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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why did Rick tell his family's story?
(a) To make his brothers feel better.
(b) To make himself feel better.
(c) To record his mother's sacrifices.
(d) To forgive his father.
2. What did the redbird do that makes Rick question life?
(a) It threw its baby from the nest.
(b) It hurled itself into a pool.
(c) It attacked its own reflection.
(d) It flew into a glass door.
3. What life lesson did Rick's mother teach him that he broke when he made fun of a boy for having lice?
(a) That poor people should be treated with extra care.
(b) That no one should be laughed at.
(c) That everyone deserves a certain amount of dignity.
(d) That everyone needs love.
4. What was Rick's mother's response when he asked her if he could write the book?
(a) " Why would you want to tell our story?"
(b) "Whatever you think best, son."
(c) "Tell the truth in it, son."
(d) "Write it; I sat quiet for fifty years."
5. What did Aunt Mary Jo take the children out for to eat?
(a) Cheeseburgers.
(b) Foot long hot dogs.
(c) Fried crappie.
(d) Ice cream sundays.
Short Answer Questions
1. What school did Rick attend at the age of 33?
2. What did Rick's mother do without so that her boys could have school clothes?
3. What city's bombing did Rick mention that he writes about?
4. What famous singer did grandma tell Rick that she met before he died?
5. What instrument did Rick's grandmother play?
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What struggle is indicated in The Fountainhead?
(a) Indivdiualism vs capitalism.
(b) Socialism vs capitalism.
(c) Savagery vs individualism.
(d) Individualism vs collectivism.
2. In The Fountainhead, Howard thinks that happiness equals what?
(a) Absence.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Collectivism.
3. What is true of grammar in the society described in Anthem?
(a) Only plural pronouns remain.
(b) Only singular nouns remain.
(c) Only plural nouns remain.
(d) Only singular pronouns remain.
4. Rand says that America is built on which ideal?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Commercialism.
(c) Individualism.
(d) Collectivism.
5. In Anthem, Rand imagines a future where what concept is accepted?
(a) Individualism.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Racism.
(d) Collectivism.
6. Howard sees Peter as which of the following?
(a) Helpless.
(b) Happy.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Intelligent.
7. Howard says that what type of person is always persecuted?
(a) Believers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Inventors.
8. Rand states that collectivism has already taken over which region?
(a) Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) Asia.
(d) Europe.
9. What is Howard's occupation?
(a) Painter.
(b) Architect.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Writer.
10. Howard says that creators need to possess which quality?
(a) Anger.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Independence.
(d) Ethics.
11. In The Fountainhead, the act of collecting which emotion is deemed private?
(a) Anger.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Harshness.
12. What is the name of Howard's foe?
(a) Kira.
(b) Ellsworth.
(c) Hank.
(d) Andrei.
13. When was The Fountainhead published?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1943.
14. What does Anthem concern?
(a) Lost love.
(b) The struggle of the individual versus communism.
(c) The state's control over men.
(d) The human ego.
15. Collectivists in The Fountainhead don't understand what quality?
(a) Reality.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Intensity.
(d) Happiness.
Short Answer Questions
1. Howard realizes he exists for whom or what?
2. What does the man in Anthem realize he owes?
3. What is the name of the project Howard blows up?
4. Howard's foe think that a broken man does which of the following?
5. When was Anthem published?
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F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has warned drivers at the Nurburgring
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Pirelli conducted an investigation and concluded the chaos was due to "a series of different causes"
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton drive two historic Silver Arrows on the Nürburgring Nordschleife
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Mark Webber had to settle for the second row and he will start the race from third place.
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Robertino Wild responded by suggesting that Hockenheim's alternating scheme may need to be respected
Frenchman Grosjean said he never doubted himself.
Bianchi was close to be replaced by de la Rosa for the German GP due to stomach upset,but the rookie Frenchman recovered sufficiently to duly qualify ahead of teammate Max Chilton on Saturday.
It appears now that the July date placed on the Formula One 2013 calendar by the FIA has now been decided. Despite the financial trouble, Nurburgring will host the German Grand Prix.
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So today is the last day of this week's challenge is to share with the team. Well I have to admit that I do not like blogging. I just have never felt comfortable expressing myself so this week was a real challenge. I have accomplished something by blogging everyday. Thanks everyone who read any of my blogs.
The question tonight is whether I need motivation or advice in order to develope my new habit. My motivation is the support of all my Spark Friends who comment on my blog and hlep me realize that there is always someone out there to support you. Motivation has to come from within in order to be successful.
Now that we are in Day 5 of this week's challenge, it is time to think about what I can improve upon. Being conscious of what I am eating and not making choices that are high in calories and carbs but nothing else. Working towards a goal has to include making changes and sticking to them. I now what I need to do and will work towards that goal.
How are you doing day by day? That is the question which I need to answer today. To be honest it is a struggle but I am trying to watch what I eat in the sweets department and eat well at mealtimes. I am working on getting better but habits don't change overnight so I will just keep working towards changing.
Today it is hard to say what I do to encourage myself to make this new habit a regular habit. I love to eat and I know that in order to develop my new habit of Self Control I need to track what I eat and make sure I stay in my range. If I can get myself to stay within my calorie goals, then I can work on reducing the amount of foods I eat that I shouldn't. This is really hard to say how I encourage myself other than to say the reward will be the weight loss!


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That the US government has been actively researching mind control technologies is not particularly a revelation. The first significant inklings that the human mind could be breached occurred during WWII when the US military began using radar. Operators reported that when they crossed the path of the radar beam, a buzzing or clicking sound could be "heard" inside their brain. This phenomenon later became known as the microwave auditory effect. This discovery apparently spurred the military on the path toward the purposeful projection of sound, voices, and other content into the human mind.
An early pioneer in this field, Dr. Jose Delgado, a physiologist from Yale, performed an amazing demonstration before a live audience at a bullring in Cordoba, Spain. He had implanted electrodes into the brain of a bull and as he stood before the charging animal, Delgado made him halt in his tracks and turn calmly away with a simple radio frequency device he held in his hands. This happened in 1963 and can even now be viewed on YouTube as proof that remote radio frequencies can influence cognitive processes.
Ten years later, in 1973, a psychologist, Dr. Joseph Sharp and a colleague, engineer Mark Grove from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, were successfully able to transmit the numbers 1 through 10 into Sharp's mind using a radio frequency transmitter from several hundred feet away. The experiment was based on the microwave audio effect, also known as the Frey effect, named after Allan Frey, the biophysicist who developed it. This invention later led to the acquisition of patent 6,587,729 in 2003 – an apparatus for audibly communicating speech using the radio frequency hearing effect - currently assigned to the US Air Force.
Finally in 1977, due to public outcry, a series of Senate hearings were held regarding Project MKULTRA, the CIA's mind control program, which highlighted tremendous pr
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Russia would send a positive signal to investors with the release of former Yukos Oil Co. owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky as part of an amnesty for people convicted of economic crimes, said Boris Titov, appointed by President Vladimir Putin June 21 as the commissioner for business rights.
Titov will propose to Putin the release of 13,000 people jailed for economic crimes, including Khodorkovsky, who has been in jail since 2003 and has a sentence that ends in 2017, he said yesterday in an interview at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Putin, who was president when Khodorkovsky was charged with fraud and tax evasion, returned to the Kremlin last month after four years as prime minister with a pledge of pushing Russia to 50th from 120th in the World Bank's Doing Business ranking by 2015. The jailed tycoon's release would provide a signal to investors, Titov said.
"For the investment climate, this would be good news," said Titov, who reports directly to Putin. "This should be just and the right decision." Khodorkovsky "has been in prison too long. He did something, others also did, but nobody else is serving such a sentence."
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who ended his four-year tenure as the country's president last month, said in April that Russia may consider an amnesty for those convicted of economic crimes, an initiative that must first be discussed with lawmakers.
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Authorities may also review sentencing guidelines, Medvedev said. The Kremlin's human rights council called a year ago for an amnesty for economic crimes that would apply to Khodorkovsky. Medvedev has said that freeing him wouldn't be "dangerous" for the country.
"The injustice that some guilty people will be released is much less of an injustice than when you have innocent people in prison," Titov said. "Better release guilty people than keep innocent people in prison."
If the amnesty happens, it will be the biggest in Russian history, he said.
Titov, whose office works on proposals to improve Russia's investment climate with plans to overhaul the tax and criminal codes and to make it easier to register businesses, said he is ready to cooperate with the human rights council. He's also prepared to review the case of Sergei Magnitsky, an anti- corruption lawyer who died in a Moscow jail.
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Titov said he would lobby for lower corporate taxes on production, which he would compensate by raising levies on consumption, property, alcohol and tobacco.
"The business climate is one of the instruments to attract investment," Titov said. "Without investments, the economy won't grow."
As he tackles the biggest protests of his 12-year rule, Putin must convince investors Russia won't repeat a 2009 meltdown that erased almost 8 percent of gross domestic product. With investors fretting over the pace of state asset sales and a capital-markets overhaul, as well as Europe's debt crisis, Bank of America (BAC:US) Corp. warns Russia's economy may shrink in 2013 with a worst-case budget gap approaching 2009's 5.9 percent of GDP.
"The current problems, when an entrepreneur faces the violation of his or her rights, bureaucratic pressure, corruption or administrative barriers, need to be resolved today -- all of those problems," Putin said Jun 21 when he announced the appointment of Titov, the head of the Delovaya Rossiya business lobby group.
'Biggest Problem'
The rule of law is Russia's "biggest problem," according to Titov, who said his office must strive to protest businesses.
Financial markets signal sentiment toward Russia has soured. The ruble-denominated Micex index is down 3.8 percent in 2012, the worst performance among the BRICS group of the world's biggest emerging markets that also includes Brazil, China, India and South Africa. The dollar-based RTS has declined 7.3 percent, while the MSCI Emerging Markets Index is little changed for the year.
The ruble has lost 3.3 percent this year against the dollar. Brent crude, the grade that underpins prices for Russia's Urals export blend, has tumbled about 15 percent as Europe's debt crisis worsened and the U.S. and Chinese economies slowed. Energy exports account for about half of budget revenue.
Russia-dedicated equity funds posted redemptions for a ninth week, registering a net outflow of $20 million in the week ended June 20, according to VTB Group, which cited EPFR Global data. Russia has endured $340 billion in net private capital outflows since 2007.
"We are in a very fragile situation," Titov said. "The economy works as a crude-oil economy, as a resource economy, not as an industrial economy. It is a very big risk."
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NEW YORK, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation announced that it has awarded $1.1 million for an international clinical trial vetting the potential of a nicotine skin patch to modify the progression of Parkinson's disease. The funding was made under the Clinical Intervention Awards initiative, one of MJFF's Edmond J. Safra Core Programs for PD Research.
This first-ever multisite, investigator-initiated collaboration between Parkinson's study groups in Germany and the United States will encompass a one-year double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 150 newly diagnosed Parkinson's patients. Principal investigators Wolfgang H. Oertel and Marcus M. Unger of Philipps University Marburg, Germany, and Karl Kieburtz of the University of Rochester, New York, will evaluate the disease-modifying potential of transdermal nicotine using standard skin patches of the type used by millions of smokers as a quitting aid. The production of the patches being used in this trial has been supported by the pharmaceutical company Novartis.
While scientists have previously studied the symptomatic effects of nicotine in Parkinson's patients, this is the first long-term clinical trial expressly designed to test whether nicotine may in fact modify the progression of PD. Parkinson's researchers have long been intrigued by epidemiological research showing a possible link between cigarette smoking and a lowered risk of PD: the disease is far less prevalent among smokers compared to never-smokers. Nicotine also has demonstr
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UTTOXETER taxpayers are again paying more council tax than most residents living in East Staffordshire, it has been revealed.
East Staffordshire Borough Council has outlined how much people across the area will be shelling out from April 1.
The most amount anyone will have to hand over is £3,988.19 in Kingstone for a Band H property worth more than £320,001.
This is closely following by £3,987.13 in Draycott and £3,066.71 for residents in the Uttoxeter town ward.
The three areas top the charts for the whole of East Staffordshire.
The lowest people will pay is £960.99 for a Band A property in Ramshorn, Okeover and Wychnor that is worth up to £40,000.
The priciest place to own a Band A property is in Uttoxeter town as council tax will come out at £1,022.23.
In terms of Band B properties - which are worth between £40,001 to £52,000 - the cheapest place in terms of council tax is again Ramshorn, Okeover and Wychnor at 1,121.16 and the dearest is Uttoxeter town at £1,192.60.
Uttoxeter town is also the dearest for people with Band C properties - £52,001 to £68,000 - at £1,362.98 and the cheapest is in Ramshorn, Okeover and Wychnor at £1,281.33.
In terms of Band D properties - which are worth between £68,001 to £88,000 - Ramshorn, Okeover and Wychnor are the lowest at £1,441.49 and Uttoxeter town is the highest at £1,533.35.
Band E properties - which are worth between £88,001 to £120,000 - in Uttoxeter town pay the dearest council tax at £1,874.11 and the cheapest is in the three villages again at £1,761.83.
In terms of Band F properties - which cost £120,001 to £160,000 - the highest council tax that will have to paid will be in Uttoxeter town at £2,214.85 and the lowest will be in the three villages again at £2,082.16.
Band G properties - costing £160,001 to £320,000 - in Uttoxeter town cost £2,555.59 and is the highest and Ramshorn, Okeover and Wychnor at £2,402.49 is the lowest.
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"The council tax charge for the borough council, county council, fire and rescue service and the police and crime commissioner are the same for every property (depending on the council tax band of the property). However, individual parish councils, such Uttoxeter Town Council, will set their own charges which may differ to other parishes within the borough. Therefore, the council tax charge for one parish compared to another will be different in that respect.
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Building its own chips would allow Google to better manage the interaction between hardware and software, an unnamed source told a Bloomberg reporter.
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Suzy Kaminski is the author of the childrens book, "Our Forever Home – Tails of the Cozy Red Barn." She uses the pen name of Penny Hart. Kaminski, 66, also owned Abby's Doggone Good Gourmet Cookies in Mountain Top and recently retired from the business. Suzy graduated from Chadsey High School in Detroit, Mich., and received her associate's degree in business administration with electives taken in fine art at Luzerne County Community College. She lives in Mountain Top with her husband, Karl and their dog, Carmella. They have two children: Karla and Karl.
You obviously have a passion for animals that is evident with your past dog cookie business and the themes present in your book. What is the book about and how did it come about? "As I was coming to the end of my business career I decided that I really wanted to write a book. I wanted to craft a book for children in a day and age when many kids and people do not have a home of their own due to many circumstances. This book is a tale about children told through animals and their words. The story shows how the characters come to find goodness and shelter in a cozy red barn and all of the animals come together in diversity regardless of who they are or where they came from. Its basic theme is that if you try to get along with others you will be happy in life. It is for all faiths and relates to all beliefs. I want everyone to relate to the story so I do not alienate anyone due to religion, race or any beliefs.
It has many themes that are dealt with in tender and caring ways. The book deals with bullying, diversity, love, death and life to name a few themes. It is a wonderful story that is a result of my own personal hardships told through gentle animals representing children in unfortunate circumstances.
My husband Karl constantly prompted me to write the story. The defining moment and inspiration for the story and title came one evening in our own cozy red barn. My husband was feeding our one-eyed Arabian stallion, Prince, who had lost his eye through abuse, and he called me to see something. There was a one-eyed mouse gathering bits of food that had fallen from Prince's mouth. It was a one-eyed mouse sharing corn with a one-eyed horse. That was it. The first chapters of my story were born."
You mentioned that your dog cookie business was a passion for years. What are some of the other things you like to do? "Most everything I enjoy revolves around animals. My husband and I like to ride horses. I also love to cook gourmet foods and decorate cakes. The cookie business was a real passion as we ran it for 16 years and enjoyed it very much. Our previous dog, Abby, was my best friend and the inspiration for the name."
What are some of the ways that you have shared the joy of your book with the public? "I have often read passages from the book to kids at various libraries such as in Nuangola and the Mill Memorial Library in Nanticoke. I often read a specific passage that relates to our current dog, Carmella. We took in Carmella after our beloved Abby passed away. Abby's veterinarian matched us up to Carmella after trying every day for over a week to have us come in and see Carmella. I wasn't sure if I wanted to take in another dog at the time, but after seeing her for only a few moments I knew she was meant to be with us. Carmella had suffered loss of a leg and tail after being hit by a car. She was a stray that was about to be put to sleep until she licked the vet when he was about to administer the shot.
The vet knew she had life left in her after that and thought of my family as the perfect haven for her. We have loved her dearly ever since."
Who has been an inspiration in your life aside from your husband Karl? "Gertrude Hawk and her work ethic in the business world was a great inspiration. Her work ethic and managing skills were amazing as she constantly produced a quality product. I always tried to imitate her. She is phenomenal."
What do you think needs improvement or inspiration in Northeastern Pennsylvania? "I would love to see the beat down homes get refurbished one by one. I often imagine how these homes looked about 50 years ago as opposed to the blight of today. They are simple homes that need simple repairs as well as difficult ones."
What is a favorite food you enjoy? "I love vegetable egg foo young with brown gravy."
Do you have a favorite film? "The Enchanted Cottage is a favorite of mine. It is another story of the beauty that exists within a place of safety and comfort for two people that are not always viewed pleasantly by the outside world. It tells of a homely maid who tends to an injured ex-GI and they come to see the beauty in each other that escapes the perceptions of other people. It is a lovely story."
Do you have a favorite musician or type of music? "I really like classical music and the songs of Bruno Mars."
What would you say are some of your proudest moments in your life? "I would have to say the recreation of self in having my children. In the business world I would have to say that being nominated as one of Pennsylvania's Top 50 Women in Business was a highlight in my career.
I was so proud of my friends that nominated me for that honor. Everything that happened personally and professionally also manifested itself in my children's book as well. I am extremely proud of the story I have woven from my experiences."
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Since last June, when Edward Snowden tore the veil off the National Security Agency's vast data dragnet, Americans have been flocking to ultrasecure email services in the hopes of keeping the government out of their private business. Use of the most popular email encryption software, PGP, tripled between June and July, while revenue for the data-encryption company Silent Circle has shot up 400 percent.
But even these services may not be able to protect your email from government prying. That fact came into stark relief last Thursday, when Lavabit, the secure email service used by Snowden, abruptly shut down. Lavabit's 32-year-old founder, Ladar Levison, issued a statement saying he pulled the plug because he didn't want to be "complicit in crimes against the American people." He has since given up using email entirely, and he urges others to consider doing the same. "I would strongly recommend against entrusting your privacy to a company with physical ties to the United States," he told Mother Jones. "I honestly don't think it's possible to provide a secure service in this country."
Levison, who is reportedly under federal gag order, declined to elaborate (though he opined, based on his experience, that we're a "whisper's breath away" from becoming a society where all electronic communications are recorded and scrutinized by the government). But according to other industry insiders and cybersecurity experts, there's good reason to be wary of transmitting sensitive information via email—even if your provider claims to have iron-clad safeguards.
Tech giants, such as the Microsoft subsidiary Hotmail, regularly hand over data to the government. In fact, in the last eight months of 2012 (the most recent period for which data is available), Hotmail, Google, Facebook, and Twitter provided law enforcement authorities with information on more than 64,000 users. And that doesn't include responses to secret national security letters ordered by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court, or FISA.
Secure emails services, such as Lavabit, are supposed to guard against this kind of snooping (as well as hackers and phishers) by encrypting email messages—turning them into gibberish that can only be read by people who have a password, or "key." Theoretically, in most cases, the email provider can't even decipher the contents, much less government agencies. But even the most secure email systems don't completely encrypt "metadata," the bits of identifying information that accompany messages, such as the sender's name and IP address; the subject line; and the date and time the message was sent. Matthew Green, an encryption expert at Johns Hopkins University, says the government can tell a lot about a person from these details. "If you can map out who someone has talked to, that's almost as useful as knowing what they were talking about," he explained, "especially if you're trying to map out a criminal conspiracy or find out who leaked information from reporters."
What's more, encrypted emails may actually attract NSA scrutiny. Under most circumstances, the NSA is supposed to destroy intercepted email data from US citizens. But, according to an internal NSA document that was leaked to the Guardian in June, this rule doesn't apply to "enciphered" communications—meaning the NSA can stockpile data from encrypted accounts and comb through it at will.
The federal government also has been known to press tech companies to put "back doors" in their software so it can monitor users' activity and, in some cases, read encrypted messages. According to Green, this is easy to do, technologically. "The company simply puts out a software update. You download it. Suddenly, what you thought was a secure end-to-end email system is now being read by the government."
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Why did the Senate -- unprovoked by the House -- decide to insert this change into its own legislation? Sources have told me that both Senators Bayh and Mark Warner insisted on this new language after strong lobbying from the Business Roundtable. Apparently, both men threatened Sen. Dodd that they would vote against the financial reform bill without this new language, which would block cloture on the bill and slow down its passing. Dodd caved.
Sen. Warner, who bills himself as a pro-business, low-taxes Democrat, apparently buys in to the Business Roundtable's argument that large investors like John Paulson, Fidelity, CalPERS, and others can't be trusted to pick good director nominees as much as CEOs. I guess he would have been totally comfortable when Dick Fuld of Lehman Brothers asked a Broadway producer buddy, Richard Berlind, to not only serve on the Lehman board but also join its Risk Committee. That's pro-business. Perhaps Sen. Warner should propose that Goldman Sachs (GS) and the other Wall Street banks should take over the messy day-to-day operations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Wouldn't that be equally pro-business by his logic?
Starting in November, Sen. Bayh will join the nation's unemployment ranks. Although he hasn't ruled out a return to politics one day, that's not in his immediate future. Why not take a page out of his wife's playbook and join six corporate boards? He could -- I would assume -- at least match her income from these activities. It's easy work. Fly around and attend a few meetings a year. Rubber stamp a few wishes from the CEO. That sure beats manual labor.
So, if that is Bayh's goal, he has good reason to use his dwindling political capital to block this small piece of a 1,400-page financial reform bill. By doing so, he just made a lot of friends among Business Roundtable members: his future potential employers.We contacted Sen. Bayh's office to ask him whether and why he blocked "proxy access" and they didn't respond to our questions before we went to press. Proxy access is fair and should be part of any future financial reform -- without restrictions. At the time of publication, Jackson held a long position in Citigroup.
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After trailing much of the game, and down three in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Lakeside Panthers refused to give up in their baseball home- and season-opener against Grovetown on Tuesday.
The Panthers worked their way onto the bases in the final stanza with walks, hits and a Warriors error to orchestrate a 7-6 come-from-behind victory.
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While Saturday's high school boys lacrosse matchup between Greenbrier and Lakeside was just a preseason scrimmage, it had all the intensity of a regular-season game.
Greenbrier jumped out to a 5-1 first period lead, but the Panthers roared back in the second period and tied the game at six at halftime.
In the second half, the varsity took a seat and let the junior varsity take over, with Greenbrier winning 10-7 in front of their home fans.
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The race, to be run on Augusta Prep's cross country trail, is the brainchild of cross country runners Maggie McCloud and junior Amanda Murphy.
"Over the summer, Amanda and I thought we should do a race and raise money, and it hit me one day," said McCloud, who is a senior at Augusta Prep. "We talked to Coach (Tom) Holodak ... and he was all for it.".
Lakeside High School's soccer teams were well-served by underclassmen in their season-opening wins Wednesday at Grovetown.
Freshman Phillip Tran scored his first varsity goal on his first shot, getting loose on a breakaway and blasting it into the net just 30 seconds into the game, helping lead the Panthers to the 7-2 triumph over the Warriors.
"It feels great. Two for two," said Tran, who also scored on his second shot of the night for the Panthers' sixth goal.
If the season-opener for the Lakeside High School girls and boys soccer teams is any indication, we could be seeing some exciting players for a while to come.
On the road, the Lady Panthers scored 10 goals in their contest against Grovetown, with six of the goals notched by underclassmen.
New Greenbrier head football coach Kevin Hunt was officially introduced to the team Wednesday in the school's gymnasium, but he really needed no introduction.
He has been at the school for six years, working as an assistant coach for four of those, and has made a positive and lasting impression on team members.
"He's a great coach and very motivational," junior running back Jeremy Harden said.
Hunt was previously the head football coach at Cross Creek High School, but resigned in 2005 and came to Greenbrier for his family.
Former Lakeside High School catcher Clayton Miller was a late bloomer. He did not play a key role for the Panthers until his senior season, but he parlayed his move to catcher, along with a huge final prep season at the plate, into a scholarship to Armstrong Atlantic State in Savannah.
Miller continued to work hard after his senior campaign was over, and the hard work paid off.
Last season, he was a pleasant surprise for the coaching staff at Armstrong. Miller not only cracked the starting lineup, but he also hit .301, had 12 doubles and 19 RBI.
Region 2-AAAA and Region 3-AAA basketball tournaments came to a conclusion Thursday night for Columbia County schools, with none moving on to the state playoffs.
After a first-round bye, Evans High (15-11,7-3) fell to Liberty County 44-39 in a Thursday matchup. A win would have put the Knights in the state playoffs.
In girls Region 2-AAAA play on Wednesday, the Lakeside girls (10-15, 3-7) saw the season end with a 61-47 loss to Richmond Hill.
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Gross profit for 2012 was $138.0 million, an increase of $53.8 million or 64 percent over the previous year. The gross profit margin for the year was 7.2 percent compared to 5.0 percent in 2011. The higher gross profit margin primarily reflects higher SWU average prices and sales volumes, partially offset by lower uranium sales volumes. In addition, the gross profit of the contract services segment declined $3.9 million following the completion of Portsmouth site contract service work in the prior periods.
As noted earlier, in the fourth quarter of 2012, we expensed $1.1 billion of previously capitalized costs related to the American Centrifuge project based on our annual assessment of these assets. This included previously capitalized costs related to property, plant and equipment (including construction work in progress) of $1,075.6 million, prepayments made to suppliers of $9.9 million and deferred financing costs related to the DOE loan guarantee program of $6.7 million that were previously capitalized during the period 2007 through 2011. Additionally, an expense of $44.6 million was incurred in the second quarter of 2012 related to the title transfer of previously capitalized American Centrifuge machinery and equipment to DOE as provided in the cooperative agreement with DOE for the RD&D program.
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CMS Energy Corporation
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quarter of 2012, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny.
However, it was above the year-ago figure of 53 cents. The
results were driven by the company's cost control initiatives and
continuous execution of its plan to invest in its utility
Including a one-time gain of 1 cent, the company recorded
earnings of 55 cents per share versus 53 cents in the year-ago
Operational Performance
Operating revenue of CMS Energy in the quarter under review was
$1.51 billion, up 2.9% year over year. However, results
were lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate by $145 million.
Operating expenses in the quarter increased to $1.16 billion from
$1.15 billion in the year-ago period. CMS Energy reported
operating income of $343 million, up from $316 million in the
year-ago quarter. Overall, the company reported adjusted net
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CMS Energy ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents of
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CMS Energy reaffirmed its guidance for fiscal 2012 adjusted
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Jackson, Michigan-based CMS Energy is the holding company of
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My competition began on Wednesday with a tough semi-final qualification round: we fence, swim and combine event on this day. Here I had to finish in the top eight to secure my place. I fenced very well and swam a reasonable time comfortably therefore went into the combined run/shoot in first position. I held this lead and won my qualification. A positive start.
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I had some time to collect myself, eat, drink and relax before the swim. The fencing discipline is always emotionally and psychologically fatiguing. So, it's really important for me to keep fuelling and have some quiet time in-between events.
I felt ready as I got onto the blocks for my 200m swim. My first 100m felt comfortable and in control. Then I tried to pick up my pace and give everything for my last 100m. I swam a p.b and a new Modern Pentathlon World Record with a 2.03,8. I was delighted. This strong swim put me in 2nd place overall.
My horse for the show jumping event was called Saladyn. A 16.2, bay, gelding, forward going and an excellent jumper. We warmed up well together, despite a stray dog running into the collecting ring and chasing all the horses, and a loose horse galloping free across the arena… not exactly what you need, but we got through it.
Together we cleared all twelve obstacles without any jumping penalties. I incurred 6 time faults, which I wasn't bothered about because if I had gone faster I would have risked knocking some poles. I was really pleased with my ride and so grateful for Saladyn. I was now in 3rd place overall and 16 seconds from the leader.
I took some time to relax, stretch and hydrate before my final event of the day: the combined run/shoot- 5 shots in the black with an air pistol on a ten metre range followed by 800m run, four times through- so 3200m in total and four shoots.
I approached the start line focused and pretty composed; I'm usually very nervous before the shoot and therefore really struggle to keep my sights together. I hit 6 out of 5 shots for my first shoot and left the range in 2nd place. By the second shoot, I left the range with the leader Sarolta Kovacs of Hungry but ran away from Kovacs over the 800m. The following two shoots and two 800m, I had Chen Qian of China about eight seconds behind me, however, my shoot and run remained strong and I held my lead. Running into the closing straight, I had the gold medal in front of me, my running felt great and I didn't have to work too hard as I had such a lead on the Chinese athlete.
Taking the ribbon and becoming World Champion felt incredible. Wow- a title- at last! It had been a long day and I had felt every moment of pressure, nerves and anxiety. Yet I kept going and focused. My hard work and determination paid off.
My coach, Istvan, and I after the awards ceremony; I'm so grateful for his support and guidance.
This was the final competition of my 2014 season. Now I'm on a break and enjoying putting my feet up!
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