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Lunch: V-Dub. Chicken fingers plus enchilada bar–a Friday staple just got better.

Dinner: Ratty by default.  With the V-dub offering the dubious combination of Fisherman’s Pie in Puff Pastry and Cheese Raviolis with Vodka Sauce, we don’t even have to check the menu to know it’s a Ratty night.

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Supt. Frances Gallo’s plan to fire all teachers at a Central Falls high school has aroused ire from teachers and nation-wide publicity. Or, as the Projo headline now reads, it has “thurst (Central Falls) into school reform forefront.”

A Brown poll found that likely voters favor General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio over Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch in the Democratic primary race for governor.  Patrick Lynch’s brother, state Democratic Chairman Bill Lynch is running for Patrick Kennedy’s House seat.  Lincoln Chafee — an independent and potential spoiler for the Democrats in the gubernatorial race — is “the man to beat,” according to the article.

Rain is in the forecast for the next few days, and to top it all off, we may be getting snow on Friday morning.  Also in effect: a flood warning for Cranston’s Pawtuxet River and a coastal flood watch.  Happy puddle-jumping!

Name: Steven Lavallee

Age: 54

Occupation: Head, Friedman Study Center

What’s your job description, in one sentence? I partner and coordinate with an array of people, groups and university offices to ensure that both the Friedman Study Center and the Sciences Library’s services are continuously renewing and adapting to serve the ever-evolving needs of our busy, hard-working clientele.

After the jump, Lavallee reveals his culinary preferences. Hint: Kabob & Curry. [Read more →]

Commissar Markov has long been a loyal party member, but I fear his growing influence in state policy. Perhaps it is time to cash in a favor from my friends at the Kremlin.

LOLcats for the Russian Lit student. In fact, probably a Russian Lit final project.

Lunch: V-Dub. The Ratty has much of the same today, so stop by the V-Dub for an enchilada bar and grilled Montreal chicken.

Dinner: V-Dub. The V-Dub is hosting the Cape Verdean Dinner Special, and that means a tasty BBQ chicken dinner with Pudim de Leite to top it all off. (That means flan for all of you non-Cape Verdeans.)

Central Falls has gone through with its promise to fire its 93 high school teachers, specialists and staff members. Many students and union members are outraged, while Secretary of Education Arne Duncan gave his support to the education officials.

According to a poll conducted by Brown, General Treasurer Frank Caprio is currently beating Attorney General Patrick Lynch in the governor primary on the Democrats’ side, but independent candidate Lincoln Chafee is possibly proving that voters are fed up with the two major political parties: he fared the best when the poll asked about the general election.

Hey, weather? Think you could cut it out with all the advisories and weather watches and stuff? We know you didn’t really deliver on the whole “blizzard of the century” thing, but now that we’re under a flood watch until Friday and our socks are soaked through, we really don’t think you need to feel obligated to make it up to us.

But hey, since you’re not likely to be all that interested in the weather — and if you are, it’s probably because it’s driving you nuts — note instead that the State Health Department is moving forward with the medical marijuana compassion centers, even if that just means they’re looking at all their submissions on the issue and will decide what to do next week. Ah, compassion and cannabis—you can’t stay mad for long with that in mind.

Lunch: V-Dub. For serving Saturday Night Jambalaya in the honor of BSR’s “Saturday Night Jambalaya” show. We can only hope that the meal has “a little bit of everything, a whole lot of flavor” in it as well.

Dinner: Ratty. Because couscous croquettes with cider pepper sauce, while having the possibility of being one of those times that the Ratty becomes overly ambitious with its meal names, still hold much more potential than turkey pot pie.

Dow Travers ’12 placed 69th out of the 81 skiers in men’s giant slalom, among that were able to complete the course. His finish placed him ahead of American super-skier Bode Miller, who was disqualified when he did not finish the first run. Travers’ total time was 3:02:89, finishing 25:06 after gold medal winner Carlo Janka of Switzerland. The silver medal went to Kjetil Jansrud of Norway and the bronze went to Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway. In his first run, Travers, with a time of 1:29:39, placed 75th out of the 89 skiiers that completed the course.

Travers is competing as the lone member of the Cayman Islands team, whose flag he is pictured carrying here.

Want to waste time but hate feeling like you could be doing something more fulfilling? The perfect outlet for the conscientious time waster.

Providence Police Detective Robert DeCarlo was charged Monday with assaulting a handcuffed victim in the latest development in a controversial police brutality case.  The beating, which was captured on surveillance video, occurred last October and involved two Providence officers.

Pay your taxes or face public shame–this seems to be the message behind Rhode Island’s posting of the top 100 delinquent taxpayers.  Names are published on a state website, along with the exact amount and kind of tax that is owed.  Earning the dubious first place finish on the list is a Boca Raton couple who owe that state a whopping $1.2 million in personal income taxes.

Nine students at a North Attleboro high school were arrested for placing improvised soda bombs under cars and in a mailbox.  The students apparently found out how to make the bombs on the Internet.