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"Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans" by John Marzluff and Tony Angell (Atria,$15). New in paperback: Marzluff, a renowned corvid expert and University of Washington professor, and wildlife artist Angell collaborate on this book, which brings readers up-to-date on crow and raven intelligence and how it works. "After reading their latest book about these amazing birds, the question in this reader's mind has become — not what can a crow do, but what can't a crow do?" wrote Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn.
"Governors of Washington" by George W. Scott (Civitas Press, $24.95). With 14 years as a Washington state legislator under his belt, this Seattle author and historian brings us a comprehensive look at the governors of Washington, from 1853 through Gary Locke's term, which ended in 2005.
"The Columbia River Treaty Revisited: Transboundary River Governance in the Face of Uncertainty" edited by Barbara Cosens (Oregon State University Press, $29.95). The 1964 Columbia River Treaty split regulation of the river between Canada and the United States. This book, with contributions from historians, geographers and environmental scientists, aims to aid conversation about the treaty before some of its provisions expire in 2024.
"Scarlet" by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel & Friends, $17.99). For ages 13 and up: The sequel to Meyer's New York Times best-seller, "Cinder," offers a futuristic twist on Little Red Riding Hood, complete with a handsome big, bad wolf. The intertwining plot also keeps tabs on the cyborg Cinderella's escape from jail, adding both background on Cinder's past and new mysteries. Fans should enjoy the sci-fi rush as the story turns darker and more violent, tempered by the title character's romance and a little humor from Cinder's fellow captive and new sidekick, Captain Thorne. The ending will leave readers impatient for the third (Rapunzel) and fourth (Snow White) books in the Lunar Chronicles. The author lives in Tacoma.
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The accommodation is fully furnished to a very high specification and is equipped with high speed broad band WiFi, central heating, a driveway with two car parking spaces and a back garden.
This excellent accommodation is available for rent for a minimum of 3 days and is fully inclusive of all utility and linen. The house has one double bedroom, one single bedroom and a sofa bed. The accommodation is for a maximum of 4 people. Loan of bicycle can also be arranged via the owner.
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The house has a spacious and modern fully integrated kitchen/diner with a washing machine, dishwasher, induction hob, oven, a microwave, kettle, cutlery and crockery. The bathroom is equipped with shower over the bath, a WC and wash hand basin.
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So in this recap, as in life, we'll deal with the gossip first: The rumor that Mia Michaels has quit the show -- a rumor started by Mia's own Twitter feed and considered "rumor" simply through the sheer force of stubborn will from fans of the show -- appears to be true. They don't say anything on tonight's show, but Mia choreographed for So You Think You Can Dance: Canada last night (where she apparently also injured her back, independent of the whole quitting thing) and, in the clip package, said she did "resign" from the show. For what reasons, under what conditions, with what caveats, I can't say. I'll just be in this corner sobbing heavily. Love her or hate her (and people do both), as far as I'm concerned, hers were consistently the best routines on the show, and I can't imagine my enthusiasm won't be lessened more than a little bit. But, you know: Show! It's on!
Cat explains what this hour is all about, right off the bat: A "one-off special" to introduce us to the dancers, before the competition starts for real tomorrow. Also, due to the World Series, Tuesday's episode will be performance and results, with the judgery making the elimination without America's input. Here's where I guess I should be outraged -- this being the internet and all -- but honestly, I don't trust their judgment any more or less than "America's" at this stage.
It appears they've kept the design of the too-big stage on last season's finale, but given the smaller confines of the studio (as opposed to the Kodak Theater), I guess it's fine. The judges tonight are: Nigel, Mary, Adam (newly assigned a permanent seat on the security council), and guest judge... an empty seat with Paula Abdul's name on it. No, REALLY. Nigel's shit-eating grin tells us he's issued an open invitation to Paula and he wants to "put the pressure on her" to show up. So is that gonna be there every week? In lieu of a real guest judge like Lil' C or Debbie Allen (much less the dearly departed Mia)? God DAMN it, Paula! It's like you're stalking my life and pledging to make it as annoying as possible.
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A District 205 committee is seeking input from residents on what to do with millions of dollars set aside for upgrading school buildings.
Back in November 2012, Rockford voters said 'yes' to a $139 million tax referendum. That money was meant to be used over the next 10 years to repair and maintain the school district's 50 buildings.
Now, after a year's worth of construction projects, District 205's Community Input Committee is going back to the taxpayers, asking for their thoughts on future projects.
A small group of community members gathered at Klehm Arboretum Saturday morning to try and answer those questions.
Responses varied. But reasons for wanting to help advance the district were often similar. "I have three little ones, and I want to make sure that they have adequate education and opportunities," says Antonio Rodriguez, who attended the meeting.
After the meeting, a hired team of architects will use this information to come up with a plan to be voted on by the school board, and eventually brought to life.
"I believe that the hope is to have enough of it done before the summer construction season, that they can do a next wave of construction next summer," says Matthew Johnson-Doyle, Community Input Committee Co-Chair
If you missed today's meeting and want to share your thoughts, there are more meetings coming up, they're listed on the RPS 205 website. Or you are encouraged to contact your school board member with your feedback.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – The University of Louisville men's basketball team will be losing more players than just its seniors next season.
Kevin Ware will be transferring to another school, UofL officials confirmed Saturday.
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"I Been Thinkin' Bout You" Chilli Posts TBT Picture Of Herself And Usher
Does Chilli want that old thing back? As you Instagram users know, today is Throwback Thursday, TBT, where users post pictures from the past.
Today, Chilli decided to show us a picture of Usher hugging her from behind while she smiles blissfully, in the other direction, eyes closed.
The picture is cute and led many of us to ask two questions.
1.) Was there an ulterior motive in her posting it?
2.) Why did she break up with Usher in the first place?
The world is dying to know.
Initially, we all thought that it was because Usher cheated on her. Because you know, that's what Chilli wanted us to believe when she called Atlanta's Q100 in 2004, saying "Usher did the ultimate no-no to me. I will never be with him again, and that is that. He portrayed himself to be this honest and great guy, and he really wasn't. I will never take him back. It is a done deal." For years we believed that's what Confessions was about. But now it seems that it may have been a way for her promote Confessions.
Because last year, Chilli said that Usher never cheated. Instead, she said, "We broke up because I guess it was that time or whatever, he was that real love for me."
She almost mad it seem like she wanted dude back or something. Which makes this TBT picture all the more interesting.
Usher is very much attached right now. Do you think Chilli's picture is in bad taste, is she passively trying to reach out? What's going on?
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T-Boz Plans To Create New Girl Group That Will Sell Albums Not Sex
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TLC member Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins is creating her own girl group. The "Waterfalls" singer has launched TBozProjectNext in an effort to form the next superstar girl group consisting of ladies ages 18-24.
T-Boz is allowing fans a chance to submit a video, 3 minutes or less, showcasing their talent while singing or rapping.
In an interview with theGrio's Chris Witherspoon, T-Boz opened up about her new girl group project and defended comments she recently made blasting female R&B acts for showing too much skin in an effort to sell more records.
"It's clear that you can sell albums without selling sex," T-Boz said. "I don't have a problem with people who want to do that. I just said if you don't want to, you don't have to. It's a choice. [TLC] is living proof that you can sell."
"Wendy Williams made a comment recently regarding TLC's ability to sell record with our clothes on. I think she said 'that was the 90's.' Well to help her and to correct her statement… It's not just the 90's, because I'm still selling out tours. I'm selling out shows and tours with the same songs."
Last year, TLC's VH1 biopic CrazySexyCool made network history, becoming the most-watched originalmovie on VH1 and the highest rated original cable movie of the year.
T-Boz also weighed in on the highly anticipated Lifetime Whitney Houston biopic, which Cissy Houston slammed last week, saying, "No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby."
Read more about T-Boz's potential girl group at TheGrio.com
As If! 15 Things That Everyone Who Grew Up In The 90s Knows About
Babies born in the late 80s, and a few years after, had the the pleasure of being raised in the magical time known as the '90s. It was the decade that had the most official R&B music, the freshest (or at least most interesting?) gear, the most crucial dance moves, and the most in-your-face technological advances (who wasn't walking around with a Walkman and thick CD case?). It was the decade that popularized pagers, floppy disks, finger waves, and tape decks. You better recognize. Here are things you knew about if you grew up in the 90s.
The Girl Group At Its Prime
It was the decade when girl groups stopped playing nice, grew up and started to get fed up with lame a** men. They stopped singing their praises and ballads of longing, and they started having frank conversations about sex, relationships and life. These women switched the game up, and girl groups have been venting their frustrations ever since (See: "No Scrubs" and "Waterfall" by TLC; "Bug-a-boo" by Destiny's Child; "Let's Talk About Sex" and "None of Your Business" by Salt-n-Pepa ft. Spinderella).
Never Cave Under Pressure! Why Zendaya Should Never Have Quit Aaliyah's Biopic
"She's too young!" critics shouted. "She looks nothing like her!" the Twittersphere yelled. "She ain't black enough!" others shrieked.
Zendaya, once poised to play the Princess of R&B in a Lifetime biopic, buckled under pressure after a social media blitzkrieg of "You can't play Aaliyah!"
If there's ever a time to emerge as a shining star, it's when everyone underestimates your capabilities — then wham! Hit 'em with a stand-out performance. Unfortunately for Zendaya Coleman, she missed that chance — the chance pull a Lil Mama (à la Left Eye in the TLC biopic) and knock that Aaliyah performance out the park.
She caved.
Where did it all go wrong? She was, at one point, elated about the new Lifetime project. "I was really, really psyched to hear the news," she said on 106 & Park. "I love [Aaliyah] so much. She's influenced so much of what I've done so far."
The internet, though, didn't share in her excitement – at all. Twitter disintegrated any bit of confidence Zendaya had to take on the daunting Aaliyah role:
"Zendaya is still an amateur Disney Channel actress. Can't believe they cast her as Aaliyah," one said.
"Zendaya is too light to play Aaliyah, tbh," another tweeted.
"Half Black is just enough. It doesn't matter what color you are, it's about how you portray the character," Zendaya said, responding to the bitter backlash.
Though Zendaya's statement exhibited moxie, she backed out of the role anyway. Bad move! And I'll tell you why. Instead of allowing herself to be warped by all the negativity, Zendaya should have used her haters as free promotion. "Thank you for getting my name trending on Twitter," she should have said. "News about my film is now spreading like wildfire!"
Take Lil Mama for example, one-third of the CrazySexyCool TLC biopic cast. Almost everyone doubted her. "What do you mean the 'Lipgloss' rapper chick is gonna play Left Eye?!" But Lil Mama whooped her detractors' butts with her acting chops. What do her critics have to say about her now? Crickets! And Keke Palmer, who didn't seem to have enough Chilli-esque baby hairs for people's liking, also received praise after protest.
"I'll never forget how I was unmercifully dragged when I was casted to play Chili lmao! Now, that's all I hear I look like!" Palmer said.
Could you imagine if Lil Mama and Palmer heeded the social media wolf pack and opted out of the TLC biopic? They would have missed an opportunity of a lifetime! Instead, they redirected their frustrated, embittered energy into focus and dedication. They proved to viewers, once and for all, that they can portray a seamless depiction of Left Eye and Chilli. The harshest critics ended up eating their words…
But why couldn't Zendaya do the same?
What Zendaya fails to realize is that where there is controversy, there is passion. And where there is passion, there is a large audience. Yes, people have scathingly mean opinions, but in turn, all this hullabaloo will materialize into a massive number of viewers (TLC reeled in 4.5 million!).
Let's be honest. Skeptics and fans alike will flock to watch the Lifetime premiere of Aaliyah: Princess of R&B – not Zendaya's next Disney Channel original film. And that's the truth. Ms. Coleman, unfortunately, threw in the towel and missed a pivotal role in her acting career. And this is a lesson not only for Zendaya, but for all us – never let anyone, especially social network nobodies, determine your own aptitude for greatness.
While Zendaya has relieved herself of the encumbrance of the Aaliyah role, she must face a new reality: It'll be hard to just "dust yourself off and try again." Promising roles such as an Aaliyah biopic don't come by very often…
The family had issues with the movie, but she could've let Lifetime handle that. In order to progress in your career, you need to challenge yourself. If you never "Rock the Boat," how can you ever be "At Your Best"?
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The Business Of Biopics: 10 Movies We Believed & The Ones We Didn't
These days it seems like everyone is coming out with a biopic. Whether a political figure, entertainer or important person, there's no getting away from actors taking on their character. Take 12 Years a Slave for example. It followed the life of Solomon Northup, a free black man sold into slavery. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong'o, the film grossed $187.7 million worldwide and won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. It was a successful biopic. Here are 10 other films that resonated with us and ones that were so-so in their delivery. Do you have a favorite?
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"Come To Us, Don't Start A Twitter War" TLC Speaks On Rihanna Drama
Last week we told you about the drama between TLC and Rihanna. It seemed that during an Australian interview, TLC made some disparaging comments about Rihanna's dress. And though we told you that T-Boz denied ever speaking about Rihanna specifically, the ladies wanted to clear the air and let the world know how their words were taken out of context, the reason they took that topless picture and how grown women in the industry and outside of it should be able to hash out their issues in conversation instead of petty name calling on Twitter.
Check out the highlights from their interview with these excerpts and then watch the full thing in the video below.
T-Boz: Someone asked a question. Have we seen Rihanna's outfit and we said no because we're over here touring and I didn't know there was an award show and I didn't know what she wore.
We never mentioned any artist's name. And the unfortunate part is we were giving a positive message to little girls. We were saying that it's cool if you don't want to wear clothes. You can do what you want we don't care. We were talking to the little girls who want to be on television or be singers, even like reality shows. You don't have to feel forced. And they even took my comment, a spade is a spade out of context to get a good story. I was talking about television shows. And this every time we see "you," you're naked and then they put her picture up. C'mon man. How can I talk about something I didn't even see or care about.
Chilli: When we're talking about people not wearing clothes or being maked or whatever that's a whole lot of people. And I said this, if that's their thing and they feel comfortable doing that then whatever, that works for them but you don't have to go that route if you don't want to. We don't want people to think that that's what you have to do.
T-Boz I've worked in the studio with a lot of young girls and they'll go 'oh the label is telling me to take off my clothes and I don't feel comfortable.' Well if you don't feel comfortable, don't do it.
Twitter Beef
Chilli: What is not cool is if we have a problem with an artist or if an artist has a problem with us, come to us directly. Talk to us. Don't start a Twitter war and all that kind of stuff. That's silly.
About that topless picture
T-Boz The one picture in 22 years of our whole career. The one picture and it was for breast cancer awareness. That's why we did it.
Chilli: For us if we do something like that, there is a reason behind it. It's not just because we just feel so comfortable and this is what we're doing and it's just for nothing or to get attention.
Be a woman about yours
T-Boz: Can I just lastly say this whole conversation had nothing to do with her anyway. It was never about her at all, none whatsoever.The thing that is saddening to me about our youth today, is that when you think you're riding for an artist and you start threatening lives and threatening our kids man c'mon man, y'all taking it too far. Don't nobody care. And we never backtracked on what we said, if we said it, we'll say we said it. I don't have a problem. Ain't nobody gone spank us. So how I'm going to get in trouble? What's going to happen? Nothing? Ok so exactly. So if you have a problem and you're in this business holler at us. We're grown women.
Chilli: We're women and we can conversate like that if you have an issue.
Initially, I was saying that TLC appeared a little hypocritical for posing topless and then throwing daggers at Rihanna but this interview clears it up for me. They made the right statement telling little girls they don't have to strip to make it in this industry but can if they so choose. It's sad that the news outlet intentionally chopped and screwed their comments trying to make them appear to be instigators. The most valid point to me though was the fact that Rihanna should have been able to come to them instead of jumping on Twitter with twisted facial expressions and calling people thots etc. Clearly, she was going off of the same information we all received but it was fake and a call to TLC or their rep would have cleared all of that up pretty quickly. But we all know Rih Rih and her Navy are infamously known for taking it too far.
You can watch TLC's full interview in the video below and tell us what you think.
"Phuck What An Old Thot Got To Say": Rihanna Responds To TLC's Criticism of Her Dress, T-Boz Clarifies
People are still talking about Rihanna's dress from Monday at the CFDA dress. Including TLC. In an interview with Entertainment Wise, T-Boz and Chilli slammed the outfit saying "Every time I see you, you don't have to be naked. It's easy to sell sex."
And T-Boz said that it may seem like they're jealous because of their age but they say that's not why they're pointing it out. "It's hard for us to say anything because any time we do, they say 'Oh TLC must be jealous' but I call a spade a spade."
But Chilli said they're happy to have achieved so much success all while keeping their clothes on.
"We became the biggest girl selling group of all time with our clothes on and that says a lot. We could go around too with booby cakes [breasts] out all day long."
Rihanna took to her Twitter page to respond. And you know she's quick with the pictures.
And there was more.
Dynamic Duos: Musical Duets We Would Love To See
What's better than a musical powerhouse taking the stage before thousands of screaming fans? Two musical powerhouses taking the stage before thousands of screaming fans. It is all too rare an occurrence that singers join forces for an epic concert experience for the fans that adore them. But the union of Mr. and Mrs. Carter "On the Run" together has given us renewed hope that there are years of superstar-duo tours in our future. Here are the musical duets we would love to see.
'She Ain't Have No Case:' Chilli Responds To Pebbles Reid Lawsuit
Over the weekend we told you Perri "Pebbles" Reid filed a $40 million lawsuit against Viacom over TLC biopic, "Crazy, Sexy, Cool," which aired last October. As you probably recall, the former music industry executive was outraged over her portrayal in the film and argued that many parts of the movie were fabricated.
"The movie contains many false and defamatory statements and scenes about me," she said in an October statement. "Please know that I have never cheated or mislead anyone. I will defend my reputation, accomplishments, and character. My attorney is in the process of demanding a retraction of the false and defamatory statements and scenes about me from VH1."
While it was said that she had plans to sue the group and Viacom, six months later, we're only hearing about a lawsuit against Viacom. Group member Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas says it's because she has no reason to sue TLC.
"Pebbles couldn't sue us because we didn't lie," Chilli recently told Bossip. "When people talk about lawsuits and then it kind of dies out, you're like oh, okay. Either they forget it or you settled or something, or they're okay with people believing what they say is not true, or they had no case. And in that case, she ain't had no case."
The mom and former reality star also discussed what she would've done differently if she were presented with the chance to do it all over.
"We probably would've had those same contracts in the beginning, but we would have renegotiated sooner and got different lawyers. Then that way, it wouldn't have taken us to get to the third album before you really start seeing profit and that kind of stuff, you know."
Watch Chilli's interview below.
Pebbles Sues Viacom For $40 Million Over TLC Biopic
Today we found out Pebbles was serious about suing Viacom over "Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story." Page Six is reporting that the R&B group's former manager just slapped the mass media company with a $40 million lawsuit over the TLC biopic which aired on VH1 in October, claiming that the movie portrays her "as a conniving and dishonest business woman who hoodwinked three innocent girls and exploited their talent for her own personal gain."
Mmmm that sounds about right.
In case you don't remember all the details of TLC's story, what it basically boiled down to was Chilli, T-Boz, and Left Eye got a bum deal, were rewarded for their hard work and major earnings with Rav 4s, and shared the same lawyers and accountants as their manager Pebbles which means any attempts to check their financials and get the money they deserved were halted — all of which resulted in the ladies filing bankruptcy after selling 11 million copies of "Crazy, Sexy, Cool" alone.
Pebbles, of course, claims none of this is true, saying she never controlled TLC's lawyers or accountants, never withheld their contract terms from them, and always paid them what they were owed — perhaps what she thought they were owed. Consequently, she says Viacom ""ignored fundamental canons of journalistic and literary conduct by publishing false and defamatory accusations with actual malice."
As for Viacom's response, a spokesperson told Page Six: "It's our policy not to comment on matters in litigation."
Do you think Pebbles will see a dime from this lawsuit? Should she?


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Semiparametric Estimation of Single-Index Transition Intensities
AbstractThis research develops semiparametric kernel-based estimators of state-specific conditional transition intensitiesm, hs (y|x), for duration models with right-censoring and/or multiple destinations (competing risks). Both discrete and continous duration data are considered. The maintained assumptions are that hs(y|x) depends on x only through an index x'Bs. In contrast to existing semiparametric estimators, proportional intensities is not assumed. The new estimators are asymptotically normally distributed. The estimator of Bs is root-n consistent. The estimator of hs (y|x) achieves the one-dimensional rate of convergence. Thus the single-index assumption eliminates the "curse of dimensionality". The estimators perform well in Monte Carlo experiments.
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Pioneer Square roundup
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- christy319 Jun 10, 2013 01:01 PM
I work just north of PS and love some of the new things that are going in.
I just went to Rainshadow Meats on Occidental and the sandwiches are absolutely delicious (I had the Romanesco, my friend had the Reuben). The butcher case looks very nice. It's nice to have this option this time of year, when negoitating the Market is so hard due to cruise ship crowds. I'll probably be getting my prosciutto here rather than Delaurenti.
Bar Sajor isn't really my thing--I don't love any of Matt Dillon's restaurants (I don't think they are bad, but I just never love the dishes) but it's a great space and I had a nice time with some oysters and an after work drink recently. And I'm looknig forward to London Plane, the bakery Dillon is opening in the old BOA space.
Il Corvo is such a good addition.
There's a new farmer's market on Wed from 10-2 in Occidental Park that starts next week, which I'll be going to; I'm sure it will be small but it'll be nice to pick up some veggies/berries midweek.
I'm excited about some of the new things slated to open, like LIttle Uncle.
If anyone has any other PS tips/reviews, I'd love to hear them.
I work around PS, too.
There are several great sandwich places... if we got a branch of Paseo, it'd basically be sandwich heaven:
Rainshadow Meats, which you've mentioned.
Tats Deli, locally famous for having authentic and tasty cheese-steaks, they also have a nice variety of cold sandwiches.
Salumi, a Seattle destination restaurant known for it's cured meats. Also packs a terrific porchetta sandwich.
Delicatus offers very high quality sandwiches with a large, varied menu.
It looks like the Pioneer Square outpost of Little Uncle opened yesterday. I'm looking forward to trying it, I'll probably wait a few weeks.
re: Brunhilde
I will probably be too excited to wait to try Little Uncle, but I'll cut them some slack at first.
And there is Tinello, too:
re: christy319
Oh dip, hadn't heard about that one yet! Another one to add to our list...
re: christy319
Little Uncle is well worth checking out already. You wouldn't actually know they just opened by the food or service (the space seems a little unfinished). What a great addition to the 'hood. I had some beautifully poached checken with winter melon soup, and catfish fritters. The only slight negative was that it's in a basement, and ventilation isn't great, and the room was a bit smoky/spicy. But it wasn't a deal breaker. We went at 11:30 and had no line but people started coming in droves after us. But they handled it well, and food was coming out of the kitchen promptly.
re: christy319
That is a great tip, as the shaved ice doesn't appear on the online menu. I'd like to try their beef cheek sarabao as well. The Seattle hit list is growing!
re: grayelf
They often post specials on Facebook.
re: babette feasts
Thanks for the reminder -- I often forget to look on facebook, and it doesn't seem to come up in google searches.
il Corvo is awesome. Favorite restaurant in the city right now. The specials are great, and the al Inferno is really amazing.


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UNDATED (NBC) - Cooped up inside, away from what this winter's been producing, Americans have obviously been busy planning summer vacations.
Online vacation-home giant Flipkey.com reports over 40-percent of its properties already have reservations for either June, July or August.
They advise travelers to book now.
"Particularly if you're going, if you're traveling in high demand areas during peak periods," said Eric Horndahl of Flipkey.com.
Those peak periods always include the first few weeks when the kids get out of school and when vacation spots fill up first.
"I don't think it's too early to start thinking about summer travel. It's good to start getting a read on what prices are, airline prices in particular," said Jeanenne Tornatore of Orbitz.
Travel experts say prices aren't likely to get any better than they are now.
Just try to insure you're getting the most for your money.
They also say many vacation destinations aren't just specific to one season.
Also helpful to know, online travel site Kayak says summer travel is much cheaper in August than June or July.
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NEWBURYPORT — City officials are recommending that the Newburyport Redevelopment Authority procure more technical expertise before it extends a Request for Proposals (RFP) to developers interested in creating two commercial structures and a park on the NRA's riverfront land.
At the NRA's regular meeting last night, Vice Chairman John Morris read a letter from Andy Port, director of municipal planning and development, who said that the city wants to be assured that NRA leaders are prepared to adhere "to the regulatory requirements for a project of this scope."
Port wrote, "We suggest that prior to the issuance of an RFP, the NRA obtain the following additional services (to address the following), which will resolve any uncertainty that exists on specific elements of the project:"
Permitting obligations of the NRA.
Closeout obligations of the NRA.
Procurement obligations of the NRA.
Geotechnical assessment of the project site.
Morris, sitting in for absent Chairman James Shanley, said, "The city is suggesting steps to move the project forward, and we are in agreement in spirit."
City Hall observers had expected the NRA to discuss its RFP last night, but Morris said it was not complete.
Instead, members reacted to the letter from Port, which they said they received about 5 p.m.
It appears that city officials want to make sure that the five-member voluntary board has enough technical expertise at hand to move forward on what could be a complicated project.
The NRA, which owns 4.2 acres along the riverfront, has announced its intention of improving parkland near the Merrimack River. To do that, it proposes to create two income-producing commercial buildings that they say will offer shops, restaurants and perhaps 30 to 35 condominium units.
Local historians say this property has been used by numerous polluting industries over the centuries, and significant research must be done relating to the quality of the soil.


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If it was not for bad luck, the New York Islanders would have no luck at all.
Sniper John Tavares is the latest victim of the injury bug as he suffered a concussion in the first period of Saturday's game against the Dallas Stars after he was elbowed in the head by Adam Burish.
Tavares was forced to leave the game and did not return.
The Isles have already been decimated by injuries, losing defenceman Mark Streit and forward Kyle Okposo in the pre-season.


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5 TV Guardian Angels That Walk, Talk, Smite, Smoke, and Save like a Human Being
By Brad Pike
At a certain age, people realize that in order to get through their days sanely, they've adopted some belief system, a personal mantra, or at the very least taken up a convenient vice. As Woody Allen put it, "whatever works."
Maybe it should come as no surprise then that a recent Associated Press poll found 77% of Americans believe in angels and 55% of these folks think they have a guardian angel personally watching over them.
This insight into our country's core beliefs is music to the ears of blocked TV writers across Hollywood, as characters routinely challenged to save lives make for potent story fodder. Take the ER doctor or inner city detective; one need look no further than the current primetime network lineup to watch these heroes at work. Only with angels, the stakes are higher and the spectacle louder because they've got superpowers, baby.
KoldCast TV's subversive series Passenger will have you rethinking where the halo on your TV angel typecast should go. This smart, supernatural ITV thriller follows Michael, a hitman for G-d here on Earth who'd swig a beer or strum a guitar just as easily as striking down a demon.
You are watching Episode 1 of Passenger
Redemption in a deserted bar.
Episode 2 of Passenger
Michael's job is to track down angel-killing Slayers and off them with a very, very big sword. As he carries out his mission over the course of the series, Michael realizes he's the centerpiece in an apocalyptic war raging between heaven and hell.
Passenger gives us an angel in Michael who's not merely living in the stratosphere, but grounded, relatable. He even picks up a stranded hitchhiker proving angels don't necessarily need superpowers to be helpful. It's unnerving, imaginative, and in good company. TV has had a long history of winged wonders that were loved because they were distinctly, well, human.
Monica – Touched by an Angel (1994-2003)
Throughout its nine-season run, Monica, a recently promoted angel from the "search and rescue division", helps hundreds of people navigate difficult moral quandaries while also learning a little bit herself along the way.
With each episode, she and her supervisor Tess would drive to a new town in their red Cadillac convertible and dispense messages from G-d, guiding people through a hard decision or spiritual crisis. Though Monica never had to fight demons, Satan popped up from time to time to cause trouble in the guise of a human.
Monica's schmaltzy messages, delivered in her Irish brogue, made the show a ratings bonanza for CBS. At its height, Touched by an Angel was viewed by 15% of the television market. That's a lot of touching.
Marty – Teen Angel (1997)
Oh TGIF, we millennials miss you dearly. Teen Angel was created by a couple of Simpsons writer-producers for ABC's Friday night lineup and followed a wisecracking high school kid, Marty, who died and became an angel after eating a six month old burger on a dare.
Following Marty's death, his friend Steve fell into depression, left by his dad and losing his best friend. G-d's cousin Rod, who appears as a disembodied head, assigned Marty to be Steve's guardian angel to help him pass tests, build confidence with girls, and of course, learn important life lessons.
Marty's attempts to help always backfired, resulting in hilarity and horrifying awkwardness. A memorable example of this was when Marty, in order to save Steve from rejection, shape-shifted into his crush and went out on a date with him. Lasting only 17 episodes, Teen Angel is best remembered for its refreshingly flippant treatment of death, the afterlife, and spirituality in general.
Leo Wyatt – Charmed (1998-2006)
Leo is not precisely an angel but a "whitelighter", the Charmed universe's version of angels. For his good deeds, Leo was made a whitelighter by the Elders and imbued with powers such as levitation, teleportation, healing, telepathy, shape shifting, and general invulnerability. His job was to safeguard charmed witches Phoebe, Paige, and Piper, but unlike Passenger's Michael, never, ever through violence. Leo's healing power proved particularly helpful, often (perhaps too often) saving the girls from horrifying wounds, even on the verge of death. But near the end of the show, Leo finally gave up his powers to marry Piper.
Aaron Corbett – Fallen (2006)
This ABC Family miniseries combined the teen angst of high school with the epic spiritual crises of Paradise Lost. On Aaron Corbett's 18th birthday, he began displaying strange powers, the strangest among them being his ability to talk to his dog, Gabe. Soon, Aaron discovers he's actually a Nephilim, or angel-human hybrid.
Though he can fly and magically redeem fallen ones, Aaron's also hunted by "Powers", warrior angels sent to Earth to eliminate his race, which they perceive as abominations. Fallen, as with Passenger, treats angels with some moral ambiguity. By the end of the miniseries, Aaron discovers his father isn't just any angel, but Lucifer, the Prince of Darkness himself. Dear old dad wants his son to redeem him so he can take over Heaven's throne. Don't worry, though, this is ABC Family! It can't possibly end with G-d's death and Satan's ascension to rule all of existence… right?
Earl – Saving Grace (2007-2010)
After a night of heavy drinking, Detective Grace Hanadarko accidentally hits and kills a pedestrian with her car. In desperation she calls out for G-d's help and right on cue there's Earl, wings unfurled, just in case she didn't recognize his awesome divinity.
Earl was a harsh, no-nonsense type who wore flannel shirts, chewed tobacco and drank beer much like Michael from Passenger. From time to time he even swore, but he was the perfect angel for Grace, who lived a hard, fast life in which she frequently had one-night-stands, drank heavily, and made terrible choices.
Earl acted as Grace's de facto therapist, guiding her through moral and spiritually foggy dilemmas. With a TV name like Grace, she was virtually guaranteed a guardian angel – Running Wilde, Raising Hope, Tru Calling — these shows tell the entire story in their titles alone.
Whether your angel comes in beer guzzling, sword swinging form like Michael from Passenger, or they're a compassionate, loving adviser like Touched by an Angel's Monica, one thing is for certain: they're a hell of a lot more fun to watch when they step off that cloud and start acting like a regular Joe.
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Is Hastings right that Obama can bypass Congress to raise the debt limit?
- 12:26 pm Monday, January 7th, 2013 by Opinion Staff
The Post's George Bennett reports that Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, is urging President Barack Obama to bypass Congress and raise the debt limit on his own.
Rep. Hastings maintains that the 14th Amendment, which says that the "validity of the public debt … shall not be questioned," gives the president power to raise the debt limit.
Rep. Hastings says the president would be justified in taking the extraordinary step because defaulting on the debt, which would occur if Congress refuses to raise the debt limit, would have a devastating effect on financial markets. Democrats also have argued that spending cuts [More]
Who deserves blame for breakdown in fiscal cliff talks?
- 3:57 pm Friday, December 21st, 2012 by Opinion Staff
After House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" approach fell apart Thursday night, the Republican leader said it now is up to President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, to come up with a new approach to avoid the fiscal cliff.
The fiscal cliff is a combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that go into effect at the end of the year. Economists say the constriction that would result could send the economy back into recession.
The political failure also could lead other rating agencies to downgrade U.S. debt. Standard & Poor's took that step after the 2011 [More]
Should Obama send troops if Syria uses chemical weapons?
- 1:22 pm Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
For nearly two years, President Barack Obama has resisted calls to involve the United States more on the side of rebels seeking to overthrow Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Critics have said that Mr. Obama's inaction has prolonged the conflict.
Supporters have said that, given the uncertainty and the dynamics, restraint is better, especially with the U.S. just ending its combat mission in Iraq after nearly nine years and figuring how to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, which will be 13 years after the post-9/11 invasion.
Mr. Obama, though, has made clear that his policy could change if Syria uses chemical [More]
Will Obama and Congress avert the fiscal cliff?
- 2:12 pm Monday, November 19th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
Investors apparently were feeling better Monday about the prospect of a federal budget agreement. After taking a hit most of last week, stocks were up to start Thanksgiving week.
President Obama, who is on a trip to Asia, took a moment to stoke the optimism. "I am confident we can get our fiscal situation dealt with," the president said.
Earlier, following a meeting between the president and congressional leaders, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he favored tax reform that is "consistent with the president's call for a fair and balanced approach."
"To show our seriousness," Rep. Boehner said, "we put [More]
Is Romney right that Obama 'gifts' bought the election?
- 3:53 pm Friday, November 16th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
The New York Times reports that in a conference call with fund-raisers and donors to his campaign, Mitt Romney said President Obama prevailed in the election because of "gifts" to specific groups – "especially," Mr. Romney said, "the African-American community, the Hispanic community and young people."
Mr. Romney said his own campaign had focused on "talking about big issues for the whole country: military strategy, foreign policy, a strong economy, creating jobs and so forth."
Expanding on his theory, Mr. Romney explained that, "With regards to the young people, for instance, a forgiveness of college loan interest was a big gift…Free contraceptives [More]
Do U.N. envoy Susan Rice's Benghazi remarks disqualify her as secretary of state?
- 3:35 pm Thursday, November 15th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
During his news conference on Wednesday President Obama bristled at the suggestion that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is not qualified to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have threatened to block Ms. Rice's nomination if President Obama nominates her for the post.
Shortly after the attacks that killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, Ms. Rice appeared on Sunday talk shows. She attributed the attacks to spontaneous outrage over an anti-Muslin video posted on YouTube.
In fact, the attacks at the American consulate and a nearby [More]
Palm Beach Post Editorial Board election predictions
- 1:18 pm Monday, November 5th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
Editorial Page Editor Randy Schultz: Mitt Romney will be elected, winning the popular vote and the Electoral College. He also will win Florida. Republicans will control the House. Democrats will retain control of the Senate. In Florida's U.S. Senate race, Bill Nelson will beat Connie Mack IV. Patrick Murphy will beat Allen West in U.S. House District 18, and Lois Frankel will beat Adam Hasner in U.S. House District 22.
Editorial writer Rhonda Swan: President Obama will be re-elected, winning the popular vote and the Electoral College. But Mitt Romney will carry Florida. Republicans will keep control of the House, and Democrats will keep control of the Senate. In Florida's U.S. Senate race, Bill Nelson will beat Connie Mack IV. Allen West will beat Patrick Murphy in U.S. House District 18, and Lois Frankel will beat Adam Hasner in U.S. House District 22.
Editorial writer Andrew Marra: President Obama will be reelected and win both the popular vote and the Electoral College. President Obama will win in Florida. Republicans will retain control of the House. Democrats will retain control of the Senate. In Florida's U.S. Senate race, Bill Nelson will beat Connie Mack IV. In close local congressional races, Allen West will beat Patrick Murphy in District 18, and Lois Frankel will beat Adam Hasner in District 22. [More]
Who has the better case: Obama or Romney?
- 1:53 pm Friday, November 2nd, 2012 by Opinion Staff
Palm Beach Post editorial writer Rhonda Swan makes the case that President Obama should be re-elected because he saved the economy, improved regulation of Wall Street and enacted health care reform to cover millions more Americans. He ended the Iraq war and is bringing troops out of Afghanistan.
She notes that Republicans blocked him from injecting more job-creating stimulus into the economy.
"No president in modern history has faced such disrespect, derision and obstructionism by congressional leaders of the opposing party."
As for challenger Mitt Romney, Ms. Swan says, "Mitt Romney changes positions with the wind. What he stands for is a mystery. [More]
Is $2 billion too much to spend on a presidential election?
- 2:22 pm Friday, October 26th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
The Associated Press is reporting that fundraising for the 2012 presidential race has exceeded $2 billion.
That doesn't include $130 million more spent on political ads by groups that don't have to file campaign finance reports or list donors.
It also doesn't include the hundreds of millions spent by state and local candidates whose ads compete with the presidential slates for airtime.
The proliferation of "super" PACs, made possible by Supreme Court decisions, has pumped up spending considerably in 2012.
The controversy over that will continue. But the controversy over public financing of presidential campaigns is over, and public financing lost.
Just four years ago [More]
Do Mourdock's rape comments hurt Mitt Romney?
- 1:21 pm Thursday, October 25th, 2012 by Opinion Staff
As a theological puzzle, Richard Mourdock's proposition is unsolvable. The Republican Senate candidate from Indiana declared in a debate that "even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that is something that God intended to happen."
If God is all powerful, why would God ever think it's necessary to create life through rape? Why wouldn't God create that life some other way that is not violent?
Why does God allow rape at all? Or murder? Or child abuse?
Then comes the long debate on free will.
These discussions tend to lead to the conclusion – at least by people who are religious, [More]


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Ushahidi is a small Kenyan-born organization that develops free, open source software for information gathering, visualization, and interactive mapping. Originally designed to map reports of post-election violence in Kenya, Ushahidi has since then developed into a social collaboration tool turning citizens into journalists all over the world. The organization combines crowdsourcing, social activism, citizen journalism, and geospatial information into a resultant product that has been called one of the most disruptive innovations of the last decade. The Ushahidi Platform allows local observers to send reports using their mobile phones or the Internet, while concurrently constructing a time-based, geospatial archive of incidents.
In 2008, after Kenya's contentious election, violence exploded across the country. After receiving threats about her work, a well-known Kenyan lawyer and blogger Ory Okolloh wrote about the idea of an Internet mapping tool that would allow people to report violence anonymously. Software engineers that read Ms. Okolloh's blog built the Ushahidi Web Platform over a long weekend and the site was up and running soon afterwards. The Kenyan website allowed users to submit eyewitness reports of riots, stranded refugees, rapes, and murders via email and text-message and placed the events on a Google map.
When the Haitian earthquake struck, Ushahidi quickly built a Web Platform for the Haitian people. An emergency number for texting was advertised on the radio and Ushahidi received thousands of messages reporting trapped victims. The messages were translated by a widespread band of Haitian-Americans in the U.S and quickly plotted on a "crisis map". From a room at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Ushahidi volunteers worked with the United States Coast Guard in Haiti helping locate survivors. After the Chilean earthquake, Ushahidi quickly organized again.
There are many potential problems with the Ushahidi Web Platforms. People could lie, addresses could be wrong, or the reports of violence could be exaggerated. But as data collects, Ushahidi maps can expose underlying pattern. How large was the radius of the earthquake's devastation? How many miles inland did the hurricane cause catastrophic damage? Are the murders broadly distributed or focused near military bases?
With tools like Ushahidi, humanitarian work can now operate much differently than it has in the past. In the past, humanitarian work was limited in part by the small number of foreign journalists who were able to get to a disaster location and report on events there. Now victims on the ground can supply real-time information to a horde of global volunteers ready to translate the text messages and help orchestrate relief.
Ushahidi represents a new type of innovation. Entrepreneurship derived from hardship and suffering. These innovators concentrate on doing more with less and the consequences have been nothing less of amazing. Because Ushahidi was an idea born out of a crisis, no one tried to capitalize on its launch. The organization used open-source software and was therefore able to let others alter the tool for new projects. "Ushahidi remixes" have been used in Armenia and India to monitor elections; in the Middle East to report on the Gaza War; in Africa to report on medicine shortages; and in Washington DC to map road blockages and the location of available snowplows.
Innovations like Ushahidi and the organizations other data processing tools like Swift River are truly changing the landscape of disaster relief and humanitarian work.
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Growing up in London, Ovie Soko preferred soccer, but a growth spurt dictated that basketball was his ticket to ride.
"Soccer was my first love," said the 6-foot-8, 225-pound Soko. "I wish I could have continued playing."
Soko's basketball pursuit led him to the United States and an impressive high school career in Virginia. He played collegiately for three years at Alabama-Birmingham under Bob Knight disciple Mike Davis. When UAB fired Davis, Soko transferred to Duquesne, where he is leads the team in scoring (18.4 points per game) and rebounding (8.0) while approaching the school record for free-throw attempts in a season set by All-American Sihugo Green in 1955-56.
He could have attended Marquette, USC or any number of schools with a higher basketball profile rather than a rebuilding Duquesne program under second-year coach Jim Ferry. But while others may have seen a question mark at Duquesne, Soko envisioned opportunity.
"You can obviously go to another school of that size, and you can just be another guy," said Soko, the only player in the Atlantic 10 who ranks among the top 10 in scoring and rebounding. "Or you can come to a school like Duquesne and make a difference."
An athletic forward with a deft shooting touch, Soko became the first Duquesne player to produce five consecutive 20-point games since West Mifflin's Bryant McAllister during the 2005-06 season.
"Ovie's got great versatility for a forward," Ferry said. "His future as a pro is all dictated on his shooting ability. When Ovie's playing well, we're playing well."
Entering Saturday's game at Rhode Island, Soko had scored at least 20 points in nine of Duquesne's first 23 games. He finished with 19 points and 12 rebounds in the 83-71 victory over the Rams.
"Ovie's always been a shooter," said Ed Huckaby, who was Soko's legal guardian and his assistant basketball coach at Bethel High in Hampton, Va. "At UAB, because they had other good players, he wasn't asked to do as much as he is now. He's always been able to handle the ball and play on the perimeter. They helped cultivate it at Duquesne."
Soko's inside game is an acquired taste. He gets to the free-throw line frequently with his quick first step or by positioning his powerful torso close to the basket and signaling for the ball. The strategy has resulted in him attempting more than 10 free throws per game.
"It's been tougher now in conference play with all the scouting reports. Everyone keys on you more," Soko said. "If I can get to my right hand, I don't feel there's many people who can stay in front of me without fouling. I don't mind contact. That's where I've had the most success: slashing and getting in the lane."
As for avoiding a losing record, Soko said the positives at Duquesne outweigh the negatives. With five games remaining in the regular season, he's optimistic.
Soko graduated in December with a degree in communications, and he's working toward a graduate degree in sports leadership.
His parents and older brother recently surprised him with a visit from England for his 23rd birthday. The following day, with his family watching him play in a college game for the first time, Soko delivered 21 points and eight rebounds against George Mason.
"I've always been glad I picked Duquesne," Soko said. "I'm a firm believer you go through everything for a reason. There's no such thing as a bad decision because lessons are learned from every situation in life. As long as you learn from it, everything's a good decision."
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