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Profile: Collier School Board candidate Pat Carroll proud of accomplishments
NAPLES - ■ This is one of several stories about Collier School Board candidates on the fall ballot..
Pat Carroll doesn't necessarily need a third term as a member of the Collier County School Board.
"It's hard. It's unpleasant at times," she said. "But I have seen the successes. That's what makes me want to continue. It's what makes it worthwhile."
Carroll is seeking a third term as District 1 board member, running against former Naples High School Principal Rosanne Winter and retired businessman Eric Cox.
District 1 encompasses East Naples and Marco Island, but Collier County School Board members are elected by voters countywide in nonpartisan races for four-year terms. The primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 24.
When you ask her about the successes she's seen in her past two terms, Carroll immediately speaks about career education and the Collier County School District's support of the Lorenzo Walker Technical Institute and Career and Technical High School, and the Immokalee Technical Center.
"I am just really proud of what's being accomplished there," she said, tears in her eyes. "It started with me."
Carroll said she believes that career education will need a champion now more than ever.
"Senate Bill 4 will make it harder for kids to take career education classes as electives. That will impact our academies," she said. "I think career education needs an advocate ... And I see our technical program not just training kids, but furthering what they want to do in life."
Carroll said she would like to see the district put an emphasis on combining coursework with reading and math.
"We pigeonhole our curriculum," she said. "We do straight reading and math. But there is nothing that says that we can't include reading curriculum and math curriculum in our business courses, in our criminal justice courses."
Carroll said she has been an advocate of high school reform. And while the process has been slower than she would like, she is pleased with some of the results.
"Our freshmen academies have been very successful," she said. "Our principals are focusing on (adequate yearly progress, a benchmark of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation). We have a good start."
Carroll said she would like to look at high school start times. She said research shows that having a 7:15 or 7:30 a.m. start time adversely affects the students.
"I think we have been letting social issues drive academics," she said. "We have heard that starting later would have an impact on clubs or sports. But many schools that start later have clubs or weight training before school."
Carroll, who has served as the legislative liaison for the board for many years, said she would like to continue her role, lobbying with the Legislature.
"There is a disconnect between the education community and the state Legislature. I would like to fix that," she said.
Carroll, who has been asked to serve on an state ad hoc committee to develop a plan on teacher tenure and performance pay, said Collier County needs to stop being told what to do and to become part of the solution.
"With something like performance pay _ I want to put it out to teachers and have the teachers come up with the program. No program is not an option. So what do you want?" she said.
At a debate in Golden Gate last week, Carroll acknowledged there is a culture of fear and intimidation in the district under Superintendent Dennis Thompson.
"I don't believe that will change under this administration," she said. "It is Dr. Thompson's leadership style. I don't like it. In fact, it breaks my heart."
Carroll, who didn't vote to bring Thompson to Naples, said it is up to the current board to hold the superintendent accountable for that in his review.
Carroll believes her experience on the board counts for something.
"We need a person who can see the big picture. A person who can connect things between the district and the community," she said. "People have told me over and over again that I am the voice of reason and a stable force on the board."
Carroll said she is tired of the chaos.
"I think we have some stability and civility on the School Board now. I desperately want to see that continue," she said.
__ Connect with K-12 education policy reporter Katherine Albers at www.naplesnews.com/staff/katherine-albers/.


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On Tap: A date with Oscar
Oscar buffs: You're late, you're late, for a very important date. The Academy Award nominations will be announced Jan. 10, which means you only have six days to see the likely A-listers before they're revealed.
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Posted 05 August 2004 - 12:55 PM
Not via any Xbox applications that I know of. It may be possible using data recovery software through a PC but I've never tried it.
If it's possible it wouldn't be very easy.
If it's possible it wouldn't be very easy.
Posted 05 August 2004 - 01:59 PM
you can not. unless someone makes a linux application that you coudl mount the xfat and undelete... no ... also dont see the 2nd option happeneing.
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With free Wi-Fi, a complimentary breakfast buffet, an indoor pool and a scenic location in the North Carolina mountains, the non-smoking Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Dillsboro is an appealing choice.
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Tony Benn
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Tony Benn
by Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon)
oil on canvas, 1996
41 in. x 32 1/8 in. (1041 mm x 816 mm)
Commissioned, 1996
Primary Collection
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- Anthony Wedgwood ('Tony') Benn (1925-2014), Politician; Chairman of the Labour Party. Sitter in 21 portraits.
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- Humphrey Ocean (Humphrey Anthony Erdeswick Butler-Bowdon) (1951-), Painter. Artist of 12 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.
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Tony Benn gave the artist ten sittings between January and April 1996. Depicted behind him on the studio wall are other paintings by Humphrey Ocean.
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Franklin - Two 19-year-old men were arrested for burglary after an alert police officer pursued a vehicle speeding out of a Franklin subdivision Monday.
According to the Franklin police report:
The officer attempted to pull the vehicle over after he saw it speed out of a subdivision near 76th Street and Drexel Avenue about 3 a.m. Monday. The driver failed to stop for the officer and a pursuit ensued.
The chase ended when the driver pulled over in the 9500 block of West Loomis Road. After police discovered numerous stolen items in the car, the occupants, a 19-year-old Franklin man and a 19-year-old Milwaukee man, were arrested.
A police investigation determined the men stole the items from a home and four vehicles in the 7900 block of South 55th Street prior to the police chase. They apparently entered the home while the residents were sleeping.
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The Journal Sentinel's team of Packers beat writers provide the latest news, notes and analysis
Rodgers continues MACC Fund efforts
Green Bay -- Aaron Rodgers' efforts with Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer continued Saturday with the quarterback headlining a fundraising event at the Tundra Lodge in Green Bay. Through the MACC Fund, Rodgers has spoke at various functions throughout the state to help raise money for children battling cancer.
Recently, Rodgers and 10-year-old Jack Bartosz of Hartland, who is fighting childhood cancer, were featured on a Wheaties box together. The two met at the Milwaukee Wave MACC Fund Game in March.
On Saturday, Rodgers addressed the small crowd with kicker Mason Crosby also in attendance.
"It's always humbling to see you people come out and donate your time and money," Rodgers said. "This event has my name on it and Mason's kind enough to be here, just don't forget that by being here and donating your money, you too are having an impact in these kids' lives. Often we as athletes, we get too much credit for this with the charity work we do. But the real heroes are you people who are donating your time and your money. Don't forget the kind of impact you can have.
"To be able to work with the MAAC Fund is something very special. When you meet these kids and you hear their stories, you can't help but be touched by what they're going through and what their families are going through. Just remember, the impact we're having collectively by being able to raise the cure rate up to 80 percent is so far reaching and hard to fathom because you're not only touching those kids but those families and those future friends and the impact that those kids can have in their lives."
Crosby joined Rodgers for Saturday's meet and greet, too. He said Rodgers called him about this event a while ago and he wanted to get involved.
"I have a very fond affection toward Make-a-Wish and anything that's going to help children," Crosby said. "Especially now that I have a son, to think about him going through something that all of these kids go through, it's definitely something that's close to my heart."
Rodgers involvement has a trickle-down effect with the team, Crosby said.
"We fortunately have a platform where we're able to be seen and heard in these kind of venues. Aaron did a great job making sure that everyone involved is equally or more important than the stuff we do. We just need to be a voice to get this stuff seen and heard sometimes.
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Jimmy Kimmel Has a Sign Language Interpreter Translate the Delusional Fraud from the Mandela Funeral
December 12, 2013 - 8:52 am
It turns out that Thamsanqa Jantjie is more than just a fake signer who punked the entire world, standing next to American president who has also punked the entire world. He was having a schizophrenic episode right there on stage at the Mandela funeral.
Jimmy Kimmel had some fun with the whole bizarre episode. Last night he brought an actual sign language expert onto his show to translate Mr. Jantjie's work.
Or, punk the country one more time. Either way, it's hilarious.
CNN took Mr. Jantjie's fraud a little more seriously. Anchor Chris Cuomo brought on an expert to tell the audience how to spot a fake sign language interpreter. That information would have been a bit more useful to the committee who arranged Mandela's funeral, before the fraud actually stood on stage.


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At IPP35 not only did I serve as co-host, but I also participated in the Puzzle Exchange. I received 87 new puzzles at the exchange, and in the near future I will be posting photos and information about them here. Of course, I was unable to resist a few select purchases of even more puzzles at the Puzzle Party - those will also be appearing here. And perhaps best of all, as co-host I received a beautiful host gift - a gorgeous, hefty, and tricky puzzle box called the Tinker Puzzlebox, hand-crafted in exotic woods by the talented artisans and puzzlists Stickman and Stickboy - Robert Yarger and Neil Hutchison. I'll be posting pix and info about the Tinker Box, too. There have been non-IPP related puzzle arrivals as well.
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The Tinker Puzzlebox, crafted by Robert Yarger (Stickman) and Neil Hutchison (Stickboy) from Leopardwood, Wenge, and Maple.
A minimum of 49 steps are required to discover its three secret compartments, with the discovery of tools and hidden spaces along the way.
Thanks to everyone involved!
The puzzle I decided to bring to the exchange is called DeLand's Circle Puzzle and it has an interesting history.
If you are interested, I have several extra copies for sale - email me to inquire.
I'll end today's update with a non-IPP puzzle - a recent acquisition via the European workshop of Jakob Dvorak and Pelikan Puzzles.
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As indicated on its card, the Shmoo originally contained a fortune - on a small slip of flimsy paper and nestled in the cavity in the white piece shown at bottom center in my photo of the puzzle's pieces. Mine is missing, as are most. Here is a record at worthpoint.com of a 2014 auction for an instance that included the elusive fortune paper, though there is no photo of the fortune itself.
Aside from the head and tail pieces, the Shmoo puzzle is equivalent in architecture to the Lucky Duck keychain puzzle issued by Pal Plastics, which also appeared as the Lucky Ducky that itself contained a fortune - one instruction sheet promised 'Find your fortune inside "Lucky Ducky."'
(See step D in instructions shown below - "Find Egg Inside.")
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By the postwar 1940's Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner" - created in 1934 - had millions of fans and had made him millions of dollars. In August 1948 Capp (b. Alfred Gerald Caplin 1909 in Connecticut, d. 1979) introduced a new character called the Shmoo, which became an unprecedented merchandising phenomenon, spawning dozens of Shmoo-themed products and lasting through 1952 - and generating over $25,000,000 in sales in one year (in dollars of the time - more than $200 million today). Shmoos packed with candy were dropped by the U.S. during the Berlin Airlift. A Shmoo Savings Bond was issued by the U.S. Treasury Department in 1949 - Al Capp appeared with President Truman at the unveiling ceremony. Shmoos appeared alongside Capp on the cover of Time magazine in 1950. For a not-so-flattering account of Capp and his strip, see an article The Brand Called Shmoo by Daniel Raeburn at the Baffler website.
"The Shmoo is shaped like a plump bowling pin with legs, but no arms." Oddly, the card shows a Shmoo with arms, but the iconic character has none. More Shmoo trivia - Shmoos are white - there are evil Shmoos called Nogoodniks and they're green colored.
I have split off the Keychain Puzzles from my Interlocking page and given them their own page. The Interlocking page has grown very long, and there are now almost 500 keychain puzzles shown! Hopefully I have correctly updated the site navigation.
And here are a few nice keychain puzzle finds, several with cards, boxes, or instruction sheets...
I have managed to find several keychain puzzles, including duplicates and a few new items...
Several new puzzles arrived over the last few weeks but I have had limited time to photograph them and add them here. Attempting now to remedy that...
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For me it should be a BSD- or MIT-style license; that's always best for a Reference Implementation (thinks TCP/IP or JPEG). But for me the code is not the real issue; it's the specs. Particularly in areas such as embedded and real-time we are confronted with specifications we we are free to download and read for purposes of "evaluation", but not if we intend to implement them. Will this policy continue even after the RI of (say) JavaME CDC/FP is open source? And will the licensing terms for the TCK still involve royalties on every copy of the implementationn tested?
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Minutes after the most disappointing loss of the season, the impassioned words of a freshman energized Auburn's baseball team and a weekend that might have been lost became a success.Friday night, the Tigers had just lost 10-6 to Presbyterian in the first game of a three-game series at Plainsman Park. They'd scored five runs in the ninth inning and brought the tying run to the plate. As they met after the game, freshman catcher Blake Logan wanted to talk.
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BOSTON — It's rare that the third game of an 82-game season is labeled as a "must-win," but Wizards forward Martell Webster is calling Wednesday's game against the Boston Celtics just that.
"It's a must-win for us, as is any game," Webster said. "When you can get a win against some of the top teams in the league, you just ride that confidence. We're not saying we're going to go in there and blow these guys out, but we need to go in with the mindset that we must win this game, and we must be aggressive on both ends of the court."
When the two teams played Saturday in the Wizards' home opener, the Celtics went on a 17-2 run to open the game. It took a surge by Washington's second unit to make the final score a respectable 89-86.
"We have to come out and set the tempo and establish the game play in the first five minutes of the first quarter and the first five minutes of the third quarter," said Webster, who went 1 for 6 with four points, four rebounds and four assists in 25 minutes.
"Also, I'm not going to stop harping on the fact that we had a lot of good open shots in those first five minutes [against the Celtics] and if we knock down, you know, 50 percent of those, it's a different score," Webster said.
A strong start will be key as the 0-2 Wizards look for their first win. For coach Randy Wittman, it's a simple plan.
"Playing with confidence, taking care of the ball, execution," Wittman said. "I think that would be the three things that we have to really do a better job with. Getting the shots that we want and stopping them on defense at the other end."
The Wizards will rely heavily on third-year center Kevin Seraphin to play well against future Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett and hope shooting guard Jordan Crawford is available. On Saturday, Seraphin scored 19 points and Crawford had 21, but Crawford is a game-time decision for Wednesday with a sprained left ankle, putting even more of the load on Seraphin's 6-foot-10 shoulders.
"Garnett is the best competitor I've ever been around," said Wittman, who worked with Garnett from 1995 through 1999 when he was an assistant with the Minnesota Timberwolves. "He's going to try to eliminate that part of Seraphin's [offense], but Kevin's just got to do what he does and things will be fine."


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The phrase "alternative medicine" might make you think of pungent herbal teas, poultices, chanting, or meditation. In fact, both herbal remedies and meditation, as well as dozens of other treatments, fall under the heading of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
Although there is no strict definition of alternative medicine, it generally includes any healing practices that are not part of mainstream medicine — that means any practice that is not widely taught in medical schools or frequently used by doctors or in hospitals.
But the boundaries of alternative medicine in the United States are constantly changing as different types of care become more accepted by doctors and more requested by patients. A few practices (such as hypnosis) that were dismissed as nonsense 20 years ago are now considered helpful therapies in addition to traditional medicine.
So, are any alternative medicines right for your family?
In the United States, the lead agency that's charged with scientific research into CAM is the The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
NIH classifies four general areas of complementary and alternative care:
In many cases, there is overlap between each of these areas. Acupuncture, for example, is a healing practice that originates in traditional Chinese medicine. It involves stimulating different points in the body, mostly with thin solid metallic needles, in order to balance Qi, certain energy pathways. In addition, NIH classifies medicine systems, such as homeopathic medicine and Ayurveda, which may include elements from several of these four different areas.
Alternative therapy is frequently distinguished by its holistic methods, which means that the doctor or practitioner treats the "whole" person and not just the disease or condition. In alternative medicine, many practitioners also address patients' emotional and spiritual needs. This "high touch" approach differs from the "high tech" practice of traditional medicine, which tends to concentrate on the physical side of illness.
Most alternative practices have not found their way into mainstream hospitals or doctors' offices, so your doctor may not be aware of them. However, new centers for integrative medicine offer a mix of traditional and alternative treatments. There, you might receive a prescription for pain medication (as you might get from a traditional health care provider) and massage therapy to treat a chronic back problem. Such centers usually employ both medical doctors and certified or licensed specialists in the various alternative therapies.
Despite the growth of the field, the majority of alternative therapies are not covered by medical insurance. This is largely because few scientific studies have been done to prove whether the treatments are effective (unlike traditional medicine, which relies heavily on studies). Rather, most alternative therapies are based on longstanding practice and word-of-mouth stories of success.
The lack of scientific study means that some potential problems associated with alternative therapies may be difficult to identify. What's more, almost all of the studies that have been done involved adults as test subjects; there is little research on the effects of alternative medicine on children. Although approaches such as prayer, massage, and lifestyle changes are generally considered safe complements to regular medical treatment, some therapies — particularly herbal remedies — might harbor risks.
Unlike prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, herbal remedies are not rigorously regulated by the FDA. They face no extensive tests before they are marketed, and they do not have to adhere to a standard of quality. That means when you buy a bottle of ginseng capsules, you might not know what you're getting: the amount of herb can vary from pill to pill, with some capsules containing much less of the active herb than stated on the label. Depending on where the herb originated, there might also be other plants, even drugs like steroids, mixed in the capsules. Herbs that come from developing countries are sometimes contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals.
"Natural" does not equal "good," and many parents don't realize that some herbal remedies can actually cause health problems for their kids. Medicating a child without consulting a doctor could result in harm. For example, certain herbal remedies can cause high blood pressure, liver damage, or severe allergic reactions.
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Parents might also give their kids much more of an herb than recommended, thinking that because it's natural, higher doses won't hurt. But many plants contain potent chemicals; in fact, approximately 25% of all prescription drugs are derived from plants.
Choosing a practitioner can pose another problem. Although many states have licensing boards for specialists in acupuncture or massage, for instance, there is no organization in the United States that monitors alternative care providers or establishes standards of treatment. Basically, almost anyone can claim to be a practitioner, whether he or she has any training.
Perhaps the greatest risk, however, is the potential for people to delay or stop traditional medical treatment in favor of an alternative therapy. Illnesses such as diabetes and cancer require the care of a doctor. Relying entirely on alternative therapies for any serious chronic or acute conditions can jeopardize a child's health.
Many parents turn to a cup of chamomile tea or ginger as first-line treatment against the flu or nausea. Anxious kids can learn to relax with the help of meditation or yoga. Some alternative therapies may be helpful for a child when used to complement traditional care.
If you want to try alternative medicine for your child, you should first talk with your doctor or pharmacist to make sure it is not dangerous and will not conflict with any traditional care your child receives. Your doctor also can give you information about treatment options and perhaps recommend a reputable specialist.
By coordinating alternative and traditional care, you don't have to choose between them. Instead, you can get the best of both.
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For purely selfish reasons, Brisbane vice-captain Daniel Merrett would love to see Adelaide AFL star forward Kurt Tippett lured to the Lions next season.
"It means I wouldn't have to play on him," Merrett laughed.
But he was deadly serious when asked what it would mean to a rebuilding Brisbane if they pulled off the much-speculated coup - a move that might be confirmed as early as Friday.
"Anyone of that talent in your team would be great. They are very rare," he said on Tuesday.
"Particularly in Tippett's case - a forward who can play in the ruck are hard to come by."
Tippett's Queensland-based manager Peter Blucher will reportedly meet his star charge and Crows officials in Brisbane on Friday night ahead of this weekend's Lions-Crows clash at the Gabba.
Speculation is rife that Tippett will head north after contract negotiations stalled with the Crows when the match-winner suffered three heavy head knocks in five weeks.
And Crows' great Mark Ricciuto kept the rumour mill spinning when he claimed on Tuesday that his money was on Gold Coast-bred Tippett moving to Queensland, after also receiving interest from the Suns.
"If I was to have my last $20 on something now, it would be Tippett won't be at Adelaide next season," he wrote in his News Ltd column.
"In fact, I think it's greater than a 90 per cent chance."
While Merrett would welcome Tippett with open arms at the Lions, his main priority was stopping the Crows' goal-machine on Saturday night.
Tippett is tipped to run out for Adelaide after missing four of the past five games with concussion - putting him squarely in the sights of Merrett, who was switched back to defence in last round's 36-point loss to Carlton.
"I think he kicked five or six on me out here one day. He's a really good forward and a hard opponent so I'll have to be switched on," Merrett said.
"Him (Tippett) and Taylor (Walker) up forward are definitely going to be a hard task this weekend.
"I got towelled up on the weekend but I definitely feel it (defence) is my best position."
A top-two finish is on the line for Adelaide (2nd; 15-4) but Merrett reckoned the Lions (13th; 7-12) were playing for something much more important.
"We've got a lot of points to prove," said Merrett after five losses in their past six games marred a promising season.
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Strong finish. Maddy was hurt monstrously, and when she finally remembered vengeance was going to be hers. Sarah Piper is lost in a cold city and in her own grief when Alistair Gellis offers her a job. She has no idea that it will lead to her coming into her own soul's strength to fight Maddy's anger.
A well-written ghost story/mystery that kept me turning pages well into the night. At first, I was worried when it veered into a romance, but the author kept that focused (as a sub-plot) and I wasn't rolling my eyes. This is first and foremost, a ghost story. I just bought her latest novel, "An Inquiry Into Love and Death," and will be looking forward to reading that.
I love reading about the time period between the World Wars, which is when THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE is set. The book started out strong as a spooky ghost story/mystery. The main character, Sarah, gets a temp job working for Alistair Gellis, a ghost hunter. They travel to a remote village in the English countryside, where Sarah ends up at the mercy of a very trouble ghost named Maddy. She, Alistair, and his assistant Matthew must uncover Maddy's tragic past and find out why she's still stuck in this world.
The mystery surrounding Maddy was intriguing and rather sad, but not too hard to figure out. The mystery could have been stronger, but that story line derailed somewhat with the strained romance (if I could call it that) between Sarah and Matthew. Matthew's character just wasn't as developed as Sarah's, and I didn't feel the chemistry between them.
Overall, I thought THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE was a good, not great, start to the series, with some very creepy moments. The 1920s time period fit well with this Gothic ghost story.
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I found this to be a hard book to listen to, yet not a book I could walk away from, either. Was it because I had just recently read a rather silly book on haunted Eastern Shore properties, where no attempt was made to beguile the reader into actually believing things were going "bump" in the night? Maddy was portrayed as very real, and worse yet, appearing to different people in different guises. Maybe the twisted feeling I had in my stomach was the precursor to her moving from my iPod into me! Best read on a dark and stormy night....
The narration of Pamela Garelick was spot on.
Enjoyable October read...the scenes with the ghost were satisfyingly creepy and I enjoyed the love story, though I thought it became a bit too prominent as the story progressed (I mean, really, no matter how sexy one's fellow ghost hunters are, one should really try to focus one's thoughts and attention on any malevolent spirits hanging about rather than on how amazing their muscles look through their shirts). More meaningful interaction between the heroine and the ghost later on in the story would have bumped this book up to five stars, but as it is, I would still definitely recommend it to those looking for a good historical fiction read for Halloween.
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"In 1920s England, a young woman of limited means and even less experience confronts the ghost of a mysterious serving maid.... Sarah Piper's lonely threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist a ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis--rich, handsome, scarred by World War I, and obsessed by ghosts--has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide. Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. But Sarah is unprepared to go alone into a haunted barn looking for the truth. She's even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair's associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach. Soon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddy's ghost is no hoax--she's real, she's angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Can Sarah and Matthew discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance...before she destroys them all?"--… (more)
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A grand opening is planned to unveil the Sea Garden Apartments, a new affordable housing development in Castroville.
The event is set for 11 a.m. Friday at 10603 Axell St., Castroville.
The apartments were built through a partnership between Monterey County and CHISPA, Community Housing Improvement Systems and Planning Association.
The project features 59 family apartments, community room, patio, playground and garden. The development exceeds state standards for green construction and 65 local subcontractors and suppliers provided labor and materials.
CHISPA, the largest private, nonprofit housing developer in Monterey County, has built more than 2,300 affordable single-family homes and multi-family and senior apartments since its incorporation in 1980.
San Benito County workers plan actions after rejecting offer
San Benito County workers are planning actions today and Friday to call on the county to return to the bargaining table.
The stage actions are one week after rejecting the county's final contract offer.
Workers voted unanimously to reject the county's offer of cuts on Oct. 8.
There will be a rally at noon Wednesday, "BOO on the Board of Supervisors" at Fourth and San Benito streets in Hollister.
There also will be a "Day of Mourning," for county services action, at noon Friday at the same location
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They won't be going directly against each other, but the offensive lines of the Bears and Detroit Lions right now are the two best in the NFL. You could look it up.
The Lions are No. 1 in sacks per pass play, with Matthew Stafford sacked just twice in 123 pass plays. The Bears are No. 2, Jay Cutler being sacked three times in his 104 pass plays.
A significant part of the Cutler protection he is providing himself. He is getting rid of the ball on time. And the second part is clearly an offensive line that will be better than anything the Detroit Lions have seen from the Bears in several years.
Cutler was sacked seven times in the two Detroit games alone last season; five times in the '11 games; and eight in the two '10 games.
[MORE: Viewer's Guide: Bears O yet to prove it can 'win on our own']
The reason for stopping at 2010 is because that year marked the arrival of defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. The Detroit Lions have three top-15 draft picks, all young, starting on their defensive line: end Ziggy Ansah (No. 5, 2013) and tackles Nick Fairley (No. 13, 2011) and Suh (No. 2, 2010).
They have not reversed the course of Detroit football (the Lions have had just one winning season in coach Jim Schwartz's four), but they have made the Lions more dangerous for offensive lines.
More attention has been paid to the heavyweight matchup between rookie guard Kyle Long and All-Pro Suh, but the effectiveness of Cutler and running back Matt Forte depend on a decisive winning edge against supposedly elite talent.
[RELATED: Viewer's Guide: Bears just need 'average' game from Forte]
But the Lions are utilizing the "wide-nine" defensive alignment popularized by the Philadelphia Eagles several years ago. Defensive ends are lined up well outside of the offensive tackles, forcing the blockers to work in more space and making help on the edges harder to send.
"Each week we're facing a different style of front," said offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer. "This one will be different, with the wide-nine technique that the Detroit Lions choose to play, and their two first-round tackles inside.
"They put an extra safety inside the defensive ends, which is a little unusual. So (it's) another challenge for a new group of linemen and a fullback."
The Bears fared well in their opener against All-Pro defensive tackle Geno Atkins, allowing him and the entire Cincinnati Bengals defense zero sacks.
[MORE: Viewer's Guide: Key to Cutler's head is in his feet]
Suh has played at Atkins' level though he has no sacks and only eight tackles through three games this season, plus several disruptions resulting in big plays by others.
"I think (Atkins and Suh are) comparable," said coach Marc Trestman. "I don't want to get into each specific (player's) strengths and weaknesses, but they're dominant players and difference-making players.
"When you go into a game, you say to yourself: 'Where's No. 90, and are we stopping him on this play? Do we have a chance to stop him?' And when you can neutralize difference makers — and he's one of them on their team — you're going to put yourself in a better position to have success. We say that about Geno Atkins, and we certainly are saying that about Suh."
At least one member of the offense is more than a little confident in his line's ability to deal with Suh and the rest.
"I feel good about the guys we have up front," Cutler said. "I think we're going to do a good job. (The Lions) got some really good players, him and Fairley both. The ends are playing well too. We're going to have to be mindful of them, but I've got to do what I've got to do."


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Hi. We have a Webstart application we've been using for years.
After upgrading to Java 1.6.0_13, it suddenly is no longer working.
The Java console doesn't show anything, however it looks like certain Java objects aren't getting instantiated properly.
Example: We have a JPanel object called SubmissionPanel that is being created simply as SubmissionPanel lPanel = new SubmissionPanel().
This object has many global variables. With the new Java version, those global variables are now all NULL when being referenced. Previously they would all get created properly and I could set break points in the code and step through to see them get created. Now, the break points don't get recognized. I don't think it's an Eclipse issue because the error still occurs in a runtime environment.
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Hi Mike,
The problem is a duplicate of http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6793340
It seems that your application accidentially overrides the public method Component.isValid(), and uses it for purposes other than that stated in its specification (please refer to http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/awt/Component.html#isValid() and corresponding validate()/invalidate() methods). Please consider refactoring your application to avoid overriding the methods already existing in the JDK when you don't actually need an overridden version of the method. A simpliest solution for you is to rename your isValid() method to something like isMyValid() or alike. Thanks.
best regards,
That did the trick. Thanks!
That code goes back about 10 years. Lucky there was only one place we were using that method.
This could be a regression in 6 Update 13. Do you have a testcase that I can run to reproduce this issue ?
Here's a very rough test case, but it essentially reproduces what we're trying to do.
With 1.6.0_13, you'll get a pop up window that says the value is null.
Older versions will tell you the value is not null. Just run java test.JavaTest
Thanks for the test case, I could reproduce the issue mentioned and we have filed a bug - 6832031 to track this behavior. You can monitor this bug on the Java Bug Database at
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