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SA officers used as Trump props
Of course San Antonio police officers have free speech rights. They do not, however, have the right to politick on the public dime, in uniform.
On Tuesday, more than a dozen officers — members of Donald Trump's motorcycle escort — were featured in a short Trump video wearing the candidate's "Make America Great Again" caps.
For all intents and purposes, the officers were appearing in an official campaign ad endorsing Trump. This would be wrong no matter which candidate staged the stunt.
Police Chief William McManus was quite correct in disciplining the officers, which he did Friday. Six supervisors received written reprimands and 17 officers were given written counseling for the policy violation. This discipline gets the point across that such behavior violates city policy. And with good reason.
Public servants on the job work for the public, not for specific candidates. And police officers campaigning while in uniform give the impression of a city imprimatur for a candidate. This cannot happen — it's why the city objected to an earlier ad in which two city officials, unwittingly, it appeared, were in an ad for congressional candidate Will Hurd.
There is another issue here. The officers might have — unreasonably — plead ignorance of the city policy against city employees politicking on city time. The officers might have reasoned this out on their own without the need to consult some city manual.
But surely, a law-and-order campaign — what Trump contends he is waging — would know better than to put officers in such a position.
In the 25-second video, Trump says, "Thank you, officers," and some officers give him the thumbs-up. They then walk back to their motorcycles.
On the job, these officers owed Trump their protection and their escort. He isn't due being used as campaign props. The campaign should take down the video.
This was wrong on both sides.

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Sesame Beets
I love beets. I could eat a bowl of beets everyday. I prefer them boiled to roasted but I like them either way. It seems as though my love for beets is causing me to rhyme. So, moving on! Beets are delicious. Really nothing not to love about them. I know I don't post recipes with beets that often but we do eat them fairly often. I usually just roast them with other vegetables or simple boil them and slice them up.
Here's Abby with a salad I made with these beets. (The salad had mixed greens, tofu, raw chayote and beets.)
This is a really simple recipe to dress up beets a bit. Nothing too crazy, but it's a nice change, and you can do what I did and add them to a salad. The natural beet juice and light sesame dressing can take the place of your regular dressing. Though I've started to eat my salad without dressing anyway. At first it was hard but you get used to it. Just like eating raw vegetables without dip. One thing I haven't done with beets yet is bake with them. I really want to try these double dark chocolate beet muffins. Oh and I forgot about these beet & carrot latkes, yum! Ooo and this maple-roasted pear salad (with beet dressing!) and this beet pesto. Wow I didn't realize I had all these beet recipes saved - I must get busy with beets!
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Sesame Beets
Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites
The dressing isn't too strong so next time I might add more lemon or vinegar.
1 pound beets
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp cider vinegar
1 tbsp sesame seeds
1 green onion, minced
1 tsp sugar
salt and ground black pepper to taste
Trim the leaf stems of the beets to about an inch (if your beets come with leaves, save the leaves for cooking), scrub the beets, and place them in a pot with water to cover. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat, cover, and simmer for about 30 to 40 minutes, until tender and easily pierced with a sharp knife. Drain and rinse with cold water until cool enough to handle. Remove and discard the skins, which should slip off easily, and slice the beets into a bowl. Toss with the lemon juice, vinegar, sesame seeds, green onions, and sugar. Add salt and pepper to taste. Chill thoroughly for about 30 minutes and serve.


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After Oliver Queen is attacked mistakenly by the Death Dealer, a card-wielding criminal out to kill Wallace Hooper, he learns that Hooper is really Davy Chase, a former con artist and current all-night deejay. Hooper testified against his mob employers and was given a new identity via the Witness Relocation Program. But Queen and Hooper are trapped in separate rooms by the Death Dealer, who then uses incendiary cards to set those rooms on fire. [1]
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Let me state up-front that I know just enough about networking at this level to be dangerous, so if I say something stupid, please be kind.
I am using a Big IP load balancer in front of 3 Apache servers. The 3 Apache servers are all on the same physical machine (running Linux), bound to port 80 on 3 different virtual IP addresses, but I don't think that's playing a part in this problem. We have the LB configured so that the same client gets the same WEB server each time, controlled via a cookie provided by the LB.
If I go through the LB to access our application, I will occasionally (5-15% of the time) get a page where the browser just spins, never returning. If I hit each of the WEB servers directly, I never get that. Using WireShark I looked at what was happening on my PC, the LB and the WEB server I was hitting through the LB, and I saw the following:
1) Most times, the port that the PC used to hit the LB was the port the LB used to hit the WEB server, which I thought was "normal"; all 3 times I've replicate my issue, the ports were different (e.g. 1234 between PC/LB and 2345 between LB/WEB). But not all of the times that they were different did I see an issue. This may be a red herring....
2) The PC <-> LB communications are with packets that are 1260 bytes long; the LB -> WEB packets are 1260 bytes, but the LB <- WEB packets are some multiple of 1260. When the WEB sends 2520 bytes to the LB, the LB receives it in 2x1260 byte packets, and only sends one ACK. It then sends back to the PC 2x1260 byte packets, and receives one ACK from the PC. I don't understand why the 2520 is broken into 2x1260, nor do I understand why the PC knows to only send one ACK. This may also be a red herring....
3) At some point the WEB server sends data to the LB for which it receives no ACK, then resends the packet that started this data sequence. I don't know why the re-transmission happens, though, as only 0.6 seconds have passed, so it can't be that it's timed out (well, I suppose it can be, but it does seem unlikely). Further, the original WEB -> LB packet was 5040 bytes (4x1260), but the re-transmission is only 1260. The LB received all 4 packets from the original 5040 sending, but never sent an ACK for whatever reason. I see other times when the LB has been able to handle the 5040 bytes being sent to it, that it acknowledged just fine, so it doesn't seem as if the length of the sent packet is an issue. None of these packets were sent from the LB back to the PC, though.
4) Only the first 1260 chunk of data is resent from the WEB to the LB, though. There is a small delay (0.4 seconds) and then there is a second re-transmission of data, starting with the first 1260 chunk, bu this time all 4x1260 packets are resent. The ACK sent back by the LB, however, is for all 5 of the resent packets, even though one of them was clearly resent twice (I base this on the relative seq number shown by WireShark; the ACK sent back is equal to the seq number of the first resent packet + 5x1260, even though the seq number of the second resent packet is the same as the first resent packet). This seems really bad.
5) Worst of all, I think, is that the ports get all messed up. The original conversation ports are as follows:
Co-mingled among that conversation is one looking like this:
It was enough to make me cross-eyed, but I did verify that the conversations were happening on the ports I thought they were, based on content of the packets (ugh). The second conversation completes successfully (in fact, there are two conversation on this set of ports, both of which complete successfully). After the first (aborted?) re-transmission packet is sent, but before the second set of 4x1260 re-transmissions are sent, there is a conversation:
So, the original LB <-> WEB conversation on port 2722 is interrupted. I didn't think this was allowed under the protocol. There is no FIN or SYN sent in either direction on this port. The sequence number sent from LB -> WEB for this newly initiated conversation is what I expect it to be. The ACK from the WEB to the LB has the right sequence number, but the ACK is off (by exactly 1260).
This second conversation never seems to take place, as after the 4x1260 are re-transmitted, the WEB sends another, new, 1260 chunk of data, and all of it is the response from the original request (determined by examining the data in the packets). The LB then sends an ACK back, and it is what I would expect from the original conversation (last ACK + 4x1260 + 1260).
So, I have clues as to what's happening, but no idea why it would happen, and certainly no clues as to how to fix it. Where do I go from here?
EDIT: I just remembered something; during the middle of the 4x1260 resend from the WEB to the LB, the LB sends back an ACK that is exactly 100 bytes more than I would expect. After the first 1260 packet of new data is sent, though, the LB sends back an ACK that is exactly what it should be (i.e. it corrected itself). I have no clue how that could happen or what that means, or even if it's meaningful.


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- The market will now be "looking for clues on the outlook for crude oil demand from the manufacturing and service sector data from the US and Europe that will be released this week," he added.
Oil prices recovered in Asia on Monday after a steep fall in the previous session, with US crude back above $30 a barrel as traders mulled the impact of a potential freeze by key producers.
Crude spiked sharply last week after major exporters held talks on a potential agreement to reduce a global supply glut that has dragged prices to their lowest levels in nearly 13 years this month.
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world's top crude producers, have agreed to limit production if others followed suit.
But crude resumed its downtrend Friday as traders fretted the deal would not gain traction, with analysts cautioning that Iraq and Iran, which is ramping up output after sanctions were lifted, had shown little support.
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Happy Featured Friday everyone!! In my Kitchen today to Co-Host with me is Jaime from Mom's Test Kitchen!!! I met Jaime through my #SundaySupper group, but her southern cooking had me hooked at Hello. Jaime is the wife & Mommy behind the little space in the blogosphere where she shares recipes that she cooks up for her family.
Her and her hubs have known each other since they were 8!! Isn't that amazing??! Love that part of her story. They have a beautiful 2 year old they call Princess P. Jaime is proud to be a Southern woman and in her kitchen, good Southern home cooking is a must! Just good food to fill up your belly! So whether y'all are looking for your next date night-in snack or need a quick dinner idea or just need anything toddler approved, visiting Mom's Test Kitchen is a must! I have to try her Spinach Cheese Dogs and Breakfast Cookies for Miss Madison very soon!
Jaime also runs a weekly link up called Mom's Test Meal Monday! Go check it out if you are a food blogger and would like to join another great party!!
OK Jaime let's get to work. Now remember when choosing a recipe to make I always keep my family in mind, what would they like? What would be a big hit? What can I serve as a week night dinner that doesn't take a lot of time…….Enter your Applesauce Chicken!! Madison is on an Applesauce KICK!!! Which is a good thing of course, she belted this word out about a month ago when she was just learning to say new words, my husband and I almost passed out because to us it seemed like such a hard work to say. She just said "APPLE —SAUCE". It's still too cute and I make her say it all the time because it will surly give you a smile. So when I came across this recipe I knew it was for us! I also decided to take Jaime's suggestion and serve it with her Corn, Tomato and Asparagus Salad that she served her chicken with. Here we go!!!!
Apple Sauce Chicken
6 Chicken Tenderloins
1 1/2 cups Applesauce
1 small Onion, sliced
2 teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar
2 cloves Garlic, minced
Pinch of Cinnamon
Black Pepper to taste
1. In a skillet with a lid, saute the Onions and Garlic over medium-low heat.
2. Add the Applesauce, Vinegar, Cinnamon & Pepper to the skillet and stir until it begins to bubble.
3. Add the Chicken to the skillet and cook on one side for around 5 minutes.
4. Turn the Chicken over, cover and continue to cook 10 – 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
Corn, Tomato and Asparagus Salad
4 Roma Tomatoes, quartered
1/2 cup Frozen Corn
1 cup Chopped Asparagus
2 tablespoons Cider Vinegar
1 tablespoon Honey
Salt & Pepper to taste
1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the Cider Vinegar and Honey.
2. Add the Tomatoes and toss to coat. Let the Tomatoes marinate for about an hour.
3. Saute the Corn and Asparagus over medium heat until tender. Season with salt & pepper.
4. Add the Corn & Asparagus to the Tomatoes and toss.
Since it's winter out and I imagine this dish to be a cold salad I decided to add the tomatoes into the skillet at the end to warm the dish through to make a warm salad. I'm so glad I decided on this because it was delish! I will surly be trying it cold during the summer though!
Thank you Jaime for Co-Hosting with me today, we enjoyed both of your dishes very much. My husband and I both thought the chicken was moist and delicious! My daughter, well she only ate the applesauce, but I can't tell you the last time she ate chicken LOL!! I recommend this dish to anyone that has a little one that enjoys chicken and applesauce, it will be a sure win! Now go visit Jaime at Mom's Test Kitchen and make sure you tell her this Momma sent you!


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Munich, Germany – September 9, 2013 – With hundreds of photos and videos saved in your iPhone or iPad's media library, it's likely that, when showing these images to a specific group, there are many files you'd like to keep out of the presentation. Enter PhotoPresenter for iOS from Boinx Software. A brand new iOS app from the creative developer, PhotoPresenter is perfect for the ad hoc show-and-tell session. Users need only to hook an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to an HDTV set or a projector with HDMI or VGA, or via AirPlay. They then browse the device's photo library to find the media they want to display and click on the image or video to display it on the second screen. The audience sees only the image or video selected - nothing else - keeping the presenter's personal media personal. Presenters can jump freely between media files, allowing them to show images on the fly without being restricted to any particular order. Have multiple images of the same subject matter and want to select the best one? There's a preview mode for that.
"Bastian, our video guru, recently hosted a Boinx workshop. During his presentation, he decided to put together a slideshow that showcased people using Boinx's iStopMotion. All of the media was located on his smartphone, so this should have been a breeze," recalls Oliver Breidenbach, CEO and co-founder of Boinx Software. "However, every app he tried pulled in personal photos and videos that he did not want to share with the group. After a bit of research, we found that no app allowed you to create a slideshow on the fly and control the media that is presented, and the idea for PhotoPresenter was born."
PhotoPresenter for iOS is an app that can be used in many different scenarios. Regardless of whether it's used for professional or personal reasons, it's a great app many will find useful. Some hypothetical situations include:
• You recently went on a great holiday with your closest friends, and your grandparents would like to see some of the photos you took of the beautiful location. There were certainly some photos you'd prefer they didn't see.
• You are showing your portfolio to a client or potential employer. You'll need to choose specific photos and/or videos for them to view, and want to put your very best work on display.
• Imagine working with your team on creative concepts. An enthusiastic discussion keeps you jumping back and forth from one media file to the other; not being limited to a specific slideshow order is an invaluable creative tool that helps keep the discussion and ideas flowing.
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You can hyperlink to Credo content from any course on your LMS using the Deep Links provided on your admin dashboard. The steps for adding web links are slightly different depending on your particular LMS.
For Instruct (formerly the InfoLit Modules), we also support LTI integration, which allows your students to authenticate seamlessly into the Instruct content and have their test/quiz grades synced to the LMS gradebook.
For more information about linking to Credo from your LMS, see our LMS Integration Options page.
When adding Deep Links or LTI Links to an LMS course, you can choose to have the material open in a new tab or display embedded on the LMS course page. Here is an example from Canvas; the appearance may be slightly different in your LMS depending on what system/version number you use.


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Taking a page from Isaac Asimov's famous Three Laws of Robotics, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has drawn up six "musts" for the revolution in artificial intelligence that he sees coming, plus four musts for the humans living in the AI age.
Nadella's deep dive into the philosophical underpinnings of AI research comes as Microsoft is turning its attention toward AI tools with a vigor reminiscent of billionaire co-founder Bill Gates' pivot to the internet in the mid-1990s. In his own essay, published today online on Slate, Nadella refers not only to Asimov's laws, but also to Gates' 1995 "Internet Tidal Wave" memo.
The essay also comes amid a debate over whether AI could pose a "Terminator"-level threat to humanity's long-term future. Just this week, for example, British physicist Stephen Hawking warned about the rise of an "AI arms race" in autonomous weapons. Over the past month, the White House has been conducting a nation-spanning series of workshops focusing on the promise and potential peril of intelligent machines.
Nadella says humans and machines could work together to address society's greatest scourges, including disease, ignorance and poverty.
"Doing so, however, requires a bold and ambition approach that goes beyond anything that can be achieved through incremental improvements to current technology," he writes. "Now is the time for greater coordination and collaboration on AI."
Nadella lays out the "principles and goals, as an industry and a society, that we should discuss and debate." Folks who are at all interested in artificial intelligence and its implications should read the whole essay, but here's the TL;DR version of Nadella's 10 Laws of AI:
- AI must be designed to assist humanity.
- AI must be transparent.
- AI must maximize efficiencies without destroying the dignity of people.
- AI must be designed for intelligent privacy.
- AI needs algorithmic accountability so humans can undo unintended harm.
- AI must guard against bias.
- It's critical for humans to have empathy.
- It's critical for humans to have education.
- The need for human creativity won't change.
- A human has to be ultimately accountable for the outcome of a computer-generated diagnosis or decision.
Nadella says experts should track the effects of AI advances on society through efforts such as Stanford University's One Hundred Year Study, the brainchild of Microsoft Research's Eric Horvitz. Nadella acknowledges that the framework for AI research will need to be tweaked in the decades ahead – but the way he sees it, the biggest need is to build the right foundation, right now.
"The most critical next step in our pursuit of AI is to agree on an ethical and empathic framework for its design," he says.


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In response to the move, the Palestinian Authority and numerous Arab
nations have launched a propaganda offensive based on lies and
misinformation. Most of the dishonest talking points have not been
countered by the news media. Below, in no particular order, are six of
those lies that must be called out.
1 – The embassy move does not impact the PA's ability to create a state. Contrary to the Palestinian Authority's propaganda claim that Trump's
move negates their ability to form a Palestinian state with a capital
in Jerusalem, the U.S. moving its embassy to the city does no such
thing. It is illogical to argue that the presence of a U.S. embassy in
Jerusalem impacts the PA's statehood plans in any way.
The only thing standing in the way of the PA having a state is the
Palestinians' own abject refusal to accept numerous statehood offers
while rejecting Israel's very existence. Indeed, the Palestinian
Authority has rejected every single Israeli offer of a state. Those
state offers were made at Camp David in 2000, Taba in 2001, the
Annapolis Conference in 2007 and more offers were made in 2008.
It was
recently reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly made
another such offer in 2014. Most of the statehood offers included a
Palestinian capital in eastern sections of Jerusalem. In all of these cases, the PA not only refused generous Israeli
offers of statehood and bolted negotiations without counteroffers. In
some cases, they responded with major escalations of violence,
infamously including the murderous Second Palestinian Intifada in 2001.
Far from impeding their statehood claims, Trump's embassy move might
serve to pressure the PA into negotiations, understanding that momentum
is moving away from their direction if they don't act. Of course, if the
PA wanted a state living in peace alongside Israel they would not need
to be pressured into accepting such a concept given that Israel has
always been a willing partner for peace and has already made offers
numerous times.
2 – Abbas claims that Trump withdrew from the so-called peace process when he did no such thing. Abbas dishonestly claimed that Trump's decision was a "declaration of the withdrawal of the United States" from the so-called peace process. Perhaps Abbas didn't catch Trump's actual speech, in which he
explained the move was meant to further the so-called peace process.
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Update: (5:45 p.m.) Press Release from the Platte Co. Sheriff's Office
On September 12, 2013 at approximately 10:30 AM the Platte County Sheriff's Office was notified of a body that was discovered by a fisherman along the Missouri River. The fisherman spotted the body along the shoreline. Due to the rough terrain along the river it took some time to get to the location of the body. The area where the body was found is in the unincorporated area of Platte County, near the township of Waldron, Missouri. The only known information about the body at this time is that it is a male. The cause of death or how the body ended up where it did is unknown.
The Platte County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death. Further information will be released as it develops.
The Platte County Sheriff's Office is reporting that a body has been found this (Thu) morning along the north shoreline of the Missouri River near I-435.
It is reported to be the body of an unidentified male.
An area resident called the Kansas City Ks. Police initially but the investigation is being handled by Platte County authorities.


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It's time again for Design Team Day, and Mandie has another Laughing Lola project to share with us today. Here's a little sneak peek:
Just a little hint, these cute stamped flowers are going on a fun scrapbook layout. Go check it out over at Mandie's Scrappin' and remember, if she inspires you to go shopping, be sure to click the link that says "Mandie's Scrappin' invited Me!"
Tips, tricks, tutorials and more on how to scrapbook, how to stamp, how to make cards, how to use a Cricut, how to use Make The Cut, how to use Lettering Delights SVG and other files, how to alter items, and more.
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I recently received an e-mail asking about insulin storage conditions while flying from the United Kingdom to the United States. Paraphrased, it read:
_"I use pens for diabetes control, containing Humalog and Lantus, which I store in a kitchen refrigerator. In a few weeks, I will travel to Texas. I will leave home at 3:00 am, drive to Heathrow and finally reach the motel in Texas at approximately 10:00 pm (UK Local time) (travel time of 19 hours). There is a refrigerator in the hotel room.
I will need to take 4 pens of Humalog and 3 pens of Lantus insulin. Unfortunately the airline will not allow the boxed pens to be stored in the on-board refrigerator. What do you recommend I do? I can identify the following four options:
- Carry them in my hand luggage taking no extra precautions, and leaving them at room temperature in the hotel?
- Carry them in my hand luggage and put them in the hotel room refrigerator on arrival?
- Pack them in my checked luggage. I am sure the hold temperature is much colder than cabin temperature?
- Pack them in a small cooler surrounded by cubes of ice, which may cause a problem with airport security?
I am at a loss what to do."_
My reply was as follows:
_"I fly with insulin regularly, and have my own opinions for you to consider.
Be sure to carry prescriptions signed by your physician in case someone asks about your supplies (the only time this happened to me was when I was flying from Canada to the US & the Canadians asked me)._
_For USA info on flying with diabetes supplies, see the US TSA website.
Also see Your Traveling Medical Record and Travel Letter.
I would make the following comments about the options you presented:
- Yes, but there's some risk of overheating in summer. The present pen can stay at room temp, but spares should probably be kept cool.
- Yes, putting in hotel frig is an excellent idea. I always inquire at the reception desk of the hotel to be sure a refrigerator will be available. If heaven forbid, no frig, then use the ice from the hotel's ice machine and wrap your insulin/towel combo (see below) in ice.
- No. Never check insulin or other meds. I'd be way too worried of your checked luggage not being available when you deplane, or lost. And if it's delivered to your hotel a day later, there's no way of knowing under what conditions it had been stored.
- I pack insulin in its little box, in a towel, in a ziplock bag, and then surround the bag with cold packs that I froze previously. I also kept the towel and ziplock bag (but not the insulin) in the freezer compartment of my fridge overnight before assembling the package for flying. If for any reason they won't let the cold packs thru, then stop at a restaurant or fast food place inside the security area, and beg them for some ice to restock your combo. You can do the same thing on board the plane -- ask the flight attendants -- if it's needed.
No matter what, don't let the insulin freeze."_
I have informed the writer that this will be posted on-line, and that readers might have some other suggestions to consider. So, if you have other tips, post a comment, and let us all know your tips for traveling with insulin...


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Just a warning: there is more profanity than usual in this post. If such language offends you, I strongly suggest skipping this one.
It occurred to me as I sat down to write this post that there could be an entire series of Crazy Brain adventures. Crazy Brain goes shopping. Crazy Brain visits the animal shelter. Crazy Brain does yoga. Crazy Brain gets a pedicure.
Crazy brain has a better life than I do!
So I changed the title of the post to describe my Saturday, retail therapy, and being under the influence of my crazy brain.
When my head explodes and my mind tries to create a nuclear holocaust out of my life, I find writing about it cathartic. My friends near and far who read and/or follow my blog really stepped up for me with phone calls, texts, and email messages of support, encouragement, and pragmatic "snap out of it" messages today, reminders that I am loved despite my ongoing neurosis. It truly helps lift the fog of upset and reminds me that one mean person should not be granted so much power over my own destructive impulses.
Friend J put it most succinctly, and please excuse the language; we can be a potty-mouthed group.
Don't give in to the work asshole – you're better than that, Nel. Send him my way and we'll see what happens when he tries that bully shit on someone his own size. Shop til you drop today, and then get your ass back to the gym tomorrow. Stay 5 minutes or 5 hours, but get your ass into that fucking gym tomorrow. You don't quit, especially because some pansy wants to try and push you around. If exercise were easy the other 90% of the population would be doing instead of saying they should or are planning to start. If J was putting 50 lbs. in your hands right now and expecting you to use he's doing you a disservice. Fire his ass. If he's writing workouts you can do 3 sets without having to work at it he's doing you a disservice. Fire his ass. PSA – everyone struggles. I do. He does. And if he says he doesn't he's lying to you. Set his fucking ass on fire and then fire him.
Sometimes I really do need the tough love as well as the sympathetic coddling.
My favorite Nordstrom shoe department sales guy was working on Saturday and spent 2 hours with me trying on all sorts of shoes and boots. In the end I got a single pair of Josef Siebel black oxfords … that I ultimately had to order in my size and preferred color (black). Success!
From there I wandered the rest of the mall, acquiring 2 pairs of socks, 2 long sleeve t-shirts, and another pair of leggings – all on sale/clearance and great prices (makes up for paying full price for the shoes).
I tried, I mean, really TRIED to buy more. I went into the fancy yoga clothing stores and tried on pants and tops for the gym without success. I went to the dress departments and tried on fancy mother-of-the-groom dresses for G's wedding next September and came away with some terrific ideas. I very nearly bought one, too, on clearance and just snug enough to feel like it will be perfect within a few months. Therein lies the problem – the wedding is still 9 months away. I really thought about it long and hard, steam coming out my ears sort of thinking, but I left it. The dark teal was lovely but could be just "off" enough to look weird with K's color scheme. Besides, I know myself quite well, and I will not be satisfied with this dress 6 months from now when I should realistically start my search.
But now I'm rethinking it. It was cheap enough ($55 at my store) to make it worth the risk. What do you think? Acceptable for a mother of the groom? I want something simple and rather plain, and this seems to fit the bill.
Throughout my wanderings in the mall a couple of my friends from the east coast were texting me with support and encouragement. It started with them trying to come up with appropriately descriptive terms for the awful man's poor behavior, usually insulting terms strung together with f-bombs strewn about quite liberally. It ended with them going out drinking and trying to explain to me why, in solidarity with me and my upsetting day's events, they would not be trying to strike up conversations with the lovely women that were all around them.
It was funny and endearing and cheerful … and I don't believe a word of it. Me and my emotional boo-boo would be a distant memory for both with the first attractive woman to look in their direction. Still, it made me smile to imagine my buddies were setting aside their carnal pursuits to try and ensure I feel better.
From the mall I went to Costco in search of protein for the freezer. Several pounds of boneless, skinless chicken and produce later, and I was on my way home.
It was a vast improvement to the start of my day.
However, the funk sort of lingers, albeit much more watered down than my edgy self-destruction this morning. But now I am far calmer and more rational.
I have not and will not cancel with J on Monday. Even if it melts my brain, I will have a positive outlook on our session.
I will go to the gym tomorrow and put forth whatever effort is required to do my sets. It's either that or risk friend J boarding a plane to drag my butt over there and make me face reality.
While he is not worth another brain cell thinking about what was said, I am human and admit having difficulty turning off the endless loop soundtrack right now. I know I do have to formally deal with this situation, but I do not have to do it over the weekend. I am giving myself a couple more days to marshall my backbone and cope with him professionally and without losing my temper.
It's M's birthday today and he has been off all day running in the bay area with his friends and then they stopped for dinner enroute home. I don't mind; it sounds like they had a blast. I did get him a slice of cheesecake and a slice of carrot cake – both favorites – in lieu of an actual birthday cake. Since we are trying very hard to keep the pantry bare of such poisons, I got just slices for him to consume; I am not a cheesecake or carrot cake fan, so I feel safe from that temptation.
Now I just need to decide on the dress.


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This is a very personal post. Read with caution.
Every day when I get dressed, I look in the mirror. I don't look at my face – I look at my body. Every morning I look and have a conversation with myself – I judge myself, then I judge my self judgement, then I determine if I think I look thin or if I look fat. Then I have a whole other conversation about why does it even matter and that I should love myself no matter what and that it's all in my head anyway, and that even if I am a little more today, it will be gone tomorrow. I haven't shifted in weight much, in the last 20 years or so… but I am now 41 and I begin to worry. And then I get dressed. This whole conversation takes about 37 seconds, and then I go on with my day. Not giving it another thought, eating when Im hungry, not drinking enough water, making the kids eat something healthy, sending them to bed, and then preparing for bed. And then I get angry. As I get undressed I find my flaws, my wrinkly legs, my flabby stomach, my round arms, my fallen breasts, my jiggly ass. I am not angry because I feel fat, I am angry because I judge myself. And because I didn't defend myself when someone called me fat. Actually someone called me Obese.
Now, if you know me, you know I am anything but. If I weren't judging myself, I would consider myself just fine. Not thin, not fat, just fine – "perfect – just the way you are" But this someone, who presented herself as a health specialist and nutritionist weighed my one her high tech scale , calculated some numbers and delivered me the news, that I was dehydrated, my muscle mass was week, my body age was 45 and I was obese. But not to worry – she had some shakes I could drink to lose weight and no longer be obese.
I could send you to the Facebook link of the photo taken two weeks prior…Actually – I put it right here in this post -
in a bikini, heck, go to any of my facebook photos- you can call me a lot of things, nothing worse then I call myself on a bad day.. but OBESE?
I dont know why after so many months I am still so offended and upset. I think it hit a nerve. My mom has struggled with weight all her life – she'd always be on the latest diet, she'd always eat vegetables and salads, she'd always deprive herself of the foods she wanted because she was on a diet. And guess what – my mom is fat and my mom is obese. ANd yeah – I judge. She knows it and it hurts and I hate myself for it. So when this lady called me obese I took it hard. She touched a raw nerve. I was embarrassed, ashamed, and for months have tried to laugh it off. But tonight I got angry. Because when I looked in the mirror I couldn't see beyond the tiredness of the day and the self judgment – tonight, all I could hear was OBESE OBESE OBESE. And tonight I got angry not because she told me I was obese but because I hadn't told her anything- because I didn't tell her " ARE YOU F*&^ing KIDDING ME? Have you looked at me? I haven't eaten for a month, I fit in clothes that I wore pre kids – my doctor told me I was perfectly healthy and you're actually looking at me, and thinking it ok to call me OBESE???
Now I apologize in advance if I am coming across as offending anyone who is overweight or obese – I do not mean it as an insult at all- I feel those words are thrown around way too lightly – my problem is that I don't struggle with my weight – I struggle with my mind – and as I raise a daughter in this body image obsessed world I want to be able to defend myself and to teach her to defend herself against people who may not be bullies per se but who say things with disregard of the damage they leave behind. And yes, I may be super sensitive to the subject… so just don't call me fat, only I can do that.
And this? – this os from yesterday.
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Assassination of the hero of the Donetsk People's Republic, Commander of the Sparta Battalion Arsen Pavlov (Motorola) has become one of the worst news for Donbass so far. Motorola enjoyed respect of both the people and the comrades-in-arms. He was not only a fearless and charismatic fighter (there are lots of such fighters in Novorossiya) but also the face of the whole resistance. And now that Donbass is mourning for him, it is mourning for all defenders dying in this endless war every day.
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"In Ukraine, they kept reporting his death and kept attempting his life. He was an icon not only for his own men but also for the enemy. The Ukrainians were afraid of him because he was a picture of the invincible and persistent Russian character. This is why they hated him. He was lucky and daring. He had a family and his own battalion," Prapor said.
He doubts that the authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic will revenge for Motorola's death even though the official statements were very tough. The leader of the republic Alexander Zakharchenko said that the murder was a declaration of war and warned Ukraine's National Security Service and Intelligence that they would answer for it.
"Zakharchenko has made lots of such promises and have broken them. Once you promise something, you must keep it and if you just talk, you better keep silence," Prapor said.
"People in Donetsk are mourning for Motorola. But this is war, where people are dying every single day. Just a day before yesterday, two our intelligence officers were killed in the south. Tomorrow there will unfortunately be others," Prapor said.
According to military correspondent from Donetsk Marina Kharkova, Motorola's death was very painful news for the locals. "Even though he was not from Donbass, he was already a native to the locals and his spirit inspired them," she said.
"Motorola was one of the brightest symbols of the resistance. He fought in the most dangerous places – near Ilovaysk, near the airport, in Debaltsevo. Wherever there was a critical situation, he and his men were there. He was a natural born fighter. He was very daring but also sensible, very charming and sincere. He was a legend in Donbass. When he decided to settle down and marry in Donbass, he became part of us. His death has become a blow for us. They have killed a man who symbolized our dream of victory. He was a brave commander. And his death was like 'stubbing us in the back." The enemies are happy as they really hated him. There are lots of versions who might have killed Motorola but the fact is that he is dead. This is a big loss for our resistance, for his family and for our republic," Kharkova said.
"The killing of a popular commander at home has generated lots of questions: Why are our commanders being killed, while Ukrainian criminals are safe and happy? What is already known about the killings of other commanders, like Zarya, Mozgovoy and Dryomov? The authorities are not answering these questions and have not publicly punished any raider so far. As a result, people are losing their confidence in them," Kharkova said.
She is sure that it is the duty of the DPR police and special services to disclose Pavlov's murder just like all the other big murders recorded so far. She does not expect very tough reaction from the Donetsk authorities now that they are committed to meet their Minsk obligations.
"Our law enforces and special services perfectly know how important it is to find those who killed our commanders. But we should not expect any tough reaction as our authorities persist in their policy to pacify the aggressor. I can't say how many people will yet fall victim to this policy. But for the time being the reality has nothing to do with either our wishes or our abilities. This is my personal opinion, the opinion of an ordinary Donetsk resident," Kharkova said.
Former Defense Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic, the leader of the All-Russian National Movement Igor Strelkov was Motorola's commander, when he just started his combat career in Donbass. "Once we decided to defend Donbass, we began recruiting the most efficient, reliable and disciplined men, and Motorola was one of them. When I said that it might be a road to nowhere, that we might be forced to act like guerillas with no home front and supplies, his eyes gleamed with enthusiasm. I asked him about his past. It turned out that he also fought in Chechnya – he was in Dyshne-Vedeno, while I was in Tsa-Vedeno. I saw he was a pro and a big enthusiast. He was in the vanguard in Semyonovka. He was not just brave but also very smart. At that time, in the face of a much bigger Ukrainian army, we spread a myth about a Russian special purpose force fighting against the Ukrainians even though in reality it was a group of poorly armed and unexperienced self-defenders. It was then that Motorola made up a stratagem about '300 Chechen commandos' in Semyonovka. In order to make the Ukrainians believe that myth, he used public-address system to make recorded Muslim prayers heard to them," Strelkov said.
When asked what the death of Motorola meant for Donbass, he said that Motorola enjoyed general respect but his death would not shake the self-defenders' faith in victory.
"I can't say what kind of a blow it was. I didn't see Motorola since my resignation and I can't say how much popular he was. He did a lot for our struggle to begin. And his death was bad news to me. I respected him. But for professional soldiers, who are used to fight, the death of a comrade – even a very popular one – is not a demotivator. Motorola's death will hardly shake our persistence. The main thing here is that for the real fighters, for those who is fighting for an idea rather than money, it is very unpleasant to see certain rascals being alive and enjoying high offices, while honest people are dying – and the worst thing is that some of them are dying not in battlefields but at home," Strelkov said.
He blames the Ukrainian side for Motorola's death. "But the organizers and the executors might well have supporters in our republic – some traitors and spies. Ukraine's special services and Nazis were keen to see him dead as they hated him very much. But the problem here is that we have no true counterintelligence in the Donetsk People's Republic. Yes, the act was perfectly organized and executed. It was not some personal revenge. Even if there were some accomplices from Donetsk, they served the interests of the Ukrainian side," Strelkov said.
"This crime has proved once again that you can't be in dialogue with the Ukrainians and that they understand only the language of force. Hundreds and even thousands of such honest Russian people have already died. Motorola was one of them. Just a few days ago we lost Chelyab and Serb. I knew them. They also were excellent men. Why aren't we talking about them so much? Yes, Motorola was more popular but he was just one of many. His death has proved once again that there can be no dialogue with Kyiv. I can't say what conclusions our authorities will draw. It's like they are soaring somewhere in space," Strelkov said.
As EADaily reported earlier, Arseniy Pavlov (Motorola) was killed on Oct 16 by a bomb that blew up in the elevator of his apartment house. Motorola had a wife and two little children. Also in the elevator was Motorola's comrade-in-arms, Yevgeny Gadlia (Goga). According to Kharkova, Goga joined the resistance movement in 2014 and fought in Slavyansk and Ilovaysk together with Motorola. The police say that it was a terrorist act organized by Ukraine's special services. The Donetsk authorities are of the same opinion.
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In less than two years, Giorgio Rapicavoli has gone from executive chef at 660 at the Angler's and winning Chopped to making Eating House a pop-up-turned-Miami-mainstay that boasts lines down the block for Wakin-n-Bacon brunch and tang mimosas every Sunday. This past Friday, he -- along with partner and longtime friend Alex Casanova -- opened their second concept: a Spanish tapas joint named Taperia Raca.
Rapicavoli's Argentine-Italian background might have made an Italian eatery the obvious choice, but his time in the kitchens of Chispa, Por Fin, and 660 have prepped him well for this endeavor. Besides, there's really no other Spanish place in MiMo. Short Order headed there to try the dinner offerings. Pictures of tapas galore after the jump.
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The menu is divided in two parts -- hot and cold tapas -- with more than you could chew off in each category. Pan con tomate, boquerones (white anchovies), pulpo a la vinagreta, and cachetes de cerdo are some of the authentic Spanish offerings.
In Spain, gazpacho is a big part of the food culture. It's typical to have it daily and as a lead-in to every meal in a small, cup-size portion. We opted for a bowl of the cold summer soup, dubbed gazpacho de Merche ($7). We could have easily had another.
Ensalada de remolacha ($9) translates to beet salad, another dish that's ultra-Spanish. It boasts a Rapicavoli spin, though, with marcona almonds and fig vinegar drizzled on top of the salt-roasted beets. Like the gazpacho, it's cool and refreshing -- perfect for Raca's terrace.
Albaricoques con tocino ($8) wraps Ibérico cheese and apricots with honey in a nice bed of bacon. What more could you possibly want?
Camarones al ajillo ($12) takes your traditional shrimp in garlic sauce and raises you toasted garlic and sherry vinegar, adding a bit of unexpected but welcome potency to the dish.
You won't score a bowl of Rapicavoli's famous pasta carbonara at Raca (or any pasta, for that matter), but you can indulge in some patatas contentas ($11), which are bathed in the same sauce. Traditional Spanish patatas bravas (or heated potatoes) are made even better by drenching them in black truffle, bacon, and Manchego.
Huevos rotos ($11), or "broken eggs," is another traditional potato dish. Similar to the patatas bravas but usually with French fry-style potatoes, these bad boys are topped with Serrano ham, aioli, and a fried egg. As the name suggests, they are meant to be broken, so go ham with that egg and let the yolk disperse through the mountain of potatoes.
Who doesn't love chicken wings? Well, you won't find any here. Instead, you'll get duck wings ($12) à la sweet-and-sour fig and smoked pimenton.
Grilled short ribs ($13) on a bed of romesco with charred onion and fried garlic are tender and delectable.
The steak tartare ($12) is a great cold selection served with toast. It, too, gets a kick from sherry vinegar, fried garlic, and Manchego.
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Chistorra a la sidra ($12) fries pork sausage in apple cider and sherry wine.
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An extensive laboratory and field investigation was conducted at Santa Maria Regional Landfill (SMRL) in Santa Maria, CA to determine the effects of waste placement practices on the engineering response of municipal solid waste (MSW). Laboratory and field testing was used to determine the engineering properties and monitor field response of MSW.
The specific gravity (Gs) of manufactured MSW (MMSW), fresh MSW (FMSW), and old MSW (OMSW) was determined experimentally using a modified version of standard soil testing procedures. Effects of particle size, compactive effort, and degradation on the specific gravity of waste were evaluated. Specific gravity of manufactured waste samples increased with decreasing particle size, with compaction, and with increased degradation. The average specific gravity of uncompacted MMSW samples was 1.333, 1.374, and 1.424 for coarse, medium, and fine particle sizes, respectively. Specific gravity of coarse, medium, and fine MMSW samples compacted at dry of optimum (= 30%) was determined to be 1.497, 1.521, and 1.552, respectively and at wet of optimum ( = 90%) to be 1.500, 1.542, and 1.570, respectively. The compacted and uncompacted specific gravity of fresh MSW was lower than manufactured and old MSW. The average Gs of uncompacted and compacted fresh MSW was 1.072 and 1.208, respectively whereas old MSW had Gs of 2.201.
Additional physical and engineering properties of MSW were determined for fresh and old wastes. A total of 8 magnetic extensometer settlement arrays and 4 thermocouple arrays were installed in old wastes. The settlement and temperature data were collected for an approximate duration of 1 year. In addition, laboratory experiments were conducted to determine the particle size distribution, organic content, and moisture content of fresh waste sampled from the active face of the landfill and from old waste sampled from different depths. The particle size distribution of OMSW was comparable to a well-graded coarse-grained soil. The average baseline moisture content of incoming MSW at SMRL was 42.7% (dry-weight basis). The average moisture content of residential MSW, commercial MSW, and self-delivered MSW were determined to be 57.7, 46.3, and 12.0%, respectively. The organic content of fresh and old MSW was determined to be 77.2 and 23.5%, respectively. Temperature increased over time due to heat generation of the waste mass. The temperature increased on average 3 to 6°C between the initial and final day of measurements for wastes that were 0.3 to 9 years old.
Fresh and old wastes at SMRL exhibited unique compression behavior. A majority of the waste was undergoing secondary compression characterized using a secondary compression ratio () ranging from 0.013 to 0.067 with an average of 0.030. In addition, the fresh and old wastes exhibited recompression behavior. Fresh waste lifts were determined to be slightly overconsolidated such that the self-weight of the fresh waste was less than the preconsolidation stress. The old waste exhibited recompression behavior during loading and unloading of an earthen embankment. The modified recompression indices () for fresh and old wastes were determined to be 0.076 and 0.012, respectively. The initial compression ratio for old wastes () was quantified for the old waste lifts to be between 0.069 and 0.332.
Finally, meso- and full-scale field compaction experiments were conducted to determine the effects of systematic moisture addition prior to compaction on placement efficiency and compaction characteristics of MSW. Two 16 x 46 m test plots were constructed for the meso-scale compaction tests. Approximately 890 kN (100 tons) of residential MSW (RMSW) was placed into a test plot and compacted at target moisture contents of 55 (baseline as-received), 65, 80, 95, and 110%. Compaction curves generated for RMSW were bell shaped and similar to soil compaction curves. The maximum dry unit weight () and operational unit weight () for the meso-scale compaction study were 8.5 and 13.3 kN/m3 with corresponding optimum moisture contents of and , 78.5 and 79.5%, respectively. Moisture addition prior to compaction yielded beneficial waste placement results. An operational waste placement factor (OWPF) was defined as additional amount of waste that could be placed in one unit of volume. OWPF values were determined to be 1, 1.33, 1.66, 1.37, and 0.83 for RMSW compacted at target moisture contents of 55, 65, 85, 90, and 110%, respectively.
The full scale compaction investigation was conducted in a similar manner to the meso-scale investigation. However, the compaction tests were conducted on the active face of the landfill and representative of the entire incoming daily waste stream. A daily average of 2940 kN (330 tons) of MSW was placed and compacted at target moisture contents of 45 (baseline as-received), 65, 85, and 105%. Compaction curves for the delivered MSW were bell shaped and similar to soil compaction curves. The maximum dry and operational unit weights for the full-scale test were 7.0 and 9.8 kN/m3, respectively corresponding to optimum moisture contents of and , 76 and 75.5%, respectively. OWPFs were calculated to be 1, 1.28, 1.55, and 0.80 for target moisture contents of 45, 65, 85, and 105%, respectively.
The spatial variability associated with moisture addition also was determined for the meso- and full-scale compaction tests and verified using test pits and spatial sampling of the surface of the active face. Particularly, the variations in degree of saturation (S) and volumetric moisture content () due to moisture addition were estimated. For waste compacted at target moisture contents of 55, 65, 80, and 110% during the meso-scale tests, S increased by 19, 4.5, 4.4, and 4.3%, respectively while increased by 28, 7.7, 8.1, and 5.7%, respectively. For the full scale compaction tests, S increased by an average of 43% and increased by an average of 78%. The average moisture content of waste at the surface after compaction at 45% moisture content (i.e., as-received) and at 80% moisture content (i.e., near optimum) were 34 and 133%, respectively. The results of the investigation have environmental, operational, and financial implications such as extend the life of a landfill, ability to place more wastes in a unit landfill volume, and increasing to values above field capacity with moisture addition during compaction.
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We've all been there- out of nowhere we get a painful, involuntary contraction of one or more muscles that can occur when we are active or even sleeping.
Muscle cramps are caused by overexertion and lack of stretching, poor circulation, dehydration and lack of certain nutrients. Here is HFR's list of 5 nutrients to include into you diet to stop muscle spasms and to avoid muscle cramps:
- Water, water, and water: We cannot emphasize the necessity of pure water to the body. We wrote an article about the benefits of water here. When you're dehydrated the electrolyte-water balance is disturbed, and that stimulates nerves. Tt just takes a loss of two percent of your body's water to become dehydrated and the average person loses three to four cups per day just through perspiration and urine. So keep rehydrating with water!
- Calcium: This mineral controls the nerve signals that allow a muscle to contract. When there's a deficit in calcium, there are no controlled nerve signals, and you get a spasm. Calcium-rich foods are: dark leafy greens, canned fish (with bones and in oil), and dairy.
- Magnesium: Helps regulate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a big energy source for muscle contraction, to make muscles relax. Magnesium-rich foods: spinach, nuts and seeds, halibut, lentils, avocados, soy beans, whole grains, yogurt, bananas, dried fruit and dark chocolate.
- Sodium: It helps maintain normal body-fluid balance, nerve impulse generation and muscle contraction. When the electrolyte balance is disturbed, the body will start pulling nutrients from other sources, such as salt-this is why it's not unusual for an athlete to crave salt after a workout; You can get it naturally by eating certain foods, like celery.
- Potassium: Plays an important role in muscle formation and nerve cells and also regulates the electrolyte balance in your body. Potassium-rich foods: dark, leafy greens, dried apricots, bananas, white beans, yogurt, avocados, baked acorn squash,salmon, white mushrooms and baked potatoes (with skin).
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