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Ninth-grade Kick MS Team One Kick Wonder: Parker Tamucci, Riley Smith, Adam Tamucci, Edward Berry, David Stone, Cooper Cashio, Lillie Young, Margie Cashio, Frances Lyon and Emma Sanders.
Since 2012, the Spartan Council, Mountain Brook Junior High School's student leadership group, has raised more than $100,000.00 to fight multiple sclerosis.
The Kick MS Kickball tournaments, which have become annual events, involve students in having fun while raising money to fight a disease that affects so many.
What began as a singular fundraiser has now grown into an annual event that involves several hundred students each year.
The MS Society of Alabama/Mississippi helps to sponsor the events, which are held in August and November of each year.
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Moka pot recommendations
Posted by TheShot on 17 Jan 2006 | Tagged as: Home Brew, Machine
Until I create something of a "mailbag" section on this site, I'll post some of the more interesting questions, and my replies, here.
At 03:52 PM 1/16/2006 -0600, _ _ wrote:
>I've really enjoyed your site. I was wondering if you had a recommendation
>for a good Moka stovetop maker. In addition, do have a recommendation for
>coffee for the moka? lastly, how fine a grind do you need for the moka?
Thanks, Josh. As for a good Moka stovetop, you can't go wrong with the standards: Bialetti makes many good ones and are always worthwhile. Some come with more design, some are just all about function. Alternatively, the Neapolitan stove top maker, which has two chambers that are flipped over during the brewing process, is also pretty unique and makes good coffee.
In any case, I'll I learned a couple of tips about them I can share — and you're fully entitled to ignore them!
First, in Italy most people use Moka pots at home. And they buy what would be considered the puny ones here: 1-2 cup sizes. Some of the stores sell the 6-8 cup sized ones, but those are literally purchased only by American tourists. Reason being that Italians (and I'm not even remotely Italian, btw) like to brew a fresh pot rather than let a big one sit around. Of course, American appetites for beverages are in the Super Big Gulp® range… so to each his own.
Second tip: tamp the grinds in the top a little. Not too hard, but just enough to make some extra room in the basket for some extra coffee. At least that's the way I like it. Some really put muscle into it and try to smash atoms together. Others just let the grounds lie where they are like a snowfall. I do something inbetween: I take a small wooden tamper (or use the back of a large spoon) to tamp it down just a little. It brings out more coffee flavor to keep it from tasting too much like drip coffee, but it's not so compacted to cause a meltdown and risk getting only a half ounce of crud.
As for a grind, I wouldn't suggest anything too fine. The coffee will fall through the holes too much … or might get shot through with just a little bit of pressure. I may have a semi-professional Mazzer Mini grinder at home, but it's completely overkill. So I stick to the blade grinder (i.e., "chopper"). Most Italian homes, for example, have access to only the most basic of coffee grinders and that suffices. So I would suggest getting as fine a grain as you can get with a relatively inexpensive grinder.
Good luck, and please write back with any findings to share.
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How to write a business email in English
In many English speaking businesses, email is the main form of communication. Here are some quick English language tips to help you write professional emails.
Who to Include
- To - for people who the email is addressing and who may need to respond
- CC (Carbon Copy) - people who also need to see your email
- BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) – people who you want to see your email, but who you don't want others to see. This is secretive and needs to be used with caution.
Note: Unless it's important that everyone reads your response, avoid using Reply All when responding to a group email. This is a quick and easy route to irritating people!
Subject Line
It is important that your subject line states exactly what your email is about, but is not the entire email. Keep it short.
- Good: Marketing Meeting Agenda
- Bad: A copy of the marketing meeting agenda for next Tuesday. Please can you take a look.
In most workplaces, basic fonts such as Arial, Times New Roman and Calibri are used. You should normally use black font color. Don't use unusual fonts and colors until you are sure this is acceptable!
Starting the Email
If you are writing an email to someone who is outside of your company, it is best to start with:
- Dear Sir/Madam
- Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs (last name)
- To whom it may concern
If you are writing an email to another colleague, it is best to start with:
- Dear (first name)
- Hello (first name)
Body of the Email
The length of an email depends on the message. Generally:
- Use paragraphs and break up text regularly. This makes your message easy to read.
- If you have a question or key message, do not hide it in the middle of your email. Mention it early and make it clear
- Write in a professional tone. Be careful when making jokes or funny comments, as some jokes do not translate to different cultures. Something that may be funny in New Zealand might not be in England!
- Short is better. Do not write your whole life story in an email. The longer the email, the less likely it is your recipient will read it all.
Ending the Email
Any of these endings (or salutations) are considered professional and are acceptable.
- Sincerely, ________
- Best Wishes, ________
- Best Regards, ________
When sending to someone who is within your company, or that you have a more comfortable business relationship with, you may end an email with:
- Many Thanks, ________
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"The House Education Committee voted Thursday [February 9, 2017] to remove references to climate change and human impact on the environment from a new set of science standards," according to Idaho Ed News (February 9, 2017).
The committee was considering a new set of Idaho state science education standards developed during 2016 and temporarily in effect, pending legislative approval. As NCSE previously reported, a previous set of standards was rejected by the legislature in 2016, and there was reason to think that hostility toward the inclusion of evolution and climate change played a role in the decision.
The removed standards included "Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century," with "human activities (such as fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and agricultural activity)" listed in a clarification statement among the examples of such factors. (The standard is taken from the Next Generation Science Standards.)
Scott Syme (R-District 11) led the charge against the treatment of climate change in the new standards; according to Idaho Ed News, he argued that they failed to present "both sides of the debate." Paul Amador (R-District 4B), however, opposed the removal of the standards, saying, "While I appreciate teaching both sides, I think this was a very transparent process where we relied on our highly qualified educators."
Idaho Ed News explains, "Technically, the committee approved a temporary rule including the new science standards. When the Legislature adjourns, the new standards will take effect, without the climate change language. Then, SDE and State Board officials will develop a permanent rule. ... [I]t appears likely state officials will draft new language to replace the references to climate change. Legislators would review the standards again in 2018."
In 2016, a bill permitting the use of the Bible in Idaho's public schools in connection with "astronomy, biology, [and] geology" was introduced, passed in modified form without the reference to scientific topics, and ultimately vetoed.


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Community Helpers and Occupations Thematic Unit
This 160 page pack has been created to assist in teaching the topic of Community Helpers or Occupations to your Early Years Learners.
It includes:
✔10 page Mini Book – My Community Helpers (children colour in an read – Can be used as an Emergent Reader for their book boxes or for guided reading sessions)
✔Label It Sheets – (Both colour and Black and White) can be used as posters, on Interactive Whiteboard for whole class introduction or lesson and individual black and white sheets for children to do independently. (Great for beginner writers!)
✔Wall Banners and Headers – 3 different sizes to display on your bulletin boards
✔Word Wall Labels – to use as a visual aide to assist with writing
✔Flashcards & Matching Names – To be used for oral language/vocabulary extension (Can use for games such as Guess Who, I have do you have, 20 questions and other descriptive language games, Matching games, Print twice for memory games/concentration.
✔Who am I Worksheet – children record the names of the occupations near their pictures and colour in.
✔Word Search
✔Fact Research Graphic Organisers
✔Creative Writing Activity – If I was a community helper, I would be a:
Community Helpers and Occupations covered are:
astronaut, baker, banker, bus driver, cashier, chef, coach, construction worker, crossing guard, dentist, detective, doctor, farmer, firefighter, flight attendant, forest ranger, gardener, grocer, hair stylist, house keeper, janitor, judge, lawyer, librarian, lifeguard, mail carrier/ postman, mechanic, meteorologist, military/soldier, music conductor, nurse, painter, paramedic, pharmacist, photographer, pilot, plumber, police officer, receptionist, reporter, surgeon, taxi driver, teacher, trash collector/garbage man, vet
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O.k. so just to update. Nothing to really update. I had treatment on Friday the 27th of Aug. So far no side effects. I was tired on the 3 and 4th day after treatment and one other side effect. So really no issues or side effects happin yet.
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Our Dickensian transit system.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." Charles Dickens last stopped by the Queen City in 1841, but when he wrote those words he could have been talking about our town's transit system, circa 2016.
The best of times? That's the newly launched downtown streetcar. It's sleek, comfortable and fun to ride. Much to the chagrin of longtime critics, streetcar ridership has exceeded expectations, particularly on weekends.
I suspect that all those streetcar naysayers had misjudged the public's desire for modern public transportation. Kentucky Transit advocates are already promoting a streetcar loop connecting Cincinnati's Riverfront to Newport and Covington. Cincinnati proponents like John Schneider are refocused on how to extend the system to Pill Hill, Xavier University and beyond.
The worst of times? That's the rest of our neglected public transit system. METRO, an aging fleet of about 350 buses, is run by the Southwestern Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), a 13-member committee appointed by the mayor and the County Commission. SORTA's primary funding comes from a .003 percent city income tax passed in the 1970s, paid only if you work or live in the city.
Most of us reading this article rarely ride the bus. Infrequent service and inscrutable routes make it more convenient for most of us to drive. But, believe it or not, about 30 percent of Cincinnati adults do not own cars. They rely on public transit to get to work, visit the doctor or do their grocery shopping. METRO estimates that about 20 percent of downtown Cincinnati's workforce—about 17,000 people daily—ride METRO to work. In addition, thousands of Cincinnati school kids rely on METRO every school day.
As the mayor and council have feuded about the new streetcar in recent years, METRO has languished. Bus ridership is down about 17 percent since 2009. This fall SORTA laid off several key staff members. CEO Dwight Ferrell described the system as "not financially sustainable."
One problem may be the current SORTA board, appointed by a mayor and a County Commission with no apparent affection for public transit. After appointing a commission to look at the system, and hearing their recommendation for a county-wide sales tax, SORTA blinked. Any new funding model has been put off at least until 2017.
Do the politicians who appoint SORTA's members see METRO as just another welfare program for the destitute? How else do you explain the city's recent initiative to haul away the benches placed at bus stops to provide a little comfort for folks waiting for a too-often delayed bus?
METRO riders, seeing the success of the streetcar, are finally beginning to demand more than a fading, inefficient system. Cam Hardy, a 25-year-old Cincinnati State student, works a security job downtown to pay his bills. Cam relies on METRO to get to school and work. Lately he's been giving City Hall a piece of his mind—in person and on social media. In a recent letter, Cam told council "I ride the bus every day to commute to/from work and school… Outside of peak hours, my bus runs once an hour." Cam's bus broke down twice in recent months, leaving passengers stranded. He told council, "METRO is on the brink of cutting more services… I feel disrespected as a bus rider."
With current riders reaching for their pitchforks, METRO's current service and fleet is unlikely to attract a new generation of riders. Many of us would love to reduce our own personal car fleets. Millenials and those of us living in walkable urban neighborhoods like Walnut Hills long for comfortable and efficient public transit. But that means more rail not just a few more buses.
METRO needs a new infusion of dollars and vision. But in selling voters on a new transit tax, SORTA must build on the excitement surrounding the streetcar. Promising only a Band-Aid for a tarnished bus system will not win a majority of a county-wide electorate that rarely rides the bus.
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CUMBERLAND — Summit Natural Gas of Maine is proposing a rate increase of more than 150 percent starting Oct. 1.
But the utility says the new rate will still be lower than what consumers were charged when it entered the market.
Summit is asking for a hike from 26.3 cents per therm to 66.5 cents per therm. The company is required by the Maine Public Utilities Commission to adjust the cost of gas each year, and the rate is based on variables including market forecasts, Summit spokeswoman Lizzy Reinholt said in an interview Sept. 9.
Summit's price per therm – a unit of heat by which natural gas is measured – was 74.86 cents in October 2013, and 87.73 cents in October 2014, according to Reinholt.
"We're not allowed to make a profit off the cost of gas," Reinholt said."… Part-way through the year, if we realize that we've been overcharging, because demand is down or what have you, we do another adjustment to make sure that we pass that savings on to customers so that we aren't turning a profit."
Customers paid 83 cents per therm last fall and early winter, Reinhold said – 25 percent more than the latest increase. She noted that "unseasonably warm temperatures and other variables" caused Summit to make a mid-season adjustment down to 26.3 cents, but said the company made it clear to customers that the reduced cost was temporary, and that it would change again in October.
A typical customer, using 701 therms, paid $1,204 at 83 cents per therm during last winter's heating season, while that same customer – burning the same amount during the same time – would pay $1,084 at 66 cents, according to Reinholt.
Gas bills include two components: distribution and commodity, the latter of which is changing in this case. The PUC sets the distribution fee, currently 87 cents per therm, Reinholt said. The distribution and commodity fees added together make up the total cost per therm.
That cost, multiplied by the number of therms used, determines what the consumer pays, plus a facility charge and state tax.
Unitil, another natural gas provider in southern Maine, has a current gas charge for residential heat of 41.95 cents, according to its website – or nearly 25 cents less than Summit's proposed new rate.
But spokesman Alex O'Meara said Unitil is also requesting a gas cost increase from the PUC – to 73 cents for the winter season, or about 6 1/2 cents more than Summit.
"At Summit we always strive for a predictable and reliable pricing pattern," Summit's Reinholt said. "(But) there are always variables outside of our control, such as weather or natural gas markets that can cause some fluctuation. If there is another mid-season price change this winter we will notify all our customers to ensure they are aware of the change."
The PUC's decision on the change is expected Oct. 4. If approved, the adjustment would probably be retroactive to Oct. 1. Propane and oil dealers, who exist in a competitive marketplace are not public utilities, do not require PUC approval for price changes.
The PUC as of Monday morning logged nine public comments about the increase on the proposal's case page.
"I think it's outrageous the price increases on natural gas," Anne Hyland of Falmouth wrote. "I should have stayed with oil! Every time I turn around the price is increased. Is there anything we can do about this?"
"This rate increase is hard to understand," said Allen Browne of Falmouth. "We were led to believe the original rate was reasonable and would then vary reasonably. … I hope there will be transparency as to why the increase and where this money is going. I encourage the commission to carefully consider whether this should be approved."
Butler Carmichael of Falmouth added, "From a consumer perspective, this proposed rate does not align with historic annual increases and for those of us who trusted the lower heating cost promise, we are now being blindsided with this increase. This should be considered in The Commission's analysis of Summit's overall service quality to the customer."
Summit's operations were already underway in other parts of Maine when Summit broke ground in May 2014 at the Cumberland Fairgrounds to expand gas lines from a natural gas pipeline already running through the western part of Cumberland to Falmouth and Yarmouth.
Falmouth Town Manager Nathan Poore, who worked with Cumberland Town Manager Bill Shane and Yarmouth Town Manager Nat Tupper to bring Summit to the area, said in an interview Monday, said the proposed rate is "not much different" than it was when initial rates were estimated in 2013.
Since then, the price of oil has "has come down substantially," Poore noted.
While there was discussion at one point about creating a "blended" rate – an average of seasonal rates – so that consumers would not experience cost fluctuations throughout the year, "the PUC didn't want to handle it that way," Poore said.
Referring to critics who suggest the hike is Summit's attempt to recovery increased construction expenses, "this has nothing to do with the delivery charge, which would address any of those types of system costs," Poore said.
A notice Summit sent to consumers offered them the opportunity to participate in the PUC proceeding in several ways, and offered the Maine Office of the Public Advocate, which represents the ratepayer, as another source of additional information.
Some consumers misunderstand that the increase in the price of gas is just a component of their overall bill, Public Advocate Tim Schneider said in an interview Monday.
"Because it's only a subset of the overall bill, it's a much smaller increase," he noted.
The PUC "wanted to get money back in customers' hands as soon as possible," Schneider said, "… which just means that customers get some whiplash this time of year when the rates go back to what are effectively normal rates."
Alex Lear can be reached at 781-3661 ext. 113 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @learics.
Workers install Summit Natural Gas lines outside a Cumberland home Aug. 1. The utility is proposing an increase in the cost of gas next month of more 150 percent.
Summit Natural Gas of Maine is proposing an increase in the cost of gas next month of more 150 percent, but the new amount would actually be less than what consumers were charged earlier this year, according to the utility.
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Hot on the heels of Uber, we report on an employment tribunal decision going against CitySprint, and a further nail in the coffin for the gig economy.
This claim was brought by Maggie Dewhurst. As a CitySprint bicycle courier she tended to work 4 days a week between 9.30 and 6.00, running a variety of jobs during the day, with gaps in between ranging from a few minutes to an hour. There was an electronic tracking system provided by CitySprint, called Citytrakker which monitored her whereabouts throughout the day and enabled the company to give her instructions via mobile phone and radio as to where to go.
Maggie Dewhurst's contract was entitled "Confirmation of Tender to Supply Courier Services to CitySprint Limited". It contained an electronic tick box system whereby the courier s would confirm that they were able to substitute alternative cyclists for themselves, that they were not employees, and that they would not be entitled to any holiday.
Payment was made through a so-called self-billing system, but in reality CitySprint calculated and made the payments to their couriers automatically, and without any reference to them.
Maggie Dewhurst's claim was for paid annual leave entitlement. Worker status is required for individuals to be entitled to this. Previous case law indicates that worker status is akin to employment status, and somewhere on the spectrum between purely self-employed and fully employed.
Relying on previous cases, the Employment Tribunal looked behind the contractual documentation at what was really happening on the ground in this case.
They looked at the title of the contract (Confirmation of tender to supply etc.) and said that this in itself was enough to arouse suspicion, and looked like the work of "an army of lawyers".
In terms of bargaining power, said the Tribunal, the tick box exercise in the contract indicated that this was purely in favour of CitySprint.
Another test of worker status is integration with the workforce, and the relationship indicated a high level of integration in this case, because directions were given throughout the day, and couriers were required to wear uniforms and to smile.
The substitution clause, on examination by the Tribunal, was found to be so prescriptive that it meant that only a CitySprint colleague could be a substitute. Again, this amounted to nothing more than a lawyer's trick that the Tribunal looked behind.
The Tribunal therefore found that Maggie Dewhurst was indeed a worker and was entitled to paid annual leave.
Worker status also means individuals are entitled to minimum wages and maximum working hours. Furthermore, they have rights under the new auto-enrolment pension legislation.
At this stage, the matter has only been to the Employment Tribunal. It may well be appealed to the EAT, so watch this space.


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I decided to respond more broadly to an argument used by the regressive left when it comes to Muslims ramming cars into people. An argument which always surfaces when an Islamic terrorist runs over pedestrians with a truck, in the name of their faith.
Terrorism with the use of motorized vehicles is particularly dangerous since every European city has a lot of cars proportionally to its population, making this "murderous weapon" widely available.
With each Islamic attack with the use of cars, the regressive left propagates the claim that nothing of significance has actually happened because, statistically, every year, more people die in car accidents then from the terror attacks. Similarly, drunk driving is as lethal as the terrorists plowing into the innocent crowds.
In order to defend the religion of Islam, the regressive left blurs the lines between a premeditated murder and an incident resulting in a manslaughter (a drunk driver does not drink to subsequently kill dozens of people).
Following this kind of logic one could imagine a situation where a would-be terrorist with a nuclear device gets caught and let go without punishment because a lot of people would die from old age in Europe anyway. Adhering to the reasoning of the regressive left, even releasing the terrorists makes sense since people will die nonetheless. So what's the problem?
Through its arguments, the regressive left seems to be pushing an idea that people who shout "Allahu Akbar" while committing a murder should be getting a better, preferential treatment to other killers.
There is a surrealistic scene in one of Bunuel's movies where a man, after shooting and killing many passerby from a tall building, gets caught and brought to stand trial which acquits him and sets him free. As he leaves the court building he gets cheers and pats on the back from people standing around and some gathered journalists are willing to chat with him gleefully. I always thought this scene to be simply surrealistic and completely absurd.
It seems that in today's world, however, a situation like the above is becoming less absurd. If there were a shooter, shouting "Allahu Akbar" and firing to people from a tall building, I bet the islamofiles from the regressive left would be willing to say that he is not doing anything wrong and we should not prosecute him. In the end, how many people in Europe die of cancer every year?! And the shooter had maybe killed only a few dozens! That's nothing in comparison, and maybe we should let him go and also pat him on the back.
We probably shouldn't even confiscate his weapon, just as we don't confiscate pontoon boats of human smugglers operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
Through its arguments, the regressive left seems to be pushing an idea that people who shout "Allahu Akbar" while committing a murder should be getting a better, preferential treatment to other killers. Following this thought, it shouldn't also be permitted to look for a common denominator that links the yelling of "Allahu Akbar" with homicide.
I find it very interesting that the regressive left sees nothing wrong in calling foul when it comes to many other groups i.e. "It's the far right's fault", "soccer fans' fault", "the capitalists fault", "USA's fault". Only when one does not scream "Allahu Akbar" while committing a crime, it is conceivable to analyze the root causes of that pathological phenomenon. Only then it is possible to call out and scrutinize the crime groups or violent gangs who are the culprits.
I myself am not sure what causes the regressive left to have such disrupted perception. Whether it is intentional or comes from a simple ignorance combined with some brainless activity as part of a bandwagon approach in society. To emphasize, the regressive left has no problem grouping and identifying the globalists, mohers [Polish conservative, Catholic radio enthusiasts], racists, soccer fans, PiS supporters [Polish conservative governing party], imperialists, Catholics, etc. – these groups are treated as separate entities and people in them are judged as a whole.
Nevertheless, the regressive left seems to see no risk in the group that shouts "Allahu Akbar".
Alicja Szaniawska – a humanist by education, although not shying away from sciences. Since 10 years an enthusiast of Polish rationalists. She currently lives abroad. As a publicists she is interested in defending freedom of speech, freedom of artistic expression and European identity.
The Polish Original: Regresywna lewica i jej argument z samochodów usprawiedliwiający dżihad.


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Photoshop CS5 in easy steps
By Robert Shufflebotham
Publication: August 6, 2010
Pages: 240
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About the book
With the release of Creative Suite 5, Photoshop celebrates 23 years as the most innovative image editing application on the planet; Robert Shuffllebotham celebrates 21 years as a software trainer at the highest level; Photoshop In Easy Steps celebrates its 12th year in print.
Use this book to get started with the basics; then learn about file formats, how to make and manipulate selections and use type; build your understanding of more advanced areas such as layers, masks and color correction; get to grips with exciting new functionality, including Pupppet Warp, Refine Edges, natural media brushes, along with Content Aware Fill and Healing controls; round it all off with an introduction to web and multimedia images.
Photoshop CS5 in easy steps represents a unique insight into this cutting edge software, delivered by hugely experienced trainer and teacher, in a series that represents the very best in software guides for the beginner.
About the author
Robert Shufflebotham is a software training consultant with over 21 years experience of delivering software training. He trains on a regular basis for some of the largest and most prestigious magazine, book and newspaper publishers in the world. He also has a MA in Electronic Media.
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When during the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show Stephan Winkelmann officially confirmed that Lamborghini Sesto Elemento was going to be produced, we couldn't be more excited. A year and a half later new details on the super sports car made in Sant'Agata Bolognese have finally emerged: the production version should be unveiled at the end of the year to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Italian brand. Only 20 units will be built and each one will be coming with a staggering price tag of an estimated one million and a half Euros.
Thanks to the extensive use of CFRP Lamborghini Sesto Elemento has a power to weight ratio of only 1.75 kilograms per HP and an overall curb weight of just 999 kg (2,202 lb), which propel the ultra performing 570 hp V10 from standstill to 100 km / h (0-62 mph) in just 2.5 seconds at top speed of more than 320 km / h.
Each Lamborghini Sesto Elemento will be produced and assembled entirely at the new Lamborghini centre for advanced prototyping and assembly study, in order to give customers even higher quality than the standard sportscars. Each unit will be meticulously inspected by Lambo's engineers in order to guarantee absolute perfection.
The production Lamborghini Sesto Elemento will ultimately remain very similar to the concept unveiled almost three years ago at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, with the exception of its stiffness, which will be increased to improve handling. The architectural structure will boast better safety features and the interior – identical to the concept – will include individually moulded seats, which are part of the carbon fibre monocoque and specifically padded for extra comfort.
It is not yet clear when the Sesto Elemento will be unveiled. The 2013 Geneva Motor Show 2013 might be the perfect stage to unveil the limited special edition, considering that last year Lamborghini presented the one-off Aventador J at the same event.


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I Can Write My Name!
With a loud, forceful crash, a contingent of officers from the Wichita Police Department and the Sedgwick County (Kan.) Sheriff's Office kicked the door in and yelled, "Police! Everybody down!" I was the eighth or ninth person of our search-warrant party to enter the cluttered living room of this known crack house. It was 11 P.M. Throughout the evening, the police had observed drug buys at the address and waited for the right time to enter and begin their search for the valuable, but deadly, crack cocaine being produced by the tenants of this dark and trash-strewn home.
As I entered, I could hear the screaming of young voices coming from the upstairs bedroom. As soon as the police announced that all rooms had been secured, I made my way up the stairs and entered a small bedroom with mattresses stacked on the floor. Clothing was tossed about the room--some dirty, some clean. The smell of urine was everywhere. A fluorescent light kept going on and off, adding a surreal cast to what was clearly a nightmare for the young children I saw staring at me in fear and bewilderment. The four small faces looked lost in the scene being played out in their home.
The police had seen it a hundred times before. I, too, had seen it several times, but never before had I been struck by the paradox of what I was about to encounter. In the rooms below, the police began their meticulous search of the premises. They questioned the adolescents and adults who allegedly had been using or dealing the drugs. Meanwhile, upstairs, I watched as one lone officer began assuring the children that all would be O.K. This armed officer, who moments before had come storming into the house, was now engaging the children in light and silly conversation. Soon their fears were calmed by the assuring voice of the SCAT (Special Community Action Team) officer. As with most children, tears were easily turned to laughter by the attentive hand and their despair became, for a time at least, curiosity about the officer and the other strange observer in the room.
They asked me questions and then I asked them what schools they attended. The oldest was a 3rd grader, the youngest was 3. The school-age children were proud of their schools and wanted very much to impress me and the young officer with their accomplishments. While I listened to these, I could hear the officers downstairs informing the occupants that they had just found hundreds of dollars of crack cocaine in the basement. There was no denial or protest--they knew they had been "busted."
As I turned my attention back to the children to see if they could possibly hear or understand the conversation below, I felt a pull on my pants leg. It was a familiar pull. I had felt it a hundred times before from my own children. I looked down to see this 5-year-old boldly declare in the midst of the chaos and noise, "I can write my name! Do you want to see it?"
Frankly, I was so angry at the actions of this child's parents that I was in no mood to observe an exercise in penmanship. But the young officer, being much wiser than this aging educator, seized the opportunity to keep this child and her siblings occupied. "Yes," he said, "I want to see it." The youngster responded that she had paper but no pen or pencil. The officer quickly reached into his shirt pocket and handed her his gold Cross pen. (Why not a pencil, I was thinking. He gave her his best pen!)
Immediately she set about the task of writing, stopping only once to show us that she could also write the number four. She wrote the number upside down, but with a twist of the paper, it became the number four. Within moments she produced her name and, together, we celebrated her accomplishment.
Moments later, I made my way back down the stairs and entered other rooms of the crack house. There I saw symbols of family togetherness and efforts to do the right thing: G.E.D.-exam books, correspondence-course materials, and letters from friends and acquaintances. There were also family albums with pictures of aunts and uncles. In many ways, it all seemed so normal.
But throughout the house there were also the cigarette lighters, the glass tubes for processing the cocaine, and the tiny sacks containing the small rocks of crack. As I observed the collection of evidence and stared into the faces of the adults who had made the crack and who were willing to sell it, I wanted to scream, "Upstairs there is a child who is celebrating the writing of her name. Does anybody know? Does anybody care?"
A child can write her name. Thousands of children arrive at that milestone daily. In the scheme of life, it is only a small thing; why should I be so upset? It is because the tragedy of our society today is that nobody notices the small steps or the small victories. Our community's preoccupation with drugs and violence leaves the children as casualties. They pull at our pants leg with words of hope and we ignore them and damn them to repeat the tragedies of their parents' lives.
What will happen to this child and what hope will she have if we continue to act as if she does not matter? She does matter. And in the dark scene of a crack house I heard in her insistent voice the declaration, "I will write my name and somewhere, sometime, you will notice it."
It will be up to us to determine if we notice that name boldly inscribed on a high school and college diploma or written below the mug-shot pictures found in the books of law-enforcement agencies. As a community, we had best be about the task of placing that name on the diploma or it will haunt us throughout our lives.
For some reason, that 5-year-old's persistence that I see her write her name is hope for me. It is a hope that we dare not ignore. Jane Addams, the founder of Hull House and an advocate of children, wrote in 1879: "[I]nfancy is the Messiah sent again and again into the arms of man to rescue him from this fallen and despondent condition; childhood comes in the fresh young radiance of hope. The thoughts of the child first beginning to think and to exist are overtold of what may be, and thus counteract the social spasm overfull of what is; they deluge the world with hope and wonder infinite in measure."
That child that night taught me a lesson. Recent national surveys and local observations would suggest that we are losing these children. Our nation's crime wave has diverted our attention from the need to create meaningful play, work, and education. This child and thousands of her peers demand our resources, our attention, and our time. Fighting the war that creates their despair and hopelessness requires will and persistence. The conditions that cause their suffering cannot easily be fixed. We will be tempted to look for solutions that are highly visible and easily measured. If we yield to that temptation, we will have created an illusion that portends a disaster.
We need to begin now asking policymakers, volunteers, community social-service agencies, churches, and our neighbors to feel the pull of the pants leg and respond in a measured and thorough manner. Our children's survival and our future will depend on the type of response we offer.
I want to work where I can hear the children boldly proclaim, "I can write my name.'' And I want to help create a community in which that name is recognized for its goodness and promise--not its despair and hopelessness. I urge others to join me.
Vol. 13, Issue 21, Page 37Published in Print: February 16, 1994, as I Can Write My Name!
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Looking for Information on the Fender Squier Stop Dreaming Start Playing Set? Fender has been a leading guitar maker for many years and they are famous for the Fender Stratocaster guitar. The company also make beginner guitars which are low cost and affordable for everyone. The Fender Squier is a very nice instrument that will suit any beginner guitar player. The nice thing about the Fender Stop Dreaming Strat Playing Set is it also includes a beginner amplifier and accessories making it a very nice package for parents looking to buy their child a nice electric guitar. You are getting something of value when you buy from a leading guitar maker such as Fender.
Fender Squier Stop Dreaming Start Playing Set Features
In the Fender Squier Stop Dreaming Start Playing Set you get a guitar with an Agathis body and a gloss polyurethane finish. The maple neck has a 9.5 radius; the rosewood fingerboard has twenty-two medium jumbo frets. Many beginner guitars don't have the nice features that this Fender Squier has. The guitar also features 3-Single-Coil pickups and a tremolo bridge. For controls the guitar has the standard Fender master volume knob, two tone controls, a five position switch, and an input jack. The Squier in my opinion is one of the better beginner guitars you can buy. My first real electric guitar was a Squier and this instrument lasted me for over ten years before I replaced it. The only modification I did to it was changing the pickups but it works great with the standard pickups it has.
The Fender Squier Stop Dreaming Start Playing Set also features a 15 watt Fender Frontman amplifier which is perfect for the beginner guitar player. You can buy a couple of nice pedals such as a distortion or wah-wah pedal and your good to go. A teenager just getting his or her first electric guitar will love this guitar set it offers a great value for your money. Also included in this set are a bunch of accessories including: stereo headphones, an instructional DVD, a chromatic tuner, guitar strap, guitar bag, guitar cable and pick sampler. I would recommend that you replace the guitar bag with a regular hard shell case since this will protect the guitar. In my experience the flimsy guitar bags just don't offer you enough protection for the instrument.
Other Reasons to Buy Starter Packages like The Fender Stop Dreaming Start Playing Set
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Final Thoughts
As a guitar player for over twenty-five years and a musical educator I can recommend the Fender Squier Stop Dreaming Start Playing Set to anyone interested in playing the electric guitar for the first time and especially to parents who want to get their son or daughter into electric guitar. The Squier will hold up and it's an excellent value in a low-cost instrument. Don't purchase those cheap sets from a department store; invest a bit more money into something that will last. I loved learning guitar on my Fender Squier, it makes playing the guitar for the first time so much easier. If you want a beginner guitar you can be comfortable with the Fender Squier Stop Dreaming Start Playing Set is it.


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A period shouldn't be something you hide from your parents. Your period should be something your parents know about – even if you feel awkward or embarrassed telling them. It's one thing if you don't feel obliged to tell your dad, but in my opinion, your mother should know if not for the reason that she's your mother, then at least because she'll be able to provide guidance and "motherly" advice. Also, because she'll probably be the one buying your pads and tampons. You should be neither ashamed nor embarrassed by your period – especially in the company of your parents. It's something completely natural, and something your mom's been going/gone through for a long time. By telling her, and talking to her about periods, you'll find that it's not only comforting to share something like this in common, but also, surprisingly fun (it gives mothers and daughters a sort of "girl thang").
For this question, I am focusing on the mom side because, in my experience, dads are not always as keen to chat it up about period stuff. I think you should tell your mom. Eventually your parents will find out you started -- otherwise it might worry them if they thought you never had your period and you are graduating high school! I wanted to exaggerate the circumstances so you might see it from their perspective. I would worry if my girls did not start because it is a normal, anticipated step for all girls. Try looking at your mom, and imagine her dreading the conversation when she had to tell your grandma about her period! She has been "in your shoes" too. Consider taking her aside for a quiet chat and ask her to please just listen. Share with her your need for privacy and how this is personal for you but you wanted her to know. From a practical side, if you need products, moms come in handy for purchasing liners, tampons and anti-cramp pain relievers. I hope this helps you, my girls love to tell me what they need and I certainly am thankful they do.
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Donna Spencer-Collins got the word about 4:15 yesterday afternoon as the sky to the west started turning purple. "We just got a text message that said a tornado had touched down in Amherst," said Ms. Spencer-Collins, pastoral associate at the Tewksbury Congregational Church.
Donna Spencer-Collins got the word about 4:15 yesterday afternoon as the sky to the west started turning purple.
"We just got a text message that said a tornado had touched down in Amherst," said Ms. Spencer-Collins, pastoral associate at the Tewksbury Congregational Church.
She has been working in a food distribution program at the First Congregational Church since the June 1 tornado that caused major damage to parts of the town.
The purported tornado was believed to be an unconfirmed twister in the Western Massachusetts town of Leverett.
Yesterday afternoon, on the anniversary of the June 9, 1953, Worcester County tornado that killed 93 people and just eight days after deadly tornadoes ravaged the area, strong storms swept through the state, knocking out power for thousands from the Berkshires to Boston.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported around 37,000 customers lost power yesterday as a result of the line of storms that moved west to east. A number of trees and power lines were knocked down by strong winds.
National Grid said Hampden County was the hardest hit, with more than 7,300 losing power.
People in Brimfield now pay much closer attention to the weather than they did eight days ago.Yesterday's threat of a severe thunderstorm that eventually pummeled the town with high winds, and blinding rain, got their attention.
During the middle of the afternoon, several people said the intense lightning on Wednesday night that caused power failures in several communities in southern Worcester County frightened them. There were reports at the First Congregational Church, where Ms. Spencer-Collins played soothing folk songs on a guitar during the height of yesterday's storm, that many residents went to their basements when Wednesday night's bright lightning started to light up the sky.
"People are kind of shell-shocked,' said Raymond Cox of Southbridge who noted that he takes weather warnings more seriously now even though he lives in part of that town that wasn't hit by the June 1 tornado.
Danielle LaRiviere of Charlton braved yesterday's hot sun as she walked down Route 19 with friend Adam Cimino of Stoughton.
Ms. LaRiviere said her 6-year old son, Jacob, was never afraid of thunderstorms until the day the tornado hit the area.
"He shook the entire time during last night's storm" she said.
Ms. LaRiviere said she is more aware of the weather since last week's storms.
"I think a lot more people are paying more attention to the weather now," she said as she and Mr. Cimino took a close look at a tree that had bark peeled off its trunk by the storm.
Since the storm, people follow weather to the point where they know the difference between the rotating atmospheric winds that formed last week's tornado and the type of wind that causes a severe thunderstorm.
"There's no rotating winds today," said Louise M. Dickinson of 30 Paige Hill Road about 2 p.m. as she looked toward the northwest, which is the direction from which she knows summer storms arrive.
"They say we have straight line winds, which means there won't be a tornado. There's going to be a storm though."
Brimfield Elementary School, which was closed last Thursday and Friday, is located on Route 19 just outside of the damage area. Principal Brian A. Ledbetter said 10 students at the school lost their houses June 1.
When school reopened on Monday teachers spent the day talking to students about the storm.
"We just wanted to assure them that they are safe when they are here and we will protect them and they are safe when they are home and that their parents will protect them. The kids needed to process what had happened, but they're so resilient. They're doing a good job," he said.
Gerald Weston, who lives on the part of Hollow Road that escaped the ravages of the storm, said people he talks to pay more attention to the weather and sky.
"Tornadoes are something that aren't supposed to happen in Brimfield," he said.
"With our hills and valleys we're supposed to be protected from things like that. Of course, people have been affected by what happened."
Ms. Spencer-Collins, who has been working with First Congregational Church pastor Ian Lynch and his wife, Gina, on the food distribution program that is feeding town residents and crews working in the damaged area, said some of the people she talks to are scared of lightning and thunderstorms in ways they weren't just one week ago.
"They have real reasons to be afraid," she said. "They have seen what can happen."


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Armed gangs stealing from gasoline pipelines in Mexico are getting more dangerous. Police intervention is frequently not enough, with the Mexican Army being called in to deal with thieves who attack pipelines in armored vehicles and carry automatic weapons.
Fuel theft from Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is a form of organized crime that is growing and has led to a series of deadly encounters. It has become an industrial-scale operation, involving the villages along pipeline routes. The government says more than 6,000 illegal pipeline taps were found in 2016, and officials have been detecting an average of about 20 taps a day so far in 2017. It's estimated that fuel theft cost the Mexican government about 1 billion USD per year.
"Of all the fuel that is stolen, only 10 percent is sold to the public" by roadside vendors, said Jesus Morales, the top police official in Puebla state, "the other 90 percent goes to big business groups, to gas stations, factories".
The fuel theft gangs often have the support of corrupt local officials and the residents of towns that rely on the income from pipeline tapping. Two mayors have been arrested for involvement in the trade. In early July 2017, nine people were killed, including five men whose bodies were burned, in a dispute between fuel thieves in the town of Huehuetlan in Puebla state. Morales said the killings involved a gang of distributors trying to collect from local vendors who were unable to meet their sales quotas because of police raids.
"They committed this barbarous act as a gesture of anger," said Morales, who claimed that vendors have recently raised the price of stolen fuel to near that of legitimate gasoline (it used to be half as much) because their supplies are being cut off.
Fields are littered with leaking illegal taps, abandoned fuel tanks and modified vehicles whose interiors have been ripped out to hold thousand-liter tanks. The vehicles the gangs use are usually stolen and abandoned after a few trips. Over 1,700 of such vehicles have been seized in the last two months. Fires from stolen fuel are common.
Arrests are rarely made because when police move in the thieves run and abandon the trucks. Other tactics to avoid capture include pushing half-full fuel tanks off the back of fleeing trucks, parking vehicles cross-wise on dirt roads, or even using chains of women and children as human shields.
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Enlightenment: Having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook.
The world is changing rapidly. 85% of new business opportunities in the next 5 years are outside the U.S. The world is full of people rich in culture and diversity, and of course, the world is half women. Does your business team have the diversity of the markets you intend to serve?
Now in the past few weeks, one seemingly small claim by a woman against a movie studio producer for abusing his position of power has turned into two claims, and three and dozens... and it has led to hundreds of claims against many others who behaved badly.
Men in power have resigned and criminal charges are being filed for. Blink - and change happens! Behavior in the workplace that was and is unacceptable is now more universally being condemned. It's an historic shift!
The Weinstein allegations came out in the news after our most recent "Women in Global Leadership" event at Squire Patton Boggs hosted by Shareholder Jaime Daddona, At the event 6 women who told different but similar stories about their challenges and opportunities. One challenge that came out of the discussion was the inability to obtain great global women and men mentorship despite their best efforts.
That's a pity - and something we can do something about... with mentors within and beyond their metro area.
Success in business today requires CHANGE to capture new OPPORTUNITY. Are you ready?
Read more about our Women in Global Leadership event HERE and the 12 point summary of key points brought up by the women leaders.
We then summarized our own grow beliefs HERE. What do you think?
Thank you to all the women over this past year who have spoken at and attended our Women in Global Leadership events - your input has been heard. In addition we've heard the voices of others calling out for help and support in the workplace - including faster change toward a more respectful diverse business community. And so Global Chamber is introducing initiatives that will address some key issues we've heard you talk about including making it easier to connect women to women for mentorship in order to accelerate their professional development and advance cross metro and cross border success of their companies.
Let's use this opportunity for change in the workplace to advance the professionalism and leadership of men, women and people with a variety of diverse backgrounds and situations - including culture, skin color, religion, perspectives and more. It's time to accelerate change.
"The advancement of professionals and executives has always been at the core of Global Chamber," said Doug Bruhnke, CEO/founder. "30 years ago a Korean-American professional approached me to help her get a position at DuPont-Korea, and despite my best efforts, they told us 'NO - there is no place for a woman in our customer-facing organization'. Then 20 years ago I fought and eventually implemented having an 'office lady' in a Dupont joint venture's Osaka office to be in sales. The office leaders told me 'no one at Toyota will ever buy from a woman', and of course she became their best salesperson."
"That wasn't all that long ago, and we all can point to example after example of antiquated thinking happening today in our workplace and around the world. Change can happen far too slow, but we're doing something about it. Global Chamber® is in a unique position growing in 525 metros - everywhere - to accelerate change and growth, and our new initiatives are designed to bring enlightenment and best practices to businesses across metros and borders. Thank you to those who have already asked to be part of the program - approaching 100 women and 10 men already without much exposure... and growing daily."
"Inherent in our own growth beliefs HERE is the ability for professionals and executives to advance on the merits of their own contributions. We can assist more broadly and specifically. We know that our cross metro platform and a worldwide network of enlightened global tribe members will work together to advance business, their careers and the careers. For my daughter, for the women I reference above, and for you."
Be part of the solution and capture new opportunities in today's changing world. Join the movement! Share and expand your enlightenment. Learn more about Enlightened Leaders and participate in the full rollout 12/19.
If you'd like to learn more about the programs as they are being rolled out, please contact us.


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My article on The Benefits of Premarital Counseling was included in this week's Carnival of Personal Finance hosted by Clever Dude. He put a lot of work into making this week's carnival read like a fairy tale instead of a list of links. Take a few minutes to check it out. I'm sure you'll find some other interesting articles while you're there!
In other news, here are some articles from this week that I thought were worth sharing with you:
- Trent at The Simple Dollar talks about Seven Huge Mistakes He Made During His College Career. I can identify with Trent here. I made some of the same mistakes during college. I could have made much more out of the experience. Take some time to read this if you or someone you know is preparing to go to college. I don't know if it will help, but it might help some people.
- Mike at The Oblivious Investor discusses How Portfolio Turnover Affects Mutual Fund Return. He does a great job pointing out the costs of owning a mutual fund with high turnover. It's a good point to consider if you are investing in mutual funds (though the concept would still apply if you're purchasing individual stocks – but I wouldn't recommend that).
- Wise Bread has some great frugality tips that were very common during the Great Depression. Frugality is a smart choice no matter what the economy looks like, but it's especially important during hard times. I especially like the motto: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without."
That's all for this week. Thanks for reading!


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In my previous post I posted about my love of Excel and we looked at JoAnna who was considering taking her favourite hobby of greeting card making and making it a small side business. Today I want to look at another type of problem that Excel can help you solve.
Personal Decisions
In my post One of My Faviourite Hobbies, I touched on the MBTI personality types and mentioned that people make personal decisions based on how they think or how they feel. Often our feelings can get in the way of making objective decisions. In this next example I'm going to teach you how to create a nifty tool called the "weighted average decisionator" and how we can use Excel to create this useful tool.
Linda is considering the decision of where she wants to go on holidays. She has narrowed her decisions to the following two options.
1. Drive to Florida to visit with family for a 2 weeks or,
2. Take a 1 week cruise with friends from Quebec to Boston via the St. Lawrence River
Both vacations are so different that it is hard for her to decide which one she prefers more. She has strong feelings about both. She hasn't visited her Uncle Sam in Florida and he is getting older in years. Linda also loves to shop and Florida has great outlet stores. But on the other hand (she had warts J) she has always wanted to take a cruise and she has been saving up for a year now, but only has enough money to take the 1 week cruise.
Step 1 in making this decision objectively will be to come up with a set of criteria in which to make her decision. She has come up with the following 5 criteria that are most important to this decision.
1. Ability to Relax
2. Shopping Value
3. Family Visiting
4. Time with Friends
5. Memories
Step 2 involves giving the 5 criteria numeric weights to their importance. Here is how Linda decided the weights for her criteria.
1) Ability to Relax (Weight 30 Points)
a) Linda has had a very stressful year at work and really needs a good relaxing break so she has weighted this criterion very high.
2) Shopping Value (Weight 10 Points)
a) Linda loves to shop, but has been shopping a lot recently and is not in need of anything in particular so she has given it a lower point value.
3) Family Visiting (Weight 25 Points)
a) The thought of visiting Uncle Sam is very important to Linda so she weighted it high.
4) Time with Friends (Weight 20 Points)
a) Linda loves her friends, but feels that in comparison to visiting with Uncle Sam it should not be as important.
5) Memories (Weight 15 Points)
a) Linda loves to take pictures and loves creating scrapbooks of each of her vacations.
At this point we have enough information to set up our Excel spreadsheet. Here's how I would set it up.
Notice that to make things simple I set up the spreadsheet to make each criterion a score out of 10. I have found that when comparing different decisions keeping the score out of 10 for each criterion makes the comparison process easier.
The final result shows that Linda should go to Boston because the Boston score was 66 while Florida only received a score of 60.
You may say, "why not just handwrite this problem instead of using Excel it's an easy enough problem" I would agree, but I would argue that using Excel lets you change your weights and scores at the click of a button instead of rewriting the whole decision every time you want to change your weights or scores. Let Excel do the work for you! It's a great tool and in this case reveals that the Boston trip will be the better trip in the long run.
Personal Problem Solved!
I have a saying that I tell all my clients. "You can solve all problems in life with Excel".
I love Excel and spreadsheets. I've solved many problems using Excel. One of the first things I do when I start working with any new client is analyze their lineup of products that they sell. You'd be surprised how many small business owners sell things either at, below cost, or at such a small margin that they can't make any money.
To alleviate this problem I like to use Excel to break up their product into four categories.
1. Direct Labour / unit
2. Direct Materials / unit
3. Overhead / unit
4. Desired Profit / unit
By breaking up a sellable item into its 4 categories of costs per unit you can find out exactly how much something costs; not what you think it costs in your head.
Let's use an example of JoAnna who wants to sell homemade cards for a profit. She expects that she can sell them for $7.00 per card. Here is a breakdown of her homemade cards by using the four categories and Excel.
Category 1 Direct Labour / Unit
After some research it was found that it takes JoAnna 2 hours to make 3 identical birthday cards.
In Excel I would do the following:
Category 2 Direct Materials / Unit
After some research it was found that to make 3 birthday cards it takes the following list of supplies. – 5 sheets of construction paper of various colours – 6 Ribbons – 3 Envelopes – 3 Blank Cards – Various small supplies
An issue arises when trying to calculate the cost per unit. Curry's, the craft store that JoAnna buys her supplies from doesn't sell any of these items in single units. Here's where Excel come in. I would use Excel to calculate the per unit cost.
In Excel I would do the following:
Category 3 Overhead / Unit:
In JoAnna's case, this is a side business and she has no overhead other than the various supplies like glue, stickers and other small items that she uses. She figures she probably spends about $100.00 per year on all her small supplies. She expects to sell 200 cards per year through a local retailer who loves her homemade cards. Therefore we can divide $100.00 by 200 cards to give us an amount of $0.50 per card.
Category 4 Desired Profit / Unit
To figure out this category JoAnna needs to calculate her total cost of the first three categories together.
We can see that her cost per card is $8.57. She is now put in a dilemma because based on her research into the greeting card market she knows that standard birthday cards sell for $7.00 per card. She has a few options:
1. She could decide that getting into the card business is not for her.
2. She could market her cards as a premium greeting card and sell them for more than $8.57.
3. She could sell them for $7.00 but accept that she could never pay someone to do the work and that she would be working for less than minimum wage to sell her cards
4. She could find a new way to make cards that would take less time.
5. She could try to find new suppliers that have cheaper direct material prices or buy in bulk.
6. She could have her friend who lives in China where labour and supplies are cheaper, make the cards, and ship them to Canada.
7. She could get together with her Grandmother and have fun making cards and get much of the labour for free.
There are many options she could take at this point to make her business more profitable, but had she not used Excel to calculate her total cost per unit she would have been losing $1.57 per card she sold. ($8.57 – $7.00 = -$1.57)
In this case if she ever chose to hire someone to make cards at even minimum wage the more cards she sold the more money she would lose but if she makes the birthday cards herself she will make $5.25 per card ($7.00 Selling Price minus 1.75 Direct Materials = $5.25 Labour/Personal Profit)
I don't think that JoAnna would want to quit her day job but at $5.25 per card she may have fun turning her hobby into a fun way to make a little extra money and at the same time learn some Excel skills.
One of my favourite hobbies is researching the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator and trying to figure out what type of personality people are. In my opinion it is the most accurate personality assessment that I've ever seen. It measures people's personalities by using four categories.
When one categorizes themselves into either side of each category they can fall into one of sixteen different personality types. I am a INFP an Introverted, iNtuitive, Feeling, Perceiver.
Type "INFP" in Google and you can read all about me. It's very accurate. I can also swing to be an "ENFP" which is also a good assessment of my personality. I am getting quite accurate at helping people figure out into which of the sixteen types their personality falls.


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Treehouse nabs $7M, passes 25K students and announces plan to teach high schoolers to code
After hitting $3.6 million in revenues and launching Android, iOS, WordPress and jQuery courses, tech education startup Treehouse has major news to share: the company has raised a $7 million Series B round, led by Kaplan Ventures with participation from The Social+Capital Partnership.
Since debuting nearly a year and a half ago, Treehouse has grown rapidly in the face of competition from startups like Codecademy and Udemy, landing a book deal through Wiley Publishing and luring in 25,000 active users in the process. Apparently "all but several hundred" of these active users are paying members.
CEO Ryan Carson tells us the new funds will be utilized in two ways: Treehouse "will be increasing headcount and working on new tools for [its] students."
With these increased resources, Carson says Treehouse only plans to double down on the technology vertical — this means no expansion into writing, math, cooking, etc. Carson went on to explain that technology is "an ever-changing field so we know it'll take a lifetime of hard work, just to teach it properly. We truly believe giving every human technological literacy will change their lives and the world."
In addition to its series B, Treehouse is announcing a "High School Pilot Program," which aims to teach high school seniors programming skills to be job-ready in 6 months. The program costs $9 per month per student, and Treehouse tells us it is "planning on schools beginning to sign up this summer and starting with students in the Fall." This follows Treehouse's move to give away 5,000 premium accounts to students late last year.
As for profitability, Carson says the company is not yet profitable since it increased its burn rate after raising a $5 million serious A back in April of last year. Carson tells us this move was made "so we could grow fast and establish a lead in the ed-tech space." The company is expected to break-even later this year.
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The Future of .NET on the Server: ASP.NET vNext content and videos from TechEd 2014
Hi everyone, last week we announced ASP.NET vNext to the world at TechEd North America. All the sessions videos are up and available for downloading on Channel 9! There are still many MANY months between this early alpha that we've shared and release, so I'd encourage you all to subscribe to the .NET Web Development blog. This is a group blog, from and by the ASP.NET and Azure Web Tools team. It's an excellent and unfiltered group blog that everyone contributes to. Also follow the team on Twitter @aspnet and Facebook as we post there regularly.
We also released Visual Studio 2013.2 so be sure to go get that free update.
While everyone's jazzed about ASP.NET vNext, there's a lot of cool new stuff you can do TODAY with ASP.NET, like:
- A bunch of new improvements to ASP.NET WebForms including:
- ASP.NET Identity 2.0 support
- Entity DataSource control for EF6
- Dynamic Data provider for EF6
- Schedule small background worker tasks in .NET 4.5.2
- Updated WebForms Scaffolding
- Roslyn support for WebForms, razor pages, and code-behinds! This includes support for new C#6 features and lots more!
- Twitter Bootstrap CSS for WebForms
- New ASP.NET Session State Provider for Redis
OK, here's the videos from TechEd.
ASP.NET vNext Videos at TechEd
- The Future of .NET on the Server part 1 - Overview - Scott Hunter and Scott Hanselman
- The Future of .NET on the Server part 2 - Deep Dive - David Fowler and Scott Hanselman
Other ASP.NET videos from TechEd
- The Microsoft Application Platform for Developers: Create Applications That Span Devices and Services
- This is actually a pretty cool session. I show the complete Microsoft Development Stack in about 45 minutes with 8 (!) demos. I show Cordova Tooling for Visual Studio, I show apps written for Android and iPhone using Xamarin Tools in Visual Studio, and LOTS more.
- ASP.NET: Building Web Application Using ASP.NET and Visual Studio
- Channel 9 Live: ASP.NET Developer Q&A with Scott Hunter, David Fowler, and Scott Hanselman
We've also updated the ASP.NET site with all new vNext content and walkthroughs.
- Getting Started with ASP.NET vNext
- MusicStore Sample Application for ASP.NET vNext
- BugTracker Sample Application for ASP.NET vNext
Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy piling through these posts and watching these videos. We sure have had fun (and continue to!) building all this. Remember, all the code is at http://github.com/aspnet.
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We are using TwainDSM through DLLImport for Scanning feature in our .Net application. We provided option for user to change their Scanner Settings by calling EnableDSUI. Most of the scanners are working fine whereas some throwing BADPROTOCOL condition code for ENABLEDSUI. We are not sure whether any scanner settings or proficiency of the scanner restricting it.
Please help us with this issue.
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I assume that you're doing something like the following:
[DllImport("twaindsm.dll", EntryPoint = "DSM_Entry", CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
internal static extern UInt16 WindowsTwaindsmDsmEntryUserinterface
ref TWAIN.TW_IDENTITY_LEGACY origin,
ref TWAIN.TW_IDENTITY_LEGACY dest,
TWAIN.DG dg,
TWAIN.DAT dat,
TWAIN.MSG msg,
ref TWAIN.TW_USERINTERFACE twuserinterface
With the appropriate structures specified, and that the arguments are DG_CONTROL, DAT_USERINTERFACE, and MSG_ENABLEDS.
If these are followed a driver shouldn't throw TWCC_BADPROTOCOL, since this operation is mandatory for all TWAIN drivers. The first thing to do is download a tool, like TWACKER and determine if the driver really can't do this operation. If so, then you'll have to contact the scanner vendor for more help.
If the driver does work, then I recommend debugging with the open source TWAINDSM. This can be downloaded from the TWAIN Working Group's github. And will allow you to track the progress of the command to the point where it's ready to call the TWAIN driver, confirming that all of the arguments are correct, and were correctly marshaled by C# into the unmanaged C++ code.


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1980 in the United States
Federal Government
Federal Government
President: Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia)
Vice President: Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota)
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia)
Congress: 96th
January 1 – The comic strip
The Far Side
debuts in newspapers.
January – The United States enters a minor recession spawned by the 1979 oil crisis; The Unemployment Rate rises to 6.3%.
January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
January 7 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
January 20 – Super Bowl XIV: The Pittsburgh Steelers become the first NFL franchise to win four Super Bowls, defeating the Los Angeles Rams 31–19 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
January 24 – The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad is ordered liquidated due to bankruptcy, and debt owed to creditors.
January 27 – Canadian caper: Six United States diplomats, posing as Canadians, manage to escape from Tehran, Iran as they board a flight to Zürich, Switzerland.
February 2–3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured.
February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation.
February 13 – The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.
February 22 – The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the semifinals of the Winter Olympics, in the
Miracle on Ice
March 1 – The
Voyager 1
probe confirms the existence of Janus, a moon of Saturn.
March 21
Mafioso Angelo Bruno is assassinated in Philadelphia.
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
March 22 – The Georgia Guidestones are erected in Elbert County, Georgia.
March 27 – The Silver Thursday market crash occurs.
March 31 – Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train.
April 1 – New York City's Transport Works Union Local 100 goes on strike, which continues for 11 days.
April 7 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Iran and imposes economic sanctions, following the taking of American hostages on November 4, 1979.
April 15 – A mass exodus of Cubans to the United States known as the Mariel boatlift begins. It ends on October 31 by agreement between the two countries.
April 21 – Rosie Ruiz wins the Boston Marathon, but is later exposed as a fraud and stripped of her award.
April 24–25 – Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation.
April 24 – Pennsylvania Lottery Scandal: the Pennsylvania Lottery is rigged by six men including the host of the live TV drawing, Nick Perry.
May 7 – Paul Geidel, convicted of second-degree murder in 1911, is released from prison in Beacon, New York, after 68 years and 245 days (the longest-ever time served by an inmate).
May 9
James Alexander George Smith "Jags" McCartney the Turks and Caicos Islands' first Chief Minister, was killed in a plane crash over New Jersey.
In Florida, the Liberian freighter
Summit Venture
hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, sending 35 people (most of whom were in a bus) to a watery death as a 1,400-foot section of the bridge collapses.
May 11 – Mobster Henry Hill is arrested for drug possession.
May 16 – The Department of Education begins operations.
May 17 – A Miami, Florida court acquits four white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking three days of race riots.
May 18 – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage.
May 21 –
The Empire Strikes Back
is released.
May 22 –
, the best-selling arcade game of all time, is released.
May 24
The New York Islanders win their first Stanley Cup, from a goal by Bobby Nystrom in overtime of game six of the Stanley Cup playoffs' final round.
The International Court of Justice calls for the release of U.S. Embassy hostages in Tehran.
May 25 – Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins for a third time in car owner Jim Hall's revolutionary ground effect Chaparral car; the victory is Hall's second as an owner.
May 29 – Vernon Jordan is shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Joseph Paul Franklin (the first major news story for CNN).
June – The 1980 recession ends.
June 1 – The Cable News Network (CNN) is officially launched.
June 3
U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy wins several primaries, including California, on 'Super Tuesday', but not enough to overtake President Jimmy Carter for the Democratic Party nomination.
A series of deadly tornadoes strikes Grand Island, Nebraska, causing over US$300 million in damage, killing five people and injuring over 250.
June 9 – In Los Angeles, comedian Richard Pryor is badly burned trying to freebase cocaine.
June 10 – A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois.
June 20 – Augusta AVA becomes the first federally recognized American Viticultural Area.
June 23 – September 6 – The 1980 United States heat wave claims 1,700 lives.
June 27 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs Proclamation 4771, requiring 19- and 20-year-old males to register for a peacetime military draft, in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
July – The Unemployment Rate peaks at 7.8%, the highest in four years.
July 15 – A severe and destructive thunderstorm strikes four counties in western Wisconsin, including the city of Eau Claire. It causes over US$250 million in damage, and one person is killed.
July 16 – Former California Governor and actor Ronald Reagan is nominated for U.S. President, at the Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan. Influenced by the Religious Right, the convention also drops its long standing support for the Equal Rights Amendment, dismaying moderate Republicans.
August 10 – Hurricane Allen, after becoming a Category 5 storm and the strongest hurricane of the season, hits southeastern Texas as a Category 3.
August 14
U.S. President Jimmy Carter defeats Senator Ted Kennedy to win renomination, at the 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City.
Actress Dorothy Stratten is murdered in Los Angeles in the south of California, apparently raped and shot by her estranged husband Paul Snider before he killed himself.
September 5 – William Reeves joins The Graphics Group.
September 19 – The Robert Redford-directed film
Ordinary People
, based on the novel by Judith Guest, premieres. Redford's directorial debut later wins him his first Oscar, and wins three other Academy Awards, and five Golden Globe awards.
September 29 – The
Washington Post
publishes Janet Cooke's story of Jimmy, an 8-year-old heroin addict (later proven to be fabricated).
September 30 – Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet, which is the first implementation outside of Xerox, and the first to support 10 Mbit/s speeds.
October 14 – The Staggers Rail Act is enacted, deregulating American railroads.
October 15 – James Hoskins forces his way into WCPO's television studio in Cincinnati, holding nine employees hostage for several hours before releasing them and taking his own life.
October 21 – World Series: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals 4–2 in game 6.
October 28 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Reagan's genial, witty performance causes him to overtake Carter in the polls.
November 4 – United States presidential election, 1980: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter, exactly one year after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis.
November 10 – November 12 – Voyager program: The NASA space probe
Voyager I
makes its closest approach to Saturn, when it flies within 77,000 miles of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth.
November 20 – A Texaco oil rig breaks through to a mine under Lake Peigneur.
November 21
Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. soap opera
to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J. R.?" event is a national obsession.
MGM Grand fire: A fire at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip kills 85 people.
December 8
John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.
The comic strip
Bloom County
debuts in newspapers.
December 11 – CERCLA is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
December 26 – Richard Chase, the "Vampire of Sacramento," kills himself by overdose on San Quentin prison death row.
Cold War (1945–1991)
1970s energy crisis (1973–1980)
Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981)
January 5 – Bennie Joppru, American football player
January 17 – Zooey Deschanel, actress and musician
January 29 – Jason James Richter, actor
February 25 – Chris & Christy Knowings, twin actors
March 2 – Edmund McMillen, video game designer
March 26 – Son Ho-young, singer in (g.o.d).
April 20 – Chris Duffy, baseball player
June 17 – Venus Williams, tennis player
July 7
Michelle Kwan, figure skater
Deidre Downs, American model and physician, Miss America 2005
July 21 – Justin Griffith, American football player
August 16 – Ryan Hanigan, baseball player
August 26 – Macaulay Culkin, actor
September 3 – Caleb Miller, American football player
November 12 – Trent Acid, wrestler (d. 2010)
November 15 – Ace Young, singer-songwriter and actor
November 21 – Tim Lambesis, musician
November 25 – Nick Swisher, baseball player
June 1 – Rube Marquard, baseball player and manager (b. 1886)
August 14
Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model, actress, and murder victim, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1960)
Paul Snider, Canadian murderer, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1951)
November 7 – Steve McQueen, actor (b. 1930)
November 29 – Dorothy Day, journalist and social activist (b. 1897)
December 8 – John Lennon, British musician, singer, songwriter, and murder victim, died in New York City (b. 1940)
December 26 – Richard Chase, serial killer (b. 1950)
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Those were the memorable first words of Thomas Paine's pamphlet, The Crisis, published on December 23, 1776.
Paine had barely been in the American colonies two years, yet he had already come to know the dynamics of his day. He had already rung the firebell of revolution with his earlier pamphlet, Common Sense.
Indeed, those were days that tried men's souls. As are these days.
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A few years ago, I read contemporary historian Rick Perlstein's book, Nixonland. It was a detailed, day-by-day account of the United States in election year 1968.
It was breathtaking in its sweep. It brought to mind details of that dramatic year which had long-since passed from my memory.
There were the big events: Johnson's renunciation of a presidential bid; Martin Luther King's assassination; Bobby Kennedy's assassination; riots in the streets of the cities; the Vietnam War; and the dramatic and tightly fought election that year.
I recall that year as clearly as any in my life. I guess you could say I came of age. The movie Wild in the Streets made the song Born to be Wild an anthem for a generation. If you can imagine this, I embraced it as my theme song.
All that is to say that 1968 was a tumultuous year. It was the pivot-point of an entire nation. And things did not get better.
1968 was followed a tide of cynicism. The war continued. People became more estranged from one another. Watergate ensued. A president resigned office.
As Queen Elizabeth termed one year, our annus horribilis of 1968 was not the end, but a continuation of an era of bad feelings.
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I needn't dwell on the difficulties of the past week. There has been too much pain, much grief, copious amounts of horror, and a rising tide of estrangement.
And I have been reminded of 1968 – and not for good reasons. It is an uncomfortable feeling. It seems portentous. I am wondering what will be the next shoe to drop.
And I am wondering what we, as people of faith can do.
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Into this week comes the gospel lesson – the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
Jesus is asked a simple question: "Who is my neighbor?" The question raised a pertinent point –for then and for today.
Keep in mind that the world in which Jesus lived was a tribal world. There were Jews. There were Samaritans. There were the people of other nations and faiths. The account of Pentecost Day from the Book of Acts describes them: Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene… Cretan and Arabs…
The tribalism of that culture ruled the day. In fact, tribalism still animates the conflict of the Middle East. Lawrence of Arabia encountered in the early 20th century. In many ways, it is the dividing force – even today – in Jesus' part of the world. Suspicion of the other. The stranger. The person who, for whatever reason, is different.
Jesus tries to lance that cultural boil. He tells a parable that describes a priest passing an injured man on the roadside – and walking on the other side. Likewise, he tells of Levite – a member of a sacred caste of Jews – passing the injured man as well. Neither man gave aid or comfort to the injured man.
But there came a Samaritan – an other; an unclean person; one to be shunned by people of faith – who tended the wounded man, who took him to a place of rest, healing and refuge, and saw that he was cared for.
Jesus ends the story with a question: "Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" When the lawyer answered, "The one who showed him mercy," Jesus said, "Go and do likewise."
Go and do likewise. Wise words for our time.
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Years ago, when I was just a boy, my family would gather around a piano in my great-grandfather's house, just down Hardy Street from here. When my aunt was there, we would join together as she played some of my great-grandfather's favorite hymns.
It was a cringe-worthy moment for a teenage boy, but I now cherish those memories.
My great-grandfather was a staunch Methodist and I suspect we sang hymns from a long-past hymnal. One of his favorites, which we would sing, would be Give Me that Old Time Religion.
The hymn likely emerged from the Black Gospel and Southern Gospel traditions in the late 19th Century. My great-grandfather loved it and its very simple message:
Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
Give me that old time religion,
It's good enough for me.
Call me naïve – which I may well be – but I think we need today the old time religion expressed in Jesus' parable today. If we could stop seeing one another as the other we could structure our world, our culture, and our society on what our founders described as a more perfect union.
We have heard this message preached. We have heard the story again and again. And the fact is that G. K. Chesterton was right: "Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried."
Christianity is hard, It is demanding. It is so much more than a feel-good, personal experience. It requires us to intentionally alter our normal, cultural methods of relating to one another. We cannot simply embrace what we could call cultural Christianity -- without having have lives transformed -- and expect a different world.
Christianity is hard, It is demanding. It is so much more than a feel-good, personal experience. It requires us to intentionally alter our normal, cultural methods of relating to one another. We cannot simply embrace what we could call cultural Christianity -- without having have lives transformed -- and expect a different world.
It is time to truly try Christianity – to read, learn, mark, and inwardly digest the teachings of Jesus, such as the Parable of the Good Samaritan.
We need to rise above and move beyond the tribal culturalism which infects our society. We need to be transformed – to be counter-cultural. We need to show people that we see them not as a class, as a uniform, or as some projection of our own fears and biases, and that we see them instead as brothers and sisters of the same God.
Perhaps if you and I can do it, our transformation of perspective and behavior will affect others. And bit-by-bit, we will begin to change the world.