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– We noted before that WWE has hired Renee Paquette, an on-air personality for The Score Television Network in Canada. She is rumored to be a new backstage interviewer for RAW. She commented on Twitter:
"Thanksfor all of the well wishes! I'm sad to leave amazing people @theScore but very very excited to be joining #wwe #pumped #thankyou"
– Speaking of The Score, Renee's colleague Arda Ocal made his debut hosting WWE Experience on The Score this weekend.
– In the new issue of WWE Magazine, WWE United States Champion Antonio Cesaro was asked what separates himself from other so-called independent guys like Daniel Bryan or WWE Champion CM Punk. Cesaro replied:
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Sudbury Star columnist releases novel about sailing, love and mystery
The Sudbury Star's Window Seat columnist, Bonnie Kogos, has been writing continuously for 27 years. She's delighted the people of Northern Ontario with her tales of church suppers, looking at cows in the fields, climbing the Cup and Saucer Mountain trail, lace camp, new work for artists and musicians, community events and her own mistakes.
She adores listening and learning about the people she has met on Manitoulin and in Sudbury.
Just published, her third book, The Boat that Brings You Home: Set in the Sultry Caribbean, is a sailing love-mystery story about three couples on their beautiful boats. One boat hails from Gore Bay on Manitoulin, the backstory of a Northern Ontario sailor on his yacht, the Zephyr.
To celebrate the new book, Bonnie will be at Chapters in Sudbury on Saturday, Aug. 3, and Sunday, Aug. 4, from 12 to 3 p.m.
Also, the Billings Economic Committee is giving her a Book Party on Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Kagawong Community Centre from 2 to 4 p.m., with music and refreshments.
The background for this started 30 years ago when Bonnie met a man from Manitoulin in Virgin Gorda, the British Virgin Islands. He was standing at the dock beside his 50-foot sailboat. When he told her where he was from, Manitoulin in the Great Lakes, she thought Manitoulin was a duck.
Both laughed, which led to dinner. And more. She was a busy New York travel specialist covering the Caribbean Islands. He was retired with a sailboat and time to sail south, discovering more islands in the Caribbean. There was much in common.
When they became engaged, Bonnie moved up to Manitoulin, spending a month each time. Her partner, Susan, in the New York City travel agency, handled their clients. When her partner travelled, Bonnie managed their business.
Her newspaper column, Window Seat, began because of Manitoulin's winter snow. During a severe winter snowstorm, she stood at the window seat in the 100-year-old Kagawong farmhouse, looking out. The snow, flung at the window, was more than five feet high. Knowing if she ever stepped outside in the storm, she'd never find her way back in.
She laughed, out of nerves, thinking how she was successful working in New York City, arranging business trips, honeymoons and, for years, arranging flights and details for the comedian Bob Hope and his entourage for his Christmas shows.
She realized, being five-foot-two, that if she ever stepped outside into the snow, she would be lost on Manitoulin. She could never leave the farmhouse.
The week before, her fiancé had gifted her with a second-hand pickup truck. On the second day, driving around Mudge Bay in the snow, where you could not tell the difference between the frozen lake, the road and a ditch, she learned about ditches.
Suddenly sideways, she was able to push the door up and open and crawled out. Throngs of passers-by hooted and saluted.
Luckily, Dougie Nelson was home with a huge tractor and pulled out the sorry pickup.
Already an editor and publisher of her travel agency's newsletter, Bonnie wrote about her lack of Manitoulin smarts, making fun of herself, and sent four columns to The Sudbury Star. Boris Hyrbinsky, then an editor at The Star, said: "After we in editorial got up off the floor, laughing, at you, I thought … might you give us 12 more columns?"
Bonnie giggled, "I sure can make 12 more mistakes."
When Bonnie and her fiancé parted, with mutual respect, she said that she kept the island and gave up the man.
Her first book, Manitoulin Adventures: I was Mistaken for a Rich, Red, Ripe Tomato, a compilation of 35 columns of one year on Manitoulin was published, selling 3,000 copies. Her second, a novel, titled Manhatten, Manitoulin, published by Scrivener Press, sold 2,000 copies.
"What continually amazes me," Bonnie recalls, "is that I'm able to fly from New York City three times a year and still feel humbled to meet people, and write stories about all the good that exists here."
These days, Bonnie says "I can be home in New York City, dial the phone and listen to my pals. Our electronic highway still amazes me. Two days ago, Manitoulin's Debby Turner phoned me in the morning and sent instant photographs on the huge Brigantine sailing vessel, docked outside Turner's Store in Little Current. She walked out to the dock and allowed me to talk to the first mate. I felt almost there."
On Manitoulin, Bonnie is delighted to be at Turner's in Little Current on Tuesday, Aug. 6, eager to greet her readers and friends.

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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Stuffing stuffed mushrooms
Remember yesterday when I made stuffing? Do you need something to do with your leftovers? You should do this. Actually, Alex made them, but you can too.
some large stuffing mushrooms
some leftover stuffing
a few pats of butter
Preheat the oven to 375. Pull out the stems and scrape off the gills of the mushrooms. Form stuffing into little balls and place them into the mushrooms. Top with a pat of butter, and bake 20 minutes or so until browned. Eat! Maybe with cranberry sauce.
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September 2010:
It's that time again, time for us to say Good-Bye and fly away. Even though when we came here this time it was with the intention of staying and possibly homesteading, I always knew this time would come.
One thing always rings true: It's much better to visit than to live
Joey left the island in August to work in Colorado and the kids and I stayed behind to see how things played out. After a couple weeks it was obvious that we'd be leaving the island for good so the job of packing up the condo and kids fell on me. I was actually looking forward to being the sole discretionary person to decide what goes and what doesn't, and normally I'm fighting to keep more than he is, yet somehow we left Hawaii with less than we even came with! I decided if we hauled it all the way to Hawaii and never even used it, it got canned. So with less stuff I figured I could handle checking everything on to the plane with us, paying extra baggage fees but saving hundreds in shipping fees. Then three hours before the shuttle was to pick us up I was in a stressful mess…….I couldn't even get everything into the van let alone haul through an airport!
Joey's friend, Fish, came by to save the day and offered to take the big stuff that I didn't need right away to the post office and ship it for me, only leaving us 5 checked bags and 7 carry-on's. I finally breathed a little easier once we were loaded into the shuttle, just to get to the airport to have to unload everything onto a rental cart, then load it onto the conveyer belt for agriculture inspection, then back on to the cart over to ticketing. There I had to unload the heavy bags, that were on the bottom, for weighing and tagging for check-in, then back on to the cart to take it over to the check-in belt. Then unload the cart once again to finally get them out of my hands, and of course put the carry-on's back on the cart. And the stuff that didn't fit on the cart, I had to carry. We haven't even gotten to security yet.
Security, of course, was a nightmare. We must have used at least a dozen of those grey boxes and held up the line at least fifteen minutes. Aside from opening the laptops, they also had to double check the x-box and controllers because, you know, they look like weapons.
When I booked the flight I didn't think about the fact that it was a red eye, I just knew it was the cheapest. I actually figured, great! we'll get to sleep the whole flight and be refreshed and eager to start the new day when we get to Phoenix for our connecting flight to Vegas. I've never been sooo wrong in my life! The kids were split up in seats in front of me and I was in a back row seat that wouldn't lay back. It was stuck straight up and almost leaning forward! I wanted to cry…..again. But even worse the nice old couple next to me were stuck sitting straight up too and I just couldn't handle that. So….after much debate I finally convinced the old couple to swap seats with Jake and Jewel in front of us so they could at least lean back and have a comfortable flight………. Then with Jake and Jewel beside me I was able to use them as a pillow :-) It was still a miserable flight and after what felt like twenty five hours we finally landed in Phoenix.
We only had forty five minutes to catch our connecting flight and we had to wait for everyone to un board so the stewardess could go to the cockpit and retrieve my hula hoop that I carried on the plane. THEN after making our way to the next flight I realized I had left my fanny pack (that I wore so I wouldn't lose my most important things) in the magazine holder in front of my seat! The flight attendant wouldn't let me back on the plane to get it so I had to wait another few minutes for them to take their sweet time to get it for me, and then she had the nerve to tell me…"well, that's WHY you're supposed to keep track of your stuff" REALLY?? I thought I did pretty good for not losing my kids at this point.
Somehow we made it through the huge airport to our connecting flight and finally felt everything was going to be alright. Flying over Hoover Dam and Lake Mead was awesome, so awesome that I finally pulled my camera out and snapped some pictures from the air. I text my cousin when we landed so she could head our way to get us, and we then hurried to find the baggage claim. I always try to be super efficient so tried to time my cousin getting there with the same time we'd be walking out the gate, so of course, that seems to put me in a state of stress and slight panic. The bags were taking forever, but we finally started seeing them, so Jake wisely says, "We should unload the cart so we can put the heavy bags on the bottom when they get here" Great idea! So I set my precious camera bag on one of the seats about five feet away and then unloaded the cart onto the ground right beside it. We then get all our big checked items, load them up, put the carry on's on top, and walk out the gate just in time to see my cousin heading our way. See…my timing is impeccable. I'm so happy to see her after all these years, we hug, I cry, we get in the car and drive away.
A few hours later, at her place, I want to take pictures of everybody and we CANNOT find my camera bag anywhere. I call the airport and all I get is a recording saying they'll call IF they find it. Amy offers to haul me all the way back to the airport, only to find it gone. GONE! My big camera, my favorite point and shoot, a panoramic camera, multiple lenses, and a laptop……all gone.
Only twenty four hours out of paradise and it felt like I landed in Hell.


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Recent developments with the ODVA Energy Initiative are focused on a new power management object, which will enable better management of devices and subsystems to save on energy usage during non-operational periods.
Combined with initial work-targeting tools for energy awareness, the latest additions are fundamental first steps in enabling energy management using the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP) and Ethernet/IP. Now, the development challenge shifts to more of a comprehensive view of energy management, and closing control loops to potentially enable a greater level of energy optimization in plants.
By adding new objects and services to the Common Industrial Protocol, the overall strategy with this initiative is to use the power of industrial networking and Ethernet/IP to drive new levels of energy awareness and data sharing. Ultimately, the goal is to take industrial energy management to new levels of granularity, and potentially offer important information to the smart grid as those standards continue to evolve.
The ODVA Energy Initiative started with the release of the white paper in 2011, "Optimization of Energy Usage," which defined three use case types. Use Case 1 is to develop awareness of energy usage. Use Case 2 has been split into two phases, one being the recently developed power management object to send devices to a low power state during non-operational periods, and a second upcoming phase that will enable active power management during operational states. Use Case 3 is a targeted, future development that will focus on optimizing and "transacting energy" through the energy supply chain.
"Phase 2a is the power management object, which provides a standardized way for applications to request that devices go into a low power state during non-operational periods," Rich Morgan, leader of the Special Interest Group and an applications engineer for Rockwell Automation, told Design News. "These time periods might include lunch breaks, a maintenance shift, or the weekend. The object provides a standardized interface for applications to manage devices by putting them, for example, in a reduced power state or sleep mode."
Morgan said he went into the process of looking at power management a little bit skeptical of the value of putting a controller into a sleep state. His vision of most industrial applications was that the control equipment consumes a fraction of the total power of the process. But what they found with a demonstration conveyor system is that going from a fully operational state to a turned off state where everything is stopped -- but all of the controls are energized -- saved about 50 percent of the peak power.
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Corporal Punishment Persists in U.S. Schools
Three years ago, school officials in Marion County, Fla., banned corporal punishment, but this school year, students returned to class to find the discipline practice was once again firmly in place.
Marion County's back and forth on school spanking illustrates the persistence of corporal punishment in the nation's schools as a discipline technique for use on wayward students. Even as an increasing number of districts and states abolish the practice, corporal punishment remains a legal form of discipline in 19 states, most of them in the South, according to the Center for Effective Discipline, a nonprofit based in Columbus, Ohio, that provides educational information on corporal punishment and alternatives to its use. That's a decrease from 2004, when 22 states permitted the practice.
No federal policy exists on corporal punishment in schools. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that it's an issue left to the states. In the 1977 case Ingraham v. Wright, students argued that Florida's corporal punishment policy violated their rights under the Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, and their 14th Amendment rights to "procedural due process." The high court upheld Florida' s policy, reasoning that the student was provided ample due process, and found the Eighth Amendment inapplicable, since it was intended to protect convicted criminals.
Almost 40 years later, Ingram's legacy lingers. Numbers collected by the U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights and released in March 2008 showed that 223,190 students were physically punished in American schools in 2006, the most recent year available. This estimate was based on the department's survey of 60,000 schools.
The data also revealed that the punishment was disproportionately meted out for African-American and male students. While the student population covered by the survey was 17.1 percent African-American, 35.6 percent of the students paddled in 2006 were from that racial group. Boys accounted for 78.3 percent of the students paddled.
The switch back to corporal punishment in the 42,000-student Marion County district grew out of the school board's annual review of the student-discipline code.
"This administration did not recommend [it be reinstated]," said George D. Tomyn, the superintendent of the suburban central Florida district. "I was supportive of the code not permitting corporal punishment. My personal preference was to not paddle here in Marion County."
A District Conflicted
But board member Carol Ely had a different opinion.
Having spent 34 years as an educator in the Marion County schools, the last 14 as an elementary school principal, Ms. Ely found the disciplinary method to be effective at her schools.
So when the board reviewed the code of conduct this past spring, she acted to have corporal punishment reinstated as an option. It passed with a 3-2 vote.
"Definitely some board members thought that this was what their constituents wanted. So they supported it," said Mr. Tomyn.
The code now allows corporal punishment, administered with a paddle, to be used, though only at the elementary level and only for a "level two" offense, such as hitting or hurting another child or other aggressive behavior like throwing a desk.
Parents also can opt their children out of the punishment and are called before it is administered.
Ms. Ely said she voted to reinstate the policy for several reasons, including a desire to have an alternative to out-of-school suspension.
"When students receive out-of-school suspension, they miss out on instruction time, and the teacher is not obligated in any way to help that student catch up," she said. "In elementary school, that's like a vacation. That's not a punishment."
And for those students who don't have parents at home during the school day, "they're left on the street without parents and no one to care for them. We said we wanted corporal punishment reinstated so we have another tool."
Mr. Tomyn, though, doesn't find his toolbox lacking without corporal punishment.
Prior to his election as superintendent, Mr. Tomyn was an assistant principal in the district—a role in which he paddled students.
"Our three options then were paddling, suspension, or expulsion," he said. "We paddled way too many students and we suspended and expelled way too many students."
But according to Mr. Tomyn, other, more effective options are available now, such as counseling and an in-school suspension program.
The superintendent has asked that principals who want to paddle as a form of discipline discuss it with him first. As of yet, no principals have approached him, he said.
District by District
Nationwide, New Mexico in 2011 became the most recent state to ban the practice.
Tara C. Ford, the founder and legal director of Pegasus Legal Services for Children, in Albuquerque, who was instrumental in getting New Mexico's legislature to prohibit corporal punishment, said that in getting the legislation passed, "one of the things that was important was the recognition that families should decide what kind of discipline their children get, particularly around physical discipline."
"We can hold [education] professionals to higher standards in terms of choosing behavioral supports for kids that are positive and don't resort to physical punishment," she added.
But passing legislation of that sort isn't easy. At present, no other state bans are on the horizon, according to Deborah D. Sendek, the program director of the Center for Effective Discipline.
"Conservative legislatures tend to like home rule," explained Ms. Sendek. "They think if one of their districts needs to use it, who are they to interfere?"
While no other states appear to be working on a ban, districts seem to be continuing to eradicate the practice.
Action for Children North Carolina, a child-advocacy organization based in Raleigh, has worked within that state to remove the policy, district by district. Currently, school boards in 99 districts across the state have banned paddling.
Eradicating the Practice
The effort has led to a noticeable decline in the use of corporal punishment within the state. North Carolina schools used corporal punishment 891 times during the 2010-11 school year, according to Action for Children North Carolina. By the following school year, that number was down to 404.
Before the Shelby County, Tenn., school system merged with neighboring Memphis earlier this year, the county still allowed corporal punishment. The city schools had banned the practice. After looking at a variety of data and studies on corporal punishment's use and its effects, local officials agreed that it was not a discipline method they would use under the merger.
"The prevailing research was that it was detrimental to the student," said Natalie J. McKinney, the director of policy and legislation for the merged Shelby County district.
But in some areas of the country, parents and teachers still want corporal punishment as an option.
According to Ms. Sendek, the use of corporal punishment is most prevalent in small, rural communities. Those smaller settings prove more problematic, in Ms. Sendek's view, because many times students have no other nearby schooling options and community pressure can become an issue if a parent chooses to challenge the practice.
"Everybody knows everybody," she said. "If you have a community that believes highly in corporal punishment, it's a difficult situation."
When the issue was being debated in the New Mexico legislature, Ms. Ford said, "I think there were certainly folks who thought, 'This was used on me as a child, and I turned out fine.' But we are really trying to help people understand that there are a whole lot of different kids entering the public school system with whole different issues. To assume that they aren't going to be harmed by corporal punishment is a huge mistake."
In Marion County, Superintendent Tomyn concurred: "The whole education process has evolved. It's much more scientific than it used to be. Now we can prove what works."
Since the initial corporal punishment ban there, the district has worked on instituting discipline techniques that have been shown to teach and reinforce students' positive behaviors.
Alternative Strategies
The district also offers a program called Positive Alternatives to School Suspension to cut down on out-of-school suspensions. Students can go to one of four sites in the district where they receive and work on their schoolwork for full credit, under the supervision of a certified teacher. They also receive some behavioral support, through lessons developed by a behavior specialist or through a computer-based individualized behavior program called Alternative Behavior Educator.
Gary Smallridge, the principal of Marion Oaks Elementary, has been a principal in the district both before and after the corporal punishment ban (and subsequent reinstatement). While he used corporal punishment in his schools before the ban, he said he likes the new approaches better. "It's used more by parents than corporal punishment ever was," he said. "Corporal punishment was just something that worked for a few kids."
According to Mark Vianello, the executive director of student services for Marion County, the number of office discipline referrals has gone down over the past four years, as has the number of one-to-five-day suspensions. The number of six-to-10-day suspensions has remained fairly consistent, though expulsions have gone up.
"But overall, the trends look positive," said Mr. Vianello. "I think the things we're doing create alternatives and an environment where corporal punishment isn't needed to change behavior. There are other more effective ways than to paddle students."
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!! History Commons Alert, Exciting News
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Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is escorted on a US-charted jet to the Central African Republic. The details of this event are disputed. US' version of events - Aristide contacts US ambassador James Foley on the night of January 28 and asks him three questions: "What did he think would be best for Haiti? Would the United States guarantee his protection? And could he choose his destination for exile?" At 11pm, Ambassador Foley informs Aristide that the United States can ensure his safe departure if he decides to resign and adds that this is what the Bush administration feels he should do. [Independent, 3/2/2004; Associated Press, 3/2/2004; Washington Post, 3/3/2004] Aristide and his American wife decide that they will accept the American offer. [Washington Post, 3/3/2004] Later in the night, Foley attempts to email the president but Aristide's computer has already been packed. [Washington Post, 3/3/2004] Some time after midnight, Ambassador Foley telephones the US Embassy's second-ranking officer in Port-au-Prince, Luis Moreno, and asks that he escort Aristide and his wife to the airport. [Washington Post, 3/3/2004] Shortly after 4 am, US Diplomat Luis Moreno arrives at the gates of Aristide's residence in the suburb of Tabarre with a fellow US diplomat and six State Department security officers. Inside Aristide's house the lights are on. Aristide meets Moreno at the door with his suitcases packed. "You know why I'm here," Moreno says in Spanish. "Yes, of course," Aristide is quoted as saying in response. Moreno asks Aristide for a resignation letter and Aristide promises to give one to him before he leaves the island. "You have my word and you know my word is good," Aristide is quoted as saying. They then travel to the airport in separate vehicles, without any further conversation. They arrive at the airport and about 20 minutes before the plane arrives, Moreno again asks for the letter. Aristide provides the letter and then the two converse for the next few minutes. "I expressed sadness that I was here to watch him leave," Moreno later tells The Washington Post. "Sometimes life is like that," Aristide responds. "Then I shook his hand and he went away." [Aristide, 2/28/2004; Reuters, 3/1/2004; Washington Post, 3/3/2004] A US-charted commercial plane arrives in Port-au-Prince at approximately 4:30am. [Aristide, 2/28/2004; Associated Press, 3/2/2004] US authorities do not force Aristide onto the leased plane. He goes willingly. [BBC, 3/1/2004; Associated Press, 3/2/2004] At 6:15am, the plane departs. [Miami Herald, 2/29/2004] "He was not kidnapped. We did not force him on to the airplane. He went onto the airplane willingly, and that's the truth," Secretary of State Colin Powell claims. [BBC, 3/1/2004; Associated Press, 3/2/2004] "The allegations that somehow we kidnapped former President Aristide are absolutely baseless, absurd." [Reuters, 3/2/2004] Aristide's version of events - US soldiers arrive at Aristide's residence and order the president not to use any phones and to come with them immediately. Aristide, his wife Mildred and his brother-in-law are taken at gunpoint to the airport. Aristide is warned by US diplomat Luis Moreno that if he does not leave Haiti, thousands of Haitians would likely die and rebel leader Guy Philippe would probably attack the palace and kill him. Moreover, the US warns Aristide that they are withdrawing his US-provided security. [Democracy Now!, 3/1/2004; BBC, 3/1/2004; Associated Press, 3/2/2004] Aristide composes and signs a letter explaining his departure. [Democracy Now!, 3/1/2004; Associated Press, 3/2/2004] The president, his wife, and his brother-in-law board a commercial jet charted by the US government. His own security forces are also taken and directed to a separate section of the plane. During the flight, Aristide and his wife remain in the company of soldiers. The shades on the windows of the plane are kept down. Soldiers tell him they are under orders not to tell him where he is going. [Democracy Now!, 3/1/2004] The plane stops first in Antigua, where it stays on the ground for two hours, and then flies for six hours across the Atlantic to the Central African Republic. Aristide is unable to communicate with anyone on the ground during the entire 20-hour period he is on the plane because it is presumably not equipped with a telephone. Shortly before touchdown, Aristide is informed that the destination is the Central African Republic. Upon arrival, Aristide is escorted to the "Palace of the Renaissance," where he makes one phone call to his mother in Florida and her brother. He is provided a room with a balcony, but is not permitted to move around, and he remains in the company of soldiers. [Democracy Now!, 3/1/2004; Associated Press, 3/2/2004] His phone is taken away by African authorities and [Miami Herald, 3/3/2004] he is not provided a replacement or a landline. On the morning of March 1, he contacts US Congresswomen Maxine Waters and family friend Randall Robinson with a cell phone that is smuggled to him.(see March 1, 2004) [Democracy Now!, 3/1/2004] In an interview with CNN, he says he considers the events a "coup d'etat" and a "modern" version of kidnapping. [Inter Press Service, 3/2/2004] Joseph Pierre's version of events - According to Joseph Pierre, a concierge at Aristide's residence, whose account is reported in the French newspaper Lib�ration, Aristide is taken away early Sunday morning by US soldiers. "White Americans came by helicopter to get him. They also took his bodyguards. It was around two o'clock in the morning. He didn't want to leave. The American soldiers forced him to. Because they were pointing guns at him, he had to follow them. The Americans are second only to God in terms of strength." [Independent, 3/2/2004]
Entity Tags: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Mildred Aristide, Maxine Waters, Joseph Pierre, Roger Francisco Noriega, Randal Robinson, James Foley, Luis Moreno, Colin Powell
Timeline Tags: Haiti Coup, US-Haiti (1804-2005)
In the Central African Republic, Haitian President-in-exile Jean-Bertrand Aristide, uses a smuggled phone to contact US Congresswoman Maxine Waters and family friend Randall Robinson and "emphatically" denies that he had resigned (see February 28, 2004-March 1, 2004). Robinson tells Democracy Now that he had an early morning phone conversation with Aristide. "He did not resign. He was abducted by the United States in the commission of a coup," Randall tells Amy Goodman of Democracy Now. Maxine Waters speaks with the president at about 9am. "He's surrounded by military." Waters will explain to Goodman. "It's like he is in jail, he said. He says he was kidnapped." She provides an account of Aristide's exit that differs dramatically from the description of events that had been provided by the Bush administration the day before. [Democracy Now!, 3/1/2004] Later in the day, Aristide is permitted access to the press. When read a copy of his resignation letter, Aristide claims it's a fraud. "That's not right. They took out the sentence where I said, 'If I am obliged to leave in order to avoid bloodshed.' They took that off the document. That's why they are lying to you by giving to you a false document," Aristide says. [Reuters, 3/1/2004; Reuters, 3/1/2004]
Entity Tags: Maxine Waters, Randal Robinson, Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Timeline Tags: Haiti Coup
Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide flies from the Central African Republic to Jamaica despite objections from the United States and the new government of Haiti. Haiti's new leadership then announces that it is temporarily suspending Haiti's membership in the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) and that Haiti's ambassador to Jamaica will be recalled. [Guardian, 3/15/2004; Xinhua News Agency (Beijing), 3/15/2004]
Entity Tags: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
CARICOM members meet in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis and call for a UN investigation into the February 29 ouster (see February 28, 2004-March 1, 2004) of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's. "In the light of contradictory reports still in circulation concerning the departure of President Aristide from office, heads of government (of CARICOM) believed that it is in the compelling interest of the international community that the preceding events and all the circumstances surrounding the transfer of power from a constitutionally elected head of state, be fully investigated," the statement reads. [CARICOM, 3/26/2004; Inter Press Service, 4/13/2004] US Secretary of State Colin Powell will dismiss CARICOM's call for a probe on April 5. "I don't think any purpose would be served by an inquiry. We were on the verge of a bloodbath and President Aristide found himself in great danger." [US Department of State, 4/5/2004; Agence France-Presse, 4/5/2004; Washington Times, 4/6/2004; Inter Press Service, 4/13/2004] And according to diplomatic sources interviewed by Inter Press Service, the US and France intimidate CARICOM into delaying its official request for a UN inquiry. Both countries warn that they will veto any resolution calling for a probe. [Inter Press Service, 4/13/2004 Sources: Unnamed sources]
Entity Tags: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Colin Powell, Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
Trinidad Foreign Affairs Minister Knowlson Gift announces that the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) has requested that the Organization of American States (OAS) investigate the February 29 removal (see February 28, 2004-March 1, 2004) of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. [Associated Press, 5/6/2004; Associated Press, 5/6/2004]
Entity Tags: Knowlson Gift, Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM), Organization of American States (OAS)
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Taking Aim at the Elderly
'Fiscal cliff' deal spared the aged, pundits complain
Fairness and Accuracy in Media Media Advisory
The outcome of the "fiscal cliff" did not impress many
in the corporate media, who have long favored some sort
of Simpson-Bowles "grand bargain" that would pair tax
increases with spending cuts to so-called "entitlement
programs." The last-minute tax deal fell well short on
both counts--but the failure to cut benefits seemed to
bother more pundits than anything else.
On Meet the Press (12/30/12), NBC's Tom Brokaw
complained that Obama "could help himself a lot if he
were tougher on the AARP"--by which he meant tougher on
seniors, raising the retirement age for Social Security
(which is really a cut in benefits--Extra!, 12/12) and
"means-testing" Medicare. (When the discussion was
taxes, Brokaw insisted that "$250,000 doesn't make you
rich," but proposals to means-test Medicare assume that
elderly retirees with incomes as low as $85,000 aren't
paying enough for healthcare--FireDogLake, 12/14/12.)
Brokaw went on:
I think it would have been helpful to him this
morning to have said, "Look, we get this tax deal
done, I'm here to help on Medicare and Social
Security reforms." We've got to address those,
instead of just saying, "I'm going to protect the
seniors who are there and the Medicare and
Medicaid recipients." Give a little something.
Show good faith about what needs to be done on
deficit reduction and the entitlement programs.
In the Washington Post (1/3/13), David Ignatius raised
the canard that the self-funded entitlement programs
are connected to the budget deficit, arguing that Obama
should have
come to the table with a grand vision of his own--
a real strategy for cutting the deficit and the
entitlement programs that drive it.... He didn't
formulate a plan for long-term solvency partly
because he didn't want to give up the political
weapon of Social Security before the 2012
Ignatius concluded that "it's Obama's job to lead the
party toward entitlement reforms and other policies
that will be painful but necessary."
The Post's Fareed Zakaria (1/4/13) agreed that the
"administration did not go far enough on entitlement
reforms, and the Democratic Party as a whole is too
obstinately opposed to reform in this area."
New York Times columnist Tom Friedman (1/6/13) was more
hopeful that Obama would still come around to cutting
Maybe Obama has a strategy: First raise taxes on
the wealthy, which gives him the credibility with
his base to then make big spending cuts in the
next round of negotiations. Could be. But raising
taxes on the wealthy is easy.
Friedman added that "Obama has spent a lot of time
lately bashing the rich," and that it was time for him
"to stop just hammering the wealthy."
In Time magazine (1/21/13), Joe Klein complained of
There is a smugness and lassitude to the party
right now, an absence of creative new policy
thinking, a tendency to defend corroded
industrial-age welfare and entitlement programs.
They even blocked a modest money-saving change in
Social Security's cost-of-living index. And this
is where the real challenge of Obama's second term
will lie.
And liberal Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Alter (1/3/13)
criticized Obama's progressive critics before arguing:
Just as Republicans must learn to live with tax
increases, Democrats must learn to live with--and
vote for--changes in entitlements. They should
keep in mind that reforms such as a chained
consumer price index, which alters the inflation
calculation applied to Social Security, and means
testing the benefits of wealthy retirees, do not
threaten the social safety net.
Neither Franklin Roosevelt on Social Security nor
Lyndon Johnson on Medicare was wedded to any of
the particulars of those programs--only the
principle of guaranteed support from the
It is worth mentioning that Obama did, in fact, support
cutting Social Security benefits, endorsing Klein and
Alter's idea of a bogus change to inflation measurement
in order to siphon money away from older retirees (FAIR
Blog, 12/19/12). And the Affordable Care Act has
reduced the projected Medicare trust fund shortfall by
two-thirds--something that too often escapes media
Beyond that, there are plenty of ways for the federal
government to honor its commitments to Social Security
recipients and to pay for Medicare without punishing
those who rely on these programs for their retirement
and their health. The Medicare funding problem is a
matter of reducing healthcare inflation--which could be
addressed by limiting the growth of payments to doctors
and allowing the government to negotiate for lower drug
costs, for starters.
Far from being too tough on the rich, the fiscal cliff
tax deal was enormously beneficial to the wealthy--with
breaks on estate tax and investment income (Washington
Post, 1/8/13; CBPP.org, 1/4/13; CTJ.org, 1/10/13).
Other potential sources of revenue, like a tax on Wall
Street transactions, were basically off-limits.
But these arguments basically do not exist in the
corporate media, where well-to-do pundits piously argue
that the poor and the elderly should sacrifice
retirement benefits or pay more for healthcare as they
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Chris Evans isn't papped very often. Enjoy these then while I work on a longer post that will cover this in a few minutes. They were taken yesterday Studio City. Apparently he was running into a dermatology clinic.
But did you know he's on Twitter? I just learned of it today. Or maybe I knew but chose to forget.
God, I really wish they wouldn't.
Or if they have to, I wish they'd set it to private. It's too close, you know? And as I've already explained while trying to un-see Tom Hiddleston's Twitter - click here for a refresher - more often than not, it ruins everything. Especially if there are a lot of emoticons and exclamation points. Evans does go heavy on the exclamation point. But he doesn't tweet too often and he doesn't blow a wad of quotes every day.
Anyway, Evans has been working on back to back (smaller) films since The Avengers and, judging from the size of his arms, should be training now for Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier, scheduled for release April 4, 2014 and expected to begin production after Thor 2 wraps.


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An interesting consequence of having extended family help around the house: stuff gets done differently, and your kids notice. Davis, at three years old, spends a lot of his time learning about how the world works, where things belong, and the right way for everything to be. He has discovered how to ask "why." He has not discovered how to stop.
Davis enjoys apple juice. He has recently taken to calling it ape-l juice, and delights in the notion that one must squeeze an ape to produce it. Since a single cup of AJ could provide Davis with more than 100% of his daily sugar intake, Mrs. Z and I dilute it to 50% strength. Still, he goes through a lot of it, so we buy it in the largest size available at the grocery store, which is roughly a barrel. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating, but I think I saw Davis doing AJ keg stands the other day while his infant sister chanted "Chug! Chug! Chug!"
But I digress.
The AJ keg is difficult to pour in small amounts, so for months we kept a smaller half-gallon AJ container in the fridge, filling it halfway with straight AJ and then topping it off with water. That would keep us going for a few days, and then we'd wash it, refill it, and repeat.
This system went fine for a while, and then Sara was born, and Grandmother came to visit for a week. Grandmother was an enormous help, and kept Mrs. Z and I sane by doing everything that needed doing while we sat on the veranda and sipped juleps. (You missed a spot there, Grandmother.) Grandmother reached the end of the half-gallon apel juice container and, having recently discovered the location of our recycling bins, recycled the container. Like a sane person.
An hour or two later, I was in the kitchen filling a Davis-sized order for juice, and could not find the AJ container. After brief consultation with Grandmother and a short period of mourning for the lost bottle, I wrestled with the keg and poured half a small-sized cup of apple juice.
The apple juice container now unavailable, Grandmother had a brilliant idea: premixed, diluted apple juice doesn't have to be in a container marked "Apple Juice;" any container will do. So that's how, Saturday afternoon, I would up pouring Davis a cup of apple juice from a bottle clearly labeled, "Simply Orange." Of course, Davis noticed the change:
"May I have some apel juice, pwease?" (Davis has trouble with "l" and "r.")
"Yes, you may." [Removes OJ container from refrigerator.]
"What's dat?" (He's not so good with "th," either.)
"It's apple juice."
"No, no, no — it's owange juice!"
"It's apple juice, but it's in an orange juice container."
"But, but, but ... " [Splutters.]
Here I paused. Was I really about to say what I was about to say?
"Davis, listen to me. I know the container says orange juice, but this is apple juice. It's not the container that matters. It's what's on the inside that counts."
I'm not sure what lesson I imparted there, but I can think of three possibilities:
1. What's on the outside and what's on the inside are two different things, so you can't judge the inside by how the outside looks.
2. You can't trust what authority figures say something is; you have to experience it yourself to really understand it.
3. Apple juice is yummy, and no one gives a crap what the bottle looks like.
I hope he gets at least some measure of all three.
Apple Juice Life Lessons
Monday, January 14, 2008
Posted by Scott Z at 10:56 AM
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Mrs. B
I can SEE Davis in this conversation.
"But...but...but... there's no running in the house!"
Mrs. B
By the way, I know you're busy and all, what with the not sleeping, but...we need more pics of my adorable new niece.
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- "You'd think people had better things to gossip about. Three Dementor attacks in a week, and all Romilda Vane does is ask me if it's true you've got a hippogriff tattooed across your chest."
- —Ginny Weasley[src]
In 1997, after she had begun dating Harry Potter, Ginevra Weasley complained that after three Dementor attacks in a week, the only thing that Romilda Vane was interested in asking her was whether Harry had a hippogriff tattooed on his chest. Harry asked what she told her, and Ginny replied that she had said that it was "...a Hungarian Horntail. Much more macho," referential of Harry's evasion of a Hungarian Horntail dragon in the Triwizard Tournament to capture the Golden egg clue.
Harry then asked what type of tattoo she had said Ron has, and she replied "A Pygmy Puff, but I didn't say where." At this, Ron scowled and threatened to withdraw his "permission," referring to his belief that Harry and Ginny's relationship required his permission.[1]
Later, as Ron transformed into Harry via the use of Polyjuice Potion during the famous "Seven Potters" operation, he observed his bare chest and commented "I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo."
The Dark Mark is described as appearing similar to a vivid red tattoo when inactive.
There was a tattoo parlour called Tatoo Artist in Diagon Alley.
When Delphini's cloak has loosened in 2020, the tattoo of an Augurey became visible on her neck, prompting Albus Potter to ask her if it is what Muggles call a tattoo.[2]
Behind the scenes
- The application of normal, non-temporary Muggle tattoos can be painful, and it seems unlikely that it would be used in the Wizarding world, but likely that they could be applied by some form of magic, likely a Charm or Human Transfiguration. The shop Tatoo Artist [sic] in Diagon Alley in fact offers tattoos that are stated to be quick, painless and hygienic.
- The associate of Ollivander's at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter referred to a customer's tattoos as "odd Muggle stuff."[3]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault (Appears in concept artwork)
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 25 (The Seer Overheard)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- ↑ See this video.


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School-Based Policing Under Fiscal Pressure
An important group of support-staff members—school resource officers, also known as school-based law enforcement—has been hit hard by the recent recession and its lingering impact.
Kevin Quinn, a spokesman for the National Association of School Resource Officers, says that several years ago, the Hoover, Ala.-based organization estimated there were 10,000 to 15,000 such officers nationwide. Now, the group estimates the number at closer to 7,000.
"If we used our training conference that we host every year [as a reference], I'd say between 2007 and 2009, it dropped to about half the attendees," he says.
Funding for school resource officers, or SROs, can come from any number of sources, but often at least part of it comes from the local police department. "With how the economy changed several years ago, police departments are figuring out where the funding should go," Quinn says. "You can't take cops and detectives off the street. So some decided that SRO programs unfortunately were the first ones to get cut."
The consequences of those cuts are more dire than they might have been 60 years ago, when such officers were initially placed in schools so that students could see police officers in friendly roles.
More recently, "the role of the SRO has evolved into actual police," says Quinn, who currently serves as the law-enforcement officer at Hamilton High School in the 40,000-student Chandler, Ariz., district.
First Responders
In addition to giving presentations on the law, drugs, violence, and community issues, officers today are also the first responders to incidents of school violence.
And in some cases, on-site police have proved invaluable. In September 2010, Erik Karney, the SRO at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, S.C., restrained a student who had several pipe bombs and a gun—just after the student fired at him, hitting him with shrapnel. A subsequent investigation found that the student had been planning a school shooting modeled after the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Colorado.
The recent tragic events in Newtown, Conn., have ramped up rhetoric on the need for putting SROs—who are necessarily armed—in schools.
"We've heard of a lot of legislators writing legislation proposing additional funding to increase officers in schools—especially elementary schools, since most SROs are in junior high and high schools," says Quinn. Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, where 20 students and six teachers were shot and killed by an intruder, did not have an SRO on staff.
There has also been a recent increase in requests from districts wanting to host training for new SROs, says Quinn, which he sees as a good sign.
"A school resource officer is your first responder, with no response time. ... If something happens, I'm already here, I know the campus, I know the kids, I know where to go," he says. "I don't care if your police department has the best response time in the world—there's still a lag time between picking up the phone and having an officer respond."
Vol. 32, Issue 16, Page 25Published in Print: January 10, 2013, as Fiscal Issues Put Pressure on School-Based Policing
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UNIVERSITY PARK – Each semester, the students of Penn State's Eco Action choose a sustainability topic to focus a campaign around. In the past, they have worked towards starting recycling on campus, urging the signing of the Kyoto Protocol and pushing for investment in renewable energy. This semester, the group is tackling plastic bag use on campus.
"We got off to a rough start," said Sarina Katz, president of Penn State's Eco Action chapter. "We knew students had tried something like this in the past but, ultimately, hit a dead end."
Eco Action wanted to make sure the campaign promoted awareness about the negative side effects of using plastic bags.
"When I studied abroad in Germany it was common sense to bring your own bags to the store, the grocery stores simply didn't carry them. You either brought a bag or didn't buy anything," continued Katz.
This sort of thinking inspired Eco Action members to focus on raising awareness and changing the habits of consumers rather trying than banning the bags from campus altogether.
The students began working with Housing and Food Services on the University Park campus to survey cashiers working at on-campus convenience stores. They found that not all cashiers are uniformly trained to ask their customers what type of bag they would like for their purchase.
"I have witnessed cashiers place all merchandise in a plastic bag without asking, even if it was only one item," explained Lauren Rishe, a member of Eco Action.
Eco Action and Housing and Food Services have discussed initiating an incentive program. For example, bringing a reusable bag to Trader Joe's enters the customer to win a gift card, while bringing one to Target saves the customer 5 cents off their total purchase.
"A program like this could be implemented into Penn State's on-campus convenience stores," said Lauren Rishe, Eco Action member. The group is now working to determine which method would be the most effective.
"When I studied abroad in Germany it was common sense to bring your own bags to the store, the grocery stores simply didn't carry them. You either brought a bag or didn't buy anything."
— Sarina Katz, Eco Action member
Möbius, Penn State's new waste and recycling management program being implemented by the Office of Physical Plant this year, can help with the plastic bag debacle by promoting plastic bag recycling. "Many people are used to seeing huge bins outside of grocery stores. They would never think you could recycle plastic bags along with plastic bottles at Penn State, as is the case with Möbius," explained Katz.
"If the right measures are put in place, we believe that, in time, everyone will be accustomed to toting reusable bags for their purchases," she added.
Eco Action is currently developing a proposal to present to Penn State's administration for consideration.
"We are looking for real change, not just with an incentives program and direct results, but ultimately with behavior change," Katz said.
For more information about Eco Action, please visit: http://psueco-action.weebly.com. For more information about sustainability at Penn State, please visit www.sustainability.psu.edu.


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Having a newborn to nurture is probably my favorite thing in the world. I'm so grateful to have this beautiful child in our lives. He has so much growing to do yet it feels like I have known him forever.
My pregnancy was full of whining. Serious wah wah wah, pretty much everyday. If only I'd known it was him in there!
Life is slowly getting back to normal- if there is such a thing. I went to Target yesterday only to forget my list at home and ended up running through the store at a runners pace as I was suddenly afraid the baby would cry his little newborn cry in the store. I felt so on top of things when I drove there and once I arrived all I wanted to be was nestled in the pillows on my bed at home.
Which is where I am now, and it's very nice indeed.


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The TeraPaths project is being funded by the High Performance Network Research program under the DoE MICS/SciDAC division.
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A Peek Inside The New Blue Bottle Coffee in Chelsea, NYC
Has the world paid enough attention to Blue Bottle Coffee Co. yet? Perhaps not, as the bicoastal roaster opened its second New York City shop (leapfrogging ahead of their also-planned Rockefeller Center store) last weekend to curious murmurs and continued complaints about lack of seating.
Their newest shop, however—no doubt one of many more planned in the era of venture-capital-infused cappuccinos (see also: Stumptown)—brings a coffee experience to New York City that it (and most anywhere else in this country) hasn't often seen before. Behind the standard-issue espresso and pourover bar in front, geared largely towards takeaway clientele too timid to cross 15th Street to go to Ninth Street Espresso, is a full-service sit-down Siphon and "Nel" Bar.
Offering personalized service on a selection of brewers, as well as pastries and toast, the intimate setting is both warm and geeky—and just separated enough from the rush of the city to provide a perfect space to pause, focus, and learn about coffee.
The siphon bar offers three selections, with one offering also available on the charming Nel Pot. And though Blue Bottle's always been strongest in service and presentation, look for the company's coffee offerings to elevate, too, as rumors circulate about the company adding a pedigreed green coffee buyer to their roster. Will the hype that is Blue Bottle suddenly become a force to be reckoned with on all arenas? We'll be standing by (perhaps because there are no seats available) to taste the results.
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Start-up costs are typically so high to build a restaurant from scratch that many current owners prefer to look for an existing restaurant that isn't doing so well and customize it as their own - second location. Joe Ranieri gives tips to restaurant owners buying a second location to expand.
The restaurant business is a tough business to be in, no one can dispute that, and so it's imperative that an owner's equipment is in good working condition. A new owner should make sure that the restaurant's equipment is in good working order before they close escrow. Joe Ranieri gives his tips.
First, we must define, who are the Millennials? The exact years are up for debate, but Millennials were born during approximately between 1981-1986, which today would be between 22 and 37 years of age. Joe Ranieri looks at what these buyers are looking for and what qualities they seek in businesses.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Al Franken faced intense pressure from members of his own party on Wednesday to resign from the U.S. Senate over accusations of sexual misconduct.
Minnesota Public Radio reported Franken would resign on Thursday. Franken's office said in an email that no final decision had been made and that the senator was still discussing the issue with his family.
After accusations began surfacing three weeks ago, Franken said he would remain in office and work to regain the trust of voters in Minnesota, the state he represents.
But on Wednesday, calls for him to resign came from the majority of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, including Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and almost all of the Democratic women in the chamber, putting great pressure on him to quit.
"I consider Senator Franken a dear friend and greatly respect his accomplishments, but he has a higher obligation to his constituents and the Senate, and he should step down immediately," Schumer said in a statement.
Franken said on Twitter that he would make an announcement on Thursday, but he offered no details.
In its report, Minnesota Public Radio cited a Democratic official who had spoken to the senator and aides.
Late on Wednesday, news website Politico reported that Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton was expected to appoint Democratic Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith to take Franken's seat if he resigned. She would hold the seat until a special election in 2018.
That move would leave the Minnesota race wide open because Smith would not run in the special election to finish Franken's term, which goes through 2020, Politico said, citing people familiar with Dayton's thinking.
Franken is one of a number of prominent American men in politics, media and entertainment who have been accused in recent months of sexual harassment and misconduct.
Another accusation against Franken surfaced on Wednesday when Politico reported that a congressional aide said Franken had tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006, before he was first elected as a senator. Franken denied the allegations, Politico reported.
Franken's office did not reply to a request for comment on the report.
The calls on Wednesday marked the first time Franken's Democratic colleagues had publicly pressed for him to step down since the accusations surfaced. The party's chairman, Tom Perez, also pressed for him to resign.
Schumer called Franken immediately after the Politico story was published and told him that he needed to relinquish his Senate seat, according to a person familiar with the situation.
"I've struggled with this decision because he's been a good senator and I consider him a friend," Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii wrote on Twitter. "But that cannot excuse his behavior and his mistreatment of women."
Franken apologized for his behavior after earlier accusations and said he would cooperate with a Senate Ethics Committee investigation. Reuters has not independently verified the claims against him.
Democrats are seeking the moral high ground in the wake of sexual misconduct accusations against numerous public figures, including Republican Roy Moore of Alabama, who is running for the Senate, and Democratic Representative John Conyers, who resigned on Tuesday. Both of those men have denied the accusations against them.
Several Republican lawmakers initially called on Moore to step out of the race, but have since said the decision is ultimately up to Alabama voters. President Donald Trump has endorsed the candidate. The election is Tuesday.
Franken, a former comedian who rose to national prominence as a cast member on the long-running television program "Saturday Night Live," had been considered a rising star in the Democratic party since he was first elected in 2008.
Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who was among those saying Franken should resign, told reporters that Democrats had been "having conversations" about Franken for a while.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell joined the groundswell against Franken, saying in a statement, "I do not believe he can effectively serve the people of Minnesota in the U.S. Senate any longer."
Franken's Minnesota colleague, Senator Amy Klobuchar, wrote on Twitter, "Sexual harassment is unacceptable. This morning I spoke with Senator Franken and, as you know, he will be making an announcement about his future tomorrow morning. I am confident he will make the right decision."
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Two weeks into training camp and Lions TE Eric Ebron has proclaimed he has broken through.
His response to criticism of his play (including a tendency to have what the new coaching staff terms "concentration drops"):"I've already hit my rookie wall," he said. "I felt like that last week of the learning process and getting over the curve, that was it for me. Now it's about staying true to who I am and doing everything that got me here, and better."
Confidence is good. But arrogance is dangerous. Vocalizing said arrogance is stupid."I love it," Ebron said, per the Detroit Free Press. "I love when people talk about me -- that way when I prove you wrong it looks bad on you not me. I love it. Every bit of it."
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Recently, the CEO of MMA promotion Strikeforce mentioned he'd visited Cowboys Stadium. As Strikeforce is a licensing partner of the upcoming EA Sports MMA, some took that to mean the site might show up in the game. They're right.
MMA enthusiast site MiddleEasy.com pinged EA Sports' Randy Chase to ask about Cowboys Stadium - considering the site's interior modeling already has been built by the Madden NFL team at EA Sports Tiburon, where EA Sports MMA also is being made. Chase confirmed the location will be in the game.
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As far as Christina's concerned, I empathize what she's going through, but she's a bit cutthroat too.
I've come across some quotes about Christina (from other racers) that suggest she might be getting a very positive edit.
I saw some of those too--but you know what?
Quote from: Slowhatch on December 05, 2007, 07:53:45 PMHelp, please. The symbol on the right is "father." I thought the one on the left might be "who," but no. It might, if it's read right►left, be Christina's Chinese name. I'm going blind searching character charts. Any ideas?Hi everyone.... yes Peaches I can read Chinese. Of course I can help. Okay so the character on the left means 'Tiger' the one on the right is indeed 'Father'....So when put together it means Tiger Father.... literally.... ;-))
Help, please. The symbol on the right is "father." I thought the one on the left might be "who," but no. It might, if it's read right►left, be Christina's Chinese name. I'm going blind searching character charts. Any ideas?
What you'd expect: "Tiger daughter." Maybe Tiger is pronounced "Hsu," or maybe Tiger just means...Tiger.
Has anyone heard that Christina and Azaria are dating? That was the talk at the Nate & Jen party last night. Of course, neither was there and no one had first-hand knowledge. Hendekea was very coy about it.
From the videos at CBS.com, Ronald mentioned that his parents fled China when the Communists took over and came to the US.
Christina: Have we told you about our t-shirt auctions yet?IGN: No, you haven't.Christina: So basically we raced two legs in Burkina Faso and my dad and I made some really good friends there. We were sitting in the airport in Ouagadougou and we had some down time and my dad turned to me and said, "You know we should really do something -- we should auction off our "Who's Your Daddy?" and "Tiger Father, Tiger Daughter" t-shirts and donate the earnings to a charity. When we got back from the race, we did some research, and we decided upon this one orphanage in Burkina Faso. So if you go to the homepage of The Amazing Race and also the CBS.com homepage, they have a link to our eBay auction. All auctions start Wednesday [Jan. 23] and end on February 2. They're for my dad's "Who's Your Daddy?" shirt and both my "Tiger Father, Tiger Daughter" Chinese character shirts will be auctioned off and all the earnings will go to an orphanage in Burkina Faso. We promise we've washed all the shirts (laughs) and just hope that a lot of people will participate.Ron: They were specifically bought for the race and worn only on the race. It's one that has special meaning for those who have watched Season 12 and also for the characters on the back of our shirts -- it says "Tiger Father" on the back of mine, and "Tiger Daughter" on the back of Christina's. We're just dispelling this notion that you have to have a son to basically make your house complete. I have two wonderful daughters, so I'm changing the Chinese idiom from "Tiger Father, Tiger Son" to "Tiger Father, Tiger Daughter." At least in my small way of saying that you don't need a son to complete your family, that daughters are just as equal and better I think, than sons. (laughs)
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Yahoo has posted a sneak peek of its upcoming iPhone Messenger application. According to the marketing text, you can now take "the best of Messenger with you, wherever you are." Leaving aside any allergic reactions you might have to the abuse of the color purple, how does the new application seem to hold up?
The app looks reasonably well-designed for the iPhone screen, reminiscent of the already available AIM application. You start with a scrolling list of contacts, along with their avatars and status, which you can click to enter a conversation screen. That screen, with its back and forth messages, looks like the iPhone SMS app and uses talk bubbles to present the conversation.
Messenger integrates access to the iPhone's camera and picture library, allowing you to send images as part of your conversation. That's one of several bonus features that gives the app a little extra oomph. Another feature lets you send SMS messages directly from the application to your friends' phones. This provides a cost-free way to text friends without using up your monthly SMS allotment.
Another notable feature is the app's "no signout" design. This keeps you signed into Yahoo's service even when your phone goes to sleep or you leave to use another application. Your status automatically goes to idle, keeping you from being cut off from your ongoing conversations. When Apple's Push Notifications become a reality, your queued messages will almost certainly be displayed as an application badge; this is exactly the kind of use that technology was designed for. By introducing the "special idle" state in the 2.2.x release of its app, Yahoo has demonstrated that it's getting ready for when 3.x features go live.
Admittedly, the Yahoo walk-through is a little iPhone "tone deaf." I doubt that many iPhone users want to type in entire Web addresses to their status messages as the video suggests they'll be able to. There's a big difference between demonstrating an application feature on a Mac simulator with a keyboard and using the same feature on an iPhone with only a touch screen. (Unless Yahoo knows something about upcoming iPhone models that we do not, that is.)
That aside, from what the video shows, the upcoming messenger app looks solid, well designed, and purple. Messenger may be treading the same ground already covered by SMS, AIM, Colloquy and other similar applications, but if it delivers a reliable and robust program, it has a ready-made, built-in audience of those users who already depend on Messenger instant messaging on their desktop computers.


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Eat This Now: A Breaded, Deep-Fried, Buffalo Wing-Inspired Hot Dog at Fancy Franks in Toronto
Is there anything that can't be improved upon by being breaded and deep-fried? If such a food exists, I don't know about it. It was with that in mind, I'm sure, that Toronto hot dog joint Fancy Franks created the Frankie Goes to Buffalo ($7.25), a hot dog/Buffalo wing amalgam that features a deep-fried, panko-breaded wiener topped with Buffalo wing sauce, blue cheese dressing, carrots, celery, and "chicken bacon."
It's good, though it does suffer a bit from flavor overload. The comparatively subtle flavor of a chicken wing is a much better foil for the vinegary, salty kick of the Buffalo/blue cheese combination than a hot dog. Anyone with any kind of aversion to salty food is advised to steer clear.
The carrots and celery are thin enough to not be entirely unwieldy as a condiment, and thick enough to add an appreciable amount of crunch. They also help to cut some of the richness of the hot dog's other elements; given how rich this thing is, that's certainly not unwelcome.
The "chicken bacon" tastes less like bacon and more like fried chicken skin...because it is fried chicken skin. Most things taste better with bits of fried chicken skin liberally applied, so that's another point in this hot dog's favor.
I would've liked a crunchier, more pronounced layer of breading on the hot dog, and the housemade wieners don't have that snappiness that you'd expect from a higher-end dog (they claim to use natural casings, so I'm not sure how to account for the lack of snap). It's also, as you can imagine just by looking at it, a little bit unwieldy; it's impossible to eat this elegantly. If you're here with someone you want to impress, the Frankie Goes to Buffalo is clearly the wrong choice.
All in all it's not quite as unmissably amazing as I might have hoped when I heard that someone had concocted a breaded, deep-fried, buffalo wing-inspired hot dog. But it's definitely tasty, and if you're like me and can't resist the siren song of making an already unhealthy food even more decadently unhealthy by breading and deep frying it, then your decision has already been made. You must eat it.


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- Go to the pre-surgery tour location where you will be having surgery and talk to staff. You'll learn more about what will happen during your stay.
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• Concrete move: Market Annex work begins on Main St.
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Interior build-out may begin next week for One Meatball Place, the sphere-centric dining venue first revealed in the Hook back in January. And although the Place appears closer to completion, this new West Main Street ball-zone certainly won't open by its original April opening target.
"We're part of a larger project than just us, so we've sort of been delayed by the overall project," explains owner Richard Zakin, noting that shared bathrooms and a shared patio will be part of the mix at the Main Street Market Annex.
Zakin says that the dining room design comes from Alloy Workshop, the same firm that designed the acclaimed Commonwealth Restaurant & Skybar, which opened last fall. Kitchen equipment has been purchased, he says, and the installation of the hood has begun at the building formerly housing C&R Auto across from the Blue Moon Diner.
"We're making progress– little by little," says Zakin, who now predicts a June opening.
I don't know what a meatball place is all about, but count me in.