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Americans truly enjoy the social aspect of imbibing interesting cocktails before sitting down to dinner. There's a rich history of mixed drinks here, from the Cocktail—that was its actual name—in the early 19th century to the martini, the quintessential symbol of the 1930s. Since the holiday season will be here before you know it, I thought I'd suggest three special recipes for fall and winter get-togethers.
The White Cosmopolitan is one of our restaurants' most popular drinks. Because it uses white cranberry juice rather than red, it is visually surprising (the typical Cosmo is pink, as everybody knows from Sex and the City). For a large party, you can mix it in bulk and serve it in a punch bowl. We add an orchid frozen in a ball of ice, which creates a striking presentation. Cran-Apple Crush—a blend of vodka, brown sugar, green apple, and cranberries with a splash of lime juice for acidity and simple syrup for sweetness—illustrates how my menu changes to reflect the seasons; it would be perfect pre-turkey on Thanksgiving. The last drink is a Rose Royale, a variation on the French 75, named for a gun used in WWI. What makes this different from the classic combination of Champagne, lemon juice, and gin is the addition of rose syrup. Cheers!
What to Serve
When it comes to the cocktail hour, I like spreads and dips with drinks. Among my favorite after-five snacks is a tapenade made of pitted green olives ground together with garlic and olive oil to taste (you can use a blender to do the job). It is wonderful on slices of a toasted baguette. Equally appealing is a tartare of raw or lightly cured poached whitefish such as black bass that has been chopped and combined with minced green apple, mayonnaise, a jalapeño pepper, chives, lemon juice, and lime zest. Serve the mixture with a plate of rice crackers on the side.
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The Farr Side: Shoddy treatment is downfall for Hantz
If idle hands are the devil's playground, then what is Idol Hantz? Some might say he's the bitter little troll who thought he ruled the "Survivor" playground. I'd say they're right.
Russell Hantz, who managed to find numerous hidden immunity idols on "Survivor: Samoa" and "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," still doesn't get it. He lost the jury's vote for the second time in a row in Sunday's finale.
I laughed out loud as the jury votes were read. Seeing Hantz's facial expressions, knowing he lost again, were priceless.
Sandra Diaz-Twine made "Survivor" history, becoming only person to win the show's top prize twice. She beat Hantz and Parvati Shallow to do it. Diaz-Twine received six votes and Shallow got three, leaving Hantz with a much-deserved zero votes.
I was hoping the final three would have at least included Rupert Boneham. He was a "hero" and a favorite of mine. He embodies what the show is really all about. You can't help but root for someone like him and how he played — with integrity. But it just wasn't in the cards.
As "Heroes vs. Villains" progressed, Hantz's web of deceit became more tangled. It made for great reality TV, but man, was he ever an idiot in regard to how he treated people.
Hantz had a major advantage going into his second season, considering nobody had a chance yet to see his deceitful side from Season 19. The season had not been aired when Season 20 began filming, so nobody was aware of how bad he could be. It didn't take long, though, before Diaz-Twine figured him out. She tried from the beginning to find a way to get him out, even offering to help the remaining heroes when the tribes merged.
During the Top 3 grilling from the jury, Boneham pointed out Diaz-Twine's repeated attempts to swap allegiances to get Russell out.
Boneham's remarks to Hantz will go down as one of the best kiss-offs the show has ever had. He said, "Russell was a disgusting human being" because being "a manipulative, deceiving, lying person is very easy. You took the easy way out."
Comments like that from someone like Rupert cut pretty deep. You know he feels that Russell's actions were not just game play, but perhaps a reflection of the kind of person he is.
The main mission of "Survivor" is to seek the player who can outwit, outplay and outlast opponents. To some degree Hantz did that, and did it well, but he doesn't seem to get it when it comes to courting jury votes. There's something to say about how you treat people and his failure to get even one vote says it all.
David T. Farr is a Sturgis (Mich.) Journal correspondent. E-mail him at email@example.com.

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A friend in New York called me after he was laid off from a large financial services company. He'd made it through three rounds of layoffs over the previous 12 months, but with a 40% reduction in the firm's workforce in 2009, his lifetime of hard work and distinction was not enough to overcome the tidal wave of contraction that was sweeping through his entire professional sector. Beyond the financial stress of losing his income, something much more threatening was at work. He was being told he could no longer play in the game, one he had spent a lifetime through the most prestigious undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as desirable corporate positions, playing and winning.
One of the unique aspects of the employment environment since 2008 is that so many individuals who are exceptional athletes in the corporate world are living through long-term unemployment. These individuals pride themselves on achieving great things, particularly in the workplace. The drive that causes one to pursue ever higher achievement represents a value system that permeates every aspect of life. It is the surest way to reach a sense of satisfaction that one's life has made a difference. And for high achievers, the destabilizing effects of being forced out for an indeterminate amount of time cannot be underestimated.
We all have human imperfections and vulnerabilities that can manifest given the right triggers. The shame induced by being unemployed is palpable for anyone. But for high achievers, this shame is multiplied. As a result, these individuals tend to unconsciously behave in ways that isolate themselves. They don't want the outside world to see them in such a vulnerable state. This distancing behavior is costly, since it is through the relationships we have built that we are most likely to find a desirable solution.
Unemployment creates what psychologists refer to as "traumatic mind states." These states are caused when a life event occurs that is so fundamentally threatening to the building blocks of our identities that they actually create a temporary state of trauma to our psyche. This trauma may cause us to personalize the external circumstances, as if they reveal some dark secret about our worst deficiencies.
The effects are sometimes overt, but more often they are subtle — an agitation in our voice, a loss of levity. Much more destructive is how these shifts in our inner mindset can create an interpersonal barrier that further magnifies this experience, such as showing less empathy for our loved ones. Because the negative effects of one's unemployment frequently resonate hardship throughout the household, the lives of our partners and families can be as traumatized as our own.
But individuals can help manage the effects of this trauma in several ways.
Acknowledge the trauma. In the best circumstances, loved ones are in a stable enough position themselves that they can recognize the hardship someone is facing and react with an increased sense of empathy. Partners and family members should regularly discuss the trauma each is experiencing as an ongoing reminder that the tension is caused by external circumstances, not each other. Only increased understanding of the trauma can build the empathy required to support each other in this challenging time and accelerate its end.
Push yourself physically. Tolerating long periods of unemployment require strengthening one's capacity for enduring intense, potentially destabilizing pressure. One of the most effective means to counter its negative effects is to find punishing new ways to press oneself physically; this is suffering that we can actually control. Exercise reminds us that if we press through the most difficult moments, we will experience an immediate physiological elation from a new level of exertion. This is a powerful reminder that in our search for employment, during the moments that we feel we simply cannot continue to endure, pressing through those moments and continuing to do the tough steps will bring us closer to our goal, and we will experience the elation of ultimately landing the job that seems so frustratingly evasive.
Make ten networking calls every day. This is amongst the most dreaded and avoided activities for high achievers, but it is irreplaceable for its psychological effects: creating a sense of progress, providing a daily taste of structured responsibility, and revealing desirable opportunities. Make these calls at the time of day that you are in a vigorous frame of mind. This is often at the beginning of the day. Whatever activities planned must wait until the tenth call on the list is finished. Once done, freedom should be given to explore the rest of the day knowing that you have pushed the ball forward.
Remind yourself that this will pass. It may feel like our unemployment will last forever, but inevitably, opportunity emerges when someone presses on and continues to fight for the right job. And the dark period of unemployment will soon feel like a distant memory, replaced by the more familiar set of challenges of balancing the stresses of work.
Extended periods of unemployment are amongst the most unpleasant life experiences. There is no hiding from this truth. The suggestions above are ways to push through the stress and darkness of this period, while also taking steps to put your career back on track. Few high achievers would wish to be unemployed for any period of time, but many may come to appreciate the power of such traumatic moments that can prepare them for even greater achievement.


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Careers in Assisstive Technology
The technological revolution has strongly impacted the disability community in general, and the field of assistive technology (AT) in particular. Assistive technology provides many new solutions for learning, recreation and working. Assistive technology goes hand-in-hand with a major part of the helping professions and its uses are growing at a rapid rate.
Each AT profession has the potential to take greatly divergent paths, as rehabilitation specialists work in various settings and cover many different aspects of the same field. One may work with adaptive computers or fit someone with the appropriate wheelchair, or even the appropriate vehicle to drive, while others assess speech and language or customize orthotic devices. Each AT-related profession provides an enriching challenge and variety. The main categories of assistive technology are:
In the following sections, you will find descriptions of various professions related to assistive technology, provided by professionals currently working in assistive technology fields. Each profession varies greatly.
If you are beginning your career or considering a career change, read through these job descriptions for insight into these interesting professions. You'll find that no specific job description is cut and dried; most people in the field play a multifaceted role, and their jobs are constantly changing and evolving. We hope this gives you a good beginning.
Note: More job descriptions may be added in the future and you are welcome to write a description of your own assistive technology-related profession for the purpose of enlightening others. (No entry goes up without your permission.)


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Here's a White House petition to endorse with a full gullet: to make the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday. We need those 100,000 signatures for the good of America. If you need convincing, here's our comprehensive list of reasons:
The Unity. Between man and wife, between North and South, and not so much right now but still enough between San Francisco and Baltimore. In these partisan times, we need something to share. Let that common bond be football and a day off.
The Labor Force. About three-percent of workers don't show up the day after the Super Bowl anyway, and about three times as many come in late. Nothing poisons an office like a few people getting looked and harumphed at as if they're lazy bastards. It's a lost day.
The Work Holiday Calendar. Politics aside, Columbus Day needs to go. The fall is littered with federal holidays. There's Labor Day in September, and then everyone doubles-up in November with Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. Some might argue to nix Washington's Birthday (Feb. 18), but then it's time to bring the politics back.
The Need for More Paid Leave. Okay, fine, if possible, let's keep Columbus Day, but let's do it because America needs more time off. The U.S. mandates less paid leave than any other competitive industrial country, coming in at a total of zero days, aside from yes, sick, parental, and all that. Everyone deserves another day—especially low-wage workers, who have less of a chance of getting any days at all than high-wagers.
The Reading. Because there's a lot to catch up on.
The Children. On the east coast, the game doesn't finish till around 10, past the bedtime of the younger ones and too late to get that homework done for the teens. And regardless: How can we play hooky with a pure conscience if they can't?
The American Family. With that said, it'll allow everyone some extra time with their kids. And to use Jack Harbaugh as inspiration.


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By s debrango • March 23, 2012
Author Notes: I love the touch of sweetness that maple syrup brings to this steak, I gave it a slightly Asian flavor by adding soy sauce and freshly grated ginger to the maple syrup. The steak has a short marinade then is pan seared and finished in the oven. I caramelized some onions with the rest of the marinade and topped the steak with them. There is enough marinade for 2 steaks with a little left over to glaze the steak before putting in the oven and to add to the onions. I used rib eye steaks because thats what I had you can use whatever cut you prefer. The onions that are caramelized with the marinade go perfectly with the steak. (less)Author Notes: I love the touch of sweetness that maple syrup brings to this steak, I gave it a slightly Asian flavor by adding soy sauce and freshly grated ginger to (…more) —sdebrango
Makes 2 steaks
· 2 Steaks preferably pastured,grass fed (I used rib eye almost 2 inches thick)
· 1/4 cup Grade B maple syrup
· 3 tablespoons soy sauce
· 1 teaspoon fresh ginger grated
· 1 tablespoon melted butter
· salt and pepper to taste
· 1/2 yellow onion thinly sliced
· 1 tablespoon butter
· 2 tablespoons marinade made for steaks
1. Take steaks out of the refrigerator, lightly salt (just a little) and let them sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Pre heat oven to 425 degrees. Grate the ginger, place in small mixing bowl, add the maple syrup, melted butter and soy sauce and whisk to combine.Pat the steaks dry with a paper towel and spoon about half of the marinade on the steak and let sit for 15 minutes. Heat oven proof skillet lightly coated with olive oil. When the skillet is good and hot, scrape some of the marinade off of the steak, add pepper and place the steaks in the skillet let them sear on one side about 3-4 minutes,turn steak over and spoon a little more marinade on top of steaks and place it in the oven for 7-8 minutes for a medium rare steak. Remove from oven place on cutting board and tent with foil and let sit for 10 minutes. The steak should feel firm but not dry when you poke with your finger. There will be a slight give. You can use a meat thermometer if you are more comfortable doing that for a medium rare steak it should register 135-140 when you remove from the oven, and the final temperature would be 140-145 after it rests.
2. To make the onions, melt a tbs of butter in a skillet, add the sliced onions and spoon about 2 tbs of the marinade on them and let them caramelize on med heat. It will take about 20 minutes. You can serve the steak whole or slice it your choice. Top with the caramelized onions and serve.
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Nephew of suspected Berlin market attacker arrested in Tunisia
Anis Amri was shot dead by Italian police forces after manhunt
Anis Amri was shot dead by Italian police forces after manhunt
The nephew of a man suspected of killing 12 people at a Berlin Christmas market has been detained in Tunisia along with two other suspects, the BBC reported Saturday.
The report does not identify Anis Amri's nephew, or the two other suspects by name. According to the BBC, the Tunisian Interior Ministry says the three are between the ages of 18-27.
Tunisian officials say Amri's nephew had confessed to communicating with his uncle using the encrypted app, Telegram to evade surveillance.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the truck attack which left a dozen people dead and another 49 people wounded. A video posted to an ISIS affiliated website appears to show Amri pledging his allegiance to the terror group.
Officials have not yet determined if Amri carried out the act alone, or if he had accomplices.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — From the moment Helio Castroneves first arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2001, he followed the same route through Gasoline Alley.
He'd leave the orange-striped motorhome, sign autographs and pose for photos with fans until he reached the Team Penske garages. Then he'd duck inside one of the concrete stalls, meet with engineers and prepare to turn laps in the No. 3 car.
The 20-year partnership between Castroneves and Penske became the model of stability in a sport defined by so many parts.
Now, things are changing. When the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner showed up Thursday for the inaugural Harvest GP, he pulled on a new driver's suit bearing the name of a new team owner. When he climbs into the No. 7 car, he will drive for a team other than Team Penske for the first time since the 1999 season finale, a span of 310 IndyCar races.
"There's no question it's different," Castroneves said. "It's funny because McLaren and Penske (garage tents) are right next to each other and they're both all black. But the orange really stands out."
The differences can be seen anywhere Castroneves turns this weekend.
Instead of basking in the typically warm temperatures and burgeoning greenery of May, the 45-year-old Brazilian is wearing a stocking cap on a crisp, sunny autumn day.
The grandstands that were empty for July's Brickyard 400 and IndyCar GP as well as the rescheduled Indianapolis 500 in August can accommodate up to 10,000 fans each day this weekend.
Teams like Arrow McLaren SP are working on cars in an area traditionally reserved for hospitality tents and are sharing the road course with sports cars Friday and Saturday ahead ahead of an eight-hour endurance race Sunday.
Castroneves' longtime friend, Tony Kanaan, the 2013 Indy winner, is still around after finishing an abbreviated five-race schedule. He replaced Paul Tracy in the broadcast booth for NBC Sports.
And with the blessing of Roger Penske and team president Tim Cindric, Castroneves has traded in his bright yellow Pennzoil fire suit for the black attire with the word Arrow scripted across his midsection.
"They have a great group of guys and and outstanding technology," Castroneves said, referring to his new team. "It's certainly a different operation but they do a great job."
Perhaps it will also be the start of a new chapter in Castroneves' brilliant racing career.
In 349 career IndyCar starts, Castroneves has driven to victory lane 30 times and is fourth all-time with 50 poles. He was the first international driver to win the 500 three times, posted three runner-up finishes on Indy's historic 2.5-mile oval and completed an incredible 2,810 laps from 2007-18 without dropping out of the 500.
He has never won the season championship, and if he's going to get another crack at it he will probably have to do it by moving on from Penske.
Castroneves' contract expires after this season, making him a free agent for the first time since 2000 and potentially ending a relationship that outlasted both the open-wheel split and the first change in speedway ownership since the end of World War II.
Penske moved Castroneves to a full-time spot on his sports car team in 2018, giving him cameos in the two Indianapolis races each May. Earlier this year, though, Penske announced he wouldn't compete in sports cars next season and he already has three full-time IndyCar drivers under contract.
Plus, Castroneves has been pining to get back to the series as a full-timer and this weekend's doubleheader gives him a chance to audition.
"It's great to come back," he said. "We've got a lot to do, there's a lot going on, so we'll take it as it comes. I'm excited to be back but I'm thinking about this weekend. The future will take care of itself."
Castroneves had not planned on running here this weekend until Arrow McLaren started searching for a replacement for rookie Oliver Askew, who has lingering concussion-like symptoms. He initially suffered the injury in a crash during this year's 500.
"I had a great conversation with Oliver this morning and I want to make sure he gets better," Castroneves said. "He's a good, young driver and he deserves this opportunity."
The early part of practice didn't go smoothly: Castroneves' car was slipping and sliding around the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course. His fast lap of 1 minute, 11.6269 seconds was 23rd out of the 25 drivers on the course as Askew watched from pit row.
But Castroneves qualified 19th in the 25-car field with a fast time of 1:10.3965.
The question now is whether Castroneves can do well enough Friday and Saturday to land a new deal.
"Coming over here with a new team, a new group of people, it is different," he said. "But it's also exciting."
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Debt-ceiling showdown reflects divisions in states
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – From California to Wisconsin to Ohio, the partisan vitriol had been spreading from statehouse to statehouse until it erupted in Washington last month as Congress debated the debt limit and brought the nation to the brink of default.
Residents in states plagued by budget deficits and statehouse showdowns over government spending were already familiar with a discourse infused with an especially negative tone that's only likely to deepen as the nation heads into a presidential election year.
In Minnesota, a standoff led to a three-week shutdown; Wisconsin Democrats fled the state rather than kill public employee bargaining rights as similar feuds between unions and conservatives erupted nationwide, and after months of talks, not a single California Republican was willing to vote for the state budget.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton blamed that state's budget impasse on "extreme right-wing caucus members" who he said "understand little about government and care even less."
The state's GOP chairman, Tony Sutton, responded by calling Dayton "a spoiled rich guy" and questioning his mental fitness — possibly alluding to his previous struggles with depression.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, faced a budget showdown with unions that assailed his policies as harmful to the middle and working classes. He chastised a liberal group that opposed his plans to privatize more government functions.
"It's all in the pursuit of selfish power," Kasich said at the time.
In California, Gov. Jerry Brown returned to the job after a 28-year absence promising to restore civility and repair a fractured Legislature. He hoped to persuade lawmakers from both parties to set aside their differences out of their "loyalty to California."
The Democratic governor proposed what he called a moderate approach to addressing the state's nearly $27 billion budget deficit that called for a mix of spending cuts and temporary tax increase, much like the plans before Congress during the debt-ceiling debate. After months of negotiations, Brown was unable to persuade enough Republicans to agree, leaving him to sign a Democratic budget that passed without a single GOP vote. Without Republicans, Democrats were unable to extend the expiring tax hikes.
Brown, 73, said he was shocked by the intransigence of elected officials compared to his first tenure as governor from 1975 to 1983. Issues that used to be nonpartisan are now politicized, he said.
"There's nothing in the Republican Party historically that demands the level of obsessional dogmatism that I see," Brown told The Associated Press in a telephone interview this week. "On the other side, the Democrats all vote together, too. So we're really missing the independent, robust debate that democracy assumes."
A prelude to this summer's angry showdown in Washington, D.C., came this spring in Wisconsin, a historically moderate and progressive state. Decades of divided government there ended last fall after Republicans won the governor's office and majorities in both houses of the Legislature.
Democratic lawmakers fled the state and thousands of protesters stormed the Capitol for weeks after Gov. Scott Walker and legislative Republicans tried to approve a major rollback of public employee benefits and collective bargaining rights for government workers.
Walker eventually signed the changes into law, but six Republicans and three Democrats face recall elections this month.
"The rhetoric and the division between the parties probably goes to the high points precisely when control of institutions is in doubt," said University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin.
The tone is especially sharp because many Americans are afraid about the future of the country, said Sal Russo, a longtime Republican operative based in Sacramento and founder of the Tea Party Express, a well-funded wing of the populist movement. But voters — and those they elect to state offices and Congress — have sharply different views on what the future should be, he said.
"There's people who are in office today with very different visions," Russo said. "It's difficult if somebody wants to make government much smaller and somebody wants to make government much bigger. How do you compromise on that?"
Months of haggling in Congress over budget cuts pushed Standard & Poors to downgrade the U.S. credit rating for the first time in history Friday. David Beers, global head of sovereign ratings at S&P, said the key consideration was "the nature of the debate and the difficulty in framing a political consensus."
Many Democrats blamed the debt ceiling impasse on lawmakers aligned with the tea party who were swept into Congress last year with little experience in government and a no-compromise approach.
But Russo, whose group is one of many factions in the movement, said he supports toning down the rhetoric. He said compromise is sometimes essential in government, and the eventual deal on the debt ceiling was an example of the imperfect balance it requires.
"I would say to conservatives, 'Well, you lost in 2006 and 2008, and those people don't agree with you.' And to those liberals, 'Hey, you lost in 2010,'" he said.
Yet many in office oppose compromise. That's left leaders such as House Speaker John Boehner struggling to try to appease tea party members of his own caucus and work with Democrats at the same time. He hesitated in a "60 Minutes" interview last December when asked for his views on pursuing compromise with Democrats.
"When you say the word 'compromise,' a lot of Americans look up and go, 'Uh-oh, they're gonna sell me out.' And so finding common ground, I think, makes more sense," he said then.
The difficulty in reaching middle ground was apparent as far back as 2009 in California, when then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called lawmakers into a midyear emergency session to deal with a $42 billion deficit. After two weeks of round-the-clock sessions that lasted overnight, majority Democrats found enough GOP votes to pass a budget that included temporary tax increases.
Soon after, angry conservatives forced Republican lawmakers to dump the GOP leaders in both houses of the Legislature. One of them, former Assemblyman Mike Villines, said he had flashbacks to 2009 as he watched the congressional debate over the debt ceiling.
"The bipartisan focus gets dissolved and people go into war mode," said Villines, now a public relations consultant. "It was so strong, and so strong within both parties against their own leadership."
The conflict over the way forward is only likely to intensify as the parties jockey for control in 2012. In addition to a great divide between Democrats and Republicans, both parties face vocal internal factions.
Bob Hertzberg, a former California Assembly speaker who is part of two statewide groups attempting to restructure the state's government, said the angry tone is not healthy but that politicians must learn to adapt to the new reality.
"It's our challenge as a democracy to figure it out and still be leaders," he said. "... It's just harder."
Associated Press writers Judy Lin in Sacramento, Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus, Ohio, and Martiga Lohn in St. Paul, Minn., contributed to this report.


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Popeyes Rip'n Chick'n is a whole chicken breast cut into tenders only partially, and left intact at the base for rip-able strips. It's marinated with a blend of cayenne, habanero, white and black peppers, and then is hand battered, breaded, and cooked up in Popeyes signature crispy batter. To cool it off, Rip'n Chick'n is served with a side of buttermilk Ranch Sauce for dip'n.
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Visit www.Popeyes.com/ripn to activate and start turn'n each "-ing" into an "'n." To celebrate the return of Rip'n Chick'n, consumers can start read'n rip'd up web copy by drag'n the Rip'n icon to their bookmarks bar, go'n to their favorite websites, and click'n the Rip'n Chick'n tab. The bookmarklet, developed by the restaurant's digital agency Campbell Mithun, turns everyday content into a surpris'n and entertain'n experience.
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- "Mom pleads not guilty to allow'n daughter in tann'n booth"
- "Giant cannibal shrimp invasion grow'n"
- "Economic output: eas'n from prior quarter, but maintain'n sustainable pace"
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"Popeyes Rip'n Chick'n is a great portion of our zesty boneless chicken with a kick that can be eaten alone, or shared with your favorite people," Munoz says. "We wanted to share the fun of this product with our fans online across the globe and on the ground in cities across America. We are drop'n the G's all over but most importantly in your local Popeyes!"


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Kerry Wood Ready to Return to Cubs Organization, Doesn't Want to Come Alone
Although his re-signing in the offseason made for a feel-good storyline, Kerry Wood's big league career came to an end in May after time and arm troubles contributed to a decline in stuff.
The retired great isn't ready to leave baseball, though. He hinted at a desire to stick with the Cubs in some capacity back when he retired, and it sounds like he's getting closer to returning in some formal way.
"We've kicked some ideas around," Wood said of his future role with the Cubs organization, according to Sahadev Sharma. "[I've] met with and talked to Theo about it. We're all kinda on the same page and I'm sure we'll get something done soon and work out all the details. [I] definitely want to be around and definitely want to be involved. In what aspect, we'll figure that out probably this Winter."
You can expect to see Wood at Spring Training, at a minimum, working with young pitchers, helping them improve and harness their stuff. From there, it's possible Wood could continue to work in an instructor role, or in the front office (which, a la Greg Maddux, could also involve some roving instruction).
And he hopes he's not the only former Cub who returns to the organization, mentioning guys like Maddux, Mark Grace, Ryne Sandberg, and Sammy Sosa.
"Hopefully we'll get Ryno back," Wood said. "Actually, it wouldn't be bad thing to see Sammy [Sosa] come around too. He did a lot for this organization and a lot for this city. It'd be a shame for him not to come back."
Sandberg just finished another season managing the Phillies' AAA team, and is expected to be considered for a big league job in that organization (either manager or coach) soon. Sosa hasn't done much in organized baseball since retiring five years ago. His time with Cubs was a bit tainted at the end, when, after a late-season collapse (freaking LaTroy Hawkins and Victor Diaz), Sosa left early on the last day of the season. Couple that with ill memories of the corking incident, his playing decline, and his connection to steroid allegations, and Sosa has become something of an afterthought among fans when they recall the Cubs greats of recent memory.
With some time passed, I think it's fair to believe that Sammy would be welcomed back should he want to return to the organization in some role (probably more ceremonial than anything).


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With Book 3 in the hands of my beta reader, last week I treated myself to seven days of mostly just reading. It was wonderful, relaxing, and with hubby out of town, very quiet. Just me and the cat, and dinner out with friends one night. This week will be different. I need to get started on the book description, and a list of authors to contact for blurbs. If anyone wants to volunteer, feel free!
Then there's still the title, of course. Epiphanies and lightning bolts of ideas are in short supply around here. I keep waiting for the perfect words to fall from the sky and appear…somewhere. Billboards, songs, books I'm reading – still nothing, so far. The waiting continues.
This past weekend was Keanu Reeves-themed – not planned, it just kind of happened. On Saturday, hubby and I saw John Wick 3. Not as good as the first one, in my opinion, but still a darn good summer movie. On Netflix, we watched Always Be My Maybe, a rom-com (hubby loves them), in which Keanu has a small role and plays 'an extreme comedic version of himself'. Trust me, it's hilarious. The movie was enjoyable, and if you're a fan of rom-coms, I'd recommend watching it. I've been a Reeves fan since Point Break, and was also thrilled to hear he's voicing a character in Toy Story 4 – which I hope to see in the next couple of weeks.
Several weeks back, I mentioned Black Summer, a zombie apocalypse show on Netflix. After watching the first four episodes, I decided these characters were too stupid to live, and I was rooting for the zombies. Weeks passed, and I gave it another chance. Stupidity is still rampant, but there are also plot holes big enough for a zombie horde to easily pass through. Verdict: I'm done. Life is too short.


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Design submitted by Romain from France.
Romain says: I had the idea of this watch by seeing an international clock with 8 dials for 8 cities: New york, Paris, Tokyo… and I decided to do a watch with 8 dials.
The "8 Dials" watch is obviously composed of 8 analog dials, like 8 classic wall clocks. The first 4 dials show the hour, the other 4 dials show minutes. To teel the time, you have to imagine that the hands are extended on the LCD screen which surrounds the dials. But if you want an easier reading, there is a reveal mode with the lcd display
I think this watch is for those who want an hybrid watch : analog and lcd display, and those who like classic but nevertheless original watches.
This watch is different from other because it look like 8 classics analog clocks, but the time isn't shown directly by the dial hands, like most watches


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Ernie Harwell
Legendary broadcaster Ernie Harwell passed away Tuesday. While the cancer silenced the voice, it cannot touch his legacy. A legacy of character and faith that outweighs a legendary career.
In 2007, I was in my room at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. It was only moments after I had been introduced as the new television voice of the Brewers. My mind was racing with pride and doubt, excitement and fear. I was sitting on the bed wondering what in the world I'd gotten myself into…trying to digest just how dramatically my life was about to change. Then, the hotel phone rang. I picked it up expecting the Front Desk. Instead, a deep, booming, unmistakable voice came pouring through. "Mr. Anderson, this is Ernie Harwell calling from Michigan." I was shocked and silent. This was a voice I knew well. I had spent hundreds of hours listening to Ernie's play-by-play. I had a dozen cassette tapes of his games and had mimicked his delivery down to the "looooong gone" during my early years in broadcasting in San Antonio.
There was "the voice" on the phone. My first congratulatory call came from my broadcasting hero Ernie Harwell!
His call came eight years after I spent a memorable evening with him in Arlington, Texas. Lance Parrish, then the Tigers hitting coach, knew my admiration of Ernie and arranged a meet and greet during a Tigers/Rangers series. We met at the team hotel and five minutes into our conversation, Ernie invited me to spend the evening "shadowing" him at the ballpark. He said, "It might do you some good, if you don't mind hanging out with an old-timah." I jumped at the chance and was right by his side from pre-game prep to the post game wrap. Ernie was so gracious and willing to share. But when the day was done, our paths did not cross again – until the phone rang at the Pfister.
"Brian, I remember you." Ernie continued. "I want to congratulate you, young man!" "I'm sure you have a lot to think about but I want you to know that you belong in the big leagues. Welcome to the club!" Ernie then went on to tell me how much he loved Milwaukee and how much he missed traveling there after the Brewers changed leagues. He told me how nervous he was during his first year with the Brooklyn Dodgers and warned me that I'd be fighting some "jittuhs." He admitted that he worked his entire career with a healthy dose of paranoia about not being good enough (Crazy, I know!) and shared his affection for the Midwest despite growing up in the South, like I did. "You're going to love working up here," he said. "The people are friendly and passionate about their teams. Just be honest and be yourself and you'll fit right in. You might want to buy a heavy coat, though!"
I have always thought of Ernie Harwell as the perfect broadcaster. Having known him, I found out he's as close to a perfect man as we mortals can be. Before I met Ernie, I wasn't sure how to live in this fantasy world without losing one's family, faith and peace of mind. He kept all of those intact at a "hall of fame" level while soaring to the top of his industry. As impossible as it sounds, Ernie Harwell was a better man than he was a broadcaster.
Every time the Brewers travelled to Detroit, I called him. He joined me on the air in 2007 during Justin Verlander's no-hitter against the Brewers. "That'll teach ya!" he says. I spoke to him last June and he was pleased to tell me that (at age 91) he just signed a 10 year contract with a 10 year option as a spokesman for a large corporation. Classic Ernie!
Ernie Harwell passed away Tuesday at the age of 92. When I heard the news of his illness, I wasn't sad. I smiled. I know where his "next adventure," as he puts it, is headed.
Today, Ernie Harwell fans all over the world, like me, mourn the loss of a great man and mentor. I was blessed to know him. He set a gold standard for character.
Mr. Harwell, thanks for taking the time to make an impact on me. I'll do my best to follow your lead, both on the air and on the ground.


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Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been declared bankrupt in a London court over unpaid bills of 65,000 pounds (Rs 53 lakh approx) owed to a private security firm.
According to a report in 'The Telegraph' daily, the order was passed last month and comes at a time when Modi is awaiting the judgment from a libel trial with the retired New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns. Modi owes the Page Group, an international securities and risk assessment company, fees for services provided in 2010.
Modi in his defence, said "Until the order was served, I was completely unaware of any outstanding monies. I have not seen any previous demands but since it came to my attention, I've even offered to lodge the sum being claimed with the court pending clarity. But for some reason, that was refused, by the company concerned."
The former BCCI vice-president and cricket entrepreneur, who now lives in London, feels that it is an attempt to gain cheap publicity by the securities firm. Stuart Page, the company's chairman, said: "It's unfortunate that we have come to this situation but Modi has given us no other option. We gave Modi a number of security services in relation to threats made against him and his family. We submitted a number of invoices which were not paid."
Page further stated: "(Our) attempts to reach a settlement with Modi were to no avail and we were forced to take the action we have taken." A hearing will be held in London shortly when Modi will attempt to have the order set aside.
"It is a ridiculous waste of everyone's time and I can only assume it is being done in an attempt to gain some sort of publicity at my expense. Any suggestion that this order means I am unable to pay is equally ridiculous," Modi said.
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A capital time for tweeting, plus: when to shoot a moose
Buy Shoes On Wednesday and Tweet at 4:00 is a new advice book that tells the reader the best possible time to get everything done, from flossing one's teeth to visiting Zanzibar. As a public service, I've used the information provided in that book to create an ideal day.
First thing in the morning, start a daily ritual that will become a habit (you're more likely to stick with it); go to the car wash (it's less crowded and the machinery is cleaner); and ride your horse (he'll have more energy at that hour and won't get overheated).
Between six and eight, pick strawberries (that's the time of day the plants are strongest) and hunt (more animals are out at that hour, so you're more likely to kill something).
At seven, take a break to update your Facebook page. ("Just shot a moose! About to breakfast on tasty moose hash and fresh strawberries.") Your friends are logging on as they wake up, and are more likely to read it.
Then shave (if you cut yourself, you'll lose less blood) and hold a garage sale (you'll get more customers).
If you live in a high-crime neighborhood, make sure to get to the ATM before nine. (You're less likely to be mugged.)
As the morning wears on, you can go bowling (it's cheaper), exercise for weight loss (you'll burn more calories), get a massage (your massage therapist will have more energy), and get a colonoscopy (the doc is more likely to find abnormal growths, if they do exist).
At eleven, stop to buy a diamond. (That's when sales staffs in jewelry stores are most fresh and focused and likely to provide good service.)
And in the late morning—sing! (Your vocal cords will be nicely warmed up.)
Maybe you can make up a song about your colonoscopy.
Get your nails done in the afternoon. (They'll have plenty of time to dry, and the salon will be less crowded.)
Then, at three, interview for a job. (You'll be most likely to be remembered by your not-yet-exhausted interviewer.)
In the late afternoon, it's best to knit. (Your hand/eye coordination is at its peak).
But make sure you don't knit DURING the job interview.
At four, vacuum your house (your mood and energy will both be up) and mow the lawn (the grass is dry and easier to cut). Then post a tweet. ("Just mowed the lawn and vacuumed my house!")
At five, post on Facebook. ("Got the job! Snacked on moose leftovers. And I'm almost done with this lovely hand-knitted afghan for my horse.") Your friends will read it as they check in before leaving work.
In the evening, take your dog for a run (you're more relaxed and he's less likely to get overheated). Then brush his teeth. (After the run, he'll be more compliant.) Then purchase a gerbil. (They're nocturnal, so gerbil-shopping in the evening gives you a better idea of what they're like than during the day, when they're sleepy and sluggish.)
At seven, teach someone to drive on the highway (There's less traffic, so it's safer.)
At eight, read to your child. (Perhaps a book about how to take care of a new gerbil. Or a fairy tale about a horse and a gerbil who become best pals.)
At ten, do the laundry (power is cheaper off-peak).
If you don't want to do the laundry, you've got a great excuse. Ten is also the best time to go to bed. (It's good for your health to sleep from 10 to 6.)
But, before you drift off to dreamland, don't forget to floss. (You're less likely to rush, and the inside of your mouth will be clean while you sleep.)
Sweet dreams! Maybe you'll dream about visiting Zanzibar. (If so, keep in mind that the best month for that is July.)
This essay ran previously on womensvoicesforchange.org.
Roz Warren's work also appears in The New York Times and The Funny Times.
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Lewis, Carl
Lewis, Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis), 1961–, American sprinter and jumper, b. Birmingham, Ala. A star in high school and at the Univ. of Houston, he became possibly the greatest track athlete of all time. After winning three gold medals at the World Championships in Helsinki in 1983, he went on at the 1984 Summer Olympics to match Jesse Owens's record by winning four gold medals (the 100-m and 200-m sprints, the long jump, and the 4×100-m relay). He also won three medals—two gold and one silver—at the 1988 Olympic games, two gold again in 1992, and another gold in 1996, tying the record for most gold medals overall (nine). He retired in 1997.
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Stan Collymore forged a reputation as a formidable English Premier League striker before building a career as one of Britain's most recognizable football broadcasters.
On Thursday, the former Liverpool and England goalscorer made his debut for the CNN Football Club.
Collymore scored 97 goals in a career which spanned a decade, including 26 in 61 games for Liverpool.
Since hanging up his boots in 2001, Collymore has become well-known for his forthright views on television, radio and social media.
On CNN FC, he was alongside former France and Paris Saint-Germain winger David Ginola to debate the forthcoming European Champions League semifinals, which see Barcelona take on Bayern Munich and Real Madrid face Borussia Dortmund.
The duo, alongside host Pedro Pinto, also debated this week's poll question, which asks, do Bayern Munich need Josep Guardiola?
Vote in the poll above and don't forget to tune in to the CNN Football Club on CNN International at 1600 GMT on Thursdays.
You can also have your say by following our @CNNFC Twitter account or visiting the show's Facebook page.
What scottish team would Stan have signed for, and I would just like to compliment him for his radio phone he doesn't hold back no matter who the team
Scott Anderson
Do think Aston Villa will survive what has been a torrid season?
What is your opinion on the last two nil-nil draws for Liverpool, do you think they were unlucky not to win due to the amount of shots and great goalkeeping or is it a problem within the team and/or coaching staff?
Stan, at what point do you think the MLS will be a viable signing option for a player like you in your heyday? How many years off before MLS becomes a top league, if ever?
Stan, who's the best defender you've ever played against during your career?
still consider you you one of LFC best strikers, too bad the crap that followed. Thanks glad you still involved
It's a joy to listen to the insights of Stan. Was a wonderful footballer who excelled in the art of making constructive decisions when in sight of the goal posts. All the best to the broadcaster.


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Prayers for Moscow
The Associate Press reports yet another act of senseless violence–disrupting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people–this time tragedy has struck Moscow. Visit here for the details.
What I typed instantly into the Twitter box when I read the news is perhaps the most genuine comment that can be made on the behalf of the citizens of Lahore and indeed, Pakistan.
Marsonearth on Twitter:
Prayers for #Moscow from #Lahore – there are no words that will lessen your grief. http://bit.ly/9Y7Doe


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February 9, 2010, - 4:08 pm
Hope You're Not in a Hurry: Meet Your Muslim Bus Driver
If you're in a hurry and don't want your public bus ride to seem like a possible Islamic terrorist attack, you might wanna make sure the driver ain't Muslim before you hop aboard. If a Muslim dude can get away with this in Britain, he can get away with it here. The only difference between the two countries is ugly royalty, bad fish and chips, and more cloudy skies and effeminate men. But, as for bowing to Islamic extremism and intolerance, we're only a few years behind and fast in, um, "catching up."
My suggestion for a new slogan for the Transport for London bus system: Ah, diversity–whatta trip!
A Muslim bus driver stunned passengers by pulling over mid-route and beginning to pray in the aisle.
The driver stopped the bus without warning before removing his shoes and, using a fluorescent jacket as a prayer mat, beginning to chant in Arabic.
Passengers said they feared the driver could be preparing for a terror attack.
No one was able to get on or off the vehicle during the five-minute prayer session.
Passenger Gayle Griffiths complained to Transport for London about the bizarre incident on the No.24 bus in Gospel Oak, north London, this week.
Mother-of-one Miss Griffiths, 33, of Camden, north-west London, had boarded the bus a few minutes earlier on her way home from work.
She says that she even feared at the time that the driver might be a fanatic planning to blow up the bus. . . .
'We had just picked up and let off people at a bus stop and moved off again when the driver stopped the bus very suddenly.
'He got out of his cab, leaving the engine running, and walked towards the middle exit door.
'He laid out a fluorescent jacket on the floor and I thought that somebody must have been sick and he was covering it up. . . .
'Then he took off his shoes and began praying. I was gobsmacked and quite bewildered.' . . .
Transport for London said . . . 'TfL and the individual bus operating companies acknowledge and value the diversity of their staff.
Talent on loan from allah. Like I said, "Ah, diversity." And in the interest of it, perhaps they should employ some pedophiles, and allow them sudden stops to molest kids. You know, who are we to judge? Everyone's different. And a bus driver's got needs.
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I read the headline "Ob*sity's Hidden Job Costs – 73 Billion". As someone with a background in research methods (and who is both ginormous and really productive) my first thought was "How did they come upon that number?" I looked up a bunch of different articles online to make sure that they were all reporting the same basic thing, and they were.
So I went to the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and paid $20 for the article, which was titled "The Costs of Obesity in the Workplace."
Allow me to attempt to elucidate, it won't be easy because this study is kind of a cluster F&$#. I'll start with some basics, and include the longer more detailed nerdy explanation (that I love so much) at the end.
The study looked at three factors: Medical Cost, Absenteeism (not showing up to work) and Presenteeism (being at work but being unproductive). According to my spell check, presenteeism isn't a word but we're going to go with it for now.
According to the articles that I read online, the study was out of Duke University. That's true – the lead author is Eric Finkelstein, an associate professor at Duke-National University of Singapore.
Under "acknowledgments" it says "This study was supported by Allergan, Inc." It lists that as an acknowledgment, and that's a problem for me because it should be listed as a conflict of interest. Why?
"Supported" here has the meaning of "funded by".
Allergan is a pharmaceutical company. They produce Botox, Latisse (it will grow your eyelashes and don't worry, that eye discoloration is probably temporary) and…wait for it…the LapBand. The item used to constrict your stomach as a weight loss surgery option.
Allergan is currently using this study from the good people of Duke Singapore to convince health insurance companies to encourage and pay for lap band surgery because it's "cheaper than the loss productivity". Astonishingly [sarcasm meter is a 9 out of 10] according to this study, the cost of obesity per person was more than the cost of lap band procedures. Let me muster up some shock… Sorry – I've got nothing.
The study used two sources:
The 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey where BMI data is self-reported, and the 2008 National Health and Wellness Survey which is a series of self-administered internet-based questions fielded by 63,000 members of an internet based consumer panel. Every piece of information is self-reported and unverified. The $73 billion is an estimated projection based upon statistics that were created by doing computations with statistics and estimates, and statistics of other statistics. There are issues in the collection of data, the control of variables, the use of data (the study authors feel that the words "obesity" and "health problems" are scientifically interchangeable, that fat people's health problems may be assumed to be caused by fatness, and utilizes BMI which has any number of problems as a statistic in and of itself which I talk about more here), and the conclusions that they drew.
The fact that news agencies reported this information as true without bringing up the limitations and issues is deplorable. Studies are suggesting that obese people already make less than their peers and are turned down for jobs based on prejudices about weight. Now companies may think that they have scientific proof to back up their bias. How many of them are going to pay $20 to read and understand a complicated study?
As always, may I suggest that you DO NOT need to believe everything that you are told is science, and DO NOT need to take this personally or allow it to affect how you feel about yourself, your health, or your productivity in any way.
Here come the details:
Medical Expenses
The calculation of this is statistically complicated because of the data. To speak in the vernacular of the peasantry, the data sucks. Basically they used a two part estimate that created four categories of overweightness (hey, if they can make up words so can I) based on the self reported weight. "Normal weight" were the omitted reference group They controlled for race, household income, education, insurance coverage, marital status and smoking. They subtracted the average predicted medical expenditures for "ob*se" individuals in each category from the average predicted expenditures for those of "normal" weight. Then they multiplied that estimated number times the number of people in each category and added them up and extrapolated based on the estimate of the total number of ob*se Americans.
First of all, notice the number of times that the words estimate, average, and predicted appear in that explanation. If I had more free time I would be doing a word count to give you an exact percentage of the number of words that are used in this study that essentially mean "um, maybe…", there are many.
They also didn't control for any genetic health issues, or health issues that aren't even correlated to weight. They didn't control for, or even mention weight stigma, weight cycling, and healthcare inequalities, all of which studies show can have a profound influence on fat people's health. They appear to have assumed that any medical problems that obese people had over and above what normal weight people had were due to fatness. They appear to have assumed that normal weight people's health issues weren't related to the same things that cause weight problems in overweight and obese people. That's just embarrassingly bad science.
Absenteeism and Presenteeism
This is my "favorite" (and by "favorite" of course I mean most rage inducing.) These were measured based on a question that asked people "During the last seven days, how many hours did you miss from work because of your health problems?" and "During the past seven days, how much did your health problems affect your productivity while you were working?" Participants indicated their level of work impairment via a rating scale ranging from 0 to 10. Each response was assumed to represent a percentage reduction in productive work. Then they annualized and monetized the predictions using age and gender specific wage data from the bureau of labor and statistics.
Respondents weren't talking about how much work they missed or productivity they lost due to their weight, they were answering about their health problems. What they can reasonably conclude here is that people with health problems have more absenteeism and presenteeism than do people without health problems. The study's authors are basically substituting "ob*sity" (and by that they actually mean high BMI) for "health problems" . You can do that I guess, but you probably shouldn't do it while calling yourself a scientist and your freshman research methods teacher would fail you on the assignment.
Then, they computed statistics using statistics, and statistics of statistics. Dude. They used a 7 day sample to calculate a year's worth of data. Once again, they assumed that any absenteeism or presenteeism over and above what "normal weight" people had was due to fatness. Except that "overweight" men reported less presenteeism than "normal" weight men. That was not reported in any news outlet that I could find EXCEPT the study itself and they gloss over it.
If I had turned this work in for my very first intro level freshman research methods class I would probably have failed the assignment and possibly been asked to leave the program because of specific incompetence and general stupidity. You don't have to feel bad about yourself or your productivity- you are fine. Feel embarrassed for the scientists who put their name on this. I hope that they are the laughing stock of Singapore.


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The Beets:
6 equal-size medium beets, washed and greens trimmed
2 cups pareve chicken stock
1 cup dry white wine
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 yellow onion, quartered
1 knob fresh ginger
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
Beet Vinaigrette:
6 tablespoons reserved beet braising liquid
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon plus 1-1/2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
1-1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary leaves
1-1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
8 cups arugula, butter lettuce or romaine
1 goat cheese round (about 8 ounces)
1 cup glazed pecan pieces
To roast the beets: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Set the beets in a roasting pan in a single layer. Pour in the stock, wine, brown sugar, the 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, onion, ginger, salt and the 1 tablespoon olive oil. Cover the pan tightly with aluminum foil. Roast the beets until they are tender, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Transfer the beets with tongs to a clean cutting board to cool. Reserve 6 tablespoons of the beet braising liquid for the vinaigrette.
Wearing rubber gloves to prevent red fingertips, if desired, cut off the beets' green "stubble" ad skinny tails. Hold the beets under cool running water to loosen the skins, then slip them off. Set the beets aside.
To make the vinaigrette:
Whisk together the reserved 6 tablespoons beet braising liquid, lemon juice, white wine and balsamic vinegars, rosemary, mustard, salt, pepper and the ½ cup olive oil.
To assemble the salad:
Cut the beets into bite size pieces. Toss with the salad greens in a large bowl. Cut the goat cheese into pieces and add to salad. Sprinkle in glazed pecans and drizzle with vinaigrette.


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Radioactive leak found in reactor at S. Carolina nuclear plant, one of largest in US
Radioactive leak found in reactor at S. Carolina nuclear plant, one of largest in US
A reactor at one of the nation's largest nuclear power plants has been taken offline due to a radioactive leak within a containment building.
"Out of an abundance of caution," service was temporarily removed from Unit 1 at the Oconee Nuclear Station in western South Carolina early Monday, according to ONS spokeswoman B.J. Gatten.
A robot was used to confirm the leak over the weekend after it was first suspected Friday night inside Unit 1's containment facility, Gatten said.
Less than one tenth of a gallon of radioactive material is leaking per minute, though it is not yet known how long the leak has existed, she said, according to WYFF.
The leak remains solely inside the containment building, a steel-lined, airtight area with concrete walls several feet thick. No one works inside the containment building, Gatten said.
The leak is subject to ongoing repairs and analysis, though there is no estimate for when it will go back online.
Gatten claims the leak will not put any employees or the public in danger, nor will it affect service.
The leak has been reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, she said. A Commission report said Unit 1 was running at full power Friday.
Unit 2 at ONS was offline already for routine refueling, leaving one reactor – Unit 3 – online Monday.
ONS is run by Duke Energy, and began operation in 1973 with an initial expiration date in 2013, per 40-year regulatory standards. However, its license was extended for an additional 20 years – only the second reactor to earn such a renewal – and is now scheduled to expire in 2033.
The power plant is located on Lake Keowee near Seneca, South Carolina. Its energy output is over 2,500 megawatts – enough electricity to power 1.9 million homes, according to Duke Energy.


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Who Are Those Guys #2
September 20, 2010
Okay, let's make this a regular feature.
Does anybody recognize these two uncredited character actors? The frame grabs are from "Big Jake," a 1961 episode of The Barbara Stanwyck Show (and an unsold pilot for a semi-comedic cop show starring Andy Devine).
Paul Bryar is on the right. Who's the fellow on the left?
And how about this guy?
As always, leave me the answers in the comments!
10 Responses to "Who Are Those Guys #2"
September 20, 2010 at 10:31 pm
I don't know any of the three guys. But how about a few lines about Frank Lovejoy? He was in a lot of crummy, mediocre Universal and Warners movies in the fifties. He seems to have disappeared by around 1960. To me his great triumph was a show called Meet McGraw. For years afterward I found myself humming the theme song from the show which was used incessantly. Recently I acquired some episodes from an internet bootlegger. Discovered the theme song was actually an incomplete fragment of One For My Baby, a song I became acquainted with years later, but could never connect to the song fragment I heard on Meet McGraw. Do you supposed the composers gave the show a copyright deal on the song because they only used a third of the hook?
September 22, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Bottom photo is Lennie Bremen. It looks like he's playing a cabbie in that shot. He also played a lot of truck drivers, construction workers, and gangsters, both in comedies and dramas. I'm not sure about the guy will Paul Bryar. It looks a little like Richard Devon, but Devon would have been billed at this time in his career. I'll have to study the photo some more… hope this helps… I'm enjoying this feature !
September 24, 2010 at 8:01 am
The one on the left looks a little like Arthur Batanides.
September 26, 2010 at 10:13 am
How about that Bing Crosby film of the 1960 World Serious Last Game, shot off a TV screen at his home in Hillsboro, while he was in Paris? What surprises me is that it didn't have time bars in it. I'll have to read a piece about it. A lot of the great old stuff done live between 1948 and 1960, on TV, was simply destroyed, or, after the advent of videotape from ampex in 1957, recorded over. Most of Jack Paar's and Steve Allan's Tonight Shows were lost by being destroyed. Paar managed to keep some of them himself by having an engineer make kinescopes of them by filming directly off the studio monitors. That's how Jackie Gleason was able to keep a complete set of the Honeymooners, but not all of his variety shows, which he thought less of, so didn't keep.. Did you know that George C. Scott played the lead in a live version of Maxwell Anderson's Winterset in 1957. NBC kept a videotape of it for awhile, but eventually reused the video to tape Carson's show. Since there have been something like 200 or more network affiliates, many of them with kinescope equipment going all the way back to 1948, there's still a chance that a lot of this stuff has been preserved, just not unearthed from the attics where it presently resides. There have to be some very rich folks with the money, like Bing, to buy film equipment for home use, that filmed stuff right off TV back then. There is a time difference between film and video that produces a hum bar when you look at a film made of live or even recorded television. There are software and electronic ways to eliminate that hum bar now that weren't around a long time ago. So even a tape filled with hum bars can be fixed. I'd like to see George C. Scott in Winterset.
September 26, 2010 at 4:07 pm
"'World Series' … let's see, that's basketball, right?"
Not sure, I'll have to give the matter some further study!
September 26, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Re: Hum Bars. Bing's copy doesn't have hum bars because the article states he had the kinescope made by a company that performed that kind of service and would have had the correct equipment. Networks and professional kinescope organizations used specialized equipment (modified shutters, 30-minute film magazines etc.)to accomodate the differences between 30fps television images vs. film's 24 fps.
February 8, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Sorry, it took some time to locate a name, but it really looks like Michael Pate. My Mom and I were watching Return of the Gunfighter 1967 with Robert Taylor. Michael Pate was born Edward John Pate in Drummoyne,Sydney. You can find more info on him on "Wikipedia" Active years were 1940-1996. I hope this helps. I do like this feature as my Mom and I like the classic movies of days gone by. :-)


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Ernest Hemingway once said, "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."
The people who attended the Jersey City Writers workshop on April 30 got a similar message about publishing.
"Publishing," said Carol Deminski, "is a lot work."
At the same time, said Meg Merriet, one of three panelists brought together to talk about how they got published, getting accepted – regardless of how big or small the publication – is a thrill.
The event hosted by Jersey City Writers (JCW) brought together the panel and discussion at the Indiegrove book store in Jersey City about how to get their short stories published.
Approximately a dozen writers braved a torrential downpours to get some clue as to how to approach one of the most arduous tasks writers face.
"You get rejected a lot," Deminski said. "But if you keep getting form rejections and don't get more personal comments from editors, then you have to take a closer look at what you are sending them."
Carol Deminski has been published in small press literary magazines including Word Riot, PANK, Metaze, Dogzplot, and Foundling Review.
Moderator Adriana Rambay Fernández, a former award-winning journalist at the Hudson Reporter, and a writer and communications professional since 1998, asked the panel questions of common concern before opening it up to questions from the audience.
Although there were common themes all three panelists talked about, some questions were specific. Nancy Méndez-Booth, a fiction writer and teacher of Latina/Latino literature and culture, was asked if she wrote in Spanish or English.
A writer with work appearing in print and on line for publications that include Jet Fuel Review, KGB Bar Lit Magazine, Philadelphia Stories, and Poets & Writers, she said she writes in English although tries to convey a sense of Latin culture.
Merriet, a writer of short stories, novels and plays, recently had her story "The Bedfellow" published in the Spring 2014 issue of The Antigonish Review, a literary journal produced by St. Francis Xavier University. She also agreed that a writer summiting material needed to be organized, but also emphasized the need to present quality work.
Each brought a slightly different perspective to the discussion. Deminski also did a video presentation that outlined her methodology, in particular organizing tools and sage advice when submitting material.
"Submitting is not easy," she said.
Computers and various websites can aid a writer, but ultimately, the writer had to dedicate time and energy to the effort, bleeding over the keyboard in much the way Hemingway said a writer should over a typewriter.
All three talked about how to submit stories, and how to find the right market for what you right, even briefly speaking about how to shape work to a particular market.
The workshop kicked off JCW's "Submit It or Quit It" month-long event in which JCW challenges its member writers to submit their works for publication.
"The idea," said Racial Poy, co-chair of JCW, "is to get the works out from the bottom of your drawer or wherever you put them and get them published."
Getting small works published in periodicals can pave the way for getting recognition for larger works, said Mendez-Booth, who hopes her publishing credits will lead to getting a publisher or a literary agent.
Upcoming events
Jersey City Writers is a community of dedicated writers who seek to develop and explore their craft. Writers are often very isolated, so the the group provides them with a social setting that allows them to share ideas and space.
JCW meets on three days a week, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Twice a month they host a writer's workshop, and twice a month they host a night of writer's prompts. JCW plans to host a number of workshops and special events this spring. These events are designed to inspire writers in a fun and social setting to write.
Whispers of an Apparition: Literary Reading of Paranormal Fiction will be held on Saturday, May 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Third & Vine, 353 Third St. with $5 recommended fee at door.
Inspired by love for all things paranormal, JCW is putting together a celebration of the genre. The event features award-winning novelist Leanna Renee Hieber, author of The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker and Darker Still of the Magic Most Foul series. Additionally, there will be readings of select pieces of paranormal flash fiction from local writers. For more information or to register for the event, go to: http://on.fb.me/1pTPABt.
A Full Story Launch Event/Mixer will be held on Wed. May 14 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Zepplin Hall, 88 Liberty View Dr. the event is free. The launch event, a form of "Speed-Dating" for novelists, is designed to bring like-minded novelists together who can offer one another encouragement, accountability, and feedback throughout the process of finishing their novel.
Attendees are asked to give a 30-second pitch of their novel. For more information, go to: http://on.fb.me/1fVGt9L.
Adriana Rambay Fernández, a freelance writer and yoga teacher, is leading the Yoga and Writing workshop at Yoga Shunya, 275 Grove St., 3rd Fl, on May 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. This is designed to get writers' creative juices flowing with basic yoga postures, breathing exercises, and meditation. There is a recommended fee of $10 at the door.
"Most of the events are by donation to support the ongoing activities of the volunteer-based group," Fernandez said. "No one is turned away if they don't have the suggested contribution amount."
To learn more or register for the event, go to: http://bit.ly/1kr2oqK.
Non-fiction night will be held on Monday, June 9 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. atJohn's Kitchen Cafe, 109 Columbus Dr. This is a bi-monthly workshop to help writers produce compelling nonfiction. Each night the group will review works from three members to offer advice for improvement. Meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. This is a free event.
For more information, go to: http://bit.ly/1iVAG3X.
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