China says 14 guilty of pollution protest violence

BEIJING (AP) ? China says 14 people have pleaded guilty to encouraging a violent mass protest that forced a local government to scrap a wastewater treatment project north of Shanghai.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the defendants were prosecuted Wednesday on charges of encouraging mass violence against government buildings and intentionally damaging property in Qidong city in Jiangsu province. Xinhua says the sentences will be announced later.

Thousands of people stormed a government compound and turned at least one police car on its side July 28. Xinhua says the defendants smashed office buildings and jumped on cars.

The protesters believed the wastewater from a papermaking plant would not be cleaned enough before being discharged into the sea.

Pollution has become a leading cause of unrest as more Chinese become outspoken about it.

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Ask the Experts: Can Aging Be Controlled?

Judith Campisi began her career studying cancer, but now investigates the molecular causes of aging Image: Berkeley Lab

Scientists have long thought that aging could be caused by molecular damage that accumulates in our bodies over the course of time. The damage is an unavoidable by-product of breathing oxygen and other metabolic processes that are necessary to life. Eventually, damaged cells stop working, or worse, adopt new functions that trigger cancerous growth or degrade important tissues in the brain, skin and other organs.

But as Melinda Wenner Moyer reports in the February issue of Scientific American, investigators have conducted several experiments over the past few years that challenge this so-called oxidative stress theory of aging. For example, a tiny mouselike creature known as the naked mole rat manages to live up to 30 years (about 10 times longer than a similarly sized mouse) despite accumulating a much greater level of oxidative damage in its tissues than other rodents.

These and other often surprising results have led to a boom in research on aging in the past few years, as investigators learn more about the inner workings of the cells at the molecular and genetic levels.

Scientific American spoke to Judith Campisi, a professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a quick overview of the field. You can read more about Campisi?s research on cell senescence as one possible cause of aging in the August 2012 issue of Scientific American.

[An edited transcript of the interview follows.]

Why is it so hard to figure out what causes aging?
In many ways we already know what causes aging. We just don't know what causes aging in the kind of molecular detail that would allow us to intervene in large meaningful ways. It's not even clear that once we solve those mysteries we will be able to intervene in aging or dramatically extend longevity.

I started my career studying cancer. Look at all the things we have learned since the 1970s about how cancers form in the body. And yet, still the best cures we have for most cancers are sledgehammers. Biology is complex?and this is a reality that the public has to come to grips with and our legislators have to come to grips with.

I predict aging will follow the same trajectory as cancer research. Why is aging so difficult to figure out? It's because it's a really tough problem. I think it's tougher than cancer. The time has come to really wallow in the complexities.

How many different causes of aging do you think there will turn out to be?
I don't think there will be hundreds of causes of aging. But I don't think there will be just one, either, or we would have gotten a handle on it by now. It's sort of like asking me what the stock market would be tomorrow. I could give you an answer but you'd be crazy to believe me!

How about just a couple causes of aging?
Well, we know that there is molecular damage and what I will refer to as genetic damage?although that doesn't necessarily mean a mutation. By genetic damage, I am referring to both changes in the genes themselves as well as in the epigenetic switches that regulate how the genes are expressed.

Why does this damage occur? Basically, there are two main reasons: One, breathing oxygen is dangerous to your health. Your body makes certain harmful compounds just as a result of breathing oxygen. Two, the cells inside your body make mistakes when they divide. Most of the cells in your body are not dividing at any given time. Many have the ability to divide but? don't. But when a cell does divide, it has to copy three billion base pairs of DNA exactly right. Inevitably mistakes happen and cells become damaged.

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Guantanamo defense lawyers want prison camp sleep-over

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Lawyers defending the Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks sought permission on Tuesday to spend 48 hours in the top-secret prison where the alleged al Qaeda conspirators have awaited trial for more than six years.

"You want to sleep with your client?" Army tribunal judge Colonel James Pohl asked one of the lawyers during a hearing, provoking snickers in the courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba.

Pohl said he had not intended to be flippant but was trying to pin down whether the military and civilian defense lawyers were asking to sleep on cots in their clients' cells. The five defendants, who skipped their pretrial hearing on Tuesday, are accused of training and aiding the hijackers who are accused of killing 2,976 people in the United States in 2001.

They are housed in "Camp 7," a maximum-security detention facility reserved for captives previously held in secret CIA prisons overseas. They are segregated from the general prisoner population in the facility, whose very existence was not publicly acknowledged until more than a year after their transfer to Guantanamo in 2006.

Navy Commander Walter Ruiz, a defense attorney for alleged al Qaeda money courier Mustafa al Hawsawi, said a two-day visit was needed to get an intimate understanding of the conditions of confinement.

Defense lawyers said harsh conditions could constitute illegal pretrial punishment, a potentially mitigating factor that could spare the defendants from the death penalty if they are convicted of war crimes that include terrorism, hijacking and attacking civilians. The lawyers want a 48-hour visit, plus follow-up visits every six months.

Prosecutors did not object to letting the defense into Camp 7 but said a two-day visit would be unduly disruptive. They proposed instead that the defense lawyers be allowed a one-time visit, during which they would not be allowed to speak to anyone except the personnel conducting the two-hour tour.

OFFER RIDICULED

The offer was ridiculed by Navy Commander Kevin Bogucki, who represents Ramzi Binalshibh, a Yemeni defendant accused of helping the hijackers enroll in flight training schools.

"It calls to mind the jungle cruise at Disneyland," Bogucki said, referring to the theme park ride where visitors are loaded onto boats that glide past elephants that are in fact mechanical imitations programmed to spout water on cue.

The judge did not immediately rule on the issue. But he did shed a glimmer of light as to who cut the audio-visual feed that provides limited public access to the hearings during Monday's session.

During all hearings involving former CIA captives, spectators watch the proceedings from behind a soundproof glass wall at the rear of the courtroom. They hear the sound on a 40-second delay, through a feed that also provides sound and video to journalists in the Guantanamo press center and to a couple of closed-circuit viewing sites on the U.S. East Coast.

A court security officer seated near the judge controls a button that muffles the feed with static when secret information is disclosed.

But it was someone outside the courtroom who killed the sound for a couple of minutes when David Nevin, a lawyer for the alleged mastermind of the hijacked plane plot, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, asked if the lawyers and judges should meet in closed session before considering a defense request to preserve the secret CIA prisons where the defendants were formerly held.

The judge was angry that someone had censored the hearing without his permission and defense lawyers said they were shocked to learn someone outside the courtroom was listening in, with a finger on the kill switch.

Pohl said there had been no valid basis for the interruption because Nevin was merely reading the title of a publicly released court motion. He told the lawyers that an agency he did not identify was monitoring the closed-circuit feed to make sure secrets were not disclosed.

The request to preserve the CIA prisons will not be heard until a February court session because the judge and lawyers are still debating whether the defendants can be present for a discussion of those facilities where they were formerly held.

(Editing by Tom Brown and Christopher Wilson)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/guantanamo-defense-lawyers-want-prison-camp-sleep-over-005724539.html

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Sex offenders are on the move

Public release date: 29-Jan-2013
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Geospatial technologies help track real-time movements of sex offenders

Convicted sex offenders continue to move freely within communities, including in restricted areas, despite laws designed to limit their movements. A new study, by Alan Murray from Arizona State University and colleagues, uses new tracking techniques to better understand the actual movements of sex offenders. This information can help develop effective strategies to promote public safety. The findings are published in a new book, Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies, published by Springer.

Sexual offenses, especially those committed against children, are of concern to both the public and policy makers. In response to these concerns, local, state and federal legislators in the US have passed a series of laws designed to reduce interaction between children and these potentially dangerous individuals. To date, the vast majority of research on sex offenders and residence restrictions deals with issues of housing availability and affordability. Very little work has focused on sex offender mobility, and residence trends in particular.

Murray and his team analyze sex offender residential movement patterns over a two and a half year period in Hamilton County, Ohio. They used geographic information systems and a developed exploratory system (SOSTAT)* to uncover spatial behavioral patterns, which give important insights into offender reintegration, their mobility within communities and the implications of restrictions on both offenders and the community.

Their analyses showed that sex offenders appear to be a very mobile group. Over the two and a half year period, 65 percent of registered offenders changed residences. Although there was a noticeable trend towards fewer offenders living in restricted zones overall, worryingly, nearly a third moved from non-restricted areas into restricted zones.

The authors conclude: "Over the years, changes in laws governing post-release activities of offenders were designed to monitor and track this group of individuals. Our study highlights that, despite these increasingly stringent laws, sex offenders move freely about communities and continue to reside in restricted residential areas. This mobility suggests that current policies may require modification to achieve their intended goals."

This example of the value of spatial analysis for crime analysis is featured in a new book Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies edited by Michael Leitner of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge (USA). The book tackles various types of crime and places them in a geospatial context. As well as posing interesting questions on crime in such a context, the chapters also discuss applications and implementations of geographic information systems.

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*Key components of SOSTAT include a map-based display, linked graphics, statistical measures and optimization models.

Reference

Murray AT et al (2013). "Convicted sex offender residential movements" from Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies; ISBN 978-94-007-4996-2 (Springer, 2013)

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Geospatial technologies help track real-time movements of sex offenders

Convicted sex offenders continue to move freely within communities, including in restricted areas, despite laws designed to limit their movements. A new study, by Alan Murray from Arizona State University and colleagues, uses new tracking techniques to better understand the actual movements of sex offenders. This information can help develop effective strategies to promote public safety. The findings are published in a new book, Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies, published by Springer.

Sexual offenses, especially those committed against children, are of concern to both the public and policy makers. In response to these concerns, local, state and federal legislators in the US have passed a series of laws designed to reduce interaction between children and these potentially dangerous individuals. To date, the vast majority of research on sex offenders and residence restrictions deals with issues of housing availability and affordability. Very little work has focused on sex offender mobility, and residence trends in particular.

Murray and his team analyze sex offender residential movement patterns over a two and a half year period in Hamilton County, Ohio. They used geographic information systems and a developed exploratory system (SOSTAT)* to uncover spatial behavioral patterns, which give important insights into offender reintegration, their mobility within communities and the implications of restrictions on both offenders and the community.

Their analyses showed that sex offenders appear to be a very mobile group. Over the two and a half year period, 65 percent of registered offenders changed residences. Although there was a noticeable trend towards fewer offenders living in restricted zones overall, worryingly, nearly a third moved from non-restricted areas into restricted zones.

The authors conclude: "Over the years, changes in laws governing post-release activities of offenders were designed to monitor and track this group of individuals. Our study highlights that, despite these increasingly stringent laws, sex offenders move freely about communities and continue to reside in restricted residential areas. This mobility suggests that current policies may require modification to achieve their intended goals."

This example of the value of spatial analysis for crime analysis is featured in a new book Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies edited by Michael Leitner of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge (USA). The book tackles various types of crime and places them in a geospatial context. As well as posing interesting questions on crime in such a context, the chapters also discuss applications and implementations of geographic information systems.

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*Key components of SOSTAT include a map-based display, linked graphics, statistical measures and optimization models.

Reference

Murray AT et al (2013). "Convicted sex offender residential movements" from Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Geospatial Technologies; ISBN 978-94-007-4996-2 (Springer, 2013)

The full-text chapter is available to journalists on request.

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Before career change, test drive a new profession

13 hrs.

Michelle V. Rafter , NBC News contributor

Some people quit whatever they?re doing to plunge headfirst into a new career.

As glamorous as it sounds to chuck everything for a new passion, it?s not practical. You need money to bankroll going back to school, start a business or make ends meet while working an entry-level job to switch a completely different profession. What if you decide that other industry isn?t for you? Back to square one.?Instead, employment experts suggest taking a career change for a test spin before committing to it 100 percent.

There are different ways to try before you buy. Volunteer or work pro bono to see if something?s the right fit. Work on a startup after hours until you?re earning enough to make it a full-time gig. Get the training and connections you need to start over by going back to school part?time.

?Trying something out first is important before investing in a whole new education,? says Paula Gregorowicz, a Philadelphia career coach who counsels small and women-owned businesses.

Here are the stories of three people who inched their way into a career change:

Back to (fashion) school
In her former job as a business consultant, Yasha Stelzner dressed for success. In the one she?s working toward, she aspires to help the fashion designers who create what she wears.

Stelzner, 38, already had an undergraduate degree and MBA when she went back to school to land a fashion-industry job. It was the quickest way to figure out which aspect of the business to focus on, and to get internships and connections that could lead to a job, Stelzner says. ?Not working in the industry, you?re just isolated from it,? she says. ?You don?t know who to talk to, the resources, it?s really hard. You could probably do it, but this just makes it easier, to embed yourself into the community.?

The San Francisco resident started attending classes at the city?s Academy of Art University in early 2011 while working part time in her old job. After taking a clothing construction course, she realized she could blend her business background and passion for fashion in a job as a product developer. People in those behind-the-scenes positions turn a designer?s sketches into patterns, fabrics and notions for a factory to produce the garments at a desired price.

School led to the industry connections and internships Stelzner hoped for. She?ll finish her masters of fine arts at the end of 2013, but already has picked up a few clients. She anticipates her first job will pay about what she was previously making, with the potential to make even more.

Her advice for going back to school for a career change: ?Don?t worry so much about the grade but what you need to learn, and keep your focus on that.?

A five-year transition
Moonlighting in a new job while working in an old one is one way to ease into a transition, but it can years.

Tony Magee?s journey from salesman to microbrewery owner took five years. Today, the 52-year-old is well-known in beer circles as the owner of Marin County, Calif.-based Lagunitas Brewing Co., which makes tasty brews like Dogtown Pale Ale and Cappuccino Stout. Before that, Magee was a sales rep for a Bay Area commercial printing company, and before that, a musician.

The beer bug bit after Magee got a homebrew kit for Christmas, tried it and was so enthralled, he decided to start a brewery. But even after some early successes, he didn?t quit his day job. ?I would get up at 3 a.m. and by 3:45 I was sitting in front of a Mac at Kinko?s working on labels and pamphlets,? he says. ?I?d go to the brewery until 9 when my printing customers started showing up, and then I?d start that job.?

A long span from one career to another can take a toll. While Magee worked two jobs, the 100-hour work weeks almost ended his marriage. After a few years, his wife joined him at the brewery, which helped. Now she runs the company?s plant, logistics and hiring. ?The life that it represents helped keep us together, and that?s a good thing,? he says.

Two decades after he started, Lagunitas has grown to 200 employees and sells beer in 38 states. Magee is getting ready to open a second brewery in Chicago to expand even more.

To people contemplating a career change, Magee suggests working hard and having faith in yourself that things will be OK. ?Every lesson you learned in life will apply to everything else,? he says.

Doing the homework
You won?t know for sure what a new career is like until you research it.?

Anne Fleming routinely did research and product development as the senior marketing director for a Pittsburgh decorative lighting company, so before deciding to jump to a new career as a small-business owner, she spent two years investigating it.?

Fleming?s experience buying a car got her interested in creating a website where women could share their own stories about purchasing an?auto, reviews that?other women could then?use to become better negotiators. As part of her research, Fleming wrote a marketing plan, got help from the University of Pittsburgh?s small-business development center, hired a marketing firm and in 2008 launched the website, Women-Drivers.com.

She worked on the site in her spare time until 2009, when the lighting company was acquired and laid off 31 of 36 employees, including her. Fleming used her severance, along with money from selling her house, to focus full time on the site.

From 2009 to 2011, Fleming built up the business by doing more research: using data from visitors to the site to write reports on women and cars, which led to more exposure inside the industry.

For the past year, Fleming has again worked two jobs, splitting her days between the website -- which she says is doing well enough to no longer need her 24/7, seven days a week --?and working as the marketing director for a local emergency-alert system franchise.

Besides doing research, those contemplating a career switch should line up a team of supporters, she says. ?Have advisers who aren?t your BFF or your family. They?re objective stakeholders and they?re there for you and will give you feedback whether you like it or not,? she says.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/ready-career-change-test-drive-new-profession-1C8145730

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Why social media is good for medicine and why pharmaceutical ...

There?s nothing more important than our health, but should we trust the Internet when we seek information on medicines? In advance of a free public Polis seminar on social media and?pharmaceuticals?this Thursday Katherine Relle describes her new research looking at what we can learn from what people say about medicines in online forums.

Social media forums for healthcare contribute to the public knowledge base and offer practical value.

When pharmaceutical companies engage in social media forums to debate health issues, they must balance direct advertising messages toward patients with their unique social responsibilities for advancing medicine and public health.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledge that these tensions exist for the pharmaceutical industry. In December 2011, the FDA published long-awaited draft guidelines for a social media policy aimed at upholding a necessary degree of risk communication for online advertising by the U.S. pharmaceutical industry.[1]

Social Media Policy

However, the FDA has been slow to issue formal regulations to provide an official social media policy, and a wooly relationship exists between leading pharmaceutical players and the market capture of social media.[2] Benefits of engaging in social media include enhancing reputation, customer service, and sales. Challenges include individual or corporate lawsuits, cyber-security regulations, and, most extremely, public health crises. Therefore, a balance must be struck for the pharmaceutical industry to appropriately harness online information. This is no easy task.

Original Research

My original research on Internet healthcare forums concludes that social media forums are more than mere talking shops. They provide a valuable point of reference for both patient-consumers and companies engaging in social media listening.

A ten-variable content analysis which looked at a total of 600 posts across three randomly selected online health-related forums, at 200 posts per forum, makes it apparent that, with more industry involvement in social media, the negative aspects of risk communication can be mitigated. The positive aspects of personal profiling, education, and sentiment can be strengthened.

The following is a summary of data-related evidence from my research, which allows me to make such conclusions:

First, nearly half (47 percent) of the online posts that were analysed involved risk messages. Online risk messaging threatens company branding because informal social media messages may be inaccurate when not vetted by industry experts. Big pharma needs to engage with social media to protect company brands.

Second, even though patient-consumers were reluctant to provide much personal information (i.e., gender or age), the information that was provided often elicited decipherable traits due to the nature of the posts. Personal information in these posts provided interesting characteristics based on legitimate profiling assumptions, which could help inform relevant marketing practices concerning which issues to convey and what tones to use in product advertising.

Third, a quarter of the analysed posts explicitly sought information, and a majority of the posts engaged in an informative dialogue about oral contraceptives. The educational nature of social media is apparent for the benefit of product development.

Fourth, positive and negative sentiment about a wide range of oral contraceptive brands was varied. Increased engagement in social media listening would allow companies to learn from these praises and dismissals, associating brand names with sentiment analyses to examine best practices within the industry.

Finally, the current lack of regulatory guidance tilts the public sphere toward the consumer, but consumer sovereignty is not necessarily the ideal.[3] When consumers fail to understand the complexity of science behind the development of drugs, the industry?s advertising motives, or the politics involved with industry funding, dangerous assumptions can be made. This negatively affects pharma and creates issues for public health.

Benefits of Engaging?

Big pharma should enter into the public sphere for the benefit of the industry and patient-consumers alike. The benefits of engaging in the online public sphere seem to outweigh the risks, and suggestions for doing so are vast.

For example, if pharmaceutical companies wish to engage with social media, stakeholders could create their own customized policies in a system of self-governance in lieu of widespread FDA regulations, so that individual companies may advance within the industry. In doing so, a pharmaceutical social media ombudsman role might be created in which registered physicians work impartially as appointed officers to police the communication between pharma and the online public sphere of patient-consumers. This would require that impartial and trained physicians be appointed to work within the industry as social media managers who proactively seek to rectify false information about prescription drugs.

Innovation of this sort is crucial if more pharma companies choose to engage with social media forums. Such a system of governance could also establish precedents for co-regulatory practices with the FDA. These steps will define the future of the pharmaceutical industry. Further research conducted via interviews and focus groups will contribute to the conclusions made in this research. For now, we can settle on the idea that the introduction of social media into the corporate world is changing industry governance in unique ways and on a grand scale.

For more:

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2012/12/20/marketing-medicine-online-social-media-and-pharma/

?Marketing Medicine Online: Social Media and Pharma ? new event Thursday ?Jan 31st?

Thursday 31 January 2013, 6.30-8pm, Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building at Lincoln?s Inn Fields, LSE

Speakers include Katherine Relle, LSE alum and winner of the Human Digital Prize, Christian Gladwell? from Human Digital, Jamie Bartlett from Demos, and John Gerow from Astra Zeneca.

This event is free and open to all but?please RSVP?to?polis@lse.ac.uk?if you?d like to attend.

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[1] Ringler, Jennifer. ?FDA Social Media Guidelines: Irresponsible???PharmExec.?n.p., 1 February 2012. Web. 26 February 2012. <http://www.pharmexec.com/pharmexec/Back+Page/FDA-Social-Media-Guidelines-Irresponsible/

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[3] Sunstein, Cass. ?Television and the Public Interest.?California Law Review?88.2 (2000): 499. Print.

Source: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2013/01/28/why-social-media-is-good-for-medicine-an-why-pharmaceutical-companies-should-engage-online-new-research-event-thursday/

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'Tough but fair' immigration reform plan

Diana Saravia, 10, participates in a rally for immigration reform. (Mark Wilson/Getty??A new immigration reform proposal crafted by a bipartisan group of senators would allow for a gradual path to legalization for most of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants currently living in the country. The senators will announce more details of the plan?which they describe as "tough but fair"?on Monday afternoon in a press conference. (You can watch a live stream of the press conference here at 2:30 p.m. ET.)

The senators' path to citizenship for illegal immigrants is less direct and could take longer than the one proposed by President Barack Obama in his immigration reform blueprint. The president will announce his push for immigration reform in more detail Tuesday in Las Vegas.

The senators' plan puts forward several hurdles before undocumented immigrants could obtain permanent residence visas, called green cards, which is the first step towards citizenship. First, immigrants would apply for temporary legal status by registering with the government, completing a background check and paying a fine. Before immigrants obtain green cards, "a commission comprised of governors, attorneys general, and community leaders living along the Southwest border" will recommend that the government has taken enough steps to beef up border security and has also implemented a system that tracks when temporary visitors have left the country. It's unclear how long that would take, especially since border state governors are divided on how secure the border is now and ideally should be in the future.

The plan also says that no undocumented immigrant would receive a green card until every legal immigrant who is currently waiting for a green card has already received it. Wait times for green cards can be as long as 20 years in extreme cases, depending on whether the applicant is being sponsored by an employer or a family member. Family-based immigration, especially when a U.S. citizen is attempting to sponsor his or her sibling, can have especially long wait times.

The blueprint says the senators want to eliminate these wait times and drastically increase legal, high-skilled immigration, so it's possible that the bill could expedite the process. If not, illegal immigrants seeking a green card could be waiting for years.

The plan also excludes the children of illegal immigrants, commonly referred to as "Dreamers," as well as agricultural workers from the long wait for a green card.

Obama's blueprint asks for a wait time of eight years before illegal immigrants could get green cards, during which time they could live and work legally in the country. After five years with a green card, immigrants could apply to become citizens.

Immigration advocates, who generally favor a fast path to citizenship for the country's illegal immigrants, mostly praised the senators for adding to the "momentum" of reform, but did not comment on the specifics of the plan.

"Creating a 21st century immigration process won't be easy, but the framework the senators are proposing is a powerful and practical start to the legislative process, and it will make the peaks and valleys ahead much easier to traverse," said Ali Noorani, executive director of the the National Immigration Forum, in a statement.

But Chris Rickerd, policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, said his organization has "concerns" that the lengthy time frame and fine might discourage people from applying to legalize. Rickerd also noted that some people might be excluded from legalization because they were prosecuted for immigration-related crimes in their states. For example in Arizona, illegal immigrants can be charged with "self smuggling," which is a felony that does not exist in other states.

Groups that favor less immigration, meanwhile, have blasted the plan as "amnesty."

"Like previous amnesty proposals, this most recent iteration creates a 'path to citizenship' for nearly all illegal aliens and offers empty promises of enforcement without providing any concrete details," said the Federation of American Immigration Reform in a statement.

The eight senators who hammered out the deal are Republicans John McCain, Marco Rubio, Jeff Flake and Lindsey Graham, and Democrats Chuck Schumer, Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin and Robert Menendez.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/senators-tough-fair-immigration-blueprint-immigrants-wait-citizenship-173450017--politics.html

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Valentine&#39;s Day 2013 - The Complete List to Solve Your Romantic ...

This is it, my roundup of Portland restaurant Valentine?s Day events! So big it gave me a backache! I will update the list daily, so check back if you are still looking for an event. Additions? Changes? Click here?to?add/change your event. Specials from stores/vendors are at the bottom of this list.

• Details: Love is in the air at 23Hoyt. Chef Amber will be cooking a special three course dinner. The cost will be $50 a person.
• Address: 23 Hoyt Street, Portland OR. 97209 Map
• Reservations: (503)445-7400

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• Details:?Valentine?s Menu: 3 course dinner, bubbles, wine and dessert wine? $40 per person. Specials for the night include Baked Oysters w/ Gruyere Mornay and spinach, and for dessert chocolate cheesecake with cherry compote and candied pecans.
• Address:?2005 SE 11th Ave,?Portland?Oregon?97214 Map
• Reservations: call (503)741-9693

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Acadia

• Details:?Make your reservations at Acadia soon for your Valentine?s? Day dinner! Acadia is a great choice for a romantic candle lit dinner, and Chef Adam pulls out all the stops for this once a year event! We will be featuring a five course dinner for $65 per person.?Check out the full Valentines Menu Here.
• Address: 1303 NE Fremont St., Portland Oregon 97212 Map
• Reservations: (503)249-5001

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Altitude at the Resort at the Mountain

• Details:?Plan the perfect Valentine?s Day dinner at Altitude. The dining room will be filled with romance as couples indulge in a specially created Valentine?s Day a la carte menu. Executive Chef Ben Kolibaba has prepared a three-course meal featuring delectable starters, entrees and desserts for lovebirds to enjoy. The Valentine?s Day menu has a selection of starters such as crab bisque or oysters with smoked bacon. The entr?e course includes an option of beef tenderloin with fig molasses, chicken confit with caramelized fennel risotto, mushroom ravioli and more. Complete the romantic meal with dessert choices ranging from raspberry crepes to a chocolate fondue for two.
• Address: 68010 East Fairway Avenue, Welches (Mt. Hood), OR 97067 Map
• Reservations: (503)622-2214

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Andina

• Details:?Andina celebrates Dia De Los Enamorados with a special wine dinner including a three-course prix fixe menu on Thursday, February 14, which allows guests to choose their Peruvian tapas, entr?e and dessert from a large selection of the regular menu. The dinner includes a half bottle of premium Champagne or sparkling wine (with red wine options) per person. Prices begin at $85 and depend on choice of wine. Seatings are available from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Toshi Onizuka will perform live from 6 until 10 p.m. in the bar and restaurant and Danny Romero will perform upstairs in the Tupai event space from 7 until 10 p.m.
• Address:?1314 NW Glisan St. ,?Portland?Oregon?97209 Map
• Reservations: call (503)228-9535

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Aquariva

• Details: Romantic riverside dining brings your love to life! Dinner seatings from 5-10pm, offering a four-course prix fixe dinne menu for only $60 per person plus gratuity.
• Address: 04070 SW Hamilton Court, Portland Oregon 97239 Map
• Reservations: (503)802-5850

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Aviary

• Details:?This Valentine?s Day, the team at Aviary is preparing a special prix fixe menu for $65 per person. The Valentine?s Day menu will allow guests to curate a 4 course dinner from dishes including Sunchoke soup with Meyer lemon, Oregon truffles and black olive brittle; Citrus cured sturgeon, Asian pear, watercress, & American caviar; Warm cauliflower terrine, olives, green apple & salted duck egg; Ginger caramel pork belly, turnip puree, & mustard greens; Arctic char, fennel, smoked yellowfoot mushrooms, & blood orange; Roast lamb leg, artichoke, vadouvan chutney, & pimenton; Chanterelle capeletti, quince, Oregon truffles, herb broth; and dessert choices including Chocolate torte, sesame bananas, bourbon ice cream, florentine; and Meyer lemon bread pudding, pistachios, & pomegranate. Reservations are recommended.
• Address:?1733 NE Alberta,?Portland?Oregon?97211 Map
• Reservations: call (503)287-2400

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Bar Avignon

• Details:?Bar Avignon will serve a prix fixe Valentine?s Day menu for $50 per person featuring House Cured Steelhead Gravlax & Lemon Goat Cheese with Citrus, Fennel, Capers, Spelt Toast; Glazed Painted Hills Shortrib with Chestnuts, Apple, Beets, Mustard Greens, Parsnip Puree and a dessert of Chocolate Mud Pie and Hazelnut Chocolate Truffles. Wine pairings for each course will also available to order.
• Address:?2138 SE Division St,?Portland?Oregon?97202 Map
• Reservations: call (503)517-0808

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Beast

• Details: we will be celebrating Valentine?s Day with a special 5 course meal with wine pairing. There will be two seatings at 6pm and 8:45pm. The cost will be $125 per person for the meal and wine pairing. Valentine?s Vegetarian Dinner Tuesday, February 12 we will be having a special Valentine?s Vegetarian Dinner. There will be two seatings at 6pm and 8:45pm. The cost will be $125 per person for the meal and wine pairing.
• Address:?5425 NE 30th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97211 Map
• Reservations: (503)841-6968

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The Bent Brick

• Details:?Starting February, Chef Scott Dolich is back in The Bent Brick kitchen full time with a new menu and atmosphere. Their re-opening party on Feb. 13th is an excellent pre-Valentine?s Day event for the whole family, with all proceeds from the donation-based picnic stye party going to support local Portland schools. The Bent Brick is a great spot to bring the kids, bring a date, or just grab drinks with friends this Valentine?s Day.
• Address:?1639 NW Marshall,?Portland?Oregon?97209 Map
• Reservations: call (503)688-1655

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Besaw?s

• Details:?On the most romantic day of the year, sometimes all you really want is a quiet, candlelit table, a great local cocktail, and an intimate dining experience at your favorite neighborhood spot. Besaw?s is looking forward to making Valentine?s Day a special evening for you and your favorite date, with a menu including fresh oysters on the half-shell, seafood risotto, Beef Wellington, a decadent chocolate torte with chocolate mousse, and bubbles infused with strawberries from the Besaw?s garden. Reservations are recommended.
• Address:?2301 NW Savier St. ,?Portland?Oregon?97210 Map
• Reservations: call (503)228-2619

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Camellia Lounge

• Details: Swing on over to the Camellia Lounge in the heart of the Pearl District on February 14th to hear the romantic strains of Tom Grant on piano, and the beautiful sultry vocals of Shelly Rudolph. The music starts at 8pm and while you whisper sweet nothings to the amorous beat, you?ll imbibe in a glass of bubbly, and indulge i n one of our Valentine?s Day dessert options.We?ll also be serving amorous cocktails such as, ?Be My Number One Fun?, with black currant black tea vodka, plum berry white tea vodka and hibiscus, or pour one of our fine beer and wine selections.? We?ll lay on the sensory delights with alluring sweets to share with your sweetie
• Address: 510 NW 11th Ave., Portland Oregon 97209 Map
• Reservations: (503)221-2130

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Clarke?s Restaurant?

• Details:?Three-course pri fixe dinner featuring various appetizers, Rack of Pork, New York Strip Steak, or Petrale Sole entrees plus a duo of luscious desserts. Valentine-themed cocktail list, intimate setting in Lake Oswego. $47-52 each for food. Open seating from 5-8 pm, reservations highly recommended.
• Address:?455 2nd St.,?Lake Oswego?Oregon?97034 Map
• Reservations: call (503)636-2667

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Coppia Restaurant & Wine Bar

• Details: Special 4-Course Wine and Food Pairing Menu. Our biggest passion is finding perfect pairings of wine and food, and our inspiration is Piedmont, Italy. Please join us for a four-course dinner, with vegetarian, gluten-free and non-vegetarian choices with each course. Feel free to call or email for specific course options for our Valentine?s dinner. $58 food, $22 wines.
• Address: 417 N.W. 10th Ave, Portland Oregon 97209 Map
• Reservations: call (503)295-9536, or go to coppiaportland.com/reservations

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The Country Cat

• Details:?The Country Cat is a favorite neighborhood spot where your whole family always feels taken care of, and Valentine?s Day, a day to celebrate our loved ones, you?ll get that and more. On February 14th, the Country Cat will be serving their standard menu with some special additions from Chef Adam Sappington and desserts from Chef Jackie Sappington.
• Address:?7937 Southeast Stark St.,?Portland?Oregon?97215 Map
• Reservations: call (503)408-1414

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Departure

• Details:?Eat. Drink. Love. with Departure?s India-inspired Valentine?s Day menu from Chef Gregory Gourdet. Served family style at $60 per person, the menu will feature exotic flavors of India like Coconut Curry Mussels with Charred Onion Naan; Seafood Masala with Scallop, Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, Cod, Garam Masala, Ginger & Green Chilies; Tandoori Chicken with Tandoori Masala, Yogurt, Garlic, Ginger & Lemon; and Pork Vindaloo with Black Pepper, Mustard Seed & Cinnamon. Dessert offerings include Crispy Dumplings in Saffron-Rose Syrup and Toasted Rice Kulfi with Pistachio & Winter Fruit Mango Coconut Cardamon Lassi. The special menu will be available February 14th-17th in addition to a limited bar menu on the 14th and their traditional menu the 15th-17th.
• Address:?525 SW Morrison St, 15th Floor,?Portland?Oregon?97204 Map
• Reservations: call (503)802-5370

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DOC

• Details: DOC is offering a 5 course Valentine?s Day meal for $80, with wine parings available for an additional $45.
• Address: 5519 NE 30th Ave., Portland Oregon 97211 Map
• Reservations: (503)946-8592

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East India Co. Grill & Bar

• Details: ?Bring your date for an evening of romance!?$65 per couple: 4 course dinner, Appetizers, Kebabs, Choice of Chicken, Vegetarian, Vegan entree, with hand rolled Tandoor baked Breads, Rice, Side of Vegetable and Dessert. Menu online. Please call if you have any questions.
• Address:?821 SW 11th Ave.,?Portland?Oregon?97035 Map
• Reservations: call (503)227-8815, or go to?opentable.com/east-india-co-grill-and-bar

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The Fishwife

• Details:? Join The Fishwife this St. Valentines Day for a Sweethearts dinner dedicated to seafood!
• Address:?5328 N. Lombard St.,?Portland?Oregon?97204 Map
• Reservations: call?(503)285-7150

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Fratelli

• Details:?1st: Grilled asparagus, olio nuovo, egg, house-made ricotta,?2nd: Sicilian pesto, pancetta wrapped shrimp, Castelvetrano olives,?3rd: Pan seared grouper, roasted fennel, Meyer lemon, Sambucca?or Twice-cooked NY steak, wild mushroom orzo, truffle oil?or Semolina gnocchi, balsamic pearl onions, tomato, Grana Padano.?Dessert: Three chocolate terrine.?Cost $45 per.
• Address:?1230 NW Hoyt St.,?Portland?Oregon?97209 Map
• Reservations: call (503)241-8800

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Genoa

• Details:?Regularly voted one of Portland?s most romantic restaurants, Genoa is the ideal date night spot on or around Valentine?s Day. Genoa will be serving their set February menu which also has some lovely vegetarian and pescatarian items to choose from. Make the night extra special by adding wine pairings, masterfully matched to each dish by Sommelier Michael Garofola.
• Address:?2832 SE Belmont St,?Portland?Oregon?97214 Map
• Reservations: call (503)238-1464

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Gilt Club

• Details:?This year, we?ve made the menu ala carte for those who don?t want to commit to the whole menu, so if your plan is either to stop in for a quick nosh before a show, or spend the night with us for a nice long meal, we can accomodate. And don?t forget ? if you want to make the evening extra special, we can do that too. In the past we?ve done everything from ensuring the perfect bottle of bubbly is waiting at the table to orchestrating the most romantic surprise proposals.
• Address:?306 NW Broadway,?Portland?Oregon?97209 Map
• Reservations: call (503)222-4458, or go to?opentable.com/gilt-club-reservations-portland

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H50 Bistro

• Details:?Diners may enjoy customary H5O breakfast, lunch menus and service as well as bar all day menu and service. However the dining room on Valentine?s evening will be filled with couples delighting in a decadent four-course prix fixe dinner menu ? for only $75 per person, exclusive of gratuity. Diners will complement their meal with wines from H5O?s extensive wine list.
• Address:?50 Southwest Morrison, Portland, Oregon 97204 Map
• Reservations:?Make your reservations online or call (503)484-1415.

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The Heathman

• Details:?Join us for the 5th year of Dinner and a Movie at the Heathman Restaurant & Bar.?This year we are featuring a 5-course tasting menu created by Executive Chef Michael Stanton.?Guests will have a no host bar available at 6pm with the movie starting promptly at 630pm, dinner service to follow.?Movie is ?No Reservations? ? Catherine Zeta Jones, Aaron Eckhart.?Seatings are at intimate tables for two, only 42 seats available.?$75 per person, no age restrictions.?Gratuity not included.?Tableside wine and cocktail service available.
• Address:?1001 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97205 Map
• Reservations: call?the Restaurant direct, (503)790-7752.

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Imperial

• Details:?On February 14th, Imperial will be running their regular dinner menu with a couple of romantic specials added. For couples on double dates ? or groups of 4 or more ? Imperial will serve a bottle of prosecco or sparkling apple cider for the table!
• Address:?410 SW Broadway,?Portland?Oregon?97205 Map
• Reservations: call (503)228-7222

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Irving Street Kitchen

• Details: Under Cupid?s spell? Nothing says I Love You like Butterscotch pudding. Join us for Valentine?s Day dinner with the one you love!
• Address: 701 NW 13th Ave, Portland Oregon 97209 Map
• Reservations: Online

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Jamison

• Details:?Valentine?s Day Menu is here. Enjoy a specially prepared 3 course menu for $50. You can see our full menu here.
• Address: 900 NW 11th Street, Portland Oregon 97209 Map
• Reservations: (503)972-3330

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Jo Bar & Rotisserie?

• Details:?This Valentine?s Day, Chef Elmer Santos will be creating a special dinner menu featuring some of your favorite Jo Bar food, as well as special entrees to celebrate love. Roast suckling pig from our rotisserie, beef tenderloin with a foie gras demi-glace, rack of lamb and sea scallops are some of the featured entrees. Valentine?s Day is also the perfect time to explore our select wine list, including our top-notch Oregon Pinot Noirs.?See our Facebook page (facebook.com/jobarpdx) for menu details, and call us at 503-222-0048 to make a reservation.
• Address:?715 NW 23rd Avenue,?Portland?Oregon?97210 Map
• Reservations: call (503)222-0048

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Kenny & Zukes

• Details:?Kenny & Zuke?s honors the season of love with Valentine?s Day inspired desserts and cocktails. Decadent heart shaped sandwich cookies or the red velvet cheese cake are made to share, or grab two straws and enjoy a Governess Crush, Vieux Carr? or the rich NY Flip cocktail with that special someone. February 12th-17th, desserts will be available at the Kenny & Zuke?s Deli Bar and downtown Deli, while cocktails will be served at the Deli Bar.
• Address:?1038 SW Stark St., Portland Oregon 97204 Map
• Reservations: call (503)222-3354

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Lapella (Vancouver)

• Last year, we were voted best date restaurant by the Columbian? Reader?s Choice poll. This Valentine?s Day, come in and experience why! We?ll be posting our special menu for the evening next week.?Reservations always sell out in advance so be sure to make yours early!
• Address: 2520 Columbia House Blvd, Suite 108, Vancouver Washington 98661 Map
• Reservations: (360)828-7911

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Le Pigeon?and?Little Bird

• Chef Gabriel Rucker and his teams at Le Pigeon and Little Bird welcome all love birds to join them this Valentine?s Day. Meet for a romantic lunchtime rendezvous at Little Bird, or reserve a table for dinner at Le Pigeon to experience some of Portland?s most heralded seasonally driven menus.
• Address: Le Pigeon: 738 E Burnside St, Portland Oregon 97214 Map; Little Bird: 219 SW 6th Ave., Portland Oregon 97204 Map
• Reservations: Le Pigeon:?(503) 546 ? 8796?;Little Bird:?503-688 ? 5952

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Lincoln

• Details:?We are taking reservations for our Valentine?s dinner on Thursday, February 14th. Dinner is $65 per person, excluding drinks and gratuity.
• Address: 3808 N Williams, Portland Oregon 97227 Map
• Reservations:?503-288-6200 or click here

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Meriwether?s Restaurant & Skyline Farm

• Details: We?ll be serving a 4-course Valentine?s dinner with multiple choices for each course for $75.
• Address: 2601 NW Vaughn St., Portland OR 97210 Map
• Reservations:?(503)228-1250

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Mucca Osteria

• Details:?Save a plane ticket to Italy! Bring your loved one to Mucca Osteria and enjoy an authentic Italian experience! This Valentine?s Day we will be offering our a la carte menu along with Valentine?s specials and a special 5 course tasting menu for $55. Wine pairings available for $35. Grazie, a presto!
• Address:?1022 SW Morrison St.,?Portland?Oregon?97205 Map
• Reservations: call (503)227-5521, or go to?opentable.com/mucca-osteria-reservations

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Niche Wine & Art

• Details:?Niche Wine & Art is hosting a 5-course, fixed price dinner for Valentine?s Day prepared by Chef David Hickenbottom. Niche will also bring back its popular port tasting and a special wine and dark chocolate tasting. Please RSVP at 360-980-8352 to reserve a spot for this wonderful dinner.
• Address:?1013 Main St,?Vancouver?Washington 98660?Map
• Reservations: call (360)980-8352

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Oba Restaurante

• Details:?Share a romantic evening with your sweetheart at ?Oba! Restaurante.?Now is the perfect time to make reservations for an unforgettable Valentine?s Day!
• Address:?555 NW 12th Ave,?portland?Oregon?97229 Map
• Reservations: call (503)228-6161, or go to obarestaurant.com

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Olympic Provisions

• Details:?Think of the joy of your loved one when they receive a surprise bouquet of flowers or box of chocolate delivered to them at work? now imagine that 10 times more exciting and that is what receiving a hand delivered Salamigram from Olympic Provisions is like! A singing messenger with a bouquet of heart-shaped salami would no doubt make this a memorable Valentine?s Day. OP Northwest and Southeast also both make a lovely setting for a V-Day dinner for singles, pairs, or groups, and both locations will have special Valentine?s Day menus for the occasion in addition to their al a carte. Reservations are recommended.
• NW Address:?1632 NW Thurman St. Portland,?Portland?Oregon?97209 Map
• SE Address:?SE: 107 SE Washington St. Portland, OR 97214 Map
• Reservations: call (503)894-8136

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The Painted Lady

• Details:?Celebrate this Valentine?s Day with The Painted Lady in Newberg. Our special chef?s menu for the night is $85 per person. Reservations required.
• ?Address:?201 S. College Street, Newberg Oregon 97132 Map
• Reservations: (503) 538-3850

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Paley?s Place

• Details:?Paley?s Place is one of the most romantic date spots in the city. In addition to their normal nightly menu, Executive Chef Patrick Mckee is preparing a very special meal for guests this Valentine?s Day featuring Oregon Dungeness Crab Salad with shaved foie gras & truffles; Scallops a la Plancha with uni, lardo, celery root puree & aged balsamic; Spit Roasted Duck Breast with sweet potato and confit duck, & blood orange gastrique; and, for dessert, Hazelnut Mocha Opera Torte, candied kumquats, blood oranges, tangerines and brown sugar ice cream. Be sure to make your reservations soon.
• Address:?1204 NW 21st Ave.,?Portland?Oregon?97209 Map
• Reservations: call (503)243-2403

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Papa Haydn ? Eastside

• Details:?Treat your valentine to a delicious dinner at Papa Haydn?s eastside location. We will be preparing a menu to delight your senses. House-made tagliatelle with Dungeness crab, house-made ricotta in beet ravioli, aged New York steak, mushroom risotto and porchetta are only a few of the special dishes we will be cooking for you. We have an extensive wine list with champagnes, white wines and red wines that will pair perfectly with your meal. And then there?s our award winning dessert menu to end your meal. We will be featuring a pistachio cake as well as our petite framboise, a heart shaped, fallen chocolate cake with a raspberry coulis.
• Address:?5829 SE Milwaukie Avenue,?Portland?Oregon?97202 Map
• Reservations:?call?(503) 222-0048, or go to?facebook.com/papahaydnpdx

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Papa Haydn ? Westside

• Details:?This Valentine?s Day, bring your loved one to Papa Haydn?s westside location for a romantic meal. Our chef is preparing an especially delightful menu for the evening including beet (yes, beet with a T) tartare, elk loin, squab and sea scallops. We have a beautiful wine list, with an extensive selection of Oregon Pinot Noirs, designed to pair perfectly with your meal. In addition to our award winning dessert menu, for Valentine?s Day we will be featuring a pistachio cake as well as our petite framboise, a heart shaped, fallen chocolate cake with a raspberry coulis.
• Address:?701 NW 23rd Avenue,?Portland?Oregon?97210 Map
• Reservations: call call?(503) 228-7317, or go to?facebook.com/papahaydn

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Paul?e

• Details:?Paulee is offering two different five course prix fixe menus for $75 each. For those that want to truly make a night of it, Inn at Red Hills is also offering a special rate of $100 for a room. With dinner for two and a night in romantic Oregon Wine Country, it will make for a great little getaway for just $250. The first menu will consist of raw oysters, caviar, and vodka froth; tortellini, chanterelle, robiolo, carrot and parmesan; escargot, bone marrow, and red wine butter; 28 day dry age New York steak, short rib farro, and kale. The second menu will include warmed oyster and venison bacon mignonette; black truffle gnocchi, 3 year old cheddar, and beurre; duck liver pate, plum mustarda, and grilled baguette; lobster steak, bone marrow, potato butter, and bordelaise. Both menu?s will finish with the guest?s choice of a special dessert for two. These meals will be available during normal dinner hours of 4:30pm to 9: 30pm and will be the only menu available for this special night.
• Address:?1410 N. Highway 99W,?Dundee?Oregon?97115 Map
• Reservations: call (503)538-7970

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Pazzo Ristorante

• Details:?Pazzo is celebrating Valentine?s Day with our Hook n? Line Dinner Menu featuring line caught specials! Highlights include Cold-smoked Hawaiian Marlin with artichoke slivers, sudachi and sea salt; Citrus-cured Fluke with endive and matsutake horchata and Atlantic Cod filet with spaghetti squash, pine nuts, roasted tomato and mint.
• Address:?627 SW Washington Street,?Portland?Oregon?97205 Map
• Reservations: call?(503)228-1515, or go to?pazzo.com

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The Picnic House

• Details:?5 course dinner available on the 14th, 15th & 16th of February.?$45 per person. You can see our full Valentine?s Day menu here.
• Address:?723 SW Salmon Street (Between Park & Broadway),?Portland?Oregon?97205 Map
• Reservations:?call (503)227-0705

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Portland City Grill

• Details:?Reserve your spot on Thursday, Feb 14th for a romantic 4-course dinner, featuring violinist Aaron Meyer. This special event at $125 per person sells out fast, so call Alyssa in Private Dining soon!
• Address: 111 SW 5th Ave, 30th floor, Portland Oregon 97204 Map
• Reservations: (503)525-5260

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Rendezvous Grill and Tap Room

• Details: We will be celebrating Valentine?s Day from the 14th thru the 16th with terrific specials from Chefs Kathryn and Lisa. Please call for reservations as we get really busy for this holiday! See you at the Vous!
• Address: Rendezvous Grill and Tap Room, 67149 E. Hwy. 26 at milepost 40 Welches Oregon 97067 ?Map
• Reservations: call (503)622-6837

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Riffle NW

• This Valentine?s Day, Riffle NW is collaborating with Portland winemaker John Grochau of Grochau Wines and local salt maker Ben Jacobsen of Jacobsen Salt Co. to bring a very special Valentine?s Day to those hungry for a fun, romantic night out.Riffle NW is offering a four-course meal paired with four exquisite Willamette Valley wines and four Oregon sea salts, hand-harvested in Netarts Bay. Guests will be able to select their meal from a variety of dishes including: Oysters and caviar, Lobster and sweetbread ravioli; Diver scallop with braised oxtail and bone marrow; Lobster stuffed monkfish wrapped in crispy bacon and Dungeness crab salad with house brioche. John Grochau and Ben Jacobsen will be guest sommelier and selmelier for the evening, making this a chance to talk to these incredible artisans about their craft. Guests will also be able to purchase wine and salt to take home from the evening. Dinner is $95/person with pairings. Gratuity is not included. Riffle NW?s Valentine?s Day menu will be offered in addition to a tailored version of the regular dinner menu that evening.
• Address: 333 NW 13th, Portland Oregon 97209 Map
• Reservations: 503.894.8978

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Riverview Restaurant

• Details: Join us for a special evening. We will feature a special 5-course meal where you can chose an option for each course. Only $50 per person.
• Address: 29311 SE Stark St., Troutdale Oregon 97060 Map
• Reservations:?(503)661-3663

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Ruth?s Chris Steak House

• Details:?Wine and dine your sweetheart with all of our classic favorites. Treat your valentine to our Filet & Lobster for $46.95. Book your reservation now for Valentine?s Day weekend, February 14th-17th.
• Address: 850 SW Broadway, Portland Oregon 97205 Map
• Reservations: on our website

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Salty?s on the Columbia

• Details: Love is in the air at Salty?s this Valentine?s Day, Treat your sweetheart to a fantastic dinner created uniquely for this romantic occasion at Salty?s on the Columbia. Chef Josh Gibler has created the following fabulous items for you to enjoy a truly sensational evening filled with love, passion, and satisfaction. Seating is limited and reservations are highly recommended.
• Address: 3839 NE Marine Drive, Portland OR. 97211 Map
• Reservations: (503) 288-4444

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Serratto

• Details:?Romance Your Sweetheart at Serratto
• New couples, ?well-seasoned? duos and everyone in between are welcome to join Serratto for one of the most romantic nights of the year. When it comes to Valentine?s Day, your favorite neighborhood spot knows how to keep things celebratory and intimate: champagne, candlelight, warm service, and of course delicious food. February 14th is approaching! Here?s what we have in store:?A Decadent Menu -?Chef Tony is keeping in close talks with his purveyors to get the freshest product available for V-Day specials . He confirms that he will indeed have caviar, oysters and lobster for those who are in a seafood frame of mind. The regular dinner menu will also be available, full of freshly prepared pastas, savory game, beef and poultry; and height-of-the-season produce. And don?t forget to save room for something chocolaty. Your table is waiting. Reserve now!
• Address:?2112 NW Kearney St.,?Portland?Oregon?97210 Map
• Reservations: call (503)221-1195, or go to?opentable.com/serratto-reservations

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St. Jack

• Details: Chef Aaron Barnett will be offering a $65 prix fixe menu with optional wine pairings for $40.
• Address: 2039 SE Clinton, Portland Oregon 97202 Map
• Reservations: (503)360-1281

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Suki?s Bar & Grill

• Details:?The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society?s Team in Training is proud to present:?50 First Dates ? A Speed-dating event. Thursday, February 14, 2013, ?Time: 6:30-9:00pm.?$30.00 per person (if paid in advance online),?$35.00 per person at the door.?Admission fee is 100% tax deductible.?Drink specials! Prizes! Fun!
• Address:?2401 SW 4th Avenue,?Portland?Oregon?97201 Map
• Reservations: call , or go to?teamintraining.org/oswim

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Suzette

• Details:?Valentine?s Dessert Event at Suzette Creperie and Dessert Cafe. An event to make Valentino swoon!
• Pastry chef/owner Jehnee Rains, formally of Chez Panisse, Bluehour, and Clarklewis creates a full bouquet of sweets:?Meyer lemon eclairs with huckleberries,?Honey-glazed apple and quince tart with creme fraiche and candied almonds,?Chocolate souffle cake with port poached cherries,?Coffee cardamom creme brulee,?Blood orange sorbet with champagne,?Green tea and rose petal ice cream sundae with whipped cream and candied pistachios.?All of this in addition to our full menu of dessert crepes featuring homemade nutella and ice creams.?Of course, our full dinner menu is available too: French onion soup, Caesar salad, crepes bursting with shrimp, prosciutto, smoked salmon, sauteed mushrooms, marsala-soaked figs, Gruyere, goat cheese, and more.?(vegan and gluten-free options available) Look out for the bartenders? sexy Valentino-inspired Blood and Sand, boozy mulled cider, and Italian Diplomat with coffee, chocolate, and Frangelico.
• Address:?3342 SE Belmont St.,?Portland?Oregon?97214 Map
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Tapalaya

• Details:?Open normal hours on Valentine?s day 11:30am-9:30pm.?House favorite the Milneburg Jazz band plays from 6:00-9:00pm ? no cover.?Happy Hour from 4:30-6pm ? Nothing says ?I love you? like a Happy Hour date on V-Day.?Regular menu ? no price hikes! Chef John is sure to dream up a dinner special or two to make the night extra tasty
• Address:?28 NE 28th Ave,?Portland?Oregon?97232 Map
• Reservations: call (503)232-6652, or go to?http://www.opentable.com/tapalaya-reservations

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Thirst Wine Bar & Bistro

• Details: We?ll be serving a four-course prix fixe menu with steak, salmon, scallops and more for $45, with an optional wine pairing for $20. Add a rose and sparkling toast for $10.
• Address: 315 SW Montgomery Suite 340, Portland Oregon 97201 Map
• Reservations: (503)295-2747 or via?OpenTable.com

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Urban Farmer

• Details:?Chef Matt Christianson will have several Valentine?s specials ? romantic, sophisticated, and perfect for two to share. Some offerings include Scallop Ceviche with red jalapeno & tangerine; Dungeness Crab Cakes with butternut & pear; 21 Day Dry Aged Tenderloin; and 90 Day Dry Aged Bone-in Sirloin. In addition to their full a la carte menu, Urban Farmer will have their Valentine?s specials during dinner from February 14th-17th.
• Address:?525 SW Morrison St, 8th Floor,?Portland?Oregon?97204 Map
• Reservations: call (503)222-4900

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Wildwood Restaurant and Bar

• Details:?Wildwood invites Portland paramours to feast this Valentine?s Day in celebration of our great love affair with the bountiful Pacific Northwest. Wildwood will romance, wine, and dine you with exotic international interpretations of Northwest cuisine from Chef Dustin Clark, and flirtatious parings from our sexy sommelier Savanna Ray. Bubbles will be flowing and aphrodisiacs abound, with an a la carte menu including specialties like Shigoku oysters, scallops, and steak tartare, with BatchPDX truffles to top off a seductive dinner for two. Reservations are recommended.
• Address:?1221 NW 21st Ave,?Portland?Oregon?97210 Map
• Reservations: call (503)248-9663

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Winderlea Vineyard & Winery

• Details:?Join us for a truly unique experience as we celebrate Valentine?s Day in the vineyard on Saturday Feb. 16th. Chef Paul Losch has put together a remarkable menu that will be paired with Winderlea Chardonnay and Pinot noir. We will also be featuring music by Eric John Kaiser. Cost is $95 per person, which is inclusive of food, wine, and service. Reservations are extremely limited, as we can only accommodate twenty lucky diners for this evening on the vineyard. Call us at 503-554-5900 or email info@winderlea.com for more information or to make a reservation.
• Address:?8905 NE Worden Hill Rd,?Dundee ?Oregon?97115 Map
• Reservations: call (503)554-5900

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Yakuza

• Details: Love in the air, champagne in your glass, scrumptious food on your plate, it?s Valentine?s Day at Yakuza Lounge. Join us for our Omakase, a special chef?s choice menu. This year Chef David Gaspar de Alba is crafting a romantic menu with each course designed to delight. Seatings are available at 5:30, 6:30, 8, and 9. Prix fixe $65 per person. Optional wine and sake parings available for $35.
• Address: 5411 NE 30th Ave, Portland Oregon 97211
• Reservations: Please contact Kyle for details. 503-450-0893

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Local Business Specials:

Farm to Fit

• Details: Valentines dinner delivered to your door.?While Farm To Fit is in full swing helping their clients with their New Years Resolution Diets by delivering ?fresh, delicious, calorie controlled meals, they also have?Love?on the brain.?For Valentine?s Day they are going to throw out the calorie counting and provide a four course meal for two delivered to your door for *75$. Last year they offered it to their clients and it was such a success they want to offer it to the the whole city.?Chef Michael Keskin is fired up to break out of the constraint of calorie counting and has created this decadent menu to share.?First Course:?Dungeness Crab Bisque,?Second Course:?Carlton Farms Pork Belly w/ ?Sage White Beans and Apple Brulee,?Third Course: ?Veal Osso Bucco with Toasted Pine Nut Gremolata,?Fourth Course:?Chocolate Hazelnut Cake w/ German Chocolate Ganache.?*Five Dollar delivery charge if you are in the 2 mile radius of Burnside Bridge and a 10 Dollar delivery charge outside the radius.

In Good Taste Cooking School

• Details:?Schedule a date night in advance? spend a night together learning to create a delicious meal, so that you can enjoy a quiet night alone on Valentine?s Day.?Sign up for our Hands on Date Night- Steak Dinner on February 9. Then you?ll have plenty of time to perfect your kitchen skills to impress your sweetheart.?If you?d like to extend the romantic holiday, sign up for our Hands on Country French Supper, to be held February 15?.enjoy Coq au Vin, Pots du Creme and elegant wine pairings. For more information and to sign up, visit our website at cookingschoolsofamerica.com/ingoodtaste
• Address:?6302 SW Meadows Road,?Lake Oswego?Oregon?97035 Map
• Reservations: call (503)248-2015

• Nicky USA has a fabulous new line of wild game sausages available to order, with flavors like Elk with Wild Huckleberry and Pinot Noir; Water Buffalo Five Spice; Tuscan Veal with roasted garlic and sundried tomatoes; and Venison & Rabbit with dried cranberries and applewood smoked bacon. Nicky can also work with your restaurant to create a sausage exclusively for your menu. Learn more at http://nickyusa.com/.
• Call to Order: 503.234.GAME

Pacific Pie Co.

• Details:?Show your sweetheart how much they mean to you with a Cutie Pie Delivery from Pacific Pie Co. on Valentine?s Day. Pie is WAY sexier than chocolate or flowers, you know! Choose from a whole sweet pie, a bag of savory Bake at Home pies, or a dozen bite-size pies. We will package up your order with festive decorations and a card with your personal message. Free delivery to offices or home addresses within Portland with a minimum order of $25. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, February 12th to ensure delivery on Valentine?s Day.
• And who says you need reservations on Valentine?s Day? With our Low Key Lovers Dinner we do the cooking for you! A complete romantic dinner for two, ready to heat when you?re ready to eat, and just $40. Included:
• - 2 Savory Pies or Vegetarian Pasties of your choice
• - Arugula Salad with wine poached pears and pomegranate vinaigrette
• - Creamy Mushroom Bisque
• - Roasted Winter Vegetables
• - Choice of a 5? Chocolate Coconut Cream Pie, Chocolate Salted Caramel Tart, or Chocolate Raspberry Ganache Pie
• Available for take-out February 14 ? 16. Please place orders at least 24 hours in advance. Call (503) 381-6157 to reserve today!
• Address:?1520 SE 7th Ave. ,?Portland?Oregon?97214 Map

Ruby Jewel Ice Cream

• Details:?Sure, roses are nice. A box of chocolates? well, that?s kind of clich??personal ice cream delivery? Now you?re talking!
• This Valentine?s Day Ruby Jewel is offering a delicious Triple Love Package of sweet treats delivered right to the door of your special someone. Delight your Valentine with two pints of small-batch handmade ice cream (choose from special Valentine?s Day flavors like Chocolate Truffle with Amarena Cherries, Portland Creamery Chevre with Port Reduction or their most popular flavor, Caramel with Salted Dark Chocolate) three ice cream sandwiches dipped in luscious bittersweet chocolate, house-made salted caramel candies and a personalized love note.
• To reserve your Triple Love Package visit a Ruby Jewel Scoops location (NoPo Scoops: 3713 N. Mississippi Ave. or West End Scoops: 428 SW 12th Ave.) or fill out an order form online at rubyjewel.net.

Saint Cupcake

• Details:?A perfect Valentine?s Day gift for friends, co-workers, or your children?s classmates are Valentine?s Day card from Saint Cupcake, redeemable in stores for one mini cupcake! Cards come in a 12 pack for $6. Or, send your love something as sweet as they are; the ?love pack? features 6 full size cupcakes with Valentine?s sprinkles and sugar paste hearts for $25.50. A perfect gift for your love muffin! View the whole Saint Cupcake collection online where you can also ship sweet treats nationwide.
• Address:?1138 SW Morrison St. ,?Portland?Oregon?97205 Map
• Reservations: call (503)997-3674

Salt & Straw

• For those looking for something beyond the traditional box of chocolates for that special someone this Valentine?s Day, Salt & Straw is offering five chocolate inspired ice creams that can be enjoyed as individual scoops, in pints to go, or all together in a flight. Salt & Straw collaborated with SahagunChocolates, XocolatldeDavid, MissionaryChocolates, AlmaChocolate and WoodblockChocolate to create creative flavors that show off each chocolatiers unique chocolate making styles, techniques and ingredients. Be sure to pick up a pint to snuggle up at home with your lover or body pillow this Valentine?s Day.
• Call to order: Address: 2035 NE Alberta St. Portland 503-208-3867?Map and 838 NW 23rd Ave, Portland?971-271-8168?Map

St. Honore Boulangerie

• Details:?No one does love better than the French. This Valentine?s Day, show that special someone, family member, or friend you care by appealing to their sweet tooth through French pastries and cookies from St. Honor? Boulangerie. St. Honor? continues their tradition of bringing old world French delicacies to Portland with handmade treats featuring the finest ingredients. In addition to a wide selection of delicious love themed pastries including the Puit d?Amor and the Saint Valentin, St. Honor? has created new Sabl? Damier cookies available in festive gift boxes.
• Address:?2335 NW Thurman St.,?Portland?Oregon?97210 Map
• Reservations: call (503)445-4342

Tails & Trotters

• Details:?The cases are fully stocked and delicious soups and sandwiches are now on the menu daily at the new Tails & Trotters shop! Stop by for lunch and for some hazelnut finished pork to cook a romantic dinner at home this Valentine?s Day.
• Address:?525 Northeast 24th Ave,?Portland?Oregon?97232 Map
• Reservations: call (503)477-8682

Two Tarts Bakery

• Details: Let?s do it. Let?s get this heart-shaped, luv-n-stuff holiday rolling. Let?s wrap it up with a tasty hot beverage and call it a day. The 900 heart-shaped cookie cutters we own are dusted off and ready for action. Let?s put ?em to work! Our neighbors at Smith Teamaker and Sterling Coffee Roasters are helping to spread the love (and fuel our cookie baking.) Give your sweetie a box of heart-shaped goodness and a steaming cup of high-test love.The Sweet Tea ? One dozen assorted heart-shaped Two Tarts cookies, plus a lovely assortment of five tea sachets from Smith Teamaker$14 (plus shipping ).The Cup?a Cup?a Burning Love ? One dozen assorted heart-shaped Two Tarts cookies, plus 500 grams of whole bean java from Sterling Coffee Roasters$24 (plus shipping).To ensure we?ve got enough heart-shaped goodness to go around, please place your order by Saturday, February 9th.Local delivery is available for a small fee.?To order, call the shop at 503.312.9522 or email Emily.

"I have a wide-range of food experience - working in the restaurant industry on both sides of the house, later in the wine industry, and finally traveling/tasting my way around the world. Whether you agree or disagree, you can always count on my unbiased opinion. I don't take free meals, and the restaurants don't know when, or if, I am coming."

Source: http://portlandfoodanddrink.com/valentines-day-2013-the-complete-list-to-solve-your-romantic-needs/

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