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Here is a promise that I made to myself recently, and that I will make to you, too: I will not blog, on this blog, about BlogHer, prior to BlogHer.
I am, of course, super-thrilled to be going. But you all don't want to read about that: if you're going, you already know what that excitement feels like and don't need me to deconstruct it for you, and if you're not going, the last thing that you want to read about is this Big! Fantastic! Party! that you'll be missing. So I'll desist.
There will, however, be two exceptions to this promise. The first is that I will, in all likelihood, write about BlogHer on BlogRhet, the meta-blog sandbox that Joy and I and some of our thinky friends frolic in from time to time (and which you are welcome to play in, too, if you like). Stuff about how we talk about things like BlogHer conferences, the sort of language we use, why so many of us identify ourselves, pre-emptively, as outsiders who'll be lurking on the sidelines or hanging back at the table looking for other geeks. (Word to you all - we are all geeks. Every last freaking one of us. The biggest blogger that you know is, end of the day, just some geek who writes on the Internet. In her pajamas. Nobody's a rock star here, people. ALL. GEEKS. Goin' to a geek convention. Hot geeks, at a fun convention, but still. Geeks.) Maybe a post or two about the real or perceived politics of inclusion and exclusion that flare up when virtual life hits reality, that kind of thing. And if I or any of my BlogRhet peeps do write those posts, I'll certainly mention it here and direct you to them.
The second exception: there will posts about BlogHer over at MBT. Not least, because a group of us will be minivanning down to Chicago on a bloginista road trip and we will (oh yes we will) be blogging it, with photos and video and all manner of exhibitionist performance art. Kinda like Thelma and Louise times six, but without the crime or the death or Brad Pitt.
The biggest reason, however, that there will be BlogHer posting over at MBT is this: we're going to send someone to BlogHer. Well, we're going to give away a full 2-day registration package, which is pretty good. And it could be you! The contest is open to all citizens of the internet - you don't need to be from Toronto, or from Canada. You do not - repeat, do not - need to be a mommy blogger. Hell, you don't even need to have a blog (although if you're interested in BlogHer you're probably thinking about getting one. Check MBT for deets.) You can be anyone, from anywhere - all you have to do is write a post, sometime between now and June 15th, on some variation of this topic: (how) does blogging empower women? (Variations: How has blogging empowered you? Is blogging a radical act, for women? Are women rocking the blogosphere? Is the blogosphere rocking you? How and why?) Then send your link to me or post a comment here or at the MBT post. All posts, of course, will be linked up here and at MBT (which, I suppose, means that there's a third exception to my No BlogHer Posts promise. But you'll forgive me, right?)
We've got an awesome celebrity judge (you Canadians - and Americans who lived close enough to the Canadian border to pick up MuchMusic, Canada's MTV, in the 80's - will appreciate how cool this is) who will select the winners. Did I say winners? Yep. Those of you who are not planning to attend BlogHer can still participate - we'll select the best of the submissions from those of you who are not going and the winner will receive a wonderful We'll Miss You At BlogHer prize package (the contents of which are secret, but will, I promise, include candy.)
You can find full details here. Check it out, then get writing!
And because that's not enough for you to do: check out the writing challenge that we've just posted over at BlogRhet. It's a meme, but you can tag yourself. Or just wait for me to tag you. Or maybe wait for OTJ to do it - she sprays a meme better than anyone I know.
And - did you know that Babble has just launched Babblepedia? It's a parenting wiki (the first ever) to which anyone can contribute. Our own little wikipedia, all about parenting and childcare and everything that you ever and never wanted to know about what to do after that little dictator is dropped from the stork's beak. And, $1000 - ONE. THOUSAND. DOLLARS. - goes to whoever submits the most posts by June 30. That's a lot of diapers. Or a lot of drinks at BlogHer (one of which you'll owe me if you win this.)
I'm going to be spending the rest of my week establishing myself over there as the resident swaddling expert. Oh, how I miss the swaddle, sometimes, and the days when WonderBaby could be contained within a thin sheet of cotton...
Those were the days, my friends. Those were the days.


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What Is Personal Fit? (0:48)
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Words From Your Adviser: It's Not About You
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Egypt's president stands by his decrees
Morsi rejects compromise in meeting with striking judges
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president told the country's top judges Monday that he did not infringe on their authority when he seized near absolute powers, setting up a prolonged showdown on the eve of a mass protest planned by opponents of the Islamist leader.
An aide to President Mohammed Morsi said the decree was limited to "sovereignty-related issues," but that did not satisfy his critics.
The uncompromising stance came during a meeting between Morsi and members of the Supreme Judiciary Council in a bid to resolve a four-day crisis that has plunged the country into a new round of turmoil with clashes between the two sides that have left one protester dead and hundreds wounded.
The judiciary, the main target of Morsi's edicts, also has pushed back, calling the decrees a power grab and an "assault" on the branch's independence. Judges and prosecutors stayed away from many courts in Cairo and other cities on Sunday and Monday.
A spokesman said Morsi told the judges that he acted within his right as the nation's sole source of legislation when he issued decrees putting himself above judicial oversight. The president also extended the same immunity to two bodies dominated by his Islamist allies — a panel drafting a new constitution and parliament's mostly toothless upper chamber.
The spokesman, Yasser Ali, also told reporters that Morsi assured the judges that the decrees did not in any way "infringe" on the judiciary and that they were "temporary" and limited only to "sovereignty-related issues."
Two prominent rights lawyers — Gamal Eid and Ahmed Ragheb — dismissed Ali's remarks.
Eid said they were designed to keep "Morsi above the law," while Ragheb said they amounted to "playing with words."
"This is not what Egyptians are objecting to and protesting about. If the president wanted to resolve the crisis, there should be an amendment to his constitutional declaration."
Ali's comments signaled Morsi's resolve not to back down or compromise on the constitutional amendments he announced last week, raising the likelihood of more violence. Both sides had planned competing rallies in Cairo on Tuesday, but the Brotherhood cancelled its rally late Monday, saying it wanted to reduce tension and congestion in the city.
In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke Monday by telephone with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr to "register American concerns about Egypt's political situation," according to spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.
Clinton, she said, stressed that the U.S. wanted to "see the constitutional process move forward in a way that does not overly concentrate power in one set of hands, that ensures that rule of law, checks and balances, protection of the rights of all groups in Egypt are upheld," Nuland said.
Opposition activists have denounced Morsi's decrees as a blatant power grab, and refused to enter a dialogue with the presidency before the edicts are rescinded. The president has vigorously defended the new powers, saying they are a necessary temporary measure to implement badly needed reforms and protect Egypt's transition to democracy after last year's ouster of his predecessor Hosni Mubarak.
Morsi says he wants to retain the new powers until the new constitution is adopted in a nationwide referendum and parliamentary elections are held, a time line that stretches to the middle of next year.
Many members of the judiciary were appointed under Mubarak, drawing allegations, even by some of Morsi's critics, that they are trying to perpetuate the regime's corrupt practices. But opponents are angry that the decrees leave Morsi without any check on his power.
Morsi, who became Egypt's first freely elected president in June, was quoted by Ali as telling his prime minister and security chiefs earlier Monday that his decrees were designed to "end the transitional period as soon as possible."
His comments appeared to run contrary to a prediction made earlier Monday by Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki that a resolution of the crisis was imminent. Mekki, who has been mediating between the judiciary and the presidency to try to defuse the crisis, did not give any details.
The dispute is the latest crisis to roil the Arab world's most populous nation, which has faced mass protests, a rise in crime and economic woes since the initial euphoria following the popular uprising that ousted Mubarak after nearly 30 years of autocratic rule.
Morsi's decrees were motivated in part by a court ruling in June that dissolved the parliament's more powerful lower chamber known as the People's Assembly, which was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood and ultraconservative Islamists.
The verdict meant that legislative authority first fell in the hands of the then-ruling military, but Morsi grabbed it in August after he ordered the retirement of the army's two top generals.
Morsi's decrees, which were announced Thursday, saved the constitutional panel and the upper chamber from a fate similar to that of the People's Assembly because several courts looking into the legal basis of their creation were scheduled to issue verdicts to disband them.
Ayman al-Sayyad, a member of Morsi's 17-member advisory council, said the presidential aides asked the president in meetings over the weekend to negotiate a way out of the crisis and enter dialogue with all political forces to iron out differences over the nation's new constitution.
Secular and Christian politicians have withdrawn from the 100-seat panel tasked with drafting the charter to protest what they call the hijacking of the process by Morsi's Islamist allies. They fear the Islamists would produce a draft that infringes on the rights of liberals, women and the minority Christians.
The president, al-Sayyad added, would shortly take decisions that would spare the nation a "possible sea of blood." He did not elaborate.
The dispute over the decrees, the latest in the country's bumpy transition to democracy, has taken a toll on the nation's already ailing economy. Egypt's benchmark stock index dropped more than 9.5 percentage points on Sunday, the first day of trading since Morsi's announcement. It fell again Monday during early trading but recovered to close up by 2.6 percentage points.
It has also played out in urban street protests across the country, including in the capital, Cairo, and the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.
Thousands gathered in Damanhoor for the funeral procession of 15-year-old Islam Abdel-Maksoud, who was killed Sunday when a group of anti-Morsi protesters tried to storm the local offices of the political arm of the president's fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful political group.
The Health Ministry said Monday that 444 people also have been wounded nationwide, including 49 who remain hospitalized, since the clashes erupted on Friday, according to a statement carried by the official news agency MENA.
Morsi's office said in a statement that he had ordered the country's top prosecutor to investigate the teenager's death, along with that of another young man shot in Cairo last week during demonstrations to mark the anniversary of deadly protests last year that called for an end to the then-ruling military.
Up to 10,000 people marched through Cairo's Tahrir Square, the birthplace of the uprising against Mubarak, for the funeral procession of 16-year-old Gaber Salah, who succumbed to his head wounds on Sunday. Salah was wounded in clashes with police in the capital during protests against the Brotherhood earlier last week, before the decrees were issued.
Mourners marched with the Salah's body laid in a coffin wrapped in Egypt's red, white and black flag from Tahrir to a cemetery east of the city. Already images of Salah have appeared on Tahrir's walls. Underneath the images were the words: "Your blood will spark a new revolution."
Salah was a member of April 6, one of the key right groups behind the anti-Mubarak uprising. He was also a founder of a Facebook group called "Against the Muslim Brotherhood."
Also on Monday, Human Rights Watch said that Morsi's decrees undermined the rule of law in Egypt and appeared to give him the power to issue emergency-style measures at any time for vague reasons. In Berlin, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in thinly veiled criticism that the separation of powers was a fundamental principle of any democratic constitution.
Morsi, added spokesman Steffen Seibert, has a "great responsibility" to lead Egypt to a "democratically ordered political system" that rests on that principle.
Associated Press writers Maggie Michael in Cairo, Robert H. Reid in Berlin and Bradley Klapper in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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From the Forums: More Notification Center talk, Temple Run 2 and random adverts
As we prepare to hit Friday and head into the weekend, we'll take a quick gander at what's been happening on the community forum here at Windows Phone Central. Should you not be familiar with our community, you're missing out on some top discussions with thousands of other Windows Phone fans. It's a place for all to mingle and communicate within topics related to the platform and beyond. So, what's been hot on the thread list?
Kicking us off is a thread dedicated to the potential Notification Center that Microsoft is believed to have in the works. Forum member JosephHaubrich93 has provided an example of how the company can enable consumers to customise the system to suit their needs and requirements. Offering up four options:
It's certainly a possibility, but what would you like to see Microsoft implement? Are you in need of such a feature to manage notifications, or a Live Tiles and toast notifications more than enough? Be sure to add your thoughts in the "How to Address the Notification Center, on Windows Phone, Debate!" thread.
Jogging through the Temple
There's no denying that Temple Run is extremely popular (even my old man has got into the gameplay), but it's not available on Windows Phone just yet, which is causing some concern for those who have read news that Temple Run 2 is heading to iOS and Android. While it's valid for anyone to complain that their favourite app isn't on the platform, how does one go about fixing this? Here's the trailer if you're interested:
It's noted in the thread that Temple Run is built on Unity, which has pledged support for Windows Phone - so is this the gateway the developers could use for an easy Windows Phone port? Most definitely. Why wouldn't they launch it on the platform if it takes little effort to port the title over? ImAdrian23 has made a valid point though. Microsoft should be on top of things like this.
The company used a superb strategy for the Xbox to push it hard into mainstream video gaming. Microsoft made it popular. This is where it's losing it for Windows Phone, both for apps and also gaming, which we've continuously highlighted. Could the company not just pump money into a pool where developers' efforts are invested? It's certainly worth questioning them on the topic, just where is the funding for such strategies?
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Add your $0.02 over on the "Temple Run 2" thread.
Miscellaneous: favourite random commercials
A more of a 'thread to pass the time', BIGPADDY has created a thread that allows fellow members to post their favourite commercials. We've all sat on the couch late a night with a pizza, and that one commercial pops on which makes you giggle quietly. So why not share the humour and forget about all the issues with Windows Phone? Sounds like a win-win?
We've already had one to start us off:
So which advertisements on television make you smile? Share your "WTF?" favourites on the "Random commercial (advert) you have seen" thread. As always, joining in the conversation is completely free, so if you don't already have a Mobile Nations account, be sure to create one right away!
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Funny how your emotions play ups and downs when you have to part with certain items you have had for years. I'm cleaning out! Quite radically actually - I cannot believe how much stuff we have.
This week I sorted out several of my clothing items. Most of the stuff has been upstairs in our attic for - well forever. Nice dresses, fancy party outfits and my wedding dress! I parted with all of it. I gave it to the Weimar version of Oxfam. I came out feeling relieved like a weight had been lifted off. Yes I even gave my wedding dress away and felt quite good about it. It was a simple and elegant designer dress nothing with frills. I hope that another young girl finds her happiness in it with the man of her life. I found mine and I do not need a dress to remind me of it!
Then today I parted with other items. As I was sorting them out last night I could feel the melancholy rising inside. Some of my cookbooks have been with me for over 15 years. While these too were neatly stored up in the attic making room for the new ones down in the kitchen and living room, I somehow felt a kind of safety knowing they were there. See these were the cookbooks that not only helped a young girl of 21-22 learn to cook but also taught this girl the German language. I have not looked at even one of them in several years. I am beyond "Basic Baking" now - after all I am a Daring Baker. The basics have given way to more challenging cookbooks and I knew they had to go.
I wiped each one clean, removing the dust that had began to gather. Making myself comfortable, I opened a few and smiled at a few notes and post-its I had stuck into the pages. How I remember finding making a lasagna quite daunting back then and laughed at the funny scribbles on my post-it note! I packed each one carefully in a box and Tom helped me carry it to the boot of my car.
Today I brought them to a second hand bookstore and they took most of them. The others I'll be selling on Amazon.de. I do not feel relieved. I am still wondering if I should not have kept the one or two. I also know that this is a feeling I will have to get used to over the next few months as I part with several items.
To perk me up a little I decided to make a comforting meal. Nothing lavish or challenging, very basic actually, but extremely delicious. I love my legumes and try to add it where ever I can. I had a few chicken breasts in the fridge and a can of chickpeas and pinto beans in the pantry, the rest came as I went along. The result was a very satisfying and nicely spiced chicken legumes dish. Served with warm naans and a green salad, I am vitalized and am sure I will easily find a few good replacements for the cookbooks!
Recipe: Spicy Chicken Legumes with Pinto Beans and Chickpeas
Printable version of recipe here.2-3 chicken breast, cut in strips
1 can chickpeas/garbanzo beans, drained and washed
1 can pinto beans, drained and washed
2 red bell peppers, sliced
2 red chillies, chopped
1 medium sized red onion, diced
2 spring onions/scallions, sliced
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 tablespoons tomato paste
Pinch of ground cumin
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Salt and pepper
Olive oil
Chives, chopped
- Heat a large skillet add the oil and allow to get hot. Turn the heat to medium then add the onions, garlic, ground cumin and chopped chilies. Sauté for a few minutes until the onions are transparent and the garlic fragrant.
- Add the tomato paste and cook for another few minutes until the oils start to separate.
- Throw in the chicken strips and mix to coat with the spice mixture. Gently brown the the chicken until cooked. Add a bit of water should the mixture begin to stick to the pan.
- Put in the bell pepper strips, beans and chickpeas, add some water (not more than 1/2 cup), then cover and simmer for 5-6 minutes.
- Finally sprinkle with the spring onions, season to taste and toss well.
- Sprinkle with chives and serve hot.
Serving Tip: Serve with hot naans, whole wheat pitas or fresh baguette. A large fresh green salad is a great and refreshing completion to the meal.
Spicy, nutty and wonderfully simple. It's the perfect weeknight dinner and is prepared within minutes. We've been eating legumes quite a lot lately and Tom keeps saying "no more!" however, every time I serve up another bean, chickpea or lentil dish he digs in whole heatedly. Soeren and I laugh at him and say he needs a strong Indian stomach to hold up to all the legumes, to which we get dirty looks from him LOL! But then how can you stop eating dishes like this.
Srivalli, is also having a legumes love affair this month as she is hosting My Legumes Love Affair 7th Helping an event created by Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook. I'd like to send some of this over to Srivalli. Another event revolving around legumes, in particular chickpeas, is this month's JFI Chickpeas hosted over at Sometime Foodie. I'm sending a bit over there too.
You might like these legumes dishes from WFLH:
Pea Soup | Minty Hummus | South African Chicken Biryani |
From around the blogs:
- Cannellini, Fennel & Olives - The Well Seasoned Cook
- Indian Spiced Black-Eyed Peas with Tomato and Curry Leaves - Kalyn's Kitchen
- Urad Dal Masala Vada with Spicy Dal Dip - Aroma!
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Test Report: Panasonic TC-P55ST50 3D Plasma HDTV
One argument made by naysayers when 3D TV first arrived was that the feature would jack up prices for flat-panel sets. That did prove sort of true at first, but 3D was quickly folded into the general feature package for most TVs, leaving set prices to continue their downward trajectory. Case in point: Panasonic's new TC-P55ST50. The first Panasonic 3D TV I reviewed 2 years back had a 50-inch screen and cost $2,600. But the company's new P55ST50 3D plasma has a larger, 55-inch screen and costs around $1,600. Depending on how the rest of this review plays out, that could mean we have a serious bargain on our hands.
The ST Series TVs, the entry-level sets in Panasonic's 3D plasma lineup, lack a few features found on the higher-end VT and GT models, like THX 3D certification and the company's new Touch Pad remote control. But you do get built-in Wi-Fi, and they all share the same excellent assortment of media streaming apps, including Amazon Instant Video, Vudu, Hulu Plus, Vimeo, and Skype. The key differences in the ST50 line come in the video-processing and picture-adjustment departments. The short version: You get more for your money with the higher-end sets.
Panasonic's P55ST50 has a much-improved look from the company's past entry-level plasmas. The appealingly slim bezel is coated with a sheet of translucent acrylic, while the included stand is a simple, metal- toned job that doesn't attempt to make any design statement of its own. Depth maxes out at just under 2 inches, and a row of control buttons is inconspicuously placed on the panel's back at the lower right.
Panasonic's remote control for the ST Series isn't all that different from the ones that came with the company's previous TVs. The backlit keypad has large buttons, and it's generally easy to use in a dim room. Two changes: A 3D button at the top lets you easily switch to that mode, and the label for the green button that calls up the TV's media-streaming menu has been switched from "VieraCast" to the more widely known "Internet." There's also a Viera Remote app for smartphones/tablets that provides virtual versions of many of the remote's key functions. Still, in most situations I found simply picking up the remote preferable to reaching for my phone and firing up Panasonic's app. So much for progress... sigh.


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The New York-born singer posted on her blog Wednesday that she is pledging the money on behalf of her parents and sister. She also said she "would not be the woman or artist that I am today" if it weren't for places like the Lower Eastside, Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn.
She writes: "Thank you for helping me build my spirit. I will now help you rebuild yours."
Superstorm Sandy made landfall more than a week ago, killing many of its more than 100 victims in New York City and New Jersey and leaving millions without power.
Lady Gaga added that New York is a place full of "relentless ambition."


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Over the holidays I got to try an appetizer that was topped with a really nice onion relish and I was inspired to try to recreate the appetizer at home. I was not really sure what was in the onion relish but I could see the nicely caramelized onions and some spices and I was pretty sure that one of them was dark mustard seeds. While I was looking for a recipe for a savoury onion relish recipe with mustard seeds I thought that the relish really reminded me of a chutney. Given my recent obsession with chutneys, I immediatly switched gears and started looking for an onion chutney recipe. After looking for a while I decided to go with this onion chutney recipe that I found on Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen that included the mustard seeds. This recipe reminded me of the chutneys that I have made before centering on the main ingredient and including some chilies for heat, some sugar for sweetness, some vinegar, or in this case lemon juice, for tartness and some spices for a nice savoury finish. Other that the agony of slicing all of those onions, this recipe is really simple and it takes almost no time at all and it was so worth the red eyes! This onion chutney has a really amazing balance of heat, sweetness, tanginess and a really nice spiced finish. The sweet onion flavour comes through well and the texture is really nice. Now that I have my onion relish, I mean chutney, it is time to work on the rest of that appetizer.
Onion Chutney
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 4 dried chilies (crushed)
- 6 cups onions (sliced)
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup lemon juice (or white vinegar)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the cumin, mustard seeds, dried chilies and heat until they sputter.
- Add the onions and saute until the start to turn golden brown.
- Add the chili powder, salt, lemon juice, and sugar and bring to a boil for a minute.
Onion Marmalade (or Balsamic Caramelized Onions)
Apple Chutney
Cranberry Chutney
Onion Gratin
Hot Caramelized Onion Dip
Chipotle Caramelized Onions
Maple Caramelized Onions
Maple Bourbon Bacon Jam
Slow Roasted Tomato Bacon Jam
Creamy Asiago Bacon Wrapped Roasted Onions
Asiago Roasted Onions
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BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — Farming in abandoned warehouses has become a hot trend in the Midwest — with varying degrees of success — as more entrepreneurs worldwide experiment with indoor growing systems in attempts to grow more food locally.
Now one facility, FarmedHere LLC in suburban Chicago, is attempting to take indoor warehouse farming to the "mega farm" level, in a region of the country known more for its massive hog, corn and soybean farms than for crops of boutique greens.
Here's a run-down on the trend, this farm — and the challenges it and other indoor farms face.
In Chicago, Milwaukee and other urban areas, entrepreneurs have taken up residence in vacant buildings that have high ceilings and plenty of space. Often, these are called "vertical" farms because, within the buildings, farmers build tall structures with several levels of growing beds, often lined with artificial lights. With so much vacant space available, the cost of the property is often cheap, to buy or rent, though the power needed to run these facilities often is not.
Elsewhere, growers are incorporating greenhouses and natural light into their models — sometimes on rooftops, or in large fields.
Though farmers are experimenting with all kinds of crops, most have had success growing greens — herbs, various types of lettuce and "microgreens," edible plants, such as beets and sunflowers, which are harvested when they are young and used like sprouts in salads and sandwiches.
"Aquaponic" farms, which also raise tilapia and other fish, use water circulated to the plants that is fertilized with the fish excrement. Often, these farms also sell the fish to grocers or restaurants.
"It's different here than I've seen anywhere else, just the size, the sheer scale of it is very unique," says Maximino Gonzalez, the master grower at FarmedHere LLC.
The company, based in Bedford Park, Ill., is finishing the first of four phases, with plans to expand by the end of next year to 150,000 square feet of vertical growing space.
Already, they say they are the largest vertical farm in the country, a claim experts who monitor the field believe to be true. The farm supplies local grocery with fresh basil, arugula and other greens.
Right now, the farm has two large structures with five to six levels of massive growing beds that are lit with fluorescent lighting.
One structure, where basil is grown, is "aquaponic." Water underneath the plants — which rest in cutouts in styrofoam "floats" — circulates through a system from the plants to two large tanks of fish. The other structure, where arugula is grown, is "aeroponic," with water misters underneath that spray the plants' exposed roots.
A third structure is under construction and will be completed soon, owners at FarmedHere say.
Workers plant the seeds and grow seedlings on racks, then transfer into the growing systems.
After about a month, the crops — certified as "organic" by the USDA — are harvested and packaged by about a dozen workers in a cooling room at the facility. Early the morning after the harvests, workers use two vans to deliver those greens — mainly basil and arugula right now — to grocers in Chicago and suburbs, including Whole Foods and Mariano's Fresh Market locations.
CEO Jolanta Hardej calls it "on-demand farming."
"Let's say that the demand is suddenly for various types of arugula or various types of mixed greens, or mini greens," she says. "We could change the whole system ... and pretty much within the next 14 to 28 days, we have a full grown plant, whatever the market requires."
The biggest stumbling block for facilities like these remains power — the amount of electricity to run the lights that help the plants grow. Heating these massive spaces also can be costly.
Experts in the field say this will also be a big challenge for FarmedHere, because of its size.
A few other indoor farms in Wisconsin and Chicago have gone out of business, or are struggling to stay open.
"It's hard to get there for sure," says Sylvia Bernstein, an aquaponics supplier based in Boulder, Colo., who blogs about the trend. "There are a lot of people working on it."
Some growers are experimenting with solar, wind and methane as ways to generate the power. Others are supplementing artificial light with natural greenhouse or window lighting.
Hardej says FarmedHere is looking at methane options. Though she declined to elaborate for competitive reasons, she said the eventual goal is for the facility to be self-sustaining.
Many believe indoor farms that rely on artificial light will become even more viable as energy-efficient LED lighting improves and becomes more affordable.
But Dickson Despommier, a retired Columbia University microbiologist who wrote the book "The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century," says powering farms is still the biggest hurdle for the industry — one that many farmers are often reluctant to talk about publicly.
"A lot of them will tuck their head under their wings and say, 'Wait and see,'" he says, noting that he's anxious to see large indoor farming models in Japan that use both artificial and natural light. He says entrepreneurs in Germany also are experimenting with flickering lights that use less power but still emit enough light to grow plants.
"In another two or three years, this will shake out," Despommier says. "And we'll see which systems work, and which don't."
View a video of the indoor farm here: http://apne.ws/XeV782


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There's a theory about Nintendo that goes something like this: Nintendo has the best IP in video gaming, the characters with the highest Q score. Mario, Wario, Zelda, Kirby, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Pokémon, you name it. Add up all the Mario-themed games alone and you've got the bestselling video game franchise of all time.
But that's just part of the equation — call it the "apps" half, the one where leaping over barrels, butt-stomping bad guys and lighting torches to open doors is lingua franca in gaming-dom. The other half involves the way you interact with Nintendo's characters, settings and design tropes. Call it the "interface" half.
If you have an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, take a look at the controllers. We have Nintendo to thank for popularizing what's there: the four-way d-pad (the Nintendo Entertainment System), the diamond configuration face buttons (the Super Nintendo), the thumbstick employed to navigate 3D worlds, trigger buttons and force feedback system (the Nintendo 64). For all the talk about missed opportunities — that Nintendo ought to take Mario and Co. multiplatform — you could argue Nintendo wouldn't be Nintendo without its focus on how we play, as much as what we play.
(MORE: Nintendo TVii: The Next Big Thing Isn't Here Yet)
Which brings us to the Wii U, Nintendo's attempt to sneak what it calls "asymmetric gaming" — playing the same game from different perspectives — into our living rooms.
Out of the box, the system doesn't look so different — a 3.5-pound base station that could pass for a slightly longer, curvier Wii. Flip it around and you'll spot its new HDMI port (better late than never). Plug in the Wii-style sensor bar, dust off your old Wii Remote or Balance Board and you'll find everything syncs and works just as it did before. Slide a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U into the slot-load optical drive and you'll discover what it's like to play a Mario sidescroller in stunning high-definition for the very first time.
But the showpiece this time is the Wii U's tablet-like GamePad (capital G, capital P), sporting a vivid 854-by-480-pixel, 6.2-inch touchscreen sandwiched between a d-pad, face buttons and left/right thumb-sticks. It's thicker than most tablets, but substantially lighter (just 1.1 lbs), and the extra plastic gives your hands comfortable grip room, even if the glossy finish warrants the usual grumbling about fingerprints.
It's also packing motion control sensors, haptic feedback, dual speakers, shoulder buttons, left and right rear triggers, a microphone, an infrared sensor, near-field communication support, a front-facing camera and a rechargeable battery (it even has its own power adapter).
In short, the thing's loaded.
You might be thinking the second screen makes the Wii U a Wii-plus-DS, and it clearly shares second-screen DNA with Nintendo's dual-screen handheld. But the DS is about what you can do when you put a second screen beside the first in a device that fits in your hands. The Wii U is about what you can do if you make one of the screens your TV, then snap off the other and let it wander around a room.
And wander it will, especially when playing the closest thing to a must-have Wii U launch title, NintendoLand, a theme park game inhabited by Miis (Nintendo's virtual caricatures of players) with a dozen mini-games that riff on Nintendo themes and characters. Like Wii Sports, NintendoLand is essentially Nintendo's way of showing you how the Wii U works.
(MORE: Nintendo Wii U: 15 Points to Consider Before Buying One)
Take Donkey Kong's Crash Course, which has you tilting the GamePad left or right to steer a rickety roller through a zany Rube Goldberg-ish obstacle course. The GamePad view only shows you a portion of the course, where the TV view shows you everything. While you can't really play using the TV, someone else can follow along, which highlights the first new Wii U idea: gaming as a spectator sport.
In Captain Falcon's Twister Race, an F-Zero shout out, you hold the GamePad vertically, viewing the action top-down while twisting the controller left or right to guide a racer along a flashing track. The twist: When you pass through tunnels, which hide the racer on the GamePad, you have to look up at the TV to get your bearings. How do you know when to? An announcer shouts warnings, which highlights another new Wii U concept: shifting between screens using audio cues.
And in The Legend of Zelda: Battle Quest, an on-rails brawler, you'll battle doll-like Moblins and ChuChus by tilting the GamePad to aim a bow. As enemies swarm from all sides, you'll find yourself pitching up and down, even turning 180 degrees from the TV, borrowing a trick from the 3DS and using the GamePad like an all-angles window into another dimension — a totable version of the parallel universe viewscreen in Fringe.
Try a few of NintendoLand's multiplayer-only games and you'll see how splitting information between the screens can solve a problem that's plagued single-screen video gaming for decades.
In Mario Chase: The Great Getaway, for instance, up to four players use Wii Remotes and the TV to track a single player who uses the GamePad's screen and controls to weave through a Pac-Man-like maze — the game shouts audio cues to help the pursuers determine the general location of the GamePad player, like a video game version of "Marco Polo."
Luigi's Ghost Mansion: Haunting Hijinks takes that idea and cleverly inverts it: The GamePad player becomes the pursuer — a ghost trying to sneak up on Wii Remote players who carry ghost-detecting flashlights. Where the ghost is invisible on the TV, the Wii Remote players are visible on the GamePad screen.
(MORE: Watch Out, Here Come the Wii U Vultures (Is Anyone Not Sold Out of the Wii U?))
There's even a real-time modding angle in New Super Mario Bros. U: In story mode, one player can use the GamePad to create "boost blocks" that help other Wii Remote players navigate tricky sections of a level or access tough to reach areas. Or play in Coin Rush Mode (two to four players race to snatch up the most coins) and you can use the GamePad's touchscreen to tweak levels, planting coins in tricky spots.
What else can the second screen do? Say you want to play a little New Super Mario Bros. U or Batman: Arkham City while someone else watches TV. Knock yourself out: The GamePad can double as the main screen in most games. New Super Mario Bros. U is mirrored on the GamePad's screen by default, and in Arkham City, you just tell the game to pipe everything to the controller. The distance the base station can stream to the GamePad is limited — about 24 feet — but stay in range and you've essentially got the best looking, best controlling handheld on the market (including Sony's PlayStation Vita).
Keeping track of two screens could have been a mess, but it's actually pretty intuitive. Once I stopped trying to follow both screens (it's almost instinctive to want to) and just followed the audio-visual cues in the games I sampled — NintendoLand, Batman: Arkham City, New Super Mario Bros. U and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge — everything came together. It's also kind of liberating having that second screen in more traditional games, making information you'd normally pause the game to access available at a glance, say the map view in Arkham City, or the list of combo moves in Ninja Gaiden 3.
Does the GamePad have shortcomings? A few. For one, it's a battery hog (that, or the battery's too small), lasting about three hours in my tests before going back to the cradle or having to run plugged in (the power cable's reasonably long at eight feet). The GamePad also sometimes slips out of sync with the base station, the music running a microbeat behind the TV, causing sonic chaos unless you turn the GamePad's volume down. That said, I've experienced zero gameplay latency.
Neither issue's a deal-breaker, but it's a little disappointing that something this physically big, not doing any serious local processing, can only manage half the battery life of something like Apple's iPad playing a game like Riptide GP. Since the 1500 mAh Li-ion battery is replaceable, I'd like to think we'll see more capable aftermarket options arriving shortly.
(MORE: Nintendo: Wii U Is Core Enough and It's the Most Innovative Game System Ever Made)
Let's talk pricing. Nintendo's made it all but impossible to justify the less expensive $300 Basic model. NintendoLand sells for $60 standalone, so that it's a pack-in with the $350 Deluxe model justifies the extra $50 alone. But the Deluxe model also includes 32 GB of internal storage (the Basic only has 8 GB, and roughly 4 GB of that is earmarked for system data), a Wii U GamePad charging cradle, a Wii U GamePad stand and a Wii U console stand. Yes, you can plug in external hard drives of whatever size — kudos to Nintendo for not pulling a Microsoft and trying to sell us overpriced storage — but if you're planning to pick up NintendoLand and want the charging cradle, the extra $50 for the Deluxe set is a no-brainer.
What about the online features? TVii? Miiverse? Nintendo eShop? Wii U Chat? I wasn't able to test these because they weren't ready, and in TVii's case — the vaunted tie-in service designed to let you browse or interact with live TV using the GamePad — Nintendo just delayed its release until December.
Make of that what you will, but it means the Wii U you're getting on Nov. 18 isn't entirely the Wii U Nintendo's been promising for several months. (We'll follow up with a review of the services once they're live.)
The Wii caught everyone by surprise six years ago. Many expected it to fail. Even now, with nearly 100 million systems sold worldwide — tens of millions more than either Microsoft or Sony — you'll still find people dismissing the Wii as an underpowered, overhyped game system everyone bought but no one plays.
Whether that's true or not, the Wii U already feels like a much more robust and fascinating idea, one that shows even more promise, in my opinion, than the Wii did in 2006. That's partly because the Wii U is still a Wii (a radically more powerful Wii with a second screen that floats around your living room, true), and motion control still factors big in the Wii U's future.
But it's mostly because I haven't been this impressed with a new interface since Nintendo put a joystick on a gamepad in 1996. Sure, launch showcases like NintendoLand feel more like teasers for the next big Zelda or Metroid or 3D Mario game, and while I admire what Nintendo's done with New Super Mario Bros. U — especially the clever multiplayer modes — it's no Super Mario 64.
That said, unless Microsoft or Sony have more than burlier hardware up their sleeves, and assuming third-party developers can match Nintendo's skill utilizing the second screen, the Wii U already has a lock on the future of big-idea gaming.
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Vietnamese steak salad served on a bed of greens and tomatoes, topped with pickled onions and a lime dipping sauce. This widely popular Asian dish combines many taste sensations and creates a harmony of flavors with every bite. The "shaking" in the name refers to the tossing of the beef back and forth in the wok after it's quickly seared.
You can serve this as a salad for a low carb meal or make some rice on the side. This is traditionally served over a bed of watercress which I couldn't find, so I used an arugula blend instead. Thick soy sauce is traditionally used here, but you can use low sodium soy sauce instead if this is not available to you.
This was a recent recipe which I wanted to make as authentic as possible and upon doing some research came I came across and this recipe from Ravenous Couple who was guest posting on Rasa Malaysia. I had no doubt this dish would be a hit with my family and I hope you all like it too. I've made some adjustments to the recipe to lighten it a little but I tried to stick as close as possible to the original.
Vietnamese Shaking Beef (Bo Luc Lac)
- 1 1/2 lbs beef top sirloin, fat trimmed and cut into 1″ cubes
- 5 cloves crushed garlic
- 1 tbsp agave or sugar
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp thick soy sauce, or use low sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbs sugar, or agave
- 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
Dipping Sauce
- juice of 1 lime
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp fresh cracked pepper
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 4 cups watercress leaves or mixed baby greens
- 2 to matoes, thinly sliced
- 1 tbsp canola oil, divided
- Marinate steak at least 1 hour before cooking, or overnight for best results.
- Combine garlic, oyster sauce, agave or sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce and sesame oil with the beef.
- For the vinaigrette combine rice vinegar with salt and sugar. It should be a balance of sour, salty and sweet.
- Thinly slice the red onion and use about 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette to pickle and set aside covered in fridge for about 10 minutes.
- Prepare bed of greens and tomatoes in a serving platter and set aside.
- Make dipping sauce by squeezing lime juice over salt and pepper in a small ramekin.
- Heat a large wok or pan over high heat.
- When very hot add 1/2 tbsp oil and when it begins to smoke, add an even layer of beef (half) and allow to sear for about 2 minutes, before "shaking" to sear the opposite sides for about another 1-2 minute more to brown all the sides.
- Repeat this with the second batch of meat using the remainder of the oil.
- Transfer beef to bed of watercress and tomatoes.
- Drizzle remainder of the vinaigrette over the beef and greens and top with pickled red onions.
- Serve with lime dipping sauce.


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"God is giving a plan I think to me that is not really a plan … the problem is that I think the plan that the Lord would have us follow is hard for people to understand. Because of my track record with you who have been here for a long time, because of my track record with you, I beg of you to help me get this message out and I beg of you to pray for clarity on my part." Glenn Beck, "The Glenn Beck Program" April 20, 2010
First he told us that if we didn't like it, we could just get out.
When it turned out that we weren't moving to sissy Canadaland, he declared that he and his pals were going to take back "their" country.
He even held a big rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and proclaimed the restoration of America – in his image.
Of course, it didn't exactly pan out that way.
So now, rather than admit his assholery, rather than agree to live with the rest of us and stop acting the fool, Glenn Beck has announced plans to crawl into his own belly button.
Beck proposes to "go Galt" in the style of Atlas Shrugged.
Welcome to Independence, USA.
Independence, USA. It's a serious little community of stern faced libertarians, white picket fences, and a tidy little town square. A place where endless electricity falls like magic snow from the sky and the citizens walk about with pistols on their hip. Here in this Randian paradise there is no law, no government, no taxes, no crime, each man is a sovereign island unto himself, unfettered by the sucking socialist burden of civilization.
Think EPCOT Center crossed with Leave It To Beaver...
...if the Community of Tomorrow was built by Jim Jones instead of Walt Disney, and The Beav was the chain smoking bastard offspring of Ayn Rand and BoBo The Drooling Monkey Boy.
Glenn Beck announced earlier this week that he intends to found himself a new town, Independence, USA. You've heard of a City-State? Think Bunker-State and you'll be in the right ballpark, Independence will be part planned community, part theme park, part Colonial Williamsburg gets ass raped by the Creation Museum. Beck claims that it will be a community built on the "principles of the free market" where families can find "happiness, inspiration, courage, and hope." According to Beck's website, The Blaze:
Glenn believes that he can bring the heart and the spirit of Walt's early Disneyland ideas into reality.
That rumbling sound you hear is Walt Disney's frozen head spinning in its vat of liquid nitrogen deep in the secret vaults below Tomorrowland.
Beck goes on to say:
Independence, USA wouldn't be about rides and merchandise, but would be about community and freedom…
So, it is like Disneyland after all, but without any of the fun stuff.
It's not about rides and merchandise.
It's about the principles of the free market – because Disney isn't a giant free market money making machine designed to transmute little princess dreams into ingots of warm yellow capitalism.
It's not about the merchandise. It's not about the money.
This from a guy who has spent his entire career reducing the founding concepts of America down to little more than simpleminded marketing gimmicks that are the philosophical equivalent of mouse ears. Right. I give Independence, USA two weeks before Dittoheads in giant cartoon Tom Jefferson suits are hawking Glenn Beck Fudge Bars from carts on the corners for $4.95 a pop.
Apparently, Beck drew inspiration for his own personal town from Galt's Gulch (AKA "Atlantis" or "Mulligan's Valley"), the mystical place high in the Colorado Rockies where John Galt leads all the striking Makers in Ayn Rand's libertarian masturbation fantasy, Atlas Shrugged.
Visits to Beckville will be controlled via a main entrance, implying that, similar to Galt's walled fortress-like Gulch, or Disneyland, access to the town will be limited to those who can pay. The Blaze reports that residency will be strictly controlled and based on an immigration process similar to Ellis Island, because, according to Glenn Beck "that's how most Americans came to the country."
Most Americans came to the United States via Ellis Island.
Most Americans.
I assume that means main street, Independence, USA, will likely demonstrate a marked lack of black, brown, yellow, or red faces, maybe Beck should call it Western European Boulevard – or Tea Party Avenue. But I digress.
I hope those libertarians all have fun with the Ellis Island style delousing and background checks.
Beck hasn't said if he plans to mask the town from overhead surveillance via vision warping heat rays ala John Galt. However, The Blaze has announced that Independence, USA will have its own power supply – one can only assume that since Beck left Fox News he finally had enough free time to invent John Galt's Electrostatic Motor which perpetually sucks magic juju beans electricity from the sky.
The centerpiece of Glenntopia will be the marketplace,
The Marketplace would be a place where craftsmen and artisans could open and run real small businesses and stores. The owners and tradesmen could hold apprenticeships and teach young people the skills and entrepreneurial spirit that has been lost in today's entitlement state.
That's right kids, put aside that entitlement mentality. That lazy taker attitude that's had your generation filling the ranks of our volunteer military for the last ten years and fighting our wars on two fronts. Yes, you, you lazy, good for nothing worthless pieces of crap. That's you, the shit generation, the taker generation. God, you suck, you all suck so bad. You think that just because you've been shedding your blood for this country for more than a decade now that your worthless shitty generation is somehow entitled to a piece of the American Dream. Who do you think you are? The Greatest Generation? Takers, that's you. But, hey, it doesn't have to be that way. No sirree. Step right up and learn a real American trade by apprenticing to one of our Tea Party Job Creators (Note: Apprentices don't actually get paid in money, but they do get a nice warm feeling of patriotism). College? You don't need no college, those places are full communists and socialist and stinky liberals anyway. We've got lots of old fashioned apprenticeship choices here in Glenntopia Marketplace! How about blacksmithing or maybe barrel coopering? We've got TEA Party sign making too, and you don't even have to know how to spell!
I don't suppose this is the place to tell Glenn Beck that out here in the real world, trade unions typically provide on the job training, apprenticeships, and professional certification for jobs that actually have some utility outside of renaissance fairs and flea markets. And given the general bent of these people, I'd suspect that the Glentopian Marketplace will be less a showpiece of Austrian School Economics and more the kind of place where you stone gays and uppity women to death for defying God.
There would also be an Media Center, where Glenn's production company would film television, movies, documentaries, and more. Glenn hoped to include scripted television that would challenge viewers without resorting to a loss of human decency. He also said it would be a place where aspiring journalists would learn how to be great reporters.
The Glenn Beck Media Center where they make Glenn Beck TV and Glenn Beck movies and Glenn Beck documentaries. And more. So very much more.
Without resorting to a loss of human decency.
A place where aspiring journalists learn to be great reporters.
Learn human decency and great reporting. From Glenn Beck himself.
It's like the jokes just write themselves, isn't it?
Across the lake, there would be a church modeled after The Alamo which would act as a multi-denominational mission center.
A church.
In a cult-like closed community of paranoid religious extremists.
Modeled on the Alamo.
Listen, word of advice: When the Feds show up in tanks and Glenn Koresh (Jesus, five letters. Glenn, five letters. It's really just a matter of time, isn't it?), when Jesus Beck commands you all to grab your kids and your guns and make your last stand in Temple Alamo? Yeah. You might want to think that one through, Davy Crockett. I'm just saying.
Also, anybody else catch that "multi-denominational" bit?
I think that means they'll have both country and western music playing on the Alamo sound system.
The town will also have a working ranch where visitors can learn how to farm and work the land.
Not to be pedantic or anything, but you work the land on a farm, you raise animals on a ranch. But hell, they're worshipping in an multi-denominational evangelical church built by a born again Mormon modeled on a fort made from an old Roman Catholic Spanish mission, farm, ranch, tomato, potatoe, fuck it never mind.
Visitors can learn to work the land… and by "work the land [wink wink]" we mean fill out farm subsidy paperwork. I understand that they'll be calling it the Bachmann Spread.
According to Beck, Independence, USA will grow all its own food and be completely self sufficient. Wasn't that a major selling point on the Jonestown brochures as well? But I digress.
Independence would also be home to a Research and Development center where people would come to learn, innovate, educate, and create.
I look forward to the fruits of this institution. What marvelous wonders will spring from applied creation science? New, more detailed conspiracy theories? A deeper understanding of Birtherism and 911 Truthiness? Will there be treatises on advanced Global Climate Change Denial? Survival tips for avoiding liquidation in FEMA Death Camps of Death? Refined quantum chalkboard theory? New cures for Teh Gayz? Guidelines for Ebay gold trading techniques? Nazi identification technology? Cheap domestic production techniques for New World Order tin foil hats on an industrial scale? A revolutionary new theory of Jesus Economics built on a foundation powered by the magical Ayn Rand Bullshit Generator?
Before you send your kids to college, you come to us. And you spend a week with us. We're gonna tell them exactly, we will show them the truth, we will tell them what they're going to try to do, and we will deprogram them every summer, if you care.
That would be great. I can spend forty grand a year making sure my kid gets a solid foundation in science, math, history, and cognitive skills – and then I can send him to Never Never Land, where Glenn can teach him how man and dinosaur frolicked together in sinless vegetarian joy six thousand years ago until it was ruined by Hitler. I'm sure that will be very helpful, because the world doesn't have enough homeless street preachers who reek of cat piss and bath salts and who spend their days in the park shouting at Satan. I wonder if the Becktopia Marketplace will have an apprenticeship program for that.
There would be a theme park for people to recharge and have fun with their families.
A theme park?
I gotta tell you, this place sound a lot less like Disney World to me, and a lot more like Westworld.
And yes, that sounds like fun … right up until the Robo Glennslinger goes berserk and starts slaughtering people, then it'll be hilarious.
And finally,
People would also have the option to live in Independence, with a residential area where people of different incomes could all come together and be neighbors.
People of all different incomes could live together and be nei … SWEET ANGRY MONKEY GOD, IT'S LIBERAL HELL! Just like Hitler!
And who exactly will your neighbors be?
Commenters on The Blaze, Yahoo News, and Salon should give you a pretty good idea:
It is all possible, our ancestors did it over 200 years ago..
Yeah, and some of their descendants haven't advanced since then. Seriously, you want to live like your ancestors did two centuries back, that's on you. I like indoor plumbing, social safety nets, and cable TV.
Beck preaches self-reliance. When a devastating weather disaster hits me I will overcome then help my neighbors. That's why we stock pile food, water, gold, and guns. You have to be a fool to believe that government will help you after Katrina and the last hurricane. Believe/rely in yourself that's all Beck teaches..
You'd have to be a fool to believe that government will help you after a disaster? Yeah, especially when conservative extremists (i.e. the people who listen to Glenn Beck) in congress are doing everything they can to delay federal assistance.
Why would u need taxes [in Independence, USA]? Pay electric bill, water bill, and phone bill. FD will be volunteer[sic]. No democraps so no need in police. Only thing will be mandatory is military service and it will be funded by donations
See, if there are no democrats, there won't be any crime. Because conservatives don't commit crimes. That's why there are no republicans in prison. Want me to pull the thread on that one for you? Or can you get to the racist underpinning on your own?
Also, Independence will have its own military. Funded by donations. Military service will be mandatory.
I suspect YouTube videos of the Glenntopia Conscript Militia in their donated equipment engaging the US Army during the five minute Battle of the Alamo will be regular inclusions in the Darwin awards and world's biggest idiot compilations for decades to come. It'll probably be right after that video of Saddam Hussein daring George Bush to invade.
Beck wants to go back to the Leave it to Beaver days and I for one would love to see it, but I don't think it can be done.... Would love to see it though! Blacks and or the ACLU will try to screw it up as soon as it starts!.
Well, at least they're not racists. And really, why wouldn't people of color want a do-over of the 1950s?
If Beck's dream fails, it'll be the ACLU's fault, mark my words.
Read the book atlas shrugged if you want to be informed. […] I am all for it. Plus the "society" Galt created had a financial system but was built on the premise of no Looters (Democrats), or Moochers (people on the system) only producers. Obama believes the following: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" So the point is best put by the words of Ayn Rand and galt " I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine." That is how I will live my life and I refuse to work for the benefit of another unless I choose too. I believe in charity, of MY CHOOSING, it is not the place of the Government to take from me and give to whatever they believe in. i have my beliefs and it is not the beliefs of Obama or anyone else for that matter. So you have all voted for what you are now getting. "reap what you sow". You are now doing that. Give Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Reid, Feinstein, etc. your guns. You have now given up. Live free in your utopia. Give 100% of your money to them as well, they know better than you do how to spend it. besides, you will be getting your health care, benefits, etc. from the government. So what do you need "Producers" for. Oh yeah, you cannot pay for all of this "Freedom" without the producers in the world. Hence the motto of the book. What would happen if the "producers" left and stopped being robbed at the barrel of a Government Gun. Don't believe the increase in "Revenue" obama likes to call it is not at the gun, then try not to pay your property taxes. Then a Sheriff will come to your house with a GUN and evict you. Even though you supposedly OWN your property. Well we do not anymore. Welcome to the United Socialist States of America cir. 1939. FDR new deal has made his socialist (communist) dream come true..
I think we've found the perfect guy to chair the Economics Department at Beck University.
And a history professor:
The Pilgrims did't take anyone else's land. Look it up- they waited for the folks who had cleared the area of Plymouth to show up only to learn they had all died of disease. The last man of that tribe had been abroad when the epidemic hit so he survived and lived with a neighboring people group. He welcomed the Pilgrims and helped them out. If you wanna talk about koolaid drinkers, those of you regurgitating the self-loathing lies of the left are the real cultists. Don't you ever question the contempt-filled litany of white guilt that was drummed into your skulls at college? Try it- the truth will set you free…[sic]
The truth, it will set you free. There's a very funny de-motivational poster in there somewhere.
An isolated walled garrison town, created and controlled by Glenn Beck.
Populated by people who think just like Glenn Beck.
Designed to produce more people who see the world just like Glenn Beck!
Walt Disney my ass.
Independence, USA sounds like something dreamed up by Stephen King; it's not EPCOT, it's The Stepford Wives meets Children Of The Corn.
Two years ago, Glenn Beck stood on the Washington Mall in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln and told us that we, people like you and me, we weren't Americans. That we didn't belong.
Five decades ago this year, Martin Luther King stood upon those self same steps. Dr. King looked out upon our nation and spoke in a voice that still brings me to tears and he told us all that he had a dream. That dream, well, that dream was about more than just race, it was about people, Americans, coming together – instead of hiding in isolation, nursing their festering ignorance and bigotry and hatred.
Dr. King's dream was about building a nation, not tearing one apart and squatting in the ruins.
It seems that some folks never got the message.
Glenn Beck wants to create his own retreat far from us?
I say fine.
Brick him in and let him rot in his apartheid.
Hat Tip to Vernor Vinge and his short story "Apartness" for the title and the last line of this essay.


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Some of these conditions correct themselves without treatment as the child grows. Others that persist or become more severe may be linked to other conditions. Many orthopedic conditions, just like dimples or cleft chins, are just normal variations of human anatomy that don't require treatment.
Most babies are born with flatfeet and develop arches as they grow. But in some kids the arch never fully develops. Parents often first notice their child has what they describe as "weak ankles." The ankles appear to turn inward because of the way the feet are planted.
Flatfeet usually do not represent an impairment of any kind, and doctors only consider treatment if it becomes painful. They also don't recommend any special footwear, such as high-top shoes, because these do not affect arch development.
Parents with flatfooted kids sometimes say their children are clumsier than others, but doctors say that flatfeet isn't a cause for concern and shouldn't interfere with the ability to play sports. Sometimes, doctors will recommend inserting arch supports into shoes to reduce foot pain.
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Toe walking is common among toddlers as they learn to walk, especially during the second year of life. Generally, the tendency goes away by age 2, although it persists in some kids. Intermittent toe walking should not be cause for concern. But kids who walk on their toes almost exclusively and continue to do so after age 2 should be evaluated by a doctor. Persistent toe walking in older kids or toe walking only on one leg might be linked to other conditions, such as cerebral palsy or other nervous system problems.
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Treatment for pigeon-toed feet is almost never required. Special shoes and braces commonly used in the past have never been shown to speed up the natural slow improvement of this condition. This, too, typically doesn't interfere with walking, running, or sports, and resolves on its own as kids grow into teens and develop better muscle control and coordination.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself.
In one of the most electric moments since the IRS controversy erupted nearly two weeks ago, Lois Lerner unwaveringly — but briefly — defended herself before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. But she would say no more, citing legal advice in the face of a federal investigation.
Members of Congress have angrily complained that Lerner and other high-ranking IRS officials did not inform them that conservative groups were singled out, even though lawmakers repeatedly asked the IRS about it after hearing complaints from local tea party groups.
The Justice Department has launched a criminal probe of the murky events over the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns, saying it is looking into potential civil rights violations. Top IRS officials say Lerner didn't tell them for nearly a year after she learned that agents working under her had improperly singled out conservative groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status.
Under unrelenting criticism — most forcefully from Republicans but also from Democrats and people outside politics — administration officials from President Barack Obama on down have denounced the targeting as inappropriate and inexcusable.
Lerner, who heads the IRS division that handles applications for tax-exempt status and first disclosed the targeting at a legal conference, has said the same. But she also spoke up for herself Wednesday, sitting stern-faced at the committee witness table.
"I have not done anything wrong," she said. "I have not broken any laws, I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations, and I have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee."
By one lawmaker's count, Lerner was asked 14 times by members of Congress or their staffs without revealing that the groups had been targeted. On Wednesday, lawmakers didn't get a chance to ask Lerner again.
Nine minutes after she began speaking, Lerner was excused, though committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said he might recall her. He and other Republicans say they believe she forfeited her Fifth Amendment privilege not to testify by giving an opening statement in which she proclaimed her innocence, but several law professors were skeptical they could make that stick.
Issa later said he would consult with others — including her lawyer and House attorneys — before determining whether to summon her again, hopefully deciding by the time Congress returns from an upcoming recess early next month.
"She's a fact witness with a tremendous amount that she could tell us," Issa said.
By leaving early, Lerner missed out on a six-hour grilling that three other witnesses endured.
The hearing was Congress' third on the IRS controversy in the past week. Taken together, testimony by current and former officials indicates that Lerner's actions were consistent with theirs: Once officials learned that conservative groups were being targeted, they say they made sure the practice was stopped, but they were slow to tell superiors, if they did so at all.
They also didn't tell Congress, until Lerner herself made it public at a May 10 legal conference.
"Think about it. For more than a year, the IRS knew that it had inappropriately targeted groups of Americans based on their political beliefs without mentioning it," Issa said. "There seemed to be a culture of insulation that puts higher priority on deniability than addressing blatant wrongdoing."
The hearings have been notable for what they have not shown as well as what they have. No evidence has emerged that anyone outside the IRS, including the White House, directed agents to go after conservative groups. And there has been no evidence that anyone outside the IRS was made aware that the groups were being targeted until a few weeks before the inspector general released his report on the situation last week.
Still, Obama's top spokesman said Wednesday the White House is facing "legitimate criticisms" for its shifting accounts about who knew what, and when they knew it.
Press secretary Jay Carney first said only Obama's top lawyer knew the IRS was being investigated in the weeks before the inspector general's report was released. Later, he said the chief of staff and other top officials also knew.
"There have been some legitimate criticisms about how we're handling this," Carney said. "And I say 'legitimate' because I mean it."
The report said IRS agents in a Cincinnati office started targeting tea party and other conservative groups for additional scrutiny in March or April of 2010. By August 2010, "tea party" became part of a "be on the lookout," or "BOLO" list of terms to flag for additional screening.
Lerner learned in June 2011 that agents in her division were singling out groups with "Tea Party" and "Patriots" in their applications for tax-exempt status, the report said. She ordered agents to scrap the criteria immediately, but later it evolved to include groups that promoted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
"After that date, Ms. Lerner had 14 opportunities — in direct and distinct interactions with the Ways & Means Committee and with this committee — 14 different occasions where she could have set the record straight, and she chose not to do it," said Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
Lerner, 62, is an attorney who joined the IRS in 2001. She expressed pride in her 34-year career in federal government, which has included work at the Justice Department and Federal Election Commission, and she said she currently oversees 900 workers and a budget approaching $100 million.
She has faced no discipline for her actions, IRS officials said. A new acting commissioner is conducting a 30-day review of the division.
J. Russell George, the Treasury Department inspector general for tax administration, has blamed ineffective management for allowing agents to improperly target conservative groups for more than 18 months.
On Wednesday, he hinted that there may be more revelations to come. He told the oversight committee that his office has since uncovered other questionable criteria used by agents to screen applications for tax-exempt status. But he refused to elaborate.
"As we continue our review of this matter, we have recently identified some other BOLOs that raised concerns about political factors," George said. "I can't get into more detail at this time as to the information that is there because it's still incomplete.
Lerner's supervisors said they, too, were kept in the dark for nearly a year. One of those supervisors was Deputy IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, who later became acting head of the agency. He was forced last week to resign.
Miller said he first learned in May 2012 that conservative groups had been singled out. He promptly told his boss, IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman.
But for the second straight day, Shulman testified that he didn't tell anyone in the Treasury Department or the White House because he was awaiting the results of an audit by the agency's inspector general. The IRS is part of the Treasury Department.
Shulman stood by that Wednesday, and was pressed once again by lawmakers about why he didn't say anything.
"At the time I learned about this list, I felt I was taking the appropriate actions and that my course was the proper one, and I still feel that way today," Shulman said.
Shulman, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, left in November when his five-year term expired. Miller became acting commissioner when Shulman left.
In the spring of 2012, George told a top Treasury official that the inspector general's office was investigating complaints by conservative groups. George, however, did not reveal any details about what he had uncovered, said Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, who also testified Wednesday.
"He told me only of the fact that he had undertaken such an audit, and he did not provide any findings," Wolin testified. "I told him that he should follow the facts wherever they lead. I told him that our job is to stay out of the way and let him do his work."
Wolin said he didn't tell any of his superiors at Treasury or the White House about the investigation.


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To WebAppSec vendors
This request is mainly focused on the commercial vendors of products and services of the following WebAppSec categories: Pen-testing, Code Review, BlackBox Scanning, WhiteBox Scanning and WAFs.
Other software/services categories, including equivalent Open Source tools, are more than welcomed to participate.
Open Letter
Open letter to WebAppSec tool/services vendors: Release your schemas and allow automation
Dear vendor,
Although you provide a product or service that automates (as much as you can) the process of evaluating the security of a particular application, at the moment (Feb 2011) it is very hard to consume, consolidate, integrate and instrument your deliverables and technology.
Our industry (and clients) desperately need to move into a world where we are able to consolidate, analyse and present the results created by multiple tools/services. This would create a scenario where we (for example) are able to deliver to developers (as Unit Tests or Software-as-a-Service) 'complete and integrated' findings (i.e. security findings that contain both WhiteBox and BlackBox findings). We also need to be able to create WAF rules from the findings delivered, and must have the ability to integrate them with other technologies used through the Software Development LifeCycle (e.g. BugTracking, Change Control, Application Modelling/Design Tools, Threat Modelling tools, Knowledge-Base/ELearning solutions, etc...)
At the moment there are numerous companies and projects that are trying to achieve such integration (good luck on their endeavours), but we need an independent base we call all work from.
With this in mind, the following data and artifacts are requested from you and ALL product vendors in this space :
- The XSD (schemas) for ALL released versions of your product/service (starting with the most recent release and going back as far as possible)
- Sample XML files (or whatever format the data can be exported) of: vulnerable-by-design and Open Source web applications - To kickstart this process please deliver the results for the following applications:
- OWASP WebGoat (Java),
- HacmeBank - OWASP version (.Net),
- MediaWiki (PHP),
- NerdDinner (ASP.NET MVC),
- PetStore (Struts/Spring version)]
- PetStore (DWR version).
- Other applications can be also provided at the discretion of the vendors (as long as it is possible to also scan those applications from other tools/services)
- Artifacts created during scanning (for example Internal representations of source code or web applications)
- Rules used during the scans (to allow the replication of findings and the creation of a core 'industry wide' set of rules)
- APIs that can be used to instrument and control your scanning engine (please provide as much documentation as possible on the currently supported ways to interact with your product)
With these materials (to be uploaded to a google code repository), the OWASP community will try to create the following standards (reusing as much as possible the great work done by others in this space (MITRE, CWE, NIST, OVAL, etc...):
- Open Findings Schema
- Open Rules Schema
- Open Application Artifacts Schema (which could also be called: Open Scan Targets Schema)
- Open Intermediate Representation Schema (abstraction layer of code and web assets)
The OWASP Summit 2011 represents a unique opportunity to make this happen, so please either provide the requested data yourselves, or allow your current clients to do so (without the thread of a lawsuit)
The undersigned below, urge you to join these effort and to active participate in this endeavour
If you want to sign , please do it here (on OWASP website)


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The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant California an extension on an order issued by the justices more than two years ago for the state to release some 10,000 inmates from its overcrowded prisons.
The high court's original May 2011 ruling held that congested conditions in the California's 33 prisons amounted to cruel and unusual punishment as defined by the Eighth Amendment. The court gave the state two years to comply with an order to free the prisoners and alleviate the overcrowding.
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