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How to Start Farming: Q&A With Farmer Jay McCobb

Interest in farming and gardening is on the rise. In line with the national trend, community gardens and school garden projects are starting to pop up all over South Florida. Just last week, Fort Lauderdale city commissioners approved a code designed to bring back urban agriculture.Given these circumstances, it seems...
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About “About Cherry”: Why Real Sex in Real Movies Never Quite Works

The new, semi-gritty indie About Cherry is all about a semi-reluctant slide into the porn industry, and it's also the first mainstream feature co-written by a busy porn actress, Lorelei Lee, otherwise famous for double penetrations and clothespin bondage. This shouldn't strike us very strange. Every screenwriter needs a day...
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Stretch Your Yoga Skills

You've learned all of your asanas. You've mastered your downward dog, moved from crane pose to firefly, and can fold yourself into a perfect lotus flower. You are ready to take your practice to the next level and share your yogic wisdom with others. Simply Yoga of Delray Beach is...
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DEA Storms Synthetic-Pot Distribution Centers Across Florida

See also "Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won't Do Much" and "Broward Commission Moves to Ban Bath Salts, Fake Weed"The war on synthetic drugs has gone federal, and in a big way.Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday stormed...
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Primus Brings Primus in 3-D to the Fillmore Miami Beach on August 3

[jump] With Quad Surround Sound bolstering the heavy-handed slapback from the bass and tightly tuned snare-drum smacks, Primus will perform two sets a night on this tour. Presumably, at least one of these sets will be composed of tracks off the trio's latest effort, Green Naugahyde, produced by Claypool himself.In...
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Vote for the Best Bar in Broward and Palm Beach Counties for 2012

The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here's your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers' Poll 2012 for your favorite bar. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear in our annual...
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Vote for the Best Restaurant in Broward County for 2012

The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here's your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers' Poll 2012 for your favorite restaurant in Broward County. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will appear...
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Allen West Blames Obama for Results of 2007 Housing Crash

​Welcome to another post in our Allen West Fact Party series, in which we take claims made by the District 22 Republican and attempt to figure out whether they have a basis in reality. In case you were wondering, they usually don't.President Obama came to South Florida on Tuesday, giving...
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For-Profit College Swindle: Sen. Tom Harkin Revisits Long-Standing Complaints

We weren't the only ones to post criticism of for-profit colleges this week (see the news item: "For-Profit Colleges Cheat Students and Get Away With It").U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin has released a scathing report that criticizes the for-profit education industry, echoing many complaints that surfaced in an undercover investigation by...
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Obama-Bashing Billboard on I-95: Who’s Behind It?

Have you seen the hysterical/apocalyptic "STOP OBAMA" billboard on southbound I-95 just past Palm Beach International Airport? It warns people that Greek-style financial armageddon is "COMING HERE SOON!" It's complete with images of cities ablaze, cops in riot gear, and stone-throwing mobs of face-masked anarchists. Yikes!This disaster impends, the billboard...
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Sunrise Labor Accused of Brutal Practices Against Migrant Workers: Four Horrific Allegations

The sugar-cane fields of Belle Glade have long been a stopover for migrant workers who earn measly wages in exchange for weeks of backbreaking labor in oppressive conditions.A new lawsuit filed against Cape Coral-based Sunrise Labor Corp. provides a detailed portrait of physical and psychological abuse of migrant workers, from allegations of sexual abuse to a...
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Grill Girl Robyn Lindars on Chopped: Grill Masters

Robyn Lindars is a local south Florida woman on a mission to make grilling fun and accessible to women (and men, too). As Grill Girl, Lindars maintains her own blog, contributes to Clean Plate Charlie, and Kingsford Charcoal's grilling website. She also hosts seminars on grilling for women and competes...
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Vote for the Best Restaurant in Palm Beach County for 2012

The 2012 poll has closed. Click here after June 14 for the results. Here's your chance to vote in our New Times Broward-Palm Beach Readers' Poll 2012 for your favorite restaurant in Palm Beach County. Text the code corresponding to your pick from the list below to 61721.The results will...
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The Fooducate iPhone App Review

In the inaugural entry in Clean Plate Charlie's semi-regular series of iPhone app reviews, Charlie weighed in on the fun-to-use but not entirely indispensable Perfect Egg Timer app. This week's review looks at the buzz-killing but necessary Fooducate, one of Apple's top-rated nutrition apps of 2011. (It's also available for the...
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100 Favorite Dishes: No. 5 — Miracle Fruit From Market 17

We're counting down our top 100 favorite dishes. Click here for a full archive. If you have any nominations of your own, email them here. 5. Miracle Fruit from Market 17 Fort Lauderdale's Market 17 is known for two things: creative farm-to-table cuisine and dining in the dark. Typically, if...