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An innovative Cardiff University website which helps parents facing the difficult decision to test for conditions like Down's syndrome in their unborn child, has scooped a major international prize.
The amnioDex website (http://www.amniodex.com/) was awarded the 'Best of Show' and the 'Gold Award' at the 2009 Health and Science Communications Association (HeSCA) Media Festival held in St Louis, USA last month.
Developed by Professor Glyn Elwyn from Cardiff University's Department of Primary Care and Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology PhD student Marie-Anne Durand, the new website is designed to help those parents to decide whether to undertake an amniocentesis test - where a sample of the amniotic fluid that surrounds the foetus is removed and analysed for chromosome abnormalities.
Professor Glyn Elwyn, who also leads Cardiff University's Decision Laboratory research group, said: "With existing information and support provided to women who are offered an amniocentesis widely considered to be insufficient, amnioDex has been developed to facilitate decision making by providing decisional support and unbiased information. amnioDex has been carefully designed to offer women decisional support and unbiased information, and to assist them in a difficult decision made at a time of strong emotional upheaval. We are thrilled to receive these awards which recognise our commitment to developing and evaluating high-standard decision support interventions".
HeSCA is an international association of communications professionals based in the USA. The HeSCA Media Festival is regarded as the pre-eminent media festival in health sciences in North America. The Festival is described as being "where 'the best of the best' entries in print, video, still media and interactive media compete for distinguished honours".
The Cardiff University team was funded by the Sir Halley Stewart Trust to carry out a needs assessment, development and evaluation of patient decision support for women facing amniocentesis.
The new website includes video clips of women's stories and health professionals, decision making exercises, a forum, and useful contacts list of related charities and support groups.
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Packed with vitamins C, A and E, bell peppers make a great vessel for a savory filling and satisfying dinner. Here's my updated recipe for stuffed bell peppers with lean ground turkey, nutrition-packed quinoa and tomatoes. I've added sweet dried currants, warming spices, plus a little feta cheese for some tang. You can even make the stuffing ahead of time to save time. Notes for dietary options are below.
Classic recipes for stuffed peppers often use green bell peppers, ground beef and rice. For an updated version, I've made a few changes.
Choosing Ground Turkey
First, I prefer mild tasting, lean ground turkey instead of beef. It's a good choice for a healthy animal protein source. When you shop for ground turkey, be sure to read the label or talk with the butcher. Ground turkey can have a big range in terms of fat content. It's not automatically lower in fat than beef, as you might think. If you can get 10% lean ground turkey, it's a good choice. If you prefer beef over turkey, this recipe works great with beef too. Just choose lean beef.
Quinoa – the Power Grain
Instead of rice, I use quinoa. Quinoa is light, fluffy, and packed with protein and fiber. It's also considered a complete protein, which means it provides all of the essential amino acids our bodies need. It's a great swap for rice in this recipe.
Choosing Bell Peppers
For the bell peppers, choose red or orange. Brighter colored peppers have more nutrition in them and a sweeter taste. Pick through what's available and choose fat, round peppers if you can. If all that's at hand is long and narrow, don't worry; the recipe will still work just fine. Just follow my notes.
Choose peppers that are smooth-skinned (not wrinkled), richly colored, and heavy for their size. On shape – if the peppers are short, squatty and round, trim off the top and fill them whole. If they are long and narrow, do not cut off the top; cut them in half stem to end all of the way through for filling. Trim out the ribs and seeds from peppers with your fingers and a sharp paring knife until they are clean inside. After sauteing the filling, stuff your peppers and bake according to my directions below.
Dietary Options
For a vegetarian option, eliminate the turkey and add your favorite bean. Black beans, Cannellini beans, kidney beans or pinto beans all work well. Use canned beans to save time. Rinse and drain them first. I use Eden Organics because they use BPA-free cans. For a vegan or dairy-free option, skip the feta cheese.
Stuffed bell peppers are a healthy, tasty and nutritious main dish. Add a tossed green salad and you are set.
Turkey and Quinoa Stuffed Bell Peppers
Servings: 4
- 3/4 cup (140 grams) uncooked quinoa (red, white or tri-color blend)
- 4 large bell peppers, preferably red or orange
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup (133 grams) chopped onion
- 2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 12 ounces (340 grams) lean ground turkey
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon finely grated fresh ginger (I use the organic jarred puree)
- a few good pinches of kosher or sea salt
- a small pinch of ground black pepper
- 1-14 ounce (411 grams) can of petite diced tomatoes (not drained)
- 2 tablespoons (20 grams) dried currants
- 4 ounces (113 grams) feta cheese, crumbled or cubed very small
- 1/4 cup (13 grams) finely chopped parsley
- Start by cooking your quinoa. For 3/4 of a cup (140 grams) dry quinoa, it will take 1 1/2 cups (355 ml) of water. Be sure to rinse quinoa well under cold running water if it is not pre-rinsed. Bring it to a boil, then cover and turn heat down to low. Cook 18 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to finish by steaming 5-10 minutes more. Fluff with a fork and set aside.
- Prepare your peppers to be stuffed. If the peppers are round and fat, cut of the top to open up the pepper. If the shape is long and narrow, do not cut off the top. Cut the pepper in half lengthwise from stem to bottom. With a sharp paring knife and your fingers, trim out the ribs and seeds until the pepper is clean inside. If they do not sit flat, trim a tiny bit off the bottom so they are stable. Be careful not to cut through the pepper.
- Heat oil in a medium sauté pan or skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until it is soft and translucent. Turn heat down to medium low if it starts to brown. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute, stirring. Add the turkey (or beans), cumin, ginger, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring to break up the turkey, until the pink is just gone. Stir in the tomatoes with their juice, currants, feta and quinoa.
- Fill peppers firmly with the turkey-quinoa mixture. Mound it a little on top. Place peppers in a shallow casserole or baking dish, cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees (177 C) oven until hot all of the way through, or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees (74C), about 35 -40 minutes. Serve as soon as possible Alternatively, cool completely, cover the peppers and refrigerate. To serve the next day, heat covered in a 350 oven until hot.
Notes – For 2 servings: make the entire recipe for the stuffing. Use what you need and freeze the extra for future stuffed peppers. That's a good time saving step.
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Oak Forest's Kyle Flanagan said one college coach told him he should mold his game after NBA star Kevin Love.
Flanagan isn't quite there yet, but the 6-foot-9 junior shows enough promise that several colleges are keeping tabs on him. Northern Illinois, UIC, Western Illinois and Denver have shown interest.
That's what happens when you help lead your rather unknown high school program to an 18-3 record.
"It's been a pretty fun season," Flanagan said. "(Coach Matt Manzke) said it was our first 18-win season since 1987."
The 18th win almost didn't come Monday night. It's possible the Bengals were looking ahead to Friday's huge South Suburban Blue game against Hillcrest, but they didn't play a very good first half and trailed visiting Morris by a point at the break.
A different Oak Forest team arrived in the third quarter, attacking the basket with regularity and wearing down the Redskins for a 67-49 victory.
"Coach just came in and fired us up at halftime," Flanagan said. "This was our first Monday game of the season, and sometimes those can be a little difficult."
Flanagan (18 points, 10 rebounds) was 6-of-10 from the field.
"Kyle has the ability to come out to the 15-foot range and hit that shot or pass the ball," Manzke said. "He's pretty versatile. If he keeps improving he has a chance to be a very good player."
Jason Roland scored 11 and had five rebounds while Tom Shute added nine points, all in the second half.
"We knew Morris did a great job running their motion offense and in the first half we just didn't do a great job helping," Manzke said. "I think our athleticism wore them down a little bit."
Austin Patterson led Morris (14-5) with 19 points and eight rebounds. Jake Walker added 16 points.
Hillcrest coach Don Houston was at the game scouting the Bengals.
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Which is not to say that they won't, just that they haven't. And it would be far more revealing to ask Obama — as well as his challenger — just what he believes caused the failure of the peace process over the last three-plus years. Does he blame himself? Or someone else?
Here's hoping he has the courage to name precisely who is to blame: the Palestinians.
Peace is not a switch you turn on inside the Oval Office; it is a state of affairs, around which many things must happen. It does not occur by virtue of a meeting of leaders, or by amassing signatures on a page. And it does not result from speeches.
Peace is the exhausting of the options of war and incitement. It is the end point after which the other options for conflict and competition are used up. Peace is what happens after many funerals, and many folded flags.
And here is the thing about Israel: It's ready for peace. It's never been more ready. It is a nation ready to blossom in a peaceful age. A nation of remarkable talent and beauty and receptivity. It is a nation of travelers and language learners and cultural experimenters. This is a nation that, when peace comes, its people will know what to do.
But the other side has to reach that moment, too. At times, and in pockets, we have seen it. But not enough. Not nearly enough. The Palestinians haven't exhausted the option of violence. I fear they are still in the early stages.
It would be good for the next American president — whoever he is — to recognize that there will be no peace until both sides have accepted the end of war and incitement. Let those who stand to gain the most from peace demand it. Let them make the sacrifices for it. Let them exhaust themselves to it.
The timetable of the American presidency will not hasten that day. Neither the first day of a presidency nor the last will make any difference. They say peace agreements exist only for people who need peace. In this case, both sides need it. But only one side wants it.
I hope that this recognition will temper the expectations of the Oval Office's occupant on January 21, 2013. Not because I don't wish for peace, but because I wish for peace to mean what the word actually means.
Noam Neusner is a principal with the communications firm 30 Point Strategies. He was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
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Compute the incremental net income of the investment for each year.
Compute the incremental cash flows of the investment for each year.
Suppose the appropriate discount rate is 12 percent. What is the NPV of the project?
Calculating Project NPV Down Under Boomerang, Inc., is considering a new three-year expansion project that requires an initial fixed asset investment of $2.4 million. The fixed asset will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its three-year tax life, after which it will be worthless. The project is estimated to generate $2,050,000 in annual sales, with costs of $950,000. The tax rate is 35 percent and the required return is 12 percent. What is the project's NPV?
Calculating Project Cash Flow from Assets In the previous problem, suppose the project requires an initial investment in net working capital of $285,000 and the fixed asset will have a market value of $225,000 at the end of the project. What is the project's year 0 net cash flow? Year 1? Year 2? Year 3? What is the new NPV?
NPV and Modified ACRS In the previous problem, suppose the fixed asset actually falls into the three-year MACRS class. All the other facts are the same. What is the project's year 1 net cash flow now? Year 2? Year 3? What is the new NPV?
Project Evaluation Your firm is contemplating the purchase of a new $850,000 computer-based order entry system. The system will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. It will be worth $75,000 at the end of that time. You will save $320,000 before taxes per year in order processing costs, and you will be able to reduce working capital by $105,000 (this is a one-time reduction). If the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the IRR for this project?
Project Evaluation Dog Up! Franks is looking at a new sausage system with an installed cost of $420,000. This cost will be depreciated straight-line to zero over the project's five-year life, at the end of which the sausage system can be scrapped for $60,000. The sausage system will save the firm $135,000 per year in pretax operating costs, and the system requires an initial investment in net working capital of $28,000. If the tax rate is 34 percent and the discount rate is 10 percent, what is the NPV of this project?
Calculating Salvage Value An asset used in a four-year project falls in the five-year MACRS class for tax purposes. The asset has an acquisition cost of $8,400,000 and will be sold for $1,900,000 at the end of the project. If the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the aftertax salvage value of the asset?
Calculating NPV Howell Petroleum is considering a new project that complements its existing business. The machine required for the project costs $1.8 million. The marketing department predicts that sales related to the project will be $1.1 million per year for the next four years, after which the market will cease to exist. The machine will be depreciated down to zero over its four-year economic life using the straight-line method. Cost of goods sold and operating expenses related to the project are predicted to be 25 percent of sales. Howell also needs to add net working capital of $150,000 immediately. The additional net working capital will be recovered in full at the end of the project's life. The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. The required rate of return for Howell is 16 percent. Should Howell proceed with the project?
Calculating EAC You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. The Techron I costs $270,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. The Techron II costs $370,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $48,000 per year. For both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project's life and assume a salvage value of $20,000. If your tax rate is 35 percent and your discount rate is 12 percent, compute the EAC for both machines. Which do you prefer? Why?
INTERMEDIATE(Questions 11–27)
Cost-Cutting Proposals Massey Machine Shop is considering a four-year project to improve its production efficiency. Buying a new machine press for $530,000 is estimated to result in $230,000 in annual pretax cost savings. The press falls in the MACRS five-year class, and it will have a salvage value at the end of the project of $70,000. The press also requires an initial investment in spare parts inventory of $20,000, along with an additional $3,000 in inventory for each succeeding year of the project. If the shop's tax rate is 35 percent and its discount rate is 14 percent, should Massey buy and install the machine press?
Comparing Mutually Exclusive Projects Hagar Industrial Systems Company (HISC) is trying to decide between two different conveyor belt systems. System A costs $360,000, has a four-year life, and requires $105,000 in pretax annual operating costs. System B costs $480,000, has a six-year life, and requires $65,000 in pretax annual operating costs. Both systems are to be depreciated straight-line to zero over their lives and will have zero salvage value. Whichever system is chosen, it will not be replaced when it wears out. If the tax rate is 34 percent and the discount rate is 11 percent, which system should the firm choose?
Comparing Mutually Exclusive Projects Suppose in the previous problem that HISC always needs a conveyor belt system; when one wears out, it must be replaced. Which system should the firm choose now?
Comparing Mutually Exclusive Projects Vandalay Industries is considering the purchase of a new machine for the production of latex. Machine A costs $2,400,000 and will last for six years. Variable costs are 35 percent of sales, and fixed costs are $180,000 per year. Machine B costs $5,400,000 and will last for nine years. Variable costs for this machine are 30 percent and fixed costs are $110,000 per year. The sales for each machine will be $10.5 million per year. The required return is 10 percent and the tax rate is 35 percent. Both machines will be depreciated on a straight-line basis. If the company plans to replace the machine when it wears out on a perpetual basis, which machine should you choose?
Capital Budgeting with Inflation Consider the following cash flows on two mutually exclusive projects:
The cash flows of project A are expressed in real terms, whereas those of project B are expressed in nominal terms. The appropriate nominal discount rate is 15 percent and the inflation rate is 4 percent. Which project should you choose?
Inflation and Company Value Sparkling Water, Inc., expects to sell 2.1 million bottles of drinking water each year in perpetuity. This year each bottle will sell for $1.25 in real terms and will cost $.75 in real terms. Sales income and costs occur at year-end. Revenues will rise at a real rate of 6 percent annually, while real costs will rise at a real rate of 5 percent annually. The real discount rate is 10 percent. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. What is Sparkling worth today?
Calculating Nominal Cash Flow Etonic Inc. is considering an investment of $305,000 in an asset with an economic life of five years. The firm estimates that the nominal annual cash revenues and expenses at the end of the first year will be $230,000 and $60,000, respectively. Both revenues and expenses will grow thereafter at the annual inflation rate of 3 percent. Etonic will use the straight-line method to depreciate its asset to zero over five years. The salvage value of the asset is estimated to be $40,000 in nominal terms at that time. The one-time net working capital investment of $10,000 is required immediately and will be recovered at the end of the project. All corporate cash flows are subject to a 34 percent tax rate. What is the project's total nominal cash flow from assets for each year?
Cash Flow Valuation Phillips Industries runs a small manufacturing operation. For this fiscal year, it expects real net cash flows of $155,000. Phillips is an ongoing operation, but it expects competitive pressures to erode its real net cash flows at 5 percent per year in perpetuity. The appropriate real discount rate for Phillips is 11 percent. All net cash flows are received at year-end. What is the present value of the net cash flows from Phillips's operations?
Equivalent Annual Cost Bridgton Golf Academy is evaluating different golf practice equipment. The "Dimple-Max" equipment costs $63,000, has a three-year life, and costs $7,500 per year to operate. The relevant discount rate is 12 percent. Assume that the straight-line depreciation method is used and that the equipment is fully depreciated to zero. Furthermore, assume the equipment has a salvage value of $15,000 at the end of the project's life. The relevant tax rate is 34 percent. All cash flows occur at the end of the year. What is the equivalent annual cost (EAC) of this equipment?
Calculating Project NPV Scott Investors, Inc., is considering the purchase of a $450,000 computer with an economic life of five years. The computer will be fully depreciated over five years using the straight-line method. The market value of the computer will be $80,000 in five years. The computer will replace five office employees whose combined annual salaries are $140,000. The machine will also immediately lower the firm's required net working capital by $90,000. This amount of net working capital will need to be replaced once the machine is sold. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. Is it worthwhile to buy the computer if the appropriate discount rate is 12 percent?
Calculating NPV and IRR for a Replacement A firm is considering an investment in a new machine with a price of $12 million to replace its existing machine. The current machine has a book value of $4 million and a market value of $3 million. The new machine is expected to have a four-year life, and the old machine has four years left in which it can be used. If the firm replaces the old machine with the new machine, it expects to save $4.5 million in operating costs each year over the next four years. Both machines will have no salvage value in four years. If the firm purchases the new machine, it will also need an investment of $250,000 in net working capital. The required return on the investment is 10 percent, and the tax rate is 39 percent. What are the NPV and IRR of the decision to replace the old machine?
Project Analysis and Inflation Sanders Enterprises, Inc., has been considering the purchase of a new manufacturing facility for $150,000. The facility is to be fully depreciated on a straight-line basis over seven years. It is expected to have no resale value after the seven years. Operating revenues from the facility are expected to be $70,000, in nominal terms, at the end of the first year. The revenues are expected to increase at the inflation rate of 5 percent. Production costs at the end of the first year will be $20,000, in nominal terms, and they are expected to increase at 6 percent per year. The real discount rate is 8 percent. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent. Sanders has other ongoing profitable operations. Should the company accept the project?
Calculating Project NPV With the growing popularity of casual surf print clothing, two recent MBA graduates decided to broaden this casual surf concept to encompass a "surf lifestyle for the home." With limited capital, they decided to focus on surf print table and floor lamps to accent people's homes. They projected unit sales of these lamps to be 6,000 in the first year, with growth of 8 percent each year for the next five years. Production of these lamps will require $28,000 in net working capital to start. Total fixed costs are $80,000 per year, variable production costs are $20 per unit, and the units are priced at $48 each. The equipment needed to begin production will cost $145,000. The equipment will be depreciated using the straight-line method over a five-year life and is not expected to have a salvage value. The effective tax rate is 34 percent, and the required rate of return is 25 percent. What is the NPV of this project?
Calculating Project NPV You have been hired as a consultant for Pristine Urban-Tech Zither, Inc. (PUTZ), manufacturers of fine zithers. The market for zithers is growing quickly. The company bought some land three years ago for $1 million in anticipation of using it as a toxic waste dump site but has recently hired another company to handle all toxic materials. Based on a recent appraisal, the company believes it could sell the land for $800,000 on an aftertax basis. In four years, the land could be sold for $900,000 after taxes. The company also hired a marketing firm to analyze the zither market, at a cost of $125,000. An excerpt of the marketing report is as follows:
The zither industry will have a rapid expansion in the next four years. With the brand name recognition that PUTZ brings to bear, we feel that the company will be able to sell 3,100, 3,800, 3,600, and 2,500 units each year for the next four years, respectively. Again, capitalizing on the name recognition of PUTZ, we feel that a premium price of $780 can be charged for each zither. Because zithers appear to be a fad, we feel at the end of the four-year period, sales should be discontinued.
PUTZ feels that fixed costs for the project will be $425,000 per year, and variable costs are 15 percent of sales. The equipment necessary for production will cost $4.2 million and will be depreciated according to a three-year MACRS schedule. At the end of the project, the equipment can be scrapped for $400,000. Net working capital of $120,000 will be required immediately. PUTZ has a 38 percent tax rate, and the required return on the project is 13 percent. What is the NPV of the project? Assume the company has other profitable projects.
Calculating Project NPV Pilot Plus Pens is deciding when to replace its old machine. The machine's current salvage value is $1.8 million. Its current book value is $1.2 million. If not sold, the old machine will require maintenance costs of $520,000 at the end of the year for the next five years. Depreciation on the old machine is $240,000 per year. At the end of five years, it will have a salvage value of $200,000 and a book value of $0. A replacement machine costs $3 million now and requires maintenance costs of $350,000 at the end of each year during its economic life of five years. At the end of the five years, the new machine will have a salvage value of $500,000. It will be fully depreciated by the straight-line method. In five years a replacement machine will cost $3,500,000. Pilot will need to purchase this machine regardless of what choice it makes today. The corporate tax rate is 34 percent and the appropriate discount rate is 12 percent. The company is assumed to earn sufficient revenues to generate tax shields from depreciation. Should Pilot Plus Pens replace the old machine now or at the end of five years?
EAC and Inflation Office Automation, Inc., must choose between two copiers, the XX40 or the RH45. The XX40 costs $1,500 and will last for three years. The copier will require a real aftertax cost of $120 per year after all relevant expenses. The RH45 costs $2,300 and will last five years. The real aftertax cost for the RH45 will be $150 per year. All cash flows occur at the end of the year. The inflation rate is expected to be 5 percent per year, and the nominal discount rate is 14 percent. Which copier should the company choose?
Project Analysis and Inflation Dickinson Brothers, Inc., is considering investing in a machine to produce computer keyboards. The price of the machine will be $530,000, and its economic life is five years. The machine will be fully depreciated by the straight-line method. The machine will produce 15,000 keyboards each year. The price of each keyboard will be $40 in the first year and will increase by 5 percent per year. The production cost per keyboard will be $20 in the first year and will increase by 6 percent per year. The project will have an annual fixed cost of $75,000 and require an immediate investment of $25,000 in net working capital. The corporate tax rate for the company is 34 percent. If the appropriate discount rate is 15 percent, what is the NPV of the investment?
CHALLENGE(Questions 28–38)
Project Evaluation Aguilera Acoustics, Inc. (AAI), projects unit sales for a new seven-octave voice emulation implant as follows:
Production of the implants will require $1,500,000 in net working capital to start and additional net working capital investments each year equal to 15 percent of the projected sales increase for the following year. Total fixed costs are $700,000 per year, variable production costs are $240 per unit, and the units are priced at $325 each. The equipment needed to begin production has an installed cost of $18,000,000. Because the implants are intended for professional singers, this equipment is considered industrial machinery and thus qualifies as seven-year MACRS property. In five years, this equipment can be sold for about 20 percent of its acquisition cost. AAI is in the 35 percent marginal tax bracket and has a required return on all its projects of 18 percent. Based on these preliminary project estimates, what is the NPV of the project? What is the IRR?
Calculating Required Savings A proposed cost-saving device has an installed cost of $540,000. The device will be used in a five-year project but is classified as three-year MACRS property for tax purposes. The required initial net working capital investment is $45,000, the marginal tax rate is 35 percent, and the project discount rate is 12 percent. The device has an estimated year 5 salvage value of $50,000. What level of pretax cost savings do we require for this project to be profitable?
Calculating a Bid Price Another utilization of cash flow analysis is setting the bid price on a project. To calculate the bid price, we set the project NPV equal to zero and find the required price. Thus the bid price represents a financial break-even level for the project. Guthrie Enterprises needs someone to supply it with 130,000 cartons of machine screws per year to support its manufacturing needs over the next five years, and you've decided to bid on the contract. It will cost you $830,000 to install the equipment necessary to start production; you'll depreciate this cost straight-line to zero over the project's life. You estimate that in five years this equipment can be salvaged for $60,000. Your fixed production costs will be $210,000 per year, and your variable production costs should be $8.50 per carton. You also need an initial investment in net working capital of $75,000. If your tax rate is 35 percent and you require a 14 percent return on your investment, what bid price should you submit?
Financial Break-Even Analysis The technique for calculating a bid price can be extended to many other types of problems. Answer the following questions using the same technique as setting a bid price; that is, set the project NPV to zero and solve for the variable in question.
In the previous problem, assume that the price per carton is $14 and find the project NPV. What does your answer tell you about your bid price? What do you know about the number of cartons you can sell and still break even? How about your level of costs?
Solve the previous problem again with the price still at $14—but find the quantity of cartons per year that you can supply and still break even. (Hint: It's less than 130,000.)
Repeat (b) with a price of $14 and a quantity of 130,000 cartons per year, and find the highest level of fixed costs you could afford and still break even. (Hint: It's more than $210,000.)
Calculating a Bid Price Your company has been approached to bid on a contract to sell 9,000 voice recognition (VR) computer keyboards a year for four years. Due to technological improvements, beyond that time they will be outdated and no sales will be possible. The equipment necessary for the production will cost $3.2 million and will be depreciated on a straight-line basis to a zero salvage value. Production will require an investment in net working capital of $75,000 to be returned at the end of the project, and the equipment can be sold for $200,000 at the end of production. Fixed costs are $600,000 per year, and variable costs are $165 per unit. In addition to the contract, you feel your company can sell 4,000, 12,000, 14,000, and 7,000 additional units to companies in other countries over the next four years, respectively, at a price of $275. This price is fixed. The tax rate is 40 percent, and the required return is 13 percent. Additionally, the president of the company will undertake the project only if it has an NPV of $100,000. What bid price should you set for the contract?
Replacement Decisions Suppose we are thinking about replacing an old computer with a new one. The old one cost us $650,000; the new one will cost $780,000. The new machine will be depreciated straight-line to zero over its five-year life. It will probably be worth about $140,000 after five years.
The old computer is being depreciated at a rate of $130,000 per year. It will be completely written off in three years. If we don't replace it now, we will have to replace it in two years. We can sell it now for $230,000; in two years it will probably be worth $90,000. The new machine will save us $125,000 per year in operating costs. The tax rate is 38 percent, and the discount rate is 14 percent.
Suppose we recognize that if we don't replace the computer now, we will be replacing it in two years. Should we replace now or should we wait? (Hint: What we effectively have here is a decision either to "invest" in the old computer—by not selling it—or to invest in the new one. Notice that the two investments have unequal lives.)
Suppose we consider only whether we should replace the old computer now without worrying about what's going to happen in two years. What are the relevant cash flows? Should we replace it or not? (Hint: Consider the net change in the firm's aftertax cash flows if we do the replacement.)
Project Analysis Benson Enterprises is evaluating alternative uses for a three-story manufacturing and warehousing building that it has purchased for $850,000. The company can continue to rent the building to the present occupants for $36,000 per year. The present occupants have indicated an interest in staying in the building for at least another 15 years. Alternatively, the company could modify the existing structure to use for its own manufacturing and warehousing needs. Benson's production engineer feels the building could be adapted to handle one of two new product lines. The cost and revenue data for the two product alternatives are as follows:
The building will be used for only 15 years for either product A or product B. After 15 years the building will be too small for efficient production of either product line. At that time, Benson plans to rent the building to firms similar to the current occupants. To rent the building again, Benson will need to restore the building to its present layout. The estimated cash cost of restoring the building if product A has been undertaken is $29,000. If product B has been manufactured, the cash cost will be $35,000. These cash costs can be deducted for tax purposes in the year the expenditures occur.
Benson will depreciate the original building shell (purchased for $850,000) over a 30-year life to zero, regardless of which alternative it chooses. The building modifications and equipment purchases for either product are estimated to have a 15-year life. They will be depreciated by the straight-line method. The firm's tax rate is 34 percent, and its required rate of return on such investments is 12 percent.
For simplicity, assume all cash flows occur at the end of the year. The initial outlays for modifications and equipment will occur today (year 0), and the restoration outlays will occur at the end of year 15. Benson has other profitable ongoing operations that are sufficient to cover any losses. Which use of the building would you recommend to management?
Project Analysis and Inflation The Biological Insect Control Corporation (BICC) has hired you as a consultant to evaluate the NPV of its proposed toad ranch. BICC plans to breed toads and sell them as ecologically desirable insect control mechanisms. They anticipate that the business will continue into perpetuity. Following the negligible start-up costs, BICC expects the following nominal cash flows at the end of the year:
The company will lease machinery for $25,000 per year. The lease payments start at the end of year 1 and are expressed in nominal terms. Revenues will increase by 5 percent per year in real terms. Labor costs will increase by 3 percent per year in real terms. Other costs will increase by 1 percent per year in real terms. The rate of inflation is expected to be 6 percent per year. BICC's required rate of return is 10 percent in real terms. The company has a 34 percent tax rate. All cash flows occur at year-end. What is the NPV of BICC's proposed toad ranch today?
Project Analysis and Inflation Sony International has an investment opportunity to produce a new HDTV. The required investment on January 1 of this year is $175 million. The firm will depreciate the investment to zero using the straight-line method over four years. The investment has no resale value after completion of the project. The firm is in the 34 percent tax bracket. The price of the product will be $550 per unit, in real terms, and will not change over the life of the project. Labor costs for year 1 will be $16.75 per hour, in real terms, and will increase at 2 percent per year in real terms. Energy costs for year 1 will be $4.35 per physical unit, in real terms, and will increase at 3 percent per year in real terms. The inflation rate is 5 percent per year. Revenues are received and costs are paid at year-end. Refer to the following table for the production schedule:
The real discount rate for Sony is 8 percent. Calculate the NPV of this project.
Project Analysis and Inflation After extensive medical and marketing research, Pill, Inc., believes it can penetrate the pain reliever market. It is considering two alternative products. The first is a medication for headache pain. The second is a pill for headache and arthritis pain. Both products would be introduced at a price of $5.25 per package in real terms. The headache-only medication is projected to sell 4 million packages a year, whereas the headache and arthritis remedy would sell 6 million packages a year. Cash costs of production in the first year are expected to be $2.45 per package in real terms for the headache-only brand. Production costs are expected to be $2.75 in real terms for the headache and arthritis pill. All prices and costs are expected to rise at the general inflation rate of 5 percent.
Either product requires further investment. The headache-only pill could be produced using equipment costing $15 million. That equipment would last three years and have no resale value. The machinery required to produce the broader remedy would cost $21 million and last three years. The firm expects that equipment to have a $1 million resale value (in real terms) at the end of year 3.
Pill, Inc., uses straight-line depreciation. The firm faces a corporate tax rate of 34 percent and believes that the appropriate real discount rate is 13 percent. Which pain reliever should the firm produce?
Calculating Project NPV J. Smythe, Inc., manufactures fine furniture. The company is deciding whether to introduce a new mahogany dining room table set. The set will sell for $5,600, including a set of eight chairs. The company feels that sales will be 1,800, 1,950, 2,500, 2,350, and 2,100 sets per year for the next five years, respectively. Variable costs will amount to 45 percent of sales, and fixed costs are $1.9 million per year. The new tables will require inventory amounting to 10 percent of sales, produced and stockpiled in the year prior to sales. It is believed that the addition of the new table will cause a loss of 250 tables per year of the oak tables the company produces. These tables sell for $4,500 and have variable costs of 40 percent of sales. The inventory for this oak table is also 10 percent of sales. J. Smythe currently has excess production capacity. If the company buys the necessary equipment today, it will cost $16 million. However, the excess production capacity means the company can produce the new table without buying the new equipment. The company controller has said that the current excess capacity will end in two years with current production. This means that if the company uses the current excess capacity for the new table, it will be forced to spend the $16 million in two years to accommodate the increased sales of its current products. In five years, the new equipment will have a market value of $3.1 million if purchased today, and $7.4 million if purchased in two years. The equipment is depreciated on a seven-year MACRS schedule. The company has a tax rate of 40 percent, and the required return for the project is 14 percent.
Should J. Smythe undertake the new project?
Can you perform an IRR analysis on this project? How many IRRs would you expect to find?
How would you interpret the profitability index?


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The Morning Read: 'Animal House' Disgrace, Quadrant Problems and Turkeys
Features By Scott Beggs on November 26, 2013 | Be the First To CommentThe best movie culture writing from around the internet-o-sphere. Just leave a tab open for us, will ya?
Movie News After Dark: Remembering Ralph McQuarrie, Watching Film Critics, Original Movie Ideas and a Sherlock/Dr. Who Duet
Movie News By Neil Miller on March 5, 2012 | Comments (1)What is Movie News After Dark? It's a nightly collection of links, movie news, happy things and sad things. Tonight we begin with something sad, because it's easily the biggest story of the night. We begin this evening on a sad note. Over the weekend, Ralph McQuarrie passed away. Some of you may not know the name, but you've seen his work. In fact, his work may have defined a lot of what you consider to be the iconography of your childhood. He's the man who helped George Lucas craft the look of a little project called Star Wars, among other things. Better men than I have written excellent obituaries. I found Drew McWeeney on Ralph McQuarrie and AICN's Eric Vespe on Ralph McQuarrie to be the best of them. Also, Geek Tyrant has a great gallery of Ralph McQuarrie art.
College kids are very much focused on and engaged with the present. They know the hippest music that came out this month, they're passionate as hell about whatever social issue was being talked about on the cable news channels this morning. Talk about something new, and a nineteen-year-old's eyes light up. But talk about their dad's favorite music or the social issues the world was going through twenty years ago, and they glaze over. So why can you go in any dorm in the country today and still find someone watching John Landis's 1978 comedy Animal House? This film is an everlasting staple of college life. The Deer Hunter won Best Picture in 1978, but good luck walking into a college party and trying to get anybody to watch that. But if you tell them you're popping in a copy of Animal House, they'd be totally cool with it. To a college kid 1994 seems like ancient history. Yet, comparatively, the stuff that was made in 1994 feels much more contemporary than stuff from 1978. So why is it that if you asked a college kid what his favorite line from Animal House is he would probably have an answer, but if you asked him what his favorite line from the 1994 college comedy PCU is, he would look back at you with a blank stare (trust me, I manage college-aged employees at my day job, I do these tests)? PCU resembles current comedies much more than Animal House does […]
This Week in Blu-ray Returns With Epic TV Box Sets, Kenny Powers, Animated Brilliance and Source Code
Blu-ray Spotlight By Neil Miller on August 2, 2011 | Be the First To CommentBack by popular demand, This Week in Blu-ray is here and ready to take on a big week of reviews in high definition. Sine we've been away for more than a few good releases, many of them have been included in this week's entry. The highlights are many as we traverse through a world of major TV box set releases, great animated adventures, raunch comedy from the 70s and 80s, raunch comedy in the modern era, big action, big muscles, charming documentaries and at least one movie you should absolutely avoid at all costs. Torchwood: The Complete Original UK Series Seeing as this column has been away for a few weeks and I'm going to be catching up with some of the best and brightest releases we missed, I'm calling for a temporary rule change and allowing myself two — count 'em — two picks of the week. First, because it would be near impossible for me to choose between the two. And (b), because they fit so well together. The first of these two must-have television sets is Torchwood, the Doctor Who spin-off about a secret British agency led by a mysterious American named Jack Harkness who has one advantage over the hordes of aliens he comes into contact with: he can't die. Led by this immortal man, a team of gifted, otherwise ordinary humans work to protect humanity from any threat, be it alien, supernatural or otherwise strange and interesting. Now, you may be thinking to yourself "I […]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A leader is someone who has the authority to tell a group of people what to do. A leader can also represent a group of people.
For example, the Prime Minister of Canada has the authority to govern the society of Canada and represent the people of Canada.
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Al Nakheel Hotel Apartment Dubai is located in Deira Dubai near clock tower, in the middle of Dubai's business districts, Al Nakheel Hotel is placed behind the Al Ghurair Shopping Centre with many other shopping malls in proximity.
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7-Mar-13 to 7-Mar-15
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Breeze is the biggest programme ever to get more women into riding bikes for fun. Our aim is to help thousands more women feel confident and comfortable about going on a ride.
While cycling is becoming more and more popular in the UK, the proportion of women getting involved is actually declining. We want to change that.
Bromley now has a Breeze Champion and she is organising some great bike rides around the borough for you! Rides go at a speed that suits everyone and they often start or finish at a cafe so everyone can have a drink and a chat.
To find out more, please go to the facebook page or the email link in the listing. Our first ride is on Friday 8th March from Cator Park, Beckenham. Meet at the information board by the flag pole at 10am.
Times and prices are subject to change. Contact venue before setting out.


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Green Day discuss Uno! Dos! Tre! collection
TROUBLED Green Day rocker Billie Joe Armstrong looks at ease as he discusses the band's new trilogy of albums in an exclusive video filmed for The Sun.
Filmed before the frontman checked into rehab for substance abuse, Billie looks forward to the forthcoming Uno! Dos! Tre! collection, which will be released in three stages over the coming months.


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The 2013 Major League Baseball Season gets officially under way today (the season doesn't start until the first pitch in Cincinnati because that's just how things work) and Getting Blanked is, to say the least, excited.
Predictions are a fool's errand. Baseball and life have their ways of getting in the way of just about everybody's best laid plans. The echoes of previously misguided predictions haunt the predictor forever. Nobody predicted the Orioles would make the playoffs last year, which means any prediction which doesn't tap the Orioles as a playoff-bound club in 2013 receives a whole lot of "didn't you pick them to finish last in 2012, idiot?"
In the twitter age of instant punditry, there is no worse feeling than making a somewhat bold or declarative statement and seeing a few eager trolls banging away on the "favorite" button, stashing that proclamation away for safe-keeping and posterity.
To mark the occasion and heavily hedge our bets, let me roll out a season preview full of sub-predictions. Not predictions as much as statements: nine baseballish things that we believe in enough to put in writing. Feel free to file under "what was he thinking?" for reference in six months.
- Jason Heyward Takes His Seat At The Elite Table
Jason Heyward represents quite the condundrum for armchair analysts. After his star turn as a rookie, Heyward struggled through injury and ineffecitiveness in his follow-up season, making swing changes and not looking like the 20-year old who turned heads in 2010.
Last season, many BARVES fans did not know what to expect from Heyward. As passionaite fans, they worried about his effort level and compared him, often unfavorably, to Prodigal Son Jeff Francouer. The Braves themselves didn't seem sure of what to make of Heyward, often hitting him as low as sixth in the batting order and generally not getting the best from their stud right fielder.
Heyward, of course, exploded in 2012 with a serious power surge to go with his spectacular play in right field. While the legendary patience he displayed in his rookie campaign slipped to league-average, Heyward hit for power and posted a 6 fWAR season, hitting 27 home runs and stealing 21 bases in the process.
What freed him up for the breakout? Was it the Braves measured approached or did Heyward's talent show how squandered he was for much of his early career?
The BARVES are squandering Heyward no more. Despite bringing in the brothers Upton to man their outfield, this is now Heyward's team. The 23-year old now occupies the locker previously held by longtime Braves linchpin Chipper Jones. He will hit second to start the season, an ideal place for a hitter with his power/patience combination.
This might well be the season we see Jason Heyward put both of those considerable attributes to good use. The power and production of 2012 with the patience that made him a record-setting on base machine during his rookie campaign. Hitting in a more balanced lineup on a very good team, Heyward should figure into the MVP conversation come the fall. Of all the additions the BARVES made this winter, unleashing the new face of their franchise will end up being the best one of all.
- Company in the Cellar
The Houston Astros are baseball's convinent whipping boy. They slashed their payroll and gutted the team of anyone making any real money, famously bringing the overall salary payout to below that of Alex Rodriguez. The Astros will pay pre-arbitration players nearly an equal amount to arb and free agent players. An unprecedented move.
The Astros are in the middle of a very significant rebuild. The pre-arb players in their mix are not exactly the Mike Trouts and Manny Machado's of the world. Those type players are coming to Houston, but this is the low end of their ebb. The Astros are going to be very bad and lose a lot of baseball games.
The Astros are getting more attention for their looming 100 loss season but they are not alone. There are plenty of spectacularly bad teams in baseball this year. The Miami Marlins gutted their team of any and all high earners, leaving poor Giancarlo Stanton (himself gazing toward his first arbitration reward this winter) to fend for himself. The Marlins lineup is pathetic, with Placido Polanco hitting cleanup at times and Juan freaking Pierre leading off. These Marlins will lose a lot of games in their own right.
The Colorado Rockies don't get enough credit for being a laughing stock. This is an organization which makes one head-scratching decision after another, most of which stem from their inability to develop quality pitching to combat the soul-destroying effects of Coors Field.
The Rockies have Troy Tulowitzki, they have Carlos Gonzalez, and they have Dexter Fowler. Their rotation is in shambles and their division is getting more competetive by the day. Don't sleep on the Rockies, they're potential for awfulness is high (or low, as it were.)
The Minnesota Twins rotation to start the season looks like this: Vance Worley/Kevin Correia/Mike Pelfrey/Liam Hendriks/Cole DeVries.
That's it. That's the joke.
It appears they are turning things around on the prospect front, eschewing their "pitch to contact" mantra in favor of the radical idea to draft and develop pitchers who are good. But those pitchers and Byron Buxton won't save Joe Mauer in 2013. 100 losses remain a distinct possibility.
- The AL West Will End Up a Complete Catastrophe
To say the AL West is wide open is a little misleading. The Angels added Josh Hamilton and still employ Mike Trout and Albert Pujols. Yet the Angels seem vulnerable, thanks to an iffy pitching staff beyond ace Jered Weaver and the lingering effects of Scioscialism. Might this be the year the Angels tune out their legendary manager, running his powerful lineup into too many outs? What are Tommy Hanson, Joe Blanton, and C.J. Wilson actually going to produce for this team?
The Rangers looked like world beaters through much of 2012. Many people, myself included, got caught up in the balanced lineup and strong defense and began making "best team since _______" style statements. Then the wheels came off, as the Rangers folded and lost the AL West crown to the upstart A's on the final day of the season, eventually losing the Wild Card play-in game to the Baltimore Orioles.
Between Ron Washington's mystifying decision making and murmurs of a growing rift in the front office, there more question about the Rangers around the diamond. Their pitching, like the Angels, is far from a sure thing. Replacing Josh Hamilton won't be easy, even if he did all but disappear in the second half of the season (relatively.) Nobody is making "best team since ______" statements about the 2013 Texas Rangers, a team with plenty to prove.
Figure out the Oakland Athletics, I dare you. Most teams which unexpectedly pick up wins in one season tend to give them back in the next. Whatever pixie dust worked on the A's in 2012 surely wore off, right? Right?
The aforementioned Astros are muddy these waters completely. If they're as bad as many people expect, the Angels and Rangers should get fat picking off cheap wins from this undermanned side. But then again, what if the Astros and their cabal of geniuses are right and Houston isn't nearly as bad as everyone expects? What about the Mariners, who made an about-face after years of run prevention emphasis by bringing in as many one dimensional sluggers as they could get their hands on?
The smart money is on one of the Wild Cards teams coming out of the AL West, given the apparent disparity in talent. Yet the good teams aren't without their warts and the bad teams aren't without their redeeming features. The AL West will be a lot of things, dull is not one of them.
- The Nats Pillars of Greatness
Remember when the Rays first became competitive and the common refrain was to flippantly dismiss them as a team benefiting from repeatedly picking very early in the first round of the amateur draft? As they last few years have shown, that wasn't exactly the case.
The Washington Nationals, the noveau-riche NL East powerhouse, are sort of exactly that. They were so bad for so long they had the first overall pick in two consecutive seasons. The Nats had the good fortune to be bad at the right time, as their reward for miserable season after miserable season was Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg.
The Nats won the NL East in 2012 for many reasons, their pitching staff's unusual health chief among them. The Nats received unexpectedly production form 19-year old Bryce Harper, acquitting himself incredibly well for such an inexperienced player. Stephen Strasburg emerged from the Tommy John wilderness to look the part of one of baseball's best pitchers, though the Nats insistence on the Kid Glove Treatment prevented him from truly making a mark.
Players tend not to develop in a linear fashion. Bryce Harper won't be X% better in 2013 just because he's a year older, and Stephen Strasburg has been a finished product for so long you have to squint to find an area in which he stands to improve.
Neither Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper are normal baseball players. They are they types of talent that don't come along every year. The are spotted a mile away and their ascendance to the upper echelons of the game's elite seem as but assured. Two such preternaturally talented players stand to become two of the very best players in the game. Right now.
Both Harper and Strasburg excite us with their ability and their drive to improve. The Nats took steps to bolster their roster in many facets for the 2013 follow-up to their first DC playoff berth, but these two young players will decide their franchise fortunes for a long, long time – starting today.
- The Dodgers Throw Good Money After Bad
For all their big spending ways, the Dodgers fail to excite me. Sure, they improved in a very real way in a very short period of time. But this team built to win now seems…uninspiring. You and I both know how good a player Carl Crawford was, but does that mean we can expect Carl Crawford to ever be that good player again?
The same holds true for Hanley Ramirez and Adrian Gonzalez. Of these three players, Hanley seems like the most likely to rediscover his old form as one of the game's best players but the question marks around the diamond are real. Andre Ethier? If you insist. Josh Beckett? Power pitchers have a hard time getting away with mistakes when the power isn't quite what it was.
The Dodgers plan is sound: spare no expense in bringing as much talent as you can find and throw it on the field together. Assume that talent will rise as it should and you have yourself quite the team. But I'm unconvinced. The annoying Diamondbacks and borderline inexplicable defending World Series Champion San Francisco Giants (!!!) look like better teams on paper.
The Dodgers will have to wait for another opportunity to throw more of their paper around to plug whichever holes open up in their roster in 2013.
- RIP Service Time Concerns
It doesn't take a genius to understand why teams game the service time of their top prospects. For many teams, that extra year of control can represent the savings of millions of dollars and a whole lot of trade value.
But the ongoing trend to lock players up to long-term, TEAM X FOR LIFE style contracts seems to have minimized these concerns. Besides, isn't huge escalating arbitration rewards the very best kind of problem to have?
The Red Sox caught a lot of flack for adding young outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to their Opening Day roster, starting his service clock somewhat prematurely. All the Sox needed to do was keep Bradley in the minors for a few weeks to stave off free agency for one year, six years from now mind you.
Promising as Bradley might be, what are the chances he doesn't struggle at all during his first few seasons? Are we to believe Bradley, unlike so many inexperienced players, will not make use of any of his minor league options from this point forward?
More importantly, if Bradley is such a can't miss stud who is in the show for the rest of his career, isn't the production he provides during these pre-arbitration years worth something?
The more teams lock up their own starts, steering well clear of the ugly mess that is free agency, the less emphasis we will see placed on service time. Heavily budgeted teams like Rays still need to play this game but the game is so awash in cash right now, coughing up a few extra dollars for a very good player doesn't seem like a battle worth fighting.
- The American League East – First Team to 88 Wins Takes It
Count out the aging Yankees. Disregard the transitioning Red Sox. Write off the fluky Orioles. Question the impact of the Blue Jays remake. Mock the Rays. Do each and every one of these things at your peril, because the American League East will not be for the meek in 2013.
Are the Jays the best team on paper? You can make that case. Are the Yankees the worst? They just might be. Either way, there isn't a really bad team in this division. These teams could all end up with 85 wins, fighting and clawing each other back to the pack while the Tigers clinch their division title on the Fourth of July.
Write the names of the five AL East teams on a scrap of paper, put them in a hat and draw them out one by one. Do it five times, noting the order in which they were drawn. Look at each of these five random scenarios and honestly tell yourself you cannot envision the final ALE standings looking that way. Buckle up.
- The Nerds Keep Making Inroads
Given the fanfare surrounding the increasing devotion to number crunching and analysis in baseball, it is easy to forget most other sports still don't operate this way. The NBA is in the midst of their own statistical revolution, where analysts and front office types "clash" with hardened basketball men who know the game inside and out.
Baseball has been fighting this battle much longer, so the ripples are more visible across the game. More importantly, teams are figuring how to get buy in from their "uniformed personnel" when it comes to implementing new processes and ways of looking at things.
It doesn't take much and nobody is trying to reinvent the wheel. Something simple the the Cleveland Indians posting a scoreboard in their Cactus League clubhouse, tracking which of their pitchers throws the highest percentage of strikes in 1-1 counts. A simple way to get players to reevaluate they approach the game without being intrusive.
Little things on the team level combined with big things on the individual level. Teams investing humongous dollars into players based on what they do, not how many games they "win". The Mariners made Felix Hernandez the richest pitcher in the game (ever so briefly) despite winning more than 14 games only once. By incentivizing individual performance independent of factors beyond the player's control, front offices continue to reshape the game, probably for the better.
- The World Series Champion Will Be…
I have no godly idea. The Nats are the best team, the Tigers have the surest path to the crapshoot that is playoff baseball. The Giants are still the Giants, the Cardinals stand poised to lap the field in terms of talent acquisition. The Blue Jays are sexy, the Braves are talented. The Rays are confounding. Honestly, who knows?
Gun to head: the St. Louis Cardinals will emerge as the best organization in baseball and will, once again, have the hardware to prove it. Now don't hold me to this. Baseball is back, more than anything, enjoy!


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MCV Cable Cares, the community programs division of MCV Broadband, Jamaican Grill, McDonald's of Guam, DPW Office of Highway Safety, Take Care and Hornet Sports are proud to announce the first annual "Kids 4 Kids Movies with Santa" on Saturday, December 15th, at the Ypao Beach Amphitheater was huge success! Together, we were able to spread the holiday spirit to over 3,500 event attendees and featured the holiday films "Arthur Christmas" and "The Polar Express" with special performances by the St. John's Bell Choir and St. Paul's School Choir. Over a hundred gifts were raffled off to children ages 2-12 years old and all prizes that were not claimed were donated the Salvation Army. MCV also gave away free popcorn and cotton candy throughout the night and Santa was there to meet the kids. This is the second MCV Cable Cares Movie event we've had this year. The first one was "The Liberation Movie Fest" that was a huge success. "This is a great way to spend an evening with friends and family. For parents that are watching their spending, this is perfect because the event is free!" said Thomas Higa, MCV Broadband's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. The MCV Cable Cares Kids 4 Kids Movies with Santa is sponsored by Sbarro, Quaker, Underground Dungeon, KD Toys, Guam Visitors Bureau, Department of Parks and Recreation, Underwater World, Foremost and Cost U Less. MCV Cable Cares is an organization that assists the Guam community with numerous contributions to non-profit organizations and programs that benefit our Island's children. Past MCV Cable Cares Articles


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Emerson is investing R$60 million (approximately US$35 million) to expand its manufacturing plant and operations facility in Sorocaba, in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Located about 95 kilometers west of the city of Sao Paulo, Emerson's campus in Sorocaba will become the company's headquarters in Brazil, and the company plans to consolidate its shared-services functions at the site, including finance, administration, legal, IT, marketing, logistics, and customer service. Emerson is also constructing a new 45,000-square-meter facility for its manufacturing and office needs. During a memorandum of intent signing event with Sorocaba city officials, Ed Monser, Emerson's chief operating officer, said that Brazil continues to be a key market for Emerson's worldwide operations and will grow as the economic recovery takes hold. "This investment will position all of Emerson's businesses to better serve our customers in Brazil and reinforce our long-standing commitment to growing our market in this country and throughout Latin America," Monser said. In Sorocaba, Emerson Process Management currently manufactures magnetic flow meters, control valves and pressure regulators, pressure transmitters and control systems used to improve operating efficiency within process manufacturing plants, such as refineries. Emerson's Sorocaba facility also provides asset management services, systems integration, custody transfer and natural gas regulator skids, and flow lab instrument calibration. The new facility will house multiple Emerson businesses, including Emerson Process Management, Emerson Network Power, Emerson Climate Technologies, Emerson Industrial Automation and Emerson Professional Tools. The number of employees who will work at Emerson's Sorocaba campus is expected to double once construction is completed. The first phase of construction will begin in the first quarter of 2010 and is expected to be fully completed by the second quarter of 2012.
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I started 3 of these, two germinated in the same cup, none of the others. I tried 3 more and none have germinated. Has any one had any luck or got any tricks for a stubborn to germinate basil? |
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Good sterile seed starting soil. Keep it moist but not soaking wet, warm with a heat mat and use plenty of light. The seedlings will sprout more reliably if they are fresh. For every year after the seeds have been collected, you lose about 30% of them to age and dehydration. Seeds older than 5 or so years will not usually sprout, or you may get one or two out of fifty. The photo shows the flower stalks and they should be pinched off to encourage more side leaf growth. See my other other recent posts about the proper seed starting mixes. NEVER use soil from a garden to start new seedlings. |
- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 19, 09 at 16:51
I've direct sowed holy basil into my vegetable garden for 3 years now with great success. Given the number of young plants that sprout, I have very high germination rates. I also direct sow thai and other types of basil as well with good success. While indoor starts can give you a jump on the season, direct sow some as well to spread out your harvest window. FataMorgana |
- Posted by cyrus_gardner (My Page) on Fri, Mar 27, 09 at 22:05
Basils are warm weather crop. Starting from seeds will take months. I have done that. But I stil plant seeds too. To get a head start buy a bunch from supermarket (Korean/ oriental) put them in water and let them root. Then plant them. Later, also use cutting of your plant, put them in water, place them in shade. When they root, plant them. One note: pinch off all leave except three or four on top. Try Tie basils. They are very flavorful and have a pinkish color. |
All my basil seeds germinate in less than 2 weeks. I start them indoors with heat mats under the trays of pots. Cilantro once dried has almost no flavor at all. I don't even bother to dry it or use any dried in any recipes. |
- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 28, 09 at 13:34
Not all basils are created equal... Sacred Basil or tulsi still has flavor when dried - it is very different from the basils you find in the produce department of your local supermarket. Tulsi is sometimes used in herbal teas. In fact there is a whole line of tulsi tea commercially available. I think the company that puts it out is called "Simply India." Pretty tasty. I also find that the thai basil (I usually grow "Siam Queen") also retains flavor when dry. Not as much as the fresh but the thai basil I dried last season came in handy when I made pho (vietnamese noodle soup) during the winter. Thai basil is a necessary component - it wouldn't taste right without it. It is not something that I can readily find even in the specialty shops so I have to grow my own. Other basils, use them fresh or freeze for use in pestos and other dishes. Dried really isn't the same. FataMorgana |
Ya'll, I slapped one nursery purcased basil into my garden and because I didn't know better let it go to flower and seed. That sucker kept coming back for two years, even in my compost pile! I would suggest starting it in place in warm weather and cutting off the flowers...my wife loves pesto but I don't love weeding! |
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It's been a while since we've thought about Ricky Rubio, so it's good to know he's still out there somewhere, hitting trick shots and smiling a heavily-bearded smile. Some things never change and I'm glad this is one of those things.
Video: Ricky Rubio hits a trick shot in a knee brace
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