more employees, other options are currently in the plan.
Cooperation is the wave of the future to limit expenses.
We prefer traditional project delivery where contractors bid on detailed final plans. Design-build saves time but not necessarily money.
You run into problems not using lowest dollar amount, and most of the time you have to do extra work to get the job done.
Design-bid-build is the only way to go.
We tend to have more issues with public/private partnership construction projects. The city retains permit responsibility but doesn't have the authority to expend the money necessary to maintain compliance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit requirements. Private entities doing construction management haven't wanted to expend the required funds, putting city inspectors in the awkward position of enforcing against the city.
Using construction-manager-at-risk can be a challenge. Some contractors attempt to deflect risk by operating these projects in the same or similar manner as a regular project. They try to push work and decisions — and thus responsibility and risk — back on to the owner.
Increased use of professionals is a direct result of finance source requirements. Our experience is that external funding requirements double the cost of projects due to exhaustive drawings, interim financing, and oversight requirements.
I don't like design-build projects. One went OK, one was too slow. We'll probably never do another one.
It varies with the partner and project. Some have been great and very successful; some dreadful disasters.
Each method has its own rewards and constraints.
Construction-manager-at-risk and design-build are more difficult to manage because most authorizing councils/boards are used to "here's the price"/"here's a change order" way of doing business.
Construction-manager-at-risk worked well from our point of view, but was too expensive for the city council and many residents.
The state legislature gave us permission for 13 design-build projects, one of which can be best value. We were also received permission for two public/private partnerships, of which only one has proceeded.
Iowa law requires design-advertise-award-build.
New York State has strict limits under Wicks Law, a 1912 construction mandate to promote competition and protect workers' rights, which local officials try to steer around with requests for proposals, modified American Institute of Architects agreements, or build-to-spec long-term leases.
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Images of Stanley Park, Vancouver inspired by the work of Lucien Clergue, particularly his photographs of the Camargue. Among the themes explored are reflections, patterns of light and dark, borders and "morphism" (seeing animate shapes in inanimate objects).
L. Lee McIntyre is an freelance author and photographer who currently lives in Germany. Her work on Blurb represents both her personal works, as well as projects done in collaboration with others, including the Spanish poet Maribel Hernández del Rincón and the digital artist and photographer Christopher Culy.
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wleben says Along with the debt to Clergue that Culy mentions, there's a haunting reference to the painting of the abstract expressionists. Since the photos are black and white, the two artists that come first to mind are Kline and Motherwell. While you can easily discern the figures Culy photographed, they're presented as abstractions, and they pack a similar wallop to the New York school paintings.
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Culy's photographic eye paired with Mother nature gives the viewer an unique picture of Stanley Park the casual visitor misses.
He has captured images of forms made by ice and trees that are absolutely breathtaking.
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The Airway Heights City Council began their new year by reappointing a familiar face to the council.
During the Jan. 6 regular meeting, the council appointed Kevin Richey as the deputy mayor to the city for another two years. Councilwoman Tanya Dashiell nominated Richey for the position while Councilman Steven Lawrence seconded it. The council unanimously approved the nomination.
Richey had been serving as the deputy mayor since 2013. He has served on the City Council as a councilman. He has previously worked for the Spokane Transit Authority and the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.
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One recurring thing of Detroit's trip through bankruptcy court has been the local eye-rolls over coastal writers diagnosing the city's decline — the Detroit Free Press offers an occasional feature called "The truth about Detroit," battles have raged over Anthony Bourdain's portrayal in his CNN show, and even we've…
How does this happen? Seriously, how does this happen?
I worked a late shift Monday and woke up late, so, in the spirit of embracing a morning full of nothing, I popped Richard Linklater's 1991 classic "Slacker" into my roommates' Blu-ray player and diligently went about my morning routine of sitting on my couch.
With zero precincts reporting, two hours before polls are set to close, Governing magazine declared Detroit mayoral candidate Mike Duggan the winner of Tuesday's contest. The article prematurely commences a guaranteed, painful stream of incoming media coverage on The White Guy winning Detroit's mayorship for the…
The Detroit News reports that the Packard Plant site is going to be auctioned off by Wayne County as a potential investor scrambles to secure funding for his wide-scale idea to redevelop the ruins.
When Patrick posted a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee video from Regular Car Reviews, I saw a video clip I hadn't seen in years: The reveal of the original 1993 ZJ at the 1992 North American International Auto Show.
Painting bold statements across vacant Detroit structures is a growing trend to get a controversial point across, and this new display on the city's west side isn't any different.
Today, the City of Detroit is putting on a bit of a show downtown: A press conference is being held near Hart Plaza to unveil the first batch of new police cars and ambulances that's part of an $8 million initiative fueled by donations from guys like Roger Penske and more.
Everyone asks this every year, but maybe it's time to have a serious conversation about it: Why hasn't the Woodward Dream Cruise been extended to the Motor City?
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By Petr on Feb 25, 2010
Another improvements that is based on your comments is code completion for colors in CSS rules. The code completion for color and background property offers now at first position an item that opens color chooser.
There is a standard Java color chooser and when you select a color in the chooser, the color is completed. The chooser remembered last selected color and also the item in code completion has an icon (small square) with the last selected color.
The color chooser above is from Linux platform. On Mac and Windows machine the color chooser looks like on the picture below and it looks better. If there will be time, the standard Java color chooser component will be replaced with a custom component, that should be better for web developer purpose.
If you look at the first picture, there are black and gray color code completion items. The black color items are used in the edited file and the gray color items are colors that are used in other CSS files in the project.
In the same way works code completion for color and background property of a style in HTML and PHP files.


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We've added an experimental new skeleton type to the framework. It addresses applications that target run times outside the browser, namely Rhino and Node.js. Its working title is "basic", which has nothing to do with the complexity or relevance of the potential applications. It just refers to the basic elements of qooxdoo that are used to build these apps, the class system, qooxdoo events, and data binding. It is the direct continuation of the work we started with qxoo, our shrink-wrapped OO library for those environments. With the skeleton, you can now create custom classes and have them integrated automatically with a loader script by the generator, together with framework and other library code, if you use any.
It is certainly still rough around the edges. source and build generation work, and the resulting scripts should run with both Rhino and Node. Utility jobs like fix, lint or api should work too, only test is currently missing and will be added later when we have established a test runner for the two engines. Now it's up to you to go ahead and build the next generation web app or network monitoring tool or you-name-it, using qooxdoo.
If you want to give it a try you need a recent trunk check-out, and then the usual pattern applies for the skeleton:
create-application.py -n foo -t basic cd foo generate.py source node source/script/foo.js
As you can see in the last line, you just don't load it in the browser through an index.html, but invoke it directly. Use the mailing list to share your experiences, so that we can continue improving it.


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Author Steve Darley talks about his new book "The Battle of Valcour." Starts at 2:00pm followed by a book signing at 3:00pm in the Museum Store. Included in the cost of admission (free for members of the Friends of Fort Ticonderoga and Ticonderoga Ambassador Pass holders).
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The Bike Show is organising a performance of Godfried Willem-Raes's second symphony for 'singing bicycles'. It will take place in the morning of Saturday 7 July, starting outside Scooterworks Cafe, 132 Lower Marsh, SE1 This is the day of the Prologue Time Trial of the Tour De France, in Central London, so it will be […]
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I've been enjoying some time not making The Bike Show. This short and potentially humiliating film gives a flavour as to what I've been up to. Filmed on Easter Monday in the hills of Taragona, Catalunya. That's me on the bike and my friend Ferran with the goatee. Fifi on hidden camera…


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-- Educational development is a pillar of today's Air Force. It seems to receive more emphasis every year, including Air Force Materiel Command designating this the year of the Community College of the Air Force.
The Education Center -- part of the Airman's Campus on base -- is a great asset to the Edwards community that helps Airmen meet their education and career goals, base leaders say. The center offers a variety of educational services and programs specifically designed to accommodate the needs of today's Airmen.
The emphasis on education today is much different than 20 years ago for Chief Master Sgt. Donald Rupp, superintendent, 95th Force Support Squadron.
"It's a great change. Very few people went to college when I came in the service. The emphasis on education now results in a better, well-rounded Airman," Rupp said.
The services and programs offered by the Education Center make going to college easy and convenient for the entire Edwards community, center staff members say.
"First and foremost we are here to serve Airmen, but we do what we can for everyone," said Michael Frye, Force Development Flight, 95th Force Support Squadron.
Three programs are available at the Education Center, providing Airmen with the opportunity to complete associate, bachelor's, and master's degree programs without ever leaving the base. Cerro Coso Community College, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and Webster University offer classes in a traditional environment, as well as online.
For students interested in attending college in the community, advisors can help them enroll in a program in the Antelope Valley.
Airmen also have the opportunity to sign up for online classes and complete an associate degree from Community College of the Air Force. The facility also runs an established testing program, including the College Level Examination Program and equivalency testing.
Cerro Coso Community College offers a unique balance between online classes and the traditional classroom setting with hybrid courses. These courses alternate teaching methods on a weekly basis between online and in-class learning.
"People want what's comfortable and convenient. That's why the Education Center is great. It's conveniently located here at Edwards and provides students with a multitude of options," Rupp said.
A variety of services is also available from academic counseling to helping Airmen understand their Tuition Assistance and GI Bill. For those interested in signing up for an academic or financial program, the staff will help find the right fit.
Lead education technician, Arthur Pinzon works with students, both military and civilian, to find an educational program that's right for them. Frequently he works with servicemembers explaining benefits, options, and processes.
"I'm retired military myself, and I remember how tricky the educational process was. My goal is to make it easier. I want people to walk in with an idea and leave with a plan," Pinzon said.
Whatever the educational needs might be, center staff members are available to help.
"The goal of the education office is to get people on track to complete their CCAF and think about taking the next step toward their bachelor's degree," Pinzon said.
Those who are unsure about what course of study to pursue can benefit from the counsel of center staff.
"The customer's goal to be a nurse or a vet or an engineer is all we need to know so we can set them on a path to a successful undergraduate or master's degree, Pinzon said.
An undefined educational goal may be the only thing holding some people back. The education office focuses on helping people obtain a degree in an area that interests them that will also be good for their career path, Pinzon said.
The military faces unique circumstances and the educational programs offered on base or through affiliated programs do their best to accommodate the mission and deployments.
The Education Center also offers unique military-specific programs.
The Air University Associate to Baccalaureate Cooperative Program, or ABC, allows participating students who hold an associate degree from the CCAF to complete 60 additional credits to receive their bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
The Leaders Encouraging Airmen Development program allows commanders to select outstanding young servicemembers and recommend them for the Air Force Academy program.
To participate in the program, Airmen must have no more than six years of service and must be younger than 23 years old to attend the United States Air Force Academy directly. Airmen no more than 22 years old qualify to attend the Preparatory School before transitioning to the academy.
Upon completion of the program the Airmen become commissioned officers.
Whether people need to finish up a degree, begin a new education program, or have questions and don't know where to begin, center staff members are available to help.
"When you consider the skills learned in the classroom make for more professional and capable Airmen, it would be a shame to waste the opportunity when the resources are here and the money is available," said Rupp.
The Education Center is open between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, please call 661-275-2713.
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SEATTLE - Before he led his Huskies out of New York last March, after a loss in the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament that completed a wholly deflating end to a Pac-12-title season, Lorenzo Romar made a vow.
"We will," he told those Dawgs who would return for this season, "be stronger mentally and play better defense."
But did UW's veteran coach ever imagine this?
"No. I didn't. Because I don't think we've ever had a team hold four (consecutive) teams under 40-percent shooting," Romar said late Wednesday night.
These resurgent Huskies have done just that, after bamboozling the Colorado Buffaloes to just 36 percent in a 64-54 lock-down victory that had Alaska Airlines Arena roaring over this new way to win at Washington.
The Huskies (12-5) are 4-0 in the Pac-12 for only the fourth time in the last 35 years entering Saturday night's home game against Utah, which lost Wednesday at Washington State.
Washington has been 5-0 in the league just twice in those 35 years, in 1984 and '82.
Pac-12 player of the week C.J. Wilcox scored 25 more points and played more smothering D, while Aziz N'Diaye, Desmond Simmons and the rest of the Huskies defenders held Colorado to 36.2-percent shooting, as cold as the Rocky Mountains in January.
Just like UW chilled WSU (36.8 percent), California (37.7 percent) and Stanford (39 percent) while winning on the road immediately before its Pac-12 home opener.
Now that Washington has gotten senior co-captain Scott Suggs and sophomore low-post presence Shawn Kemp Jr. fully back from injuries that slowed them into December, the Dawgs are growling on defense like they have few other times in Romar's 11, mostly great seasons at Washington.
Turns out their coach overlooked this has happened one other time since he's been at UW. In 2010 the Huskies held six consecutive foes under 40 percent on the way to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.
"It's both our attitude and us figuring things out. We take pride in our defense; we don't like when people score off us," senior co-captain Abdul Gaddy said after Colorado missed 18 of its first 24 shots and scored just 20 points while falling behind by eight at the end of the first half.
That equaled the season low for points allowed in a half that UW had set while romping at Cal seven days earlier.
"We feed off our two main guys on defense, Dez and Aziz. We get our identity from those guys," Gaddy said. "And it amps us up on defense."
28-20 games at halftime. Fiercely contested shots clanging all over the gym. Rugby-like scrums for loose balls and long rebounds. 7-footer N'Diaye sprawling into the cameras behind the baseline to save possessions.
Ugly? It sure looks beautiful to the Huskies and their defense-first coach.
"Color it whatever way you want to color it," Romar said. "I just know when you have single digits in turnovers (nine on Wednesday) and you rebound like we have been, when you hold teams to under 40 percent from the field, we are starting to do things right.
"The only ugly thing, if you want to call it that, is we aren't making our shots."
Except for Wilcox.
He made eight of 14 attempts and scored 22 or more points for the sixth time this season - as many such games as he had over his first two UW seasons combined.
By the way: The other times the Huskies have started 4-0 in the league: 2011, 1984 and '82. The 2011 team won one game in the NCAA tournament. The'84 team won two in the NCAAs. The '82 team won once in the NIT.
This team again played like it wants no part of another NIT.
Suggs finished with 13 points. Simmons had another dozen rebounds, continuing his mammoth glass work this month. N'Diaye had six points with 11 rebounds.
The senior center also contested five of Colorado's first six shots to send the clear message that this was going to be a long night at sea level for CU, which walloped UW in mile-high Boulder 12 months ago en route to the Pac-12 tournament title. That CU run in Los Angeles helped take an NCAA tournament bid away from the Huskies, the league's regular-season champions last March.
This time, the Huskies continually out-hustled the Buffaloes to loose balls and long rebounds during the second half to maintain possessions - and the sizable lead. A steal by Jernard Jarreau, who earned Romar's and Gaddy's praise for hustle, led to this: Wilcox crossing over a dazed Buff into the lane for a smooth pull-up swish, the kind of shot that makes NBA scouts drool. That allowed UW to equaled its largest lead of 10 with 7:21 left.
But as he's proving more with each game, there is so much more to C.J. than offense.
Wilcox had shut down Cal's leading scorer Allen Crabbe last Wednesday then had 27 points with a career-best nine rebounds and another throttling on defense of Stanford's Chasson Randle last weekend in a 65-60 win that ended UW's first road sweep of the Bay Area schools since 1985.
Wednesday, he, Suggs, Gaddy and Andrew Andrews held CU's potent guard tandem of Askia Booker and Spencer Dinwiddie to a combined 8-for-25 shooting (32 percent).
"We always knew we could play good defense, and we came into the season saying that is what we needed to do," said Wilcox, who at 6-5 is a nightmare defender on smaller guards. "It just took some time to get it through our heads that this is what we needed to do. We're starting to learn that, and getting better game by game."
Getting better is pretty darn good right now.
Dating to the 2011 Pac-10 tournament - which they won on Isaiah Thomas' "cold-blooded" shot at the buzzer that beat Arizona - the Huskies are now 21-5 against conference teams.
The Huskies raced to an 11-4 lead and rocked the loudest crowd by far so far this season at ol' Hec Edmundson Pavilion. The Huskies made four of their first six shots, then missed 13 of their next 16. But in-their-shirts defense and N'Diaye leaping after just about every shot on or near Montlake Boulevard kept UW from ever trailing in the opening half.
Wilcox had 11 points in the first period, including the final bucket of the half that gave Washington a 28-20 lead to match its largest edge. That tied last week at Cal for the fewest points allowed by UW in a half this season.
And it the beat -- and beatings -- go on for the Huskies.
"Before the season we talked about how this group probably was the most coachable one we've had here, and had the most team chemistry," Romar said. "That's the reason (for the defense). We don't have guys sulking that they aren't getting their shots on offense."


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The Lox can best be described as a timebomb waiting to explode. When listening to these baby-faced junior thugs, it's evident that they have talent, and are some of the cleverest lyricists on the east-coast thug scene. The crew first got their chance shine on Bad Boy two years ago, but unlike every other project coming out of the label at the time, they didn't blow up. Following this, the crew did their best to make it publicly known that they wanted out of their contract with Bad Boy, and with the Puffster's image at stake, they were quickly released. Enter 2000, The Lox being the first major release of the year, hoping that the timebomb's final seconds are approaching.
Unfortunately, the explosion isn't coming any time soon for The Lox. We Are The Streets is a decent album, and does carve the group's niche better than their debut Money Power Respect, but like there debut, it isn't good, and it isn't bad - it just kind of is. Handling the majority of the production on the album is their affiliated producer, Swizz Beatz, who starts things off nicely with "Fuck You". Unfortunately, while recently Swizz has cranked out some incredible beats for the Ruff Ryders and Jay-Z, his beats fall into a state of monotony with The Lox's release. "Wild Out" for instance is a cheap reworking of "Jigga My Nigga", while many of the others are indistinguishable. Also contributing to the soundtrack are DJ Premier ("Recognize") and Timbaland ("Ryde Or Die, Bitch"), yet these two also hand the crew some half-assed beats - as if they were some half-assed rappers.
But they aren't at all. Jadakiss, in particular, is perhaps one of the nicest thug emcees of the moment, and steals the show from the other members every time. His witty lyrics make the life of a gangster worth listening to again, while Sheek & Styles come with a few amusing lines as well, (that is, when not trying to take this thug shit TOO seriously.)
All in all, The Lox have broken free from their previous prison, but have unfortunately landed themselves into another - that of monotonous production. Comparable to artists like Ras Kass, Canibus, and countless other dope emcees, The Lox are wonderful lyricists - they just need to find the right beats if they are ever going be as large as their mentors, Biggie & DMX - which seems to be their goal.
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During this public briefing in Guatemala City (conducted in both English and Spanish), the Co-Directors of the Migration Policy Institute-convened Regional Migration Study Group, MPI President Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Senior Fellow Doris Meissner, presented the Study Group's final report, Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: Leveraging Migration and Human Capital in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America.


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People have written games for the iPhone in Scheme. Because (some) Scheme-compilers compile down to C, it was easy to mix with Objective-C and integrate with XCode.
I am aware of patches for Haskell and OCaml compilers to enable ARM/iOS-backends. But those appear unofficial and experimental/unstable.
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