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• How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

  04-01-2016 23:57
  It’s a new year – which means making promises to yourself that you may or may not keep. According to this Nielsen survey, below are the top ten resolutions made in the US each year.If you live or work in Downtown Brooklyn, we have put the suggestions for each one to help you keep your resolutions… resolved!Stay fit and healthy/Lose weightWe’re rolling these two together, since they both concern health and wellness. A whopping 69% of Americans make fitness a New Year
  
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• Body of missing country singer recovered at Oklahoma lake

  04-01-2016 23:26
  
  Body of missing country singer from Arkansas recovered at Oklahoma lake after boat capsized
  
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• 2 Clintons and plenty of Republicans in motion

  04-01-2016 23:00
  
  2 Clintons and plenty of Republican candidates in motion as race to Iowa opens
  
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• File a Complaint against an NYPD Officer, Reveal Your Identity in the Process and then Fear Retaliation!

  04-01-2016 22:38 via bkmag.com
  
  Suffice it to say, public trust in New York’s Finest, aka the New York Police Department, is not at an all time high. With perpetually upsetting stop and frisk data, and—here and across the country—police officers killing 90 unarmed Americans in 2015 alone (and nearly 1,000 people total), police departments are not doing a fantastic job of inspiring public trust.
  To put it lightly, these behaviors are upsetting, especially when one feels powerless to do anything about any of i
  
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• On the Low: Sweet Chick Now Offers Six Off-the-Menu Items that Look Amazing

  04-01-2016 22:33 via bkmag.com
  
  Gravy on Fries with Poached Egg
  photo via Sweet Chick Restaurant
  2016 is shaping up to be a pretty good year already, particularly if you like to eat good things covered in gravy—and that’s all of us, right? Right.
  Sweet Chick, one of our favorite spots in Williamsburg, is now offering staff favorite off-the-menu options to a more general audience, i.e. you and me and everyone we know. And, clearly, the staff at Sweet Chick has excellent taste, because these dishes include things lik
  
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• Broadway has a great holiday but data not great for 2015

  04-01-2016 22:10
  
  Broadway has a great holiday but 2015 had both box office numbers and attendance fall
  
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• Swan song for 'American Idol' after 15 game-changing years

  04-01-2016 21:37
  
  Final season begins for 'American Idol' with new hopefuls, stars from earlier seasons
  
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• Low-rated 'Meredith Vieira Show' ending after 2 seasons

  04-01-2016 21:34
  
  Daytime's low-rated 'Meredith Vieira Show' ending after 2 seasons; Vieira's heading for Rio
  
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• Kate Atkinson takes best-novel prize at Costa Book Awards

  04-01-2016 20:31
  
  Kate Atkinson's 'A God in Ruins' wins best-novel prize at UK's Costa Book Awards
  
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• Body of missing country singer recovered from Oklahoma lake

  04-01-2016 20:27
  
  Body of missing country singer from Arkansas recovered from Oklahoma lake after boat capsized
  
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• Review: 'House of 8 Orchids' is compelling thriller

  04-01-2016 19:55
  
  Review: 'House of 8 Orchids' is compelling thriller by James Thayer
  
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• Bill Clinton kicks off tour for wife's presidential campaign

  04-01-2016 19:44
  
  Former President Bill Clinton kicks off tour for wife Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign
  
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• Goodbye to a New York Institution: Dr. Zizmor Is Gone from the Subway

  04-01-2016 19:43 via bkmag.com
  
  In terms of all that I’ve seen over the last 34 years of taking the subway in New York City, there are few things that have had a more lasting impact on me than the ads of dermatologist Dr. Jonathan Zizmor. I mean, sure, there was that one time I saw a man stick his finger into an open wound on his leg, dig around in there for longer than I’d care to remember, and then stick his goopy finger into his mouth where he swirled it around for a couple minutes. And there are the multi
  
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• PODCAST: MEDIA: Today on Brooklyn Paper Radio: Christopher Swain

  04-01-2016 19:39
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyJoin our pals Vince and Gersh on Brooklyn Paper Radio when they sit down with “Toxic Avenger” Christopher Swain, who last year became a Brooklyn legend when he swam both the putrid Newtown Creek and the gonorrhea-infused Gowanus Canal.Also scheduled is an on-air interview with a potential new Brooklyn Paper reporter. We’ll see of the kid’s got what it takes to make it to the big time.And an impassioned plea to legendary co
  
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• Allies follow Saudis in cutting ties with Iran amid tensions

  04-01-2016 19:33
  
  Allies follow Saudi lead in cutting ties with Iran after protests over cleric's execution
  
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• Review: 'Blackout' is latest thriller from David Rosenfelt

  04-01-2016 19:30
  
  Review: 'Blackout' is latest thriller from David Rosenfelt
  
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• Exclusive: The NoHo Hospitality Group Is Finally Coming to Brooklyn

  04-01-2016 19:03 via bkmag.com
  
  The NoHo Hospitality Group in its new space
  “Hotel food” was long considered one of the most denigrating culinary terms; largely associated with radish rosettes, wasabi mashed potatoes, and other delicacies designed to impress Minneapolis-based tourists. In contemporary Manhattan, however, that couldn’t be farther from the case, with everyone from Jean-Georges Vongerichten to Danny Meyer to April Bloomfield opening critically acclaimed eateries in the Trump International, the M
  
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• A Woman Apart: Talking to Feminist Filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin About Her First Feature, Now on Kickstarter

  04-01-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  In her twenty-year career, the Williamsburg-based feminist filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin has studied the intersection of politics and performance in Le Tigre videos, video installations, shorts and experimental documentaries, with subjects ranging from Shulamith Firestone and Francesca Woodman to lost Antonioni movies to creative block. Right now, she’s on Kickstarter raising postproduction funds for her first narrative feature, A Woman, A Part, starring TV’s Maggie Siff as an actress
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres to accept People's Choice humanitarian award

  04-01-2016 18:59
  
  Ellen DeGeneres to receive humanitarian honors at 42nd annual People's Choice Awards
  
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• Times Square concert a treat for dog lovers and their pets

  04-01-2016 18:32
  
  Times Square concert by artist Laurie Anderson aimed at dog lovers and their pets
  
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• 'It's a real beauty' _ Jimmy Buffett lyrics help tattoo shop

  04-01-2016 18:07
  
  'It's a real beauty' _ Jimmy Buffett lyrics help tattoo shop with appeal against Key West
  
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• Our 10 most anticipated Brooklyn restaurant openings for 2016

  04-01-2016 16:57
  
  Another year, another 12,567, 999 restaurants or so getting ready to open in Brooklyn. More hipster food halls? Check. Even more fried chicken sandwiches? Of course, check. So which newcomers are worth getting worked up over?  Well, here’s a serious start. From some very oversized openings to little mom-and-pops, expansions of popular outposts, and the revival of at least one shuttered favorite, here are the 10 upcoming Brooklyn restaurants we’re most excited to
  
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• Around the World in 10 Sausages at South Slope’s Jake’s Handcrafted

  04-01-2016 16:46 via bkmag.com
  
  Sausages!
  photo via Jake’s Handcrafted
  Opening the door of Jake’s Handcrafted, you’ll think you’ve been magically transported inside of nearby Fletcher’s. The unmistakable aroma of fire-kissed brisket permeates the room, except instead of being sold by the pound or piled into sandwiches, here, it’s transformed into nubby links of smoke-dark forcemeat and nudged into buns, along with purple kraut and pickles.
  A redo of the German beer hall, Der Kommissar, the S
  
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• Diana Athill, 98, offers up enchanting new memoir

  04-01-2016 16:19
  
  Diana Athill, 98, follows up late-life best-seller with new memoir on 'things that matter'
  
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• Lane Moore’s Tinder Live! Will Make You Feel Ok about Being Loveless

  04-01-2016 15:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Lane Moore (Photo by Mindy Tucker)
  Often, the saddest scenarios are the ones we need to laugh at the most. Jon Stewart helped us ingest more than a decade of very bleak realities by reminding us that the human spirit (or at least our sense of humor) is still stronger than all the awful crap the world throws at us. With this in mind, we thank comedian Lane Moore for creating Tinder Live!, an interactive, live-performance, therapy-comedy show created to help those of us who have submitte
  
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• Seeso, a new comedy channel, pledges more and better laughs

  04-01-2016 15:31
  
  Seeso, a new online comedy channel, vows to make you laugh more and better than ever before
  
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• Graphic novelist named ambassador for young people's lit

  04-01-2016 15:22
  
  Library of Congress names graphic novelist Yang ambassador for young people's literature
  
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• Modern Like

  04-01-2016 15:10 via bkmag.com
  
  Illustration by Paige Vickers
  I joined Tinder for the second time because my roommate and her girlfriend split up. There are a lot of reasons why people join Tinder: they’re lonely, they want sex, they want to date outside their social circle, or, hey, maybe they’re lonely. Not me, though. I joined (for the second time) because I saw my roommate scrolling through Tinder while we watched television together, and I thought, “wait, me too.”When you’re not on Tinder, yo
  
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• Bill Clinton to stump for his wife, bringing old controversy

  04-01-2016 09:45
  
  Bill Clinton heads out on the campaign trail for his wife, bringing old controversy with him
  
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• PHOTO GALLERIES: The big Brooklyn stories of 2015

  04-01-2016 08:26
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By The Brooklyn Paper Reflection BureauThe Brooklyn PaperIt was a record-breaking year for Brooklyn in 2015 — the borough became home to the world’s oldest person, finally crowned a new hot-dog eating champion, and sent eight players to the World Series. As we begin yet another magical 12 months in the borough of Kings, we look back over the highs and lows of the year gone by.JanuaryDaring dip: Who needs Hawaii
  
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• BRIGHTON BEACH: Double-crossinged! Community board: These aren’t the pedestrian improvements we approved!

  04-01-2016 08:17
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyThey say this error really sticks out.The Department of Transportation extended a Coney Island Avenue sidewalk into a Belt Parkway on-ramp, and now drivers have to swerve to avoid the precarious outcropping, locals say. The agency built the so-called “bump out” — which shortens pedestrians’ time crossing the street — as part of a suite of safety improvements to Con
  
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• SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Your tag is showing! Sheepshead Bay graffiti complaints up amid police initiative

  04-01-2016 08:01
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyBlame the police for an explosion of graffiti complaints in Sheepshead Bay.Reports of illicit scribbles in the 61st Precinct jumped 166 percent — from 91 in 2014 to 242 in 2015 — because the command’s new top cop is instructing his men and women to adhere to the old New York stand-by “If you see something, say something,” according to a local pol.“It’s not as bad as the reports show, because
  
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• Home unsafe, home: Security failing at Sunset Park homeless shelter, locals say

  04-01-2016 07:55
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailySunset Parkers are demanding the city and a homeless shelter operator reign in wild residents at a controversial hotel-turned-shelter.Security workers at the former Sleep Inn stood idly by while a resident, who was later arrested, allegedly brandished a beer bottle and yelled obscenities at a woman in front of the 49th Street shelter on Dec. 27, the victim said. She was visiting her parents, who live next door, and said guards just
  
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• What's going on Monday? (Lauryn Hill, Petal, and more)

  04-01-2016 06:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Lauryn Hill at Rough Trade, February 2015 (more by PSquared)
  You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights...Lauryn Hill @ Brooklyn BowlLauryn Hill has come back into her element over the past year or so, and has been dropping hints (and at least one new track) that she's set to release a new album.
  Petal, Adult Mom, Jawbreaker Reunion, 100% @ Silent BarnKiley Lotz's Petal project may have initially caught our attention for sometimes fe
  
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• THEATER: Pop culture: Hip-hop artist showcases his father’s work

  04-01-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonThe Brooklyn PaperIt’s a new spin on old material.A hip-hop artist will perform alongside archival film footage and audio recordings of his late father, Off-Broadway thespian and comedian Steve Ben Israel, in the multi-media show “The Spinning Wheel,” opening Jan. 8. The show brings to light decades of recorded jokes and performances across the country and the world, says the show’s star.
  “One of the inspirations fo
  
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• Pop culture: Hip-hop artist showcases his father’s work

  04-01-2016 06:00
  
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• PHOTO GALLERIES: The most popular Brooklyn Paper stories of 2015

  04-01-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By The Brooklyn Paper Small Data BureauThe Brooklyn PaperWe know what you’re reading, Brooklyn. You might like to think it is the serious stuff about zoning laws and policy changes, but we see your web traffic. These were the 10 most read stories on BrooklynPaper.com last year.1. Subways will run empty overnight during snowstormYou heard it here first — transit workers had to run empty trains for a night last winter after Gov. Cuomo unexpectedly sh
  
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• No tannenbaum! Where to dump your old Christmas tree for Mulch Fest 2016

  04-01-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn DailyThe yuletide season is behind us, but Brooklyn’s most beloved holiday tradition is yet to begin!Mulch Fest — that magical time of the year when the parks department grinds old Christmas trees into plant food — kicks off this weekend. And it isn’t just a great excuse to say fir-well to your saggy seasonal sapling, says a parks honcho — the 20-year-old tradition is also an easy way for you to help spruce
  
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• IT’S ONLY MY OPINION: Crticisms of ‘The Donald’ all trumped-up

  04-01-2016 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Stanley P. GershbeinBrooklyn DailyThis Donald Trump thing is known by several names. The one that seems to make the most sense is the Donald Trump phenomenon — “A phenomenon is a fact or a situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.”
  The question is: How can such an abusive, brash, insulting, offensive, polarizing, impetuous, rude, insolent, belligerent individual with such lousy
  
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• FORT GREENE: Pop culture: Hip-hop artist showcases his father’s work

  04-01-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyIt’s a new spin on old material.A hip-hop artist will perform alongside archival film footage and audio recordings of his late father, Off-Broadway thespian and comedian Steve Ben Israel, in the multi-media show “The Spinning Wheel,” opening Jan. 8. The show brings to light decades of recorded jokes and performances across the country and the world, says the show’s star.
  “One of the inspirations for do
  
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