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Take a journey through the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis, in the company of professional guide Chris Lovejoy. Hear amazing stories of buccaneers, smugglers and rebels, as well as famous residents or visitors of local and national renown. Discover how people lived and the town developed through the centuries.
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In the midst of a major natural disaster, it's nice to be able to report some happy news.
Ian Ziering, of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame, has confirmed to People magazine that he and his wife, Erin, are expecting their second baby!
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Their daughter, Mia Loren, is 18 months old, and she's already getting the idea that there will be a newcomer in the house before too long.
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He can expect a lot more fun – and a lot more chaos! Last month, he tweeted this remark about a dinner out: "Having a baby eat in a restaurant is like bringing a tornado to a Checkers convention."
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PETALING JAYA: It's been a frustrating five days since Flight MH370 flight was reported missing on Saturday morning with no sign of the craft although thousands of man-hours are being spent in a multi-national, multi-million dollar search and rescue operation.
However, it gets more frustrating with the flood of contradictory information that's coming from the authorities, raising questions about transparency and whether the different agencies are even speaking to one another.
The media spotlight on Malaysia is intense at the moment, and the authorities have told the public "not to speculate" but are they on the same page before coming out with statements and information?
Here are just some of the contradictions and inconsistencies that have left the media and public bewildered.
> How many people missed the flight?
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said five people did not board the flight despite checking in. The DCA said the bags of these five people were removed as per international standards and that they were "clean".
The Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar told a press conference there was no such thing and that one student cancelled her ticket after mixing up her flight dates.
"Take it from me. There was no such thing," said Khalid when asked by a reporter about the DCA's statement.
Then, Malaysia Airlines muddied things up further with a statement that there were four passengers who had valid bookings on flight MH370, but did not show up to check in for the flight.
> Did the Iranian impostors use their own passports or stolen passports?
Immigration Department director Aloyah Mamat said the two Iranians used the stolen Austrian and Italian passports to come into the country.
However, Interpol secretary general Ronald K. Noble said the two men entered Malaysia on their Iranian passports before switching to the stolen Austrian and Italian documents.
If they entered on the Iranian documents, were there entry stamps on the EU documents? Who entered the country with those documents? Interpol says they came in from Doha. Malaysia says they came in from Phuket.
Did they leave Doha using Iranian passports, obtain the stolen documents at the KLIA transit area and then enter the country on the EU documents? No one knows although The Star has reported the existence of a forged passport ring in the transit area.
> How many people were being investigated?
Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said on Sunday that four passengers used stolen European passports to board the flight. Later, the authorities clarified that only two people boarded the flights with stolen passports.
It didn't help matters that Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zahid Hamidi slammed Immigration officers for not being able to detect Asians using European names. Hishammuddin contradicted him, saying they were not Asian looking.
To make things worse, DCA director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman made that unfortunate reference to Bartoli (he meant footballer Mario Balotelli). That led to some news portals deciding the impostors were African-looking. They were, in fact, fair-skinned Iranians.
> Pictures of impostors released by the police are the same.
Many are questioning why the bottom halves of the two released pictures of the Iranian impostors are the same. It's a minor matter, with the authorities saying the pictures were cropped but why was the bottom part of one person attached to both these characters? One explanation was that it is to achieve equal proportion but there are any number of ways to do that.
> Did the plane turn or did it not?
When the story first broke, MAS said the plane was last detected at 2.40am about 120 nautical miles east of the coast of Kota Baru. The DCA, however, said the plane was last detected at 1.30am. Later, the Royal Malaysian Armed Forces (RMAF) chief was reported to have said the military base in Butterworth detected the plane in the vicinity of Pulau Perak in the Straits of Malacca at 2.40am. He has since denied making the statement but this contradiction has thrown the search into disarray with Vietnam and Thailand planning to opt out and India coming on board.
There was much sympathy for Malaysia over the daunting task it faced in the search and rescue operation when the plane went missing but these contradictions – and the many far-fetched speculation on social media – have only led to more anger and angst, leaving the country facing a barrage of criticism instead.
And the entry of a bomoh with bamboo binoculars amid all the high-tech aircraft and ships equipped with state-of-the-art tracking devices only serves to make us a laughing stock.
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MILWAUKEE -- At least he got wet. That much is known. The Milwaukee Brewers clinched the National League Central last month, champagne flowed, and somewhere in the melee, Zack Greinke internally celebrated. According to various clubhouse accounts, Greinke went unnoticed. He most likely did not jump up and down; that would be the equivalent of Dick Cheney diving into a mosh pit. He did not let the giddiness spill over to the rest of his weekend.
Roughly 24 hours later, Milwaukee was still awash with love over its hometown boys, tailgating deep into a chilly night. The Counting Crows' "Mr. Jones" played in a happy clubhouse. And in the corner of the room, Greinke stood at his locker, shifting uncomfortably.
There were a hundred questions to ask him. How did it feel to be heading to the postseason after all those losing years in Kansas City? How would a man who internalizes everything handle such a big spotlight?
"It doesn't matter," Greinke said, "as long as I don't have to talk to people."
His hair is buzzed; his freshly scrubbed baby face has changed little since that day in 2002 when Greinke, 19 and suddenly a multi-millionaire, sat at his first news conference as a professional baseball player, slumping in his chair, fielding questions with one-word answers. He gave off the impression, some observers said, that he didn't care. But caring was never the problem.
If Greinke could just pitch, just come to the ballpark, throw 95-mph fastballs and go home, his job would be so much easier. He is not into idle chit-chat, not even with his teammates. He talks to the media in front of his locker after he pitches. He doesn't talk for long.
"Some things make me uncomfortable," Greinke said. "Some things don't bother me."
So to delve into the mind of Zack Greinke, a man who's been called everything from a genius to an oddball, perhaps the easiest way is to talk to people who know him. Or at least think they know him.
The catcher's view
Of course Jonathan Lucroy knows what is kicking around in Zack Greinke's head. Lucroy is the Brewers' catcher. It's his job to be a therapist and a friend; an expert and an ass-kicker. When the Brewers acquired Greinke in a trade last winter, Lucroy already had some reconnaissance work out of the way. He actually grew up in the same sun-splashed tourist haven in central Florida.
Back in the day, Lucroy said, Greinke was somewhat of a legend at Apopka High in Orlando. He wanted to be a position player. He was talented enough to do anything. Greinke occasionally tells people, with a straight face, that if he really focused on it, he could be a better catcher or hitter than them. He tells Lucroy that all the time.
But pitching was always the better fit, because of his rocket arm and the freedom it allowed him to be left alone. A pitcher is not relied on to give pep talks or build team chemistry. A starting pitcher can drift into the woodwork four out of five days.
Lucroy, for his part, wouldn't allow that. He'd make a point to constantly engage Greinke in conversation. Though he's a couple years younger, Lucroy ran in similar circles as Greinke and knew many of his childhood friends. That was his entry point of conversation back in spring training -- Hey, do you know so-and-so?
Familiarity eventually forged trust, and Lucroy kept going. He talked about fishing and babies and buying a diamond for his wife, anything to include him.
"Zack, he doesn't mean to, but he kind of puts himself on an island because of his personality," Lucroy said. "You have to swim to that island.
"I wanted to create that relationship with him because I knew that this was going to be a very important year to have that, that mental trust. You need that with any pitcher, but with him especially. He distrusts easily. He'll withdraw fast. So for me, I've got to constantly be trying to communicate with him because sometimes he won't want to talk. But I don't care, and I tell him that. He's a very honest guy, and he expects honesty in return."
Lucroy knew last winter how important the Greinke acquisition could be. The Brewers struggled in 2010 with one of the National League's weakest rotations, and Greinke was the best pitcher on the market after the Phillies scooped up Cliff Lee. Greinke, a first-round draft pick for the Royals in 2002, earned the American League Cy Young Award in '09. He averaged 13 wins a season from 2008 to 2010, a huge feat considering that the Royals lost an average of 93 games a year during that span.
But none of that success surprised Lucroy. Greinke is a different man on the field, and is nowhere near awkward. He knows he's better than the hitter, even on the nights when he's not. He's emotional. He grunts when he pitches, Lucroy said, and occasionally yells when he messes up.
He cares. Brewers pitching coach Rick Kranitz called Greinke "fiercely competitive." Why else would he have left Kansas City, a place where he felt relatively comfortable, to come to Milwaukee?
Greinke fractured a rib in February playing basketball. It was, according to a friend of Greinke's, a chippy and hotly contested pickup game. It killed him to sit during his first spring training with the Brewers. He pushed himself to return early, probably earlier, Kranitz said, than he should have. But Greinke still managed to win 16 games and went 11-0 at home.
"I think he loves the competition," Kranitz said of the 27-year-old. "He loves that one-on-one battle with the hitter. He gets out there and competes as well as anybody I've been around."
The venue or the stakes don't matter for Greinke. He locks into his catcher and focuses.
"He doesn't see anything else," Lucroy said.
On the last Sunday morning of the regular season, hours before an afternoon game with the Florida Marlins, teammates bantered and prepared last-minute fantasy football lineups while Greinke sat alone at his locker, his head buried in a laptop.
Lucroy noticed. He walked across the room and took a seat next to Greinke, who leaned back and smiled. It was time to talk.
The K.C. days
John Buck is considered one of Greinke's close friends, and that's a special club. They grew up together in the Royals' organization, Greinke on the mound, Buck behind the plate. Buck went to Florida, Greinke headed north, but they still talk or text before every game. Buck was in Milwaukee over the weekend for the series, but they didn't chat much. They exchanged a few quick words in person, then Greinke later sent his friend a long text.
"I guess that's what's comfortable with him, which is fine," Buck said. "That's kind of how you communicate with him sometimes."
It was Buck who was there in 2006, when Greinke's struggles spun out of control during a wild throwing session at spring training. Greinke broke down, and he left the team for personal reasons. Eventually, it was revealed that he suffered from social anxiety disorder and depression, and Greinke sat out the season.
Buck declined to talk about that day in Arizona out of respect for Greinke. But he said his friend is happy now and is in a better spot. He said Greinke is a normal guy, even though the media have fixated on his personality more since he won the Cy Young.
Social anxiety disorder, like many mental issues, is something that for years wasn't talked about, said sports psychologist Jack Stark. It was considered a sign of weakness. But Stark said he's treated a number of athletes who suffer from social anxiety disorder, which is characterized by intense fear in social situations. In severe cases, Stark said, some patients cannot even get out of bed.
Years ago, Greinke told reporters that it got so bad at one point that he despised baseball and considered leaving the game. Greinke was prescribed antidepressants, and he showed marked improvement in 2007, going 7-7 with a 3.69 ERA.
"Zack's always just been a cool friend to me," Buck said. "Because of who he is, the Cy Young and everything, everybody's a lot more interested in him than your average Joe.
"He's a little more to himself than the norm, but I don't think you have to work extra hard to be his friend. I've never thought that. He's pretty sincere in everything he does. To see him be able to go to the playoffs and play in meaningful games is probably going to bring out even more in him."
Next up: The postseason
Is he ready for this? Nobody doubts his talent. The confidence seems to be there, too. Quick story: In Greinke's early days in Kansas City, he used to go golfing on road trips with former Royals media relations director Aaron Babcock and pitcher Jose Lima. Now, it might be downright impossible to find two pitchers on opposite sides of the personality spectrum more than Greinke and Lima. But on these peaceful mornings so many years ago, it was somehow perfect and entertaining.
The first time they played together, Greinke showed up in a pair of flip-flops. Lima, who was loud, free-spirited and flamboyant, told Greinke he'd better go buy some golf shoes.
"I don't need any golf shoes," Greinke said.
He'd never played the course before, and he didn't take a practice swing.
"He hit his first ball about 330 yards right down the middle of the fairway wearing nothing but flip-flops for shoes," Babcock said. "Lima about fell over laughing. He couldn't believe it. [Greinke] was such an incredible athlete. He could pretty much do whatever he wanted."
'He'll always be a Royal'
They don't really know him anymore in Kansas City. Sure, there are front-office people and a smattering of teammates that can tell you what makes Zack Greinke tick. But this team, 10 months later, is so different.
The hot young prospects who were part of a farm system ranked No. 1 by Baseball America were called up, veterans moved on, and Royals general manager Dayton Moore looked to the future. It's baseball. Greinke didn't want to be part of this and said last year that he couldn't bear another rebuilding project and all the losing that would come with it. But who would've known that the project might be zooming along much quicker than scheduled?
Last Tuesday night, five hours away from Miller Park, the Royals played the middle game of a season-ending three-game series against the Minnesota Twins. The air was humid, balmy almost for late September in Minnesota, and the Royals ran around as if it were April. There was an energy about them. They'd made big improvements since the All-Star break. They won seven in a row in September.
"We're just very encouraged," Moore said as he stood in the dugout. "They're transitioning into the major leagues a little earlier than we expected, and they're having some success."
But the future is now for Greinke. The quiet man spoke, and 10 months later, he's in the playoffs, scheduled to start Sunday. By all appearances, there are no hard feelings on either side. "He will always be a Royal," Moore said, and the GM is genuinely happy for the pitcher who, five years ago, looked as if he might never play baseball again.
In the days last winter when a deal was in the air, there was widespread speculation about where Greinke could or couldn't go. He couldn't play for the Yankees, critics said, because he couldn't handle all the pressure, the tabloids and media scrutiny. But the people who know Greinke don't subscribe to that thinking.
For starters, being in Milwaukee is, in some ways, harder than New York for a private man like Greinke. Everywhere he goes here, he's recognized. In New York, he would most likely just blend in with all the other stars.
The playoffs, Greinke said, shouldn't be all that different. He will block out 40,000 fans and focus in on his catcher. He knows it will be more intense. But hasn't his career been pretty intense? Greinke can't wax on about that. He wants to go home, because everything is about to get much bigger.
"It should be fun," he said.
Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN.com. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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SolarCity lighting African Schools with Solar
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I looked at a Santana Tandem (road bike) this weekend. It appears to be an older bike. But the Owner bought it second hand as a spur of the moment purchase and is pretty clueless about what he has. Please help me answer the following...
SIZE: Owner says the bike is a LARGE frame. But, it feels smaller than that to me. The captain's top tube measures c-c 21 1/2 " and seat tube measures approx 22" maybe a little more ...couldn't make it come out to 23". Is this a MEDIUM frame or a LARGE frame?
AGE: Owner has no idea. He says he phoned SANTANA and they have no record of the serial number. (not surprised...I've been emailing Santana for two weeks now and have received no replyother than to acknowledge receipt of my first email) I suspect it's an early 1990s bike because... DISHED rear wheel (Shimano Deore XT rear hub approx 100mm), Shimano 600 down tube shifters, deraillers, cranks etc., quill syle handle bar stem, Bio-Pace chain rings, and cantilever breaks. What do you think?
VALUE: Owner wants $2k. I'm thinking it's worth 1/2 as much. Am I way off base?
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Laptops for Teachers: An evaluation of the TELA scheme in schools (Years 4 to 6)
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The purpose of this evaluation was to investigate the impacts of the Laptops for Teachers Scheme (referred to from here as the TELA scheme) on Years 4 to 6 teachers' work over a period of three years (2004-2006) and to record emerging changes in laptop use. The investigation focused on the Ministry of Education expectation (Ministry of Education, 2004) that teacher access to a laptop for their individual professional use would lead to gains in confidence and expertise in the use of ICTs, to efficiencies in administration, would contribute to teacher collaboration and support the preparation of high quality lesson resources. It was also anticipated that teacher would use their laptop in the classroom for teaching and learning.
Author(s): Bronwen Cowie, Alister Jones and Ann Harlow with Mike Forret, Clive McGee and Thelma Miller, University of Waikato.
Date Published: May 2010
This report is available as a download (please refer to the 'Downloads' inset box). For links to related publications/ information that may be of interest please refer to the 'Where to Find Out More' inset box.
Section 2: Trends: ICT in education/laptops for teachers
ICT use is increasingly implicated in what it means to be socially, economically, culturally and politically involved in 21st century society (Selwyn & Facer, 2007). ICTs are at the heart of global flows of knowledge, people and services that characterise the knowledge economy and social inclusion. An ability to bring people and places together has emerged as one of the defining characteristics of ICTs: they can be seen to underpin the development of a more networked and interconnected society (Castells, 1996). In this section, we provide an overview of key studies and findings that have looked at how teachers integrate laptops into their professional lives, what the classroom use of the laptops might look like, and how ICTs fit into the wider school context.
2.1 Integrating ICT/laptops into teachers' professional lives
Research suggests that the impact of computers on teaching and learning has not been as great as was anticipated. Balanskat (2007), reporting on comparative international evidence on the impact of digital technologies on learning outcomes, found that only a small percentage of schools in some European countries had embedded ICT into the curriculum and demonstrated high levels of effective and appropriate ICT use to support and transform teaching and learning across a wide range of subject areas. Most schools in most countries, however, were in the early phase of ICT adoption, characterised by "patchy uncoordinated provision and use, some enhancement of the learning process, some development of e-Learning but no profound improvements in learning and teaching" (p.1). Erstad (2005) employed case study methodology in Norwegian schools to examine the potential for benefit (affordances3) that new technologies might provide for student learning activities. He found that the biggest impact of technology was in how the learning space was made larger, in the sense that the students could reach out of the classroom and work on and with issues in the outside world, and it created more flexibility in relation to subject content. The resources to be included in the learning activities were more varied and stimulated different learning approaches among the students. This more flexible learning environment appeared to indicate that there was a transition from a teacher/book/blackboard-learning environment towards a student-centred learning environment. However, it was found that teachers were not changing their teaching methods – they used similar pedagogies but found that with new technologies they were able to motivate students more than before. Alongside this, Bebell, Russell & O'Dwyer (2004) propose that recent developments in ICTs support the need for a broad conceptualisation of the potential impacts of ICTs. Their survey of 2,894 teachers in the United States indicated that the teachers were making substantial use of computers out of the classroom in support of teaching for tasks such as lesson planning and preparation, administration and management, and email communication with colleagues. This evaluation, in line with the goals of the TELA scheme, adopts this broad conceptualisation of the possible impact of teacher access to a laptop for their individual professional use.
Research is beginning to explicate the impact of laptops on ICT integration in schools and on teachers and students. Indications are that access to a laptop afford different opportunities for teacher use of ICT than do desktop computers owing to their portability, the opportunity for teacher exclusive use and the generally higher specifications that laptops have compared to existing school desktop computers. Laptops offer the possibility that teachers will have access to the same set of documents and resources at home and at school and as such they go a long way towards meeting the proposal that, "any given technology can support learning only to the degree that it is available for frequent, integral use within and outside school" (Means, Roschelle, Penuel, Sabeli & Haertel, 2003, p. 165). Research indicates teachers are taking advantage of the flexibility that laptops provide in terms of time and place of teacher use of ICT. For instance, Cunningham, Kerr, McEune, Smith and Harris (2004), reporting on teacher perceptions at the end of the first year of their having access to a laptop for their individual professional use, note that teachers had become more confident and competent in their ICT use since receiving their laptops. Teachers reported greater access to a range of resources and an increase in the professional quality of lesson materials. The laptop was said to provide for the streamlining of management and administrative tasks. Teachers appreciated the flexibility in time and place of work provided by the laptop. There was some evidence that laptops supported increased communication between teachers, students and parents and greater sharing of information between teachers. Teachers felt they were gaining maximum impact from their laptops when they used them in conjunction with peripherals. Simpson and Payne (2005), in an evaluation of personalised laptop provision for teachers and some students in two Scottish primary schools, found that the main impact of teachers' regular use of the laptops and peripherals was increased pupil motivation and increased availability of information to pupils. They cautioned that personalised ICT within schools in the form of laptops was not a means to achieve a student-centred learning environment in schools in which learner-centred pedagogies had not yet developed. Taken together, these studies suggest that the introduction of new technologies without adequate prior changes in pedagogical practice would tend to result in the technologies merely being fitted into current practices. These studies indicate that understanding teacher use of laptops needs to consider the ways teachers might be taking up the particular affordances of a laptop computer in relation to the broad scope of teacher professional activities.
2.2 The importance of context
Aside from individual understandings and preferences, the affordances of ICT use are organisationally and socially based (Cushman & Keicun, 2006). They derive from a combination of technological possibilities, user capabilities and understandings, and the wider social context. As Selwyn and Facer (2007, p.14) point out, ICT use is not just based on the individual being able to 'understand' the potential benefits of ICT use but also on how well ICT-based activity 'fits' with the wider contexts within which they are operating. If the wider cultural context of use (such as the workplace, school or home) does not fit well with the culture of the ICT application, then use will not easily follow. Adding weight to this point, Becker (1998) found that elements relating to professional development and support were predicative of effective teaching practice. Research by Efaw, Hampton, Martinez & Smith (2004) into the general use of laptops by teachers, but with a focus on use for teaching, found that teachers who observed other teachers' effective strategies and those who shared effective strategies via a server were more likely to integrate laptops into their teaching. On the other hand, Fishman, Marx, Blumenfeld, Krajik and Soloway (2004) assert that if integration is left completely up to individual teachers and schools, it may be only the minority who are willing and able to put in the time and effort required to succeed. Individual teachers and schools may not have the resources needed for this task pointing to the need to consider national policy as part of the context for laptop use (Kozma, 2005). Policy, through the provision of vision and or professional development and resources to enhance the capacity, plays a role in change. Spillane, Reiser and Reimer (2002) assert there is a need to take into account the interaction of the "policy signal, the implementing agent's knowledge, beliefs and experiences and the circumstances in which the local agent attempts to make sense of the policy" (p. 420). This conceptualisation of the context as pertaining to the local (syndicate, school) circumstances and the broader policy environment underpins this evaluation study of teacher laptop use.
To sum up there are a number of factors that influence ICT use and innovation by teachers and schools. Access to ICT on its own, does not necessarily result in changes for teachers or schools. To bring about changes a number of factors must be considered that are related to school-wide opportunities and incentives for ICT use, along with teacher personal and classroom factors. We were interested to know how these identified factors manifest themselves in the New Zealand context and thereby impact on New Zealand teachers when they are working to integrate technology into their professional lives. In this report we focus on the nature of and support for innovation with ICT as teachers use laptops accessed through the TELA scheme in New Zealand.
2.3 The New Zealand context for teaching with ICT
The Ministry of Education has promoted the use of ICT in New Zealand schools through a range of initiatives. One of the early Ministry of Education ICT initiatives, begun in 1998, was the national 'Information and Communication Technologies Strategy for Schools' (Ministry of Education, 1998). The following are some examples of the ICT related projects associated with this initiative: the development of Te Kete Ipurangi (an Online Resource Centre); Te Hiringa i te Mahara (a project designed to help Mäori secondary teachers reduce their workloads through the use of ICT); the provision of 'Principals First' one-day workshops for principals to develop leadership skills in planning for school implementation of ICT; the provision of ICT funding to schools that completed an ICT plan (99% of schools have received the funding); and the allocation of laptops to principals. A 'national' system of funded professional development, known as the ICT PD School Clusters programme, was established in 1999. To date, over 60% of New Zealand schools have been involved in the programme. A school commitment to the cluster programme is for a three-year period and programmes focus on the integration of ICTs into a variety of teacher professional practices with a particular emphasis on use in the classroom for teaching and learning. Teachers from schools involved in the cluster groups are led by a facilitator and encouraged to learn through regular discussion group meetings and by visiting each other's schools to see ICT being used effectively by teachers in the classroom.
In 2002, the Government released the Digital Horizons: Learning through ICT (Ministry of Education, 2002b) strategy. This outlined the Government's goals in relation to ICT as an area of knowledge relevant to all students. It reflected the New Zealand Government's commitment to increasing the use of ICT in schools to help improve student achievement and teaching practice (Ministry of Education, 2002a) and to provide students with the skills and knowledge they need to achieve 'personal goals and to be full participants in the global community' (Ministry of Education, 2002a, p. 3). The TELA teacher laptops scheme is part of this initiative.
Effective teaching using ICT was the key component of an e-Learning action strategy formulated by the Ministry of Education in 2006 (Ministry of Education, 2006a). The main idea of this is to place learners and teachers at the centre of their own communication and information networks. The strategy suggested that teachers use e-Learning to create a blended learning environment where students could explore and experiment, think critically and creatively, reflect and plan, use feedback and self-assessment, and create new knowledge using ICTs. Teachers were encouraged to become more effective and efficient by using customised tools to aid their lesson planning and preparation and administrative tasks. Using group-learning opportunities that recognise individual differences and giving students opportunities to learn outside the classroom were suggested as ways that teachers could integrate ICT effectively into their teaching practice.
An analysis of the idea of effective teaching in the classroom has been included in a number of Ministry of Education documents. Alton-Lee (2003) identified ten characteristics of quality teaching as part of a literature review commissioned to strengthen the evidence base that informs education policy and practice in New Zealand. The report set out evidence about what works to improve education outcomes and what can make a bigger difference for the education of all children and young people. The evidence revealed that up to 59% of variance in student performance was attributable to differences between teachers and classes. The central professional challenge for teachers was to manage simultaneously the complexity of learning needs of diverse students. Amongst the ideas for effective teaching that emerged from the research were the need to contextualise pedagogical practice, make links between the school and other settings in which students live, and provide students with tools to enable them to take responsibility for their own learning. Most recently, the revised New Zealand Curriculum (Ministry of Education, 2007) discussed effective teaching and listed ideas from current research showing that students learned best when teachers encouraged reflective thought and action, made connections, provided multiple opportunities to learn, facilitated shared learning, enhanced the relevance of new learning and created a supportive learning environment. The document outlined the ways in which e-Learning (learning supported or facilitated by ICT) could support effective teaching approaches, such as by enabling students to enter and explore new learning environments, to join or create communities of learners that extend beyond the classroom, and by offering students virtual experiences and tools that save them time, allowing them to take their learning further. It was suggested that schools should explore how ICT could "open up new and different ways of learning." (Ministry of Education, 2007, p. 36). In this evaluation, these notions provide a framework for analysing teacher reports of how they made use of their laptops for teaching and learning with ICT.
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Edward Jones Financial Advisor Tony Christensen, a Humboldt native, was recently named a principal with the firm's holding company, the Jones Financial Companies, LLLP.
He is one of only 37 individuals chosen from more than 42,000 associates across the United States and Canada to join the firm's 336 principals.
He and his family – his wife, Allison, and three children: Keegan, 16; Quinn, 13; and Aiden, 10 – will remain in Humboldt, and Christensen will continue serving investors throughout the area.
Christensen joined Edward Jones in 1991, and opened a branch in Havre, MT. He returned to Humboldt in 1996, to manage a local branch office. Today, his nephew, Clifton Kalafatich, manages the community's second Edward Jones branch.
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Here's a key problem with Robert Sarkies' black comedy Two Little Boys: Based on title alone it comes across as something most likely to appeal to either the Disney set or pedophiles. Or both. It is not. Recently nominated for a whopping eleven New Zealand Film Awards, the film stars Bret McKenzie (Flight Of The Conchords) and Hamish Blake (Hamish And Andy) in an adaptation of a novel written by the director's brother, Duncan. And given the presence of McKenzie and Blake it comes as no surprise that things are both funnier and darker than the title implies.
Already released in Australia and New Zealand, check out the trailer for this one below.Set in Invercargill, New Zealand in the early 1990's, the film follows Nige and his best mate Deano's riotous misadventures as they struggle with their imploding long-term friendship which has been under pressure by an unfortunate accident involving a hot meat pie, a ginger cat, and the untimely death of a Scandinavian soccer star. Nige chucks the dead body in a nearby road works hole and runs to Deano for help. Trouble is, Deano's not really the guy you should turn to in a crisis....
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With the Cavaliers and Hawks squaring up for the last Sunday home game of the 2010-11 season, there was actually one moment where the entire Quicken Loans Arena was on their feet: a standing ovation for Joe Tait, broadcasting his first game of the season since undergoing heart surgery roughly five months earlier.
"The Voice of the Cavaliers" took to his perch Sunday evening, where he will be for the remaining four Cavs home games. Unfortunately for the Hall of Fame broadcaster, he was treated to a 99-83 loss, the Wine and Gold's 58th of the season.
Admitted to a Houston area hospital following a Cavs preseason game, Tait was diagnosed with pnemonia, but was later told that the medical staff had found a heart issue that could only be corrected with open-heart valve replacement surgery. Tait had attempted to return to his spot in the WTAM play-by-play booth several times this season, but doctors nixed each attempt due to concerns of his stamina and the stress that could be placed on Tait's heart in the event of a high-emotion play.
"There are mixed opinions in the medical world as to whether this was the smartest thing I've ever done in my life," Tait told the media. "But I wanted to give it a shot.
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While the surgery and subsequent recovery may have taken away some of Tait's energy and weight (he is now 50 lbs. lighter), the one thing he did not lose was his uber dry sense of humor…and his love for DiGiorno Pizza. Tait did not take kindly to multiple Alonzo Gee airballs (10 points on 4-for-11 shooting, six rebounds on the night), deemed the Cavaliers roster as being "thin of talent," and told the Plain Dealer that his advice for Jim Chones – tasked with providing color commentary, something Tait has done on his own more often than not – was to "be quiet."
With Tait's return, it was once again "Basketball Time at The Q." Rookie forward Luke Harangody was the first recipient of a "Wham!" response when the newly-acquired big man threw down a two-handed dunk. And if all goes as planned, the team will host a Joe Tait appreciation night, most likely on Friday, April 8 as the Cavs host the Chicago Bulls on the second-last home game of the season.
As to not overlap with Fan Appreciation Night on April 13, when the team will play "Have a Goodnight, Everybody" – the documentary on Tait's legendary career – hopes are that Tait (who will not travel) will be willing to be the subject of such an evening as he has attempted to make his return as big of a non-event as possible.
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California passes laws to promote increased renewable procurement and net metering
California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills to promote the use of clean energy. AB 327, signed October 7, 2013, allows the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to increase the state's renewables portfolio standard (RPS), and also calls for revising the state's net metering generation limits by 2017. SB 43, signed September 11, 2013, creates the "Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program," which allows municipal, nonresidential, and end-use consumers to get credits on electricity bills for buying renewable energy.
Under AB 327, the CPUC may set RPS procurement targets for investor-owned utilities in excess of the 33 percent target in 2020 required by SBX 1-2. The law also accounts for lost revenues from utility customers who switch to net-metered solar by giving the CPUC permission to apply a monthly fixed charge of up to $10 to support power grid maintenance, beginning January 1, 2015.
AB 327 also requires the CPUC to develop a new Net Energy Metering (NEM) program by July 1, 2015, in preparation for implementation on July 1, 2017. AB 327 specifies that the new NEM program abandon limitations that restrict customer-generation to one megawatt of capacity, and further permit net-metered customer generation exceeding one megawatt to establish interconnection with the distribution grid.
Under California's Green Tariff Shared Renewables Program, businesses, schools, and renters without access to net-metered renewable power now have an opportunity to voluntarily purchase renewable power from the state's investor-owned utilities. Ratepayers who opt-in to the pilot program may purchase renewable power from generating installations limited to 20 MW in capacity, with an overall cap on the program set at 600 MW. The law also requires the deployment of 100 MW of renewable power in disadvantaged residential communities.
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Now you know I don't like to pitch myself as an expert, analyst, or anything of the like. Nope, I'm just a dude playing fantasy sports for the love of the game. The only difference between us is that I set aside a little extra time each week to weave the stories of the magical leagues that only exist in our minds and browsers.
Today, though, well, let's just say today is a little difference. Perhaps my swagger is set to ten hundred, thousand trillion. Maybe my hubris is out of control for a minute. Whatever the reason, today we're going to discuss trades of the most incredible order.
Here's where my ego comes into play, it'll potentially be useful to open with a list I like to call "My Top 5 Little Louisiana Purchases:â€
First, a disclaimer, just like you, I don't play with fools. Trades like these happen in every league because everyone makes foolish moves from time to time, capitalizing on that tendency is the hard part.
5) Kobe Bryant and fodder for Chris Paul, Al Jefferson, and Kevin Martin (07-08)
I once strongly disliked Kobe, but that year I was the 3rd overall pick and he was totally chalked into that spot. Fortunately many, many people strongly like, one might even call it a man-crush, Kobe, and so I was able to nab these three breakout gems just a couple weeks after draft day. Side fact: that year I had Ron Artest, Brad Miller, and Martin. My team's unofficial nickname was The Three Kings, which is also one of my favorite movies and Bible stories. Good things happen when you play to your strengths.
4) Joe Johnson and Michael Beasley for Josh Smith and Rudy Gay (09-10)
I get that double-upgrades happen all the time, but I keep it on the list for a few reasons. First, the opposing player had mistakenly, but correctly based on the player rater, drafted Josh Smith in the mid-second round. Second, said opposition had specifically reached 10 picks on both Rudy Gay and O.J. Mayo to prevent me – a diehard Grizzlies fan – from scoring my favorite players. Third, Beasley fell off the cliff for the rest of the season, putting up waiver wire numbers once Spoelstra's confidence shifted to Udonis Haslem and even Dorrell Wright, which is a sad thing indeed.
3) Derrick Rose, Emeka Okafor, and LaMarcus Aldridge for Dwight Howard and Gerald Wallace (08-09)
A particularly nefarious "trade rape,†for two weeks I periodically pimped Rose's sickest plays on a friend's Facebook. At the same time I also continually updated him on the jump-shot project, wherein I was teaching myself how to shoot with the high, elbowy release like LaMarcus Aldridge. Yes, tricks are fun to play, and if you play them often enough, people will fall for them.
2) Luke Ridinour for Corey Maggette (08-09)
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1) Corey Maggette for Rashard Lewis (08-09)
Oh, yeah, there's the rub. If you remember, Rashard Lewis's hand was so hot in 08-09 that he almost seemed to be worth his contract that year. Lewis shot the lights out, Maggette was mediocre, I had picked up Ridinour off free agency just two days before, and then grabbed Ramon Session once he eventually won the Bucks point guard spot and went nuts. Watch Tracy McGrady scoring 13 in 33 seconds, the rest of the league felt like the Spurs after this sequence.
Also, two nights after I had a mad vivid dream that Shard ran a crime ring and I did him dirty, so he threw me in the trunk of his '50s Cadillac. He was wearing a purple, crushed velvet, four-piece suit with a purple magic baseball cap. I'm convinced now that my peers were incepting me for revenge.
Now, to be completely fair, I've accepted some piss poor offers as well. I bought on Gilbert Arenas last year about three days before the whole "Finger Gunz!†charade. Right before the deadline and during his last year of fantasy dominance, and the only year since 1978 that he started in all 82 games, I traded Baron Davis away for scraps because I was so terrified of injury. And I even made a Godfather offer for Jamaal Crawford when he was traded to the Warriors – a match made in heaven, what could possibly go wrong? Everything, and Don Nelson, of course.
But these five trades represent more than just fleecings I've been lucky enough to pull, they have categorical significance as well. In fact, each is a specific type of trade that, typically, is going to benefit your team:
5) The hedger: Deal one or two players of a given value for multiple players with the potential for similar value.
Potential is a dangerous concept in fantasy. While potential is something ephemeral in the world of real sports, only manifesting itself in flashes, in fantasy it tends to be injected into each player during draft day.
A couple weeks into the season, when trading, most players kind of forget about that and look at either year to date or career performance. That's why it's often easy to deal your top 10 pick for a top 20, high upside guy, and two more shots in the dark.
Any deal that involves "shots in the dark†sounds risky, however, this type of move really isn't; it's a high-value move because, in general, you've only got to hit on 1 of 3 of your bets. If the top 20 guy plays like a top 10, the rest is gravy. If one of the shots in the dark is top 30, it doesn't matter that you dropped off from the 6th pick to the 16th. If all three hit, then have fun bathing in ticker tape.
On offense: Target young studs from the year before. It works best if you're offering a true stud – Kobe can make it happen, Vince Carter won't.
On defense: Are you giving up all the sleepers on your team? Is your team's average age about to bounce above 30? If you answered yes to these questions, decline.
4) The double-down: Swap two for two where you appear to be giving up the best player in the trade for an upgrade, even though you're not giving up the best player.
"Value is value, is perceived value,†my moms always used to say. Lots of stars are piss poor fantasy options to keep on your team, but excellent as trade bait. I find jack-of-all trades without defensive numbers to be the most useful for this sort of pursuit, like JJ or Brandon "Purple Kush†Roy, as players known for 22-5-5 tend to actually put up 20-4-4, which is far less useful.
Offense: Steals are the most undervalued stat in fantasy basketball, so target the thieves with this type of offer. Threes also work well, as does free throw percentage as a function of free throws attempted. Most people are pretty attentive to points, field goal percentage, rebounds, and assists, though.
Defense: Looking at the player rater once a month, or, like, right before you're about to make a blockbuster is a start.
3) The "Welcome to the leagueâ€: Any unbalanced, especially 3 for 2 or 3 for 1, deal that nets you a stud.
New fantasy basketball players tend to forget that the free agent pool has lots and lots of really great value at almost every point in the season. Unbalanced trades free up your roster to make more prospective adds, which means more breakout guys and less breakout guys you drop too early searching for talent.
Offense: One way to execute this deal is to add up the stats of the three guys you're dealing and show them how you're overpaying. Except you're not, because Stephen Curry went undrafted in most league last year.
Defense: Unless you're entire team is at a Yao Ming-level injury risk, there is really no reason to ever be on the butt end of an unbalanced trade. A wider talent pool is not a deeper talent pool.
2) The now and later: Swapping a sleeper or hot-pickup all over the front pages for an established, but forgettable, superior player.
Everybody's excitable and everybody loves Matthew Berry, use that to your advantage.
Note, however, that this can backfire if you don't ensure that said waiver wire fodder is actually a pretty middling basketball player. Check out some real basketball stat sites, read up on them a bit, maybe even watch a game. If they look really good, it might be smart to hold. If they look like Luke Ridinour, sell, sell, sell!
Offense: Works best to use against bottom-feeders who are grasping for straws in their dying breaths. I know it sounds cruel, but sometimes you've got to just finish the job. Imagine yourself as a Highlander – I tend to find that image useful.
Defense: Check the note. Remember the whole identities is identities thing last week? In time, crap tends to stay crap, so spot the crap early.
1) The Silky Johnston: Ridiculously unbalanced, unforgivable, likely to infuriate the entire league.
I don't know what's more difficult after the Silky Johnston: convincing the league manager that you're not presenting your trade partner with sexual favors, somehow convincing your friend to trust you again. Put simply, if you were once on the fast track to best man, now your invitation got "lost in the mail.â€
Assuming you can pull it off, get in bed with the commish, and don't mind never trading or talking with someone again, you've just turned the league's power balance upside down. Start writing your acceptance speech now.
Offense: Literally always have a Silky Johnston out to someone. You're not offending anyone, at best you're getting a free victory give-away, and at worst you're subconsciously boosting your players' value by comparing them to superior players. To that end, always send out trade requests with carefully worded descriptions. Offering an explanation is always a best practice, but mastering this skill is practically a necessity if you're going to seal this deal.
Defense: No matter how hot a player is, how much you need a given stat, how out for the year your center just became, never, ever trade down several multiples of 10 on the player rater. A top 20 player is worth so much more than a top 70 one that the gap in value will almost never be filled.
A final piece of advice, to err is human, but to trade is divine. Look back at standings in your past leagues, chances are the most active players are at the top. The draft, by nature, is meant to be an equal process. Trading, by nature, is unequal, because if it was equal, why even bother? Both players trade because they think they're winning the deal.
And when, more often then not, you know that you're winning yours, it's alright to get cocky. Just not too cocky, or you might end up with Luke Ridinour.


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The 10 Best Halloween Parties and Events
Halloween is fast approaching, and if you're anything like us, you're just now scrambling to make a grand plan. And though the downfall of the Castro's chaotic festivities has left everyone without an obvious choice for holiday mayhem, we're certainly not lacking in parties and play. Whether you're into tricks, treats or more sophisticated revelry, we've got you covered. Here, our Top 10 Halloween To-Dos.
Treasure Island Video: Girl Talk
Seconds before Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis entered the stage in his requisite oversized sweat suit, the audience went wild screaming his name and jumping up and down. Mosh pit mayhem ensued—overzealous teens and twenty-somethings thrashing around to a mashup of Radiohead, Michael Jackson, Beyonce, etc. We never prayed so hard for our safety. As usual, Gregg was down to pants-only by the end of his set, getting wild with his onstage posse. Surely the rowdiest act of the day, but we can't say the best. One thing's for sure—next time we're watching from afar.
Treasure Island Video: Brazilian Girls
Three albums down and one baby later, Brazilian Girls are back on the scene, bringing their eclectic Big Apple flavor to Treasure Island. Clad in a lace/mesh bodysuit with a big bulls-eye heart plastered on her chest, sexy European songstress Sabina Sciubba seduced the eagerly awaiting crowd with her trippy chants. "Good Time" set the tone of tonight's set followed by favorites like "Don't Stop" and "Sexy Asshole." Sabina beckoned, "Come on, come on" as bandmates pulled audience members onstage just in time for the closing "Pussy pussy pussy marijuana." Now those are some lyrics we won't soon forget.
Treasure Island Video: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down
Just as expected, Thao charmed the mellow crowd with her sweet voice and silly witticisms, calling us "friends" and apologizing for not wearing a dress to this special occasion. She and The Get Down Stay Down played a handful of tracks from their second album, just released last week, including the title track "Know Better Learn Faster," "Cool Yourself" and "Good Bye Good Luck."
Catch a glimpse of Thao's playful stage personality in the clip below.
Link Love: January Jones Un-enhanced and Paris Runway Couture
Juicy bits to start your weekend …
For real. GQ claims they did not enhance January Jones' breasts on their latest cover.
As expected, Paris always comes out on top. Despite all the recession depression we're feeling stateside, French couture is keeping it high-end. Check out The Cut's slideshow of the best.
The Wonderland Project: Of the People, By the People, For the People
Zero budget. A few last-minute grants. All pro-bono work. Welcome to Wonderland, a month-long, multi-site art exhibition in the Tenderloin. Curated by Bay Area native Lance Fung, this project is the result of a collaborative effort between the neighborhood's residents, nonprofits and city organizations like the North of Market Community Benefit District and groundbreaking local, national and international artist teams. More than just an art exhibit, this project is a platform for social engagement in true grass-roots fashion.
Link Love: Marc's Red Lips, Philip Treacy's Footwear and Condé Nast Dating
Juicy bits to start your weekend …
We love Marc, we love Nars and we love seeing Marc in Nars' 15th birthday book. Check out a dolled up Jacobs, courtesy of Refinery29.
Iconic hat designer Philip Treacy tackles footwear. We're already drooling over the exquisitely ostentatious styles that we'll only ever dream of owning. Elle has the scoop.
Your Fleet Week Survival Guide
It's that time of year again when the military swarms the city to party and show off their bad-ass fighter-jet moves. Yep, it's Fleet Week, a 28-year-old San Francisco tradition that draws over one million people every year (cha-ching, local businesses!)
As wonderful as this all sounds, San Franciscans are strongly divided about all the bruhaha. 7x7 office banter ranges from "I love it with every cell in my body" (wow) to "Fleet Week is a glamorized depiction of a reality" (ouch). So for the lovers and the haters, here's our list of the seven ways to survive the weekend.
Link Love: Pregnant Padma, Barely There Balmain and Socks with Sandals
Eye candy for the weekend …
Modelinia tells us that the pretty Padma is pregnant. Any guesses about who the baby daddy might be?
We're always touting Balmain and Balenciaga. View on Fashion gives us a taste of what walked down the Paris runways.
It looks like the socks with sandals trend is ever-present for spring. Fashionista shows us several ways it's being done.
Robert Plant at Great American Music Hall Tonight
This just in: Robert Plant will perform a song with opener Buddy Miller tonight at GAMH as part of the Boz Scaggs & the Blue Velvet Band benefit show. Tickets are NOT SOLD OUT. Proceeds will go to the Richard de Lone Special Housing Project, a nonprofit that provides state-of-the-art facilities and care for children and adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome.


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Minestrone In A Minute
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 large carrots, peeled and chopped
- 2 ribs celery, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- fresh basil
- 1 cup Ragu Homestyle Tomato Sauce
- 1 can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes in tomato juice
- 1 can (15 ounces) white beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 1/2 cups rotini or penne
- 1 small summer squash
- black pepper
- pinch red pepper flakes
- shredded parmesan cheese
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add carrots, celery and thyme then cook, stirring frequently until soft.
Stir in tomato sauce, canned tomatoes, beans, a basil leaf and 4 cups water. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 minutes.
Add uncooked pasta and cook 4 minutes. Stir in squash and continue cooking until the pasta is al dente. Season with salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Serve with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese.
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Former Gov. Charlie Crist has joined the Morgan & Morgan law firm as expected.
Crist was in talks with longtime political supporter and friend John Morgan before officially leaving office this week.
Crist also said he may take a part-time job as a visiting professor at Stetson Law School in his St. Petersburg hometown.
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(in a feeble attempt at internationalism) 'Kilometerage and Computers'
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She was a seamstress whose simple and defiant act half a century ago galvanized a movement and propelled her into history.
On Wednesday, President Obama and Congressional leaders unveiled a 9-foot bronze statue of Rosa Louise Parks, placing her among the pantheon of leaders who shaped the course of history. Parks is the first black woman honored in Statuary Hall with a full-length statue. A bust of abolitionist Sojourner Truth was unveiled in 2009 in the Visitor's Center.
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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.tools -> Re: 10g EM agent
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:35:52 -0400, Chuck interested us by writing:
> For that matter does anyone have a good reference for the emctl utility?
> The EM docs contain very little about it other than how to start and
> stop the agent with it. I'm mainly interested in the deploy option and
> finding out *exactly* what it does.
Without looking into much detail ...
Realize that emctl is a J2EE application server and associated application (using Oracle's OC4J, JSPs/servlets and EJBs) kept for a 10g DB in $ORACLE_HOME/oc4j/j2ee/OC4J_DBConsole_?
J2EE has a very clear definition around 'deploy', to the extent that automated deployments are relatively easy - capture a few pieces of info (host, port, J2EE Home, etc) and 'push'.
Again, the above is speculation but seems to conform to the help provided from an "emctl deploy" request
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Readers of realistic fiction and individuals who enjoy fairytale and adventure stories or are dealing with life-altering events will connect with Carrie, the main character. Incorporating Catholic faith and values, parents and teachers will find that this novel offers middle-graders wholesome and engaging reading.
Opening with Carrie, her two brothers, and her parents driving away from their former lives in Washington, Carrie cannot help but enter into a world of daydreams. Escaping from the reality of moving to Wisconsin-away from her best friend, Meg, and memories of someone else dear to her heart-Carrie becomes Princess Caritas, a spirited heroine who battles armed forces to protect her family. Filled with courageous escapes, bonds of loyalty, blossoming friendships, and a devoted bodyguard, the world of Princess Caritas is the ideal getaway from real life. But this imaginary distraction is only a temporary fix to a secret loss that both Caritas and Carrie must face.
Back in real life, homeschooled Carrie hides herself in the fiction of Tolkien and the poetry of Chesterton. She questions God about why he took so much away from her. Attempts to befriend her are largely unsuccessful. It seems that the only real comfort Carrie can get is from a mysterious heart-shaped locket.
What does this locket mean to Carrie? Who gave it to her? Whose picture is inside it? Enter into both stories and discover…the locket's secret.
About the Author:
K. Kelley Heyne is a homeschooling mom who was homeschooled herself. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband Peter and their four children who keep her busy and entertained. In her free time, she writes articles and novels on subjects ranging from parenting advice to fiction. The Locket's Secret is her first middle-grade novel.
|Rosie (August 6, 2014)
|This is a fantastic book. My only complaint is that the final battle between Princess Caritas and Mort could have been better, the battle felt rushed. Other than that, it was great!