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Perhaps the biggest head-scratcher in California politics at this moment is the Republican attempt to block new Congressional and State Senate districts by referendum.
The efforts make little sense.
Referendums cost millions -- money that the party doesn't seem to have. Republicans are the minority party, making referendums of the districts an uphill battle politically.
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Even if Republicans somehow qualify the referendum and win their argument, it's no guarantee of victory.
That's because judges would step in and draw new districts -- and it's quite possible that those districts will be less favorable to Republicans than the ones the party is challenging by referendum.
What would be a better strategy? Well, there are two better strategies, both of which the party should pursue simultaneously.
The first strategy is about political reform.
Republicans do need a fairer election system -- one that uses proportional representation in allocating legislative seats.
This would be good for the party because the current system of single-member districts makes them weaker than they should be.
If seats in the legislature were given out according to the proportion of the vote that Republican candidates got, the party would still be in the minority -- but would be a much bigger minority.
The second strategy is about agenda, candidates and organization. The party needs to focus its resources on developing a thoughtful, thorough agenda -- not just anti-tax -- that can play well in every region of the state.
With such an agenda and good candidates, the party would have a great shot to compete and win many seats in Demoratic coastal California, particularly in a proportional representation system that would give the GOP seats even if they got a minority of the votes.
If the agenda was strong enough in such a proportional system, the GOP could conceivably win back control of the legislature.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An ongoing dispute between the city of Jacksonville and its police officers represented by the Fraternal Order of Police over pay, pension contributions and health care costs has prompted a formal complaint by the union of unfair labor practice.
Contract talks between the city and the FOP have been an impasse for months. The city is asking officers to take a 2 percent pay cut and contribute to their pension funds and health care benefits. The union has repeatedly refused to accept those terms.
The complaint filed Friday claims that Sheriff John Rutherford called meetings on Thursday and "admonished the officers that they needed to take the 2 percent pay cut offered by the city or he would lay off fellow officers, and 'it might even be worse.'"
"All it's done is upset the officers even more," FOP President Nelson Cuba said. "Now it's going to make it even harder to get a deal done because they are even more upset that the sheriff would threaten them the way he did in reference to the 2 percent."
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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office released this statement Friday afternoon:
"Sheriff Rutherford does not believe his discussion of the budget crisis and proposed salary reduction during his routine roll call address to the troops constitutes an unfair labor practice, as alleged by the police union president."
Jacksonville's City Council's finance committee has voted to cut the Sheriff's Office budget by $4.4 million. Rutherford has said that would require the layoffs of 52 positions -- some of them police officers.
Cuba, however, said he believes the city has the money.
"We have always said that if the city can show us where there is a gap in the budget and they need these dollars, we are willing to do our part," Cuba said.
In January, the FOP rejected a three-year contract offer by the city, and both sides agreed that a special master would be needed to hammer out a new contract for police officers.
Mayor Alvin Brown said he's not concerned about possible police layoffs.
"I think the sheriff runs that department and he has the ability to streamline it where you don't lay off police and fire," Brown said. "Maybe he can work with the rank-and-file civilian employees. So he knows how to deal with that. I have every confident that he'll do what's necessary for us to live within our means."
The FOP labor complaint was filed Friday with the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission in Tallahassee. Both sides have filed previous complaints with the labor board that have been dismissed.

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S-Adenosyl Methionine (SAMe) is derived from the amino acid methionine and is one of the most important methyl donors in the central nervous system. Methylation (donation of methyl groups) is an essential process in ensuring the proper function of a number of organ systems. SAMe is involved in numerous biochemical reactions in tissue including the liver, joints and brain. SAMe is also required for the biosynthesis of critical neurotransmitters and hormones.
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SAMe may enhance cartilage protection and promote the synthesis of proteoglycans, essential components of connective tissue. Clinical studies show an ability of SAMe to enhance mobility and movement, and promote joint comfort.
SAMe and Neural Health
SAMe-catalyzed methylation reactions promote the synthesis of neurotransmitters, which have the potential to promote enhanced mood. SAMe may also upregulate the production of phosphatidylcholine, supporting cognitive function.
SAMe and Liver Function
SAMe enhances liver synthesis of glutathione, an antioxidant. Glutathione promotes detoxification and liver protection. Studies show SAMe may protect liver tissue from injury caused by a number of toxins.
Potent Promoter of Mood and Cognitive Health
After at least 18 controlled human trials, published over almost four decades, SAMe is clearly proven to promote healthy mood. The latest double-blind trial was published in 2010, and its findings were so impressive that the journal also published an editorial in praise of SAMe. This editorial attributed SAMe's marked mood benefits to its diverse roles in brain metabolism.
SAMe is essential for the healthy metabolism of the major brain transmitters dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine. SAMe is also essential for the main metabolic pathway that makes PC (phosphatidylcholine), a key cell membrane phospholipid for the nerve cell informational connections (synapses). Myelination-insulation of the nerve cell extensions to optimize their electrical conduction-also requires SAMe. And SAMe is also essential for the brain to produce melatonin, a hormone that regulates healthy sleep patterns.
Individuals who have mood difficulties often also have problems with memory and other cognitive functions. In a 2010 double-blind trial, SAMe supported cognitive health while promoting healthy mood. SAMe supports the metabolism of acetylcholine, a major nerve transmitter that is essential for attention, learning, and memory and for numerous other functions outside the brain. Even as SAMe ameliorates mood difficulties, SAMe also has improved energy levels, as found in two other double-blind trials. Optimal SAMe intakes for mood and cognitive support are 800-1600 mg per day, preferably as divided doses taken between meals.
Promotes Joint Comfort and Mobility
A minimum 14 controlled clinical trials prove SAMe is consistently effective for the support of joint comfort and mobility. In the longest trial, which lasted two years, 97 subjects received SAMe at 600 mg per day for the first two weeks, followed by 400 mg per day for the remaining period.nSAMe continued to improve joint health over the entire course of this long trial, and was very well tolerated.
Most of the controlled trials for joint health used SAMe at 1200 mg per day. Researchers conducting these trials noted SAMe's relative lack of adverse effects and its capacity to continue improving joint comfort and mobility over the entire period of the trial. A 2002 "meta-analysis" of pooled clinical trial data and a 2011 clinical review both concluded SAMe is a premier joint support nutrient.
The tissues of the working joint have a matrix of collagen and proteoglycans, large fibrous molecular complexes that give the joint structural stability. SAMe's energized "active sulfur" group supports collagen and proteoglycan formation. SAMe's active sulfur also supports the bio-synthesis of glutathione, cysteine, and taurine, key components of the joint's antioxidant defenses (and of the liver and the body as a whole).
Protects and Supports the Liver and Intestine
The liver makes most of the body's SAMe, and itself relies heavily on SAMe for its structural and functional integrity. The liver's SAMe reserves are readily depleted by alcohol consumption, or by a variety of chemical toxins. In three human trials, supplementation with SAMe protected the liver against alcohol or other manmade toxins. These benefits of SAMe are most likely mediated by its support for the liver pathways that make glutathione and the other sulfur antioxidants.
Most of the liver's glutathione comes ultimately from SAMe. The liver is the major organ wherein "active sulfur" from SAMe is fed into the vast web of sulfur pathways that make glutathione and the other sulfur antioxidants. These are at the hub of the liver's considerable detoxication activity, and also provide its major defense against chemical damage. Functionally, glutathione status (and therefore liver health) is highly dependent on SAMe: experimental depletion of glutathione causes SAMe to be used up in replacing the glutathione, while repleting SAMe leads to restoration of glutathione reserves.
In addition to its multifaceted support for liver detoxication, SAMe also supports the liver's bile secretion function, as reported in at least two clinical trials.
SAMe also helps keep the colon healthy. The colon normally houses bacteria that produce hydrogen sulfide, which is potentially toxic to biomolecules. The cells that line the colon use SAMe to detoxify hydrogen sulfide. In a clinical study, difficulties with colon function were linked to low blood levels of SAMe.
Methyl Source for Genetic, Epigenetic, and Other Vital Processes
Most of the body's SAMe goes into "methyl transfer reactions," which make pervasive contributions to life processes. Methyl transfer enzymes use SAMe's high-energy methyl group ("active methyl") to produce thousands of biomolecules and subsequently to regulate their functional capacities.
Methyl is in our DNA. Active methyl from SAMe is used to make DNA, to make polyamine compounds that fold the DNA into its required shapes, to help repair damaged DNA, and to facilitate the "reading out" of DNA to make proteins. Methyl enzymes help ensure DNA is accurately converted into RNA and that in turn, this RNA is efficiently "translated" into proteins. SAMe's active methyl is also used to fine-tune the shapes of proteins, to produce phospholipids that build cell membranes, to make hormones and chemical transmitters, and to manage miscellaneous major and minor biochemical tasks.
SAMe's active methyl is also crucial for the regulation of gene activity using molecules that attach to the DNA ("epigenetic regulation"). Methyl enzymes selectively and precisely "tag" genes with methyl groups, to make these genes active or inactive according to the requirements for a particular cell or tissue. Methyl tagging regulates numerous other vital processes, including the functional specialization of cells, the coordination of the different cell types in tissues, the activation of detoxification enzymes, even the programming of reproduction and fetal development.
Disruption of the normal methyl patterning in human genes has been documented. Researchers found under-methylation of DNA in a human population (Greenland Inuit) exposed to high levels of pollutant chemicals. They suggested that as these environmental pollutants deplete glutathione they could also come to deplete SAMe. The consequent limitation of SAMe availability would limit availability of active methyl and account for the inadequate methyl tagging observed in this population. These researchers expressed considerable concern over the health implications of abnormal DNA methylation.
SAMe's deoxyadenosyl group is also energy-activated and has considerable functional overlap with SAMe's methyl transfer reactions. It has become clear that SAMe's "active deoxy" is used by more than 2800 "Radical SAMe" enzymes,3 and gives SAMe even further importance for human health.
Essential For Energy Production by the Mitochondria
In two double-blind trials that involved subjects with energy complaints, SAMe significantly improved energy as well as mood. This health benefit from SAMe may be related to its roles as a key nutrient for our microscale energy generators, the mitochondria.
The mitochondria have their own semi-separate metabolic apparatus. They need SAMe to produce their own DNA, RNA, and proteins. They also rely on SAMe to make their own supplies of coenzyme Q10 and alpha lipoic acid, other nutrients crucial for energy generation and for their structural protection.
More than 90 percent of the body's ATP is made in the mitochondria. They have intricate enzyme systems that use oxygen to "burn" our foods and thereby to make ATP. However, some of this oxygen escapes the mitochondria's control and spawns potentially harmful oxygen free radicals. The mitochondria use glutathione as their core antioxidant for protection against these dangerous "sparks of metabolism." To make sufficient glutathione the mitochondria must have sufficient SAMe. The multifaceted importance of SAMe for mitochondria helps explain how SAMe can enhance energy in the whole body.
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Sexual roleplay is roleplay that has a strong erotic element. It may involve two or more people who act out roles in a sexual fantasy and may be a form of foreplay and be sexually arousing. Many people regard sexual roleplay as a means of overcoming sexual inhibitions. It may take place in the real world, or via an internet forum, chat-room, video-game, or email—allowing for physically or virtually impossible erotic interests to be enacted.
How seriously the play is taken depends on the participants, and the scenario may be anywhere from simple and makeshift to detailed and elaborate, complete with costumes and a script. Nearly any role could become the base material for an erotic experience, and there is no limit to what objects an individual could consider sexual. It may, for example, involve wearing of a costume which is regarded as erotic, such as a miniskirt and stockings, or one or both partners being nude, say for an evening. It may involve elements of dominance and submission, passivity or obedience. It may involve sexual bondage, either being restrained or a sex partner being restrained.
Depending on the play scenario, the roleplay may be before spectators, and bystanders may be unknowing participants in a roleplay. For example, the roleplay may involve house guests or may be taken out of a couple's home and into, say, a bar, street, park etc. A role may require, for example, one or both partners to flirt with a stranger, or for one partner to seduce the other partner's friend, etc. It may also call for one or both partners to, say, strip in a car or park.
The popularity of the Internet has also allowed for online sexual encounters, known as cybersex, which may involve roleplay.
Many of the most common sexual roleplays involve a power differential and form part of the dominance and submission aspect of BDSM. Roles can be general designations of power positions, or very specific, detailed fantasies. Some people, such as those living the Gorean lifestyle make use of an entire imaginary world. The controlling player is often called the top or dominant while the controlled individual is called the bottom or submissive. It can be considered dangerous and therefore a safeword is advised to continue the safety of other(s) in such acts.
Examples of scenarios[edit]
Common scenarios include:
- Doctor/Nurse/Patient: medical fetishism where the participants play the roles of doctor, nurse, or patient.
- Escort – Client: one partner assumes the role of paid escort for an encounter.
- Executive – Secretary: one partner assumes the role of a business executive while the other takes the role of their secretary.
- Handyman – Housewife: the tradesman enters the housewife's home initially with the intent of carrying out plumbing/maintenance work.
- Master – Slave: the slave is required to comply with all demands of the master.
- Photographer – Model: this allows one partner to photograph the other as a precursor to sexual interaction.
- Stripper – Client: one participant performs a striptease for the other.
- Teacher – Student: the student dresses for the part and must do as he/she is told, or is punished.
- Sex doll - Doll owner: the sex doll must stay still and be obedient.
Other scenarios include:
- Ageplay: where an individual acts and/or treats another as if they were a different age. The practice can be regressive, in which the goal is to re-experience childhood, or sexual, recreating a sexual relationship with people of the pretend and/or true ages. Generally this can involve someone pretending to be younger than they actually are, but more rarely can involve assuming an older role.
- Animal-play: where a player is treated as a non-human animal such as a dog, pony, or cat.
- Authority figure/Misbehaving Adult: where a player takes on the role of an authority figure and blackmails or humiliates his or her partner into sexual activity.
- Gender-play: where one or more players take on roles of another gender.
- Incest fantasy: also known as incest play, where two or more play the role of family members.
- Owner/Inanimate object: such as the bottom being human furniture.
- Prison fetish: situational play set in a prison environment. Given real life prisons are same-sex communities, this fetish does lend itself to male on male or female on female activities and settings. Opposite gender play is also possible between inmates and guards or when the setting includes a co-ed facility/institution. Prison play is also an expansion of the uniform fetish by use of inmate, guard, and staff uniforms.
- Torturer/Captive prisoner: where one player is a captor who abuses the other, can also include ravishment and kidnap scenarios.
- Uniform fetish: one participant dresses in uniform (for instance as a school student, cheerleader, French maid, etc.), while the other participant plays an authority figure (e.g., a parent, teacher, coach, police officer). Can also include scenarios with both participants in uniforms.
- Supernatural Seductions: One participant takes the role of a predatory vampire, incubus, succubus or witch and seduces, enthralls or claims the other participant as their victim.
Sexologist Gloria Brame lists a number of these scenarios,[1] as does Trevor Jacques.[2]
- ^ Brame, Gloria (2001). Come Hither! A Commonsense Guide to Kinky Sex, Fusion Press, London, ISBN 978-0-684-85462-5, pp. 140-148.
- ^ Jacques, Trevor; Dr. Dale; Hamilton, Michael; and Sniffer (1993). On The Safe Edge: A Manual for BDSM Play, WholeSM Publishing, Toronto, ISBN 978-1-895857-06-1, ISBN 1-895857-05-8, ISBN 1-895857-06-6, ISBN 1-895857-07-4, pp. 38-42.
- General
- Addington, Deborah (1993). Fantasy Made Flesh: The Essential Guide to Erotic Roleplay (1st ed.). Greenery Press. ISBN 978-1-890159-47-4.[page needed]
- Scott, Gini Graham (1994). "Chapter 7". The power of fantasy: illusion and eroticism in everyday life (1st ed.). Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 1-55972-239-8.


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I don't doubt that I am plagued by parasitics but these don't behave like the ones I am used to.
First of all, the RF output is a clean sine wave and the modulated envelope is clean and shows no symptoms with or without modulation.
The buzz heard at carrier frequency referred to earlier is the only anomaly I can see or hear but no one else hears it other than..... I sent my wife out walking with a SW receiver and it was still conspicuous several hundred feet from the shack with a dummy load on the transmitter.
Looking at the VLF band for switching stuff, there are all sorts of birdies but of very low level compared to what I hear on frequency.
It has been suggested that my air coils on the modulator filter are probably radiating but it's not clear how this would show up on frequency,
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Patch editor-in-chief Brian Farnham is leaving the company, he just told staffers on an all-hands call.Patch is AOL's network of local blogs.
It's been a huge investment for AOL – costing the company ~$150 million in 2011. With 1,500 or so staffers, it has attracted about 10 million unique visitors.
A source close to Patch stresses this was Farnham's decision, not AOL's. This source says Farnham will not be replaced.
"I don't think we could," says this source.
In a blog post announcing the news, Farnham says he's leaving because "it turns out I really love creating things from scratch."
He also says: "I've never worked for a company that has been as scrutinized, criticised, and coal-raked as this one."
"You'd think we were creating toxic waste, instead of, you know, free useful information. We have critics on Wall Street, critics in the media, local critics, national critics, the business press, the journalism reviews, bloggers, etc. There are so many that I've come to think of them as a single large, screechy, off-key band called BI and the Haters. It's music to kill yourself by."
Here is a blog post he wrote about the news:
As you heard on today's All-Company call, after four years as Editor-in-Chief of Patch, I'm moving on. My last day is May 4. I'm leaving for an assortment of reasons, but I'm glad to be able to say that none of them is negative. I love Patch, and I plan on staying very connected as an active alum, most specifically as a member of the advisory board we're continuing to build. I feel incredibly lucky and grateful that I can maintain this connection, and I'll be there anytime Patch calls on me.
Taking leave of Patch ain't easy, but let me try to boil down why I'm doing so: it turns out I really love creating things from scratch, and while Patch is in a continual process of truly fascinating evolution and only a toddler of a company, it has definitely left "scratch" in the dust. So I'm heading off to explore some other startup opportunities. But not before I take a good, long nap.
Patch has never just been a job for me. It's been a very personal experience. Jon Brod, who co-founded Patch and brought me on (as employee #4!), has been a close friend since college, 20 years ago. I turned 40 while at Patch. My two children were born while I was here. (In fact, I had to hastily leave a meeting to attend my son David's birth.) I didn't make this decision lightly, and I wouldn't be able to pull the trigger if I didn't feel Patch were in good shape and in great hands. One of several bittersweet feelings I'm having right now is the fact that Patch is enjoying such palpable momentum as a business. We've always joked that Patch is a bus we're building while it runs at top speed — well, it feels like we've stopped wobbling and fishtailing from the fast start and now we'recruising.
There's still a lot of work left to do, of course, but I have to say I love how that work is getting organised and knocked out – especially on the revenue side. Mark Josephson and his team are killing it right now. And on the content side, same thing. I've only worked with Rachel Feddersen for about six weeks now but I have loved the ideas and focus she has brought to Patch. I've already learned a ton from her, and I'm sad to have to give up that partnership. She and I are touring around Patchland as I write this, and we're having a blast.
Allow me this indulgence of a paragraph: I've never worked for a company that has been as scrutinized, criticised, and coal-raked as this one. As Jon likes to say, you'd think we were creating toxic waste, instead of, you know, free useful information. We have critics on Wall Street, critics in the media, local critics, national critics, the business press, the journalism reviews, bloggers, etc. There are so many that I've come to think of them as a single large, screechy, off-key band called BI and the Haters. It's music to kill yourself by.
The good news about that? I think it's safe to say that we wouldn't be constantly deboned by all these critics if we weren't doing something really interesting and potentially threatening. People associated with, dependent on, or invested in existing systems don't like bold new attempts to re-imagine those systems. That's just the reality of a business like ours.
But if you ever find these noisome types getting you down and you want to escape it, just turn toward the community you work in. Because our users don't sing this tune. They just get us. They may sometimes chide us for certain ways we've executed things (or not executed them), but has any user ever complained to you that they don't understand why we exist? There's a reason we get thousands of emails from users about how we've improved their lives. We're trying to make communities better, stronger. If you're on the receiving end of that mission, what the hell is there to complain about?!
We have a lot to be proud of. We have accomplished some amazing things together. Historical things. Seriously — no matter what happens from here on, any future history book about journalism or online media has to discuss Patch. How many more companies are you going to work for in your career where that will be true?
Here's what I'm most proud of: the people we've hired. We're staffed with some truly inspiring talent, on all sides of the business. Especially among you editors, whose work I obviously know best. I'm not bullshitting when I say I've learned from you every day. The job we gave you is hard. You have to be a certain kind of fearless to take it on. You don't just have to accept that the job will never be easy; you actually have to like that about it. And you have to be passionate. And man, you are.
And the editors I've gotten to know who fit this bill are just kickass people, on top of being pros. If I may offer some advice to you as an editorial team on my way out the door: if you're still inclined to think of yourself as a journalist, stop — you're selling yourself short. This job gives you the opportunity to practice journalism while being something much greater. And if you're too concerned with living up to some rarefied notion of what a capital-J Journalist should be, you won't explore what else you can do with your position in your community.
I know it may seem like you're constantly being asked from on high to do this and that requirement or hit this or that goal, but in reality very little is actually prescribed about your role. Having created the job out of whole cloth, we have always looked to you to show us what can be made of it. So don't just write. Don't just report. Get intoyour communities. Figure out what being in the driver's seat of this remarkable local platform can really let you do.
There are a ton of people I need to thank. Tim Armstrong is #1 on that list. Patch is his vision, and I've never worked for a leader with more energy and bravery to push the ideas he's passionate about. I have to thank Jon Brod for trusting me to help create this company from nothing four years ago. I have to thank Warren Webster, who bleeds green and has been a calm, essential leader for Patch since the beginning.
If I name anyone else, I run the risk of leaving out someone just as deserving — Patch has an extraordinary team of leaders and I love that I consider so many of them friends beyond our working relationship. I will miss being in the foxhole with you guys.
I do want to single out the Editorial Directors here — Marcia, Sherry, Tim and ADC. You four were my rocks. You each bring something unique to the table and lead your teams in your own way, but it's the fierce caring you all exhibit that I've valued most. Couldn't have done anything we've done without you. Not even close.
Most of all I'm grateful to each and every editor at Patch. Being able to say I led a team of hundreds of wickedly smart, dedicated editors is an honour that will be tough to top in my career going forward. Thank you, and keep up the amazing work. I'll be watching.
A final note: This thing we've been trying to build here can't be fuelled by timidity or complacency. Those of us who were here in the beginning followed Tim's lead and tried to be fast and bold. That's still very much needed. So, to be blunt, don't be afraid to fuck up. We weren't.
In the next couple of weeks I'm going to get out into the field as much as possible to say face-to-face goodbyes. For those I don't get to see, thank you, good luck and let's stay in touch. It has truly been an honour.
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Cajuns Clip Wings of ULM Warhawks, 40-24
Make that five in a row.
Louisiana quarterback Terrance Broadway bounced back from a five turnover night in his last start to lead the Cajuns to a convincing 40-24 win over Louisiana-Monroe in front of an announced crowd of 20,203 at Malone Stadium.
It was the fifth straight win for the Cajuns in the series and gives them a 25-23 all-time series lead.
Broadway completed 23 of 32 passes for 373 yards and four touchdowns, plus ran for 83 yards and another score in the win.
Playing against the Sun Belt's best run defense, the Cajuns shredded the Warhawks for 234 yards on the ground and 40:35 possession time to notch their fifth win against three losses, 3-2 in the Sun Belt Conference.
ULM (6-3, 4-1) lost quarterback Kolton Browning to a foot injury early in the second quarter and his absence hurt the Warhawks cause, as ULM was able to convert just two of eleven on third down. Browning's replacement, Cody Wells, completed 18-31 passes for 209 yards but was intercepted twice.
The Cajuns only trailed once in the game 10-7 after the Warhawks capitalized on a Cajuns turnover. But the Cajuns came right back on a five play, 79 yard drive with Broadway hitting Jamal Robinson with a 52 yard pass.
All six Cajuns touchdown drives were at least 77 yards in length, including a 17 play 99 yard drive that consumed 9:33 and gave the Cajuns a 34-17 lead with 5:47 to go.
The Cajuns travel to Gainesville to meet the Florida Gators next Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 11:21am.


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Truckee Police logs, Nov. 26-Dec. 3
TRUCKEE, Calif. – Below are select incidents from the Truckee Police Department's press log for Nov. 26-Dec. 3, along with previously unreported incidents.
Oct. 10
• Officers took a report of theft of computer and computer modem from inside residence. There is no suspect information at this time.
Nov. 12
• Officers took a report of stolen traffic control trailer valued at $10,000.
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• Officers took a report of theft of property from unlocked vehicle on Northwoods Boulevard. There is no suspect information at this time.
Nov. 25
• The reporting party contacted law enforcement after his vehicle had been stolen from the parking lot of the apartment complex where he lives on Waters Way. The vehicle was recovered next day. The case is pending suspect information.
• Officers took a report of a theft of snow blower from in front of residence on Skislope Way.
Nov. 26
• Officers took a report of verbal argument between husband and wife on Nelson Street. There was no crime; only informational report was taken.
Nov. 27
• Truckee Police officers were dispatched to an address on Dolomite Way regarding an assault. It was determined a married couple that had been drinking was involved in a domestic dispute, where an assault had occurred. An aggressor was determined and booked into Nevada County Jail on domestic violence charges.
Nov. 28
• Teacher requested informational report to be taken regarding incident that occurred in a classroom on Dorchester Drive
Nov. 30
• Officers took a report of non-injury collusion that occurred in the roundabout on highway 89 North at Donner Pass Road.
Dec. 1
• A physical altercation among several male subjects occurred on Donner Pass Road. One subject was cited for battery.
• A local cab driver called to report he was battered by a subject after a cab on Rainbow Drive.
• A business owner found a wallet on Jibboom Street and turned it in.
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• Officers took a report of a subject throwing ice at neighbor's house due to multiple ongoing disputes. The incident occurred on Sierra Drive; the report was forwarded to District Attorney for review.
• A single vehicle non-injury collusion on Northwoods Boulevard resulted in damage of telephone pole.
• A driver lost control of a vehicle and slid onto homeowner's property, casing damage. A report was taken for information only.
• A driver was involved in single vehicle collusion on Glenshire Drive. The driver was arrested for driving under the influence.
• Officers were dispatched to an address on Highway 89 South on a report of 22-year-old son fighting with his father. Upon arrival, the father told the police officers his son was under the influence of drugs and had attacked him. The son appeared to be under the influence of methamphetamine and was aggressive toward the officers.
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Earlier today, House Minority Leader, Republican Ken Fredette attributed his opposition to Medicaid expansion to having a "man's brain."
Evidently, having a "man's brain" means he "thinks differently" so he understands "there's a cost to this."
Now, the nonpartisan Kaiser Foundation analysis found that Maine will come out way ahead financially if we expand Medicaid. That analysis was repeated in a report by the far-right Heritage Foundation. It's also been established that Medicaid expansion improves health and reduces deaths.
Besides the policy realities, this comment was insulting to both women and men. It's obvious why that's so for women. It's also insulting to men because it means that if they support Medicaid expansion they're somehow unmanly, as they're like a woman. That's how misogyny works.
But what do I know? I have a woman's brain.
As Teen Talk Barbie once said, "Math class is tough!"
Updates: Rep. Fredette has apologized. However, it already been picked up by the national press. Also, a Republican conservative with whom I correspond says that this post is not my best work. It certainly isn't my most serious, but isn't some humor indicated at times?


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Boy, when I was a kid (Li'l Man o' Law) I wish they would've had something like this for me to go to.
Do they get badges?
I wonder if they'll take me now?
The Comal County Sheriff's Office is extending the date for children 9 to 11 years old to join the Junior Deputy Academy.
The CCSO announced its first Junior Deputy Academy Program starting this summer. The program will give children a chance to interact with sheriff's deputies and learn from positive role models, CCSO Cpl. Tim Kolbe said.
CCSO Sgt. Rick Cardenas said the date for applications was extended until June 4.
"We're filling these spots quickly," Cardenas said. "We just wanted to let people know they still have time to get their kids signed up."
He said officials are expecting at least 50 kids to sign up.
Deputies will introduce the children to different aspects of the CCSO, including patrol, SWAT, crisis negotiations, honor guard, criminal investigations, crime prevention and narcotics and drug awareness, Kolbe said.
The first academy session is from June 8 to 12 at Church Hill Middle School. The second is from June 22 to 26 at Bill Brown Elementary School. Both academies are half-day and free of charge.
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Just a quick fix of mixtapes I enjoyed over the last couple of weeks.
Following Prefuse73's XLR8R podcast, he and his Sons of the Morning-partner Teebs put together another one for Self-Titled magazine.
When I'm not listening to the Hessle Audio radio show on Rinse.fm, I'm more than happy to track down other mixes by Ben UFO and company. The Essential Mix is still a big deal and—annoying as Pete Tong's flat introductions are—you might want to grab this new one featuring Ben.
Safe House USA added the fourth edition of their Stay the Night series and it's been nicely put together by Night Slug's Girl Unit. Meanwhile, Fantastic Mr Fox did that for oki-ni.
If you heard that new track by Burial and Four Tet, you might want to download the Rinse show were the rip is taken from.
With all the hype about yet-another Grand Theft Auto, I'm sure you listened to Flylo FM already. Otherwise, here you go!
And lastly, I'd like to sneak my revised version of last year's Colectivo Futuro podcast. Music for autumn!


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A while back you may remember me talking about how my thai yellow soup came into being. This is the very recipe where that chilli mishap occurred. You see, my beloved Elly is not a big fan of "spicy" food so I was trying to create a thai curry that she would at least like, so I could have a curry more often without feeling guilty that I was torturing her.
Honestly it had nothing to do with me wanting to slowly increase her tolerance for spicy food
On that fateful day the particular green chili I had decided to use was (unknown to me) not terribly hot and as I was cooking with Elly in mind I also removed the seeds. Since that incident I now cut a tiny amount of chilli off the end and touch my tongue with it to get an idea of heat. If I don't feel a burn I use the seeds in the dish.
But that's just me – I've known people who put lots more chilli in their cooking than I do, it's all down to personal taste so it's always a good idea to experiment with the strength and amount of chilli in a curry if it's not to your liking.
Curry Paste
1 stick of lemongrass
3 cloves of garlic
1 green chilli (seeds optional)
Half an onion
Thumb sized piece of ginger
Handful of fresh coriander (leaves and stems)
Handful of fresh basil leaves
Handful of fresh mint leaves
Half teaspoon ground coriander
Half teaspoon ground cumin
Half teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons fish sauce
Juice of half a lime (zest the lime first and save along with the remaining juice)
1 teaspoon brown sugar
Roughly a quarter can of coconut milk
and the rest
1 and a half onions, finely diced
4 chicken breasts, diced
2 bell peppers, diced
Three-quarter tin of coconut milk
2 kaffir lime leaves
Serves 4
The Curry Paste
To make the curry paste, roughly chop the ingredients and add everything except the coconut milk to your blender. Give them a few pulses to break it down a little. You are looking for a this to become a thick but smooth paste, so add the coconut milk a little at a time and try to blend. As soon as it starts to turn into a paste stop adding coconut milk and blend to a smooth paste.
Now you have your curry paste, you can store this for a day or two in an airtight container in the fridge. Or you can use it fresh, which is always my preference. It's nice to know that you could make this up in advance if you were going to be a little pushed for time.
and the rest
Next, you'll want to heat a frying pan over a medium to high heat and when it is up to temperature add a little oil and then your paste. You just want to release the aromatics from it so don't wait too long (about a minute) before adding the rest of the onions and allowing them to soften a little (about 5 minutes). Add the diced chicken and stir fry until sealed (about 5 minutes).
Now increase the heat under your pan and add the coconut milk, diced peppers and the kaffir lime leaves. As soon as the mixture begins to boil, reduce to a simmer for about 20 – 25 minutes and serve on a bed of pilaf rice.
Remember the lime zest and juice I said to save? Well, here's a great way to use it up and add a real subtle zing and punch to this dish. When making the rice pilaf, add the lime zest and juice instead of the turmeric and cook as normal. Hey presto, zingy rice!
Recipe: Roast Stuffed and Rolled Pork Fillet
This recipe takes me right back to my childhood, my mum used to make a very similar dish and I had completely forgotten about it until I was reminded about it in college last (academic) year. It came up in one of our practical cookery classes and since then I have experimented with it several times until I came up with this recipe.
The recipe that I give for the stuffing, is a large enough quantity for three or four fillets, I like to make up the stuffing and freeze what I don't use in "portions" so I'm not making it every time. I can just stuff, roll and roast as needed then. It's also surprising just how quickly this can be put together even on a week night, just roast a few potatoes and some fresh veg in the oven with it and you have a really simple impressive dinner.
Apricot and raisin stuffing
40g butter
1 large onion, diced
115g dried apricots, soaked, drained and diced
115g seedless raisins
115g fresh white breadcrumbs
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
and the rest
1 x pork fillet
Packet of Serrano ham
Begin by making the stuffing, heat the butter in a small pan and fry the onion over a moderate heat for about 3 minutes until translucent.
Place the apricots into a large bowl. Add the onions (butter and all), raisins, breadcrumbs and ginger. Season the mixture with salt and freshly ground black pepper. If you pick up a handful of the stuffing and squeeze it gently in your fist it should just about hold its shape when you let go. if it's too dry just add a little more butter, if it's a little too wet add some more breadcrumbs. Allow the stuffing to cool before use.
Next you want to take your pork fillet and trim off any excess fat carefully. Once this is done lay it out on a chopping board and make a cut about three-quarters way deep into it and the full length. This should allow you to open the fillet flat onto your chopping board. Using the heel of your hand you want to begin, flattening both sides of the fillet. If you strike at the centre with a movement towards either edge alternatively you should flatten and stretch the fillet out as much as possible.
Now comes the construction part, lay out your Serrano ham slices so that they just about overlap and are about an inch wider than the length of the fillet. Next lay the fillet on top (across all the Serrano ham overlaps) and place a line of your stuffing down the centre. Now comes the difficult bit, you need to fold either end of the Serrano ham over the ends of the fillet and roll the lot into one oversized Serrano ham wrapped sausage type of thing.
Place this in an oiled roasting tray and bake in a 180C oven for one hour, once the juices flow clear you're ready to rest it for 10 minutes, then simply carve and serve.
Recipe: Thai Yellow Soup
Hmmm a traditional Thai soup recipe? Hell to the no! This is anything but. I came up with the idea for this recipe after an experiment in making Thai chicken curry. The chilli I used for the curry was a little lacking in the heat department and as a result I ended up with a curry that had almost no heat.
It still made for a fantastic tasting dish, just not what was originally intended. The lack of heat meant that all the other herbs and spices were able to come through in full force. Which led me to thinking about what else I could use similar flavours in because they are so great together.
This is the first of those ideas to make it to the "perfected recipe" stage and it's a butternut squash and sweet potato soup of sorts but that doesn't really make for a snappy title so given the inspiration and appearance I'm calling it Thai Yellow Soup.
1 x onion, diced
1 x carrot, diced
2 x sticks of celery, diced
2 x cloves of garlic, finely diced
quarter of a chilli, diced
Thumb sized piece of ginger, finely diced or grated
Pinch of ground coriander
Pinch of ground cumin
1 x butternut squash, diced
2 x sweet potatoes, diced
Veg or chicken stock
1 x star anise
1 x handful of fresh coriander
1 x handful of fresh basil
1 x handful of fresh mint
Place a large saucepan over a medium high heat, once it has warmed add a little oil, just enough so that you can slow fry the onion until it is soft, then add the carrot and continue to gently fry until they start to soften.
Next you want to add the celery, garlic, chilli, ginger, ground coriander and ground cumin. stir it all together and continue to fry for about a minute this should be long enough to warm and release the fragrance of the garlic, ginger, coriander and cumin.
Add the butternut squash and the sweet potato to the pot and stir together. Add enough stock to cover all the contents. Drop in the star anise, fresh basil, coriander and mint, then stir and bring it to the boil. Simmer gently for 30 – 40 minutes, stirring occasionally. When the sweet potato and butternut squash start to break up as you stir remove the soup from the heat and blend until you have a smooth purée.
Return this to a low heat. Then taste and season. If you are happy with the consistency of the soup you can proceed to the eating phase, if not, you could thin it by stirring in boiling water or by adding milk or cream.
I like to serve this soup drizzled with a little truffle oil for added decadence and a crusty bread roll is a great accompaniment to any soup.
Recipe: The best baked lasagna
lasagna is a typical Italian dish, it has many variations even in the same regions there can be big differences. I've developed my own over the years as I like the northern style with plenty of Béchamel sauce while also liking the simple tomato based meat sauces of the southern regions. This recipe combines the best of both and one or two other influences as well.
While it's very common to see lasagna not many people realise just how much goes into it, you cook up a meat sauce, then you make the Béchamel sauce and finally you layer it all together and bake it. A 3 part process that can be a little time-consuming but is well worth the effort.
Oh and before anyone says it, I know, a Béchamel sauce with cheese added is a Mornay sauce so this is not a traditional lasagna at all really.
I use a lasagna tray for making this (approx. 32cm x 26cm x 8cm), if you don't have one of similar size you could use a number of smaller ones, just be aware of the depth, you'll be surprised how much the layers add up to.
Meat Sauce
1 x Anchovy fillet
6 x slices of pancetta or bacon, chopped
1 x large sprig of rosemary, picked and finely chopped
2 x bay leaves
1 x large red onion, diced
2 x sticks of celery, diced
1 x carrot, diced
2 x cloves of garlic, crushed
500g Beef mince
500g Pork mince
250ml Red wine
3 x 400g tins of tomatoes, chopped (plus one tin of water)
1 x Star Anise
Béchamel (Mornay) sauce
100g flour
100g butter
1L milk
1/2 onion
6 x cloves
75g x parmesan
3 x mozzarella balls, diced
400g of lasagna sheets
Freshly grated Nutmeg
Serves 12 – 15 portions
The meat Sauce
Begin by heating a large saucepan over a medium heat, once it's up to temperature add a little extra virgin olive oil, then the anchovy and pancetta/bacon, fry them for about a minute and add the onion, celery, carrot, garlic, rosemary and bay leaves. Cook these together gently for about 20 minutes.
Next you want to add your meat, making sure to break it up as much as possible as you're adding it and keep it moving over a high heat until it browns, then add the wine and simmer for a minute before adding the 3 tins of chopped tomatoes and a tin of water.
Finally add a single star anise, bring the lot to a boil and simmer for 1 hour. Then taste and season before removing the bay leaves and star anise as they can have a very unpleasant texture and it's only their flavour we're after anyway.
While the meat sauce is simmering get on with the Béchamel sauce.
Béchamel (Mornay) sauce
Take the half onion and skewer it with the cloves, now place this in a saucepan along with the milk and warm it but do not let it boil.
In another slightly larger saucepan, start melting the butter but do not let it burn, keep the heat as low as possible. Once melted add the flour and quickly stir it in until you have a sandy paste like substance. Now using a wooden spoon or plastic whisk start to slowly add the warmed milk, (but not the onion and cloves) mixing it in as you go, the slower you can add the milk the less likely you are to end up with a lumpy sauce so take your time.
Once all the milk has been added you need to "cook out" the flour, this is done by continuing to bring the sauce slowly up to temperature, stirring regularly and tasting. This can take as little as 10 minutes or as long as an hour. When you taste it, if you can still taste flour then keep going and taste again in another few minutes. Once you've "cooked out" the flour you have a Béchamel sauce and this can be used with many dishes or subtly changed by adding things like chopped parsley or dill to create other sauces.
But what we want to do is make a Mornay sauce so we add in about half the diced mozzarella and most of the parmesan cheese, hold back enough to cover the top of the final dish. Stir the sauce until the cheese melts and combines completely with the sauce, if it's too thick use a little milk to thin it, but don't go crazy we want it a little thick so it will sit on top of the meat layer rather than combining with it.
Final assembly and baking
Take some kitchen paper dipped in extra virgin olive oil and oil up your lasagna dish. If you have a non stick dish, I prefer to start with a pasta layer as it makes the lasagna a little easier to serve. next you want to add a layer of meat sauce followed by a layer of the Béchamel/Mornay sauce. Then sprinkle at little less than a third of the remaining mozzarella over the Béchamel, sprinkle a little grated nutmeg and repeat the Pasta, meat sauce, Béchamel, mozzarella and nutmeg, layers twice more using all the remaining mozzarella on the top, also sprinkle the top with the remaining parmesan.
Bake for 30 – 40 minutes at 180C until the top is golden and bubbling. You can serve this immediately although it's best to let it cool a little first as the portions will stay together better.
This also freezes very well just wait for the lasagna to cool completely and portion into freezer suitable bags or boxes. Then when you just have to defrost them and reheat when you want Lasagne.
Recipe: White Soda Bread
340g plain flour
5g salt
5g bicarbonate of soda
290ml buttermilk
Preheat the oven to 200C.
Sieve the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl and stir.
Make a well and pour in the buttermilk, then mix quickly to make a dough.
Place on a lightly floured surface and knead briefly, you almost want to treat the dough like it's really hot when you're kneading it, handling it as little as possible. Then form into a round and flatten slightly before placing it on a lightly floured baking sheet.
Cut a cross in the top with a sharp knife and bake for about 30 minutes or until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
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Published at 9:00 a.m ET: Previewing tonight's State of the Union: Obama's last chance to go big… NYT on a bolder, more aggressive Obama… The president's three economic questions… State of the Union also presents a fresh face for the GOP (Rubio), but it also exposes the party's lingering warts… Expect Obama to mention North Korea's nuclear test… Hagel gets his first vote (at committee) today… And drip, drip on Menendez.
*** Obama's last chance to go big: Here's a reality about a second-term presidency: You have a narrow window -- at the beginning of the term -- to persuade Congress to do something big. For Ronald Reagan, it was tax reform (which he achieved); for Bill Clinton, it was education reform (which failed); and for George W. Bush, it was Social Security reform (which crashed and burned). And this is perhaps the best way to view President Obama's State of the Union address at 9:00 pm ET tonight. It is essentially his last chance to lay the groundwork for domestic achievements. In his speech tonight, Obama is expected to push for second term agenda: comprehensive immigration reform, ways to curb gun violence, and his preferences to grow the economy and reduce the deficit. And it's the issue of the economy where the president will spend a lion's share of his time.
The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd talks about the importance of Tuesday's State of the Union address.
*** A bit bolder, a bit more aggressive Obama: As the president addresses the nation tonight, the New York Times makes an observation we've noted in the past few weeks: Obama, fresh off his re-election, has become a bit bolder, a bit more aggressive president. "[I]t is clear from these personal accounts as well as his public acts, like his bold Inaugural Address, that he has shown an assertiveness, self-possession, even cockiness that contrasts with the caution, compromise and reserve that he showed for much of his first term," the Times says. "What is not so clear is whether Mr. Obama can parlay this commanding self-assurance — borne of re-election, hard lessons learned and Republicans' disarray — into victories as he tries to turn Washington away from its obsession with deficit-cutting to a broader progressive agenda. Or will he overreach, alienate some Americans and cement the partisan divide he once promised to bridge?" If Obama's inaugural address last month was any indication, we can probably expect more new things in tonight's speech than many might think.
*** The president's three economic questions: As far as the economic particulars in the president's speech tonight, we can report that all of his initiatives will fall into three categories to answer three different questions. One, how can the United States create more jobs at home? Two, how does the country get its citizens the skills they need for these jobs? And three, how does the nation help those who are working hard to make a decent living? In essence, this is how the speech will be framed, especially with the looming budget battle over the sequester. For its part, the Republican National Committee is out with a video -- entitled "When in doubt, raise taxes" -- to pre-but Obama's State of the Union.
*** GOP's fresh face -- but also lingering warts: Obama, however, isn't the only one in today's political spotlight. So is the Republican Party -- with its new hopes and lingering warts. Freshman Sen. Marco Rubio will be delivering the GOP's response to Obama's address, and he tells the AP that Republicans want to pursue economic policies to create jobs and cut spending. "We don't just want to be the opposition. We want to be the alternative," he said. The Weekly Standard also reports that Rubio "says he intends to draw on his personal experiences growing up in Florida to explain to the country why Obama's policies won't work." But as the GOP tries to present a new fresh face, tonight's State of the Union also will highlight many of its current problems. For instance, Rand Paul is delivering the Tea Party's response to Obama, demonstrating the party's establishment-vs.-anti-establishment divide. (Wasn't Rubio supposed to be a Tea Party guy?) In addition, Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX), who has already called for Obama's impeachment, is bringing Ted Nugent to the State of the Union, providing an unnecessary distraction for a party trying to become more popular with swing voters. And National Journal reported yesterday that some House Republicans are objecting to the party's "GOP en Espanol" to distribute Republican reactions to the State of the Union. The program is now limited to a Twitter handle. Dem-leaning American Bridge has a new video emphasizing the divisions within the GOP. The irony is that you don't need this video; Republicans are emphasizing their own divisions.
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President Barack Obama speaks during an Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in Arlington, Virginia, February 8, 2013.
*** Shall … we … play … a … game? Here's one topic that Obama might NOT have addressed tonight but now most definitely WILL -- North Korea. Per USA Today, North Korea last night "detonated a miniaturized nuclear device at a northeastern test site, state media said, defying U.N. Security Council orders to shut down atomic activity or face more sanctions and international isolation." In a late-night statement, Obama said, "This is a highly provocative act that … undermines regional stability, violates North Korea's obligations under numerous United Nations Security Council resolutions, contravenes its commitments under the September 19, 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks, and increases the risk of proliferation." More from the president's statement: "Far from achieving its stated goal of becoming a strong and prosperous nation, North Korea has instead increasingly isolated and impoverished its people through its ill-advised pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery." It's also reported that the U.N. Security Council has scheduled an emergency meeting for today.
*** Tonight's coverage: The State of the Union begins at 9:00 pm ET. But NBC's coverage kicks off at 8:45 pm ET with a web-exclusive pre-show streaming live on NBCNews.com. The online pre-show and full broadcast will be anchored live from Washington, DC by "NBC Nightly News" and "Rock Center" anchor and managing editor Brian Williams, joined by "Meet the Press" moderator David Gregory, "TODAY" co-host Savannah Guthrie, NBC News political director and chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd, and chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, as well as Capitol Hill correspondent Kelly O'Donnell inside the House chamber. Also, "TODAY" tomorrow will have an exclusive interview with House Speaker John Boehner.
*** Hagel gets his first vote today: This afternoon, the Senate Armed Services Committee will vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be Obama's next defense secretary, NBC's Mike Viqueira reports. And yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said a floor vote would take place Wednesday or Thursday. Yet Roll Call notes that GOP senators are vowing to delay a floor vote. Senate Armed Services Ranking Member Jim Inhofe "told the National Review on Monday that he would insist on a 60-vote threshold for Hagel. 'Hagel may be passed out of the committee, but it's going to be a long, long time before he hits the floor,' Inhofe said. 'We're going to need as much time as possible, and there are going to be several of us who will have holds.'"
*** A hold can delay -- but not prevent -- a vote: To be clear, however, here's how what a "hold" is, as defined by the U.S. Senate: "An informal practice by which a senator informs his or her floor leader that he or she does not wish a particular bill or other measure to reach the floor for consideration. The majority leader need not follow the senator's wishes, but is on notice that the opposing senator may filibuster any motion to proceed to consider the measure." In other words, a "hold" is a way for a senator to object. The Senate does a lot of work by unanimous consent -- post office namings, votes on political appointees requiring Senate approval. A hold then can slow down Senate business, because a senator is indicating he or she intends to try and require 60 votes for a bill or, in Hagel's case, a nomination, to advance. In many cases that threat of slowing things down is enough for a majority leader to pull the legislation because it's not worth the fight, Senate aides told First Read. But if the majority party wants the fight, and the votes are there in the Senate to overcome a potential filibuster, a hold may slow things down, but it can't prevent approval.
*** Drip, drip on Menendez: Finally, the Bob Menendez story is officially in the "drip, drip" phase, which is never a good place for a politician. Here's the New York Times from yesterday: "Senator Robert Menendez sought to discourage any plan by the United States government to donate port security equipment to the Dominican Republic, citing concern that the advanced screening gear might undermine efforts by a private company — run by a major campaign contributor and friend of his — to do the work. The intervention with the Department of Homeland Security last month came even though Mr. Menendez has publicly chastised the Obama administration for not doing more to combat the surging drug traffic moving through Dominican ports. And it came shortly after the senator's friend, Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, arranged to meet with a senior State Department official, accompanied by a former aide to Mr. Menendez, in a related push to protect the port security contract, which is worth as much as $500 million over 20 years."
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Lace Up sweater: Romwe || Fishnet tights: Forever 21 || Necklaces: Vintage and Vanessa Mooney || Boots: Vagabond
Fall has obviously come and so are my outfits for the colder days. I received this extremely cozy sweater from Romwe a few days ago and all I can say is how comfortable and great looking it is. It's a sweater dress, so it can be worn only with tights aswell. I liked its oversized fit and the lace-up details and went for the army green colorway. I remember it was also available in a cream shade, but the army green was a bit better for fall and more grungy to me. Here I went for a grunge combo in general and combined it with fishnet tights (my favorite kind of tights to be honest...) and my favorite platform boots. I added my favorite silver accessories to make it look more unique and interesting and voila - cold weather I am ready! :-)


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This is a basic MATLAB operation. It is for instructional purposes.
Logical indexing works like this.
thresh = 4; vec = [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8];
vi = (vec > thresh)
vi =
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Once you have this TRUE FALSE vector (I call it vi: Valid Indices)
It can be used to get the values out:
big = vec(vi)
big =
5 6 7 8
Given a vector, vec, and a value, v, return a binary vector that represents the indices where vector, vec, is equal to scalar, v.
Note, this works just as well with scalars and matrices.
To get the indices where this comparison is true, see this Cody problem.
I've gotten this error message for the last few weeks. Is this test set (Indexing I) down permanently?
While evaluating the solution, the server encountered an error caused by temporary unavailability of MATLAB Service. Wait a few minutes for the MATLAB Service to return, and then rescore.
Select every other element of a vector
21367 Solvers
1902 Solvers
362 Solvers
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Deleting an element in a matrix
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2006 Hummer H3 - Secret Weapon H3
Hummer's New Mini-Fighter
Been looking for a midsize sport/ute that can actually wheel? The new Hummer H3 might be the answer, once it's available. We had a chance to tag along on an engineering test ride on the Rubicon last summer, where engineers were finalizing all sorts of adjustments and specs, and making sure the beastie worked like they designed. We've been on this trail with countless new offerings from various manufacturers, as well as plenty of our own junk, and found the new H3 to be quite the capable vehicle.
Taking some styling cues from its older (and much larger) siblings-H1 and H2-the H3 was designed to be reminiscent of the look, as well as providing equal or superior performance within its class. No, it won't tow as heavy a load as its brethren, but it also is far more nimble and sprightly and gets far better fuel economy due to the Vortec 3.5L five-cylinder engine. While the rig is loosely based off of the Colorado/ Canyon chassis and powertrain, it's nothing like it by the time you get down to nuts and bolts.
We had a selection of five rigs to punish, and one even had a five-speed manual with a 3.75 First gear. This was our favorite one to wheel since it had the optional 4.03 low range and optional 4.56 gears. The 69:1 crawl ratio took the 285/75-16 Bridgestones over everything we pointed it at, and thanks to the great approach and departure angles, we rarely got hung up. And if we did, it was on the optional underbody skidrails, which more than proved their worth on a trail such as this. Our biggest issue was the lack of selectable lockers in either end, while we had to keep pressure on the throttle to allow the tires to spin until the electronic braking finally kicked in to throw the rig over an obstacle. Sure, it's also an IFS vehicle, but anything else is getting more and more difficult to find, and sometimes you just have to drive these vehicles a little differently.
These rigs were '06 model prototypes, and as such had led an extremely rough life on the trail and other various venues, and were still in great shape. While we can't tell you a lot of the secret stuff we found out, this right-sized four-door 4x4 will be a serious player in the market. It is a good off-roader, yet also has style, space, and comfort for the rest of the buying public. We can't wait for next year's 4x4 of the Year competition, so we can really check out the final version Hummer comes up with. We sure hope it includes lockers!


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Award-winning interior designer Bill Stubbs hosts the home decorating series Moment of Luxury. Stubbs believes luxury can be experienced by everyone, no matter how lavish or modest the budget.
Parisian Luxury Back Home
Paris, France - Bill Stubbs checks into the former grand Parisian home that is now the Saint James Hotel, and explores the little-known Maison Baccarat Museum and the largest flea market in the world, the Marche aux Puces de Saint-Quen, where he finds an endless array of inspirations to apply throughout his Houston townhouse. After bathroom and kitchen renovations, Bill shows viewers how to enjoy their own "taste of Paris" at home with a simple dessert.
A Day in the Country: From Old England to New England
Chesham, England/Perryville, Rhode Island - Bill takes us from Old England to New England. He visits the 1790 home/antique shop and cottage garden of his friend in the charming village of Chesham in Buckinghamshire, England. Bill also learns more about his favorite blue and white china from Antiques Roadshow expert, Eric Knowles. He celebrates New England style - from sizzling jonnycakes to classic cars - at the 17th century Perry homestead in Perryville, RI, which houses a magical Japanese garden where we have a quiet moment of luxury.
Modern Classics: Texas-Style Luxuries
Houston, Texas - Bill gives a personal tour of his beloved hometown, Houston, illustrating the Texas-style luxury of its theatres and classic neighborhoods. Plus, a peak at one of Bill's "works in progress," a total home renovation for a modern Texas family with New England roots. Finally, Bill welcomes his daughter Courtney home to help her select her wedding dress.
The Latin Tradition of Handmade Luxury
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Bill travels to the heart of Mexico, San Miguel de Allende, founded in 1565. The colonial city's cathedrals, haciendas, cobblestone streets and open-air markets are the backdrop for traditional artisans of all kinds. Bill visits a friend back in Houston who has incorporated wonderful artifacts from San Miguel into her home, and explains how to integrate travel discoveries into daily life.
Secrets and Sources of An Interior Designer
New York, New York - For many people New York City is all about grand scale; but for a designer, the city is about the details. Bill visits his favorite architectural salvage emporium and an old world linen shop that specializes in custom embroidery. He meets renowned fellow designer Alexa Hampton, president and featured designer of Mark Hampton LLC., who shares her secret source for exquisite craftsmanship in draperies and upholstery.
Behind The Scenes at a Designer Showroom
Dania, Florida - Bill goes behind-the-scenes at the Design Center of America (DCOTA) for the Winter Market, an event that brings together both aspiring and established designers. Offering an exclusive look inside the showrooms, Bill shows how to create an elegant space using simple and accessible materials. Next, Bill encourages an undiscovered talent waiting in line at Architectural Digest's Designer Open Audition and interviews the premier authority on design, Architectural Digest's eminent editor-in-chief, Paige Rense.
Living with History
Blenheim Palace, England - Lady Henrietta Spencer Churchill, the daughter of the Duke of Marlborough, gives Bill a private tour of her ancestral home, Blenheim Palace, one of the most famous in England, a Baroque masterpiece. Bill admires the portrait gallery and the magnificent tapestries adorning the palace walls, which inspired him to create his own interpretations for his Houston home.
America's Castles: The First Gilded Age
Newport, Rhode Island - Bill visits the grand Newport summer cottages of the Vanderbilt Family and other magnates of the Gilded Age, an era of extreme wealth and extravagance. Bill and his friend, renowned party planner Brian Rafinelli, transform an ordinary dining room into a luxurious space for entertaining inspired by the Gilded Age.
Northwest Style: Fresh and Natural
Seattle and Washington Wine Country - Whether it's seafood, coffee, architecture or design, Seattle, where the high mountains meet Puget Sound, is all about a fresh approach. Bill tastes some local specialties at Pike Place Market, one of the oldest farmers' markets in the U.S., and gathers some fresh ingredients to inspire the chef at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery. There, Bill discovers the art of pairing wine with different food. He also visits a stunning, modern eco-friendly house overlooking Lake Washington.
Palm Beach Classic
Palm Beach, Florida - Bill traces the elegant resort town's history, from the early 1900s when American tycoon and Florida East Coast Railway founder Henry Flagler extended his railroad to the area, putting Palm Beach on the map. Bill also explores the city's lifestyle, highlighting the way its natural beauty influences Palm Beach design, from Whitehall - Flagler's Estate - and other mansions to the Brazilian Court Hotel and the grounds of the American Orchid Society.
Modern Meets Incan
Lima, Peru - Bill visits Lima's magnificent historic sites and discovers the lasting influence of the Incas on modern day Peru. Peruvian contemporary artisans and designers honor their Incan and pre-Columbian roots in creating some of the world's most fascinating art, textiles, jewelry, modern architecture and food.
Western Life
Houston, Texas - Bill saddles up and hits the Salt Grass Trail, where old Texas traditions meet modern luxury, on his way to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the world's largest rodeo, held every year in Bill's hometown. Then, Bill gets fitted for a perfectly "sculpted" cowboy hat and demonstrates how to easily integrate equestrian and western elements into home decor.
New York, New York - It's time to celebrate! Bill creates a dramatic table setting from scratch for a major New York City benefit. Next, a furniture shopping trip with his daughter Courtney - with her wedding fast approaching it's time to start decorating that newlywed apartment. The episode concludes with a celebration of the marvelous people and places that have inspired Bill this season on Moment of Luxury.
Kips Bay Showhouse
New York, NY - Designer Show Houses are a great way to get ideas for your home. Top designers including Bunny Williams, Juan Montoya and Charles Pavarini show their stunning rooms and share their clever and inexpensive design secrets with fellow designer Bill Stubbs.
Collecting and Buying at Auctions
New York, NY - Bill goes behind the scenes at Sotheby's with Leslie Keno (Antiques Roadshow), then shows how anyone can create a collection (how about pink plastic radios?) and a unique room for next to nothing with imagination, thrift shopping, and even "dumpster diving."
Childhood Rooms
New York, NY - Bill dedicates this episode to children and precious childhood memories. He visits some marvelous children's rooms, including one with a Wizard of Oz theme and draws more inspiration from legendary designer, artist and author Gloria Vanderbilt, who has recreated her 1940's teenage sitting room for the Kips Bay Show House. Bill shares his favorite treat, chocolate, in a "Moment of Luxury" with renowned chocolate maker, Jacques Torres.
Home & Garden
Falls Village, CT - Top designer and bestselling author Bunny Williams invites Bill to her Connecticut retreat, the 18th-century house featured in her much admired book, An Affair with a House. We learn some of her easy ideas to create a wonderful home and garden, one project at a time, as a true labor of love. Bill then combs his way through the renowned Trade Secrets garden show and visits the fantastic craftsmen at Battle Hill Forge, who make custom garden ornaments and fences out of steel.
Magnifique Montreal
Montreal, Canada - Bill takes in the Old Quarter in Montreal with its magnificent churches; admires the view of the city from Mont Royal, a park designed by Frederic Law Olmstead; and tastes the delights of North America's largest open air market with Stefano Faita, a young chef from Montreal with deep roots in the city's "Little Italy."
Mission Style and Southwestern Living
San Antonio, TX - Bill explores the origins of Mission design, stops by the Alamo, floats along San Antonio's famous River Walk, samples authentic Tex-Mex food at one of his favorite restaurants and learns how to make their signature dish, "Enfrijoladas."
Edith Wharton's Home - The Mount
Lenox, MA - Bill visits author Edith Wharton's renowned home, The Mount, in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. Before her famous novels, Wharton wrote books on design and gardening and loved to entertain. We go behind the scenes before a special event, a wonderful dinner inspired by a meal in The Age of Innocence.
Pyne House Organic Garden & Easy Entertaining
Houston, TX & San Clemente, CA - In Houston, Bill revisits a project he began in season one, a family home created for a couple with very different styles that includes a delightful organic garden. Bill learns about composting, harvesting, and easy outdoor entertaining from his friend and neighbor, Tina Pyne. In a brief visit to southern California, Bill takes a ride in a 1940s Lincoln Continental and explores how cars keep their design DNA over generations. He then visits a classic seaside hacienda transformed into the beautiful Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, which was once the home of San Clemente's founding father, Ole Hanson.
Country Weekend
Litchfield, CT - Bill enjoys a weekend in Connecticut, where the landscape could be mistaken for England, Italy, or Switzerland. Bill visits some secret gardens and learns how to make a simple and low maintenance terrarium with famous garden writer Tovah Martin.
Restoration After Hurricane Ike
Galveston, TX - Bill explores Galveston's historic district and hotels, shares Galveston's fascinating history, meets some of the local characters, and helps a family restore a home destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
Bonjour Quebec City
Quebec City, Canada - Bill walks the winding cobblestones streets of the old walled Quebec City to reach the fabulous landmark Chateau Frontenac Hotel, where Chef Jean Soulard invites Bill to his rooftop inspiration, where he tends an herb garden and keeps bees.
American Classic
Northeast - Bill explores the Norman Rockwell Museum in Lenox, Massachusetts, where he learns about the artist's unique creative process from a guide who posed for Rockwell as a child. Then in New York City, Bill sees how custom wallpaper is made in the workshop of famous designer Peter Fasano, and visits a living legend, renowned furniture designer Vladimir Kagan at his home.
Galveston, TX - Bill completes and furnishes a house in Galveston destroyed by Hurricane Ike and celebrates some of his favorite friends and places.


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Put me down as an unabashed Bangor booster.
Bangor has become a comeback town.
The downtown used to have lots of empty storefronts and not much to do. Now there's a new energy, whether at the art walks, concerts or pubs.
Once, over one short period, I took in a farmer's market, a band in the square, a new play reading at Penobscot Theatre, an outside movie from River City Cinema and dinner amidst dancing in the street for Pride Day.
Every day the Bangor School Department does an excellent job challenging and nurturing students.
Among the many fine teachers at Bangor High, several stick out. Stephen Godsoe leads a program that's produced a top-ranked math team and attracted hundreds to participate in the other, often very good, math teams. Geography teacher Margaret Chernosky gets students excited about what maps reveal, and they create products so good governmental and scholarly researchers use their work. Chernosky and chemistry teacher Cary James won national awards, from the National Geography Society and the Siemens Foundation.
Outside of the core downtown area, the new arena is going up, and the mall area is growing. Bangor has hospitals, an excellent network of medical clinics, an amazing public library, higher education there and nearby, the bog boardwalk and city forest and wonderful recreational facilities.
None of this would have happened without committed people who used their energy and imagination to make Bangor better. Without bringing the Folk Festival to Bangor, the newer events and businesses wouldn't have thrived.
Bangor's comeback was also the fruit of local policy, including spending by the city. Smart investments in cultural institutions, education and economic development helped the Queen City withstand the recession and prosper.
Being a service center that attracts shoppers, diners and people going to events is great. But there's also a certain level of crime, some of it associated with drug use. For public safety, Bangor put police on the streets and the roads and cultivated a professional fire department.
Now Bangor is in the bullseye of state budget policy. Gov. Paul LePage's proposal to cut all municipal revenue sharing would undermine its successes.
Bangor's health and its citizens and taxpayers would be hurt by ending the homestead tax exemption program for those under 65 and the Circuit Breaker program, which assisted low-income renters. Education funds would be strained because the state would have school districts pick up half of pension costs.
Between these and other changes, Bangor would have to make huge cuts or raise property taxes, bringing the state back to a system that just didn't work.
As the Maine Municipal Association explains, "During the decade after the economic recession of the late 1980's, the state's over-reliance on the property tax became even more pronounced." The Homestead exemption, now under the gun, was one legislative fix.
Now the LePage budget plan would shift costs back to property-owners. LePage is right that many towns could save money by consolidating, sharing and paring services. However, cutting costs won't prevent property taxes from rising on people who lose housing-related tax credits.
In May 2012, LePage said he wanted to eliminate the state income tax, which would massively shift the tax burden to middle and lower income people.
No income tax might sound great, but it would create today's budget situation on steroids.
Nearly half of next year's budget gap is due to income tax cuts mostly benefiting people with the highest incomes. Meanwhile many Mainers will end up paying more than they would have before, with their small tax cuts more than offset by higher property taxes.
Whatever happens with the budget, the state should give towns more power by allowing them to adopt a local tax that would be paid almost entirely by tourists. Maine's 7-percent lodging tax is lower than most of New England's and, face it, no one decides not to book a $100 hotel room (or $20 campsite) if the tax is just a few dollars (or cents) more.
Working something out will require discussion. In Augusta, LePage still won't meet with Democratic leaders and Fitch's bond downgrade mentioned "contentious" politics.
This must change, for, as Bangor's comeback shows, working together and garnering our common resources and energies, pays off.


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FRISCO, Texas — With a 2-1 result from the first leg of their Western Conference Semifinal series with Real Salt Lake in the books, FC Dallas have to feel pretty good about their chances in next Saturday's return leg at the home of the reigning MLS Cup champions.
Not only did FCD get goals from Jeff Cunningham and Eric Avila in the win, but RSL's star midfielder Javier Morales was sent off in the 69th minute of the match. He will miss next weekend's return match (Saturday, 10 p.m. ET; FSC).
Morales earned his second yellow for a high kick that struck FCD midfielder Dax McCarty in the mouth.
WATCH: Full match highlights
Dallas had one of their starters ejected, too, as Atiba Harris hit the showers early in the 75th minute for serious foul play when he collided mid-air with midfielder Will Johnson.
But it's clear that the loss of Morales looms larger for RSL than the absence of Harris does for FCD.
"Yeah, the pressure's definitely on them," McCarty said. "Without Morales, they're a little bit of a different team. We're under no illusions. It's going to be a dogfight up there. It's going to be very, very difficult to go in there and get a good result."
FCD accomplished this result after a shaky start that saw RSL taking a 1-0 after five minutes from a goal by Fabian Espíndola.
"We start off I think a little shaky, a little unorganized in the back, especially on the first goal," Dallas center back Ugo Ihemelu said. "It's not to give up an early goal like that at home against a team like that. They're really organized and they play well."
But after around 25 minutes in, FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman made a tactical decision to switch right back Zach Loyd and center back Jackson Goncalves. It was a move that paid big dividends the rest of the night.
WATCH: Hyndman talks to MLSsoccer.com postgame
"I thought we were giving the ball away too much from that right fullback position," Hyndman said. "So, we brought Zach [Loyd] back into the middle and I thought Jackson played very well when he went out there wide."
Cunningham's tally in the 44th minute was his fifth career playoff goal. His last came in 2005 as a member of the Rapids when he scored in the first round — against FCD.
"It came at the right time," Hyndman said. "Jeff Cunningham's the guy you want in the box. He did a great job finishing it."
But it was Avila's tally, which came in his playoff debut and was his first goal since the second game of the regular season, that will earn the headlines.
It came just seconds after he subbed in for Jair Benitez. Avila dashed up the field as David Ferreira was about to get crushed by two RSL players. But before that could happen, the MVP candidate laid the ball off to Avila, who finished with precision from outside the box.
"I was just following David," Avila said. "I was just trying to get open. It looked like he was about to pass it to me anyways. I had my opportunity and took it."
The series now shifts back to Salt Lake, and it's clear all the pressure lies squarely on the shoulders of the reigning champs.
"I think we have all the confidence," FCD captain Daniel Hernandez said. "We're not going to go look for a tie. We're going to look to win the game. We haven't changed our style of play all year. That's what we're going to do next week, try to go get a result."


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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 251, Ed. 1, Sunday, June 18, 1939
Description: Daily newspaper from Breckenridge, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 18, 1939
Creator: Hall, C. M.
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