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Bacon-Swiss Tossed Salad
Total TimePrep: 10 min. + chilling
Makes6-8 servings
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 6 cups mixed salad greens
- 1 medium red onion, sliced
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas, thawed
- 8 ounces sliced Swiss cheese, julienned
- 1 pound bacon, cooked and crumbled
- In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, sugar, salt and pepper. In a large salad bowl, layer a third of the greens and a third of the mayonnaise mixture, onion, peas and cheese. Repeat the layers twice. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Just before serving, add the bacon and toss.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 364 calories, 29g fat (11g saturated fat), 52mg cholesterol, 547mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 3g fiber), 16g protein.
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Jan 9, 2014
I have been searching for this recipe for the last few years. Originally it was made here by a recipe from a Church cookbook from Illinois back in the 1970's. It is fantastic! It should be made the night before so all the flavors can marinate together. I used thinly sliced red onion in limited amounts, the poster was right, cut the bacon by 1/2. However, I also toss petite frozen peas into a bit of water and cook for a short time to give them the fresh taste rather than a raw taste. I do drain and dry them before adding. To the 1/2 cup of mayo mentioned, PLEASE use Miracle Whip & add 3 Tablespoons whole milk to it, stir, & drizzle over the recipe. When covered and refrigerated overnight all the veggies give off enough liquid. I add the final layer of chopped, cooked bacon just before serving. Using iceberg lettuce is a must as other greens will collapse overnight. This is our favorite "go to anytime" salad...only the recipe was misplaced. Yes, as mentioned Swiss cheese is the right one for this salad. Please try it, you'll love it.
Feb 26, 2011
Very tasty layered salad. However, to get the amount of dressing shown in the picture, you would have to double or triple the amount given in the recipe, whereas I think it is just right. Also the Swiss cheese, a variety I don't usually like, makes a good balance of flavor with the other ingredients and isn't too "cheesy". The peas don't really need to be thawed, as the chilling time will allow them to thaw before serving. Or you could use petite peas to ensure they defrost in time. Also, I used only 1/2 lb of bacon - you would have to be a bacon-a-holic to want a whole pound!
Apr 26, 2006
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You might already know David Friedman's work: To design fans he's Ironic Sans, a charmingly deadpan commentator on visual culture. Or you may know him as the guy who invented the word keming, his coinage for bad kerning. (Get it?)
"I never take it for granted that anyone knows who I am," Friedman says. "A lot of people know what I've done but don't know it's all done by the same person." So you might not know that he's also the photographer shooting portraits of American inventors as part of a series that's taking him across the country, putting him in the living rooms of the country's most intelligent – and kooky – personalities.
Friedman is now working on both an app and a book to bring the series to a wider audience, while continuing to profile scientists, engineers, and thinkers who have invented everything from the Practicello to the massage chair.
We caught up with Friedman at his home-office in New York to find out what inspired his latest project.
Wired Design: I'm looking at your very first portrait from 2008, of an inventor who created a videogame controller with some Legos and a trampoline, and all I can think is, how did you find this guy?
David Friedman: I started Ironic Sans when I was a staff photographer for Ralph Lauren, and in 2007 I quit to freelance full-time. One of the things that people knew about Ironic Sans is that I often posted my own ideas for funny, impractical inventions. I realized I do like invention, I do like creativity, and maybe I can come up with a project that merges the two. So I had in my mind that I'd do a project on inventors.
That year I was a speaker on a panel at SXSW and I decided to bring my camera. I had never been to Austin before, so I thought maybe I'd meet someone who would fit the bill for my inventor project. I happened to meet this guy at a maker event. We got to talking, turned out he lived in Austin, so one morning I went to his house and we did this photo shoot.
WD: Is that how you meet most of your subjects? By chance encounter?
DF: I started going to local meetups on Long Island, in New Jersey, and in Manhattan for aspiring inventors where there's an established inventor and a patent attorney and maybe a conversation moderator who answer questions and help each other out based on their experience.
I'd ask to speak to the group, give my little spiel, and pass a notebook around, so I found a few people locally to photograph. After I did a few of them and realized that the project had legs, then I started to travel.
WD: Do you have any kind of parameters for what kinds of inventions you want to include?
DF: That's a great question. At first I wasn't picky. You had to let me come over, and you had to have some kind of invention — not just an idea. As I added more and more people to the project I became more selective.
I don't want too much overlap. So if three people who reach out to me tell me about their great garbage-can deodorizer, there's no reason for me to have three of those. I tried to give it a broad range of the kind of invention and also the kind of inventor. For example, I would like to have more women inventors in my project.
WD: I was going to ask about that.
DF: The vast majority of the women who I've communicated with have inventions that are domestic, for the kitchen — things that make it easier to raise a baby. I don't want to give the impression that that's all women invent is stuff around the house. So that's actually been a little hard because I do turn down some women.
I do have Esther Takeuchi, and I was very fortunate to get her. She is a great role model. One reporter determined that she holds more patents than any other woman. And her patents are engineering patents — she's a chemical engineer. She's a recipient of the National Medal of Technology, which specifically recognizes her inventions in medical batteries, the batteries that fit into medical devices like pacemakers. She has literally saved millions of lives.
WD: Failure is such a big part of inventor culture – this constant trial and error. Do you follow up to see if their ideas really do make it?
DF: One woman I interviewed invented a very interesting domestic project she called easy-to-thread sewing needles. The eye of the needle has a slit on the side and the thread can go into the slit. It doesn't fall out, and you can basically thread a needle in a few seconds.
At the time she was seeing some success. There was a lot of interest in it, and it was very important to her that she not take it overseas to manufacture it. She went on and on about how it could be a "made in the USA" project, how it could be given to soldiers since they have sewing needs — she really saw it as all-American.
Fast-forward a couple of years. She now has a much more successful project. You can see it on infomercials, and she was on the show Pitchmen on the Discovery Channel, but she kind of sold out — in order to make it attractive enough for the infomercial market, she has to have it made in China.
I asked her about that, after I saw the commercial, and she said money is really tight and she was getting to the point where she needed income.
WD: Is there a dream interviewee, maybe an inventor celebrity, you would like to feature in your series?
DF: I have a few inventor celebrities — well, they're not celebrities like we think of celebrities. For a while my dream inventor was Dean Kamen and he was nice enough to give me an hour of his time over the summer, so I can check him off. I have other celebrity inventors like Art Fry, who invented the Post-it note, and Douglas Engelbart, who invented the computer mouse.
I've had a few back-and-forth conversations with Steve Wozniak's wife, who manages his schedule, but we haven't been able to make it work yet.
WD: Which interview is your favorite?
DF: There are two videos that have emerged as the people's favorites, based on the number of views. One of them is about Ralph Baer, who invented the first videogames. I posted the video on his 90th birthday last month. In the interview he speaks very inspirationally about why he's still inventing, even at 90.
The other one is about Steven Sasson, who invented the digital camera at Kodak. It's a fascinating interview in which we see the inner workings of that first digital camera and learn about why certain engineering decisions were made. It's especially relevant since Kodak just filed for bankruptcy, and a lot of people blame their failure to capitalize on digital photography as part of their downfall.
But my personal favorite is probably Brent Farley. Nobody has heard of him because he hasn't had any success at all. But the man is obsessed. He's a creative thinker, and he fills dozens of notebooks with ideas for inventions, but he doesn't really distinguish between ideas that might just be good mental exercises and ideas that are worth pursuing. And so he tries to pursue them all. He speaks quite candidly about how this obsession with inventing has greatly interfered with his life. I find his story both inspiring and tragic.
WD: There's been so much said lately about how Americans are lagging when it comes to science and technology. Are you trying to say something about the state of ingenuity in the US?
DF: Well, I hope this project can at least be part of the conversation. There is still a lot of ingenuity in this country, and I have no trouble finding people with ideas that they're trying to get off the ground.
Some of them are struggling, and I include people like that in this series. By including inventors from all walks of life, some of who've had great success, and some people who are struggling, I'm trying to show that there's a broad spectrum of people who invent, and there are lessons that can be inferred from their varying experiences.

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Saalbach and Hinterglemm were once poor mountain farming villages. Now you´´ll find magnificent, snow-covered slopes and the offer is huge. It ranges from easy slopes for beginners to thrilling steeps, hidden off-pist tracks and cool snow-funparks. On the sunny side - right on the slopes of the former Alpine World Ski Championships on track Kohlmais - resides slightly elevated above the center of Saalbach, the ART & SKI-IN HOTEL HINTERHAG and just a few steps away HINTERHAGALM ski lodge. Many years ago the founder Josef Fersterer senior has gathered ancient wooden huts and out of this h buildt these two architectural highlights in Saalbach. His widow Evi together with her son Josef continued his legacy.
Among other things the artist Evi Fersterer has dedicated her work to "wood" and designed Hotel Hinterhag as unique experience. During your holiday here at Hinterhag you may expect art wherever you walk or ski!


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Blake Shelton's newest single "God's Country" is fire. Literally.
Blake had released a smoldering video teaser ahead of his official "God's Country" video. The teaser clip has been dubbed, "The Prequel" leading fans to believe that we are on the forefront of combustion.
The clip was the perfect visual horizon for Blake to debut this dark country song showcased with a fiery blaze and with lyrics like, "The devil went down to Georgia, but he didn't stick around."
"God's Country" was written by the dark horse himself Devin Dawson, alongside Jordan Schmidt, and country newcomer Hardy.
Blake explains that song is a track that has a strong and deeply meaningful lyrics, but at the same time, it leaves it up to the listener's interpretation.
"Well, I can tell you one thing for damn sure, Oklahoma is God's country," Shelton told CMT.com. "So that's where we shot the music video for the song. We spent four days shooting there, in and around Tishomingo, getting connected to the land, the environment and the spirit of the music. As I've said before, I was born in Oklahoma, and I'll be buried there."
The song, resonated with Shelton the first time he heard it.
"'God's Country' is a song that has a strong and deep meaningful lyric, but at the same time it leaves it up to the listeners' interpretation," Shelton said in a statement with the press."But no matter where you are from or where you're standing it is my belief that you're standing in God's Country. It's really about a state of mind. Wherever you're from and how you feel about that place. For me, it's about being from Oklahoma – where I was born, raised and still live today."
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THE CT WATCHDOG: There are more credit agencies than you think
Most of us have heard of the three top national consumer reporting companies - Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. The information they collect can mean the difference of whether you get a credit card, car loan or a mortgage and how much interest you have to pay.
But did you know there are more than 40 smaller specialty national consumer reporting companies keeping track of you?
"These are companies that collect information on a nationwide basis about medical records or payments, residential or tenant history, check-writing history, employment history, or insurance claims," says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Judge cuts $18M bail for ex-lawyer who was on the run
A judge Thursday decided $18 million was too much for bail for Anthony Chiofalo, a disbarred attorney accused of stealing $9 million from his employer.
Visiting District Judge Frank Price decided $150,000 was enough to ensure that Chiofalo, who spent six months on the lam last year, appear for court.
Chiofalo is at the center of an FBI investigation into two former Harris County District Attorney investigators, one of whom is accused of selling evidence in Chiofalo's case and was charged with the transfer of stolen goods.
Lonnie Blevins was arrested last week, accused of selling thousands of dollars worth of rare comic books that prosecutors believe Chiofalo bought with money he is accused of embezzling.
Blevins left the district attorney's office in December to move to San Antonio.
Dustin Deutsch is also under federal investigation and has resigned from the district attorney's office.
Both men were involved in white collar crime prosecutions and were arson investigators for the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office before working for the district attorney.
The continuing investigation into the alleged evidence theft should not penalize Chiofalo, his lawyer said in court Thursday.
"This is not Anthony's fault," Paul Doyle told the judge. "He deserves a bail."
Although a magistrate originally set Chiofalo's bail at $18 million, he was held without bail when he turned himself in after six months on the run. Bail for defendants in white collar crimes in Harris County is customarily set at twice the amount the suspect is accused of taking.
Doyle said it was unlikely that Chiofalo can even make the $150,000 bail, and if he does, he cannot leave Harris County and has to wear a GPS monitor.
Prosecutor Lynn Parsons said Chiofalo is a "known flight risk" since he absconded after being charged with theft in June.


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Netflix already has plenty of anime available on DVD and steaming. But Knights of Sidonia is different. The online entertainment behemoth has licensed and localized the 12-episode series Knights of Sidonia themselves, and will stream the entire show beginning July 4th.
Here's the plot summary:
The first Netflix original anime series, Knights of Sidonia, based on the popular manga series of the same name, follows Nagate, a low-born youth in a society of genetically engineered refugees who escaped the destruction of Earth one thousand years earlier and now occupy the massive ship Sidonia. When Nagate's talent as a pilot is revealed he becomes one of Sidonia's elite defenders against the Guana, shapeshifting aliens bent on eliminating humans from existence.
The first season has already finished airing in Japan (literally, the finaleaired just a few hours ago), so it's not exactly as "original" it's getting dubbed, but it does mean Netflix is your only (legal) way to see the show in English. the must have some great expectations for Sidonia if they ponied up the money themselves as opposed to letting a regular U.S. anime licensor deal with it. Hmm...


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So let's break this down and find out what's going on.
The dual core 800MHz iPhone 4S uses a vast array of components to make up its chipset. According to iFixit these including Qualcomm's RTR8605 multi-band/mode RF transceiver, Skyworks' 77464-20 load-insensitive power amplifier (LIPA) module for WCDMA applications, Avago's ACPM-7181 power amplifier plus TriQuint's TQM9M9030 multi-mode quad-band power amplifier module and TQM66052 PA-duplexer module. How effectively these are combined with one another will all have an impact on performance. That's not just operational speed, but how well everything works from battery efficiency to call quality.
Next we have the SGX 543MP2 GPU. Apple claims this gives the iPhone 4S up to 7x the graphical performance of the iPhone 4 and AnandTech tests show it doubles the graphics performance of the 1.2GHz dual core equipped Samsung Galaxy S2. Despite this the iPhone 4S has 512MB RAM whereas most dual core Android phones (including the S2) use 1GB. The lesson here is hardware is only as fast as the bottleneck caused by its slowest component, so it appears Apple has done a better job of balancing the components than its rivals. Or has it?
Here things hit another serious road bump: software. Right now all today's flagship Android phones use a version of Android 2.x which isn't fully optimised for dual core processors. In fact testing shows on this platform dual core processors are barely any faster than a single core in many scenarios. Android 2.x also lacks full GPU acceleration and consequently all handsets using it would appear slower in operation than the iPhone 4S because iOS 5 is fully GPU accelerated and optimised for dual core.
This will change with the release of Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich' and owners of Android 2.x dual core smartphones who are lucky enough to get this upgrade should see huge performance gains. Then again how these improvements will be affected by the inevitable plague of badly coded, inefficient Android skins is unknown and Android 4.0 itself will likely have higher specification requirements.
All of which is to stress: smartphone spec comparisons are largely pointless. They may have some benefit when comparing phones using the same operating system, but even then there are enough discrepancies in their chipsets and countless differences in their software versions, and manufacturer customisations introduce more variations than can practically be accounted for. The same goes for tablets.
Ultimately the message is simple. Don't judge a handset by its specs alone. Moreover, enjoy the device you have chosen and stop worrying about everyone else…


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Chills from the Welsh
One of the great things about the British Isles is people aren't afraid to sing. The Welsh in particular are avid singers. They take pride in singing their national anthem well, particularly at rugby matches against teams from other nations.
Those are indeed the players on the field singing their hearts out, not some choir. Can you imagine Adrian Peterson singing our national anthem with the same fervor? Or Joe Mauer?
And then, after the national anthem, they often sing their favorite Welsh hymn, Bread of Heaven, known to Lutherans as "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah." What a version! It takes a while to get going, but then it builds. Poor Tom Jones, doesn't know the words.
This is what you call singing lustily. Bread of Heaven often comes out again spontaneously after a victory or during the game after a goal--the entire crowd of 70,000 starts singing a hymn. What a novel idea!
At about 8 p.m. on weekends in certain British pubs, things start getting out of control and people start...singing. Loudly. Hymns. Stephen Foster songs. Whatever. When the pub closes at 11 p.m., they take it to the streets.
We have no such rowdy singing tradition in this country, and it is a pity.
UPDATE: The tradition of singing the Welsh national anthem before rugby matches started in 1905. The New Zealand All Blacks, then, as now, one of the world's greatest rugby teams, would perform their legendary haka, a Maori war chant. Any New Zealander worth their salt can at least to a passable version of the haka.
Rather than stand and stare back without any response, the Welsh decided to sing their national song afterwards, led by the captain of the team.
According to some, it was the first time in the history of any spectator sport that a national anthem was sung before an event. American baseball didn't play the Star Spangled Banner before a game until the World Series of 1918, which was thirteen years before it was adopted as our national anthem.


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Student, 18 years old (3 Feb – 10 Feb) Met on 11 February
I was arrested on Thursday the 3rd of February with many others. They locked us up on the museum and then blindfolded us and put us in microbuses and took us to an unknown place, then they told us this is the intelligence building in Madinet Nasr. There they stripped us, beat us and whipped us. I was suspended from my feet for two days. They were asking me if I was with Baradei, with Muslim Brotherhood, with Mortada Mansour. Then they took us, still blindfolded, to the military prison. They stripped us again and made us sleep face down and beat and whipped us. There was a lawyer in his forties. His name is Osama. They beat him until he died> (Identified later as Osama Abdel Moneim Allam, MB lawyer, his body was delivered to his family on the 17th of February). There was also a blind man and they beat him brutally. A young man called Karim Amer was with us also and was released on the same day like me. An officer, his name is Ashraf, brought an electric wire and told me to hold it with both hands or else he will put it to my tongue and my genitals. I held it and flew in the air and fell. I was released yesterday (10th of February) (Examined by El Nadim).
Pupil, 15 years old from Helwan (10 Feb – 28 Feb) Met 1st of March
I was coming from Sharkeyya on the 10th of Feb at 4 a.m. with my dad. We were in front of the Fateh mosque in Ramsis. We were on our way home after we failed to visit my sister because of the curfew. It was 4 a.m. My father went to get some food. There was nobody around us, only two more people. Four tall people came, wearing sunglasses, dressed in black, the glass of their car was grey. They carried weapons and beat us with the back of the gun, the three of us. They blindfolded us and kept beating us. We all fainted. They put us in a car. WE drove for a long time. They took us to a place called ward 1, a group of cells. Adults were put 2 in each cell and the young 3 in each cell. They made us rum while they whipped us, they beat us with their hands as well. There were two rows of soldiers who would extend their legs so that we trip and fall. Then they would beat us again. Then two tall people came again with sun glasses, they would put electric wires onto us for half a minute and then rest of a few minutes and then repeat. The first three days they only used obscenities. No food, no water, no toilets. Then we got a piece of cheese and half a loaf of baladi bread in the late afternoon. That was the food. How would they wake us up? They would shoot in the air from the beginning of the ward. WE woke up to the sound of shooting bullets every day. The second week they would throw gas canisters and shoot at the ceiling of the ward. They beat us with sticks. They removed the blindfolded after 3 days. The walls were black and a small window 20 x 20 cm. the cell was small not enough for three people to sleep next to each other. A new person joined us in the cell near by. Don't remember what time. He told us we are in Abdeen palace. Third week they kept telling us you have put the country on fire. We were 100 or less. I was the youngest. I had no ID. I gave them my school ID. I was released yesterday (28 Feb) after midnight. The father has not returned yet.
Five citizens from Mansoura (3 Feb – 10 Feb) Met on 20th of February
Five victims of torture in military custody from the province of Dahaqliya. All 5 men (except for number 2) filed a complaint and do not object to their names being published in connection with the torture allegations. Accountant, 47; Owner of small construction factory, 32; primary school teacher, 46; pharmacist, 32; and secondary school teacher, 43. The five were part of a group 17 men from the same village in Dahaqliya who came to join the protests on 3 February. They were confronted by more than 100 armed pro-Mubarak activists – who apparently included security forces in plain clothes - in the area of Saptiya (near Maspiro). The group from Dahaqliya asked to be handed over to the army. Two of the group managed to escape. The remaining 15 people were handed over at a nearby army checkpoint to Special Forces (Quwat Khassa) in plain clothes. There was no military police visible. The group was blindfolded and handcuffed. Later they were taken into a vehicle. They were threatened to be shot and that they will never see their families again. They thought they will be executed. The group was pushed but not beaten or otherwise ill-treated until this moment. All 15 were taken to the Mukhabarat Askariya in Nasser City. They remained at the Mukhabarat Askeriya from Thursday (3 February) until Saturday (5 February). Their testimonies:
- We were blindfolded when taken to and during interrogations. Interrogators asked about our political affiliation and links with the protests. I denied that I was taking part in the protests. I was threatened to be raped or killed. However, I was not beaten. We were kept in an outside area and as it rained we got wet
- I was interrogated together with 4 or 5 other detainees. Although I was blindfolded I knew there were several of us. The interrogator asked: what were you doing in Cairo? When I responded that I was on my way to the demonstration I was slapped in the face. The interrogator said: You belong to the Muslim Brothers. When I denied this I was slapped in the face again. The interrogator said: You should not lie. We talked to your brothers who admitted to belong to the Muslim Brothers. The interrogator asked: who pays you money to go to the demonstration. I said that it was my won decision to join the protests. When I was interrogated a second time I had to sign a testimony which I was not allowed to read. (NOTE: The blindfold was lifted just enough to make him see were to sign.
- The day before we were transferred, 22 detainees were called – including 6 from our group of 15 and were later released. We remaining 9 were called to collect our belongings (money and phones etc) and had to sign a receipt. Then our belongings were taken from us again. We were blindfolded and handcuffed. They put us in a group with others into a civilian vehicle – inside it looked like a freezer for transporting food. It had no windows and only a small van. We were driven to an unknown location which we later learned to be the military prison in Heikstep. The drive took about 1 hour. When we arrived soldiers took off our blindfold and handcuffs. We were ordered to take our clothes off – except for our shorts and to lie on the ground. There were about 30 soldiers - including from the Sa'iqa brigade – who were beating us while we were lying face down on the ground. They beat us with whips, belts, plastic cables and used tasers to give us electric shocks. The commander blew the whistle to make the soldiers start and stop the beating. The beating session lasted for about 45 minutes. We were told to line up to enter the prison block. While we were walking into the prison block we were beaten and tasers were used as well. After entering our prison block we had to stand in the courtyard where we were beaten by about 3 soldiers wearing uniforms. Some of us were in a terrible state. After about 1 hour we were told to dress and taken into our cells. The cells were overcrowded. Those with injuries were allowed to see the prison doctor for treatment.
- On 7 February we were taken to the military prosecutor for interrogation
- On 9 February we were brought before the military court who told us we would be sentenced for breaking the curfew and that the verdict would be pronounced on 12 February – however, we were released before that date.
- On 10 February at about 15.30 we were released. There were about 500 detainees released the same afternoon. we were driven in army vehicles outside the premises of the military camp in Heikstep and left on the road Cairo – Suez.
Ain Shams University Student (28 January – 16 Feb)
On the 28th of January, I and another person (who could not come with me today) were in a car along the cornice. We were stopped by a popular committee and they checked the licenses. We drove a little and they attacked us. We could not foresee this. They destroyed the car. We were taken by army officers in a small truck and handcuffed us behind our backs. We arrived at Qobri El Qobba (investigations). They said you'll stay only for half an hour and then we will let you go. I said I was a student. Behind me stood a man who stabbed me with a knife in my leg and then I was hit hard on the back of my head. My head bled and they sent me to have it stitched: 20 stitches. Hardly the doctor finished his work I was blindfolded and handcuffed and taken to another place. Beating, electric shocks, stripping. Then they took us to the military prison for 17 days. Beatings and humiliation. They beat with hoses, shows, belts and with their hands. They even used a tree branch and then there was this electric baton. The food was very little, barely to keep us alive. No water. The cell was very small. The day they do not beat us they humiliate us. We would have to squat and if one moves one gets beaten. Saturday the 12th of February they took us to the New Valley prison (El Wadi El Gadid), first by train to Assiut and then in a prison truck. We arrived Sunday morning. Beatings at the entrance but to a lesser extent. Then the treatment got better. My mother looked for in the morgue and all prisons. She traveled a lot and was badly treated. In the train station we were beaten by central and state security, as we were the ones who ruined the country. Then we went to the prosecution accused of forced theft (we didn't have anything on us), destruction of public property and breaking the curfew. There were volunteer lawyers we did not know. Breaking the curfew was established and we learned that they sentenced us to 6 months. That is why they took us to the New Valley. They released us on the 16th of February in the afternoon. They released us 15 each without money, without anything. We helped each other. The took our IDs and did not return them. We don't know what is the legal situation right now. Nobody told us anything and we did not see any papers.
Technical school graduate, 36 years old, lather, married with three children, 2, 12 and 13 yrs old
A relative of mine was shot dead in Zawya El Hamra on the 28th of January. We had the funeral on the 29th and I was on my way home at 11 pm. I was walking through Ahmed Said street. A man stopped me and asked for my ID? Another held me from one side and another from the other side. One of them had a track in his hand and they were talking violently. Then they started beating me and said we shall give you over to the army. They took me to the army close to the aviation hospital. In the front yard of the hospital they pushed me to the ground and hit me on the head, both the men together with an officer in uniform. They handcuffed me behind my back and beat me with sticks and rifle butts. They carried us like animals and threw us in an army jeep and took us to the investigations, possibly Manshiet el Bakry. We had with us soldiers and sergeants dressed in plain clothes. All of them were beaten and insulted just like we were. As if we were in Israel. They threw us, about 120, in a cell. They threw dirty water on us and stood by the windows with electric tasers. I remained there until next day at noon time. They kept us squatting and videoed us. Then they took us in a car, about 30 of us, our hands tied behind our backs and took us to the military prison. There was this freezer car with 65 bodies which they disposed of in the desert. It was a freezer and the ferion leaked and they froze. In the military prison they received us with beatings. They beat with their hands, and belts and tasers and hoses and rifle buts and tree branches. We would take off our clothes and walk barefoot until we entered the prison compound. A huge yard. They ordered us to sit and continued to beat us. Anybody who would raise his head would be beaten. They searched us and took our money. We remained 4 days in the military prison. We were 400. we lost our money. We lost our health, but I cannot lose my children. Everyday nightmares and torture. Anybody touching me I startle. Injuries: broken ribs on the right side, scars on the head not attended medically.
Sudanese refugee, 22 years
I was imprisoned and they beat me on Sunday in Gesr El Suez. I was beaten with a belt by the army. They used me as a carpet on the floor. They released me two weeks later. They beat me once after entering the military prison. They burnt my hand with a lighter. Then a doctor saw me and treated my injury. I didn't do anything. They said I was a thief but I didn't do anything. I was going to take the metro to go home. They tied my hands behind my back. Then they put me in a car and took me to the big car. There were Egyptians and Sudanese with me. 6 people were arrested with me. There we found many other Egyptians, adults and children. They were beating elderly men and little children and then they would untie them. When do we leave? They say tomorrow. They took me in a car. There were people whom they whipped with a Sudanese whip and belt and feed them jam. At night there is nothing but beans. They held us in a room that has no light and the window is small and high. Brother: It was curfew. He does not have an ID (Victim is mentally disabled). The army arrested him and beat him with a belt and tied his hands and blindfolded him and his body has many signs of burning. He was not eating while in prison. When he was released he was devastated. He came alone at 3 am.
Graduate working with his father in a shop, Alexandria, 24 years
It was the anger Friday. He was among those who challenged security tanks in Ramla station and was injured in his hand. At 8 pm on Saturday the 29th of January he went to his father's working place in a Skoda. He was accompanied by his neighbor to deliver a check at the public hospital for a blood transfusion for his mother suffering third degree cancer. As soon as left his car he was arrested by the army although he showed them the check for the blood bag. They took all his belongings, the check, his ID and driving license and 280 pounds which he had on him. "We were 104 people in one room. We were piled on top of each other. They threw water on us all the time. They beat us with sticks that had protrusions like long nails. The next day they took us out to a huge yard. (He was filmed on TV as a thug). He was tortured for 5 days by the army using electric shocks, whips and his back and legs were badly injured. They transported them in a container car.
A man, 40 years old, who was accompanying the previous person
In the container there were soldiers carrying machine guns. They were whipping us during out transfer, especially those who were not blindfolded. We had a 60 years old man with us who was suffering a renal colic. The officer came and told him, you are acting and he ordered the soldiers to beat him. They kept electrocuting him until he died. Then the officer said (literally): take this dog away from here. Then they took us to El Hadra prison. I was in the same ward with 97 people. At least 7 of them died. Our hands and feet were tied and we were all tortured. Soaking us with water, cigarette burns in our naked bodies, beating with sticks and whipping. A man from Libya was tied with us and he died. He was handcuffed to my hand and his body remained for hours, dead next to me. The most brutal was an officer by the name of Hassan. He was swearing at us all the time and was kicking even the dead. Tuesday they brought us ointments and food and told us we were ruled innocent but will not be discharged now or allowed to meet anybody. Thursday night we were all naked. They told us: leave before we beat you again. I grabbed a piece of clothes, shorts, put them on and ran outside. We did not know what was happening during those 13 days.
Architect, 41 years old, married and has three children, from Suez
I was in Tahrir square on Wednesday afternoon. I left the square to go to Nozha street to return to Suez. I took a taxi and as soon as the driver knew I was from Suez he looked upset and drove very fast and handed me over to the army check point nearby. They were in black uniform. He told them, this man is from Suez and he has come to destroy the country. The officer was armed. He pushed me in a police car which had people dressed in black inside. They beat me so brutally that I lost consciousness. When I regained consciousness found myself without my clothes (they stole them). I was very tired and they kept transferring me from one place to another while the beating continued with electrified batons all over my body. Again I fainted. People with me in the car told me they thought I was dead because I started snoring and foam was coming out of my mouth and said hide him so that nobody sees him. I woke up in the military intelligence center in front of Tiba Mall in Madinet Nasr. Somebody from the medical center of the air forces said we are in center 75 of the military intelligence. Another detainee carried me and I looked through the window and saw the back wall of the ministry of defense. We were interrogated twice and during the two times I was blindfolded and my hands were tied behind my back.. He asked me, is this the first time you are interrogated by SSI. I asked, are we in SSI? He said yes. He said you look like a member of the Brotherhood. I told him I am an artist and I paint and I cannot be a member of the Brotherhood. He interrogated me for more than an hour and then he said, you have wasted my time and got on my nerves. We shall take you to the detention center. Anybody who knew I was from Suez beat me brutally. They threatened to hand me over to central security who hate people from Suez. They told me, you have absolutely no record here. You are in a no return zone. After each interrogation he would remove my blindfolded a little and make me sign on a paper which I did not read. Saturday they took us to the military prison in the Heikstep. They put us in a freezer car, completely closed, with no air. Our eyes were blindfolded and our hands tied and we were thrown on top of each other. We were 52 people. I know because they called our names. Among us were thugs. In the military prison we saw brutal torture. They received us with something called the "twister". They made us take off our clothes, except for the slip and told us to sleep face down. They walked over our backs and beat us with whips, electric batons and another type of sticks. They were dressed like Special Forces and the badge said Sa'aeqa. Somebody would whistle and they start the torture, and then whistle again and they would stop for a few minutes.
Male, journalist
On the 1st of February I was arrested in Alexandria at 9 p.m. I was documenting events in el Horeyya street and the burned police stations. They were arresting people and taking young people between 15 and 30 years of age putting them in the Alexandria directorate. I was taking pictures when suddenly more than one person, dressed in plainclothes. The area was dark and quiet. We were close to the graveyards. They took me to a place that looked like a school yard. They were joined by other people who pulled me from my shirt and were obscene in their language then started to slap me. I told them you have no right to do that and they said, you still haven't seen anything. I have never seen so much terror as I have seen there. Brutal beating, people with their hands tied behind their backs and beaten. People were screaming. Torture is a mild description of what was happening there. Until then they had not done it to me but I felt terrified seeing the weapons and the batons in their hands. First they point them at their faces and then they would hit them with the rifle buts in their chests and stomachs. Then an officer came for me. I told him I am a journalist. I don't belong to any group and I told him you have my papers. He left and spoke to his senior, an officer by the name of Esam. I was still watching the torture and then they came for me. They pulled me from the back of my shirt and said when you write tell people to chant for the army and the people. He hit me in my stomach with the but of his weapon, they tied me from the back, forced me on my knees and beat me and then forced me on the floor and walked over me. The beating was endless. Then they ordered us to stand up without help, but we were tied, so we stumbled. I tried to stand up but fell and bled from my mouth. Then they took me to state security and from there I was released. On the way to state security I discovered that they knew all the popular committees along the way. At SSI they untied my hand and tied them in front of me using my belt. They untied my legs. When they released me I could not walk. I was limping. People on the street took me to Nariman hospital. I submitted a complaint to the press office.
Male university student
We were in a search committee at 5 p.m. searching those joining the protest. A group came and tried to incite a fight. They said leave or else we'll harm you. The soldiers and the army shot gunfire at about 7 p.m. in the air. I ran. An army officer came and hit me with the rifle but in my chest. They gathered around me and took me to the army. They took me to the SSI building and beat and slapped and kicked me. A young officer came and said, what is happening. I told him I was beaten by the army. He hit me with an electric baton and gave me over to a soldier. I entered through a gate guarded by people in uniform. They asked: why are you here? Then he let us through. They blindfolded me and kicked my in the back of my knee so that I fell. They continued beating me. I felt something heavy hit against my leg. I think it was his rifle again. He kicked me and walked over my back and hit me several times with his boots. I was not talking and was not screaming. They handcuffed me behind my back. I told them I have hemophilia (bleeding blood disease) They brought the electric teaser and electrocuted me in my swollen hands. We were sleeping face down with our legs apart. I felt something burn on my buttocks. Obscenities and terrible verbal abuse. A man came and said, stop beating and they would laugh and continue. This lasted for about two hours. My hands were hurting terribly. A soldier cut the wire that was binding my hands and told me move your hands. The officer saw him and said who untied him? They made me squat and would hit me on my heels and when I fell they hit me on the back. We stood facing the wall…. They put us in the army tank. 27 people thrown on top of each other. I felt my hands were falling off. We arrived at the military police. They asked, what has happened? We said the army has beaten us? They called for a solider who came with a pocket knife and said it is impossible they were the army. He helped me sit up and they treated us very decently. They distributed us over two rooms. The military prosecutor was very aggressive and insulting. He would say, happy with the revolution? Well that is what the revolution has brought you.
Law student, 25 years
Yesterday before the night prayer we found thugs with swords and stones. They were moving the iron barriers. I tried to escape to a side street, but found it blocked, so I returned and hid inside a building and climbed to the roof. We were about 15. we prayed and when we finished we found the army in front of us: soldiers and officers. They took us downstairs. They said we will search you and then you will leave. In front of the ministry of justice there was nobody else. They blindfolded us and took us inside the SSI building. While walking they were electrocuting us. I was also hit with the rifle bit in my stomach. When we arrived inside they told us to sleep face down. They pulled me along the floor and then somebody came from behind and strangulated me his arm. Then they took us inside. They hit us with clubs. Electrocuted us. Hit us with whips. They counted us. We were 15. then they stopped beating because the district leader was passing by. They put us in a tank. Our hands were tied behind our backs. Blindfolded. When we were inside the tank they removed the blindfold. They took the mobile, the shoes, two scarves, the Quran and medical glasses. When we went to the 10th of Ramadan the treatment improved. They gave us each two blankets and distributed us over two room. When I met with the prosecutor I showed him my card which said I was disabled. He told me it looks fake. Injuries: two stitches in the head, wound is infected and swollen. Bruises and swelling of buttocks.
Male, 38 years old (arrested from Lazughli)
The shooting began at 7 pm. We were faced by thugs from the front and the army from the back. We escaped in an entrance of a building and were arrested from there. We were tortured inside Lazughli. Handcuffed behind our backs with plastic and beaten by the army inside SSI headquarters. We were electrocuted by tasers. Beaten and kicked. They would step on our faces and humiliate us. We were then taken while handcuffed into one of the tanks, with enough space for only 6 or 7 people. We were interrogated in the morning. The treatment was much better there. Injuries: Widespread bruises in different parts of the body.
Males, 27 years old, construction worker
The Tahrir protest was peaceful from the 25th of January to the 13th of February. After Mubarak stepped down I rested for two days and returned on the Friday of Victory. Of course the rest of our demands were not met. We were against Shafik and the rest was not implemented yet. On the 25th of February the army attacked us at 2 am. About 300 people holding sticks and tasers beat us without any reason until 4 a.m. We were about 350 people in Tahrir. We were beaten and so were the girls. I was taking pictures because (----) is a writer and we were recording. I called her at 2.30. She was injured. They held us inside the Development bank. We were all injured and they continued to beat us despite our injuries. Then came an ambulance. Some took it and were not brought back. We spent the night in front of the Nasserite party. In the morning we returned to the square and the protest continued until Tuesday. Then the thugs came, about 100 of them. They had Molotov and empty bottles and iron bars and sticks. They came from Kasr El Aini street. WE ran after them until we forced them to leave. We felt something will happen. We raised banners saying "despite SSI I am a Muslim and love my Coptic brother". We spent about two hours in Maspero. Then we heard that there is violence in the square. We returned taking the route of the museum. People were pointing at us saying to the army here are the thugs. We were journalists and engineers and university graduates. WE went to the square. After 10 minutes we saw two people standing on the roof of a building pointing at us and other people. Then they started throwing stones. About 300 or 400 people, dressed in black jeans and shirts. We ran after them. One of us got injured. I carried him to the museum. The army was blocking the way and standing with them were thugs. They grabbed the young man I was carrying, about 16 years old and beat him brutally. Then they grabbed me and beat me in the face and back. They kicked me and then took me to the museum. Two soldiers handed me over to the two other solders and they continued beating me. Until now the beating was mostly with their hands. They took my money, my mobile, and a bag with a camera. In the museum they took me through a gate and I found an army officer carrying a weapon. They told me face down ----- . "you were chanting against Mubarak? Mubarak us your president you -----. They handcuffed me behind my back with an electric wire. I was screaming. I felt I will lose my hand. He kept hitting me with his boots on my back and head and neck. They took about 15 or 20 of us and took us to another place. They made us lie face down as well and people would come and walk over our backs and kick us with their boots. I saw an old man die in front of my eyes. His tongue protruded and he was saying: Have mercy. I am sick. They would not listen and continued to beat him. We heard somebody say: he died. I heard somebody say: throw him away. They continued beating us for 4 hours with electric sticks, they electrocuted me in sensitive areas and burned me with a heated wire, still marking my back. People were screaming and moaning around us and then they ordered us to stand up. My hands were hurting terrible. We held to each other to be able to stand. We would bite into each others clothes to give us support. Standing up was difficult. They removed the blindfold. We could see a little despite the blindfold. Suddenly we found none of the torturers around us. Only military police. They made us stand in two lines and took pictures of us to look like thugs. Then they took us still blindfolded to busses and they drove to S 28 in Madinet Nasr. Arriving here they lined us up and brought a long table with about 15 huge new knives on it and Molotov bottles. There were army people and military police. They said: you want the president to leave. Well, the president will stay. You think you have made a revolution. I'll show you what you have been doing so that people know you are thugs….
Male, technician, arrested from Lazoughly
When they started shooting I went to hide in a building. There was a woman with me and two children. We hid on the roof of the building for an hour. Then the army came with flash lights. The children were crying. When we went down an officer told me I know you, you want to be a leader. He pulled my t-shirt and covered my face and handed me over to the soldiers. After we crossed the wire separating the demonstrators from the building they dragged me for 150 meters towards the building. 3 or 4 surrounded me. They would beat me with sticks or their rifle buts or belts and I felt electric shocks. They handcuffed me and I felt I was walking over bodies. They pushed me to the ground and made me lie face down. For an hour and a half. They walked all over our backs and the soldiers hit with the belts and with electric wires. The screaming was terrible. I felt I will dies. I pretended to be dead. They beat me on the head and I kept silent while they were beating. They threw water on my face and removed the t-shirt off my face. One of them told me we shall do more to you. They pulled my trousers down. I screamed, don't do that. Beat me as much as you want, but do not do that. They said: we shall break you. They did what they did with the barrel of a rifle and a stick several times. This happened to four others. They finished and tightened the handcuffing. They pushed us into the tank, one on top of the other. There was lots of screaming and SOS. They beat more brutally. They took my money and my jacket. We arrived almost dead at the 10th of Ramadan. Examination: Cut wound with 5 stitches in the head, dark bruises on the back, buttocks and legs.
Same testimony by six other males a 38 years old primary school teacher, a 26 years old small factory owner, three students 23, 25 and 38 years old and a computer programmer, 49 years old. Both arrested from Lazoughli, tortured in Lazughli and then taken to military prosecution S 28 in Madinet Nasr.
Male, 19 years old, was living abroad and returned a month ago
Wednesday, about noon time after the German foreign minister left, I found stones being thrown at us in the tents. I looked for a friend of mine to ask him to take pictures. Didn't find him. So I took the camera and took some shots and then returned to tent. I found my friend and then they attacked us, the army attacked us. I rant towards the entrance of Talaat Harb street. I was arrested by 4 people in plain clothes who took me to the museum. I remained there for 4 hours, until 8.30. They threw us on top of each other while we were handcuffed and blindfolded. Anybody making a sound would be beaten> they were stepping over our bodies. I was beaten on my head, neck and back. Behind the museum there was military police and army, soldiers and officers as well as the 777 brigade, the special forces dressed in dark green. An officer who knows me let me go.
Male, 25 years
Wednesday the day they emptied the square I was in my tent in the central garden. Since 1 p.m. there were thugs who came and attacked us. I was sleeping inside the tent and then I heard a sound and then I found the army inside the tent. They beat me while I was still lying down. When I went out of the tent there were 6 people waiting for me in army uniform. They beat me brutally and I heard somebody say: leave this one. I tried to help a friend but somebody hit me on the head and I lost consciousness. About 6 p.m. (Swelling of the forehead and injury to Tendo Achillis).
Female social worker, single, 29 years old, arrested Wednesday 9 March
I was in Tahrir since the 25th of January. On the 9th of March I was doing some errands to pay the university fees. When I returned to Tahrir at 12 noon there was a counter demonstration: the people want to empty the square. They were shooting in the air. I felt terrified. Some of my friends were taken by the army and were not returned. We suggested that a group of us girls go and look for the boys in the museum. We were 5 at first and then we became more. We were chanting: the people and the army together. They opened the main gate of the museum for us and an officer said: come in. I was beaten and pushed. They told me come in you ---- and they used very obscene words. When I went inside I found a young woman crying. She said they electrocuted me and her mobile was taken and broken. She was in a nervous breakdown. They tied my hands behind my back. It was loose and they had to tighten it again and again. Then 8 girls came among them journalists and university students and one of them was a university graduate. Obscene words, prostitutes, that is what they called us. The girls collapsed and began to cry. I started to collapse around sun set. Every while or so an officer would come and tell me I shall squash you. They let the journalists and the university graduates leave. At night the real problems began. I started to argue with them. I told them I want to go home. They took us in a bus and took pictures of us. I was very, very brutally beaten in the bus. They focused on me because I answered back. I spat in their faces. I was pulled like an animal from the bus. I was kicked in front of the general. I would faint, they would throw water on my face and then continue beating. We arrived at Madinet Nasr. I was screaming. We spent the night in the bus. The prison guard stripped us and was beating us with hoses. She said "girls will be examined", women won't. I was examined for my virginity by a man wearing a white coat and a female prison guard. The prosecution came to prison. I was interrogated by the prosecution Friday evening at 10 p.m.
Male, 26 yrs old, arrested 9thof March from Tahrir
On Wednesday a friend of ours was taken to the museum. We did not know why they took him. He is a very peaceful person and was always trying to stay out of trouble. That day the situation was quite violent and there were thugs in the square throwing stones. I went with a friend and a journalist to look for him. We didn't understand what was going on. I was in charge of the square security and the army knew me. We approached the museum and chanted the people and the army are one. Suddenly they took the girls to one side and dragged me to the opposite direction, beating me all the way from the huge gate to the smaller internal gate. Inside I found bodies all over the floor. More than 100 people. I have never seen anything like this. I was beaten with every possible thing, clubs, stick, whip, hose, an electric wire. I was totally ruined that day. They blindfolded me and tied my hands behind my back. They were beating us with anger and hatred. They said we were ruining the country, we've been on the streets for 40 days, we didn't have a day's holiday. They were very obscene. The officer would tell the soldiers mind you we are permitted 50% losses. If somebody dies he can go to hell. They were inciting soldiers against us. They forced us face down on the floor and said we were carrying Molotov and weapons. WE didn't have anything. We are all educated. And if I did have anything I would not have taken it with me. At night they took us in busses. We were about 173 men and about 30 girls. We went to a place called the army compound. They took pictures of us there and then they took us to a desert and kept us in the busses. We slept in the busses. Next morning they took us to the military prison. I had cancer lung and had an operation when I was 14 and have removed two of my ribs. I was not taken into the prison because when the doctor saw the scar of the operation, he said: not this one. I was about to leave but then I had an argument with an officer so he kept me in the bus. From Wednesday to Friday no food, no water, no bathroom. I left on Friday afternoon. I used to admire the army very much. Now I hate the uniform. They dropped me on the ring road. The prison is in the Heikstep. I was wearing slippers and then lost them. They tied me with my jacket. They broke my phone. I was only in my shorts. They would mock me: do you think you are on the beach. They pushed us on tope of each other as if we were "things". Somebody was dying. He was saying his prayers. I shall never forget his face. They filmed us for the media and portrayed us as thugs, as bad people. My brother martyred on the 28th of January, my half brother. He was 12 years old and was shot in the chest and I was shot in my leg.


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Department Of Homeland Security has been gearing up for riots for some time
Steve Watson
Oct 17, 2012
In spite of a slew of racially charged threats circulating across the internet, police officials say they do not expect any rioting to occur on the night of the election, no matter what the result.
"We're not anticipating civil unrest on Election Night," a spokesman for the Detroit police department told The Hill.
"We're going to collect the ballots like we usually do. If a situation arises and we need to respond, we'll respond to the scene and assess." he added.
Police officials in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, Miami, Houston and Los Angeles also claimed they are not preparing for any form of civil unrest, according to the report.
Infowars broke the story Monday that innumerable Obama supporters were making it known they intended to provoke violence and mayhem if their candidate loses, aggrieved at fears that Mitt Romney will take away government handouts.
The threats became more sustained and aggressive on Tuesday, and Since last night's debate, they have exploded in number.
While civil rights organisations, such as the NAACP say they believe there may be nonviolent demonstrations, they too have dismissed the possibility of large scale rioting.
"The American people are more thoughtful than these I think somewhat specious predictions of disruption would seem to suggest," said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
"This is not the 2008 election; an African-American is currently the president. I think people expect that when citizens cast their vote, those votes will be counted fairly." he added.
While the police may not be gearing up for civil unrest, it is clear that the Feds have been stocking up on riot gear and vast stocks of ammo for some time now.
In July, the Department of Homeland Security issued an urgent solicitation for hundreds of items of "riot gear," in preparation for expected unrest at the Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention and next year's presidential inauguration.
The report in The Hill mentions the accusations of "race baiting" made against Infowars and The Drudge Report by Obama front group "Think Progress" yesterday.
The "progressive" website completely ignored the bare facts that a deluge of Obama supporters have threatened riot, and even to assassinate Romney should he win, instead claiming that Drudge was encouraging "conspiracy theories" about black people preparing to riot by posting the Infowars reports on the story.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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Madison Couch Crash
Madison, WI recently hosted its annual Couch Crash, where we invite members from CouchSurfing.org to come to our city for a weekend of festivities. It was an amazing weekend, with lots of interesting people in attendance and many amazing events to partake in.
Here's a little video I put together which summarizes the weekend:


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By David Ponce
Matt Keeter appears to be a student at MIT and pictured above is the final project for one of his classes. It's a sweet looking boombox whose case is made from a set of retro-inspired nested octahedral prisms. They're all laser cut from 0.208″ plywood. Music plays off a standard SD card, while the rig is powered by a 9V battery. The controls on the front are capacitive and the entire thing holds together with barely any glue.
It's not for sale but the link below leads to his project page where you can read about his step-by-step and even download the required files to make your own, assuming you have access to the same equipment he did.
Incidentally if one of our readers ends up making one of these, we promise to feature it.
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With the Primal/paleo/ancestral/real food/whatever-moniker-you-prefer community growing by leaps and bounds over the past year, I thought I'd do another "blogs you should be reading" post. I've done this sort of thing before, both last year [1] and the year before [2]. Once again, there are a ton of blogs out there that I've either missed or forgotten to include in previous installments, along with newer ones that are newer and therefore less likely to be on my (or anyone's radar). But that's how we rectify the situation and get even more people reading these great blogs – by calling attention to them. Now, not all of them are strictly Primal; some only give passing mention to the specifics of evolutionary health. All the blogs included, however, are relevant to anyone interested in learning about health, fitness, nutrition, and general wellness. And isn't that what we're all doing here, anyway? Trying to learn how to improve our lives and the lives of those around us?
Let's get to the blogs. In no particular order:
Whole 9 [3]
Melissa and Dallas Hartwig form the core of the Whole 9 team. Their philosophy revolves around the Whole 30, a 30-day trial run of complete and utter purity and adherence to the diet, and word has it that it's brutally effective. They also just came out with a book [4], to which I gave some recent link love, but most importantly, they're absurdly good looking, write a great blog wherein they give excellent training/eating/living advice, and coin such awesome phrases as "sex with your pants on." Let them "change your life."
Paleo for Women [5]
Stefani Ruper is the gal who spurred that women and fasting post [6] from a couple weeks back. If you dug her perspective on the topic of intermittent fasting, you'll really love her blog, which deals with, well, it's right there in the name – Paleo for Women. The hormonal situation in women is a totally different ball of wax than the admittedly simpler and more straightforward endocrine system in men. We deal in the same raw materials, sure, but the amounts, proportions, and effects are different. To get a handle on all this stuff, check out her blog (where she also deals with another oft-ignored topic in our community, eating disorders).
70s Big [7]
70s Big has evolved over the years. What began as an online homage to heavy squats, big deadlifts, bigger meals, even bigger mustaches, short shorts, tank tops, and the hirsute men of the greatest decade ever to grace the 20th century has become a training blog that promotes smart training, smart programming, and smart eating, breaks down complex kinesiological and anatomical concepts, and yes, still pays homage to heavy squats, big deadlifts, bigger meals, even bigger mustaches, short shorts, tank tops, and the hirsute men of the 70s who bore them. If you're into lifting, check it out.
MobilityWOD [8]
I've mentioned Kelly Starrett before. Heck, I even invited him to the last PrimalCon [9], where he loosened wound-up hip capsules, blessed attendees with improved thoracic mobility, and mashed quads galore. But I'm going to do it again, in a formal way, because you probably need what he's giving. If you're a human being with (technically) working limbs, you should visit Mobility WOD, try a few of the WODs, test-retest, and note the improvement in your movement. Oh, and whatever you do, stay out of the pain cave.
Lucas Tafur [10]
Though perhaps not the first choice you'd send to your grandma interested in all this "nutrition stuff you're always yammering on about" to read, the blog of molecular biology expert Lucas Tafur is worth studying. He's keenly interested in the interplay between our nutrition, the gut microbiota, the immune system, inflammation, and our health. His tagline says it all: "We are 90% microbes and 10% human." If you've ever wondered about those things, and you have a scientific bent, get on over to Lucas Tafur's blog.
Nom Nom Paleo [11]
To nom is to "eat something." To nom nom is to "eat something vigorously and with great enthusiasm." To nom nom Paleo is to "eat fantastic Paleo chow." That about sums up Nom Nom Paleo, a Palo Alto, CA-based blog wherein the purveyor takes stunning photographs of food and family, provides great recipes (Kalua pig [12] is probably my favorite so far), and along the way ends up giving excellent advice to families trying to make this Primal thing work in a decidedly non-Primal world.
Clifton Harski [13]
A former MovNat [14] master trainer, Clifton has moved ship to San Diego, where he dispenses training advice, helps men and women develop rotunder posteriors, and has singlehandedly jumpstarted a seriously-suffering V-neck industry. He offers online consulting, as well as poignant insight on topics pertaining to getting stronger, fitter, faster, and more mobile.
Raw Food SOS [15]
Denise Minger, infamous study-eviscerator and bane of vegans everywhere, eats a near-vegetarian raw food diet. Huh? Yeah, it's crazy. She's not about Primal, or veganism, or carnivorism, or anything with a label. She's only interested in disseminating the truth about nutrition. Which is why you should read her blog, especially if you've already enjoyed her many guests posts on this site [16]. Oh, yeah, she's also pretty darn hilarious.
The Eating Academy [17]
What's not to love about a blog meticulously written and researched by a ketotic, self-experimenting, endurance athlete MD? Inside The Eating Academy you'll find well-researched posts on a variety of topics, including an epic series on blood lipids, posts about training in ketosis, and the dangers (or not) of non-nutritive sweeteners. The blog began as The War on Insulin, but Peter Attia has expanded his focus to encompass a wider range of topics. At about a year old, it's one of the newer blogs around, but it's already getting loads of attention and providing great content, and I'm excited to see what he has in store for us.
The Paleo Network [18]
Suzanne Crawt, also known as Paleo Suz, is a frequent attendee of PrimalCon, coming all the way from Australia. And she's put together a great resource for Australians and New Zealanders interested in making Primal work in their neck of the woods. If you want to know where to get the best prices on compliant products, how to cook Primal versions of traditional local foods, find Australian and NZ health professionals with an ancestral bent, or connect with other folks of similar mindsets who live there, the Paleo Network is the spot to do it.
Suppversity [19]
I'm halfway convinced that Suppversity is written by a robot. The highly detailed, data-and-insight-packed breakdowns of studies he churns out on a near-daily basis boggle the mind and seem unreal. But they're real, and they're informative. If you're interested in hearing about the latest study on the estrogenic effects of soy protein, the asthma-fighting effects of whole milk, or whether that workout supplement you keep hearing about actually works, read Suppversity.
Paleo/NonPaleo [20]
Although we do our best to make Primal living in this non-Primal world work, it's not always easy. And sometimes, you want to hear from someone who's faced this conundrum and (seemingly) won, particularly if they have a smart, clean writing style. You could probably learn a thing or two from a person like that, right? Luckily, Paleo/NonPaleo is a blog almost entirely devoted to that exact dilemma, with that exact writing style. Start with her inaugural post that drew the fans in – 27 Ways to Live With Your Non-Paleo Spouse [21] – and see what you think. Then, explore the rest of the site.
As always, I'd love to hear from you. What are your favorite Primal-friendly blogs? Do you read the ones I've listed? Why, or why not? Are there any you'd remove from the list? Let me, and everyone, know in the comment section! Thanks for reading, folks.


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The Little Paint Branch Trail Extension Project is a 2.1-mile extension of the Paint Branch Trail from Cherry Hill Road to the Beltsville Community Center. Extending the Little Paint Branch Trail will provide a shared use path route across the Beltway and connect two M-NCPPC park facilities: the Paint Branch Stream Valley Park with the Little Paint Branch Stream Valley Park.Today, these linear parks are separated by the I-95/I-495 interchange and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Closing this gap in the Anacostia Tributaries Trail System will create a continuous 75-mile trail route from Fairland Regional Park near Laurel, Maryland to Purcellville, Virginia at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It passes through the heart of Washington D.C. along the new waterfront development and past Nationals Park. Ninety-eight percent will be off-road, with two percent on quiet neighborhood streets and park roads.
Status (Trail opened June 2019)
Budget: ~$5.7 million for design and constructionFunding Sources: State Highway Administration, M-NCPPC, Developer Contribution
Project Activities: Property acquisition, easements across public institutions, a major bridge, intersection improvements, utility relocations, and extensive stormwater mitigation.Construction Started: February 2018
Contact: Robert Patten, Trail Program Manager


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Adenomyosis is a condition that occurs when the cells that normally line the uterus grow into the muscular tissue of the uterine wall. Most women who have adenomyosis have no symptoms. But it can cause heavy or prolonged menstrual periods (menorrhagia), painful menstruation (dysmenorrhea), and menstrual cramping that gradually gets worse from one period to the next.
The cause of adenomyosis is not fully understood. Some experts believe that it is the result of damage to the inner wall of the uterus during pregnancy, childbirth, or a surgical procedure. Symptoms can get worse with use of birth control pills. And symptoms can improve after menopause.
Adenomyosis pain and bleeding can be treated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a levonorgestrel intrauterine device (IUD), or in severe cases, removal of the uterus (hysterectomy).
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Sam Harris' career has spanned more than two decades in the public eye and run the gamut from singer/songwriter to stage, film, television actor to writer, producer, director. Born in Oklahoma, Sam performed in his first play when he was five and was known to jump on any makeshift stage, be it a wooden crate or a dining room table, and belt out a tune.
He left home at the age of 15 to pursue his career, learning the ropes through regional and repertory theatre. He finished high school through correspondence courses and then attended UCLA in Los Angeles, where he co-wrote (with Bruce H. Newberg) and starred in Hurry! Hurry! Hollywood!, the first original musical in which the theatre and music departments collaborated. He also received the Frank Sinatra Pop Singing Award where the legendary Chairman of the Board said to an enthusiastic audience, "This kid's got `it'! Sam, don't get any better till I get out of the business." It was the validation he needed to leave school for the real world.
For the next two years, Sam played "every dump and dive in LA," for a measly $25 a set. From these shows emerged his first solo stint, Out of Control, which opened with Sam singing "God Bless the Child" in a straight jacket. The show garnered a kind of cult following that Los Angeles Magazine called "Harrisites," and caught the attention of talent scouts from an upcoming new television talent show. In an oversized tailcoat and Converse sneakers, Sam became a household name on Star Search in its premiere season. 25 million viewers tuned in week after week to follow him as he created his own pop, gospel and theatre brand of emotionally charged performances, finally winning the grand prize and the hearts of America.
His phenomenal "overnight" rise catapulted him into recording industry, where he sold over a million copies of both Sam Harris and Sam-I-Am, which he also produced. Concert tours, including a legendary performance at Carnegie Hall, replaced his Mac-n-Cheese days and the little white kid with the soulful voice was suddenly in every magazine and on every talk show. Worldwide, he headlined at the San Remo Festival, the Montreaux Festival, and played London to standing ovations.
Simultaneously, he created and wrote the TBS sitcom, Down to Earth with college cohort Bruce H. Newberg, which ran for 4 years. At the request of Elizabeth Taylor, Sam became one of the first celebrities to lead the fight against AIDS. It would mark the beginning of his work as an activists for human rights, for which he has performed in countless benefits. (Sam has personally collected funds in every major theatre in the country for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. He has also worked to raise funds and awareness for a number of children's health organizations and he continues to fight for equal rights and campaign for fair-minded politicians daily.)
After touring in concert for several years, Sam began itching for the theatre again, and he starred in productions of Cabaret, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and the self-penned shows Different Hats and, most notably, Hard Copy, in which he portrayed six different characters frequenting an all night news stand. The show was a huge success, garnering myriad awards, and Sam's writing and acting skills were now coming to the fore front.
He continued to record, this time reflecting his love of classics and Broadway songs on the critically acclaimed cds, Standard Time and Different Stages, both produced, arranged and conducted by the legendary Peter Matz. This cd was recorded the old fashioned way - live with the orchestra - and the result was two records which have appeared on numerous "best of" lists and have become classics of the genre.
Broadway called and Sam moved to New York, where he received a Drama Desk nomination for his role in Tommy Tune's Grease. Immediately following, he toured for 15 months in the Broadway National tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, where sales records were broken all over the country. Soon after, Sam next starred in Cy Coleman's The Life, for which he received the Drama-League Award as well as Tony, Outer Critic's Circle and Drama Desk nominations. Soon after, Sam went to work on the development of The Jazz Singer, playing the legendary Al Jolson, known as "the greatest entertainer in the world." While the Broadway production was thwarted, Sam was clearly in a new league when the New York Times remarked, "Who else could play this role? Sam Harris is the only performer today whose charisma and raw magnetism is absolutely Jolson-esque."
Sam returned to his pop roots on the cd, Revival, and performed the show of the same name at New York's famed The Bottom Line, further displaying his writing, comic and now, political prowess in conjunction with an eclectic mix of music, which has now become his trademark. Though humor had always been a part of a Sam Harris show, comedy/storytelling and social commentary were fast becoming as important an aspect as his singing.
The Best of the Motown Sessions was also released and followed by his first holiday recording, On This Night, as well as a double cd of love songs, entitled Always, and his second holiday recording,The Best of Christmas - Sam Harris Live!
While he continued to tour nationally, Sam also co-produced the television special "Love Letter to New York" and supervised and arranged several songs and supervised segments of "Michael Jackson's 30 Year Anniversary Special". Sam then moved back to Los Angeles and had barely unpacked when he returned to New York in Mel Brook's smash hit The Producers on Broadway.
Throughout his career, Sam has made appearances on numerous television shows and specials and in countless live productions, working with the legends who influenced him such as Stevie Wonder, Elizabeth Taylor, Sammy Davis Jr., Elton John, Al Green and, most importantly, a long time collaboration and friendship with the great Liza Minnelli. He has performed at the White House. He has made guest appearances on every talk show. (In the 80's a very young Sam appeared on shows such as Arsenio Hall, The Joan Rivers Show, Merv Griffin, Geraldo, American Bandstand, Soul Train, etc.) As the "Star Search Poster Boy" image finally began to take a back seat to other aspects of his career, he has appeared on numerous shows such as The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Rosie, The View, Barbara Walters Show, and, in an historic time, performed a stirring "You'll Never Walk Alone" on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the week following September 11th, 2001.
Sam's found great triumph in the live show which bared the title he can now claim: SAM. Critics shouted unequaled praise, making it the single most lauded show of the season. He has toured major cities with SAM., accompanied by his long time music director, the brilliantly talented Todd Schroeder. Sam also appears with popular symphonies such as The Boston Pops. He also participated in Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" Tour and makes guest appearances on television and at numerous, charity, political and social awareness events close to his heart.
As "Perry Pearl" on the CBS sitcom, "The Class", Sam's chameleonic career took a new turn as a series regular on network television. Popular columnist Liz Smith wrote, "Sam Harris is the comic breakout of the television season!"
Soon after, Sam began "vlogging" (video blogging) on SamTube.com and became an internet phenomenon, receiving millions of views, following his life on stage/set and off as well as his opinions, comic social observations and political perspectives. When Sam returned to the studio to record his the cd, "Free," his original material reflected a fearless openness about his life and views, including the single, "Change Is On The Way," which was written and used for the President Obama campaign.
Another monumental influence of this creative shift was the adoption of Cooper Atticus Harris-Jacobsen, and the subsequent marriage to his long time partner, Danny. The couple have been together for 16 years. The adoption and their marriage was covered by every major news source and Sam became an icon of the modern family and equal rights. With the passing of Proposition 8, Sam was moved to co-write and record "My Reclamation" - which is quickly becoming the anthem for equal marriage rights.
Sam now maintains a busier life than ever - balancing his roles as father, husband, actor, recording artist, writer and all around entertainer. He recently completed a recurring role on "Rules of Engagement," an appearance on "Tyra" about marriage rights, created an original role in the musical "The First Wives Club," and is currently developing a television series and the now, re-ignited musical in which he stars as the darkly complex and charismatic Al Jolson, while he continues to perform in concert all over the country.


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News & Notes: Game 143 – Season Finale
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TODAY'S GAME: This afternoon, the Buffalo Bisons conclude the 2009 season with the final game of a five-game in four-day series against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs from Coca-Cola Park (1:35 p.m.). The Bisons trail 1-3 so far in the series and are just 29-50 in divisional games this season.
vs. THE IRONPIGS: The Bisons are 6-9 against Lehigh Valley this season. The IronPigs victory last night ensured them the season series victory over the Herd. Buffalo is just 5-10 at Coca-Cola Park in the first two years of the rivalry. The Herd has never won a series in Lehigh Valley.
NOT SO PETTY: LHP Adam Pettyjohn gets the start in the final game of the season. The veteran has been solid since joining the Herd, going 3-4 with a 3.70ERA in his eight games and seven starts in Buffalo. He did fall in defeat his last time out, allowing six runs (four earned) on 10 hits in six innings of work to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on September 2. Pettyjohn is 2-2 with a 2.86ERA in five road starts for Buffalo this year.
MOST VALUABLE HITTER: Bisons team MVP OF Jesus Feliciano has all but sealed up the International League Hit Crown. Feliciano has posted two straight three-hit games, giving him 154 hits on the season. That's five more than Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's OF Austin Jackson (149). Feliciano came on strong late as he enters today's game on an eight-game hit streak (.452, 14-31). His 154 hits tie him with OF Kevin Young (1992) for the 5th most hits in a single season in the Bisons Modern Era.
OFF THE LEADERBOARD: RHP Nelson Figueroa will fall 2.2 innings shy of winning the International League ERA crown. Figgy posted a 2.25ERA in 17 starts for the Bisons, but has been with New York since August 3. IL pitchers are required to pitch in 0.8 innings per team game to qualify among the league leaders (143G x 0.8 = 114.2IP). Figueroa has only pitched 112.0 innings. This year, no Bisons pitcher will have a qualifying ERA.
TEAM LEADERS: OF Jesus Feliciano will end up as the team leader in virtually every offensive category. He tops the Herd in games (130), average (.311), doubles (30), stolen bases (13) and runs scored (57). INF Mike Lamb leads the team in extra-base hits (36) and RBI (53) while INF Nick Evans' 10 homers are one more than OF Chip Ambres and C Rene Rivera.
ON THE MOUND: RHP Nelson Figueroa and RHP Tobi Stoner will finish the year tied for the team lead with seven wins. Stoner won his last four decisions. Figueroa's 94 strikeouts will lead the team as will his 112.0 innings of work. RHP Elmer Dessens team-best 11 saves earned him a big league promotion this year. LHP Jon Switzer's 41 appearances led the 2009 Bisons.


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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Little Lexicographer - Creating a Pretend Dictionary
Here are a few of her made-up dictionary entries:
Eef: a type of lettuce that looks like a leaf
Amomilis: a kind of fruit that looks like a blueberry that grows on a pink bush. They are smaller than your pinky. If you drop one, it will disappear.
Coymix: type of food you need to mix. Need to make sure it doesn't have too much sugar because it might get very tall and all messy. It's a different kind of cake that has nuts in it.
Cobwixu: type of animal like a giraffe but it doesn't have any spots.
Hewtus: kind of flower, but if you try to pick it, it might stink you. Has a very stinky smell.
My daughter drew accompanying illustrations for each of her entries. Below I've included a few of her completed pages with illustration.
Most kids I know find dictionaries fascinating. Every home library should include include at least one printed dictionary, preferably more. Yesterday, I read an article in the Washington post titled, "Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary." (Today the Oxford University Press issued a statement contradicting all the online buzz that they plan to stop printing the dictionary.) I use online dictionaries quite often when trying to find the correct spelling or meaning of a word, but I've never referenced the OED, print or online. However, we do own a massively large, one volume Webster's Third New International Dictionary and even though it is not as complete as the 20 volume Oxford English Dictionary, it is still very fun to browse though and use as reference. Last year we referred to the print dictionary several times when trying to think of an object that my daughter could take for her "starts with the letter -" weekly show and tell. My daughter also likes to look at all the words in her own copy of The Sesame Street Dictionary and view all the interesting color illustrations. Maybe we have a future lexicographer in the family.
Do you have a dictionary loving kid in your home? If so, you should encourage them to try creating a pretend dictionary of their own!
8 comments:
- Anonymous said...
That is too precious! What a great idea!
- August 31, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Christy Killoran said...
The internet will not phase out much for me. I love books in their proper form, including dictionaries! I think we have four dictionaries in our house. I love the idea of making up a dictionary! Very clever. My kids love to call out a bunch of random letters and ask me what they spell all together - most often they do not spell a real word, so this is perfect for those made up words! Thanks.
- August 31, 2010 at 2:31 PM
- Janet Halfmann: http://www.janethalfmannauthor.com said...
What fun! What a creative daughter you have. Thanks for sharing.
- August 31, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- Christianne @ Little Page Turners said...
Love it! She'll be a natural at Balderdash. :) E loves the hand-me-down dictionary we received recently. She comes by in honestly - I asked for an unabridged dictionary for my 17th birthday.
- August 31, 2010 at 5:31 PM
- Amy said...
what a great learning tool. Yes, the Mickey Mouse was a fun set for sure..
- August 31, 2010 at 9:16 PM
- Melissa Taylor said...
This is such a brilliant idea! Can grown-ups make one, too??
- August 31, 2010 at 11:52 PM
- April said...
Wow, that is precious. I would keep that forever. I remember when I was a little I would combine a bunch of letters and then ask my grandma what it spelled. Then she would say it didn't spell anything but I wasn't convinced, I would say "there are like hundreds of words out there, it has to spell something" lol.
Thank you for linking up this great post :)
- January 14, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Gidget Girl Reading said...
great ideas we have several dictionaries but we just might have to start a pretend dictionary.
- January 15, 2011 at 7:23 AM