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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Game 3 @ Tennessee Titans
Blew it.
The Detroit Lions blew it, losing to the Titans 41-44 in overtime in one of the strangest games I've ever seen. The Titans scored a field goal in overtime first leaving the Lions a chance to win or tie it back up should they be able to drive down the field and score. They did drive down the field, then stalled, then while trying to draw the defense off sides on 4th down Raiola snapped the ball and a very surprised Hill (who was at Quarterback for an injured Stafford) tried a two man quarterback sneak that failed utterly for an immediate loss.
Coach Schwartz said that noise was a factor in the play. I assume that means that Raiola failed to hear that there was not supposed to be an actual snap of the ball. If so, he blew it.
I find myself unable to adequately explain all the blown plays by both teams, all the blown calls by the refs (I don't choose to use the word "replacement" since I've never been all that impressed with the full timers either), and then there's the coaches who I believe blew it as well.
My one point of criticism this week is why is this high powered offense with a quarterback who threw for over 5,000 yards last year being choked to death by called run plays which are only somewhat effective for 3 weeks straight? Who is it that is so afraid of going down the field via passing? That person may be doing what they are supposed to by the rules of their scheme, but if so, the scheme is in need of some serious adjustment as teams apparently have figured it out.
In fact, if the scheme, or play calling, or play execution, or whatever it is that is causing the Lions to blow these games instead of challenging teams (read as attacking) doesn't change immediately, then the Lions will have blew this season as well, they have roughly 12 hours from now to figure that out.
The 2012 season is in the balance... don't blow it.
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Look at Stafford the first three games this year and compare him to the games he played last year with the broken finger. He's hurt and nobody is addressing it. Finally a story in MLive today that refers to something being wrong but holy Moses--all it takes is basic observational skills to see tat SOMETHING IS WRONG. Now, is that all that's amiss? Nope. Coaching is so bad, words like "atrocious" and "embarrassing" do not justify the depths to which this team is unprepared.
It's sure looking like last year was a fluke--some good balls bounced our way--and that the coaches and all three phases of the team are deeply suspect. Meanwhile, Hanson, Johnson and even LeShoure get gameballs--everyone else just gets balls...
- September 24, 2012 at 12:40:00 AM EST
- spacecataz said...
While I don't disagree with your assessment, I must say that the secondary is getting more egregious by the game (outside of Houston, of course.) Bentley had a bad game, Lacey and Wendling were embarrassing, and the game ended with Coleman, Wendling, and Spievey rotating in and out depending on who effed up the last play. Delmas, where out thou?
- September 24, 2012 at 11:08:00 AM EST
- NetRat's Lions Blog said...
The entire secondary (sans Houston this one week) are the backups. I'm not entirely sure what people expected from the backups, but what we are getting from them is what I expect. The Lions need to outscore their opponents, not trust the backup secondary to stop the opponent from scoring. This conservative approach to scoring on the O isn't going to cut it season -long.
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Madrid: Jose Mourinho has insisted he has no intention of leaving Real Madrid at the end of the 2012-13 campaign amid reports that he is on his way out of the club.
Marca reported earlier on Monday that the former Chelsea and Inter boss will depart the Blancos in the summer, but Mourinho has made it clear that he will not say farewell to his current club any time soon.
"Am I leaving Real Madrid? There`s no truth in this story. I do not want to say anything more about it," Mourinho said at a press conference.
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Picasso's Greatest Print: The Minotauromachy in All Its States
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Picasso's Greatest Print: The Minotauromachy in All Its States, a groundbreaking exhibition of Pablo Picasso's etched masterpiece, Minotauromachy(1935). On view together for the first time in the U.S., the eight etchings that comprise this focused exhibition (the print's seven states, plus a second impression of the seventh state, hand-colored) represent the only existing suite of all the states of Minotauromachy. Together, they offer a remarkable opportunity to trace Picasso's creative process through the evolution of a single, complex image—one that gradually unfolds from bold conception to glorious fruition.
This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Curators: Stephanie Barron, Modern Art, and Kevin Salatino, Prints and Drawings.
Image: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Minotauromachy (state VII, colored), 1935, e tching; additional work with scraper and burin, and colored inks applied à la poupée, 19 1/2 x 27 1/4 in., private collection, © 2006 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo courtesy of Gagosian Gallery, London.


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I was wondering whether anyone had problems moving up a lane. I find myself frequently leading the lane; not by choice, but because I have slowly become a bit faster than my usual lane mates. (In fact, today I think they were getting a little annoyed because I was trying to keep us moving along quickly to the next set.) I would move into the next lane, but I am usually reluctant to because often I am not familiar with the pace of the people in the next lane and I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up and they'll laugh me right out of the pool!
I suppose I also have a bit of a complex because last week a woman who is only slightly faster than me, whom I have successfully swum with before, moved out of my lane during warm up and into the next lane with two other men. I ended up swimming by myself when there were three swimmers in the next lane! Not sure what that was all about, but it sort of hurt my feelings.
(Of note, I pretty much kept up with that lane during the entire workout, so it's not like I am dreadfully slow.)
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My inner goddess loves to decorate. I am not talking about a new candle or flip of a pillow. I am talking about all out painting, sewing, and wallpapering. I am not just a "weekend warrior." I am a year round decorating diva.
My inner goddess loves to decorate. I am not talking about a new candle or flip of a pillow. I am talking about all out painting, sewing, and wallpapering. I am not just a "weekend warrior." I am a year round decorating diva.
In 2007, I purchased a 1940's Bungalow that needed a major overhaul. The house was in disrepair after having been in foreclosure for almost a year by the previous owners. I inherited a mess. After many do-it-yourself hours, the house is really looking cute.
Last weekend I decided to wallpaper a wall in my bedroom. It was a very small area above a chair rail so I figured I could have the job done in two hours. The wall was smooth and clean and needed no preparation. The wallpaper was a beautiful heavy lavender French provincial design that I purchased from an online auction. It is very romantic and extremely feminine. The people I purchased it from said they found it in an attic. They thought there was a full roll, but no directions were included. The paper needed to be pasted, because it was vintage so I gathered all of my materials and got ready to go to work.
The directions on the wallpaper paste said to paste the wall and not the paper. So I pasted the wall and went to hang the first piece. My two-step ladder was too short for me to reach in the corner so I had to stand on the dresser. I placed the first strip on the wall and realized in a hurry that there is no such thing as a right angle in an old house! The corner of the wall was as crooked as a dog's hind leg. No worry here, I still had optimism on my side. I stood on my dresser and repositioned the paper. It started sliding down the wall like a pair of worn out pantyhose slides down a woman's leg. Then the edges started to curl into the center. Enough of this I thought, so I pasted the back of the paper and the wall and it finally stuck.
The second piece went up fine and I figured I was really making progress. When it came time to hang the third piece I was at a loss. The paper has a lady on a swing and horses and trees and dogs...I couldn't find the pattern. I never was good at jigsaw puzzles and this was about the size of it. My eyes carefully tried to trace the details and I thought I would go blind. Then finally I found a hand in the paper and new I had to attach it to an arm. Done!
In reality, this design probably had a 10 or 12 inch drop (a repeat in pattern). I even managed to get it cut out around the light switch and thermostat, next came the doorway. I needed six inches of paper above the door but it had to match the previous design. After a little bit, all the trees and dogs looked the same. I didn't think I would ever find the pattern. I started having flashbacks of the short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," where the lady goes crazy looking at the pattern in the paper until she thinks she is trapped in the design on the wall. It's going to be me I thought. I have to get this done before it drives me insane! The final piece was six inches wide and 56 inches long. I can do this I kept saying. I found the pattern on top, but not on bottom.
About this time I look up only to see my new baby kitten, Amelia, run-off with a piece of wallpaper in her mouth. "You have got to be kidding me," I said. Earlier, she had tried to lick the wallpaper paste. I retrieved the paper and got down on my hands and knees to cut more. Suddenly I thought of the "I Love Lucy" episode where she is sewing the dress and as she cuts out the pattern she cuts out the carpet too. This at least made me laugh and released some of the pent up tension.
I got the last piece up and carefully sponged over the whole wall to release any air bubbles. Finally, it was done! I was exhausted! What started as being a two-hour job actually took me four hours to complete! I woke up this morning perfectly pleased with the final outcome. Hmmm I thought...wonder what sort of project I should do next?


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Sometimes there aren't words enough to describe a situation like the one currently taking place in Iraq. As Islamic militants, known as the Islamic State, or ISIS, advance through the northern part of the country, Iraqi Christians and other minorities are running for their lives. For those left in ISIS' path, it's convert or be killed. Some aren't even offered that option.
For many of us, tucked away safely in our homes half a world away, the brutal violence raging at the hands of the Islamic militants is beyond comprehension. The scope is too massive; the images too horrible; the tragedy too inconceivable.
What is there for us to do but wring our hands in despair and hope for better days to come? If you find yourself faced with this question, we invite you to join us in starting a national campaign of hope for the suffering in Iraq.
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Stay informed. Read the paper; watch the news. Listen to what Church leaders in Rome and in the Middle East are saying, as well as your local bishop. Talk about the situation with friends and family. Don't just rely on social media or hearsay. Find out what's going on and how you can do something about it.
Speak out. Contact your congressional representative and encourage the United States government to continue its humanitarian assistance to those suffering abroad. Urge that the United States find the source of ISIS funding and put pressure on responsible parties. Encourage your parish to include prayers for Iraqi refugees, for refugees around the world and for peace in the world. Write your pastor or bishop and ask that they call attention to the religious liberty needs of those around the world in their homilies and public appearances.
Give. Pledge one dollar a day to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, a Vatican aid organization, to care for a child refugee. Donate funds to Catholic Relief Services, who, along with its partner Caritas Iraq, is providing food, bedding and hygiene supplies to displaced Iraqi families. These funds also will be used to help with long-term resettlement efforts.
Pray. Incorporate prayers for peace in the Middle East and safety for Christians into your daily routine. Be specific and be consistent. Ask the saints, especially the Christian martyrs, to intercede to our Lord for the suffering of those on earth. Pray for the conversion of hearts and for the reign of peace. Fast from a food or beverage or from a form of entertainment to maintain solidarity with our Christian brothers and sisters. Heed the request of Des Moines, Iowa, Bishop Richard E. Pates, chairman of the Committee of International Justice and Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and pray for peace as a nation together.
Welcome the stranger. The United States has a history of welcoming into its borders those who are escaping religious persecution. Those on the brink of death in Iraq should be no exception. Let us find room in our hearts and in our homeland for the men, women and children who are being forced to leave their own homes, communities and parishes.
Listen to Pope Francis. "Hatred is not to be carried in the name of God! War is not to be waged in the name of God!" the pope said. "Let us pray together to the God of peace, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary: Give us peace, O Lord, in our days, and make us builders of justice and peace."
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Hessian fly infestations have been detected in North Texas from the Northeast corner near the Oklahoma State line, and westward to the Haskell/Knox County area.
Infestations vary widely, with some fields showing limited potential for damage, and others facing severe yield loss.
Todd Baughman, Extension agronomist at the Texas Extension and Research Center at Vernon, says damage was apparent in wheat plants that were severely lodged in the Haskell/Knox County area.
"Inspection of lodged wheat tillers showed Hessian fly puparia (often referred to as flaxseed because of their appearance) inside the stalk of the plant at the location of the lodging.
"Many producers may experience lodging in fields and suspect damage from freezing temperatures," Baughman says.
"Weather records indicate temperatures did not get low enough to cause this type of damage. In fact, current inspection of wheat fields has not found any noticeable freeze damage in the Rolling Plains. Blank heads can be found in some fields, but in most cases they have been associated with wheat stem maggot or dryland foot/root rot."
He says Hessian fly infestations likely will be associated with fields planted early.
"Some varieties show resistance to Hessian fly, but most, if not all, varieties planted in the Central and Northern Rolling Plains are susceptible to Hessian fly. Therefore, any variety may have a potential for infestation. The other reason for the infestations is likely due to weather conditions that supported the pest's survival."
He says growers can scout for Hessian fly infestations by looking for the brown puparia or small white maggots behind leaf sheaths, at the base of individual tillers, and at the nodes on stems. Plants may be stunted or lodged.
"In the current infested field, the brown puparia could be found at the location of the broken stem approximately one-inch above the base of the plant. Inspection of tillers not lodged indicated pupae could be found one-inch above the base of these tillers," Baughman says.
"Eventually these tillers will most likely lodge. In general, the field was stunted and had an overall unhealthy appearance.
"One key will be for producers to inspect both lodged and un-lodged tillers in several areas of the field to determine overall damage. This may or may not provide an accurate estimate of potential yield loss, since yield compensation of surviving tillers is unknown."
Baughman says wheat farmers can do nothing to cure the current infestation. "Knowing that the problem exists can help plan for next year."
Producers may try several production practices to reduce potential for infestation:
· Delayed planting
· Controlling volunteer wheat plants (which is also beneficial for control of many other pest problems)
· Burying infested crop residues to a depth of 4 to 6 inches
· Seed treatments (Gaucho or Cruiser) and crop rotation
· Resistant varieties (unfortunately, these are very limited at this time).
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This publication includes photos to help identify Hessian fly and subsequent damage, information on its life cycle, and current management strategies.
If you have any additional questions or need help in identifying Hessian fly, contact Todd Baughman, Agronomist, Texas Cooperative Extension, phone 940/552-9941.
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All the so-called experts as well as fans -- me included -- have for several months told you what the Dolphins' needs are without, you know, actually hearing it from the Dolphins. Those are among the closely guarded secrets of Team Big Tuna.
Well, the needs you heard about are still accurate. They're just incomplete.
The Dolphins can definitely use an OLB, a NT, WR, FS out of this draft.
But did you know LG should be on the list, too?
And perhaps even in the first round.
Don't be because the Dolphins have been, and continue to do much legwork on Idaho guard Michael Iupati, a 6-5, 331-pound behemoth that truly impressed on tape and continued to impress the Dolphins during the Senior Bowl week and in the game.
The Dolphins were so impressed they brought Iupati to town on March 15 and 16 for a visit. The Dolphins were the first team Iupati visited so they were obviously the first to recognize his potential worth. But they haven't been the last.
Iupati, who is expected to be available when Miami picks at No. 12 in the first round, has been a busy man lately, traveling to several other teams. The interest in him is substantial.
By the way, if the Dolphins go with an interior offensive lineman in the first round, it would almost have to be Iupati, as there isn't another player at the position that offers value so high. Iupati is the only one that does while Ole Miss guard John Jerry rates slightly lower.
So why would Miami seriously consider Iupati at that spot?
Well, have you heard, they have interior offensive line issues. Still. The club is expecting to trade left guard Justin Smiley at some point this offseason. That creates a void at the position. I suppose Nate Garner, who started four games at the spot last year, could be a candidate to fill the void, but who else will compete for the job?
Donald Thomas and recently acquired Richie Incognito are both right guards. That's their spot. That's where they are clearly best suited. Moving either to left guard is asking them to play out of position.
So the Dolphins need LG help assuming Smiley goes as planned.
Don't be surprised if Michael Iupati is that help. Don't be surprised if the Dolphins pick him in the first round.
[UPDATE: The National Football Post rates Iupati the No. 8 best prospect in the draft while ESPN.com's Scouts Inc. has rated at No. 14. So obviously, folks are thinking No. 12 is around the place he should be selected at this stage.]


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A $1,449 Kitchen Makeover
It's amazing how far you can stretch your kitchen renovation dollar when taking the DIY route. That's how this kitchen makeover was achieved for only $1,449:
Even though the kitchen was not at all to their liking when they were considering purchasing the house, this couple purchased anyway with the thought of renovating it right away. And boy, did they! Even with all new countertops (gorgeous butcher block ones at that), bead board backsplash, lighting, flooring, partial cabinetry, paint (on walls and cabinets), sink and faucet, they came in on budget at only $1,449! The key here was DIY industriousness, which is truly inspiring.
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Citizen activists in Hood River County are on the move to give voters a stronger voice on two major land-use issues.
One group involved in waterfront planning submitted a proposed ballot measure to the city early last week. Several days later, another initiative was filed with the county by a newly-formed group concerned about residential development within a forest zone.
However, the first measure, the "Columbia River Waterfront Parks Ordinance" proposal, was rejected by the city on Tuesday. After reviewing the text, City Recorder Jean Hadley determined, upon the advice of counsel, that it was illegal because the issue was "quasi-judicial" and had to go through a statuatory process.
The waterfront measure sought to give city voters the choice to preserve almost all of the public lands along the waterfront for a park. It would have allowed existing structures and infrastructure to remain as long as the current use continued.
"This initiative was basically a vehicle to make our voices heard," said Susan Froehlich, one of the three chief sponsors and a member of the Citizens for Responsible Waterfront Development. She said the CRWD has not yet decided whether to re-submit another proposal.
The CRWD contends the port has not included enough public input into its current planning process, an error they are seeking to correct.
"We basically felt our hands were tied and we had to do something," Froehlich said.
Meanwhile, the initiative that was filed by the newly formed Let the People Decide (LPD) political action committee is under review by Hood River County District Attorney John Sewell. State law requires Sewell to prepare a ballot title that will be turned over to Lee Schissler, county elections supervisor. Schissler said if the title is not challenged in court, the petitioners can begin gathering the more than 400 signatures of registered voters needed to place the issue on a ballot.
LPD contends its proposed measure was "inspired" by Mt. Hood Meadows' plans to build a major housing development and destination resort on land that provides water to the Crystal Springs Water District. The new ordinance would give voters the right to affirm or deny any county approval of 25 or more homes or overnight units on property zoned for a forest use.
"We believe that given the importance of water to everyone from farmers to residential water users, the people of Hood River County should have the right to decide for themselves whether a major housing project that occurs in the forestlands that supply our water should be allowed," said Wendy Gray, an upper-valley resident and one of the chief sponsors for the initiative.
Both the CRWD and the LPD believe that the people need to be given a more direct voice on the two major land-use issues. However, Froehlich said the two groups are not working together and it was "coincidental" that the two initiatives were both filed during the same week.
The CRWD has termed the waterfront as the "jewel" of Hood River and wants it dedicated primarily for green space. They believe a park will support the growing tourism trade and economic gain brought by "immigrating early retirees, immigrating high net-worth individuals with consulting businesses and clients outside the valley."
"Unskilled workers will not be provided jobs by condos and hotels on the shoreline, but will instead find employment with opportunities provided in the services industries catering to the needs of the people bringing money into Hood River," wrote Michelle Slade, CRWD spokesperson, in a position paper dated May 23.
Port Director Dave Harlan said that by filing the initiative, the CRWD had raised two points of "irony." He said the group argued that the port is seeking to develop the waterfront without enough public input — and then excluded the vote of many residents within the port district's boundaries. He said the measure was directed only to city voters but the port's reach extends from Parkdale to Wyeth. Harlan said taxpayers in those areas would have been left out of the decision-making process — even though they might later have been asked to pay their share of a bond levy to cover the cost of developing a park.
In addition, Harlan said the initiative would have "downzoned" the port land by taking away commercial and industrial uses — making it more difficult for the port to qualify for grant funding to make improvements.
But Walter Burkhardt, who joined Froehlich and Lars Bergstrom in sponsoring the initiative, said the prosperity of Hood River is dependent upon maintaining the high quality of life which includes scenic vistas and recreational pursuits.
"It's just a sad situation that the port thinks they can do light industrial and other uses on a prime piece of real estate," Burkhardt said.
The LPD has not taken a public stand on Meadows' stated intent to build a resort on its private Cooper Spur holdings in the southern sector of the county.
"This measures is not about whether any given development is good or bad. It is just about giving people the right to vote on a very important question," said treasurer Peter Cornelison.
Other residents involved in the formation of the LPD are Hugh McMahon, Dr. Rod Krehbiel, Jurgen Hess and Darryl Lloyd.
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"At the end of the day, we are responsible for our own lives. If anything happens to us, don't blame somebody else. Backtrack and look at what you did to contribute to that. You also contribute to your successes. Once you learn that, you're on your way."
– Isaac Hayes
MEMPHIS, TENN. (August 12, 2008)
A memorial service will be held on Monday at Hope Presbyterian Church, 8500 Walnut Grove, Cordova, Tennessee from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to celebrate the life of pioneering soul icon Isaac Hayes, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 65.


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If You're Going To Meter Broadband, Shouldn't You At Least Make Sure The Meters Work?
from the it's-the-little-things dept
Take, for example, Canadian cable provider Cogeco, who apparently has started offering metered billing, but whose "meters" apparently don't work. Customers are reporting very inaccurate readings on the tool provided by Cogeco for customers to watch their own bandwidth, and they're receiving usage emails from the company that don't match up with what the online tool says at all. So, now Cogeco's going to have a bunch of folks complaining, and will need to spend more time fixing its meter tool. Good decision, huh?


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How To Make Meatloaf from Scratch
Roughly once a year — right about now, as it so happens — I get a sudden and very urgent hankering for meatloaf. One day, it's stuffed squash and warm grain salads and beef stews, and the next day, all I can think about is meatloaf. Tender, savory bites of meatloaf glazed with (yes, of all things) ketchup. If you have been scarred by dry or tasteless meatloaf in a past life, it's time to revisit this classic. Here's how to make the most tender, most tasty meatloaf you can imagine.
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The Basic Meatloaf Formula
All recipes for meatloaf start with the same basic formula: 2 pounds of ground meat and a "panade" made of bread or crackers soaked in milk. Along with a few eggs, this panade helps to hold the ground meat together and adds some essential moisture to the mix. Don't worry — your meatloaf won't taste like bread, but you'll definitely miss it if it's not there!
The Meat
Any ground meat can be used to make meatloaf: beef, pork, veal, or lamb. You can use just one kind of meat, or you can mix a few different kinds together to give your meatloaf different flavors and textures. Personally, I love a mix of about 70% beef (for its flavor) and 30% pork (for its fatty richness). You definitely want a bit of fat in your mix so the meatloaf doesn't end up dry and crumbly. I usually look for a beef that's only 80% to 85% lean.
The Veggies
A mirepoix made of small-diced onions, carrots, and celery is classic here, but you can swap some or all of those veggies for any of your favorites: mushrooms, more carrots, peas, even broccoli. Whatever vegetables you use, be sure to cook them before they go into the meatloaf so they're tender and toothsome rather than crunchy.
The Glaze
Call me old-fashioned, but I love a swath of good ol' ketchup on my meatloaf. The ketchup concentrates during cooking, creating a creamy, ultra-tomato-y glaze that pairs perfectly with the deep savory nature of the meatloaf. If you're not a ketchup fan, you can use your favorite BBQ sauce or any other sauce you find appealing. You can also skip the glaze altogether and drape the meatloaf with strips of bacon before cooking — as we know, bacon makes everything better and that certainly holds true here.
A Final Note
The last piece of the puzzle to making a fantastic meatloaf is two-fold: cooking time and letting it rest. A 2-pound meatloaf will reliably cook in about an hour — try not to overcook or the meat will start getting tough and crumbly. The best way to know when a meatloaf is done is by checking its internal temperature; as soon as it hits 155°F, you can pull it from the oven. Letting it rest for a few minutes before you slice and serve also gives the juices inside the meatloaf time to redistribute and settle, just like when you're cooking a steak or a roast. If you slice the loaf too quickly, the tasty juices pool out and leave the meatloaf dry.
How To Make Meatloaf from Scratch
Makesapproximately 10 thick slices
- 1 cup
torn-up bread pieces, or 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup
whole or 2% milk
- 1
small onion, diced small
- 1
small carrot, peeled and diced small
- 1
stalk celery, diced small
- 2 to 3 cloves
garlic, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon
dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon
tomato paste
- 2 pounds
ground meat — beef, pork, veal, lamb or a mix
- 2
large eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons
Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon
Pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup
ketchup, bbq sauce, or other sauce to coat (optional)
- 1/2 pound
bacon (optional)
Baking sheet, roasting pan, casserole dish, or loaf pan
Aluminum foil
Measuring cups and spoons
Mixing bowl
Heat the oven to 350°F: Set the oven to pre-heat and place a rack in the bottom third of the oven. Line a baking sheet or other baking dish with aluminum foil.
Soak the bread pieces in the milk: Combine the bread pieces and the milk in a small bowl. Let stand until the bread has broken down into a thick porridge, occasionally stirring and mushing the bread against the sides of the bowl. You can leave the crusts on the bread or trim them off before soaking; if you leave them on, remove any large pieces that haven't broken down after soaking.
Cook the veggies: Warm a few teaspoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the diced onions, carrots, and celery. Cook until the onions are translucent and the carrots have softened, 6 to 8 minutes. If the vegetables begin to brown, turn down the heat. Add the garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the thyme and tomato paste, and stir until coated. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
Make the meatloaf mix: In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground meat, beaten eggs, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, soaked bread and milk, and the cooked vegetables. Use your hands to work the ingredients together until just combined.
Shape the loaf: Transfer the meatloaf mixture to your foil-lined baking sheet or baking dish. Shape it into a loaf roughly 9 inches by 5 inches. (If using a loaf pan, just pat the meatloaf mixture into the pan.)
Coat the loaf with ketchup or bacon (optional): Spread 1/4 cup of the ketchup mixture over the meatloaf (reserve the other 1/4 cup for later). Alternatively, drape the loaf with bacon slices.
Bake for 45 minutes: Bake the meatloaf for 45 minutes, then spread with the remaining 1/4 cup of ketchup, if using.
Bake for another 10 to 15 minutes: Bake the loaf for another 10 to 15 minutes (about 1 hour total), until the middle of the loaf registers at least 155°F on an instant-read thermometer.
Cool 15 minutes before serving: Let the loaf cool for at least 15 minutes before serving. If you baked your meatloaf in a loaf pan, carefully drain off the liquid fat before transferring the meatloaf to a cutting board. Cut into thick slices and serve. Leftovers will keep refrigerated for up to a week, or can be wrapped and frozen for up to 3 months.
Recipe Notes
Meatballs: This same recipe can be used to make meatballs instead of a loaf (though I usually leave out the carrots).
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Opinion: Obama, the Un-Bush
Columnist Dan Henninger on President Bush's terror vindication. Photos: Associated Press
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... I ... back to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... so Obama is at the dedication of the George W Bush presidential library today ... it isn't that ironic says my next guest ... Wonderland Columnist Dan Henninger is here ... and ... her label present Obama D All in the bullish in your Wonderland column today ... my ... Whelan has because present Obama himself pretty much try to label insult the underdog I mean he has spent so much time ... campaigning in telling people that he is ... the change from the failed economic policies the proceed of him ... and clearly in on foreign policy he was decided not to be George Bush there was nothing more important to ... Brock Obama than to pull out of ... Iraq into of risk reduce our presence in Afghanistan ... the greatest irony of him going down the Bush lied Hertz is this comes on the heels of the Boston Marathon attacks ... and this is an act of terror ... and the Bush presidency I think will be known forever as the ... the the war on terror presidency ... September eleven happened just nine months into his presidency to completely change the course of the Bush presidency ... in the first thing he did was passed the Patriot Act which was intended to enable ... the United States to carry out the war on terror it and it will be us carry out the war and terror and we had bipartisan agreement on that ... under the Obama administration but ... is in dire need and ... to me know if the Obama team news that school ... that now ... both parties have been bracing much of the country has to do ... to protect us what we learn from this awesome mom ... well ... just preface of Mary by saying that there was no more bitter partisan why then would one on the entire Bush presidency in which Democrats attacked the provisions of the Patriot Act ... namely its wiretapping provisions and that sort of thing ... but now that Brock Obama as president he bought a large has embraced and supported that ... they have defended the Patriot Act in court in twenty eleven the re authorize Stephen didn't they use it to we know that intersect still unclear ... I think we could hazard a guess that they did not use it I mean the question now is what the FBI noble time on certain I am and when did they know what ... they appear to have it ... investigated him for about three months and then close the case which is to say they did not put wire taps on some errands phones and I think in retrospect most people would've been ... happy to have them wiretap them with or without a warrant will there was another unexpected events this week ... today the White House admitted ... that they suspect our intelligence services suspects that Syria has now use chemical weapons not once but maybe twice ... for all we know more ... and it is how this is that it sees fit into the oncoming ... inside Bush policies is the reason I wanna ... look ... it's a serious reason to get weapons on a wildfire the wine itself but how has the president's approach been influenced by his own Bush policies well I think the president ... present Obama more than anything it wants not to engage the United States in an active military a bench somewhere else in the world was come a point of Iraq ... and reducing Afghanistan ahead of schedule he does not want to be known as a president who committed the United States to anything militarily overseas ... in Syria is pulling him in because the Syrian situation ... is beginning to destabilize the entire region ... I personally think the reason the president doesn't want to do this is because he is intent on reducing the size the Pentagon budget truck Eagles already described ... how he intends to do that ... if the United States is seen having to mean the world to engage something like the Syrian crisis ... that makes it harder for the president argued that he needs to reduce the Pentagon budget fight this it just goes to show that no matter what ideology you come into the White House West ... sometimes investors to your their own in the United States he just cannot hide from these events married to Emkay Global View Columnist Dan Henninger ... you can read him every week in The Wall Street Journal and on the beest dot com ... and see him here on Opinion Journal think you can ...


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Romney's Tax Policy Still Has Holes After Debate
In Wednesday night's debate, President Obama said Mitt Romney's tax plan would cut government revenues by $5 trillion. Romney said that wasn't true and that he wouldn't propose any tax cut that would add to the deficit. Audie Cornish talks with John Ydstie about an exchange that left many people scratching their heads.
Among the most animated exchanges last night was a disagreement between the candidates on the cost of Mitt Romney's tax proposal. Romney forcefully defended his plan, saying, among other things, that it would not add to the deficit. He also offered a few more details to a plan that has been relatively short on details up to this point. We've asked NPR's John Ydstie to walk us through what we do and don't know about Romney's broader tax policy. Welcome, John.
JOHN YDSTIE, BYLINE: Hi, Audie.
So let's start with the big point of contention last night - President Obama saying that Romney's tax plan would add $5 trillion to the deficit.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Governor Romney's proposal that he has been promoting for 18 months calls for a $5 trillion tax cut.
CORNISH: Governor Romney responded this way.
MITT ROMNEY: I'm not looking for a $5 trillion tax cut. What I've said is I won't put in place a tax cut that adds to the deficit. That's part one. So there's no economist can say, Mitt Romney's tax plan adds 5 trillion if I say I will not add to the deficit with my tax plan.
CORNISH: So who's right?
YDSTIE: Well, here's where that $5 trillion number come from, Audie. The Tax Policy Center, a Washington research group took a look at Governor Romney's tax proposal earlier this year. It concluded that Mr. Romney's proposal, which reduces tax rates by 20 percent, would cost the budget about $5 trillion over 10 years. Now, that's the cost before taking into account the elimination of deductions and the closing of loopholes, which is how Mr. Romney says he would offset that $5 trillion cost.
But while Romney has said he'd do this, he hasn't said which loopholes and deductions would go away.
CORNISH: So, Governor Romney says he won't increase the deficit with his tax cut, but at the same time, I guess you're saying that he hasn't told us how he'd pay for it.
YDSTIE: That's right. Now, even though the governor hasn't given us details, the analysts at the Tax Policy Center, which include experts who've worked for both Democrats and Republicans, decided to see if there were enough deductions available to offset the $5 trillion cost. And what they concluded was that the plan would not be revenue neutral. It would, in fact, raise the deficit, unless taxes were increased by around $2,000 for middle class families.
Now, Governor Romney has taken issue with this Tax Policy Center study. He says it's partisan and inaccurate and here's what he said in last night's debate.
ROMNEY: There's six other studies that looked at the study you described and say it's completely wrong.
YDSTIE: In fact, those six studies were cited by some Romney economic advisors in a letter they wrote criticizing the Tax Policy Center's work, but I have to say, a close look at those studies shows they don't really support the specifics of the governor's proposal.
CORNISH: John, earlier this week, Governor Romney provided another possible route to raising money to pay for his cut in personal tax rates, putting a cap on deductions instead of eliminating them.
YDSTIE: That's right. He said he might consider putting a $17,000 cap on deductions. Now, a cap could shrink the value of mortgage interest deductions, charitable contributions and some health care expenses for a lot of taxpayers. Then, in the debate last night, Governor Romney suggested the cap might be much higher, 25,000 to $50,000.
CORNISH: But would this cap on deductions raise enough money to keep Governor Romney's tax proposal from actually increasing the deficit?
YDSTIE: Well, if the cap were at $17,000, which would be pretty restrictive, it could raise a lot of money but still no enough to cover the whole $5 trillion cost of Governor Romney's 20 percent rate cut. Another tax research group, the Tax Foundation, criticized Governor Romney's idea for capping deductions, saying it goes against the basic idea of tax reform, that is making the income tax code more simple, which is something Romney says would boost growth.
The tax foundation says the cap on deductions would hit the rich hardest and harm economic growth.
CORNISH: John, thank you for explaining it to us.
YDSTIE: You're welcome, Audie.
CORNISH: NPR's John Ydstie.
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The spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive and well in Lexington Saturday night.
The spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was alive and well in Lexington on Saturday night.
More than 250 people gathered at the J. Smith Young YMCA for the 28th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet, hosted by the Davidson County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
While enjoying a dinner among family and friends, attendees joined together for prayer, scripture and song.
"It has been 45 years since Dr. King was assassinated," said the Rev. Dr. Ray Howell of First Baptist Church on West Third Avenue, the banquet's master of ceremonies. "Forty-five years ago, his lips were silenced, but his voice will never be silenced unless we are silent."
The annual Freedom Fund banquet has become a staple event of the local NAACP branch, which was formed in 1951.
In addition to celebrating the memory of King, branch president the Rev. Dr. Keith Curry also took the opportunity to inform attendees about an effort to rename a street in Lexington after the famous reverend and civil rights activist.
Lexington City Council is expected to decide at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 if it will rename portions of Raleigh Road and Sixth Street after King.
Curry urged attendees to go and speak during a public comment section at the meeting.
"We understood (King's) mission and vision, and it is something we need to keep now in our consciousness," Curry said.
Lexington Mayor Newell Clark echoed Curry's statements.
"What is right is that we recognize all the citizens of this community," Clark said.
The Rev. Dr. Carlton Eversley, pastor of Dellabrook Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, served as the night's guest speaker.
Eversley spoke to the crowd about things to fight, or be for and things to fight, or be against. He spoke passionately about how black people, young and old, should strive for educational excellence.
"You and I don't spend one minute of our lives without the indebtedness and intelligent minds of black people," Eversley said.
To a standing ovation, Eversley urged attendees to come together and fight for their own economic and political prosperity, as well as a conscious effort to end violence.
Matt Swift, a representative from Lexington's parks and recreation department, also presented an award to Jeremy "Scooter" Dalton for his service to youth sports.
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Back in 1970, Stephen Gaskin — a religious teacher in that mecca for the 60's Peace and Love movement, San Francisco — left on a speaking tour of the U.S., trailed by 30 remodeled school buses full of young people. For seven months, the mobile community lived together, grew together, and traveled together over the highways of America. When the tour was done, "The Caravan" was too united in purpose and experience to be willing to split up, so the community looked for some farmland . . . and settled in rural Summertown, Tennessee.
Today, ten years later, the community is still going strong (it even has treaties with some foreign countries!). In fact, some of the activities the folks in this collective are undertaking are so worthwhile MOTHER EARTH NEWS thought it was time readers had an update on how they've fared living the communal life.
As you know, a lot of well-intentioned groups who head "back to the land" fall flat on their faces. Inexperienced homesteaders find that grubbing out a rural existence can be a harsh, demanding task ... each winter such communities get smaller and their debts get bigger . . . and, before long, the members all have to flee "back to the city".
And certainly Stephen Gaskin's group of self-professed "peace-loving hippies" was as unlikely a collection of city slickers as ever tried to turn "greenhorns" into green thumbs. After all, the initial conglomeration consisted of 250 men, women, and children — including a couple of newborn babies — and their only "equipment" consisted of some beat-up old schoolbuses!
Yet take a visit to the group's 1,750-acre stand — called, simply enough, The Farm — today, and what will you see? First of all, you'll be surrounded by a great many people: Gaskin's community presently has some 1,200 gaily dressed, longhaired members. Furthermore, a good half of the residents are children (and are among the most self-assured, helpful, and friendly young'uns you'll ever find anywhere).
In addition to the people, you'll see an amazingly complex physical setup. The Farm in Summertown — besides having a 150-acre food-raising operation — includes a dental clinic, medical clinic, and infirmary (with a complete infant intensive care and testing unit) ... a new passively solar-heated school . . . a pen-to-presses book, record, and videotape company ... wood, machine, and electronics workshops . . . entire buildings devoted to baking, milling, canning/freezing, motor repair, and preparing tasty soy food products . . . its own bank, laundry, architect's office, greenhouse, and radio station ... and more projects are on the way.
And — perhaps most important of all — you'll notice that the relaxed and amiable community members are extremely dedicated folks. They work steadily and they work hard!
How does The Farm do it?! What "glue" keeps this collection of humanity together while it expands at home and reaches out on a global scale? Does the community have a "reason for being," or is it really just "an old hippies' rest home"?
For those answers, you have to examine the core idea of The Farm, a belief in . . .
Work and Spirituality
"Don't ask for a mantra. Just hit the ball." (Stephen Gaskin)
The Farm is a religious community, and without the shadow of a doubt the group's common spiritual unity provides its overall guiding purpose. If there were no such bond, the folks might never have made it through that first Tennessee winter spent in school buses with "toy" woodstoves . . . or the summer when over 100 members got hepatitis from eating contaminated watercress . . . or the entire year that Stephen spent in jail . . . or any of the other hard times they've had to face.
Yet The Farm's religion is none of your typical "name" creeds: It's not Christianity, it's not Zen Buddhism — although it does borrow ideas from both beliefs — and it's not even a form of "leader cultism" (Stephen, the residents emphasize, is the community's teacher, and not its leader). Put very simply, The Farm's religion is that each person should in every one of his or her acts work to make the world a good, healthful place in which to live. Notice that the operative word here is work. The Tennessee folks believe that people should, indeed, try to improve their own souls . . . but they don't recommend that anyone spend all his or her time chanting mantras and praying. Instead, they believe that human beings should put most of their energy into doing something for others and "make work a meditation".
On The Farm, religion applies to all aspects of life. The members believe that every act a person performs should be morally correct and spiritually motivated. And the community's commitment to "right livelihood" takes, in practice, two basic forms of action:
[1] The residents live a collectively shared, low-consumption way of life that demonstrates a valid way in which the entire world could live. As Stephen has more than once reminded the community, "To develop an inexpensive and livable and graceful lifestyle is one of the most important things that we can pass on to humankind."
[2] Farm members also put a lot of energy into helping "outsiders." Such widespread efforts run the gamut from providing sanctuary for children, babies, and pregnant women to setting up a solar-powered ham radio network for the villages of Bangladesh.
These two aspects of The Farm's purpose — self-growth and global outreach — provide the tension and the balance that make the Summertown community such a dynamic place. Sometimes the two goals conflict, and the need for taking better care of the "home folks" will curtail a potential "out there" project. But the truth is that if the members there did not have the purpose of doing good for others and instead focused all their energies on making their own material lives and environment better, in time The Farm would become complacent and quite probably extinct. The dedicated at-home work makes the outreach possible ... and the outreach gives that at-home work an important reason for continuing.
Of course, to really understand this two-sidedness, you need to look more closely at both aspects of The Farm, and the best place to begin is — as all Farm things do — "at home".
Collectivity and Cooperation
"Stephen is a teacher and the community is a teacher." (Thomas Dotzler, Farm Band leader)
Many Farm residences shelter more than 20 people. On an average evening in such a dwelling's combination kitchen/living room, a couple of house members will be cleaning up after dinner . . . a few more late-working folk will just be arriving to eat dinner . . . several children will be playing games in the open floor space . . . three or four adults and youngsters will be watching TV or listening to The Farm's radio station ... one guy will be nestled on the sofa absorbed in an almost-current Newsweek. . . next to him a child will be quietly coloring the pages of a book of Stephen's teachings ... next to that youth a husband and wife will be reading their mail together . . . and across from them a woman will be talking on the in-Farm phone system ("Beatnik Bell") to decide whether she should work the next morning at the cannery or the school. Yet — somehow — the entire scene appears as peaceful as it is varied!
The folks on The Farm believe that living closely together is in and of itself a form of spiritual teaching, because the experience helps one to learn how to get along and be mutually interdependent with others. And the kind of domestic tranquillity you'll see in any household at night clearly shows how well the group's people have learned the lessons of sharing and being together.
Such large-scale harmony, of course, doesn't come easily. Over the years, many meetings and earnest discussions on The Farm have been (and still are!) devoted to ironing out group problems and standards. The result of that ongoing process is a great body of unwritten understandings about cooperation that the Summertown, Tennessee residents call (simply enough) "our agreements".
One of the community's most basic agreements is that everyone is responsible for taking care of everyone else. Folks go out of their way to talk to a depressed friend or rescue someone else's child from a dangerous situation. They also deliberately tackle the tough side of the responsibility pact and try to work out living problems even when — or rather especially when — the words that are said may hurt. And their established community-wide technique for dealing with such personal hassles involves learning to objectively listen to and state criticisms . . . keeping detached enough from the conflict that you never get angry (Stephen says, "Anger is not necessary . . . it's optional") . . . being perfectly truthful about what you see in yourself or someone else that needs to be changed . . . and settling it all with loving compassion.
On a physical level, the mutual responsibility agreement means that people share material goods. Most major possessions are simply given for use to whoever seems to have the greatest need for them. (The Farm's classic example of such sharing — and its "opportunity for learning to be a nonmaterialist" — is an experience that can be a bit trying for newcomers: handing a dearly loved car or pickup truck over to one of the hard-traveling Farm groups that wear out vehicles the way a child goes through sneakers.)
Voluntary Poverty
"You can go back to flush toilets, steak,and college, but you'll be putting your foot right smack back on the neck of a bunch of peasants that are starving all over the world." (Stephen)
Another Farm agreement is that everyone will live a low-consumption lifestyle. In fact, the group considers itself a Third World people of voluntary peasants.
The community's residents live their chosen roles, too. Everyone eats healthfully and is well taken care of, but the per capita "income" is less than $2.00 a day . . . one-quarter the U.S. government's official 1977 national poverty level!
Members live on a very inexpensive diet. Everyone on The Farm is a vegetarian (for the ethical reason that if no one were raising meat, the world would already have plenty of food), and their diet — while healthful, tasty, and nutritionally complete — has few frills. When kale's in season, folks eat the green at almost every meal. And after the soy dairy (which is constantly transforming that complete protein and staple of the community diet — soybeans — into tofu, milk, yogurt, and "ice bean") finishes making and distributing a large supply of tofu, houses all over the collective eagerly serve it.
Farm folks are able to get by on their small financial budget partly because they live economically, share a lot of resources, and buy inexpensive products in bulk (a lyric from one Farm Band song says, "Give me sugar or give me honey, but give me the best deal for my money").
Another one of the Tennessee organization's money-saving methods, of course, is to grow a great deal of its own food. During any one year, 75 of the community's 150 tillable acres are used to raise vegetables, 35 are put in pasture for workhorses, 20 are planted with fruit crops like apples and grapes, and the remaining 20 are seeded with cover crops and rotated out of production.
The collective also rents 200 acres of tillable off-Farm land to raise wheat and soybeans. In all, the food-raising crew manages to keep the home folks in greens and soybeans practically all year round, and produces varying amounts — ranging from "eight weeks' worth" of melons to "eight months' worth" of sweet potatoes — of other crops.
Individual households are also encouraged to grow small backyard vegetable gardens. Still, the 1,200-member community is not entirely food self-sufficient. According to William Santana, the farming crew's straw boss, the Tennesseans could raise all their own victuals . . . if they were willing to put twice the current capital and one-fifth the manpower of the whole community into the food growing operation. But because the group would rather invest as much energy as possible in other useful projects, The Farm ends up in the same position as the rural homesteader who has to have a job in town to make ends meet.
The relatively few dollars that are needed to keep the collective solvent are mainly earned by 50 men who go off The Farm every day to build, paint, and fix up houses and other buildings. As you can imagine, these laborers — each of whom, in terms of dollars and cents, supports 20 community residents — work hard. But they're not alone. The folks pumping outhouses, the people who deal with the mass of visitors at the entrance gate, the member who cleans up after a 200-person lunch, the soy processor who spends ten hours pressing tofu, and a lot of other on-Farm people work hard, too . . . and they all know that their efforts help support causes that are much larger than themselves: the off-Farm projects.
Off-Farm Farm Doings
"It ain't a movement until things have gotten out of hand. Until then you're just fanning something." (Stephen)
The Farm is involved in so many outside service projects that hardly anyone there can keep track of them all! Folks from the community have, among other things, provided ambulance service at American Indian rallies, designed innovative solar collectors for low-income people, provided apprenticeship training programs for many Third World visitors . . . and even established other Farm communities! Some of their service doin's are particularly noteworthy, though, such as one that started before there even was a Farm . . .
Spiritual Midwifery
"There's an overwhelming need for midwives. Not only would most women rather have a well-trained woman in attendance, but midwives very often serve as the conscience of doctors." (Ina May Gaskin)
The midwife movement started when Ina May Gaskin, Stephen's wife, found herself delivering babies on the original Caravan. Today, The Farm has a passel of skilled midwives who — combining sophisticated medical knowledge with a strong belief that birth is a spiritual sacrament — deliver all the community's babies ... assist expectant mothers who come to Summertown for childbirth ... and train apprentice midwives for other communities, cities, and faraway countries.
Anti-Nuclear Power
"The sun is 93 million miles away ... that's a good distance for a nuclear reactor to be." (Stephen)
The Farm is also strongly opposed to nuclear power. Among the most significant of the community's current antinuclear actions is their Honicker vs. Hendrie lawsuit ... in which Farm legal staffers — representing a mother whose daughter contracted leukemia — are questioning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's constitutional right to bombard people with low-level atomic radiation. The case is currently up before the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Farm's book company has also published two books on the lawsuit, and both are filled with compelling evidence of the underestimated dangers of low-level radiation. Honicker vs. Hendrie is the 160-page volume summarizing the health case against nuclear power, and Shut Down details the startling testimony given when the lawsuit was heard in Federal Court.
Some electronic wizards on The Farm have also invented — and the group has started marketing — an amazing gadget called the Nukebuster. The sophisticated geiger counter plugs into a car's cigarette lighter and continually detects the ambient level of radiation. It lights up at four different levels: 3, 10, 30, and 100 times standard background radiation.
Service Through PLENTY
"North America currently grows enough soybeans to fill most of the protein needs across the globe . . . there's PLENTY right now." (Plenty News, March 1979)
The Farm's largest and most world-spanning service organization — PLENTY — is primarily involved with helping Third World peoples from American ghettos to Bangladesh. The international relief group's many projects include establishing a free emergency ambulance service in the Bronx (this also involves training local people and building a solar-heated ambulance station) ... working to provide primary health care and set up a rural reforestation project in Lesotho ... and helping folks in the Guatemalan highlands learn how to grow soybeans, reestablish valuable Aztec crops like grain amaranth, and set up a complete soy dairy.
PLENTY workers are handpicked volunteers from the home community, and receive a bare subsistence wage. The group's projects are very successful because its workers are not rich people filled with academic, unpractical ideas ... but poor folk themselves, who have learned from their own experience crop-raising, health, and technological knowledge worth sharing. Likewise, donations to The Farm's relief organization are amazingly effective — as charity dollars go — because they are used for such low-waste, leanly funded service efforts.
Spreading the Word
"If you charge money for a teaching, it ain't spiritual." (Stephen)
Another prominent aspect of The Farm's outreach is evidenced by the members' efforts to share the practical/spiritual knowledge that they've gained. The community does this through occasional speaking tours by Stephen, accompanied by the Farm Band (which always performs for free. . . and even pays all of its own expenses!).
The collective also publishes lots of books, records by the rock group, and cassette tapes of Stephen's teachings. Their literary materials range from such how-to guides as A Cooperative Method of Natural Birth Control and The Farm Vegetarian Cookbook to collections of Stephen's thoughts like Volume One: Sunday Morning Services on The Farm and the recently released Mind at Play.
In Conclusion
"By their fruits ye shall know them." (Matthew 7:20)
There's no doubt that if The Farm wanted to close the gates and focus its energies inward, its members could be living a posh "New Age" lifestyle . . . complete with expensive composting toilets and prefabricated dome homes. But it's plain to see that — as long as so much of the world needs help — the collective's home folks will be happy to keep on working hard and living lean. As Stephen says, "When we left San Francisco, it wasn't to go get a place to be, it wasn't to go get a farm, it was to make a difference. After all, we're just working toward that old hippie dream: Peace and Love for the whole world."
Scenes of Humor and Humanness
"You have to have a sense of humor about it all because if you don't, it's not funny." (William Santana)
The Farm is one heck of a dedicated community ... but the folks there aren't so serious that they can't laugh. Stephen, for one, will often chortle when he's talking about the foreign PLENTY volunteers who get so sick "we have to bring 'em home and soy bean 'em back to health." He can even laugh at the recent financial disaster that struck when the PLENTY program eagerly spent an "anonymous" — and desperately needed — $25,000 donation . . . and then learned that their bank had actually made a clerical error and wanted all the money back!
Other Farm folk, too, will often joke around ... about the old days when groups of them were pressed into living in 16' x 32' army tents: "We had to be living a spiritual existence, 'cause we sure weren't living much of a material one!" Or how, as Joanne Santana has said, "When we had 40 people in our household, the place was so crowded that you had to make an appointment to take a shower!"
As well as having a sense of humor, people on The Farm (like people everywhere else) occasionally fall short of their goals. Sometimes the shortcomings are trivial (for instance, it is possible to find a household that doesn't follow a Farm-wide agreement to turn the sound off during TV commercials), and sometimes the failures are serious (there was a real problem a couple of years back with husbands who were intimidating their wives). Not only that, but once in a while folks there even complain . .. like the Farm hand who grouched, "A lot of the guys here show a propensity to shirk off-Farm work. Well, Buddha said that enlightenment is illusion-free reality . . . and, one thing for sure, off-Farm laboring is certainly noniillusory!"
So remember, the folks on The Farm may be special ... but they are still people!
How to Visit, Join, or Start Your Own
"People had better start making alternative lifestyles a reality soon ... because anybody who hasn't noticed that the world is In a state of revolutionary flux has his head fn the sand." (Stephen)
The Farm is happy to have visitors, to accept new members, and to help folks set up their own communities. (There are already other Farms which you can join in New York, California, Texas, Michigan, Missouri, and even Ireland!) And here ae a few tips that can help you get started on any of those three ventures:
Visiting: The Farm accommodates over 20,000 visitors a year but simply can't provide shelter for all of them. So if you plan to drop in, be sure to bring your own camping gear. The group has also had to establish a Gate Crew to orient, assist, and screen their many visitors. Folks at the Gate will make sure you have some idea of what The Farm is like, understand and agree to a few basic ground rules (like no smoking, no pets, etc.), and arrange to limit your visit (probably to two days). When all that's settled, they'll gladly do all they can to help you have a good stay.
Joining: After you've gone to The Farm, you may think you'd like to join. If that's the case, tell the Gate Crew and arrange for another visit or a "soaking period" (an indefinite trial stay). "Soakers" live just like the permanent Farm members, although they also have regular meetings to deal with their experiences. Eventually, if you decide to commit yourself to life on The Farm, you'll have to make a personal agreement with Stephen that includes vowing to live in poverty while you're there and relinquishing your personal possessions to the community. And that's it. You're in.
By the way, leaving The Farm is a heck of a lot easier than joining it. Plenty of folks depart to go visit their families for a while or try life again on the outside, and some move away for good. As the people there say, "The Gate swings out more easily than it swings in."
Starting your own: Perhaps you'd rather think about forming your own Farm-type community. Stephen's chief advice for anyone contemplating such an enterprise is the warning that a group won't last through the hard times if it's not truly spiritually founded ("secular communities have an average life of about five years, and religiously based communities average about 50 years"). He also recommends that you work with your group to earn the get-started money you need ... make sure you buy good farmable land... avoid artificial gradations and privileges among your members ... make friends with your neighbors ... and stick to a community policy of always telling the truth ("even when it's a bear to do it").


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