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Sausage fest in Somerville

Graduation. Emergency services

SOMERVILLE. Cambridge and

Somerville are battling it out for another title — who has the best chef.

Chefs from the cities’ more popular eateries will do battle in a sizzling sausage cook-off today.

Taking place at Parlor Sports in Somerville, East Coast Grill Chef Jason Heard and Highland Kitchen Chef Rob Morotto will cook it out and dole out samples. METRO

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Massachusetts was among the leading states in a new report that analyzed high school graduation rates across the country. The report, conducted in part by the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University, said that the Bay State’s graduation rate in 2009 climbed nearly 6 percent from the 2002 rate of 77.6 percent.

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“There’ something terribly wrong about 75 [degrees] in New England in March, like eating a delicious meal just before the Titanic gets punctured.” @SOUTHSOUTH AS TEMPERATURES SET ANOTHER RECORD YESTERDAY

The new firefighters were in their dress uniforms for graduation yesterday, but they’ll soon be wearing their gear and helmets.

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Dozens of new firefighters get their badges

Boston, as well as some other nearby cities and towns, has a few new firefighters protecting its residents. Fifty-nine firefighters graduated during a ceremony held at Florian Hall in Dorchester yesterday. The graduates finished 19 weeks of training and studying at the academy. Forty-eight will serve in Boston with the others serving in Burlington, Chelsea, Marlborough, Scituate and Somerville. METRO

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Salem mom: ‘I did what I had to do to protect’ kids Mother held without bail for allegedly trying to kill her two children Cops: Mom says ‘I’m sorry’ Expert says filicide can be ‘out of love’ A Salem mother accused of trying to kill her two children by slitting their throats and lighting her apartment on fire told police she was trying “to protect” her son and daughter.

Tanicia Goodwin, 25, was arraigned in Salem District Court yesterday. Her two children, an 8-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, were in critical condition at Children’s Hospital Boston, authorities said.

According to police reports, emergency personnel were called to the Salem Heights apartment complex Sunday night for a report of a fire.

Goodwin’s children were found inside with “deep lacerations [on their necks] from one side to the other,” said Essex County Assistant District Attorney Melissa Woodard.

A paramedic who responded to the scene said Goodwin’s son nodded his head when

asked if it was his mother who hurt him.

Shortly after allegedly lighting the fire Sunday, Goodwin arrived at police headquarters, where she collapsed inside the foyer, covered in blood and lighter fluid, and smashed a glass display case, according to reports.

Goodwin also had a “superficial wound” on her neck, said prosecutors.

Filicide expert: Murder for love?

A leading expert in filicide cases — the act of a parent killing his or her child —

BOSTON. Jurors weighing the fate of two men accused of fatally shooting four people in Mattapan in 2010 have made decisions on 10 indictments.

However, the jury is deadlocked on the last nine indictments after four days of deliberations.

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“They had to wipe down lighter fluid from the children’s bodies before they could do surgery on them.”

MELISSA WOODARD, ESSEX COUNTY ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY

said the Salem incident sounds like it could be “altruistic.”

According to Dr. Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, filicide has five categories.

Altruistic cases have two subcategories, he said.

“One is when a mother intends to take her own life

“She stated [to police] ‘I’m not supposed to be here, I’m not supposed to be alive,’” Woodard told the judge.

During an interview with police, Goodwin repeatedly told officers she did what she had to do “to protect” her children and apologized, according to court documents.

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and doesn’t want to leave her children motherless,” he said. “The second is where a mother believes she is protecting a child from a worse fate than death.”

“By saying she is saving them, she is in a category of saving their souls,” Resnick said. “It’s murder out of love, rather than murder out of hate.” METRO/SA

The evidence According to prosecutors, several items were found during the investigation: Goodwin dismantled smoke detectors and blocked sprinklers inside the apartment.

The doorknob from the front entrance was taken off from the inside.

Officials discovered lighter fluid, a large kitchen knife and matches inside the apartment.

Mother arraigned Goodwin was arraigned on two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a deadly weapon and arson to a dwelling.

She was held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing next week.

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Springtime. Hope

Laura Eisenmann was one of many volunteers who helped the American Cancer Society pack 27,800 daffodils yesterday at a FedEx station in South Boston.

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Hope arrives in form of special deliveries More than 27,800 daffodils were prepared for some very special deliveries at a FedEx shipping center yesterday. The flower, usually the first of spring, is also the American Cancer Society’s flower of hope. The ACS annual Daffodil Days campaign aims to raise $1.2 million this year for services to patients and families.

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A tragic and freak car crash that occurred in Florida has reverberated in Massachusetts and left communities just outside of Boston in anguish.

Alanna DeMella, 26, of Medford, was seven months pregnant when a car crashed into the Florida resort where she was staying and killed her and her unborn baby.

DeMella was a teacher’s aide at the Pierce Elementary School in Arlington, where grief counselors spent yesterday talking to the school’s students.

“We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the DeMella family,” principal Karen Hartley said in a statement posted on the school’s website.

DeMella was on vacation with her husband, Michael, 31, at the Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday afternoon when the crash occurred.

They were in a cabana when Rosa Kim, 34, “for unknown reasons” lost control of the

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“I can’t begin to imagine the tragedy that this family is feeling at this time.”

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2006 Audi sedan she was driving, jumped the sidewalk and hit the wall of the resort, Fort Lauderdale police said in a statement.

DeMella and her baby were pronounced dead on the scene.

Her husband was taken to a medical center for minor injuries. Kim suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and is in a hospital in stable condition. She has not yet been charged with a crime.

Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell would not say yesterday whether speed, alcohol or drugs were preliminary factors in the crash.

“With all traffic homicides, there’s a lot of science that goes into it. We have to get all of our ducks in a row before we jump to any conclusions,” he said. “We’ll leave no stone unturned.”

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Southie parade revelers in court Eleven people who thought they would be in South Boston Sunday for a good time during the St. Patrick’s Day parade had to return to the neighborhood for a not-so-good time.

People who were arrested for various crimes during the parade Sunday were arraigned in South Boston District Court yesterday.

Six of the 11 people in court agreed to pay $200 in court costs and perform up to 24 hours of community service to have their municipal ordinance crimes, such as public drinking or disorderly conduct, dismissed.

However, five other people went forth with their cases.

Here is a sampling of how some of those people ended up being arrested Sunday: A 41-year-old Stoneham man was seen drinking from

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Officers patrolling the parade route in South Boston Sunday issued hundreds of citations for drinking in public, police said. a beer bottle while along the parade route, according to prosecutors and police. When police told Kevin McBride to empty out the bottle, he chugged it instead, police said, and then refused to give them his identification for a citation. Officers then arrested McBride, who began chanting “Attica! Attica!” as he was led away, authorities said. He was later released on his own recognizance.

Officers along the parade

route responded to a person who was bleeding from the head and said he had been in a fight during which another man smashed a bottle on him. Officers were able to locate the alleged assaulter, Brendan Pembroke, 23, of Boston. Pembroke allegedly told officers he didn’t hit the man with a bottle, but instead his fist, according to prosecutors. Pembroke was ordered held on $1,000 bail.

Instead of returning to the sidewalk from the street where the parade was traveling, Joseph Morris, 20, of Billerica, allegedly chestbumped an officer and told them to “shut up,” police said.He was released on his own recognizance.

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Members of the Blue Man Group guided the duck boats to and from their Prudential Center stop.

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Blue Man Group kicks off ducks It’s a sure sign of spring when you see the fleet of duck boats hitting the Hub’s roadway. Yesterday the infamous Boston Duck Tours boats had some colorful help getting underway. Members of the Blue Man Group helped guide the boats, which gave free tours to school children. METRO

After being criticized by some Back Bay residents and various city officials on the fallout of the Back Bay blackout last week, NStar decided to open a center in the neighborhood to answer concerns.

The power company opened the “resource center” at the central branch of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square yesterday, and it was expected to remain opened today and tomorrow.

Representatives from the company will be available between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to answer questions.

While the company has said it would not pay for the lost business, its foundation did make a $10,000 donation yesterday to assist the elderly and families who needed help after more than 20,000 power customers lost electricity — some for days — last week when a transformer caught fire. METRO/MN

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If Mitt Romney seals up the GOP presidential nomination before the August convention — an eventuality looking more eventual with each passing day — Rick Santorum may have only his own campaign to blame.

This is because of a backroom deal struck by the two campaigns over a pair of organizational difficulties each faced in Illinois. For Romney, the problem was a failure to acquire the necessary signatures to qualify for delegates. Santorum stared down a similar problem, lagging in petitions for 10 congressional districts.

The Romney camp challenged Santorum’s petitions,

and Santorum challenged back. Then both candidates decided to rescind their challenges, allowing Romney onto Illinois ballots and allowing Santorum to collect delegates in (all but four of ) Illinois’ 18 congressional districts.

These sorts of thing should never happen, especially in well-organized campaigns like Romney’s. But happen they did, and the Santorum camp — at that point not yet running as the clear Romney alternative — missed an opportunity to keep Mitt away from the state’s 69 delegates. (As it stands, Santorum has forfeited 10 of these.)

So now it’s on to Illinois today, where polls put Romney at a commanding lead. This is bad news for Santorum, who must win nearly 65 percent of all re-

Santorum has been outperforming polls, but Illinois may be the candidate’s last chance.

maining delegates to prevent the impending Rom-ination.

And it’s even worse than that: As David Corn points out, Romney’s real magic number isn’t 1,144 as most report, but 1,104; that’s because Utah, the last state to hold a primary, on June 26, awards its delegates on a winner-take-all basis to any candidate that wins a plurality of votes. Romney, who won all the state’s delegates in 2008, is a heavy favorite to do so again, considering the Beehive State's big Mormon voting bloc.

Santorum needs to stop Romney from reaching 1,104 delegates. Yet he traded a chance at doing so for a shot at some of his own, from which he won’t even benefit greatly.

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“The work that you do is every bit as important as the guy who stood in front of the tank at Tiananmen Square when it comes to the future of our civilization in this country, and I don't know if I can say it any more strongly than that."

RICK SANTORUM, IN A QUOTE DUG UP FROM APRIL 1994, COMPARING HIS THEN-SENATE CANDIDACY TO 1989’S TIANANMEN “TANK MAN,” THE FAMOUS IMAGE SHOWING A MAN BODILY BLOCKING A COLUMN OF MILITARY TANKS IN BEIJING. WE AGREE THAT THERE AREN’T MANY MORE POWERFUL WAYS TO FRAME ONE’S CANDIDACY FOR ELECTORAL OFFICE. SUDDENLY, WE HARDLY MISS GINGRICH.

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Romney is headed for Illinois win, say polls Mitt Romney may be headed for an important victory in Illinois today that would help him put more distance between himself and Rick Santorum, his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination.

A new poll by Public Policy Polling said Romney leads the conservative Santorum by 45 percent to 30 percent in Illinois. Former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich had 12 percent and

libertarian Congressman Ron Paul, 10 percent.

Romney, who has struggled to put away Santorum, leads the former Pennsylvania senator in the race for the 1,144 delegates needed to win the Republican presidential nomination. He has 518 delegates to Santorum’s 239, according to CNN. REUTERS

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People lay flowers in front of the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school yesterday in Toulouse, southwestern France.

Four killed as attack on Jewish school linked to soldier killings A gunman on a motorbike shot dead three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in Toulouse yesterday, just days after apparently killing three soldiers nearby, prompting President Nicolas Sarkozy to say France should not give in to terror.

With the attacker still on the loose, police stepped up a manhunt in the city of a mil-

S&P climbs to within 10 percent of all-time high The S&P 500 rose yesterday to trade less than 10 percent below its historic closing high set in October 2007, as news that Apple will start paying a dividend again added to optimism spurred

lion people in southwestern France and prosecutors opened anti-terrorism investigations, although it was not clear whether the motive was political or racist.

The soldiers were also killed in drive-by shootings, which a spokeswoman for the prosecutors’ office said appeared to have been carried out by the same man. REUTERS

by weeks of strong economic data in the United States to continue to lure investors into U.S. stocks.

The S&P 500 Index rose 6.03 points, or 0.43 percent, to 1,410.20.

The S&P 500’s session high of 1,410.44 was less than 10 percent below the benchmark’s historic closing high of 1,565.15 set on Oct. 9, 2007.

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Windfall for investors as Apple pays dividend

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Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from the late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.

The world’s most valuable company will start paying its first dividends since 1995 — a regular quarterly payout of $2.65 a share — in July, and buy back up to $10 billion of its stock beginning in the next fiscal year.

The $10 billion annual dividend program, which Cook said will be reviewed periodically, ranks among the largest current U.S. corporate cash payouts. Yet it disappointed

some fund managers, given the immense war chest Apple boasts, and a 1.8 percent dividend yield that lags the Standard & Poor’s 500 average.

Cook told analysts yesterday that “making great products” remained top priority.

Jobs’ former lieutenant has impressed Wall Street since taking the helm. He made his mark revealing Apple’s production partners and initiating investigations into allegations of labor abuse in its supply chain, and addressing investors directly at this year’s Goldman Sachs conference.

But the question of whether the operations maven can envision revolutionary products still lingers for some.

Foxconn ‘not out of the woods yet’

iPads, is not off the hook after a U.S. radio show retracted a program critical of working conditions at one of its Chinese factories.

The Hong-Kong based China Labour Bulletin said Foxconn still employed harsh working conditions. REUTERS

Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc.’s iPhones and

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Apple Inc., the world’s most valuable company, will start paying its first dividends since 1995.

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Steve Jobs’ last words, famously, were “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”

Since his death, the most important businessman in the world suddenly looks less so. While Jobs’ death triggered agonized predictions about the prospects for Apple, it seems they could be overblown.

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fter all, its stock price is soaring.

The “New iPad” has provoked the same frenzied lines and consumer demand we’ve come to expect.

(True, this is a product that had Jobsian fingerprints all over it.) The rumors about a breakthrough television are flying. And the company is sitting on a billion dollars in cash.

So was the irreplaceable stature of the legendary CEO exaggerated? I don’t think so.

Even if it appears that Apple didn’t skip a beat, it would be a rush to judgment to conclude that everything will continue to be copacetic in Cupertino. Here are the worms in the Apple that may present themselves: Post-dictator tribalism: For all his genius, Jobs ran the company with an oligarch’s heavy hand. But as the mourning dissipates, the natural fractiousness of organizations will eventually appear — and it’s unlikely that Tim Cook will be able to keep his band of

talented, strong-willed individuals from internal strife.

The public can’t love you forever: In Wall Street, they say trees don’t grow to the sky.

Neither does loyalty. Apple’s remarkable run will eventually be threatened by a perfect storm of the working conditions at Quoted Foxconn and its other factories, and “Jobs’ death its zealously guardtriggered ed walled garden that’s beautiful but agonized imprisoning for predictions users. There are about Apple.” other huge issues.

The need for Apple HANFT TV to succeed; even a slight hiccup will bring back the “There’s no real Apple without Steve” naysayers. And in the future, the need for paradigm innovation like the iPod, iPhone and iPad — as opposed to incremental innovation, which is all we’ve seen thus far.

So my answer to the question about Steve Jobs’ criticality is exactly the same as the answer the Chinese communist leader Zhou Enlai gave when asked about his reaction to the French Revolution: “Too soon to tell.”

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NJ is among best fighters of corruption Despite a well-deserved reputation for scandals, New Jersey is among the state leaders in the fight against official corruption, with most states doing a poor job, according to a wide-ranging study released yesterday.

Five states received a “B” grade for accountability and transparency and eight got an “F” in the investigation by the nonprofit groups Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity and Public Radio International. No state got an “A.” The 18-month project is the most comprehensive study of state laws and practices that bolster openness and deter corruption, the investigators said.

The five states receiving “B” grades were New Jersey, Connecticut, Washington, California and Nebraska. The

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Nineteen states got a “C” and 18 received a “D.” For New Jersey, being among the leaders is “counterintuitive” but a tribute to its corruption-fighting reforms, said Nathaniel Heller, managing director of Global Integrity.

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New study says neutrinos obey speed of light limit LONDON. New research suggests neutrinos that appeared to break one of Einstein’s fundamental theories by travelling faster than the speed of light actually keep within the universal speed limit after all.

The latest measurement of the subatomic particles’ speed of flight from the CERN research center in Geneva to Gran Sasso in central Italy contradicts an initial superfast reading reported last September, which caused a scientific sensation.

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Mobile banking becoming more common: Study NEW YORK. A new study from the Federal Reserve says that 20 percent of bank customers used mobile banking at least once in the last year, and 20 percent more say they will use it by the end of 2012.

The survey, Consumers and Mobile Financial Services,

Since then, more doubts have crept in about the original claims, especially after news last month that the first finding may have been distorted by faulty cabling.

The new analysis was done by researchers working on a separate experiment called ICARUS. Using independent timing data and measuring seven neutrinos in the beam sent from CERN, they found the time was exactly consistent with the speed of light. REUTERS

was released last week. Inside, the report gauges the growth of mobile banking and concludes it’s definitely shifting into higher gear.

The Fed pulled together all the survey numbers, did some calculations, and now concludes that at least one in three American banking customers who own a smartphone will engage in mobile banking by 2013.

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‘Jersey Shore’ to return for Season 6 Despite the cast being pulled in a myriad of directions (“The Pauly D Project” and “Snooki and JWOWW vs. the World,” to name two spin-off shows), apparently all of the cast members have time for the OG — that’s “Original Guido” — “Jersey Shore.”

It was announced yesterday that production for the sixth season of the show is set to begin this summer in Seaside Heights, N.J. “America’s favorite housemates will all return to their home-away-from-home, and the house dynamic is headed

into unchartered territory … as their lives outside the ‘Shore’ take off in exciting new directions,” MTV said in a press release. “While things will definitely be a little different this time when they hit the boardwalk, their trademark hilarity and family dysfunction will remain the same.”

A sixth season? Talk about beating a dead meatball, MTV. But I’m sure they’ll still get the audience, if only rubberneckers who are tuning in to see what kind of maternity swimsuit the knocked-up Snooki is going to wear.

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Brown is engaged to her ‘brother’

“Jersey Shore” is making the most out of Snooki’s pregnancy, teasing the new season with the tag line, “fist pumps and baby bumps” — probably the most clever thing to come out of this news.

calls and says, ‘Did you hear about?’ I don’t want to know nothing about anything that is going on in relation to music. I shut it all off.”

Talking points Paltrow writes her own books, ‘kay?

Gwyneth Paltrow is taking the New York Times to task over reporting that she’d worked with a ghostwriter for “My Father’s Daughter,” a cookbook she released last year. “Love The New York Times dining section but this week’s facts need checking.

No ghostwriter on my cookbook, I wrote every word myself,” Paltrow posted to Twitter in response to an article that named Julia Turshen as the book’s uncredited collaborator.

The article even stated that Turshen is “writing a second cookbook with Gwyneth Paltrow after their collaboration on ‘My

A little more than a month since her mom, Whitney Houston, passed away, Bobbi Kristina Brown is reportedly engaged to Nick Gordon, the man raised as a son by Houston, according to People magazine. “Yes, they are engaged, but the family is trying to coax her away from it,” a source says, while a second source confirms that “Nick asked Krissi about a week ago to marry him.” Brown has been spotted sporting a diamond ring that is thought to have been Whitney’s.

Ah, being engaged to her “brother.” I think we can all agree that this is going to end very well for everyone involved.

O’Dowd comes to Fox’s defense Paltrow

Father’s Daughter.’”

Simpson’s baby shower With her baby due any day now, Jessica Simpson held a lavish baby shower at her home this weekend, with family and friends including Ellen Pompeo, Jessica Alba and sister Ashlee Simpson in attendance, according to Us

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Weekly. “It was a kid-friendly shower, with many of her friends bringing babies,” a source says.

“She received tons of gifts, mostly wrapped in pink gift wrap and boxes. There were several books, stuffed toys and clothes, among other items.”

For Lady Gaga: Mum’s the word

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Lady Gaga is looking to keep her mouth shut for a while, she reveals in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. “Other than this interview, Oprah, I do not intend to speak to anyone for a very long time,” the pop star says. And it looks like she’s not going to be listening very much, either: “The latest thing I do is, I don’t read a damn thing,” Gaga says. “No press, no television. If my mom

While her public feud with Michael Bay may have cost her a role in the last “Transformers” film, Megan Fox earned at least one new supporter: her “Friends with Kids” co-star, Chris O’Dowd.

“Who wouldn’t have a fallout with [Bay]?” O’Dowd tells the Toronto Sun. “She called him an a—hole. Well, he is a f—ing a— hole. Why has she been singled out?” One difference between Fox and O’Dowd, though?

O’Dowd wouldn’t work with Bay in the first place. “I would never f—ing watch his films, never mind go and act in them.”

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Lauren Groff visits Brookline Booksmith on March 22, where she will be joined by Meghan Mayhew Bergman.

It’s trouble in paradise in Groff’s latest Though Lauren Groff’s captivating new novel, “Arcadia,” is set in an imploding commune in upstate New York during the 1970s, the work feels modern and relevant.

“This book was a direct over-reaction to the passivity and cynicism I felt in the world when I began it four years ago,” she says. Groff answered a few questions for us about the beauty of upstate New York, the impact of motherhood on her writing and the

idealism of the ’60s.

This book is set initially from the perspective of Bit, a young member of the commune. You have two young boys yourself.

How much has motherhood impacted your writing?

Fiction is the province of empathy. Anything that expands your empathy and makes you feel more for other people will make you a stronger writer of fiction. I have two boys and, with the arrival of each, it felt as if I’d grown an extra heart.

There’s that much more potential for pain, but I felt three times stronger about everything than I did before.

The main character of Bit is directly derived from my big boy, Beckett, with whom I was pregnant when I tried to glom onto the idea of hope and idealism.

You started writing this long before the emergence of Occupy Wall Street. Do you feel like there’s a kinship between the idealism of the ’60s and ’70s and this current movement?

I hope so. … I want so badly for the Occupy movement to make huge sweeping changes, though the ones that it will probably make will be more subtle if just as far-reaching. I feel a bit external to both historical eras — I wasn’t born in the ’60s, and I was crazed with this book and my babies while writing and wasn’t as involved in Occupy as I might have wanted to be — and that puts me in the category of avid watcher of both eras. JAMI ATTENBERG

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Burgundy, oxblood and purple were the colors of the season in New York and London, showing up everywhere from Diane von Furstenberg to Jason Wu to Christopher Kane.

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Don’t call it a remake

‘I don’t want that to be something I’m known for,’ Oscar-nominated Jonah Hill says of reviving beloved television series ‘21 Jump Street’ Though he’s made something new with his upcoming buddy comedy, he’ll leave it to someone else to redo ‘Small Wonder’ “I’m just proud to be up here, dressed as a moron,” Jonah Hill says while sitting on a stage at the Crosby Hotel in New York, in a snug-fitting bike patrol police uniform. “We’re not scared of showing [the movie] and that’s the best feeling. Sometimes you make a movie and it sucks and you don’t want to show it to people. We’re putting it out there because we’re like, ‘this thing is great.’”

Twenty-eight-year-old Hill is discussing his remake of the 1980s undercover cop show “21 Jump Street,” which, in its 2012 incarnation, is more “‘Bad Boys’ meets John Hughes,” according to Hill. As a producer, writer and star of the film, Hill spent the last five years working on getting his film to the screen. Absolutely none of his ambition to get it done was based on his love of the original show.

“They came to me first with a dramatic script and I was really against it,” Hill explains. “I

“Sometimes you make a movie and it sucks and you don’t want to show it to people. We’re putting it out there because we’re like, ‘this thing is great.’” JONAH HILL didn’t want to make a TV show into a movie. As a joke in the movie says, it’s really lazy and stupid and eye-rolling and unoriginal, all of those things. But there’s a ‘Back to the Future’ element that everyone involved with the movie understood and connected with — reliving your high school years, what is funny about that, what is sad about that. That to me is a really strong idea for a movie. So if it was called ‘21 Jump Street’ or it was called ‘Narcs’ or it was called ‘Two Cops Go Back to High School,’ I didn’t really give a s—. Honestly, that idea was

what captivated me.”

So the cop thing also wasn’t what drew Hill to the idea of playing a policeman forced to investigate a high school drug ring by posing as a student.

That much is apparent when Hill discusses handling real firearms on the set.

“I had a problem because there was a guy whose job it was to give you a gun, and it’s a real gun and it’s loaded with blanks. So my thought was, it better not be loaded because I don’t want to die, I don’t any of my actors or anyone on the set to die, and you’re the guy whose job it is to make sure that no one dies,” Hill explains.

“That’s a very serious job. So every time he gave me a gun, I pointed it at his genitalia and I pulled the trigger. I was like, ‘You’re never going to hand me a loaded gun because you don’t want to not be able to have kids ever again.’ So the gun was never loaded, was never loaded once.’

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The ’80s revisited Though Hill made it clear that he won’t be remaking more TV shows, he had some ideas for other 1980s projects.

“I’m never remaking anything again. I don’t want that to be something I’m known for,” he says. “But I think if someone

was going to remake something from the ’80s, I would hope someone remade ‘Small Wonder.’ It should be like, Todd Solondz or something who remakes it, because it’s so dark. It’s this little girl who lives in a closet and her dad made her.”

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People fear Bible because it’s true!

RE: “LET’S BE FAIR TO ALL OF WORLD’S RELIGIONS”: Wow, two

letters in three days from noted biblical scholar JD Lucas.

To paraphrase the great C.S Lewis, if you can’t understand a book written for grown-ups, you shouldn’t talk about it.

And to Mr. Ahern: I think the reason people predominantly attack the Bible is because people are afraid it’s true.

Better (and easier) to attack it than to be confronted by it. I should know, I did the same thing once.

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Race only matters because we think so RE: “SO YOU THINK RACE DOESN’T MATTER?”: Race does matter.

Although it only matters because we’re taught that it

does. We’re groomed to associate certain things with certain races. We teach our kids, friends and family that race matters. Even though it’s one of the most difficult topics to comprehend we try so hard to understand it. So for things like that, that’s why race matters. Only because we make it matter. AARON JASPER, VIA E-MAIL Every time there is fair criticism of Obama, the left screams “racist right.” These statements make the false assumption that (1) every one of Obama’s critics is white and (2) every critique of Obama must be racially driven. Well guess what, liberals. Just like the prominent civil rights activist Cornell West, I am part of a large, educated black community that does not support Obama. Are we racist, too? WILLIAM FINE, VIA E-MAIL

“I am not sure that voting third-party is the solution.”

RE: “WHY VOTING THIRD PARTY ISN’T A WASTE”: Brayden

Simms’ insightful article effectively shows the inherent flaws in our two-party system.

However, I am not sure that voting third-party is the solution, particularly since most American third parties tend to be at the extremes of the political spectrum. What we need is a centrist third party or independent candidate.

President Obama is a radical liberal thug Of course radical liberals hiding in the Democratic ranks will fire up those who won’t read the facts. The “followers” who’ll believe cheap talk, like the 12 million who believed that “work would set them free.” The JFK Dems who wanted to serve their country and not wait for a handout are gone. Obama is on record as stating that he will not enforce federal law, saying he’ll enact laws by “Presidential decree” and “regulation”. He refuses to respect the Christian faith while embracing our enemies’ “faith.”

Obama is not a president; he’s still an “organizer.” He is a divider. Can we really trust this Chicago thug anymore?

Simms gets fooled by Ezra Klein’s Karl Rove quotes. He repeats the false dichotomy that “both parties are guilty of this practice.” Democrats were against the Mars mission and privatizing Social

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COMO Shambhala Urban Escape Nestled in The Metropolitan is one of London’s newest, most ambitious spas: The COMO Shambhala Urban Escape, which offers Asianinspired therapies as well as a resident acupuncturist. Among the treatments on the menu are Dr. Perricone facials (the only spot in the U.K. to offer them), a full spread of massages, reflexology and Shiatsu, as well as manicures and waxing.

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Metropolitan Hotel The modern Metropolitan Hotel (www.metropolitan.lo ndon.como.bz) sets you smack dab in the Mayfair area of London and close to the city’s premier shopping district of Sloane Street (Christian Dior, Chanel, Prada, Gucci are just some of the designers who call the area home). The Metropolitan is also near such attractions as Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London; it looks over Hyde Park.

At night, try to get a table at Nobu London, located on the first floor of the hotel.

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Created by William Curley, the four-time winner of “Britain’s Best Chocolatier,” the tea features freshly made scones with clotted cream and jams and a selection of sandwiches, as well as an a la carte selection

est districts in the world, with some homes going for around £4,671 per square foot) you can afford to book the fabulous tour guide/journalist Sophie Campbell, who gives unique history lessons on the neighborhood as well visits to charming shops (www.urban gentry.com).

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Here’s where you can track him down: Mickey does meet and greets at all four theme parks but, surprisingly, the best spot to find him is Epcot. The meet-and-greet location in Future World, next to Innoventions, is a good spot to meet not only Mickey — but

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Find Snow White in Germany at Disney’s World Showcase.

Of the four Disney theme parks, Epcot’s where it’s easiest to find Mickey Mouse.

also Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto and Chip and Dale, who all check in at alternating times. The best part is that guests only have to stand in line once to see all the “fab five” — and this line is indoors, with cartoons playing on TVs to help keep the kid entertained.

meet characters. And the pictures could not be in a more perfect setting. Each country boasts a number of characters: for example, the Beast can be found with Belle in France, Mulan and Mushu are in China, and Snow White has her own wishing well in Germany.

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New England’s Best Kept Secret The rising cost of college tuition has been a concern in the United States for some time now. Top that with the current economic situation, the old adage of “saving for my college tuition” for most has become a dream.

A comparison of inflation statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the College Board reveals that since 1978, the cost of attendance at community colleges and 4-year public and private colleges and universities has tripled, with tuition increases rising at an average of double the general inflation rate.

In today’s competitive business world, a college degree is extremely important, now more than ever. So what’s the answer? Should you just accept the fact that you will need to go into debt, with thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans?

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New England College of Business and Finance (NECB) offers affordable online degree programs which have evolved over 100 years of educating successful business professionals - without breaking the bank. In fact, the reason NECB had been

a secret is that it had historically been the preferred college by the banking and financial services industry which relied on the College to educate its workforce from tellers to senior management and which almost exclusively made up its student body. A few years ago the College decided to broaden its focus to the larger business community with excellent new programs, including the nation’s first and only Master of Science in Business Ethics and Compliance. But, NECB never lost its commitment to providing affordable education

and, in fact, in 2011 the U.S. Department of Education named NECB the most affordable private college in New England.

New England College of Business and Finance (NECB) is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. NECB offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs in general business and finance, and in various specializations.

NECB was one of the region’s first adopters of online academic delivery and fully

comports with best practices established by the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions. NECB students consistently rank programs and services at the College well above nationally normed benchmarks.

So there you have it.

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Employees and immediate family members of NECB’s partner organizations have access to preferred NECB tuition rates, which equate to about a 25% tuition reduction from NECB’s already affordable rates.

So as you can see, NECB is truly one of New England’s best kept secrets. For more information, visit their website at www.necb.edu .

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Expand Your Horizons This Summer—at BU Boston University Summer Term offers over 700 undergraduate and graduate courses in more than 70 academic subjects. In just six weeks this summer, students can enhance their professional credentials, broaden their career options, satisfy electives for a master’s degree, or focus on a topic of interest with one of the University’s renowned professors.

Summer Term’s condensed, sixweek schedule—which includes convenient evening courses—allows you to pursue your academic goals along with your usual summer activities. An open enrollment policy means you don’t have to be a BU student to experience Summer Term. Just register for the classes you want.

Here are a few highlights of Summer Term 2012: Professional Development: Whether your field is marketing and communication, financial analysis, project management, information technology, or urban affairs—Summer Term is an ideal

time to improve professional skills and learn new principles. Also look for business courses for non-business majors.

Foreign Languages: Find close to 60 courses in languages such as Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, French, German, Ancient Greek, Hausa, Italian, Japanese, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Turkish. Work in health care? Look into Essential Spanish for Health Care Professionals.

IT Certificates: This summer, complete a four-course graduate certificate in Information Technology or Web Application Development. For convenience, courses are held evenings and in a flexible, blended format combining classroom and online study.

Screenwriting Institute: Start developing a screenplay—benefit from group critique and learn about the industry in a supportive and creative environment during this eleven-week program.

European Politics: Join Ambassa-

dor Reinhard Bettzuege in Brussels, Belgium, to explore the connections between Europe and the U.S.—and their values in the twenty-first century.

Summer Study Internship: In this 12-week program, non-BU undergraduates may apply to enroll in two 4-credit courses followed by a fulltime internship in a local organization— gaining valuable work experience in one of eight areas of interest.

High School Programs: BU offers a range of summer opportunities for high school students—from programs in math and science, fine arts, and media production to pre-college programs such as High School Honors, Research Internship in Science & Engineering, Summer Challenge and Summer Preview.

This year, join students from all 50 states and as many nations who share a single destination: Summer Term at Boston University.

Summer 1: May 22–June 29 Summer 2: July 2–August 10 To learn more, call 617-353-5124 or visit bu.edu/summer.

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Where are you happier—behind a desk, or in the kitchen? Have you always felt that you were born to file and fax, or might your true calling involve something a bit more expressive? If food is your passion, pursue your new career at The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.

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Next Generation of Political Leaders Get Their Start at Suffolk When voters go to the polls in November, they’ll be choosing not just a president, but also thousands of leaders at all levels of government—from governors and mayors to judges and county officials. The candidates and their platforms often make front-page news, but they are only part of the political story.

Just as important are the many consultants, researchers, advocates, lobbyists, and staffers who shape the political agenda and advance the interests of the electorate.

Many of the people guiding campaigns, crafting policy, and influencing the public debate across the country got their start in politics right here in Boston—through Suffolk University’s Master of Science

in Political Science. Suffolk’s unique Professional Politics track enables graduates to excel in a wide range of political careers, as elected officials, and in consulting, policy, and staff roles.

This program combines a solid theoretical understanding of political science with practical, career-ready skills, such as fundraising, polling, communication, and campaign management.

Graduates leave with a strong understanding of the legislative process, voter behavior, ethics, lobbying, and special interest groups.

Suffolk faculty members, drawing on their extensive professional backgrounds in government, politics, and consulting, prepare students to

make an immediate impact in the political realm. “Through our experiences, students learn what has worked, and not worked,” says program director Brian Conley. ” It helps them make better decisions in their own careers.”

Suffolk alumni work at all levels of government and for consulting firms, advocacy groups, and other organizations.

Jefferson Smith, for example, is the legislative director at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. Smith not only finds his career in professional politics rewarding, he also sees it as a way to give back to the community. “I believe in public service and its ability to lift people up,” he says. “I have a chance to shape public policy

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Press, the Wall Street Journal, and MSNBC. Suffolk offers all required courses in the evening, so students can pursue their degrees while working. They can move between full- and part-time study, as their needs require. For students with an interest in global politics, an international

relations track is also available.

Just steps from the State House, Boston City Hall, and the regional headquarters of the federal government, Suffolk is the ideal venue to launch a political career. “Boston is the heart of politics in Massachusetts, and Suffolk’s location is second to none,” says Smith.

For more information about Suffolk’s Master of Science in Political Science, attend the graduate information session on April 10, 2012, at 6:30 pm, at the Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston.

To RSVP, call the Office of Graduate Admission at 617.573.8302, email grad.admission@suffolk.edu, or visit www.suffolk.edu/StartHere.

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Through internships, students develop and apply their skills in active campaigns, legislative offices, advocacy groups, and consulting firms. Suffolk also offers exposure to the cutting edge of political polling through the Suffolk University Political Research Center. Recognized for its innovative and accurate polling methodologies, the Center is often cited by national media, including the Associated

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New Resources Support State-of-the-Art Active Learning at MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston

MGH Institute Accelerated BSN students (l-r) Jennifer Tate, Kaitlin Connolly, Tom Gardner, Ryan Bearden, and Sarah Gall working at the school’s new state-of-the-art learning center.

Students at the MGH Institute in Boston have begun using interactive learning tools that promise to make them better nurses. Seated around horseshoe-shaped tables that include a 42-inch monitor, groups of five or six students employ several Web-based technologies that allow them to gain a more complete understanding of their newly chosen career.

“It’s a lot better than sitting in a row, being lectured to for three or four hours,” said Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing student Ryan Bearden. “It gives us a chance to learn from and with each other. It’s not just one-way learning.”

The new classrooms are in the MGH Institute’s newest building at 2 Constitution Center, just a few minutes from the school’s main campus located inside the Charlestown Navy Yard, and within yards of the U.S.S. Constitution.

With the flick of a mouse, a student at one of the tables can flash his or her work up on the group’s large screen monitor. A professor can then display that page to all monitors in the room, allowing the other students to learn directly from each other.

“Learning this way is much more student-centric than professorcentric,” noted BSN student Kaitlin Connolly.

School of Nursing Assistant Professor Suellen Breakey, PhD, RN,

said student teams were created early in the semester. These teams will work on projects and even take some exams together during the program’s 14-month duration.

“It works much better because it makes the exercises more relevant, and students mimic what they will experience in their clinical practice,” said Dr. Breakey. “It’s important that they learn to function as part of a team because that’s what they will have to do when they graduate.”

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported the median salary for RNs in the country was $64,690, and that demand for RNs is expected to grow 26%, adding more than 700,00 jobs, by the end of the decade.

College graduates with a degree in any field can apply to the MGH Institute. To RSVP for the March 21 Information Session, go to www.mghihp.edu/bsn.

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The temperature might be hot, but you’ll be cool at UMass Boston this summer.

With more than 680 courses to choose from, you can take courses to help you reach your graduation goals more quickly, study on-campus and online, or venture off to foreign lands for unique experiences.

Perhaps you want to increase your math skills. There are courses to help. Or, maybe it’s time to learn a new language. Choose from Arabic, French, German, Italian Japanese, Spanish, or spend a week studying and speaking in Latin!

If getting dirt on your hands is your idea of summer fun, then explore two unique field experiences.

Stay close to home and join the anthropology department In Waltham, MA at the National Historic Landmark estate of Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore.

You’ll be part of an archaeological dig on the grounds surrounding Gore’s standing 1806 brick mansion.

Previous excavation at the site by UMass Boston uncovered part of a well-preserved early 19th-century greenhouse built by Gore.

Or travel to exotic Belize in Central America to explore ancient Maya ruins. The project area and field camp are located in a tropical rainforest within a protected reserve for flora, fauna, and archaeological remains. Excavations have revealed a continuous prehistoric occupation from ca. 900 B.C. to 900 A.D. “The undergraduates that come on the program, for about 4 weeks every summer, get

to learn and understand how archaeology is done, what archaeology is as well as the principles of archaeological ethics, “ says program director, Lauren Sullivan.

Other travel experiences include a trip to Chengdu, China, offered through University College and hosted by Sichuan University.

Students will get to spend two intensive weeks in Chengdu, learning about various dimensions of post-disaster reconstruction, traveling to a site in Chengdu where an irrigation system has been constructed to reclaim lands ravaged by the flooding of the Minjang River and where people now live in affluence.

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Emmanuel College’s Graduate Programs in Human Resource Management Offer Opportunities in High-Growth Field The U.S. Department of Labor forecasts that job opportunities for managers and specialists in human resources, training and labor relations will grow by 22% through 2018. As the field of human resources continues to expand and to raise complex issues, a need exists for human resource (HR) managers capable of responding to ever-changing challenges. Emmanuel College, through its graduate programs in human resource management, guides professionals toward that next career-enhancing step to a dynamic HR position.

Emmanuel College’s master’s degree and graduate certificate in Human Resource Management, which are delivered in both face-to-face and online formats, provide the foundation to become a successful human re-

source professional. Graduate programs focus on: designing compensation and benefits plans, implementing re-organization efforts, developing training and employee communications initiatives, and serving as a strategic partner for productivity in the workplace. Emmanuel’s faculty members are practitioner experts bringing experience from employers such as Verizon Wireless, Huron Consulting, Hewlett Packard, government agencies and many of the world’s top medical centers.

“In class, students learn core HR competencies by analyzing real-world situations,” said faculty member Julie DeCosta, SPHR, associate director of human resources at Verizon Wireless. “I appreciate their willingness to be open-minded and

explore different ways of problem solving while learning and sharing in a rigorous academic environment.”

Students choose to study at Emmanuel’s Boston campus, located in the heart of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, or fully online. Through an accelerated format, the college creates an interactive learning environment designed for adult learners. The face-to-face graduate certificate and master’s degree in human resource management are delivered as seven-week graduate courses that meet just once per week, either weekday evenings or Saturdays, enabling students to fit academics into their professional and personal schedules. The online format is delivered as sevenweek graduate courses in an

asynchronous, instructor-led model.

“I found most valuable the interaction with other professionals in my graduate courses and the practical experience the faculty brought to the classroom,” said student Katherine Scott, a human resource professional at biotechnology firm Tolerx in Cambridge, Mass. “That faculty interaction and networking supported my learning experience and enhanced all of the theoretical knowledge gained by reading and research. The effort is worth it in terms of the rewards of

knowledge, perspective, new relationships, professional development and recognition for achieving an advanced degree.”

“Emmanuel’s HR program helped me to develop my strategic thinking skills and become a much more effective leader. I am amazed at how relevant the graduate courses are to my everyday work experiences,” said student Kendra Todesco, who works in human resources at Keurig, Incorporated in Reading, Mass. “I was able to apply newly learned theories in organizational development to the re-

design of Keurig, Incorporated’s organizational structure, and I became the leader of change.”

Emmanuel College invites you to an upcoming information session: Tuesday, June 5, 2012 ; Tuesday, July 10, 2012; or Wednesday, November 7, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on our Boston campus at 400 The Fenway, Boston MA. Sessions take place in the Wilkens Science Center Room 103. Online webinars also available: Thursday June 7, 2012 or Wednesday, July 11, 2012 from 1:00-2:00 p.m.

For more information on Emmanuel College’s graduate programs in human resource management or to register for a webinar or information session, visit gpp.emmanuel.edu/hr.

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American careers to receive boost in 2012

What’s gotten lost amid the noise and saturation of bailouts and partisan politicking is the quiet recovery of the U.S. job market since mid-2009.1 While improvements haven’t always been consistent, drops in year-over-year unemployment rates are a welcomed sign for institutions highly invested in the future of Americans.

One such organization is American Career Institute (ACI), a Massachusetts and Marylandbased career school looking to emphasize the unique, hard-working American spirit. According to Lauren Sullivan, ACI’s Regional Director of Admissions, there’s been a noticeable shift to get back to the values that made ACI strong in the first place. “Take a look at the auto industry. Even in a down economy, they’re reporting profits,� notes

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With a renewed sense of passion and purpose, American Career Institute is calling all students to train for meaningful careers at one of their many campuses. It’s a calling for all those who want to change their future to consider ACI. It’s a calling to becom American Made.

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Brady will have some new and some familiar faces to throw to in 2012 Stallworth comes back, five years after first stint with team It didn’t happen on Day 1 of NFL free agency.

Or Day 2 or Day 3.

But the New England Patriots have reloaded their wide receiving corps, a certain position of need going into the offseason.

In perhaps one of the biggest bargains of NFL free agency, they locked up Brandon Lloyd for three years and roughly $12 million. There’s the deep threat they’ve lacked since Randy Moss left.

Lloyd’s last two seasons in the NFL have been noteworthy for two reasons: 1. He’s totaled 2,414 receiving yards and 16 touchdowns. 2. He’s done most of that damage under the coaching of now current Patriots offensive coordinator Josh

Journeyman For a journeyman, Donte Stallworth has had a fine NFL career.

New Orleans Stallworth got his NFL start in the Big Easy, catching 70 balls for 945 yards and seven touchdowns in 2005-06. It was his best season as a pro.

Stallworth has also played for Philly, Cleveland, Baltimore and Washington.

Quoted

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McDaniels.

Lloyd can stretch the field and open things up inside for the likes of Wes Welker and Rob Gronkowski, and again, in an offseason where Pierre Garcon got a five-year, $42 million contract, Lloyd is an absolute steal — not to mention a huge upgrade over Deion Branch and Chad Ochocinco.

But the Patriots weren’t done. They went out and signed former Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez to a one-year deal, and then on Monday signed Donte’ Stallworth.

Stallworth was part of the Patriots’ historic 2007 team (again, with Josh McDaniels here), totaling 697 yards on 46 catches with three touchdowns. After three dismal seasons on the Browns, Ravens, and Redskins, Stallworth is undoubtedly in the best position he’s been in since leaving the team.

The Patriots also addressed their extreme need for a tight

In the news

Lester gets nod

Donte Stallworth will return to the Patriots in 2012.

end (kidding). By signing veteran TE Daniel Fells from the Broncos, the Patriots bring on a third tight end they didn’t have last season. That will provide not only blocking help when need be, but allow Aaron Hernandez to show his versatility lining up as a wide receiver at times.

So what does this mean for the Patriots? Well, an already stellar offense just got that much better. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that the NFL is all about passing now, and with Tom Brady at quarterback and a restocked set of receiving options, the Patriots should again be one of the best

offenses in the NFL. The Patriots went 18-1 in Stallworth’s only season with the team. This season’s offensive production should be similar, but its outcome is to be determined.

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We are firmly entrenched in an odd portion of the NCAA tournament, those three days between an intriguing first weekend and what figures to be a wild second weekend. It is the calm before, and after, the storm.

To bide our time, here are three takeaways from the first four days of full action. Tomorrow, we’ll take a look at three items to look for as the Big Dance moves on to the Sweet 16. The East regionals will be held in Boston starting Thursday.

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It has to happen soon A No. 16 seed will defeat a No. 1 seed in the next few years. There have been enough close calls, and this year we saw Syracuse barely survive a battle with UNCAsheville. Group that nearupset with the two victories by 15-seeds and you have evidence that the margin may be thinning.

The green light Draymond Green

Draymond Green was awarded Big 10 Player of the Year in large part due to an all-

around cerebral game that carries Michigan State. Now those outside the Midwest are seeing how special he can be. While not the flashiest athlete in the event, Green did some of everything in recording the seventh tripledouble in tournament history in a second-round win over LIU Brooklyn. He followed that up with 16 points, 13 rebounds and six assists against St. Louis. If the Spartans go all the way, Green is a shoo-in for Most Outstanding Player.

’Cuse can survive The Fab Melo incident (incidentally the name of my band in high school) has yet to ruin Syracuse’s run, although there was an adjustment period in that controversial opener. Against KSU, the Orange played like a No. 1 seed should, laying the hammer down in a second half that saw them shoot 67 percent from the floor. Still, some have to be concerned that Syracuse has allowed 32 offensive rebounds through its first two tourney games. TONY LEE

Jon Lester will get the start on Opening Day for the Red Sox, manager Bobby Valentine announced yesterday.

Josh Beckett told Valentine that Lester should get the honor.

“Josh explained it to me about starting pitchers and their Opening Day status or mentality,” Valentine said. “He thought that Jon earned the job last year and didn’t do anything to lose it.”

The Red Sox open their 2012 season on the road in Detroit on April 5 at 1 p.m.

Boston’s home opener is April 13 at 2 p.m. against Tampa Bay.

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Pats should go after Tebow Patriots likely to make a pitch for QB now that Peyton’s in Denver Versatility would be a main selling point for Patriots Tebow could take QB reins once Brady era comes to end Familiarity with McDaniels Jack of all trades

Hail Timmy, not so full of grace, the Patriots may be blessed with thee; blessed art thou amongst Tom Brady, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb of Gisele, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of Belichick, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

Of course, the question that is immediately asked when it comes to Tebow-to-New England is, ‘why on earth would the Patriots want to take Tom Brady off the field?’

The quick answer is that they wouldn’t.

Tebow could be lined up at tight end. He could be placed at fullback. He could be placed at running back. He could be (don’t laugh) placed at safety.

In Bill Belichick’s history, there is one thing that he covets just about more than anything else: versatility. We saw it with Troy Brown, Mike Vrabel, Julien Edelman, Dan Klecko, Dan Connolly, Richard Seymour and even Doug Flutie.

The flirtation was always there.

Prior to the 2010 NFL draft, the Patriots wined and dined Tim Tebow at Tresca, an Italian restaurant in Boston’s North End, owned by Boston hockey legend Ray Bourque.

Following the draft, the move was seen as nothing more than a smokescreen. Perhaps the one guy who didn’t buy Belichick’s ploy was Josh McDaniels, who as HC of the DE-N drafted Tebow with the 25th overall selection. Perhaps McDaniels knew that Belichick was serious.

Fast forward two years. McDaniels is back on the Patriots staff and New England is now the NFL dark horse to land the pop culture phenom of 2011 .

Tebow in 2010 Josh McDaniels was fired as the head coach of the Denver Broncos on Dec. 5, 2010. It was after that Tebow got a chance to run the show, paving the way to Tebowmania in 2011.

39-23 loss at Oakland In his first NFL start, Tebow completed eight of 16 passes

McD loves him

Tim Tebow will likely be traded now that Peyton Manning has arrived in Denver.

for 138 yards and a touchdown.

24-23 win over Houston Tebow passed for 308 yards on 16-of-29 passing and had a touchdown and INT. 33-28 loss against San Diego Tebow threw for 205 yards on 16-of-36 passing and had a pair of touchdown throws as well as a pair of picks to close out Year 1.

Quoted

“We need players at (QB) to be very good players. If we have the chance to make him special, that’s what we’re looking for.”

Then there is Tebow’s obvious tie to McDaniels, who is once again in charge of the Pats offense. McDaniels played Tebow in his very first eligible NFL game in Week 1 of the 2010 season. While Tebow had just two yards on two carries, it was obvious that McDaniels was

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Unless there is a last-minute issue in contract negotiations, Peyton Manning will be the quarterback of the Denver Broncos in 2012 and for the foreseeable future.

Manning reportedly called Denver VP of football

POTENTIAL IN 2010

hell-bent on finding a way to get Tebow involved in his offense.

In other words, McDaniels believes in Tebow just as much as any coach in the league.

With the Pats signing Brandon Lloyd over the weekend, it seems as though McDaniels is going to have a big say in terms of what the Patriots do in the immediate future.

Brady’s successor?

Scrambling quarterbacks have replaced legends under center before.

Now while Tebow has eons to go before he can think about becoming the next Steve Young, it would probably do No. 15 some good to learn from one of the all-time greats in Brady.

Brady has stated before that he wants to play until he’s 40.

In the NFL, five years goes by in a flash. Yup, the Patriots have to start considering life after Brady, now.

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operations John Elway on Monday morning to inform him of his decision.

Manning passed the recent physical exam given to him by Denver doctors.

The four-time NFL MVP also called San Francisco and Tennessee to let them know of his choice to go to Denver.

The move will likely lead to the trade of quarterback Tim Tebow. METRO

Celtics O’Neal to have season-ending surgery

Mets owners reach settlement with Madoff trustee for a cool $162 million

According to the Boston Herald, Celtics center Jermaine O’Neal will have surgery on his left wrist, effectively ending his 2011-12 season.

O’Neal hasn’t played for the Celtics since Feb. 20 in a loss to Dallas.

Head coach Doc Rivers told CSNNE.com Monday that the Celtics were “close” to signing a big man and added, “We literally need a body. We just

The burden of proof was too much.

The New York Times' Richard Sandomir reported Monday morning that Fred Wilpon, majority owner of the Mets, has settled with Bernie Madoff trustee Irving Picard for $162 million. The case, which was to begin today, will not go to trial.

"I am very, very pleased for ourselves and our families.

Number of games that Jermaine O’Neal played for the Celtics after signing a two-year, $12 million deal prior to the 2010-11 season.

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Potential options include Chris Kaman, Lamar Odom and Ronny Turiaf. METRO

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This was really a team effort," Wilpon told reporters outside the courthouse after the settlement was reached. "We are not willfully blind. We acted in good faith."

Picard was seeking $303 million from the Wilpons on

behalf of those who were damaged by Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

The Mets were likely done in last week when the judge in the case announced that the burden of proof would lie with the Wilpon family. They claimed all along they had no knowledge of Madoff's Ponzi scheme despite the profits they made and friendship they had. MARK OSBORNE

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