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Nathaniel Fitzwilliam "Nate" Archibald is a main character in the Gossip Girl series of novels and on its television adaption, in which he is portrayed by Chace Crawford. Nate is best friends with Chuck Bass and is good friends with Dan Humphrey, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf.
Nate appeared in 115 episodes.
Novel series
Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald, a "Waspoid", is a lacrosse player at the elite St. Jude's School for Boys. His mother, Mrs. Archibald, is a French socialite, and his father, Captain Archibald, is a former Navy captain and a wealthy banker. He smokes copious amounts of marijuana and was once caught and sent to drug rehabilitation for buying a dime bag in the park. Nate's best friends are Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen.
Nate's family resides in a gracious townhouse right off Park Avenue on the exclusive Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, and his mother's French socialite family owns a summer chateau in Nice. He is a fan of sailing like his father, and wished to do that instead of attending Yale with his girlfriend Blair, although he expressed interest in attending Brown University. By the end of the series Nate has realised that he loves both Blair - his on/off girlfriend and her best friend Serena. At the end of the twelfth book he sails around the world with a friend of his father to avoid getting in between Blair and Serena.
Television series
Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald was born to Howard Archibald, a successful business magnate and former Navy captain, and Anne Archibald, a member of the Vanderbilt family, on March 27th 1991. Nate is considered to be the "golden boy of the Upper East Side." Nate is best friends with Chuck Bass, with whom he attends the elite St. Jude's School for Boys and share a deep friendship with.
Throughout the show, Nate has been involved in numerous romantic relationships, none of which turned out successful. He once said to Dan; that all his life he has chased after girls that have been wrong for him. In the finale he is the only main character who is still single.
Nate has aspirations for a future in politics, it was for this reason he took an interest in running the Spectator. In the finale, Nate on his way to Dan and Serena's wedding, tells a reporter his intention of running for mayor of New York.
Season 1When Serena departs for boarding school after he lost his virginity to her, Nate continues to date Blair. When Serena returns, however, tensions are all stirred up. Nate expresses interest in Serena, but remains with Blair. Nate then confesses to Jenny (whom he mistakenly thinks is Serena) at the Masquerade Ball that he is not over Serena. This causes Blair to eventually end their relationship.
While Nate wants to attend a college out West (with a preference for the University of Southern California), his father pressures him to attend Dartmouth College, his alma mater. Nate wishes to break free from the life his family planned, which includes an Ivy League college, law school, marrying Blair (although he still wants to be with her on his own terms), and all the superficialities of the Upper East Side. Because of this, he is drawn to Carter Baizen, a former classmate who claims to have shunned his wealthy life and traveled around the world. At Carter's invitation, Nate attends a poker game and loses quite a bit of money, and he realizes that Carter set him up. Chuck saves him from physical harm by paying his gambling debt, but when Nate tries to repay Chuck, he finds that his trust fund has been emptied. Although the money is later returned, Nate is curious and raids his father's study for answers, where he finds a bag of cocaine. His mother later finds it hidden in Nate's dresser and believes that it is Nate's; his father lies and lets Nate take the fall. Nate's father promises Nate that he only did drugs once, but Nate witnesses him purchasing coke again later. When he tries to tell his mother the truth, she does not believe him. He later confronts his father and accuses him of doing drugs, and his father (high on cocaine) punches him in the face. His father is arrested, and it is revealed that in addition to the drug-related charges, he is accused of embezzlement and fraud.
His father goes to rehab, and now that he has been relieved of his familial pressures, Nate has more time to miss Blair. He notices that she seems lighter and happier (as a result of having a secret relationship with Chuck, of which Nate is unaware), and he wishes to get her back. He asks her to attend the debutante ball with him as friends, and she agrees. He grills Chuck for advice on how to get Blair back. Chuck wants Blair for himself, so he plots to keep Blair and Nate apart by telling Nate that Blair is seeing Carter Baizen, whom Nate hates. Fueled by jealousy, Nate gets into a fight with Carter at the ball and is kicked out. Blair realizes that Chuck engineered the fight and ends their affair. She later reconciles with Nate, and they have sex together for the first time that night.
After going to Monaco with Chuck over winter vacation, Nate returns and tries to reunite with Blair. Chuck is jealous and threatens to tell Nate about his and Blair's affair if Blair renews a relationship with Nate. Blair therefore gives Nate the cold shoulder. However, after he attempts to save her from expulsion and gets suspended in the process, the two begin dating again until he learns of the secret fling between Blair and Chuck from Gossip Girl, breaking up with Blair and lashing out at Chuck, leaving him without a girlfriend or a best friend.In the final episode of the season, Nate's father buys a passport and skips town after the Van der Woodsen-Bass wedding to avoid fraud charges. Nate has a short relationship with Vanessa Abrams, but they decide to remain friends in the final episode because he realizes he has a lot going on in his life, and doesn't have time for a girlfriend. He and Chuck also reconcile. Nate runs into Serena, and they talk about their plans.
Season 2
In season two, it is revealed that Nate and Serena have spent the summer pretending to be together. However it is only so as to hide the fact that Nate is having an affair with a much older, married woman Catherine Mason, who happens to be Blair's new boyfriend Lord Marcus Beaton's stepmother, though it is unknown to all at the time. Nate eventually turns to exchanging sex for Catherine's money to aid him financially after the Archibald's assets were cut off when Nate's father fled the country. After Nate attempts to break up with her to be with Vanessa, Catherine confronts Vanessa and threatens to reveal Nate's father's whereabouts to the police in order to stay with Nate. Vanessa discovers that Catherine is also having an affair with her stepson, Marcus. She turns to Blair for help, who concocts a plan to get Catherine out of the picture while also settling the Archibald debts, but after Vanessa decides she doesn't trust Blair, she eventually gives the evidence to Catherine's husband. After the scandal is revealed, Catherine and her family return to Brighton in England, sabotaging Blair's attempt to blackmail her into paying off Nate's debt, which Vanessa feels guilty about.After a trip to Yale in the fall, Nate befriends Dan Humphrey who, after visiting Nate's house to find him, discovers that most of his possessions have been seized by the FBI and Nate is now living in an empty house with no electricity or water, just a few clothes and a sleeping bag. Dan briefs his father Rufus and his sister Jenny about Nate's situation, and they offer for Nate to stay at the Humphrey's apartment. Nate is upset at first that Dan broke into his house and is making him feel like a charity case, but eventually accepts and moves in. Nate forms a strong bond with Dan's sister Jenny, who begins to develop feelings for him. After he rescues her from being taken advantage of by an older photographer, they share a passionate kiss. Nate helps Jenny with her guerilla fashion show at Lily and Bart's gala and ends up publicly kissing her, which ends up on Gossip Girl. This upsets Dan, who kicks him out of their loft, and Nate packs his stuff to leave for the Hamptons after stopping to mail a letter he has written to Jenny.
At Thanksgiving, Nate goes to stay with his mother and discovers that his father is back in town and claiming to want to take them with him to start a new life as a family in Dominica, where he has been living. Meanwhile Vanessa calls Chuck after being approached by an FBI agent regarding Howard Archibald. They arrange to meet Nate at Vanessa's café, and the FBI agent informs them that Nate's father was planning on holding him and his mother hostage in order to get the van der Bilt family to pay a ransom for their return. Upset by this news, Nate confronts his father and eventually convinces him to give himself up. Nate's dad goes to jail and Nate and his mother reclaim their possessions. Nate and Chuck's friendship is restored, and Nate and Vanessa's relationship develops further, causing her to intercept Nate's letter to Jenny confessing his feelings for her before Jenny could receive it.Nate later asks Vanessa to the Snowflake Ball. She accepts and they share a kiss, which is caught by a passerby and posted on Gossip Girl. Jealous of their relationship, Jenny confronts Vanessa, which results in a massive argument. Jenny proceeds to conspire with Blair's minions to humiliate Vanessa at the Snowflake Ball by offering her a see-through dress to wear to the party. Feeling guilty, Vanessa eventually reveals to Jenny that she stole Nate's letter before Jenny had a chance to read it. Too late to change her mind, Jenny's plan is a success, but it ends up alienating Nate, who proclaims that he's glad she never got his letter and pushes himself closer to Vanessa .
While Nate reconciles with Dan, his mother attempts to reconcile with the rest of her family, the van der Bilts. At a party thrown by his grandfather, William van der Bilt, Nate finds Blair drunk and out of control, devastated by Chuck's rejections and her failure to get into Yale or any other "acceptable" school. After she breaks down, Nate comforts her and the two grow close and rekindle their past friendship. Chuck doesn't believe that their newfound relationship is merely friendship and relays his suspicions to Vanessa. She too believes that he and Blair are more than just friends, and confronts Nate, who is upset that Vanessa doesn't trust him and breaks up with her. Nate then renews his relationship with Blair and they become a couple again.Nate and Blair's relationship becomes deeper and he tells her he loves her and asks her to move into an apartment with him, afraid that she will simply return to Chuck. Blair fails to give him an answer, and they eventually break up at their prom, feeling that they've outgrown each other on a romantic level. After graduation, Nate decides to accept an internship at the mayor's office, upsetting Vanessa, who had made plans for them to backpack across Europe,but eventually quits after the deputy mayor makes a pass at him. He asks Vanessa if he can still go with her on their European backpacking trip they had planned, and she agrees.
Season 3Nate returns from his travels with a mysterious woman. Shortly after he finds out she is Bree Buckley, whose family is the political rival of the van der Bilts'; he likes her and realizes their relationship also serves to show his grandfather that he is his own man and won't be controlled by him. At the party, she is introduced to his grandfather, but Bree worries about how being seen at this public event will hurt her chances of being forgiven by her own estranged family. While Bree and Nate's relationship grows, Blair senses something suspicious about her and thinks she is up to something. Eventually, it is discovered that Bree wants to take down Carter Baizen, who is dating Serena, for leaving her cousin at the altar. Nate finds out, and even though Bree apologizes, he says it's not enough and breaks up with her. Nate decides to call Serena and tell her where Carter is, and offers to help her help Carter by settling his debt through a poker match with Bree's brothers. It is revealed later that he only used her to get back at the Buckleys by betting a faked photo of his cousin Tripp, who is running for Congressman, smoking marijuana at his bachelor party. Serena is so upset at being used to help Tripp's campaign that she informs the Buckleys of Nate's trick and is rewarded by settling Carter's debt.
On election day, the van der Bilt family and Vanessa, who is covering Tripp's campaign for school, work to help Tripp win the newly opened Congressman seat in New York. A man who appears to have fallen into the Hudson River is saved by Tripp, who is hailed as a hero. However, when Vanessa later reviews her video footage, she realizes that the man who nearly drowned was paid off to give Tripp an edge in the last hours of the election. Vanessa confronts Nate about this fact and he is horrified at the though. She admits that she is selling the footage to New York, and Nate pleads with her to wait until after the election. She tells him that it is unethical, but he accuses her of only wanting the fame of catching the story. Nate returns to the campaign office to confront his grandfather for setting up the scheme, but he denies any involvement. Worried about the video's affect on the outcome of the election, Nate hires a person to pretend to be the woman buying the footage for New York to keep it out of the media. Vanessa ends up finding out about his betrayal, and the story is revealed on the news anyway. Nate takes matters into his own hands and takes the blame for orchestrating the fake drowning, and Tripp ends up winning the election.After the election, Serena is hired by Tripp to work for his office as Congressman, and the two begin to develop feelings for each other. Nate tries to talk her out of these feelings, as Tripp is a married Congressman and has too much to lose, and volunteers to help her avoid him until he leaves for Washington D.C. While distracting her, he admits to her that he used to love her and tried to tell her, but told Jenny instead. As they're about to kiss, Tripp interrupts them, having found out his wife Maureen had set up the Hudson drowning scheme, and seeks out Serena for comfort. He and Serena leave together, and Nate is heartbroken. In "The Treasure of Serena Madre", Nate informs Maureen about Serena and Tripp's feelings for each other, and Tripp decides to leave his wife, encouraging Serena to be with him. While leaving to go away with Tripp, Serena is caught by Nate who tells her how he feels. She once again leaves him heartbroken, choosing Tripp.
However, he eventually wins her over in "The Debarted", after being patient and supportive even despite his feelings for her during her relationship with Tripp. After her car wreck, he stays at her bedside in the hospital after Tripp leaves her in their crashed car. They officially start dating in episode 13 "The Hurt Locket", but deal with multiple problems, from miscommunication regarding the speed of their relationship, distrust over Serena lying about her adventures with Carter Baizen to find her dad, and hiding her mother's illness. Jenny, whose feelings for Nate are renewed when he saves her after being roofied and nearly being sexually assaulted in a bar, attempts to sabotage the couple so she can be with Nate. Jenny's lying and scheming (with some help from Chuck, who wants his best friend back) causes friction between Nate and Serena; however, when Serena walks in on Jenny trying to kiss him, Nate discovers her deception and kicks her out of his apartment.They later end up reconciling, and in the season finale, Nate wakes up after spending the night listening to Jenny's problems and being both supportive and understanding, leaving their friendship in good terms. Nate later discovers from Jenny via Gossip Girl that Serena and Dan shared a kiss. He finds it in ohis heart to forgive her; however, Serena breaks up with him, saying that while she does love him, she "needs a break" from them both. Nate, hurt, ends all connections to Serena, and tells Vanessa (who is currently away in Haiti, doing an internship with CNN) about what happened between her and Dan compromising their relationship, and ends the episode moving on from Serena.
Season 4It is revealed that during the summer Nate had numerous one-night stands thanks to "Chuck's little black book". Before he returns to college he meets Juliet Sharp, a Columbia student who helps him realize that he still has feelings for Serena that makes him act reckless. He soon falls for Juliet and they begin a relationship. Their relationship goes smoothly until he begins to suspect that Juliet is hiding something from him. He soon finds out she has a brother in prison, but it takes him a while to realise that she
Nate's father is transferred to Riker's Island Prison, where he is assaulted by Juliet's brother as a way to send a message to Juliet about dating Nate. Nate tries to get his mother and father to reconcile to make his father happy, but Nate's mother is more concerned with her social reputation than her marriage, and the two end up getting a divorce. Howard Archibald ends up getting released from prison and stays with Nate and Chuck at the Empire Hotel at first, before moving out later on. He gets a job working for Russell Thorpe, which Nate sees as betrayal to Chuck, but when Howard realizes that he's being used by Russell, he helps Chuck get information about Russell to stop the dismantling of Bass Industries.
Nate soon decides to win Serena back. Serena ends up in a situation where she needs to choose between Nate and Dan. Nate still cares for her but is put off when Juliet pretends to be Serena and kisses both Nate and Dan. Nate clarifies that this is typical Serena behavior and that he is not going to let her pull him back in ever again. Dan disagrees. In rehab, Serena admits to Dan that she had picked him, that he was the only one she came to kiss.
Near the end of the season, Nate connects with Chuck's love interest, Raina Thorpe, daughter of business mogul and Bart Bass enemy Russell Thorpe, while trying to convince her to get back together with Chuck. Instead, Raina tells Nate that she likes him, and they spend the day smoking a joint, eating ice cream and playing Wii games. Chuck is obviously hurt by this betrayal, but Raina eventually goes back to her hometown of Chicago after learning the truth about her mother's death.
Season 5
At the ripe old age of 21 or 22, Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) has taken the media world by storm in season five: usurping power of The Spectator and publishing a much-lauded piece on his editorial values. He had a confusing relationship with Diana, fell in love with Charlie Rhodes, and kissed Ivy Dickens (though unromantically). He found out that his Grandfather helped him rise to power at the Spectator but his Grand Father assured him that he was only trying to help. Nate remained faithful to the newspaper and defeated Diana to become the editor and chief. And though Nate's often found be-boppin' around the UES without a care in the world (or, anyway, without a care about anything important in the world), we can't forget that the kid has some clout — there's also that family fortune, after all! His cousin, Tripp's jealousy reached to boiling point after his Grandfather picked Nate instead of him to go on a retreat. Tripp decides to take drastic measures in order to get Nate out of the picture. He organizes a car crash to injure Nate and possibly kill him but Chuck and Blair get into the car meant for Nate. Chuck and Blair get severely hurt and Blair loses her baby. Nate does some digging in order to find out what caused the accident and figures out that it was Tripp. An upper east side take down occurs with the help of Grandfather Archibald and Serena(who had also fell victim to Tripp's insanity). Nate felt guilty but was glad that Tripp was arrested and wanted nothing to do with him.
Season 6
Nate starts to date a girl named Sage who is the daughter of Serena's ex-Steven. Throughout this season, Nate struggled a lot with The Spectator and his financial problems with his company was slowly making him spiral downwards. Bart Bass took this opportunity to use Nate against his son in an attempt to cover up Bart's illegal oil trades. (To be continued)
Style and appearance
Nate Archibald is described as being muscular with golden blonde hair and sparkly green eyes. In the TV show, Nate has stunning dark blue eyes. He's considered a "golden boy" and is considered by many the most attractive boy of the Upper East Side, he's also an athlete and every girl in Constance has a crush on him.
His style is very casual and laid back. He wears expensive designer clothes, but doesn't show much care for it. He wears them rumpled, and carelessly except for special occasions. As the show progresses, Nate matures and learns to care more for how he looks. His favorite color is blue, as seen in his wardrobe.
Nate is a very warm and trusting person. He is kind and caring, especially to his closest friends. He showed his honesty when he saved Dan in Season 2, even though it was best friend Chuck who sabotaged him.
He is charming, laidback, funny, and friendly, and it has always been in his nature to look out for people. Nate is also known for having a moral compass compared to all the other core characters in the show. It has always been in Nate's nature to try and please everyone especially in his family, but he later realizes the wrong in trying to make everyone happy while he himself is not. He is also not as interested in all the wealth and elitist ways of the Upper East Side world. He is not comfortable with the previleges that his family's money and status give him because he thinks he does not deserve them and that they only control him. He is incredibly athletic, cares for his family deeply.
Nate's negative trait might be that he is a bit hypersexualized, even getting involved with women who are much younger or older than he is. This also makes him oblivious or naive to the other agendas or schemes that his lovers might have. Because of this, Gossip Girl labels him as a "class whore." However, he is still what one would consider a "good guy." He changes his mind about Serena and Blair a lot.
Relationships (Novel)
- Captain Archibald (father)
- Mrs. Archibald (mother)
- Blair Waldorf (childhood crush; ex-girlfriend)
- Serena van der Woodsen (childhood crush; ex-girlfriend; lost his virginity to)
- Vanessa Abrams (ex-girlfriend)
- Jenny Humphrey (ex-girlfriend)
Relationships (TV Series)
- Howard Archibald (father)
- Anne Archibald (mother)
- William van der Bilt (maternal grandfather)
- William van der Bilt II (maternal uncle)
- Tripp van der Bilt (maternal cousin)
- Maureen van der Bilt (maternal cousin; Tripp's wife)
- Sage Spence (ex-girlfriend)
- Lola Rhodes (ex-girlfriend)
- Blair Waldorf (ex-girlfriend)
- Serena van der Woodsen (ex-girlfriend; lost his virginity to)
- Lady Catherine Beaton (affair)
- Vanessa Abrams (ex-girlfriend)
- Jordan Steele (kissed)
- Bree Buckley (ex-girlfriend)
- Jenny Humphrey (kissed; had strong, romantic feelings for her)
- Juliet Sharp (ex-girlfriend)
- Raina Thorpe (ex-girlfriend)
- Ivy Dickens (kissed)
- Diana Payne (ex-girlfriend)
Friends (TV Series only)
- Chuck Bass (best friend)
- Blair Waldorf
- Serena van der Woodsen
- Dan Humphrey
- Jenny Humphrey
Nate: (to Chuck) I mean, if you want her, then man up and tell her. Otherwise you gotta cut her loose. And you gotta do it for real this time, man, because I want her!
Nate: I'm sorry, I didn't tell you I was calling Rufus.
Serena: It's ok, my plan was dumb anyway. Nate, I'm really sorry I left the morning after we....you know, I never meant to hurt you.
Nate: Oh, I know.
Nate: Look, Blair, either you forgive me and we move on or we end.
Nate (to Chuck): I'm just saying death by scarf...not so intimidating. I'm hard oh.
Blair: Great, he sent Good Cop
Nate: Chuck didn't send me.
Blair: Serena.
Nate: Look, we're concerned about our best friends. And whatever he did, I'm sure you can find a suitable punishment for him.
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(WOMENSENEWS)--While Marmee, Abigail May Alcott's alter ego in "Little Women," is universally acknowledged as the central figure in her children's lives, the flesh-and-blood Abigail seemed in the standard rendition of the Alcott saga to be practically invisible and almost mute. Abigail's letters and journals, unlike those of her daughter, Louisa May Alcott, and husband, remained unpublished and largely unexplored.
The more I learned about the Alcotts, though, the more I saw Louisa and Abigail as a pair, each one the person in the world to whom the other felt closest. It was clear that this mother and daughter shared a profound intimacy that had light and dark facets, in which a fierce commitment to female independence coexisted with a mutual dependency.
Abigail, I realized, was a vibrant writer, brilliant teacher and passionate reformer who spent decades working to abolish slavery, ameliorate urban poverty and allow women to be educated, vote and engage in public life. She nurtured and fostered Louisa's career as a writer and entrepreneur, encouraging her daughter, rejection after rejection, to persist.
Louisa in turn dedicated all her early work, starting with her first novel at age 16, to her mother, who possessed a "nobility of character and talents," Madelon Bedell observed in her biography of the family. "Louisa was to take these sensibilities and talents and transform them into art and literature. . . . If her fame continues to endure and her mother's name is unknown, nonetheless the achievement is a dual one; behind the legendary figure of Louisa May Alcott stands the larger-than-life model of her mother, Abby May."
Motherly-Centered Work
Louisa created "a distinctly mother-centered . . . fictional universe," according to another scholar, Monika Elbert, "in which children seek a nurturing home, husbands [seek] maternal warmth in their wives and orphans [seek] a mother-surrogate." Over the years, in fact, Louisa functioned as partner, provider, nurse and even mother to Abigail. "The great love of [Louisa May] Alcott's life . . . was doubtless her mother, whom she idealized as Marmee in 'Little Women'," Elizabeth Lennox Keyser wrote. In short, Abigail was Louisa's muse.
Yet Abigail's story seemed never to have been told. Basic facts, such as the place of her birth, remained undiscovered. Abigail was always portrayed as a housewife, while her husband, Bronson, was seen as Louisa's mentor.
"Louisa May Alcott was so dominated by her father," the biographer Susan Cheever wrote, "that it is hard to unravel their lives from each other. . . . In every big decision [Louisa] made, her father hovers in the background. His hold on her was incalculable."
'Student of Men'
Collections of American literature invariably described Louisa as the student of men: "Raised in Concord, Mass., and educated by her father, Alcott came under the influence of the great men of his circle: Emerson, Hawthorne, the preacher Theodore Parker and Thoreau." Even a feminist study of 19th-century female writers suggested that Abigail exerted no intellectual influence on Louisa, who "was taught by her father and also introduced to men of great influence, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau."
No anthology or biography portrayed Louisa as "taught by her mother and also introduced to women of great influence, including Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Lydia Maria Child and Margaret Fuller." Yet that statement, I discovered, is equally true.
Perhaps Abigail's absence shouldn't have surprised me. Invisibility is the lot of most women of the past. With few exceptions, women appear in historical records only when they were born, married and died, if they are remembered at all. The 11-page chronology of Louisa's life compiled by the editors of her published papers mentions her father repeatedly but her mother just four times:
Abigail May is born
Bronson Alcott and Abigail May are married in Boston
Mrs. Alcott's final illness begins
Mrs. Alcott dies
A woman who was pregnant at least eight times and bore five children was not credited in the chronology with even giving birth: "Louisa May Alcott is born." One might infer that Abigail was barely present in the Alcott home and had not a thought in her head.
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Eve LaPlante is a great-niece and a cousin of Abigail and Louisa May Alcott. Winner of the 2008 Massachusetts Book Award for Nonfiction, she is the author of "Seized" and two other acclaimed biographies, "American Jezebel" and "Salem Witch Judge." She lives with her family in New England and can be contacted at www.EveLaPlante.com.
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Your family may not be together when a disaster strikes so it is important to plan in advance: how you will get to a safe place; how you will contact one another; how you will get back together; and what you will do in different situations.
You should also inquire about emergency plans at places where your family spends time: work, daycare and school, faith organizations, sports events and commuting. If no plans exist, consider volunteering to help create one. Talk to community leaders, your colleagues, neighbors and members of faith or civic organizations about how you can work together in the event of an emergency. You will be better prepared to safely reunite your family and loved ones during an emergency if you think ahead and communicate with others in advance.
There are actions that should be taken before, during and after an event that are unique to each hazard. Identify the hazards that have happened or could happen in your area and plan for the unique actions for each. Local Emergency management offices can help identify the hazards in your area and outline the local plans and recommendations for each. Share the hazard-specific information with family members and include pertinent materials in your family disaster plan.
Find out from local government emergency management how you will be notified for each kind of disasters, both natural and man-made. You should also inquire about alert and warning systems for workplace, schools and other locations. Methods of getting your attention vary from community to community. One common method is to broadcast via emergency radio and TV broadcasts. You might hear a special siren, or get a telephone call, or in rare circumstances, volunteers and emergency workers may go door-to-door.
As you prepare, tailor your plans and supplies to your specific daily living needs and responsibilities. Most or all individuals have both specific personal needs as well as resources to assist others. You and your household and others you help or rely on for assistance should work together.
As part of tailoring your plans, consider working with others to create networks of neighbors, relatives, friends and co-workers who will assist each other in an emergency. Discuss your needs and responsibilities and how people in the network can assist each other with communication, care of children, pets, or specific needs like the operation of durable medical equipment. Create your own personal network for specific areas where you need assistance.
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West Coast Condo Prices Continue Upward
West Coast condominium prices were up in December, with sale prices in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle all rising at a double digit clip. The rise shows how the nexus of urban living, the booming technology sector and an influx of foreign buyers has condo demand outpacing supply.
According to the Mark Company, a real-estate marketing and sales firm that specializes in urban areas, San Francisco condo prices increased 18% year-over-year in December, to $1,034 per square foot. Condo prices in downtown Los Angeles also rose 18%, to $634 per square foot. Seattle was up 15% to $687 per square foot.
San Francisco, especially, has seen prices rocket back from the lows of the real estate bust.
"Three years ago the average price was in the mid-7s to maybe 8s per square foot. Now it's pretty hard to find any new building under $1,000 a square foot," said Alan Mark, the Mark Company's founder.
Supply remains tight. Both San Francisco and Los Angeles saw their supply of new condos for sale fall more than 50%, and each have less than 100 units available.
Seattle saw inventory rise several times over, but that figure is misleading since essentially all of the supply came from one new project and there are just over 300 units on the market, Mr. Mark said.
The Mark Company's pricing index is calculated using recent sales data to estimate the price of a new 10th floor, 1,000-square-foot condominium.


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McCONNELLSBURG — Vickie Jo Mills, 33, of McConnellsburg has been sentenced to two to four years in a state correctional institution for repeatedly tainting the drinking water of her child's father with eyedrops.
Mills, charged with first degree felony assault, also was ordered undergo any necessary mental health evaluations and treatment and is forbidden to contact her former boyfriend, Thurman "Tom" Nesbitt III. She was sentenced Feb. 12 by Judge Shawn Meyers.
Police learned last July that Nesbitt was suffering from ongoing physical ailments, including nausea, vomiting, drastic dips and elevations in blood pressure and difficulty breathing.
Mills admitted to putting Visine drops in Nesbitt's water since 2009. Police found a number of empty bottles of Visine as well as several full bottles at the home of the couple on Great Cove Road in Ayr Township.
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DOT agrees Meredith doesn't have to erect road signs it doesn't want
When the Board of Selectmen met on Monday a handful of residents voiced misgivings about a plan to erect ten new signs, including four pairs marking sharp curves and lowering speed limits.
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Owen Earil Sheats, of Gridley, beloved father and grandfather passed away Monday, October 22, 2012 in Chico, California. He was 89 years old. Owen was born in Bates, Arkansas on June 14, 1923 and moved to California in his early teens. A WWII Veteran, he went into the Army at age 20. He landed at Omaha Beach two days after D-Day invasion and later was deployed to help liberate Europe and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, 28th Infantry. Wounded in battle, he received a Purple Heart and other various medals for his service to his country.
After the war, Owen worked in construction in various countries over seas. In 1955 he married Jennie Burbank Sannar and they had one daughter, Jimi Sheats Faria. Owen worked in the construction field and had his own business as Sheats Dragline and Backhoe service. He worked for various farmers in the area and in the 1980's he farmed rice for a few years as well.
Owen was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Gridley and enjoyed serving the community. His passion was traveling by RV to the coast and he and Jennie and the family traveled often to Fort Bragg and up the coast of California and Oregon.
Owen is preceded in death by his wife, Jennie Sheats, his parents, George and Clara Sheats, brothers Therman and Ishmael Sheats and sisters Velma Hood, Maureen Earl, Beatrice Pfister and Melba Caplinger.
He is survived by his daughter, Jimi Sheats Faria and husband Mark Faria, of Gridley, granddaughter Jessica Faria, of Woodland, California, grandson Brian Faria, of Chico and great-grand daughter Abbygael Faria, of Chico. He is also survived by his sisters, Ava Lee Justeson and LaVern Moss, both of Gridley.
Services will be held at Gridley-Biggs Cemetery on Friday, October 26, 2012 at 10 a.m. at the gazebo. Contributions to favorite charities are welcomed.
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Developer Homepage: http://www.4a-games.com/
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Metro 2033 is an action-oriented video game with a combination of survival horror and first-person shooter elements. The game is based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. It was developed by 4A Games in Ukraine and released in March 2010 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360.[3] In March 2006, 4A Games announced a partnership with Glukhovsky to collaborate on the game.[4] The game was announced at the 2009 Games Convention in Leipzig;[5] a first trailer came along with the announcement.[6] A sequel was announced, currently titled Metro: Last Light.
The super intensive Metro 2033 is a great test for the GTX 680 4GB SLI setup. At 1920 x 1200 and 1680 x 1050 you can see we've got no issue dealing with the AMD CF setups, it's only at 2560 x 1600 that it falls just behind. Fortunately we've still got strong FPS out of the setup.


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- Oct 18:
- Bart Strike Raw Video: What commuters have to say about transit strike
- Jul 5:
- Mercury News editorial: BART strike isn't really over
- BART service resumes; August strike threat remains
- Jul 4:
- BART strike ends; trains to begin running Friday afternoon
- Director says his team must hold the line in BART negotiations
- BART negotiations 'not going well,' union rep says
- Jul 3:
- BART strike: San Francisco garages raising rates over parking crunch
- BART strike hits Day 3 as overnight negotiations yield no deal; talks to resume this afternoon
- Jul 2:
- BART strike: What can be done to get trains running?
- Oakland meter maid crosses picket line, tickets unsuspecting drivers
- Jul 1:
- BART strike leaves commuters weary, wiser for Day 2
- Herhold: Time and geography will shape the BART strike
- BART strike a moneymaker for ride-sharing services and taxi apps
- Mercury News editorial: BART union demands are outrageous
- The Great BART Strike Race of 2013: A recap
- BART strike: Guide to getting around the Bay Area during shutdown
- BART strike: Commute chaos rages on as strike begins with no end in sight
- Bay Area commuters scramble for alternatives on Day 1 of BART strike
- Jun 30:
- Roadshow: Getting ready for BART-ageddon
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Management's insistence that workers contribute something toward their retirement benefits doesn't seem so draconian to those in the private sector who don't know what a pension is. Nor does it seem unreasonable that employees ante up more than $92 per month for family health coverage. Folks on Medicare pay higher premiums than that.
The ABAG president is Napa County Supervisor Mark Luce, the vice president is Clayton Mayor Julie Pierce, and the four standing committee chairpersons are supervisors from Napa, Sonoma, Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties. East Bay reps among the 21 MTC commissioners include Supervisors Scott Haggerty (Alameda County) and Federal Glover (Contra Costa) and Mayors Tom Bates (Berkeley) and Amy Worth (Orinda).
If those folks weren't elected, how did they get their jobs?
According to Grand Jury figures, the five supervisors' average of $174,817 ranks in the 37th percentile, below the median of $187,113. District Attorney Mark Peterson, at $312,138, is in the 45th percentile, just behind the midpoint of $319,088. And Sheriff David Livingston, in the 17th percentile, is woefully behind his peers. But there's no need to pass the hat. At $335,376, the sheriff is the best-compensated elected official in county government.
It's like a friend of mine was saying last week: Everything will be perfect in Richmond as soon as the city gets a handle on its plastic bag litter.
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Romance is in the Air with a Valentine's Getaway in New York State
Enjoy a Valentine's Dinner, a Bed & Breakfast package, or a full Romance Getaway at Tarrytown House Estate.
Valentine's Day is the perfect time to give the gift of romance to your sweetheart. With deluxe accommodations designed for comfort and an array of amenities that include sparkling wine, chocolate-covered strawberries and a delicious breakfast for two, the packages offered at the historically charming Tarrytown House Estate on the Hudson, by Destination Hotels & Resorts, is sure to provide an experience not to be forgotten.
The following packages will be featured at the Estate this February:
- The Hudson Valley Romance Getaway Package
With deluxe accommodations at the Winter Palace, the Estate's Hudson Valley Romance Package provides guests with an overall extended stay starting with a bottle of sparkling wine and chocolate-covered strawberries upon arrival. A full American breakfast for two is also available with this package. Overnight accommodations can be upgraded to the Estate's King House Mansion rooms. This package starts at just $219.
- The Valentine's Dinner Package
Let delicious cuisine romance your taste buds with this four course dinner package at the Estate's restaurant, Cellar 49. The special prix fixe features Diver Scallops and Filet Mignon, paired with wine. Cellar 49 is located on the lower floor of the historic Biddle Mansion. The warm décor mirrors the mansion's features: key-stoned brick archways, rugged granite columns and wood beams. This package also includes overnight accommodations and breakfast for two in the Winter Palace. Overnight accommodations can be upgraded to the Estate's King House Mansion rooms. Guests can sleep late with this package with a late checkout time of 1pm. This package starts at $399.
- The Bed & Breakfast Package
Enjoy a deluxe room for two that includes a sumptuous full American buffet breakfast, which includes an omelet station. Overnight accommodations can be upgraded to the Estate's King House Mansion rooms. This package starts at $199.
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Unified basketball team brings teammates, school closer together
BERLIN, New Hampshire (NEWS CENTER) -- The Berlin High School Mountaineers Unified Basketball team is exploring new heights in its first season of existence. The team, which brings players with developmental disabilities on to the same court as their typically developing peers, was already a success before they played their first game.
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A Parent's Worry Explored in NBC's 'Parenthood'
Here is the 'Experts Speak' commentary of NBC's 'Parenthood' episode 'Step Right Up.'
The Bravermans are having a baby! How exciting! From the look on Adam's face in the final episode last spring, it was a real shock to both Adam and Kristina at first. Now they, as well as the whole Braverman family, are delirious with joy that Kristina will be having a baby – and soon! But underneath, there is tension and, like many families in similar situations, real fear as well.
Kristina and Adam know the statistics for having a second child with an autism spectrum disorder. The latest research study (Ozonoff, Young, et al., 2011) released just this August in the journal Pediatrics reveals that the chance of having a second child with an autism spectrum disorder is 19% (previous rates were stated between 3% – 10%). Since four out of five individuals with autism will be boys, is it any wonder that Adam and Kristina are hoping for a girl?
Learning that they are having a baby girl lessens the tension but probably will not totally eliminate it. The research in heritability of autism in families is difficult to ignore, and Kristina and Adam face what other families face when they already have a child with autism spectrum disorder. Some families that have a diagnosed child with ASD will choose not to have a second child at all – in research, that's called the "stop factor." To put it plainly, they stop having children.
And that is sad. Because each child – whether they have autism or not, and whether they are the first, second, third or more child with an ASD – should be a joy to behold. For families that have a child with autism, the family gets an extra package – a child that has a very unique way of looking at and reacting to the world. Individuals with ASD offer so much to our world – to parents and professionals alike. Too often, the world only sees the "downside" to autism: the lack of verbal language, the inappropriate behaviors, the social isolation. Professionals (like myself) hold days-long workshops on ASD, outlining the characteristics, teaching strategies and methods to reshape inappropriate behaviors, and how to ameliorate the symptoms of autism. But shouldn't we be holding days-long workshops on what those with autism bring to our society? The joy of seeing progress, the huge rote memory, the insatiable curiosity, and the pure innocence that catches us unaware and makes us all humble?
Yes, it is a present fear that a family will have a second or third or fourth child with autism (and there are some families in this nation that have more than four children with ASD), and pediatricians and family physicians should be referring the family for genetic testing and counseling, so that the parents can make informed decisions for themselves and for their family. Although there is no definitive genetic marker for autism at this time, current studies are getting closer to capturing its elusive causes. Someday, there will be answers. Families who have a child with ASD (regardless of how many) should be referred for genetic testing, since other, underlying conditions can be identified (which may explain behavior and medical difficulties mimicking autistic behaviors) such as Fragile X, metabolic disorders, Rett's Disorder, etc. In fact, genetic testing is a procedure that families may want to repeat every 10 years or so, since breakthroughs can happen (and are happening) at any time and in any number of disabilities and conditions.
Should Adam and Kristina be fearful? Not really; the baby is coming regardless of whether she has autism or not. A bit worried? Yes, probably, and totally understandably. But this is a strong family, and the love of their children is deep; they will love this little girl whether she has an autism spectrum disorder or not.
And she couldn't be born into a better family.
Written by Sheila Wagner, M.Ed.
The High Risk Baby Siblings Research Consortium—in partnership with Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health Development announced the results of the consortium's largest ever siblings study. The researchers followed younger brothers and sisters from infancy through the preschool period, when autism diagnosis becomes possible. The study revealed a markedly higher risk among younger siblings than had been previously reported.
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- Jul 5:
- BART service resumes; August strike threat remains
- BART to resume service, no deal reached with union
- Jul 4:
- BART strike ends; trains to begin running Friday afternoon
- Jul 3:
- BART strike talks stretch toward holiday
- BART strike hits Day 3 as overnight negotiations yield no deal; talks to resume this afternoon
- Negotiations ongoing, but BART strike likely to continue Wednesday
- Jul 2:
- BART strike talks resume as attention turns to Fourth of July travel
- Data Center: Current and projected average BART wages
- Director says his team must hold the line in BART negotiations
- BART strike: San Francisco garages raising rates over parking crunch
- With no BART, 4th of July plans shift
- BART strike: What can be done to get trains running?
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Overlap of AC Transit, BART contract expirations leaves East Bay vulnerable
- With BART on strike, A's encourage fans to carpool to games against Cubs
- BART strike: Labor talks set to resume after 36-hour break since shutdown
- Jul 1:
- BART strike leaves commuters weary, wiser for Day 2
- BART strike costing Bay Area economy more than $73 million a day
- BART strike a moneymaker for ride-sharing services and taxi apps
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Striking BART workers out of touch with financial reality.
- The Great BART Strike Race of 2013: A recap
- BART strike: Commute chaos rages on as strike begins with no end in sight
- Bart Strike Raw Video: What commuters have to say about transit strike
- Jerry Brown's office asks that BART talks continue
- Jun 30:
- Bay Area commuters scramble for alternatives on Day 1 of BART strike
- BART strike: With a day left, labor talks fail again Saturday but pay proposal doubled
- Roadshow: Getting ready for BART-ageddon
- Jun 29:
- BART's top-level employees' vacation bank tops 69 years of unused time off
- BART strike: Guide to getting around the Bay Area during shutdown
- Jun 28:
- BART riders worry strike could make travel miserable
As the BART strike unfolds, two factors will play an unexpectedly outsized role in how it ends -- geography and time. Think of them as the backdrop to the drama that began Monday morning.
The crush of the 200,000 commuters who struggled to find alternate ways to work underscored the critical importance of BART to the Bay Area economy, particularly in an era of high gas prices.
Geography shapes this struggle because there are relatively few ways to cross the bay, and all of them are strained to the breaking point with BART out of service.
Ferries? Good luck getting a place. Carpools across the bridge? Plenty of long lines and sharp elbows. Driving solo? A preference for some but terribly slow. Larry Ellison's sailboat? Taken.
The unions know that no other transit shutdown could have the impact of a BART strike. Cutting the umbilical cord of the tunnel under the bay has far more impact than any suburban shutdown.
Consider what would happen if Santa Clara County's Valley Transportation Authority went on strike: Yes, people would be inconvenienced, particularly the poor.
Without a central choke point to traffic, however, there would be limited impact. The relatively few people who take transit, including yours truly, would find a way to cope without buses or the trolley.
In some ways, they'll do that with BART as well, probably by staggering work hours. Yet the very geography of the Bay Area makes it harder to find alternatives. The pain will endure.
Time matters
That brings me to the second factor, time. Time plays a role in any strike, pitting the will of workers trying to survive on strike pay against an agency under pressure to restore service.
If Gov. Jerry Brown enters the fray, the immediate pressure will be alleviated for both sides. It will not address another dimension of time -- one covering years of resentment.
One of the effects of America's long recession is that public union contracts, through no fault of employees themselves, have come to be regarded as models of excess.
As workers in the private sector were losing 401(k) matches and taking 10 percent cuts, a lot of union members in government agencies were shielded in their pensions and benefits. After all, they bargained for them.
BART workers, for example, currently contribute nothing to their pensions. And they pay only $92 a month for health care, no matter how many dependents they have.
Both of those are extraordinarily sweet deals, as anyone who has tried to price health insurance knows. The unions have been willing to make concessions here.
Political tussle
It's hard to blame BART workers who see management's offer -- the latest reported was an 8 percent raise through 2016 -- as not enough to keep up with costs.
That stance by the unions reflects a political dilemma. The Bay Area has traditionally nourished unions, particularly in government.
In public agencies, the ultimate employers are not greedy malefactors of wealth. They are taxpayers who envy the sweet deals of unions.
The politicians, traditionally friends of labor, may step in to solve this. The effect of a five-year recession on public judgment will take a much longer time to wear away.
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Protecting Our Children From The Most Common Cancer
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By: Jennifer Chaikin, RN-BC, MSN, MHA, CCRN Executive Director of Educational Initiatives, Nurse.com
Have you heard? There is a form of cancer out there that is affecting more than two million of us every year, has a higher incidence than breast, prostate, lung and colon cancers combined, and one in five of us will develop it within our lifetime!
I'm talking about skin cancer. As we all look forward to the warmth of the sun's rays, we need to balance that fun in the sun with good protection from the damage it can do. The good news is that it is THE most preventable cancer.
My family and I were enjoying time in the sun and in the pool this spring break. We have always been vigilant with the use of sunscreen. My sister was diagnosed with melanoma when she was just 18, myself three years ago, and it runs rampant through my Irish English fair-skinned side of the family.
But this time we found it quite difficult to convince the kids to keep the sunscreen on. (Remember when you could papoose or bribe them and slather it all on? Can't do THAT now). And the complaints! "I hate the cream! My face looks like a ghost! It's too thick! I feel sticky! But it's cloudy!" Ahhh … tweenagers.
So what are parents to do? How can we protect our kids when they need to be outside? Fifteen percent of kids are overweight or obese, so we need to get them outside and moving, right? Is it possible to practice good sun safety and at the same time enjoy a healthy, physically fit lifestyle and have fun without the sunscreen battles? I say yes.
Let's start with a few facts:
- There is such thing as pediatric melanoma. 90% occur in patients ages 10-19, and while most occur in Caucasians, 6.5% occur in non-Caucasians.
- A person's risk for melanoma doubles if he or she has had more than five sunburns at any age. One person dies of melanoma every hour.
- Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer.
As I mentioned, my tweens are bucking the rules of sunscreen use. It is not always easy to manage, but I started by informing them that being tan does not mean being healthy. I quickly realized they still might not adapt to the rules and now that they are older, the focus must be less about us protecting them and more on teaching them how to protect themselves. Empower them to be in control of their health.
Here are some ideas:
- It's like brushing your teeth! Make sunscreen application part of the daily routine. Keep the sunscreen visible and within reach in the bathroom as a physical reminder. With my older daughter, I bought her daily facial moisturizer that has SPF 30. Make sure sunscreen is in their backpacks or equipment bag if the child is involved in outdoor sports activities.
- Self-tanners: New self-tanning lotions and creams look like a natural tan (much less orangey than they used to be) without exposing skin to the harmful UV rays.
- Accessorize! Hats, sarongs, sunglasses! Let them choose what they like, provided they provide UV protection.
Prevention Basics
Use a water resistant, broad-spectrum (UVA/UVB) sunscreen with SPF 15 or higher 30 minutes before going outside. Reapply every two hours or immediately after swimming or excessive sweating. Don't forget to protect ears, noses, lips, and the tops of feet! Sunscreen alone is not enough, so:
- Seek the shade, especially between 10 AM and 4 PM. Clouds don't matter. We still need protection. UV rays do come through clouds- no matter what my tweenagers want to believe.
- Do not burn. Unprotected skin can be damaged by the sun's UV rays in as little as 15 minutes (CDC.gov). However, a lot of us have had the experience of coming in from the sun and THEN noticing the redness. That is because it can take up to 12 hours for skin to show the full effect of sun exposure. So when skin is "a little pink", its time to get out of the sun.
- Avoid tanning booths. These are bad news. Period. Two to three million teens use tanning booths every year. Just one indoor tanning session increases users' chances of developing melanoma by 20 percent, and each additional session during the same year boosts the risk almost another two percent. Just don't let them do it.
- Cover up with clothing, including a broad-brimmed hat (boys may find this difficult, so a ball cap is a good compromise) and UV-blocking sunglasses.
- Keep newborns out of the sun. Sunscreens should be used on babies over the age of six months and those under six months should not be exposed to direct sunlight, as their skin does not yet have protective melanin. Even everyday exposure needs to be considered. Strollers or carriages must have a canopy, infant sized sunglasses and hats should be worn. At the beach? Include proper protective clothing and a pop up beach tent: Coolibar has great items that I highly recommend.
- Examine your child's skin head-to-toe every month or teach them how to do it themselves. Diagnosis and treatment is delayed in up to 40 percent of childhood melanoma cases, so see your practitioner every year for a professional skin exam.
So the good news is kids can still get outside and enjoy the sun. We just have to help them be smart about sun safety. The most important thing we can do to help them be smart is to be their role model and advisor. If parents and caregivers practice these rules, it will become part of our kids routine and less of a fight. If you practice sun safety, so will they!


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Barbershop catches fire
Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 10:43 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 10:43 a.m.
A fire demolished a Larose barbershop over the weekend, Lafourche firefighters said.
No one was injured or had to be rescued.
When firefighters from Lafourche Fire District 3 arrived on scene, an attached shed "was completely engulfed and collapsing," and the fire had already reached the barbershop, called Anna's, Assistant Fire Chief Kully Griffin said. Anna's, at La. 1 and West 21st Street, was closed for the weekend, with the owner out of town, when firefighters were called to the scene about 7 p.m. Saturday.
Although the report isn't complete and Griffin hasn't documented a cause yet, he believes an electrical circuit in the shed shorted out, he said.
A fiberglass boat in the shed was also destroyed, he said.
"You couldn't even tell it was a boat," Griffin said.
About 30 firefighters responded, he said. They had the fire under control in about 30 minutes and extinguished it about two hours later.
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Tallahassee, Florida -- March 26, 2011 10:32 p.m--
One organization is giving residents a chance to learn how to protect themselves against foreclosure fraud.
The economy is much different today then it was a decade ago.
Janice Simpson, a woman who knows these changes first hand says, things used to be less stressful.
Simpson also says, "Ten years ago there wasn't people worried about foreclosure. There wasn't people worried about losing jobs and people weren't worried about not feeding their families. It was just an easier time for us."
It seems with these tough situations there's a bigger fish to fry, home foreclosure fraud.
Attorney David Chandler Hicks shared some knowledge with folks about this type of fraud.
Hicks says,"The largest law firm in the state that handled residential foreclosures just got shut down for fabricating documents, and for wide spread fraud when they attempted to foreclose on people. There are enough stories to go around."
According to www.neighborhood-community.org, Florida has the fourth highest number of foreclosures in the country.
The Neighborhood Community foundation is here to help.
They offered a free workshop, in Tallahassee, to teach homeowners about new legal strategies and potential solutions for defending foreclosure fraud.
Hicks also has some advice for people struggling with foreclosure.
"Get help, nine out of ten people who are facing foreclosure chose not to contact an attorney. You have valuable legal rights and you can loose them if you don't act quickly."
The Neighborhood Community Foundation information:
Phone: 941.556.4473


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About the Book
From New York Times bestselling author of The Husband Hunt, The Heiress, and other beloved historical romances, comes Lynsay Sands's An English Bride in Scotland, the first book in a new series set in the wilds of the Highlands.
Annabel had planned to become a nun. But when her mother arrives at the Abbey to bring her home to marry a Scottish laird—her runaway sister's intended husband—her life takes a decidedly different turn.
And though Annabel isn't the wife he'd planned for, strong, sexy Ross McKay is taken with his shy, sweet bride.
Annabel knows nothing about being a wife, running a castle—or the marriage bed. But her handsome new husband makes her want to learn. When Annabel's life is threatened, Ross vows to move the highlands itself to save her and preserve the passion that's only beginning to bloom.
She never expected to marry
Annabel was about to take the veil to become a nun,when her mother suddenly arrived at the abbey to take her home . . . so that she can marry the Scottish laird whois betrothed to her runaway sister! She knows nothing aboutbeing a wife, nothing about how to run a household,and definitely nothing about the marriage bed.
He never expected to fall in love
From the moment Ross MacKay sets eyes on Annabel,he is taken with his shy, sweet bride . . . and the fact that she'sblessed with lush curves only makes him utter hisown prayers of thanks. But when an enemy endangers her life,he'll move the Highlands themselves to save her. For thoughAnnabel's not the bride he planned for, she's the only woman he desires . . .
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Critical Praise
"Maintaining the tenor of the era while building a love story with sensuality and humor is one of Sands' talents, and one she displays with relish..." — Romantic Times BOOKclub, 4 stars, for AN ENGLISH BRIDE IN SCOTLAND
"Her trademark humor and genuine characters...kept her series fresh and her readers hooked." — Publishers Weekly
"Lush, lively and romantic - Lynsay Sands hits all the right notes." — Suzanne Enoch, NYT bestselling author
"New and returning readers alike will enjoy this warmhearted and often hot-blooded adventure." — Publishers Weekly
"Sands' companion to The Countess abounds with her hallmark humor and sensuality...fresh and delightful." — Romantic Times
"Sands spins a funny, laughable tale; you'll cheer as the drunk and the shrew discover they are a 'perfect match'." — Eloisa James
'Sands is at her best in the third Devil of the Highland novel. Her delightful story featuring highly emotional characters, is filled with honor and passion and laced with Sands' hallmark wit and sensuality. This one's a keeper!" — Romantic Times on The Hellion and the Highlander
Product Details
- Imprint: Avon
- On Sale: 06/25/2013
- Trimsize: 4.188 in (w) x 6.75 in (h) x 0.96 in (d)
- Pages: 384
- List Price: 7.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / Romance / Historical / General


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Oracle JDK 7u10 released with new security features
By Henrik Stahl on Dec 14, 2012
A few days ago, we released JRE and JDK 7 update 10. This release adds support for the following new platforms:
- Windows 8 on x86-64. Note that Modern UI (aka Metro) mode is not supported.
- Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8.
- Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
This release also introduces new features that provide enhanced security for Java applet and webstart applications, specifically:
- The Java runtime tracks if it is updated to the latest security baseline. If you try to execute an unsigned applet with an outdated version of Java, a warning dialog will prompt you to update before running the applet.
- The Java runtime includes a hardcoded best before date. It is assumed that a new version will be released before this date. If the client has not been able to check for an update prior to this date, the Java runtime will assume that it is insecure and start warning the user prior to executing any applets.
- The Java control panel now includes an option to set the desired security level on a low-medium-high-very high scale, as well as an option to disable Java applets and webstart entirely. This level controls things such as if the Java runtime is allowed to execute unsigned code, and if so what type of warning will be displayed to the user.
More details on the security settings can be found in the documentation. See below for a sample screenshot.
The new update of the JRE and the JDK are available via OTN. To learn more about the release please visit the release notes.