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Regarding the U.S.-backing:
"Various agencies of the United States directly and indirectly brought Fidel Castro into power." (Earl. T Smith U.S. ambassador to Cuba 1957-59.)
"Everyone in the CIA and everyone at State were pro-Castro, except ambassador Earl T. Smith." (CIA official in Santiago, Cuba 1957-59, Robert Weicha.)
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"We lived like kings in Cuba," revealed Medellin Cartel bosses Carlos Lehder and Alejandro Bernal during their trials in the 1980's and 90's. "Fidel Castro made sure nobody bothered us."
"The case we have against Raul Castro right now (for drug trafficking) is much stronger than the one we had against Manuel Noriega in 1988." (U.S. Federal prosecutors tom Miami Herald in 1996.)
Whoops! Sorry to trick you with the post title, but this piece does not refer to the Cuban dictator (Batista) who cameos in Godfather II. His regime featured corruption and sporadic (but highly selective and mostly retaliatory) police brutality–but it respected private property rights, an independent judiciary and allowed Cubans to come and go from Cuba at will.
Funny that?–funny how "right-wing dictators" (as opposed to communist ones) always leave their nation's exit doors open, never fearing a "brain-drain." They know full-well that–since they (mostly) leave their nation's economy and their compatriots' private endeavors unmolested–what few brains might drain from their nation (mostly) belong to chronic failures, losers and malcontents ("los resentidos") of little use to the economy.
Castro's early government was a glittering display-case of this phenomenon. All of his government's early "ministers," etc. were well known as pathetic failures under Cuba's (mostly) free-market system of the 40's and 50's. Either that or they were "successful" as "intellectuals," which also means they contributed nothing to the economy, while resenting the self-employed plumber or truck-driver who often earned multiple times their income, despite often being uncouth and unlettered. (To say nothing of resenting the uppity unlettered mulatto who ran Cuba.)
Sorry to trick you, but this article does not refer to The Mob featured in Godfather II, who (partly) owned the trifling number of gambling casinos in Cuba during the 1950's when—-not only did most Cubans voluntarily remain in Cuba despite open doors both from Cuba and into the U.S.—but the island's standard of living and thriving and diverse economy attracted immigrants from both Europe and the U.S.
Instead I refer to The Mob made up of narco-terrorist drug cartels whose murder victims over the past four decades surpass one Valentine Day's massacre every twelve hours and whose annual proceeds surpass the annual GNP of all Caribbean nations combined.
I do not refer to a type of "U.S.-backing" that saw the U.S. ambassador to Cuba erupt in surprised rage when this dictator (Batista) seized power in 1952 coup–then wait seventeen days to grudgingly offer diplomatic recognition to his government.
Instead I refer to the one (Castro) who in January 1959 received diplomatic recognition from the U.S. in record time for a Latin American government, whose genuine U.S.- backing prompted Robert Reynolds, the CIA's Caribbean Desk Chief 1957-60, to boast during a back-slapping meeting with Fidel Castro in 2001 that: "Me and my staff were all Fidelistas!"—-that prompted another CIA official named Robert Weicha to admit: "Everyone in the CIA and everyone at State were pro-Castro, except (Republican) ambassador Earl T. Smith."
In case you haven't guessed I refer to Fidel Castro not Fulgencio Batista.
The Castro brothers' partnership with Colombia's cocaine cowboys made Meyer Lansky's deal with Batista look like a nickel and dime gratuity. And the murder tally from the Mexican drug Cartel Los Zetas, who partner with Cuban officials in the Yucatan, equals about one St Valentine's Day Massacres every ten hours for the past five years.
The chumminess between Castro and the world's richest and most murderous criminal organizations was showcased in 1981 when the Colombian Communist terrorist group M-19 kidnapped the daughter of one of Colombia's most powerful cocaine capos, Fabio Ochoa.
Balking at paying any ransom, the enraged Ochoa called together 200 other drug bosses from the Medellin area and explained that a showdown with this Commie riff-raff was long overdue. So let's settle this thing once and for all, he reasoned—much like Alejandro Sosa settled things with the uppity "little monkey" Tony Montana in the movie Scarface. "You wanna go to war!.. You wanna go to war!..OK, I TAKE you to war!" You'll recall that Scarface yelled shortly before the movie's gory end.
The fuse was burning down to such a war in Colombia when peacemaker Fidel Castro offered his good offices. He brought together both gangs of murderers and the problem was resolved amicably and without bloodshed (for each other) if expensively. The Communist terrorists would start getting a cut of the cocaine smuggling action for various services rendered to the cartel.
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OAK HARBOR - Oak Harbor coasted in a battle of Sandusky Bay Conference unbeatens, blasting Sandusky Perkins 33-7 last night.
The Rockets (6-0, 3-0 SBC) were paced by Jake Lipstraw, who rushed for 116 yards on 21 carries and scored two touchdowns.
Oak Harbor scored twice in the second quarter - a seven-yard run by Matt Bloomer and a four-yard run by Lipstraw - and led 13-0 at half.
Aaron McCune returned the second-half kickoff 90 yards for a TD to lift the Rockets to a 20-0 lead. Lipstraw added a TD on a one-yard plunge with 7:33 left in the third quarter.
Adam Groff tossed a 13-yard touchdown pass to Tom Laderach in the fourth quarter for the Rockets.
Perkins scored (5-1, 2-1) with 1:02 left in the game on a 15-yard pass from Dawson Taylor to Tyler Dix.
The Rockets had 156 yards rushing and 58 passing. The Pirates finished with 43 rushing and 47 passing.

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If you want to lead a secession movement and form your own country, the first thing you need to do is buy a billboard.
That's what somebody has done on a stretch of Interstate 44 between Lebanon and Springfield. The billboard, which sports a hippy, tye-dye-like background, asks readers to "consider a contiguous 5-state secession" and lists Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi as the lucky secessionist states.
Up until a week ago, the billboard had "MI" in place of "MS," which was a problem because Michigan is not contiguous with the other four states (check out a photo here). But Progress Missouri director Sean Soendker Nicholson tells Daily RFT it's now fixed, and the current incarnation is what you see here.
The billboard also asks: "What are the pros? What are the cons?" Good question.
Daily RFT reached out to DDI Media, the outdoor advertising company that owns the billboard. But an executive who was available for comment did not know who rented the space, and we're still waiting back to hear from somebody at DDI.
While we're waiting for answers, we decided to do what the billboard told us to. Here are all of the pros and cons of secession that we could dream up:
Pro: St. Louis will be known for having the best weather in the country.
Con: The country will have to be known as "TornadoHurricane-stan," and 75 percent of the country's GDP will have to go toward tornado and hurricane recovery.
Pro: Tea Party Republicans would become moderates.
Con: Because an even further, more extreme party would develop and advocate for mandatory guns and Bibles on every person (except for non-white people -- they'd only be allowed to have Bibles).
Pro: Cardinals will win a championship every year.
Con: Beating the Rangers and Astros every year will get old and cause Texans to want to secede. (Or is this a pro?)
Pro: Presidential elections won't last two years, cost billions of dollars or overtake the media with constant, mindless punditry.
Con: That would be mostly because Rick Perry will just use Texas oil money to win every election, always forget about which departments he will abolish even though they probably won't exist in HurricaneTornado-stan, and give the whole world the impression that Missourians are Texans.
Pro: New Orleans.
Con: The rest of Louisiana.
Pro: Beef would pretty much be free.
Con: Seafood caught in non-polluted waters will cost thousands of dollars a pound, omega-3 will be absent from our diets, our brains won't be as sharp, and frat boys in St. Louis will always forget that they need a passport to go to strip clubs in East St. Louis.
Pro: Making fun of Mississippi.
Con: Figuring out what to do with Mississippi.
Pro: With nearly equal numbers of blacks, whites and Hispanics, TornadoHurricane-stan would be one of the most racially diverse countries in the world.
Con: TornadoHurricane-stan would have the highest concentration of Ku Klux Klan members in the world.
Pro: There would no longer be a "gun debate."
Con: Everyone would be dead within eight years from gun shots.
Pro: It would be interesting to see what Arkansas does, as it would be surrounded by TornadoHurricane-stan.
Con: The Walton family will turn Arkansas into Walmart-stan and develop the world's largest military, invade TornadoHurricane-stan, conquer us and enslave us to work at Walmart.
Got some pros and cons of your own? Leave 'em in the comments.
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GuamPDN.com ("Guam's complete source!") has an article up by Duane George, who tells his story of woe: he got banned from the game for suspected Arena win trading, and had to deal with 72 hours without the game. Blizzard, obviously, doesn't provide any information on how many players get banned from the game, and it would be even harder to determine the number of false positives out there like Duane: people who didn't do anything wrong but end up getting banned anyway. We've heard stories here of course, but this is a tough area to investigate by its very nature.
For Duane's part, he does say that he plans to stay out of Arenas and stick to battlegrounds, so you'd think that if there were a ton of false positives like him who were turned off from the Arena experience because it wrongly got them in trouble, Arenas wouldn't be nearly as popular as they are. But of course we don't know -- there's no oversight on Blizzard's part (and you could argue that there shouldn't be anyway, since it's their game), not to mention that they've got the right, according to the Terms of Use, to ban anyone at any time for any reason without notice anyway. If they were really going overboard, you'd expect them to be losing customers, and that's not the case yet.
Fortunately, this wasn't a permanent ban, and while he did apparently lose some Arena rating and the gear that came with it, his character wasn't too much the worse for wear. A 72-hour ban isn't too big a deal, so Blizzard probably hands those out with much less consideration than a permanent ban anyway. But we're sure Duane isn't the only case out there -- as small as the number may be, there's almost definitely other players like him, banned for doing nothing wrong at all.


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FALLSBURG — The state Comptroller's Office recently found the Town of Fallsburg needs to do a better job in securing computer data.
The report evaluated computer security issues from Jan. 1, 2011, through May 15, recommending the town assign user rights to its computers based on job descriptions, that the town move its server to a secure area and formulate a plan to protect data during a disaster.
Supervisor Steve Vegliante wrote in a response letter the comptroller already has assigned user rights based on job descriptions. He said the town will investigate backup systems.
Vegliante wrote it would be "cost prohibitive" to move the server. The town potentially could build a locked cage around it.
Audit faults Fallsburg for lax computer security
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Dalebocanyc needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
This is a cool, sexy, entertaining sports blog covering the New York Mets baseball team, blog also covers other topics but the focus is the Mets. Content is provided from a New York hard core sports fan point of view with attitude, sometimes funny, though always witty and intellectual.
I'm looking for a cool, catchy, sexy logo for blog covering New York Mets called MetsAreBetterThenSex. I like the idea of a logo using the name of the blog (matsarebetterthansex) and somehow incorporating a sexy girl silhouette. I'd like to explore that, but I am also open to other cool, fun, hip ideas for this Mets blog. I'd like to pursue both these angles and open to other ideas designers may have for this.
Logo needs to be super cool, and have a sexy appeal but not lose site that it's a mets baseball blog.
- make it too serious
- make it too silly
- not looking for perverted or slutty, needs to be respectably sexy.
-appeal to men
Colors should be blue and orange (Mets colors). Will consider other colors if it makes sense (ie. black, white, etc)
This design will be mainly used as the identity for the blog online, possibly creating promotional merchandise later on such as tee shirts.
Blog URL: http://metsarebetterthansex.blogspot.com/
It would be helpful to look over the blog and it's content as reference for the design process.
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Mets site: http://www.mets.com
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We recently upgraded to 5.0 on our main firewall. This upgrade had been postponed for a long time, mainly due to the changes that made newer versions of ipsec incompatible with older versions.
Our main firewall is the passive end of a series of tunnels that terminate in five other locations, and we have multiple tunnels to connect different subnets at each end in many cases. When we finally took the plunge and upgraded the main firewall, we knew we were going to have to upgrade the remote ends at the same time. In fact, the newer remote end units were configured over a year ago: they are at 4.8 We built the 5.0 system on a new PC, and replaced our old Soekris 4801s with PC Engine Alixs running 4.8 as mentioned. When we brought the new firewall online, we had some issues with some redirection rules we had, but we didn't touch the rules for the tunnels and all the tunnels came up the first time. Then, over the next few days, we started noticing that the tunnels would drop for a while, then reconnect. I looked at the ipsec.conf files on both ends and at the man pages and decided that they needed to be cleaned up. For each point-to-point set, they've been reduced to: ike esp from $local_gw to $remote_gw_a ike esp from $local_net1 to $remote_net1 peer $remote_gw_a ike esp from $local_net2 to $remote_net2 peer $remote_gw_a The main firewall's config also has the "passive" keyword for all the tunnels. The tunnels are initiated from the remote ends. Even after I did that we are seeing drop outs. The local end's daemon log is full of "isakmpd quick mode as responder" logs. We're trying to get the people looking after the network infrastructure at the site where we're seeing the most dropouts to check the integrity of their connections, but since this started with our upgrade to 5.0 locally and 4.8 remotely, I suspect the new stuff we've put in. What can I do to troubleshoot these intermittant dropouts? thx kmb |
In all cases we've used the default authentication method.
My understanding was that this was originally HMAC-SHA2 and is now HMAC-SHA2-256. If that is correct, that means that delaying the upgrade wasn't necessary; we could have just changes the authentication mode. kmb |
I'd thought SHA2 was inclusive of SHA256 and SHA512. But I could be wrong ... and often am.
There are few IPSec users here; I'm going to quote Ocicat. He often provides excellent advice: Quote:
There was a bug causing problems like this around last summer. Seeing the versions you are running, you just might be affected by it. It was discussed briefly here
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Based on denta's comment and link to the bug report, I've upgraded all five remote sites to 5.0 with no other changes. We'll see what happens over the next week or so.
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It's been several weeks now, and my users aren't flagging me on any loss of connectivity to the remote sites. I still see lots of "quick mode" negotiation entries in the log files and I'm not sure if that is normal or not, but the links are staying up.
Thanks for all your help. kmb |
From "How IPSec Works" part 4:
So, normal.
There are a few other error messages - some "invalid cookie" and "no route to host" but I believe I saw instances of those before that last round of upgrades. Thanks. kmb |
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I'm living in Wilmington, NC currently. My boyfriend and I decided to go to Myrtle Beach since it was raining all day in Wilmington. We headed to North myrtle, about an hour and 10 min from Wilmington, and we went to barefoot landing. We walked around for about an hour then decided to do something else. We went to broadway at the beach and went to helicopter ...
Another great anchorage
We loved this anchorage. Under-rated in the guide books. we swam; went ashore
and have great sunset and sunrise moments. This will be our last night in North Carolina, tomorrow we start our tour of South Carolina.
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... Some placed just give you a weird feeling driving through and this was one of them. The RV park itself, Flamingo RV Park, was impressive. That being said, we were only there for the night and decided rather to head to Charleston a bit earlier.
This last week was all about keeping the kids happy with Debs not being around. To make the kids happy, needs only one thing, a swimming pool. So as you can imagine, there was way less city ...
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8/17/15 - Monday
A 345 mile, 6+ hr. drive today to Hampton, VA to stay at the Colonies RV & Travel Park at Ft. Monroe which is on a very historic peninsula . We passed thru Mt. Olive, the Pickle Capital and drove past fields of tobacco and peanuts. The trip along and under the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel was spectacular.
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While the N93 is by far the more feature-laden of the two major new phones announced today, the N73 is more interesting to us for a number of reasons. First of course is the smaller size. Second, it has better support for US networks. While the N93 only supports GSM 1900 in the U.S., the N73 is quad-band, supporting GSM 850 and EDGE. It will also be available in a non-3G version that will presumably be more affordable and a better match for U.S. networks.
The features of the N73 seem to hit a nice sweet spot that I expect will please most people. It sports a 3.2 megapixel camera with an auto-focus Carl Zeiss Tessar lens and sliding lens cover. The QVGA display is huge and bright. It's really huge, actually: 2.4 inches, which is quite impressive for a phone as small as the N73.
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It also does the whole music thing (of course). Unfortunately, it lacks stereo Bluetooth, but at least it has a miniSD memory card slot enabling up to 2 GB of memory - plenty for a decent music collection. The phone has stereo speakers, which are interestingly located at the top and bottom of the phone. That means they are only "left" and "right" if the phone is held sideways in landscape orientation. That's useful for watching full-screen video with stereo audio, although I don't know how much content like that is actually available (or at least that someone might want to watch without headphones).
There are a few compromises that make this not quite the "ultimate" Nseries phone. It doesn't have Wi-Fi, for example, and the display isn't the ultra-high-resolution type like on the N90 and N80. But of course this is an N7x phone, which is supposed to be slightly lower-end than the N8x and N9x models. For being at the low end of the Nseries, it still has an amazing feature set that is competitive with the very best phones from nearly all other manufacturers.
In my time using the N73, I found a lot about the physical design I liked, and a few things I didn't.
First, the good: The sliding lens cover has a spring-loaded action similar to a good slider-phone mechanism. It looks and feels great, and the way it fits flush with the top when closed should help minimize accidental photos of your pocket. Naturally, sliding it open starts the camera application.
The general phone design felt great and was a joy to use. The size is one of the main factors that contributes to the feeling that this phone hits a "sweet spot".
The joystick on the N73 is not the best joystick I've used, but it's usable. The only trouble I found was that its chrome finish is a bit slick, making it difficult to use when your fingers are greasy or sweaty.
Like Sony Ericsson's high-end camera phones as of late, Nokia's camera interface and controls are similar to that of a standalone digital camera. There's an on-screen, icon-based menu for quickly accessing common options, and the zoom and shutter-release keys are arranged along the top when the phone is held sideways for camera mode. The shutter release key is pressed half-way to focus a shot, and all the way to capture.
Like most auto-focus cameras, it takes a moment to focus. However, there was something really odd about how it focuses. If you simply press the shutter button all the way down to take a picture quickly, it does indeed focus and take the picture very quickly (1, or 2 seconds at the most). However if you start by pressing the button down half-way to focus first, it takes well over two seconds to fully lock focus, and once you do, it doesn't take the picture any faster when you do press the button all the way. It's very odd; it's possible it was a bug in the software that will be fixed later on.
The slick, animated gallery application is an updated version of the one on previous Nseries models.
The number keys aren't as nice, though. For some strange reason, the keys are all concave, with the top and bottom of each key having a raised strip. It is usable, but it feels awkward, and heavy text users might find it quite cumbersome. I found myself using my fingernails to press the keys, (which I don't normally do.) Once I got used to that, it was fine.
The N73 of course has the latest and greatest version of Nokia's smartphone OS: S60 3rd Edition. This means it has Nokia's nifty new web browser for viewing full web sites exactly as you see them on a PC.
All of the UI and software functions are very fast. I don't know if this is because of the new Symbian 9 underlying OS, or a faster processor, but both the N73 and N93 are impressively speedy at almost everything.
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Home to The Juliard School, the New York City Ballet, The Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic among other institutions, the Lincoln Center has a tall bill to live up to as a venue. In recognition of this responsibility the Center has been undergoing a transformation, much of which is due to complete later this year in time for its 50th anniversary celebrations.
Diller Scofidio + Renfro in association with FXFOWLE Architects have been in charge of the design for the now complete Alice Tully Hall which forms part of the West 65th Street Project element to the renovations. WAN's roving photographer Wade Zimmerman has provided us with these first images of the completed building ahead of the opening celebrations on Sunday 22 February.
Taking the original 1960's design and integrating modern design elements the new building is designed to integrate the site with the surrounding cityscape. The structure commands its space, reaching into the public domain with a cantilevered corner which overhangs a public plinth turned inwards to cradle the users. Transparency from street level is created with a glazed wall with views into the innards of the building where the Starr Theatre and foyer space can be seen.
The Lincoln Center said: "The West 65th Street design will open up Lincoln Center to encourage the interaction of thousands of visitors and more than 5,000 artists, teachers, and students who work and practice every day in the 81 practice and 80 rehearsal rooms, 13 dance studios, and 13 stages and concert halls that border West 65th Street."
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Oct 11, 2010 at 2:30 pm #1264274
Just finished reading Craig W's Grand Canyon Trip report. Having hiked with Craig, I know he is in phenomenal shape.
One thing that really hit me was the amount of sleep he had prior to his trip and something I experienced this weekend.
Over the past 10 years or so, I have found that I can easily get by with 6 hours of sleep or less, and perform well at work or on the trail. But at what point does the lack of sleep negatively impact our physical performance, or even endanger us?
Over the past few weeks I have been testing a McHale pack, carrying much more weight than normal, and completing day hikes of 10 – 16 miles over varying terrain and conditions. So I am in fairly good condition.
Last week I had to make a quick business trip across the country to the east coast, and probably slept an average of 4 hours per night on Tues, Wed, and Thurs. I flew home Friday and only got a couple hours of sleep. Saturday morning I felt great, and planned on doing an 11 mile hike with an 8,000' elevation gain; a hike I have done many times.
The expected high temperature was around 92F, and considering the small amount of sleep I had gotten during the week; I took a hydration bladder to ensure I was always completely hydrated.
The 1st mile included a 1,000' elevation gain. At that point I felt great. However as I hiked the next two miles and gained another 1,500' elevation, I became totally exhausted. I have never been so tired starting out on a hike. At this point, I really gave serious thought about going forward, and decided to bail. On the return hike, which was all down hill, I had to hike very carefully and slowly, as my legs were jelly. I actually slipped and fell 3 times, because my legs were so weak. Luckily I did not get injured. It was a good decision, because had I continued I could have been in serious trouble (although I had ample water and gear to sleep overnight if necessary, as I was carrying extra gear just to test the McHale pack).
Once I got home, I took a 4 hour nap. Saturday night I slept 12 hours. Sunday morning, my legs were a little sore, but after walking a couple minutes they felt fine. Just to see if the prior day was just a matter of not enough sleep, I went out and did the same 3 miles out and back, and it was a piece of cake.
Oct 11, 2010 at 2:57 pm #1653469Days like you describe are weird…I get them sometimes too, days when things just don't click. Maybe it is sleep, but at times it seems almost random, like the body is suddenly trying to rebel, obviously telling us it doesn't want to do what the mind wills…
It honestly sounds like you were just wiped out. Maybe you shouldn't make too much of it.I know most athletes have restless nights before a big day, even very experienced ones. I've heard countless tales…Imagine trying to run something as tough as the Western States 100 having only slept a few hours…But in the end I suppose it comes to your conditioning and knowing your body. Regardless of adverse conditions, sleep included, the body will revert to doing what it was trained to do.
But for how long?
There's the fine line, that subjective threshold we all have. I think we can get away with a lot, especially if conditioned…but night after night without adequate sleep, proper diet…
I was actually thinking about this in a different way on my Grand Canyon trip.
Not to underestimate the suffering that can exponentially unfold after 12 hours/many miles-I've been there- but I almost feel like staying the night at the North Rim made things worse than if I had just rested for an hour or two and headed back.
It certainly allowed some pain to leave the legs, helped with rehydration/calories (I was probably running a deficit as I new I would be spending the night and have time to catch up).
But it was also a fitful night with little sleep, a lot of wind, and breathing cold, dry air. I was also dreaming and thinking too much…generally a bad, restless night. Morning found me not very well rested with my sinuses feeling terrible.
It got me questioning whether a solid 1-2 hours of rest (without sleep) at the North Rim would've been better than my 7 hour fitful night.At what point is 1-2 hours of quality rest better than a bad night?
Oct 11, 2010 at 6:41 pm #1653567I've noticed that my sleep needs have changed a lot over the years. In my teens, I needed 8+ hours of sleep a night to really function. In my twenties, I just didn't need to sleep much at all. I went on 3-4 hours of sleep for years. I never napped and I could do as little as 1 or 2 hours and still hike, run, swim, or whatever at my normal pace. The last few years, my sleep needs have been increasing to 5 or 6 hours a night. I wonder if in a few years I'll need 7 or 8 hours.
I suspect that different people need different levels of sleep, depending on age, their own bodies needs, ect.
Oct 15, 2010 at 4:16 pm #1654982I recently had the same experience under almost the same conditions.
Same hectic week with less than normal sleep, Friday eve a friend got married and got even less sleep (only 2 adult bevs in anticipation of next days hike-boo), and Saturday got up feeling fine for our hike of Mt Huron in central CO. It was approximately 4000' gain in 4 miles from where we started and my first 2 miles was fine. Rest of the day was an utter struggle but I did summit. Sore for 4-5 days afterward which is very abnormal. And to boot, I am a meter reader who logs 50-75 miles a month while working not to mention hikes on weekends for fun. Not rockstar shape but can hold my own.
I really think the cumulative sleep loss the previous week was to blame and can't explain the excessive soreness. I'm a 8 hour a night person when it comes to sleep and maybe as I'm usually walking 7-12 miles a day my body just needed a break? Still rough to have your butt handed to you and then your even tougher fiancee goes for a 16 mile run the next day.
Man did I feel like a wuss…
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Guest columnist Gabe Kapler spent parts of 12 years in the major leagues from 1998-2010, playing for the Tigers (1998-99), Rangers (2000-02), Rockies (2002-03), Red Sox (2003-06 ' with a brief interlude in Japan), Brewers (2008) and Rays (2009-10). He also spent a year managing the Red Sox' Single-A affiliate in Greenville. Follow him on twitter @gabekapler.
On May 31, Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez picked pinch runner Kyle Kendrick of the Phillies off of second base. Shortstop Jean Segura applied the tag and that was that.
Except it wasn't. Segura actually dropped the ball and never applied the tag. Segura's acting job was sound and deserves some credit. In umpire Mike Estabrook's defense, he was in a good position to make the call but had his view blocked by Segura.
Estabrook is a human being as is every other umpire in the league. Generally speaking, these guys have a thankless job. They get calls right, no fanfare. When they inevitably blow a call, they are verbally abused, annihilated publicly by the media and sometimes by players and generally regarded as incompetent. Most of the attention is undeserved.
Every day in Major League Baseball, calls are blown by MLB umpires. We laugh as the faces of managers get redder and redder; expletives get louder and more venomous. The postgame press conferences make for great TV and fodder for comical chats at the water cooler.
I understand that it's entertaining to see a manager throw a bucket of balls. I get that Roberto Alomar spitting in the face of an umpire produces fuel for the fire of sports talk shows everywhere. But a blown call doesn't just piss off managers, players and fans for no reason. The outcome of games and ultimately World Series championships hang in the balance every time a call can go one way or another.
This discussion, just like the game itself, is not about the umpires. The fact that it's indeed time to implement widespread instant reply has little to do with the competency of the guys who enforce the rulebook and has everything to do with what's good for the game and it's overall health going forward.
It's about the fan that has been waiting 86 years to see the Red Sox win the World Series. It's about the family who drops half of its yearly income to buy season seats to Wrigley Field only to be served broken hearts over a bad call that easily could be overturned and have justice served. It's about the countless positions within each MLB organization that are dependent on wins and losses. That's not just drama — jobs are lost every year because teams don't perform. Too much is on the line here. We are talking about the business of baseball, which is inching closer to becoming truly international. Livelihoods and billions of dollars are at stake.
People are afraid of change. They fear new patterns overriding old. My wife hates when I introduce new technology into our family, but once she gets used to it, she loves it. Think back to your last smartphone purchase. You probably hated it at first, now you can't stop telling your friends how great it is.
Now ask yourself if you miss the days before instant replay in the NFL. I can't even remember it. But I can absolutely tell you that I like when they get calls right that were first called wrong on the field. At times, the instant replay is as exciting as the arguments on the field. Those of you who love the fireworks, have no fear. NFL coaches still rant and rave, spit and cuss on the sidelines, right?
It's time for us in the baseball world to catch up. I'm in love with the tradition of baseball. I have the highest level of respect for our game's history. However, I can't stand that things are done just because, well, that's the way they have always been done. And we are getting to that point without significant instant replay.
We can't do this halfway or little by little. I'm all for correcting calls on the bases and everywhere for that matter. Of course I would like to have seen the great Jim Joyce's 2010 call overturned so that then-Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga could own a perfect game. (I'm confident Jim would agree.) I want to see a home run count as a run, not a double. I want a player who makes a diving catch on the warning track be credited for a putout rather than the opposing batter credited with a triple.
Traditionalists, brace yourselves: When the technology is ready — and it soon will be — we need to let computers call balls and strikes with the game on the line. And we should be using the resources we have now and at every turn to make the game faster and better.
Let's give the managers the ability to appeal any call, even related to the strike zone, with a challenge, similar to the way it's done in the NFL. From the seventh inning on, the booth should review all close calls; cameras should manage balls and strikes. We allow computers to make so many decisions in our lives. We can push all in and let them be the umpires, or at least the umpire's right-hand-man in our baseball games.
It's time to let go of the notion that human error is somehow part of the beauty of the game when it is, in fact, a correctable blight. I for one am ready for MLB to rip off the Band-Aid and get this very important call right.
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It's always something on Volcan Orosi. This morning I left Santa Rosa at 7 and got to the Maritza station on Volcan Orosi by 8 - the three river crossings all went ok and no getting taking the wrong turn like last year (let's not even go there). When I got to Maritza I set off for the 900 m site - but where open to the sky the trail was so overgrown it took me nearly 3 hours to get the trail back. Frustrating. There is now a LOT of marking tape in the forest so hopefully it won't happen again tomorrow. Once I found the trail the baits and traps were set and in the ground for only 3 hours.
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Sunday, January 4, 2009
Butternut Squash Pizza
So, I'm going on hour 22 of having "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" stuck in my head. It has been attacking my brain like a glorious, catchy virus and I am suddenly not in the mood to listen to anything else. Is this why Top 40 music makes so much money? It is nefarious. And the part where she harmonizes on the word "attention" gives me chills all over my whole body.
What does this have to do with squash pizza, you may ask? Well, uh, not much. However, if marriage between one woman and one pizza were allowed, I might seriously consider proposing to this dish. Not because it is super fancy or roller-coaster-ride exciting. Rather, it is nourishing, subtly sweet, and uncomplicated. All qualities one might want in a life partner. Given the chance, I would totally put a ring on it.
Butternut Squash Pizza
1 pizza crust
(I like this recipe from Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal Vegetable Miracle.)
1 medium sized butternut squash, peeled and chopped
1 medium sized onion, chopped
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon rosemary
1 1/2 teaspoon basil
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons parmesan or soy parmesan.
Prepare the dough for your pizza crust, if necessary.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Put squash and onion in a large bowl with 3 tbsp of olive oil and rosemary, basil, salt, and pepper. Toss to coat.
On a baking sheet, spread out squash and onion mixture and bake for 20 minutes.
Turn oven down to 350 degrees.
Roll pizza dough out as thinly as possible and place on a baking sheet sprinkled with a pinch of cornmeal or breadcrumbs.
Spread remaining tbsp of olive oil on top of crust.
Cover crust with squash and onion mixture. Sprinkle with parmesan and additional salt and pepper if desired.
Bake for fifteen minutes or until crust starts to brown at edges.
Some notes:
-In the future I would add some cloves of garlic and maybe some sliced apples to the squash mixture while it is roasting.
-In keeping with the connection to Animal Vegetable Miracle, this is a very easy dish to make with local ingredients. This time of year here in freezing Ontario, local food is a bit hard to come by. At my neighbourhood health food store I can get squash and onions and garlic from local farms.
-This pizza would also go really well with some (not local, sadly) swiss chard on the side. Or maybe layered under the squash. The possibilities are endless, really.
4 comments:
- Ricki said...
Hi Jo--and welcome to the world of food blogging! Thanks so much for your link to my blog. I'm putting you on my Google reader immediately--already love all the recipes you've posted--and promise to update my blogroll asap. Can't wait to try that omelet! :)
- January 4, 2009 at 9:53 PM
- Jo Stockton said...
Thanks Ricki!
I love your blog (and your dogs!) Enjoy that omelet!
J. - January 5, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Lindy Loo said...
Just wanted to shout:
CUTEST BLOG-TITLE **EVER**!!! - January 7, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- Jo Stockton said...
*grin* Thanks, Lindy!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:49 PM
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I am 27yo with a 5yo and a 3yo.
I have been doing a lot of research on becoming a vegetarian. I have found that there are about 4 different levels. Can anybody offer any strong advice on beginning a quest like this? Is this a crazy goal? Any good shopping list guides or recipe guide? PLEASE HELP! I am serious about this, and just need a boost of help and encouragement.
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Fri. Aug 11, 5:58pm
This is not an unrealistic goal. Being vegetarian does not mean eating boring food. The most important thing is to make sure you're getting all of the nutrients that you would normally get from meat. Beans (black, kidney, pinto, etc.) are great for protein and fiber, as are whole grains like barley and quinoa. Soy protein is really good for you, and things like tofu and tempeh have a lot of it. If you are new to these things, experiment with different cooking methods so that you're not turned off from the start. For instance, the first time I tried tofu, it was the extra firm kind, cubed and baked in a delicious pizza sauce. This was MUCH better than the barely cooked stuff that has a mushy texture. And the obviously, lots of fruits and veggies are important. Veggies like spinach and broccoli are good because they give you the iron that you would normally get in red meat. Some vegetarian cookbooks that I like the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Favorites and Quick Vegetarian Pleasures (by Jeanne Lemlin). Also, www.vegetariantimes.com and www.wholefoods.com have some good recipes. Good luck!
Friday, August 11, 2006, 9:31 PM
i dont know if you are comfortable eating eggs, but some vegetarians are. They are a great source of protein. if you dont want to eat eggs but miss them in your breakfast, you can get tofu scamble mixes, that are pretty tasty.
Friday, August 11, 2006, 9:44 PM
Going vegetarian is very easy, if you don't already eat most of your meals centered around meat. Almost all restaurants these days offer a few veggie options on menus, from gardenburgers to portabello mushroom sandwiches. I posted a recent comment in the thread "vegetarian food" with some suggestions. Check it out.
Saturday, August 12, 2006, 10:24 PM
Why not just try to cook more vegetable oriented meals? ie, don't try to "become a vegetarian" and go cold-turkey so to speak, but just replace the meat in your diet with beans and tofu and vegetables... before you know it, you may become essentially a vegetarian without imposing rules on yourself. If you go too extreme at once, you are bound to drop it. I know exactly 2 long-term vegetarians, and almost everyone else I know was "vegetarian" for about 6 months (and insufferably self-righteous during that short period!). Better to just try to eat better longterm, IMO. Personally, I eat mostly "vegetarian" and have meat just a couple times a week. It's hard to avoid it altogether, I start craving protein. But if you discover great dishes you love with other sources of protein, you'll stop bothering with meat...
Sunday, August 13, 2006, 11:35 PM
Thank you
Thanks to all for the good ideas! Keep them coming, I'm taking it all in!! I don't consume a lot of meat now, it's just a matter of not knowing what contains animal products. This is what I am concerned with, because I am determined to give it my all and I don't want to claim "vegetarian" then be eating something and not know. I like the ideas of the gradual process, and not cold turkey. Those are encouraging ideas.
Monday, August 14, 2006, 12:27 AM
Try PETA for some other vegetarian info if you want to learn more about what products come from animals. I was vegan for many years and am still vegetarian and I know that animal by-products appear in many foods you wouldn't even think of (there is gelatin in frosted mini wheats, for example... what the heck is that doing in there?).
Monday, August 14, 2006, 9:14 AM
In order to determine what kind of vegetarian you want to be, ask yourself why you want to be vegetarian. If it's about cruelty to animals, you might eat no meat, but still eat free-range eggs, or you might go completely vegan. If it's about health, you might decide to still eat fish (a good source of essential fatty acids). It just depends on why YOU want to be vegetarian.
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Champions League: Arsenal stuns, Messi shines, more thoughts
On a night of Champions League drama, Arsenal took control of the Group of Death with a stunning win in Germany, while Lionel Messi ended his scoring drought for Barcelona. Elsewhere, Atletico Madrid reached the next round, while Chelsea took control of Group E.
Here are the main storylines from a cracking round of action:
Arsenal stuns the Yellow Wall in Germany
Arsenal stunned Borussia Dortmund with a smash-and-grab 1-0 win in Western Germany to leave the Gunners on the verge of qualifying for the Champions League Round of 16. Arsenal's man-of-the-moment Aaron Ramsey scored with Arsenal's first effort on goal, after 62 minutes, and the Gunners now join Napoli, a 3-2 winner over Marseille, as joint-leaders of the vaunted Group F with two games left to play.
Arsenal fans will look at this as a virtuoso away performance, but for the first hour, the club was just trying to survive. Dortmund had the better of a scrappy first-half, in which Arsenal's attacking players barely had a kick, but the hosts rarely tested Wojciech Szczesny in the visitors' goal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan came closest but his shot went just wide of the post.
The second half was a different story, as Dortmund twice had the ball in the net, but both times a goal was ruled out, correctly, for offside. As Dortmund's Yellow Wall of fans chanted their team on, Sokratis inexplicably gave the ball away, Mesut Ozil crossed, and Olivier Giroud brilliantly stretched his neck muscles to set up Ramsey who headed home from close range.
Dortmund pushed for an equalizer, playing coach Jurgen Klopp's preferred 'heavy metal' style of football, and gaps opened up at the other end as Ramsey almost doubled the lead, though Roman Weidenfeller did well to block his shot form close range. But Dortmund continued to create chances, mostly from the right: Marco Reus was guilty of one miss, swinging and missing the ball from four yards after a fizzing Robert Lewandowski cross. That led Mats Hummels, watching in the stands, to pull down his beanie hat over his eyes.
Arsenal looked more comfortable as the game went on; the tempo of Dortmund's impressive pressing faded, inevitably, and frustration grew. Penalty appeals were more desperate; shots flew in from increasing distances. Per Mertesacker was heroic in defense, with Germany coaches watching.
And so Arsenal held on and last season's runners-up face a battle to survive in the competition. Dortmund plays Napoli at home and Marseille away next. Arsenal has Marseille home and Napoli away. This group could still go down to the wire, but the English team is in pole position to progress.
One power faces a crisis, but it's not Barcelona
Despite the moans from Barcelona, the stories of crisis and Lionel Messi's reported scoring drought (which is only three consecutive games, as he scored against Milan two weeks ago), the facts of Barcelona's season are this: The Blaugrana are unbeaten in 18 games this season, have 10 clean sheets and their 3-1 win over AC Milan confirmed the club's place in the knockout round of this competition.
OK, so Barca did not dominate its opponent in the manner of Barcelona at its best under Pep Guardiola, but new coach Tata Martino is guiding a team in transition. Even though Messi has scored 14 goals in 15 games this season (four in five in Europe), the team is less Messi-dependent, in part due to Neymar's speedy integration, and also down to Alexis's improved form.
And yet it was Messi who will take the headlines: he scored an early penalty after Neymar was brought down, and then slotted home late on after Cesc Fabregas's brilliant one-two to double his tally and put the seal on a 3-1 win. Maybe it will be forgotten that minutes before that goal, Nigel de Jong had outpaced him to a long ball over the top.
In fact, the real crisis is in Milan, which briefly threatened after Kaka's cross was turned in by Gerard Pique before halftime. Instead, Milan coach Max Allegri will be fearing a knock on his door: with three league wins this season, Milan is closer in points to the relegation zone than the top four, and though it has not been helped by injuries to the likes of Giampaolo Pazzini and Stephan El- Shaarawy, and a shambolic recruitment plan overseen by Adriano Galliani, Allegri's time could be up.
His three seasons in Milan have finished first, second and third -- but even with this squad, fourth place looks a stretch. Italian broadcasters made much of the sight of president's daughter Barbara Berlusconi chatting with youth team coach Pippo Inzaghi before the game. Inzaghi is one of those being touted for Allegri's position, as is Clarence Seedorf.
Either way, if Allegri goes he can do so with his head held high. His record in Milan stands up to scrutiny and there is little shame in losing at Barcelona.
LYTTLETON: Last-place Juventus still alive
Dark-horse Basel ekes out point ahead of Chelsea rematch
What has happened to the FC Basel side that stunned Chelsea on Matchday One with a victory at Stamford Bridge? A team that looked like becoming the hipsters' dark horse has since lost at home to Schalke and needed a last-minute equalizer to scrape a 1-1 draw at home to Steaua Bucharest, who is now 20 games without a win in the competition.
Sio's late effort spared some Swiss blushes and it won't get any easier for Basel, which faces Chelsea next. The West London side, with six changes from the team that lost to Newcastle at the weekend, coasted to a 3-0 win over Schalke in front of Rafa Nadal, with goals from Samuel Eto'o (two) and Demba Ba.
Eto'o's second goal came courtesy of an excellent move involving Willian, whose performance will have put pressure on Eden Hazard, mysteriously dropped despite training with the side earlier in the week.
Jose Mourinho's reaction after the game: "I won't lie... Willian played very well."
WILSON: Chelsea far from convincing despite rout
Hulk helps out old teammates
Hulk has not always enjoyed his time at Zenit St Petersburg since joining from FC Porto 15 months ago, and Wednesday provided another of those dreary nights for the Brazilian forward.
Porto went ahead in the early kick-off in Russia, but Hulk leveled up following a defensive mix-up before facing his former teammate Helton after a penalty was awarded. Hulk possesses one of the most powerful shots in the modern game but still he elected to place the ball, and Helton saved it.
The game finished 1-1 and instead of being four points clear of Porto, Zenit is just one point ahead. But next up it faces Atletico Madrid, a 4-0 winner over Austria Vienna, and along with Bayern Munich, the only team with a perfect record after four games. Atletico is through; but Hulk cost Zenit dear.


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Friday, March 27, 2009
Sinner's Steak Sandwich
Forgive me blog readers, for I have sinned.
I have sinned by making and eating this demon-infested sandwich, which is (1) slathered with a tremendous dollop of mayonnaise, (2) stacked with pieces of divine (yet artery-hardening) steak, and (3) overwhelmingly loaded with huge 1/4 inch slices of real cheddar cheese. Basically, the "demons" are full-fat mayonnaise, oily cheddar cheese, and red meat.
"If it is so sinful, then why make this sandwich?" Because!
Because it reminds me of my childhood. When I was a little girl, my Dad used to make us steak and mayonnaise sandwiches with the leftover steak in our fridge. To me, this sinner's steak sandwich is the ultimate comfort food.
I have some precise instructions on how to make this sandwich. You first need to toast the bread in a toaster, oven, or in a non-stick frying pan. And just use plain white or wheat bread here folks. Nothing fancy is needed. If you go the "oven" or "frying pan" route, do not use butter or oil. Just monitor the dry pieces of bread as they toast and turn them before they scorch.
Next, layer the toasted bread with thick slices of cheddar cheese and put the bread in the microwave for about 30 seconds. (I like to layer both bread slices with the cheese.) When the cheese is "melty" (meaning, it does not need to be fully melted), you are ready to add the mayo and the steak.
The key to this sandwich using a large ladle-sized tablespoon to heap an unhealthy amount of mayonnaise (small ice cream scoop-sized) all over the cheesy bread. Do not, I repeat, "do not" delicately smear a slight amount of mayonnaise on the surface of the bread. And do not feel bad when you are making this sandwich. If you imagine an electric guitar playing hard rock music in the background, you will feel much better about ingesting all that mayo and cheddar cheese.
Next, nestle slices of leftover steak into the little mountains and canyons of mayo on one open slice of the bread, and then put the entire sandwich together.
So your sandwich layering should go like this from the top to the bottom: (1) toasted bread slice, (2) melted cheddar cheese, (3) mayonnaise, (4) steak, (5) melted cheddar cheese, again, and (6) toasted bread slice.
It is not rocket science, but it is extraordinarily sinful, and making and eating this 'wich will definitely hasten a visit to the underworld. If you are looking for a healthy version of the sinner's steak sandwich, try (1) using whole grain wheat bread, (2) adding a mere tsp of non-fat or low-fat mayonnaise, (3) reducing the cheese by 1/2, and (4) removing all fat from the steak, before inserting it into the sandwich.
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Oily cheddar cheese also brings back memories for me - some good (melted on sandwiches), some not so good (in lasagna!?). Cheddar was first and only cheese my mother ever used as she tackled "western" style cooking after we moved from Asia. It's been a long time since I microwaved cheddar into oily submission, but now I have the perfect excuse - thanks!
p.s. full-fat mayo is the only way to go!- Anonymous6/17/2010 05:21:00 AM
I'm onAtkins so the only "devilish" about this sandwich is the bread (smile-yea) Try flatbread (6 net grams carbs) or romaine lettuce; it's crunchy and very satisfying!
ReplyDelete - Anonymous1/18/2011 06:06:00 PM
This is YUMMY although, I had to substitute the cheddar cheese with american cheese..and had to use miracle whip since I didn't have the original ingredients.. it was still delicious. Can't wait to try it the original way though! Thanks, this is definitely going into my recipe box =)


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- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1 pound fresh mushrooms, chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 2 tablespoons plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4-3/4 to 5-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- In a large skillet, melt butter. Add mushrooms and onion; saute until tender. Add soy sauce; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the yogurt, honey, salt, mushroom mixture and 2-1/2 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky).
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- Divide dough in half; shape into loaves. Place in two greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 2 loaves (16 slices each).
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