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The website used to infect engineers at Facebook with espionage malware has been identified as an iPhone developer forum by people close to the investigation into the hacking incident.
That page, at the iPhone developer website iphonedevsdk.com, was used to expose visitors to a previously undocumented vulnerability in Oracle's Java browser plugin. The "zero-day" exploit allowed the attackers to install a collection of malware on the Java-enabled computers of those who visited the site. Ars readers shouldn't visit the site because it still may still be compromised.
iphonedevsdk.com is an example of a "watering hole" attack. These attacks compromise a site popular with a population of desired hacking victims, using security vulnerabilities to install code on the Web server hosting it, which injects attacks into the HTML sent to its visitors. In this case, the site, which hosts a Web forum for iPhone developers, netted the hackers access to the computers of software engineers and developers working on mobile application projects for a number of companies, including Facebook. The exploit was the source of the attack on Twitter that led to the theft of Twitter usernames and passwords, according to a source familiar with the attack, and was used to infect computers belonging to Apple engineers. The source requested anonymity because he was not authorized to provide the details to the press.
While Facebook and a third party working with the company "sinkholed" the command and control server that was communicating with malware installed by the Java zero-day exploit, the site may still be a source of attacks using other exploits. Mobile developers who have used the forum in the last few months should check their systems for signs of malware.

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Editor's note: This story has been edited to reflect the correct spelling of Dominguez and to drop a charge, which were errors made by initial police reports.
ROCKFORD — A 21-year-old Rockford man who was shot Wednesday by a Winnebago County Sheriff's deputy has been charged with three weapons offenses.
Anthony Dominguez, 21, allegedly fired at Deputy James Abate, who was not struck, after the officer pulled over a white van in the area of Claremont Street and Westmoreland Avenue. Dominguez was a passenger in the vehicle and fled the van after Abate stopped it. Police suspected an occupant of the van may have been involved in a disorderly conduct incident in the 500 block of Vincent Ave., about 10:45 p.m.
Abate fired multiple rounds, according to Deputy Chief Dominic Iasparro. Dominguez was hit in the legs and upper shoulder area. He was under guard in a Rockford hospital after surgery Thursday afternoon and will be housed in the Winnebago County Jail, Iasparro said.
Dominguez has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon by a street gang member, and having no Firearm Owners Identification card.
A second person who fled from the vehicle is identified as Matt Lawrence, 23, who is wanted on an unrelated warrant in Winnebago County for failure to appear in court on a criminal damage to property offense. Two women — the driver and a passenger — were in the front seat of the van and were questioned.
Abate is a five-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department. He is also a member of the SWAT team. Sheriff Richard Meyers said Abate asked to take the day off Thursday and had previously been scheduled to be off the job through Sunday.
"This is not a questionable shooting," Meyers said.
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Several years ago, an effort was afoot to get children to eat more vegetables by hiding them in their meals. Pureed zucchini in the pizza sauce, mushed-up broccoli in the spaghetti — you get the idea. Controversy ensued, with many nutritionists opining that it makes more sense to introduce children to vegetables out in the open, rather than trying to sneak them into kids' food. As a "movement," it apparently faded away.
I thought of these efforts while contemplating a plate of macaroni and cheese — and kale. The recipe is from "Mac & Cheese, Please!" by Laura Werlin (Andrews McMeel, 2012), and no one could mistake it for typical kiddie food. Kale, fontina cheese, cayenne and nutmeg give this down-home dish a distinctly sophisticated treatment.
Werlin unapologetically adds "grown-up" ingredients — smoked blue cheese, fennel, andouille sausage and truffles, to name a few — to many recipes. I hope there are many sophisticated children out there who appreciate such flavors, but if yours aren't among them, rest assured that Werlin includes lots of variations that will appeal.
It's tempting, when perusing newly published cookbooks, to ignore a small volume that touts "50 Super Cheesy Recipes." But Werlin is not someone to ignore. In 2000, she wrote the groundbreaking "The New American Cheese" (Stewart, Tabori & Chang), which spotlighted the then-nascent artisan cheese movement in the United States. Her next book, "The All American Cheese and Wine Book" (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2003), won the prestigious James Beard Award. But this expert on artisan cheese and fine wine has also directed her talents to books on grilled cheese and, now, macaroni and cheese. She even includes Velveeta in one recipe.
Macaroni and cheese: Call it comfort food. Call it easy. Call it supper. Please, call me to the table when it's served.
Yield: 6 servings
Recipe from: "Mac & Cheese, Please!" by Laura Werlin (Andrews McMeel, 2012)
5 tablespoons olive oil, plus more to coat dish
1 tablespoon plus 1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
8 ounces cavatelli pasta (or small shell pasta)
12 ounces curly-leaf kale
¾ cup coarsely chopped yellow or red onion (about ½ medium onion)
1 medium clove garlic, peeled and minced
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 ounces Pecorino Romano (or Parmesan) cheese, finely grated (about 1 cup)
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2½ cups whole or reduced-fat milk
½ cup heavy cream
12 ounces fontina cheese, coarsely grated (about 4 cups)
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon ground or freshly grated nutmeg
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat the inside of an 8-inch square baking dish with olive oil. Set aside.
Fill a large pot with water and add 1 tablespoon salt. Bring to a boil and add pasta. Cook, stirring once or twice, until pasta is tender but firm, about 8 minutes. Drain.
Remove stems from the kale. Cut 4 whole leaves into quarters and set aside. Coarsely chop remaining kale. In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium. Add onion and cook 5 minutes, or until soft. Add chopped kale and garlic. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the kale is tender (5 to 7 minutes). Stir in pepper flakes and ½ teaspoon salt and set aside.
Place quartered kale leaves in a small bowl. Toss with 1 tablespoon olive oil, ½ cup Pecorino Romano, salt to taste and pepper. Set aside.
Using the same pot in which pasta was cooked, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high. Slowly whisk in flour and stir constantly until a paste forms, 30 to 45 seconds. Continue stirring 1 to 2 minutes, until the mixture starts to color and smell a bit nutty. Slowly whisk in milk, cream and remaining ¾ teaspoon salt. Cook until the mixture starts to thicken and is just beginning to bubble around the edges, 5 to 7 minutes. It should be thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon. Add 3 cups fontina, the remaining ½ cup Pecorino Romano, cayenne and nutmeg and stir until the sauce is smooth but not too runny. It should be similar in texture to cake batter. If too soupy, continue cooking until it thickens.
Add pasta and chopped kale mixture and stir to combine. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup fontina on top. Distribute quartered kale leaves over the top. Place the dish on a rimmed baking sheet and bake until bubbling and golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool 15 minutes before serving.


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Bays finish 2nd in EUPC
BRIMLEY — A showdown for second place in the Eastern U.P. Conference turned out to have an anticlimatic ending Friday night.
Brimley left little doubt early on that they would win, as the Bays doubled up on DeTour 52-26 in an EUPC boys basketball game at the Karl Parker Gym.
Dan Lothrop powered up another double-double for the U.P.'s No. 4-ranked Bays with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Tommy Aikens scored 16 points and Shane Beaune added 10 points for the Bays (16-3 overall, 5-3 EUPC), who finish second behind Cedarville in the league.
The Bays cruised to a 25-7 halftime lead, using their man-to-man defense to shut down the Raiders.
"I thought we played good team defense," Brimley coach Matt Bathey said. "We were all over them and didn't give them much room. I really liked our defensive effort."
For DeTour, the EUPC finale turned out to be a nightmarish shooting night. DeTour made only three shots from the field in the first three quarters and trailed 35-12 entering the fourth.
"I hope that was the one we have to get out of the way, because it certainly can't get any worse than that," DeTour coach John Fountain said. "Hopefully this is bottom. If we play that way again, it will be a quick district for us.
"We've been starting slow in our last 4-5 games," Fountain said. "That's a bad habit we need to shake. We have to come out and play hard right away. The last few games we've been lucky enough to be able to battle back. But tonight, it's too good of a Brimley team to do that against. Credit to them for not letting us back in the game."
Kirk Peffers led the Raiders with 12 points, including all seven of the team's first half points. Kaden Barbeaux was the next highest scorer with four points for the Raiders (14-5, 4-4).
Brimley closes the regular season at home against Newberry Tuesday. The Bays host a Class D boys district starting Monday, Feb. 25.
"One of our goals was winning the conference, but our next goal is districts," Bathey said. "The district is what we want now. We're just a week away from districts, so we need to just continue to work on our team game and defense."
DeTour plays host to Northern Michigan Christian Thursday.
DETOUR — Peffers 12, Pack 1, Barbeaux 4, N. Newell 2, Bailey 2, Livingston 2, Fravala 3. F: 16. FT: 6-10. 3PFG: None.
BRIMLEY — J. Aikens 2, Beaune 10, Reid 2, Lothrop 16, T. Aikens 16, Bowen 4, Pomeroy 2. FT: 9-18. F: 11. 3PFG: 1 (Tommy Aikens 1).


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I have spent the past few days beginning to plan out next year. I am a third year teacher, so some of my units are ready to go, others need tweaking, and some are being rewritten from scratch! However, I wanted to share what my normal day looks like so that other teachers can possible get some ideas!
I teach in a team setting: I teach Language Arts and my students have a different teacher for math, and a third teacher for science/social studies. I have two classes- my homeroom and my afternoon class. I teach Language Arts in a 2 hours block. M homeroom stays with me all morning, then we go to lunch, afterwards I get my afternoon class before they go to special. Because of this, we start each day with a Do-Now. I am in charge of the Do-Now for my two classes on Mondays and Wednesdays. Traditionally, we use DOL as our Language do-now, but I want to change that next year. Granted, the ease of use is a big temptation, but the research shows that DOL doesn't help kids use correct grammar in context. And I am willing to bet half my students just put any old answers down and wait for us to go over the correct answers together. So this summer I am revamping all of my grammar plans! This means I need a do-now. It has to be something quick and easy (we have a ten-minute homeroom) but also needs to hold students accountable. Any ideas?
Word Study: This year, I plan on using a mix of direct instruction, inquiry, and grammar in context for grammar. Right now I am writing my curriculum, based on our state and district standards. I am using Don and Jenny Killgallon's Story Grammar for Elementary School: A Sentence-Composing Approach and Grammar for Middle School, Jeff Anderson's Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, And Style into Writer's Workshop and EVERYDAY EDITING: Inviting Students to Develop Skill and Craft in Writer's Workshop. Last but not least, I am waiting for Constance Weaver's The Grammar Plan Book: A Guide to Smart Teaching. I know, it's a lot! But when I went to the Columbia Teacher's College Reunion Saturday back in March, I went to great session on teaching grammar in middle school. The presenter introduced all these great books to me, and I was inspired.
We have a district spelling curriculum, which means we have a spelling pretest on Mondays. Students complete a spelling contract during the week (that I wrote) and take a final spelling test on Friday.
Vocabulary is something I am still struggling with. Last year I followed Linda Rief's model. I had my students find 5 vocabulary words each week from their reading. They then defined them, wrote each word in the sentence that they found it, and handed it in. For extra credit they included the etymology of the word. I just didn't feel it was successful with my students, so I am searching for a new idea this year.
Reading Workshop: Reading workshop, reading workshop, reading workshop!!! I start my reading workshop with a mini-lesson. My students have one Language Arts binder that is divided in 8 sections. (I may amend this to 6-7 sections this year.) One section is devoted entirely to mini-lessons and notes from mini-lessons. The section begins with a table of contents that the students fill in each day, noting the subject of the lesson.
This year, I plan to use more short texts in my mini-lessons, so that my students have common texts but can still focus on their independent novels. This will allow me to differentiate more in conferences, but all the students will have common texts at hand. For this purpose, I am reading Less is More: Teaching Literature With Short Texts, Grades 6-12 by Kimberly Hill Campbell.
After the mini-lesson and guided practice, we break into independent reading. During this time, students read independently, putting into practice the skills we have learned. During this time, I have individual conferences with students and pull small groups. I also sometimes (especially at the beginning of the year, when I am building the reading foundation) just read with the students. This models an adult enjoying reading, something they don't always see. They also see me enjoying their literature, children's, middle-grade, and YA, valuing it.
I do teach whole-class novels, as they are required by the district. But I love the novels we do together, and they allow us to have a common text. Plus, I don't assign the reading for homework- we treat it as a read-aloud/whole class novel. I do a lot of text marking, teaching them how to annotate their books. It's a skill they will need in future years and one I never learned (and wish I did!). Our whole class novels are: Tuck Everlasting, The Giver, and The Devil's Arithmetic .
Writing Workshop: My students keep a writing notebook. I start the year with a lot of activities from Notebook Know-How: Strategies For The Writer's Notebook. My students have a little bit of experience with the workshop method in the primary grades, but not since then. I really have to ease them into it. For the first half of the year, their weekly homework is to write 4 entries in their notebook. I collect these as a homework assignment.
This year I will be using the front half of the writer's notebook for their writing and the back half for notes and mini-lessons. I am hoping this helps keeps them more organized. And to be honest, it will keep me more organized, too!
In 6th grade, we focus a lot on persuasive writing because it is tested on the state tests. But I start the year with launching the writer's notebook. Then we ease into personal narrative. I am working on what we will do after that! I do know I will be doing my poetry unit again because it was such a success. 🙂 And I plan on doing my multi-genre projects again at the end of the year. Right now, I am paging through Lucy Calkins' Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Grades 3-5 for ideas.
Read-Aloud: My favorite part of each day is at the end of class. That's when we have our read-aloud. During the read-aloud I model higher-level thinking and other comprehension skills. And the students love it! We experience various genres and everyone. To see what we read this year, check out this post.
As for how I choose my read-alouds, it's all about the kidlitosphere! I read reviews, read Newbery contenders, and of course turn to some of my personal favorites. The read-alouds change with each class and each year. This way, they stay fresh and personalized!
I still have a lot of work to do for next year, but I am getting excited. I love my grade level and I love teaching language arts. Hopefully, this post can help some other middle school English teachers!
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'BUCKWILD' star, 2 others found dead in W.Va.
(AP) — A cast member of the MTV reality show "BUCKWILD" was found dead Monday in a sport utility vehicle in a ditch along with his uncle and a third, unidentified person, authorities said.
Kanawha County Sheriff's Department Cpl. B.D. Humphreys said the bodies of cast member, Shain Gandee, 21, his uncle David Gandee, 48, and the third person were found Monday in a remote area near Sissonville.
Authorities had been searching for the men since early Sunday morning. They were last seen around 3 a.m. Sunday at a bar in Sissonville and they told people they were going driving off-road.
Humphreys said state police were getting ready to send out an aviation unit to search for the men when authorities received a call Monday morning that a vehicle was found wrecked in a muddy area a few miles from Gandee's home in Sissonville, about 15 miles outside of Charleston.
Authorities found the 1984 Ford Bronco that belonged to the Gandee family in a ditch with all three men inside. Humphreys did not provide details on the condition of the vehicle or the bodies. He said no foul play was suspected.
The terrain in the Thaxton Hollow area was "very muddy, very rough," Humphreys said, adding that authorities had to use all-terrain vehicles to get to the site.
Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper said the news was devastating for the small community near Charleston.
"It's a very sad day for the Sissonville area and for these families," he said. "This is a small community, and most of us know directly members of these families. We're keeping them in our hearts and prayers."
Shain, nicknamed "Gandee Candy" by fans, was a breakout star of the show that followed the antics of a group of young friends enjoying a wild country lifestyle. It was filmed last year, mostly around Sissonville and Charleston.
MTV issued a statement saying it was shocked and saddened to learn of its star's death.
"We are waiting for more information but at this time, our main concern is for the Gandee family and their friends," the network said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with them. Shain had a magnetic personality, with a passion for life that touched everyone he met and we will miss him dearly."
A neighbor, Swanna Frampton, said she had known Shain Gandee since he was a small child.
"He loved to live and have fun. He was a great person," Frampton said. "He did what (the show) wanted him to do, but he wasn't like that. He was a real person. If you needed help, if needed something, he would come help you no matter what."
Shooting for the second season of "BUCKWILD" had begun, but MTV spokesman Jake Urbanski said Monday afternoon it has been suspended. He had no further details.
MTV said the half-hour series in the old "Jersey Shore" time slot was pulling in an average of 3 million viewers per episode since its premiere and was the No. 1 original cable series on Thursday nights among 12- to 34-year-olds.
Shain Gandee is the third BUCKWILD cast member to make headlines.
Last week, 24-year-old Salwa Amin was sent back to jail for violating the terms of her bond following a February arrest. She was charged with two counts of drug possession with intent to deliver and initially jailed on $200,000 bond. That was later reduced to $100,000, but Amin remained behind bars without bond on Monday.
State Police say a multi-agency task force arrested Amin and two other people at a Summersville residence after receiving a tip from an informant. A search found oxycodone pills, heroin and $3,000 in cash.
Another cast mate, Michael Douglas Burford, was charged in February with driving under the influence.
Urbanski said none of Gandee's cast mates was available to do an interview Monday, and none immediately planned to issue a statement. But their feelings came through on Twitter, where Ashley Whitt called her friend "the most amazing person I've ever known."
"I know you will be watching over me every time I hit a mudhole. You will always be my best friend, I love you!" she wrote.
Cast mate Cara Parrish and others asked fans to pray for Gandee's parents, Loretta and Dale. "This is the emptiest I've ever felt," she wrote in a tweet.
Associated Press Writer Vicki Smith contributed from Morgantown.


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Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway
From volcano to volcano, the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway is 500 miles of road suited to those who want to enjoy the views from the car. Explore one of the world's largest plug-dome volcanoes at Lassen Volcanic National Park in Mount Shasta, Calif. Continue on to Oregon. where the scenic drive includes Lava Beds National Monument with underground caves and Crater Lake on the top of Mount Mazama. Enter the Volcanic Legacy Scenic Byway in Sacramento, Calif., on Interstate 5. In Oregon, start at the intersection of US-62 and Munson Valley Road in Medford, or head east on OR-138 in Roseburg or I-5 southbound in Eugene.
Mohawk Trail, Massachusetts
The 57-mile Mohawk Trail winds through the Berkshires of northwestern Massachusetts. The drive runs from Greenfield to Williamstown, heading toward the New York border. Along the way, enjoy a planned detour to the summit of Mount Greylock, the state's first park and the highest point in the state. Panoramic views let you see up to 90 miles away. Peekaboo views of the landscape can be seen as you drive along the winding and wooded Mohawk Trail.
Talladega Scenic Drive, Alabama
The South offers a 26-mile scenic drive courtesy of Talladega Scenic Drive in Alabama. It brings you to Alabama's highest point above sea level, on Cheaha Mountain.
Florida Keys Scenic Highway
If you like being surrounded by water by don't want to be on a boat, try the Florida Keys Scenic Highway. The 126-mile drive to Key West runs over turquoise waters and 43 bridges.Along the way, stop and enjoy fresh seafood at local restaurants. Sink your toes in the white-sand beach at Bahia Honda State Park after you cross the 7-mile bridge. Wait out any temporary Florida rainstorm at the Florida Keys Children's Museum or the Museum of Natural History of the Florida Keys.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Jump down the rabbit hole and head out onto 469 miles of greenery and scenery on the Blue Ridge Parkway through Virginia and North Carolina. This top U.S. scenic drive includes the curious Looking Glass Rock and the breathtaking Peaks of Otter. The two-state scenic drive will take you by the Jefferson National Forest and the Nantahala National Forest. Cultural attractions also wait for you when you need take a break from the road. Visit the Northwest Trading Post, Oconaluftee Indian Village or the Biltmore Estate.
Trail Of The Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway
Another U.S. scenic drive that is a little more than 100 miles is the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway in New Mexico. Travel through Gila National Forest, following in the footsteps of Spanish explorers and Native Americans. The drive offers geological, cultural and natural eye candy in the way of the free-flowing Gila River.Don't miss the rainbow colors of the Open Pit Copper Mine on NM 152, the Kneeling Nun rock formation or the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
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Another one of the short but scenic U.S. drives can be found in Delaware, along the 12-mile Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway. Stop at the Winterthur Gardens and Estate and Longwood Gardens.
Ohio River Scenic Byway
Anywhere along the 943-mile scenic drive in Illinois, Indiana an Ohio you will find things to see and do. This top U.S. scenic drive follows the Ohio River through the rural and historic U.S. Cultural attractions along the way include Fort Massacre State Park, Kinkaid Mounds and the fossil-rich Falls of Ohio. Head to the Shawnee National Forest in Southeastern Illinois to view the Garden of the Gods, a spectacular rock formation.
Santa Fe Trail
Out west, the 565-mile Santa Fe Trail starts in Lamar, Colo., and goes the way of the wagon trains into New Mexico. Follow their historic path to Bents Old Fort, the breathtaking Sierra Vista Overlook and the Comanche National Grasslands.
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Down east, as they like to say in Maine, take this 49-mile trek through thick fir forests and harbor views of navy blue waters. Feast on local chowder and seafood. Shop for local arts and crafts in Seal Harbor and bring your binoculars to go birding along the scenic drive.


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Is New London ready to gay it up?
Now that the tide is turning again in the president's office at Connecticut College, it may be time to formally resuscitate one aspect of the failed community development effort by former college President Claire Gaudiani, whose bridge building into New London was, in the end, widely condemned both in city neighborhoods and on campus.
Gaudiani's successors, no doubt with some direction from college trustees, still smarting from the losses from Gaudiani investments in city real estate, seemed to retreat to the campus on the hill and pull up the bridges.
The new Connecticut College president, Katherine Bergeron, dean of the college at Brown University and an accomplished native of Old Lyme, seems like an ideal candidate to begin rewarming relations between the school and its host community.
With the prospect of more college participation in the life of the city, from staff and faculty to students, it might be time also to revive the slogan for Gaudiani's campaign, to help create a "hip little city."
The new college president up on the hill is one of a number of developments that portend good things for the city, chief among them being the development of a new National Coast Guard Museum on the waterfront.
Next month, the city will host 20 big schooners for its first schooner festival, building on the success of last year's OpSail.
Next summer, the city will welcome the rebuilt whaling ship Charles W. Morgan, as it prepares to set out on its grand tour of New England waters and old whaling grounds.
Also next summer, the city may be host to its first gay pride festival.
A new gay community organization, spearheaded by a recent transplant to the city, has already gotten a lot of statewide press, with a story that ran in some places under the headline: "Provincetown on the Thames?"
Already the group has hosted a gay day at Ocean Beach Park, which park officials said brought a few extra hundred cars to the lot one recent weekend afternoon. A New England gay club for sailboat and motorboat cruising made a visit this summer with its flotilla, flying big rainbow flags from boat masts.
This weekend, there was a gay film festival downtown. And later this fall, Carson Kressley of the television show "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" will host a community spelling bee.
It may be too soon to suggest for New London the kind of development fueled by gays that has helped rebuild tired old cities like Asbury Park, on the Jersey shore.
But city residents might hope that New London's beautiful architecture, an already-rich arts culture, with an indie music scene and community of artists, as well as good transportation access, a handsome downtown waterfront and big sandy beach, could help draw more gays here.
It would be nice if New London could snag just a little bit of the luster of the very expensive real estate market in the real Provincetown.
Constance Kristofik, who moved here from rural Pennsylvania to be with her partner, is the founder and president of OutCT, the new organization that is planning many of the new gay events.
Kristofik has also been named the new executive director of New London Landmarks, so she will also have a leading role in preserving the city's architectural heritage and strengthening its neighborhoods.
Kristofik said planning for next year's pride festival, which is already underway, started with a master's thesis on the idea she did while earning a degree from the University of New Haven.
She said dozens of interviews with representatives of all kinds of city organizations indicated a strong interest and both financial and volunteer help available for putting on a festival here.
She said her research indicates the first one might draw a couple of thousand visitors.
Kristofik is careful not to predict a big gay-fueled renaissance that would make New London a Provincetown on the Thames.
But she said development of gay culture would certainly help the city grow.
Tall ship festivals, a more lively mix of college students coming down the hill, a new national museum, a growing gay culture and the city's lively arts scene could all help make New London more the hip little city Claire Gaudiani envisioned.
Let's hope her successor decides to pick up that banner.
This is the opinion of David Collins.


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Interview: 'Runner Runner' star Anthony Mackie
Justin Timberlake may be on the run trying to save his hide in the new crime drama "Runner Runner," but in reality, Timberlake's fellow star in the film, Anthony Mackie, is the man in motion.
Mackie has been working nonstop since he kicked off his film career in 2002, and things have definitely shifted into overdrive after his starring role opposite Jeremy Renner in the 2008 Best Picture Oscar winner "The Hurt Locker."
The great thing is, Mackie, 34, has been carving out a diverse career with a variety of roles. In his last film, the dark crime comedy "Pain & Gain," the actor played a bodybuilder who helps commit a heinous crime as a shortcut to living the American Dream; and in "Runner Runner," he's the playing completely the opposite.
As the hard-nosed FBI Agent Shavers, Mackie is trying to crack down on dirty online gambling magnate Ivan Block (Ben Affleck) and his smart but naive associate, Richie Furst (Timberlake), who is willing to make money fast instead of earning it the hard way.
The interesting part about Mackie's character, though, is that he's working outside of his jurisdiction in Costa Rica -- where the rogue gambling operation is based -- so it allows Shavers to do a fast-tracking of his own to get the job done. Shavers is getting his hands dirty sifting through the filth, and he knows it.
"I feel there needs to be a little bit of that in the enforcement of the law. If you have to kind of break the law to enforce the law, I'm kind of OK with that," Mackie told me in a recent interview. "I feel that nowadays, bad guys are allowed to be sophisticated, and police work is still stuck in the 19th century, so I feel if you have to push the envelope a little bit, you push it. I read the script and said, 'Yeah, I'll rough some people up a little bit."
"Runner Runner" is unique in that it takes on the complex world of online gambling, which as the film explores, can provide a gaping hole to financial disaster and in Furst's case, something much worse. A former Wall Street up-and-comer who lost all his money in the stock market crash, Furst is trying to put his life back together to get a financial degree at Princeton, but is forced to gamble all he has in online poker in order to pay his tuition.
When all goes south on Furst, though, he flies south to Costa Rica to tell Block that he's found a cheat in his system in an effort to get his money back. But in return, Furst is offered a position with what he believes to be a legitimate multimillion-dollar operation.
Mackie said while he loves gambling and there's nothing that he enjoys more than "spending time at craps tables and the baccarat table," he's definitely steers away from the unknowns that await others who gamble online.
"As a society, we've become so pigeonholed with the online means of communication, that so many people feel comfortable sitting in front of a computer screen instead of going to an actual table or sitting down with a bunch of actual people to play poker," Mackie said. "I'm not a big fan of online gambling. I find it borderline boring. Besides, the house can win in person. I don't need them to have better odds of winning when I can't be in control and see where the cards are coming from."
In other words, Mackie said, if no "hard cards" are involved, somebody else can take the risk.
"I don't understand why people gamble online because the computer is creating the cards as it goes," Mackie observed. "So, if you have the potential of winning a big hand, all the computer has to do is create a different card and you lose."
As an observer of the risks in Hollywood, Mackie said he couldn't be more thrilled over how Timberlake continues to take gambles as singer-turned-actor. And in the case of "Runner Runner," Mackie, who shares most of his scenes with Timberlake, said his co-star walks from the film, like many times before, as a big winner.
"What I admire about Justin is that he doesn't take anything for granted," Mackie said. "If you look into the amount of hard work he puts into a role and the way he works, you want to see him succeed. Not too many people in his position are like that. So many people just show up and they let their morals and their celebrity speak for them, as opposed to doing the work. But Justin is such a f------ hard worker, you want to see him succeed. He's prepared every day."
Of course, much can be said for Mackie's hard work as well. His next film is the the indie drama "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete," which also stars Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright and Jordin Sparks, which opens next week; and he also stars opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the Julian Assange-themed drama "The Fifth Estate," which opens Oct. 18.
Looking ahead to April 4, Mackie will take flight as Sam Wilson, a.k.a. the Falcon, in the Marvel superhero sequel "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" opposite Chris Evans.
Bring Me The News film critic Tim Lammers is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and annually votes on the Critics Choice Movie Awards. Locally, he reviews films on "KARE 11 News at 11" and WCCO Radio. As a feature writer, Tim has interviewed well over 1,000 major actors and filmmakers throughout his career and his work is syndicated nationwide.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame is a victory away from playing for the BCS title. Alabama and Georgia each need two, and could have to go through each other.
A day after Oregon and Kansas State lost to give up control of the BCS race, the Fighting Irish (.9973) moved into first place in the standings for the first time.
"Now we don't have to answer questions about style points or politics," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. "Now we have a chance to play for the national championship this week."
Notre Dame (11-0), ranked No. 1 in both polls and by the computer ratings, needs only to beat slumping rival Southern California on Saturday in Los Angeles to earn its first trip to the BCS title game.
Alabama (.9333) and Georgia (.8763) also have rivalry games Saturday. The Crimson Tide hosts Auburn and the Bulldogs play Georgia Tech at home.
If the favorites win, the Southeastern Conference championship game will be a national semifinal of sorts, with the winner advancing to the BCS title game.
If form does not hold, and there are more upsets such as the ones that took out Oregon and Kansas State on Saturday night, there are a handful of teams that could be in the mix.
Florida (10-1) is in fourth heading into a huge game at 10th-place Florida State. The Seminoles (10-1) also will have an ACC title game to play.
Oregon (10-1) dropped to fifth and Kansas State (10-1) was sixth.
Notre Dame, which last won a national championship in 1988, has lost nine of the last 10 against USC, the lone victory coming in 2010, Kelly's first season as coach.
But the Trojans have been a major disappointment this season, starting it No. 1 and dropping to 7-4 after losing Saturday to UCLA. They also will be without quarterback Matt Barkley for the matchup with the Fighting Irish. Max Wittek will make his first career start after Barkley was injured at the end of the UCLA game.
If Notre Dame loses, it could leave a muddle of one-loss teams vying for a spot in the BCS title game, even opening up the possibility of a second consecutive all-SEC national championship game.


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LAKE BUTLER — Marvin Pritchett, a tireless 80-year-old business and agricultural leader of Union County, was driving down a quiet dirt road to his farmhouse to bottle-feed calves when he was shot and killed by a former employee who killed another man and wounded two others before killing himself Saturday.
The murder of Pritchett by Hubert Allen Jr., 72, who had worked as a farmhand for Pritchett for decades, left the community baffled over what could have prompted a man said to be quiet and mild-mannered to go on a shooting spree that left both his former employer and a co-worker dead.
"We think Hubert Allen Jr. just sort of flipped out," Sheriff Jerry Whitehead said. "A motive — I don't know. There may have been some anger. We are still working that side of it. As it stands right now, we don't have anything we can hang our hat on."
Pritchett owned Pritchett Trucking and Nextran Truck Center, a network of full-service truck centers located along major truck routes throughout Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Whitehead spoke near the gate of a long drive into a farmstead amid some of the thousands of acres that Pritchett owned for cattle and hay operations on County Road 18A south of Lake Butler.
A few miles north, in town, a corps of investigators from several agencies were busy at Allen's home near a small park and day-care center, collecting evidence and piecing together what ended in his suicide.
Authorities said Allen, the step-grandfather of NFL star and Lake Butler native C.J. Spiller, killed himself as his last act of the morning.
"He was a good neighbor, a very quiet man," said Roy Stephens, who lives next door. "We'd see each other and talk to each other. He seemed OK."
Also dead is Rolando Gonzalez-Delgado, 28, a native of Nicaragua who worked for Pritchett as a farmhand, Whitehead said.
Injured were Lewis Mabrey Jr., 66, who was in good condition and undergoing surgery Saturday at UF Health Shands Hospital for a broken arm and other injuries; and David Griffis, 44. Griffis underwent surgery at UF Health Shands and was listed in critical condition.
Mabrey also worked at Pritchett's farm, while Griffis worked at Pritchett Trucking in Lake Butler.
Authorities said Allen went to the farmstead off CR 18 and encountered Gonzalez-Delgado around 9 a.m., fatally shooting him.
Meanwhile, Pritchett was on a dirt road nearby en route to a barn to bottle-feed calves, Whitehead said. Allen shot and killed him.
A few minutes later, Allen pulled off CR 18A as Mabrey was driving a farm tractor. They exchanged words and Allen fired a shotgun at him, striking him in the side and arm.
Allen then drove into town to Pritchett Trucking, where he shot Griffis.
Sheriff Whitehead, who is related to Pritchett by marriage, said Pritchett was born and reared in Union County. He played football and basketball for Union County High School.
Pritchett was a self-made man in both agriculture and his trucking businesses and donated a lot of money to the school system and various charities, the sheriff said.
"Marvin is a man who has been very successful and has participated in our schools and youth programs over 30 years, 40 years. He's not a flash in the pan. Everyone just loved him," Whitehead said. "He owns thousands of acres. Thousands. He hit the ground every morning and was working. At 80 years old and a millionaire, he was coming here to bottle-feed calves. This was a hobby for him."
Pritchett leaves behind two sons and a daughter, all of whom work in the family businesses.
Whitehead said that Allen had never been in trouble before. Friends said that Allen enjoyed cooking barbecue and had been ill recently.
Residents said the killings are a tragedy for everyone involved.
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I would like to announce our next book selection for the Treeleaf "Beyond Words & Letters" Book Club (to follow our current reading, the wonderful 'Zen Seeds') ...
The Book of Equanimity, Illuminating Classic Zen Koans, commentary by Gerry Shishin Wick.
The Book of Equanimity (從容録, in Japanese the Shōyōroku, sometimes called the Book of Serenity in English), is a collection of Koans gathered by the great exponent of Silent Illumination Chan Hongzhi Zhengjue (Wanshi Sh?gaku, 1091–1157), and is much prized in the Soto flavor of Zen. Shishin Wick is the current head of the White Plum Lineage, which usually mixes Kan'na (Koan Instrospection) Zen and Shikantaza ways, but in this case, he approaches each Koan with a gentle-not so gentle 'piercing in and out through the sacred core' Soto style. Shishin brings each Koan into living Practice and practical life, very much grounded in this day-to-day world, worlded in the Timeless Ground. Lovely.
There are other translations available, by Thomas Cleary and others. However, even if you have one of those already, I ask you to find the edition by Rev. Wick, as the life-filled commentaries by him will be at the heart of our reflections.
Public opinion often holds that Koans are not much cherished and Practiced in the Soto Way. That is not the case (little pun there). The way of handling and opening the Koans is a bit different in the Soto Way and the Ka'na Zazen of the Rinzai way (same, but different ... different, but just the same), something we will have a chance to experience in moving through-and-through these cherished "classic" Koans.The Book of Equanimity is as central to koan practice in the Soto Zen tradition as the better-known 'Blue Cliff Record' is in the Rinzai tradition. ... At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Shishin Wick gave a series of talks on each of the hundred cases to Zen students in Colorado, and now with this new publication he offers his commentary and translation to a wider audience. Shishin Wick was trained as a physicist and oceanographer, and his scientific background comes through in his rigorous examination of each case. His poetic sensibility is also evident in the book, such as in his commentary on 'Joshu's Dog,' which describes the noble futility of the bodhisattva vow, by using the image of someone attempting to fill up a well with snow. He draws upon examples ranging from the scholarly (comparisons with other koan collections) to the everyday (a friend's paralyzed dachshund) to show the importance of The Book of Equanimity in the Zen tradition and its relevance to the lives of his students and readers.
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BRISBANE, Australia -- Serena Williams joked that since the calendar still read 2012, she needed to maintain this year's dominant form.
The 15-time Grand Slam champion opened her 2013 season Sunday, and Williams needed less than an hour to beat fellow American Varvara Lepchenko 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the Brisbane International.
Williams won 31 of her last 32 matches during the 2012 season, including titles at Wimbledon, the Olympics, the U.S. Open and the WTA Championships. She was 58-4 overall.
"Tomorrow is the last day of the year, so technically I still had my 2012 rep on the line," she said. "I really needed to win today so I could finish the year with still just the four losses. So that was important for me."
The third-ranked Williams didn't show any signs of the minor surgery on her big toes that forced her to withdraw from an exhibition in Thailand. She moved freely throughout the match against the 21st-ranked Lepchenko.
Williams saved five break points in the first game as she adjusted to a strong breeze.
"I was a little nervous, but I was completely fine," Williams said. "The doctor said I would be fine. I was excited to get an early start, so just in case I did have any pain, I could have tomorrow off. But everything was fine."
Williams said she didn't believe in New Year's resolutions. Goals are a different story, and she's aiming to sweep the major tournaments.
She held all four Grand Slam championships at one point, winning the 2003 Australian Open after claiming the French, Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles in 2002. But she's never completed a season slam.
"I think for me, absolutely," she said of whether it was possible in 2013. "I think maybe whoever wins the Australian Open will have that same thought. I think there is no way that Victoria (Azarenka) or Maria (Sharapova) or maybe some other players don't feel the same way. So I think I definitely feel that way."
And if that doesn't happen, she plans to give herself a few more years to attempt it. Her experience at the London Olympics made her want to keep playing until the 2016 Games in Rio.
Eight of the top 10 women are entered in the Brisbane International, with Azarenka and Sharapova getting byes in the first round.
Sixth-seeded Petra Kvitova beat Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 6-3, 6-4 and will next meet Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
In other matches, Australian wild card Jarmila Gajdosova beat 16th-ranked Roberta Vinci 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 to set up a second-round match against Sharapova. Urszula Radwanska of Poland beat Tamira Paszek of Austria 2-6, 6-0, 6-2, and Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova had a 7-5, 6-2 win over Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain.
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Charges against Morrison dropped, but suspension stands
The State Attorney's Office has dropped charges against University of Florida football player Antonio Morrison, who was arrested early Sunday morning on charges of interfering with a police animal.
Despite charges being dropped, Florida coach Will Muschamp released a statement Tuesday night that "as of now" Morrison's disciplinary status will remain the same.
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"The dismissal is based on the lack of evidence to warrant much less legally sustain those charges and the complete inappropriateness of pursuing court action against Morrison or anyone else, under the circumstances,'' Cervone said in a statement Tuesday.
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Cervone said the charge of interfering with a police animal is rare -- about 40 cases have been filed in the last 10 to 12 years.
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Cervone said in the statement that the deferral agreement in that case will remain in effect.
"Because his arrest and potential prosecution for this new incident are in my view legally inappropriate, there are no grounds to revoke that agreement,'' he said.
"To anyone suggesting that he has received special treatment due to his status, I would say review the police video and associated reports. ... I would expect that Morrison has learned that being out at that hour of the night under those circumstances is setting himself up for a situation where he could risk and lose a great deal.''
Cervone also had strong words for the arresting deputy.
"In my office, I teach and we attempt to practice restraint. The power to do something as profound as depriving another person of liberty and subjecting him to all of the consequences of an arrest or prosecution cannot be abused, even when one's patience is thin.
"After nearly 40 years as a prosecutor, I understand the pressures that officers on the street deal with. Those pressures simply cannot be allowed to override common sense and the law, as they may have in this situation.''


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Today marks the one month anniversary for the launch of the BlackBerry Z10 in Canada. Tomorrow the team will posting their 'Z10 - one month later' thoughts, but today I felt it would be useful to recount the positive indicators we've been seeing in the marketplace, as reported by a variety of sources. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but I think it captures the most important points.
On January 30th, when the launch even first happened, we got our first positive indicator coming from the executive team during the Q&A session with the press. Executives said that pre-orders for the Z10 in Canada were coming, in large part, from people who were not currently BlackBerry customers. I mentioned this in the 3rd last paragraph of this article. I know that Todd Cowpland of CIBC wrote about this in one of his research notes, but I'm not sure how many other analysts noticed this data point.
The very next day the device hit UK stores. We started seeing some reports of stock outages pretty much that same morning. So far we don't know how much inventory stores had, but it is better to see stock outs than full shelves with no customers, wouldn't you agree?
Within a few days we had the official Canadian launch of the Z10 on all major carriers. BlackBerry issued a statement the next day saying that the launch results were 50% better than any other prior launch day for the company. Of course this could have been because it was a well co-ordinated launch across multiple carriers, or because everybody with a BlackBerry 7 device has been dying for an upgrade. But the positive indicators continued.
Before February was half way over the UAE launch happened. The media in that country was all over the idea that demand outstripped supply.
When demand is tight, stores start holding back on sales of off-contract phones and prefer to sell to people who will sign a contract. This has been happening in Canada and the UK for sure, as pointed out in this forum post.
At this point it would again be fair to ask the question, "So was this really just a case of BlackBerry not shipping enough phones?" I definitely believe they would prefer to manufacture some scarcity to have the psychological perception of a strong launch. But it seems they genuinely got caught off guard with the big demand.
Check out this Google translation of an interview Thorsten Heins had with a German news outlet. In a nutshell, Heins says that they had a fairly ambitious plan and have seen higher demand then they expected. He sees sales numbers every day and is quite pleased with the success of this Z10 launch. As a result, they've had to increase manufacturing production.
Closing in on the end of the first launch month, Canadian retailer GLENTEL reported that the Z10 was the #1 selling smartphone across its store base in February. So for people who thought the sellouts were really just driven by poor supply rather than strong demand, think again. Obviously the iPhone and Android are not in short supply. Yet the Z10 outsold them at GLENTEL owned retail locations such as WirelessWave, and in Costco wireless kiosks.
Getting hard data would be nice. But getting comparable sales data across competing products is at least better than hearing about sellouts. It tells you very clearly that the reason for a sellout is not JUST weak supply. It's a sign of strong demand. Period.
Finally, over the last few days we've started to see some public commentary by BlackBerry executives about the ability of the Z10 to suck people back into the BlackBerry family. As I just wrote about recently, Rick Costanzo said about one third of Z10 buyers are coming from outside of the BlackBerry customer base across the 50 markets they've launched in so far. That's awesome.
So there you have it, folks. A handy summary of what I think are some of the most important positive indicators of the strength of the Z10 launch so far.
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Washington, DC, has long had a revolving door through which government officials exit to become lobbyists, and lobbyists enter to become government officials.
Regulators being led by former executives from the industries they're supposed to regulate and industry groups being led by their former regulators sounds like it should be the stuff of fiction. But the Federal Communications Commission has once again proven that this phenomenon is quite real.The CTIA Wireless Association today announced that Meredith Attwell Baker—a former FCC Commissioner and former Comcast employee—will become its president and CEO on June 2, replacing Steve Largent, a former member of Congress (and former NFL player).
Largent himself became the cellular lobby's leader when he replaced Tom Wheeler—who is now the chairman of the FCC. Wheeler is also the former president and CEO of the NCTA (National Cable & Telecommunications Association), which… wait for it… is now led by former FCC Chairman Michael Powell.
To sum up, the top cable and wireless lobby groups in the US are led by a former FCC chairman and former FCC commissioner, while the FCC itself is led by a man who formerly led both the cable and wireless lobby groups.
There's more. Baker, the new CTIA CEO, was also an employee of the CTIA before her stint as an FCC commissioner. She was a director of congressional affairs at CTIA from 1998 to 2000, and she started working for the government in 2004 when she joined the Department of Commerce. She was appointed to the FCC in 2009, voted in favor of Comcast's purchase of NBCUniversal in January 2011, and then left the government to become senior vice president of government affairs for Comcast-NBCUniversal in May 2011.
"Meredith is a perfect fit to lead CTIA going forward given her vast experience with the telecommunications industry," Dan Mead, chairman of CTIA and CEO of Verizon Wireless, said in today's announcement. "We're excited to welcome her back to the association."
Baker faces restrictions on lobbying FCC commissioners during the remainder of the Obama administration but can still lobby members of Congress.
Wheeler, who became chairman last year, was president and CEO of the CTIA from 1992 to 2004 and president and CEO of the NCTA from 1979 to 1984. Along the way, he also worked as a venture capitalist; started companies that offer cable, wireless, and video communications services; and wrote a book on President Lincoln's use of the telegraph during the Civil War.
The revolving door is open to both Democrats and Republicans. While Baker and Powell are Republicans, Wheeler is a Democrat.
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Although it seems like the FCC's revolving door leads only to industry lobbyist groups, there are other paths. Michael Copps, an FCC commissioner from the Democratic Party between 2001 to 2011, was the only member to vote against the Comcast/NBC Universal merger, and he is now a self-described public interest advocate who leads the Media and Democracy Reform Initiative at Common Cause.
While there can be good people who go through the revolving door, it's bound to lead to worse policy decisions, Copps told Ars today.
"When people come and go in the industry, they have all these contacts and better access than other people have and more opportunity for their voices to be heard and their influence to be deployed," he said. "I think that only enhances the power of the special interest at the expense of the public interest."
The revolving door "isn't peculiar to the Federal Communications Commission. It's kind of everywhere you look. Probably it's one reason why a lot of people have diminished trust or diminished faith in government."
Comcast has spent millions of dollars lobbying, and its political action committee gave money to every member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which recently examined its proposed purchase of Time Warner Cable. Copps is worried about the impact acquisitions are having on news reporting.
Media consolidation is "wreaking havoc on our news and information infrastructure, on our communications ecosystem, and I don't think there is a greater issue facing the country right now," Copps said. "I don't think there's any possibility of reform and change until you have a media that actually tells what's going on in the country, a decentralized local media, a media that has real investigative reporting resources, and I think you don't have democracy without media democracy."
Among current FCC commissioners, Republican Ajit Pai previously served as associate general counsel for Verizon and held numerous government positions before becoming a commissioner in 2012. Commissioner Michael O'Reilly, in office since 2013, was previously a policy advisor in the Office of the Senate Republican Whip.
Democrat Mignon Clyburn, in office since 2009, was previously a newspaper publisher and then chairwoman of South Carolina's Public Service Commission. Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel, appointed in 2012, previously practiced communications law and held positions with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Rosenworcel was also a legal advisor to Copps when he was on the commission.