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Set in the 1920's-30's-40s ish era.
the research and timing is a little dodgy I know - sorry! - but go easy on me :)
Discussion: Prologue
Pg 1: Chaps 1, 2
Pg 2: Chaps 3, 4
Pg 3: Chaps 5, 6
Pg 4: Chaps 7, 8
Pg 5: Chap 9 (pt 1)
Pg 6: Chaps 9 (pt 2), 10
Pg 7: Chap 11
Pg 8: Epilogue
Pg 9: -
Esme, who we all know. (28 yrs old)
Charles, Esme's second husband, who she married after her first husband died in WWI because she didn't have the money to look after her kids (40)
Alice, Esme's daughter from her 1st marriage. Required to act as a young lady. Esme feels her daughter has had her childhood stolen. (11)
Edward, Esme's son from 1st marriage. He gets most of Charles' attention and money as he is the heir. (9)
Emmett, Esme's 2nd son, conceived in 1st marriage but born in 2nd (infant).
Carlisle Cullen, town doctor, (29)
Vanessa (Nessie) Cullen, (11)
Jasper (Jazz) Cullen, (9)
Rosalie Cullen (infant)
Esme's point of view:
It was late at night, and I was working by candlelight, trying to cook my husband's dinner. He was probably at the pub. The fool: didn't he understand that we didn't have the money for this? My stomach twisted and writhed with hunger at the smell of pork and rice; it was the richest meal anyone had had all week, but what little meat we could afford was reserved for Charles, and sometimes Edward.
My son, Edward, was the only heir to Charles' estate, but though it is true that he got most of Charles' attention and love, if you could call it that, Charles didn't take well to any of my children, as none of them were by him. Of course, Charles was trying to conceive his own child with me, but I refused to let it grow. I just couldn't bear to bring another life into this horribly grey existence. Every morning, I chewed bitter herbs that discouraged conception. Luckily, Charles was more content going to the pub every night than going to a doctor to see what was wrong with his infertile wife.
I looked beside myself to Alice, who is dutifully preparing the pork she knows she won't get a taste of. She arranged it on her father's plate and turned away from me to get the rice, but I could see that she wanted to cry. She was holding it in for my sake. Poor girl. She deserved better than this. I crept over to Charles' plate of pork and tore off a little piece. Alice turned around and saw me offering it to her, and her face went ghostly white.
"Oh, mother!" she breathed. "You mustn't! He'll beat you if he finds out!"
"He won't find out," I said. "And if he does, I'll say I had to eat some because I want to make his new son healthy and strong."
"But mama, you're not carrying, are you? I thought those herbs-"
"The herbs are working fine, dear, but Charles doesn't know I take them. Now come on, quickly, before he gets here."
Alice smiled at me, and I saw her once constant sparkle of life return. She took the pork from me, popped it in her mouth, and smiled when she saw me smiling. I pressed a finger to my lip as I heard Charles' friend's motor car pull up outside. Alice did the same to show she understood, and scampered off to her room.
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Alcholic Drinks very expensive - drinks package available but still very expensive 8 USD for a Pint of beer 7 - 12 USD Glass of wine. SPA prices much higher than UK Prices.
Dining rooms theatre and general interiors very cold due to air conditioning.
Theatre - Lower standard of entertainment in comparison to other cruises some highlights buy not many - on board singers and dance shows almost of amateur standard. Ships orchestra very good they saved the poor quality singing and dancing of the theatre shows.
Children allowed in most bars and theatre till late and allowed unsupervised in cinema
Not a relaxing cruise outside areas particularly were always congested. Sunbeds rare as usual.
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | February 09,2013NEW YORK — The next Lay's potato chip will taste like chicken and waffles. Or cheesy garlic bread. Or Sriracha, a hot sauce often used in Thai dishes.
Lay's is letting potato chip lovers decide which one of the three will be its newest flavor. All of them will be sold at retailers nationwide starting next week. After trying them, fans have until May to vote for their favorites. The flavor with the most votes will stay on store shelves.
But if the other two flavors sell well, they may remain in stores, too, said Ann Mukherjee, chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay. "Who knows, we don't know what's going to happen." she said. "Our intent is to keep the one that people vote for."
It's the latest promotional stunt that tries to engage customers through social media and direct interaction, much as Hasbro's Monopoly did with its recent contest that ended with the addition of a cat game token and the demise of the iron.
Lay's Chicken & Waffles, Cheesy Garlic Bread and Sriracha were suggested by three people through the company's "Do Us a Flavor" campaign. A panel of chefs and flavor experts looked though about 3.8 million submissions and selected about 20 flavors to prototype. From there, the judges picked the three finalists. Mukherjee said that each dish was cooked in the test kitchen and compared with the flavored chip.
Fans will have three ways to vote for their favorites. They can do it though Lay's Facebook page, by texting "VOTE" to 24477 or through Twitter using the hashtags (hash)SaveChickenWaffles, (hash)SaveGarlicBread or (hash)SaveSriracha.
The person who submitted the winning flavor will win $1 million, or one percent of the chip's 2013 sales, whichever is more. The runners-up will win $50,000.
Although the new flavors are not supposed to hit stores until next Tuesday, some stores have started selling them. Fans have been posting images of the bags to social networks such as Instagram and Twitter. "We started shipping them," said Mukherjee. "I think some of our retailers got excited and put it out on the floor earlier."
Lay's adds about one new potato chip flavor every year, said Mukherjee. Last year it launched the Lay's Classic BLT, made to taste like the sandwich.
This is the first time in Lay's 75-year history that it has let U.S. consumers choose the company's next flavor. Lay's, which is a unit of PepsiCo Inc.'s Frito-Lay snack business, has held similar contests in other countries.
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Name: Kristin Shyla Cook
Company: Kristin Shyla Photography
Based In: Ft. Worth, TX
Website: http://www.kristinshyla.com
What year did you attend B&L: 2011
What I have made happen since B&L, big and small:
I have figured out who I am as a photographer. I love, love and the beautiful narrative of peoples lives. I went full time as a photographer and my goal was to photograph 5 weddings as Kristin Shyla Photography—but instead I have photographed over 10! I started a blog and just had my one-year business birthday on April 17th.
What I'm working hard on now:
Work flow, consistent communication with my clients and staying inspired and true to myself as a photographer…and I'm working on a t-shirt design. :)
What I love about the B&L community:
The love, humility and togetherness. Everyone is so helpful and encouraging. It is like a glass of OJ. Refreshing.
Best advice to others starting their photography businesses:
Give yourself grace as you are chasing after your passion and be true to yourself as a photographer. There is so much free and amazing help now for newbies that you can feel like you have to do everything now in order to be successful, and that is impossible! There is only One who is perfect. Don't get swept up in what is trending (shooting or editing styles…I tell myself this all the time). Figure out your niche (what you like, love and are passionate about), nestle into it and grow. Be consistent with the freeness of social media to attract people to you as a person and the way you photograph/capture life. Get to know other photographers! Building relationships will open the door for work and experience.
The biggest thing I learned from B&L:
That I could do it! DBA, separate banking accounts and it's cool to be a photographer who is good at business and that getting published was possible!
Before B&L, I never thought I'd:
I never thought I had the tools to go full time and succeed. Nancy Ray mentioned in the fear talk, that Jesus didn't die for me so that I could walk around crippled. She was right.
What's ahead for me:
Breathing every day. Risk taking in creativity and some ideas that I have spilling out of my head. I really want to start dressing more like an adult and find a place to live in DFW. I am going to keep on falling in love with the love and beauty displayed in the narratives of peoples lives… and photograph it.
This week is all about alumni reviews! If you're interested in joining us for B&L 2013, check out what these ladies are saying to see if B&L is the right workshop for you!
Name: Tiffany Medrano
Company: Tiffany Medrano Photography
Based In: Rhode Island
Website: www.tiffanymedrano.com/
What year did you attend B&L? 2012
I love seeing the encouraging comments on Facebook and hearing about the girls that live close to one another meeting up for coffee :) I love that when I've sought advice from people in the group I've gotten amazing feedback and advice!
While attending the B&L workshop I knew that I wanted to connect with some local vendors up in Rhode Island where I lived and create a styled photo shoot with the goal to get it published! There were a few things that I took away from Emily Ayer's talk with us. 1) Use what is unique to your area. 2) Including printed paper goods (such as an invitation suite) in your photo shoot helps you move to the top of the editor's pile 3) Shoot as editorially as possible / tell a story. 4) Remember that the editors are real people too! 5) Submit details first.
I firmly believe that God sets people up to meet at just the right time and place. But YOU have to connect with them! You have to put your self out there. It was a true blessing to be roommates with Kimberly Ellis at the B&L workshop. Before we met she put a challenge out on Twitter to take 30 photos in 30 days. I took on that challenge the month before the workshop. After the workshop I met the wonderful and talented Alli Coate (http://www.etsy.com/shop/allicoateweddings). She is the art director at Providence Monthly. She was looking for a freelance photographer to photograph food images for restaurant reviews and when she came across my website she saw the many food images that I had captured earlier this year because of Kim's 30 day challenge. Since then I've been published in Providence Monthly and shot a cover and feature images for The Bay magazine. Separate from the magazine Alli and I teamed up on our own as well to create a styled shoot that will be published on a local wedding blog this summer!
Prioritizing my time and finances. Working on the business side of my business. Learning from others more experienced in those areas. Being honest about my weaknesses, assessing them and addressing them. I've recently read the book The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp and I highly recommend it.
Write a mission statement, not just for your business but for yourself as well. And check out this short video for creative "beginners" with audio from Ira Glass http://vimeo.com/24715531
Happy Monday! We're catching up with our alum all week and hearing about their B&L experiences, and what they're up to now. Enjoy!
Name: Kristina "Bumby" Grimm
Company: Kristina Grimm Photography
Based In: Central Florida
Website: www.kristinagphotography.com
I'd never thought I'd be able to run a successful business. I am more confident in myself and running my business. I am eager to learn more each day and thrive on it. I never thought I'd overcome my fears of talking to my clients (when first meeting them) and vendors in the business.
What I have made happen since B&L:
I have been working hard to work through my fear of meeting other vendors in the business and clients. I make it a point to attend at minimum one networking function a month. I force myself (take several breaths and find my happy place before entering) to walk up to people and start a conversation. Since then I have made some wonderful and fun connections and made some new friends.
What I'm working on now:
BRANDING!!!! I have been working on it since I left B&L and it has been my new challenge but slowly getting through it. I am so grateful this subject was addressed in the B&L Workshop.
What I love about the B&L Community:
I love that everyone is so supportive whenever we need a little encouragement or advice.
Best advice to others starting a business:
1. Start your business right. (Get licensed in your area, get your business insurance and pay your taxes) 2. Follow people who inspire you. 3. Be true to yourself. 4. "You have talents and gifts no one else has. Follow your heart and passion" - Caroline Joy :) I repeat this to myself everyday.
How to manage my feelings and overcome my fears. It has helped me not only in my business but in my day to day life. I feel more relaxed and happy with where I am today. It has also help me with organizing my business and client workflow.
What is ahead for me:
This year I started out with 3 weddings (friends weddings) and since my B&L experience I am happy to say I have a full book for 2012 (19 weddings). I am now working on booking 2013. I am confident in myself, my business, and my art. I love what I do and I love that I get to spend more time with my family while doing what I love. So, what is ahead for me? A happily ever after! Thank you to Caroline & Nancy for giving me the encouragement and tools needed to be confident and successful.
We can't wait to announce the details of Branches & Light 2013 later this month! In the meantime, we're catching up with our alumni to hear about their B&L experience, and find out about all the amazing things they are doing in their businesses now.
Name: Ruthie Allen
Company: Ruth Eileen Photography
Based In: Boston, MA
Website: http://www.rutheileenphotography.com
What year did you attend B&L? 2011
I never thought I'd be booking weddings that I love that are my own style… but I am!! I remember specifically at B & L listing out what my ideal client would be, thinking, "there is no way I'll be booking clients like this". "This is going to take forever!" Once you can get your mind set on what you want your business to look like and how you want to attract that perfect client, the rest is easy. You will start booking those weddings that you'll love! It's SO awesome looking back at my notebook from B & L and seeing how far I've come in my business. God is SO good! :)
I have loved the friendships that have blossomed with other B & L attendees. All of them have been so encouraging and I couldn't ask for a better network of ladies! I've even had the privilege of shooting alongside one for a destination wedding in AZ (thanks Kate!)!
I've moved to Boston, Massachusetts and have continued to grow my business here. Within 4 months of living in Boston I had booked and shot 2 weddings! As well as 2nd shooting with multiple wedding photographers in the area! I shot my first ever destination wedding in Aruba! One of my goals from B & L was to have my work featured on a wedding blog. Last year I was featured on 4 wedding blog… YAY! I also did my first styled shoot. Which was also one of my goals that I listed at B & L.
I've been working hard on my rebrand (new logo, new website/blog). A whole new look for REP! I'm hoping to launch June 29th! I'm also working hard right now to stay on top of all my weddings & sessions. I've got a busy season ahead of me and this is so important to me so that I don't get overwhelmed.
List your goals out! I know both Caroline & Nancy are big about this and I'm so thankful for the encouragement from both of them to do it. It seriously made such a difference in my personal and business life. It's so fun to see small or big goals get crossed off that list every month!
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More than 500 community coalitions nationwide recently received Drug Free Communities (DFC) continuation awards for their programs. Funding totaled approximately $60 million.
R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, made the award announcement.
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The company became a target for criticism during the healthcare debate, causing concerns about executive safety.
The ill-timed premium increase turned WellPoint into a hot topic, and its president, Angela Braly, justified the move and became the target of criticism from all sides.
Perhaps it's not surprising, then, that Braly was so concerned for her personal safety that Wellpoint spent $151,000 on her security, according to the Footnoted blog. The money went toward bodyguards, a security-enhanced vehicle and an in-home alarm system.
Wellpoint was so worred about the anger brewing over healthcare that it even hired external security experts and reviewed its personal safety policies. The experts apparently recommended more security for Braly.
But, Footnoted writes, "given that Braly's public profile and subsequent flogging didn't really become significant until February once Anthem customers began receiving notices of those hefty premium hikes, one can only imagine how much higher those security costs will be for 2010."
How much anger was directed at Wellpoint? Firedog Lake says of the company: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
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25 U.S. Code § 2a - Assistant or deputy commissioners; appointment; powers and duties
Assistant or deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in the Department of the Interior, shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. Appointments to these positions shall be considered as made under the authority of section 3101 of title 5. Assistant and deputy commissioners so appointed shall be authorized to sign such letters, papers, and documents and to perform such other duties as may be directed by the commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The Secretary may designate for the Bureau of Indian Affairs an assistant or deputy commissioner, who shall be authorized to perform the duties of the commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the commissioner.
Source(June 5, 1942, ch. 336, § 1,56 Stat. 312; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403(d), eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, § 1106(a),63 Stat. 972.)
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Section embodies only those provisions of section 1 of act June 5, 1942, which relate to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Provisions of section 1 of such act relating to the General Land Office were classified to section 3a of Title 43, Public Lands, and were omitted from the Code pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946.
1949—Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted "Classification Act of 1949" for "Classification Act of 1923".
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, § 8,80 Stat. 632, 655.
Repeal of Inconsistent Laws
Act June 5, 1942, ch. 336, § 2,56 Stat. 312, provided that: "All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act [this section] are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency."
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Heartless Teacher Has Class Write Their Own Suicide Notes
Of all the bad ideas teachers have come up with lately, making a class full of teenagers write suicide notes has to be in the top five ... at least. And yet, that's exactly what happened at Antoine-Delafont, a secondary school in France. Thirteen and 14-year-old kids were supposed to pretend they were prepared to end it all, and then explain themselves on paper.
Parents and other teachers are -- not surprisingly -- upset. And I can't blame them. We need to talk about suicide with our kids, but this is not the way.
Apparently the suicide note assignment given to the kids asked them to pretend:
You've just turned 18 and have decided to end your life. Your decision appears irrevocable. As a final effort, you decide to explain the reasons for your act. In setting out your self-portrait, you describe all the disgust you feel for yourself. Your text must bring up certain events in your life at the root of this feeling.
Talk about walking a dangerous path. The teen years, especially the early "just hit puberty and my hormones are going crazy" years, are already filled with angst and confusion. These kids are already focusing on the bad. We need to turn them back in the other direction.
I wouldn't suggest ignoring suicide. Allowing it to remain taboo is just as bad as sticking your fingers in your ears when sex is on the table and pretending that your little dumpling will never make the beast with two backs.
But the conversation needs to be framed in a more positive light. Show a little sympathy!
Don't make kids feel hopeless. Make them realize what they'd be missing, what losing them would do to their friends and family.
Imagine if this assignment was, instead of suicide notes, a practice in writing their own obituaries after a hypothetical suicide. Same topic, but listing the relatives who "survive" their death puts in perspective just whom a suicide will affect and drives home how much support they really have. And they'd get the chance to list all their accomplishments.
As a mother, I'd be OK with that. Seeing my kid's suicide note, on the other hand, no way.
How about you? What would you do if your child was made to write a suicide note in school?
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GretaDecember 13, 2012 at 10:17 AMRidiculous. Inappropriate. Inexcusable. Dangerous. Need I go on???
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OctoberbirdDecember 13, 2012 at 10:40 AMWhy doesn't SHE try and write one of her own, and then act upon it? What an utter idiot. Fire her immediately.
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DestinyHLewisDecember 13, 2012 at 10:58 AM
I don't know. I have mixed feelings on this. When I was 15 we had a classmate hang himself. It was awful. He was a star football player with no signs, till the night he did it. He was found to have been on steroids. At that time I was an AP student and it wasn't uncommon to get serious writing topics of a serious nature. If that assignment had been given to me at that time it would have helped me process loosing our friend and the feelings I had about and myself. On the other hand, if we were given that assignment I would suspect the teacher would have had a counselor brief us prior to writing it. I don't think this was an all bad idea, just wasn't handled correctly.
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NoWayDecember 13, 2012 at 11:17 AMA suicide note will typically focus on everything bad and wrong in your life. Having an already depressed teen write such a note would make them focus on the bad and push them over the edge. How ironic it would be if a student usues a note they wrote for a class assignment for a real suicide note. How stupid of this teacher.
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Doomy234December 13, 2012 at 11:47 AMI have to wonder what kind of class this was? I can understand if it was a creative writing assignment. However, I think that this was extreme. To make a student relive the shitty points in their life is cruel and for a teenager who might be hormonally inbalanced it could push them over the edge to think about actually committing suicide.
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Tanya FreyDecember 13, 2012 at 2:36 PM
I actually think it might be a good idea, it's forcing teens to understand that it's a REAL issue and hearing others written reasons may help them empathise with peple.
There are so many teenagers that act like the worst creeps on earth and Mummy and Dadsy aren't doing anything. SOMEONE has to.
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Stacy JinkinsDecember 13, 2012 at 2:37 PM
This is awful! I truly believe suicide should be talked about in school with teenagers, but it's along the same lines as bullying. They need to be taught that there is help for them if they feel that way, and their lives mean something, THEY mean something to their family and friends. I would be beyond irate if my child was given this assignment, and they would NOT be doing it.
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Doomy, I think this is why the assignment would be a good thing. If you think someone with a crappy past hasn't ALREADY considered suicide you're an idiot. It's not a magical Idea that only comes to your mind if someone tells you, it's a thought that creeps into your mind that you end up dwelling on and dwelling in before you do it.
THERAPY involves reliving and talking about things that happened to you in the past. You think that's bad too?
Maybe talking about it like this will help other teens know they aren't alone, and they can express themselves in a safe environment.
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mrs.hartman12December 13, 2012 at 3:04 PMA teacher is not a qualified councilor and I would pull my child out of her class so fast heads would.spin and the school board would get daily phone calls.
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AshleyDecember 13, 2012 at 4:49 PMThere are good and bad parts to this, on one hand your having young impressionable teens write about horrible feels nothing good just all bad! But on the other hand your making teens tell their teachers and their parents the deep dark secrets that may be eating at them! Things they need to pay attention for and things they may need to sit down and talk to them about!


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No person, firm, or corporation whose permanent allegiance is due to the United States seeking to procure in the consular districts of the United States in China any substance the sale of which is regulated by the provisions of this chapter shall make any fraudulent representations so as to evade or defeat the restrictions herein imposed.
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Tin Goose Chapter 1247 of the Experimental Aircraft Association is collecting cards for the Red Cross "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program and is inviting area residents to participate. The program, sponsored by the Red Cross and Pitney Bowes since 2006, asks Americans to show their gratitude to those who serve by writing and collecting cards with best wishes for our soldiers.
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LAKELAND -- A year removed from a case of stage fright and a blowout loss in its state final-four debut, Plantation American Heritages boys basketball team looked at home under The Lakeland Center lights Friday morning.
Unleashing a Showtime-style fast break led by Justin Masseys game-high 19 points the Patriots pulled away after a 20-12 first-quarter lead and dispatched Palatka 68-49 in the Class 5A state semifinals.
Heritages superior ball movement, with as many as five players touching the ball on one possession, helped the Patriots overwhelm the Panthers with their transition game.
We work on our fast break like crazy, Heritage second-year coach Charles Stephenson said. We like to think we are a fast-break, get-out team. Get in open space, get our athletes in open space and let them go to work. That certainly happened this morning.
The Patriots will face top-ranked Tampa Jesuit (30-1) in the championship game at 10 a.m. Saturday.
A superior size advantage in 6-10 Drake LaMont, 6-5 Kobe Eubanks, 6-4 Justin Massey, 6-4 Jason Massey and reserve 6-7 forward Lucas McCormick helped the Patriots outrebound the Panthers 47-34 and form an imposing matchup zone that held Palatka to 29.7 percent shooting.
LaMont had 12 points and 11 rebounds, Jason Massey had eight points and nine rebounds, Eubanks had 12 points and eight rebounds and Josh Borders added 11 points.
Heritage built a 52-40 lead at the end of the third quarter and then put the game out of reach by holding Palatka scoreless for 6 1/2 minutes of the fourth quarter.
The runaway victory was a dramatic turnaround from the 2012 state semifinals when Lake Wales blitzed the Patriots and their starting five of two freshmen and three sophomores 75-44.
Last year I think it was more of, we were happy just to be here, LaMont said. Happy to say we made it to Lakeland. Now, one year later to come back here and say that, all right were here, but its not a big deal anymore. We want to be here. We are supposed to be here. Now its much more than that.
The transfer of the Massey twins from North Broward Prep has helped fill a huge void left by the season-ending injury to standout point guard Keyshawn Evans, who sat on the bench in street clothes.
Justin Massey finished 4 of 7 from three-point range and helped the Patriots pull away with eight points in the second quarter.
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Gavin DeGraw sang really, really high Wednesday....literally. He serenaded passengers aboard a Southwest Airlines flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles...while the plane was 35,000 feet in the air.
Gavin was participating in Southwest's "Live at 35" program, which features artists singing for passengers during a flight. He and a few of his band members took over the plane's P.A. system for renditions of his new single, "Best I Ever Had," as well as his hit "Not Over You." According to DailyBreeze.com , many of the passengers admitted that they'd never heard of Gavin before, but the experience turned them into fans, despite the less-than-ideal acoustics on board the plane.
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So… yeah. What's up with that, Youtube? It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, lemme tell you: it's such a pain in the butt, a miniature slap in the face of my desire for quick, cheap entertainment.
Life still continues up at camp, and while everything is still going off pretty much without a hitch, there are a few guffaw worthy events that have gone on…
We have church services every Sunday at the camp, and, while you guys know I am possibly one of the least religious people on the planet, I enjoy the ceremony immensely. Sure, I'm not really into the content of the service, but our "chapel" is actually a miniature amphitheater built in the middle of the woods, which is really neat and super beautiful.
As gorgeous as the location is, it isn't without it's drawbacks, namely the excessive heat. During the service, a large portion of the kids sitting in direct sunlight made multiple attempts to move into the sparse shade, but the cooler areas quickly became overcrowded, and the slow footed were forced to stand in the sun.
A log rolled out of place and hit a rock or something.
Oh man, did that log hit someone?
That was no log… that was a kid who, after way to much sun exposure, fainted and dropped to the ground. In the ensuing moments, walkies were yelled into, the Gator was driven, the nurse was alerted… the perfect medical response you'd expect from a well trained group of counselors. Heck, the priest didn't even miss a beat and kept going.
Once we knew the girl was totally fine and uninjured. I turned to Dan and said, "Man, if that camper did something this week that she was guilty about, I bet fainting in church really helped her faith."
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Welcome to Roosevelt School! We are a TK-8 school in the district and we are thrilled to have both a Transitional Kindergarten (TK) class on the Roosevelt campus and in 2013/2014 we had the great honor to graduate the first 8th grade class in our school's 64 year history. Grades K-8 offer a Project Based Learning (PBL) curriculum.
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Internet access: where law, economy, culture and technology meet
AbstractInternet growth has allowed unprecedented widespread access to cultural creation including music and films, to knowledge, and to a wide range of consumer information. At the same time, it has become a huge source of business opportunities. Along with great benefits that this access to the Internet provides, the open and free access to the Internet has encountered large opposition based on political, economical and ethical reasons. An ongoing battle over the control on Internet access has been escalating on all these fronts. In this paper we describe first some of the ideological roots of free access to the Internet along with its main opponents. We then focus on the problem of "Internet piracy" and analyze the efficiency of efforts to reduce the availability of copyrighted creations that are available for non-authorized free download.
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Rate of working poor up in 2004
June 19, 2006
The working poor rate—the ratio of the working poor to all individuals in the labor force at least 27 weeks—was 5.6 percent in 2004, a 0.3-percentage-point increase from the prior year.
Although working full-time (35 or more hours per week) substantially lowers a person's probability of being poor, a majority (58.4 percent) of the working poor usually worked full time. Still, full-time workers were less likely than part-time workers to be considered working poor: in 2004, 3.9 percent of all persons who spent 27 or more weeks in the labor force and usually worked full time were classified as working poor, compared with 11.6 percent of usual part-time workers.
These data were collected in the 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey. For more information see A Profile of the Working Poor, 2004, Report 994 (PDF 87K).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Rate of working poor up in 2004 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/jun/wk3/art01.htm (visited September 23, 2014).
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At one point, Schmidt had the audience repeat after him the following sentence: "In God we trust, all others have to bring data." This is the deepest and most fervent belief of technocrats, but in the lived experience of politics, it is not [Ed. note: s/]he with the most facts or data that wins.
"The Radical Optimism of Eric Schmidt," Alexis Madrigal for The Atlantic, June 29, 2012. (via kthread)
This attitude is precisely what I always used to find a bit unnerving circa 2004-2006 when I visited my friends at Google for lunch. Google was a far less controversial entity back then and still friendly with Apple, but I always found the Googleplex a very different-feeling place from Infinite Loop. While you might think Apple would be the more idealistic and Kool Aid-drinking of the two companies, I always felt that I and my fellow Apple employees were actually pretty pragmatic and only too willing to snarkily point out when the company had done something lame or not up to its usual standards. People associate Apple and Steve Jobs with world-changing rhetoric, but at the time Apple was still an underdog and was mainly scrappily concerned with its own welfare. The people I met at Google, however, seemed to take it for granted that Google's interests always aligned with the world's and that they were part of an enlightened few who were going to make the world a better place through the power of reason and superior intellect. I suspect that this may be somewhat less true today, but it's still hard for me not to view a lot of Google's decisions through the lens of this technocratic arrogance.


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The Solar Impulse is an experimental solar-powered airplane project under development. Ultimately, the team hopes to www.intherooms.com be able to fly around the world powered only by solar power.
Rather than maintaining a consistent level altitude for its flight, the Solar Impulse will capitalize on cheap cialis no prescription the daytime solar energy to climb to higher elevations, and then slowly descend at night, while relying on batteries to maintain forward propulsion. It will climb to nearly 10,000 meters (roughly 33,000 feet) during the follow link canada cialis no prescription day, and gradually soar back down to 3,000 meters (roughly 10,000 feet) altitude at night.
The wingspan for the Solar Impulse is slightly wider than that of the new Airbus A380 double-decker super jumbo jet (80 meters). But the solar Impulse will weigh just 2 tons, versus the 560 tons for the A380. (This is almost as wide a wingspan as was on the NASA Helios solar-electric test aircraft project a few years ago, but that was an unmanned vehicle.)
The project is presently at the prototype design phase of the project. If all goes according to schedule, the team expects to fly around the world some time in 2011.
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Titanfall is out and thus begins the pursuit of finding best possible experience it can offer. This configuration and tweak guide will help you optimize the game for a better overall experience and to improve your competitive advantage. Bear in mind, users currently have no access to the developer console as Respawn likely intends to limit tweaking to create a similar experience for all users, so our ability to customize and optimize is more limited than with other Source games. Even so, there are lots of useful in-game and system tweaks that beat the default settings.


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Occupations with different wage variations
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What do word processors and typists, statistical assistants, pipelayers, chefs and head cooks, and real estate sales agents have in common?
When earnings for these occupations are arranged from lowest to highest, workers at the 10th percentile in each occupation earned very similar wages--about $9.71 per hour. But at higher percentiles the occupational wages are very different.
For example, the 90th percentile wage of word processors and typists is $20.83 per hour; this amount if roughly twice the 10th percentile wage. In comparison, the chefs and head cooks at the 90th percentile hourly wage of $29.20 earn almost 3 times that occupation's 10th percentile wage, and real estate sales agents at the 90th percentile (with hourly wages of $53.61) earn more than 5 times the wages of real estate sales agents at the 10th percentile.
These data are from the Occupational Employment Statistics program. To learn more about occupational employment and earnings, see "Chart book: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006," May 2008, Bulletin 2702. A percentile wage divides the workers in an occupation into two groups: those earning less, and those earning more. For example, a 10th percentile wage indicates that 10 percent workers earn less than the stated amount, and 90 percent earn more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Occupations with different wage variations on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2008/jun/wk3/art05.htm (visited September 23, 2014).
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Inside Wall Street: Staples due to snap back?
A steep decline in its stock attracts bargain-hunters scouting for takeover targets.
When top executives of Staples (SPLS) told analysts this month that second-quarter results were dismal and disappointing, no question was raised about the possibility that the world's leading office products company may end up as an acquisition candidate. But now, that scenario isn't being ruled out by some pros.
The reason: The stock has plummeted since the disclosure of the unexpected quarterly numbers and management's decision to lower 2012 sales and earnings guidance. Shares closed at a new low of $10.70 Monday, down from the 52-week high of $16.84 on Mar. 26. In early 2010, the stock traded as high as $25.93 a share.
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"We believe the stock lacks a near-term catalyst as the macro environment, particularly business spending, remains challenging," laments Rifkin.
But the bullish case for Staples is still alive despite the prevalent negative sentiment on Wall Street towards the stock. One catalyst is the possibility that Staples could end up a takeover target for a private equity group, a larger company or a conglomerate that can better handle and manage its assets and prospects for expansion. Among its rivals in the business are Home Depot (HD), Wal-Mart (WMT), OfficeMax (OMX), and Office Depot (ODP).
Staples, the leading office products market with about 2,300 superstores mostly located in the U.S. (where it operates 1,583 stores), Canada, and Europe, generated net sales of $25 billion in fiscal 2012 (ended Jan. 31). Operating earnings were $2.11 billion, or $1.20 a share, up from $1.21 in fiscal 2011.
Staples also operates in other countries, including China (where it has 28 stores), Australia (17), Sweden (17), Portugal (35), Norway (21), and Argentina (2). Apart from its inventory and assets, Staples' attraction as a possible acquisition candidate is the strategic location of its superstores in the major cities of countries where it operates. And despite headwinds resulting from the uneven global economic recovery, such as the slump in PC sales, the basic fundamentals of Staples' business are intact, according to the bulls.
One of the few bulls on Staples is Ian Gordon of S&P Capital IQ, who rates the stock as a "buy" with a 12-month price target of $18 a share. "We continue to favor Staples' management, strong balance sheet, significant cash generation, and cost synergies from the Corporate Express acquisition that should accrue over the next couple of years," says Gordon.
Although the office supply industry is "saturated," Gordon believes Staples will continue to capture market share from its peers. The shares are attractively valued, recently trading at only 8.3 times S&P's fiscal 2014 earnings which, he notes, is a significant discount to the S&P 500. Gordon forecasts earnings of $1.51 a share for fiscal 2013 and $1.67 for fiscal 2014. Another factor in Staples' favor is its positive dividend policy, which now provides an attractive yield of 3.6%.
Another analyst who is sticking with his buy recommendation on Staples is David Strasser of Janney Capital Markets. He believes one of the catalysts for the company's business is Apple's (AAPL) iPhone. While Staples' mobile phone business showed strong growth, its ultimate success, at least over the near term, depends on Staples getting the iPhone in the U.S., "which we believe is a likely event in the future as Apple expands distribution."
So far, Staples doesn't carry Apple's products in the U.S. Once Staples is able to secure the Apple business, sales are expected to be a possible game changer, as it could also increase its appeal as a potential takeover target.
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